[ applause ] yes, yes, yes. This beautiful. The new york city childrens chorus on this Christmas Day. Merry christmas, everybody. What a great, great way it open the show. Thats absolutely beautiful. Thank you, kids. Thank you. Merry christmas, everyone. Merry christmas. Spending christmas together. This is for little ela. Thats for hannah. I remember when my kids were little, all the stuff. Yes is that you again . Cant get enough of it weve got a great show today. Country music star Trisha Yearwood is here. I wish she was singing. But the second best thing is shes cooking for us. We know whos singing for us leona lewis. Shes terrific. And well have a special heartwarming story about a woman who found her birth mother 25 years later. You dont want to miss that. What are your plans today . Christmas is always such a chill day. After the tearing open of the presents yes which usually happens in the morning, its chill. How about for you guys . Always, always, always. Yeah. You know what i
For christmas. I can only stay for a while, givetogo grade some philosophy papers. Mr. Peabody and sherman opens up. Open presents last night or saving them for this morning . This morning. Yeah. One presents on Christmas Eve, dont youall agree . Christmas state big bonanza. Kids dont like the midnight, they lining the morning. Spending holiday with your fam laich lot to get to we do indeed. Gather around our fake fire. Call the fire department. Melting iron ore. It is amazing. As we said, we have a lot to look forward to on our show this morning, we have Cardinal Timothy dolan here, we love to have him, he will give us his thoughts on the day and how it keep the Christmas Spirit alive during the year. Favorite Christmas Movies, like the newer stuff or some of the classic you. Like the newer stuff, watching it with my kids. I agree. I completely agree. That is their classics, like elf that is their classic. We are going to have the ultimate holiday movie debate a little later on in tre
Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Im savannah guthrie. And im willie geist along with Natalie Morales and dylan dreyer. As you begin your shopping today, its the last minute thought that counts. Pretheapd you put a lot of thought into it. Others doing some walking, space walking. The Urgent Mission underway to wrap up much needed repairs to the International Space station. Tom costello is in washington to take us through whats happening right now. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Just minutes ago, mission accomplished. Well take a live look at Mission Control and ill show you videotape from a few minutes ago when they took the spare pump module and slid it into position on the International Space station. Thats it. It looks about the size of a double door refrigerator. It is huge. And this, of course, replacement pump th
Rush from the airports to the roads and the shopping malls. Why things could be easier today because of key changes. Reporter were inside lefty odouls in San Francisco. They are collecting new and unwrapped toys for children in need in the city. They are singing some beautiful Christmas Carols. Well tell you about the last chance for the toy drive coming up. Navorro takes the 9ers to the playoffs there you have it. Wrapping up the candlestick era with a bang. Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. The time is 7 01. Welcome to mornings on 2. This is a live look outside at union square. You see the Beautiful Tree right there of the macys holiday wreaths that are up every year, not a lot of traffic out there. But certainly there will probably be some people out there enjoying the lastminute Christmas Shopping and the clear skies will prevent the area from bay area from enjoying one holiday tradition, a roaring fire. There is another sparetheair day. And rosemary will have your forecast c
The ultimate adventure. Good thursday morning. Coming up on early today it was a Blue Christmas for folks waiting on delayed shipments. Edward snowdens new christmas message invoking the danger of unchecked government surveillance. Thousands are still in the dark and cold waiting for the power to come back on days after a big ice storm. Mcdonalds takes Decisive Action against its own employee site and how texting might help strengthen the family bond. Its thursday, december 26. Early today starts right now. And a very good morning to you. Im Kristen Welker. Hope you had a great holiday. For some the grinch came in two forms. First stubborn weather left thousands in the dark and thousands more without their gifts. More on the holiday that wasnt jolly for all. Reporter near grand rapids, michigan at least a dozen accidents on i96. Crews there and in maine spent Christmas Day in the cold trying to fix power. It is very rewarding to be here and help people out. Reporter while rough weather