good morning. we ve been sold. general electric has signed an agreement thisorning to sell control of nbc universal, our parent company, to comcast, creating one of the biggest media companies in history. this morning, the details of the deal. tarnished tiger. tiger woods issues a public apology to his wife for marital transgressions. and now the woman who has denied having an affair with the golfer could be about to change her story. and the jackson brothers, germane, marlon, jackie and tito come together, here for an exclusive live interview today, thursday, december 3rd, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m meredith vieira. what a spectacular tree! yeah, that was the scene last night. we lit the rockefeller center christmas tree, 76 feet tall, 30,000 bulbs, and this morning in all her glory is i guess the official start of the christmas season, and we ve come across the street, as is our tradition he