And the fallout comes quick. The pageants tv partner cutting ties with the organization overnight. All that, plus remembering legendary sportscaster dick enberg. Rossen returns the seasons toughest to find toys to deserving kids. What do you think of this . Its awesome. And making spirits bright. With the home alone soundtrack like youve never heard it before, today friday, december 22nd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Deck the halls with boughs of holly fa la la la la la la la la tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la la la la don we now our gay apparel fa la la la la la la la la troll the ancient yuletide carol fa la la la la la la la la and good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Great job. We hope that got you in the spirit. We have a bunch of angels on our plaza, as we say good morning. Three days till christmas. Now, were in the mood, right . You kids were amazing. Were you nervous . No. They were terrific. They were from the new york city childrens choir. Its fun to be outside at the top of the show. Were in the spirit. And everyone is talking about one thing if your traveling, and thats the weather. Cross country storms to tell you about. We want to inform you how they will impact your holiday plans. We have our Team Standing by. Well start with al. Hes in his weather man cave over there. Good morning. Thanks very much, guys. Were starting off from texas to lexington. We have flash flood watches for 9 Million People. Winter weather advisories from michigan to new england for 28 million. As you look right now at the radar, you see showers and thunderstorms from san angelo to movice. We have snow from chicago to upstate new york and new england. Heres what we are looking for with travel. Its a twoprong issue. We have showers to the south, snow developing in the north. I40, i20, going to look at problems. Dallasft. Worth and the houston airport, problems, as well. We move into tomorrow, rain, fog, low ceiling snow for buffalo. I90 will be a mess. Stretching from boston, laguardia all the way down into d. C. And atlanta along i85, i95, wet weather and hazardous travel as well. Rainfall amounts are going to be heavy down south. Travel for air and roads is going to be a mess from Central Arkansas all the way into virginia and west virginia. Upwards of six to seven inches of rain possible. And you look into saturday night snowfall amounts. Four to eight inches from buffalo into new england. And icing is going to be a big problem, as well, especially throughout parts, much of new england, from portland, all the way down into worcester. Hartford, looking anywhere from quarter of an inch of ice to half an inch in some places and that could bring down power lines and roads will be a mess. Lets find out what the airports are looking like. Lets go to ron mott at ohares international airport. Ron, how is it looking . Reporter al, good morning to you. Its looking better than here at dallas. At love field, there was an emergency alarm that sounded at that airport. They had to evacuate the terminal. Anyone who had been through security will have to go through again. We understand that normal operations are resuming. Officials arent saying if this was a prank or an actual fire event. Back here in chicago, theyre expecting the busiest travel day in the air here. 225,000 passengers expected to flow through ohare here. On the other side at midway, another 70,000. Take a look at the numbers. 107. 3 million americans are expected to travel to see friends or on holiday. Orlando, florida, the number one travel destination. Heres how they are going to get there. Most of you are driving. 9 out of 10 of you getting on the road. Al mentioned the highway conditions out there. 6 or so will fly. The other 3 taking trains and other methods of travel. We always have holiday tips. Number one, pack your patience because it is the busy season. Pad your schedules, especially if youre flying. Weve seen the lines get thick out of the blue here. And, of course, pack a smile, it is the hall tay see sup. Good advice, ron. Thank you so much. The airport isnt the only place you will find large crowds. Stores will be packed, too. Jo ling kent is checking out the lastminute shopping rush. Shes in bough maryland. How is it going . Reporter its happening offline at brick and mortar scores and online. This has been the season of online shopping. 60 of all americans say they are done with their Holiday Shopping. That means 40 of you are still going to be shopping. Where are the best sales . Lets look at target. 50 off Christmas Trees if youre looking to decorate. 30 off sweaters. At macys, 50 to 70 off. A lot of the gifts are wrapped. Top over to amazon, you get 40 off the amazon fire hd. 29 off the xbox one. Amazon prime delivery happening there. At best buy, 150 off an apple macbook. Thats a Good Discount at this late in the game. 220 off beats by dre wireless headphones. At walmart, 36 off a dream house playset. Thats one of their best sellers. And 90 off a laptop. Good electronics discounts still available. We have to look at lastminute shipping, as well. So many of us online shopping. Today is the last day for twoday shipping for amazon prime members, you have until midnight on Christmas Eve. Thats a late deadline for procrastinators out there. Toys r us say you can receive by christmas if you order by noon and do instore pickup. And best buy, they might ensure delivery for christmas if ordered by noon on Christmas Eve with sameday delivery. The real trick this Holiday Season is all about ordering online and picking up in store. Before you do that, you want to make sure theyve got it in stock. So far this retail season has been a really good one for retailers. Back to you guys. Jo, thank you so much. A