The country. We love being with our family and friends. A lot of folks this day and days to come start to get a little down. We talk about the holidays and the hoopla ends and sometimes people get a little bit sad. Well have advice on how to avoid the post holiday blews. I noticed you were extra moody today. Yes, exactly. The perkiness meter went down ever so slightly. Notched down a couple. Also some affordable and effective Beauty Products, the best of this year. And then were going to meet a guy who started 2012 with a goal to work 100 different jobs in a single year. Now he is up to 99 and hes got a very special idea for number 100. See if he can make it happy before the end of the year. Thats coming up. Thats pretty cool. On todays pick three, the mini controversy willie stirred up on twitter over a christmas staple. Controversy . Actual conversation. A debate. Well get into that in a few minutes. First over to erica hill, ov over who is in for natalie. Bracing for a second day of
The billy to the willie and im coming in hot. I think youre going to like t well talk more about kit. Learn everything there is to know about kit. Also ahead, were taking a look back at some of the best in entertainment of 2012. Oh, yes, here they are. Of course, all the movies. You name t well also look ahead to 2013, what you can expect. All right, guys. On the computer, those instagram, but now theres cinnagram, poke. Im big on twitter. Im Getting Better on the other stuff. Im following my 10yearold on this. Aall the trends for 2013. Plus well take a look back at the year that was, some of the best doing gangnam style. Yes lots of dancing on this show when you look back. Al getting loose. Man you dont realize how much dancing there was until you see it all at once. Let take a look at it in a few minutes. First lets go inside and get a check of todays top stories with andrea can ining at the ne desk. I love all the dancing. Happy new year. Hillary clinton will be spending the new yea
Some people, im told, like to have a drink or two on new years eve. Were going to give you some special drinks, new cocktails you may want to sample yourself on monday night. And in todays take three, something a lot of people may be grappling with, when to take down the christmas tree. Some people say wait until after the new year. Some people say immediately. Some people say its good luck to do it on certain days or bad luck to wait too long. The needles are starting to fall off. Well, you have to water it. Oh. Yes, details. Lets get over to Natalie Morales with a check of todays top stories. Good morning. Good morning, savannah and willie. Good morning, everyone. Another winter storm is pushing east today while much of the northeast and midwest digs out from thursdays storm that left arkansas with a record snowfall and 200,000 customers without electricity. At least 16 deaths are blamed on that storm. A longtime aide to former president george h. W. Bush says hes likely to enter the
Offenses in 2012, only 880 faced command action for sex crimes. Of those 880, 594 faced courtmartial and 302 of those courtmartials resulted in convictions. So all in all, we have a situation in which 880 people faced any kind of discipline for a sex crime out of the universe of 26,000 potential incidents. Thats only 3. 4 of total incidents in which someone was held accountable and only 302, or 1. 1 , were actually convicted of a crime. That is not a good set of numbers, mr. President , and it sums up why this problem has been fest experg why we need action this year. But i think we also know that were not all here because of the statistics. Were here because of real people. Because each and every one of the numbers is a personal story of grief and we know them all too well. Whether it was a Sexual Assault scandal last year at Lackland Air Force base in texas where a dozen or more basic Training Instructors were accused of sexually assaulting female trainees, or the more reason case at
The news today, monday, december 31st, 2012. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a very busy monday morning. Im willie geist. And im erica hill. Matt and savannah have the morning off. Well have the latest on secretary of state clintons condition in a live report straight ahead. It is the last day of 2012. You and i are both in the same situation with young children. People filing into times square in new york city. It is the worlds Biggest Party. Of course, security will be extremely tight. Well check in on celebrations there and around the world. Then well catch up with three women that had us talking in 2012, including a mom that sparked debate over this picture. And an anchor who caught flack about her weight. Andrea mitchell joins us with the condition of secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Her spokesman called a blood clot stemming from the concussion she had sustained earlier. T