little bit of a different holiday rush in washington to tell you about. Before heading home, Congress Passed the temporary spending bill. It keeps the government funded into the new year. But the deal has critics on both sides of the aisle. We go to Kristen Welker with more on that. Reporter good morning to you. President trump is ending the year on a high note. Getting his tax bill passed and working with congress to avert a government shutdown. Soon hell teak off for the winter white house, maralago, his home in florida. Still, theres a lot of Unfinished Business when the new year begins. This morning, a christmas crisis averted. The motion to concur is agreed to. Reporter after the senate voted to keep the government open for four more weeks. Its a political punt, allowing congress to put off a number of difficult issues until next month. I voted for this to keep the government going. This is not the way to govern. Reporter republican senator, ted cruz, whose home state of texas was hit hard by hurricane harvey, expressing his disappointment that lawmakers didnt address the issue of Disaster Relief funding. Theres hundreds of thousands of people in texas and in florida and in puerto rico who are still hurting from hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. Reporter the house approving their version of the bill earlier in the day, without any democratic votes. The motion is adopted without objection. Reporter House Democrats say the bill fails to address issues such as d. R. E. A. M. Ers and funding for Children Health care. E they have the votes to keep the government open. They dont need us to keep the government open. Reporter the bill funds the government until january 19th. It keeps c. H. I. P. Going until march. And gives the Defense Department 4. 7 million in emergency funding. The president visited Wounded Warriors at walter reed on thursday, ignored shouting questions on his way to the white house. All of it as the Vice President made a surprise trip to afghanistan to rally troops ahead of the holiday. Let me say from the first family, my family, from families all across america, merry christmas. Reporter pences trip comes before President Trump has visited an active combat zone and four months after the president announced a surge of several thousand more u. S. Troops in afghanistan. I believe victory is closer than ever before. Reporter this morning the president tweeted about his new years agenda. Infrastructure would be a first place to start. A senior official telling me he will sign the tax bill into law today before he leaves for florida. We know how you do. Thank you so much. Were hearing from reality winner, the former nsa contractor jailed, accused of making off with topsecret documents from a government facility. Shes speaking out in a rare jailhouse interview. Nbcs Kerry Sanders has that story. Good morning. Reporter reality winners has been held here in this jail for more than six months, as you noted. Now, for the first time, shes speaking with a reporter. But as youll see, the government shut down that interview almost as soon as it began. Reporter this morning, new details are surfacing about reality winner, the former nsa contractor in jail, awaiting trial for allegedly leaking classified information. Winner is accused of stuffing a top secret report about Russian Election meddling in her pantyhose and walking out of the building ato a news outlet. Her family believes she is a patriot. Reporter winners family and friends describe her as intense, focused and concerned about the state of the world. They believe that the document that she leaked is one that American Voters deserve to see. Reporter recently, she was able to talk to winner at georgias Lincoln County detention center. The two separated by glass, speaking on a jail phone. She was serious, eager to talk, eager to tell her story. Reporter after less than six minutes, a guard realized that she was a reporter and ended the interview. She said she never lied about being a reporter, winner listed her as a friend who could visit. And no one asked when they checked her i. D. We never got to talk about how she feels about the consequences or her motivations. Reporter fluent in several middle eastern languages, winner serves as a translator in the air force and turned 26 just weeks ago. In her room, a pikachu bedspread since her arrest. A make america green again Bumper Sticker on her car. According to the article, winner referred to donald trump as an orange fascist. And according to Court Documents three months before she was arrested winner messaged her sister writing, i have to take a polygraph where theyre going to ask if i ever plotted against the government with the gonnafail. Her sister said it was a joke. Winners mother says whats happening to her daughter is so unfair. She feels like shes being treated as a political prisoner. She does feel very powerless and hopeless in this. Reporter i spoke to her mother last night and she says both she and realitys older sister will be visiting with her this weekend here, it will be a christmas visit, and just like that reporter, the visit will be on a phone through the plate glass window and the government will listen to and record every word. Savannah . Thank you. Now, to a story thats got the attention of millions of iphone users. Apple has been hit with a massive lawsuit days after admitting it slows down older models as they age. Heres nbcs gadi schwartz. Reporter today in california an iphone bombshell. One man filing a class action complaint, saying that apple slowed down older phones with older batteries, to drive sales of newer, pricier models. I think its a well thoughtout plan by apple to make sure the consumers come back and buy the latest and greatest phone. Reporter apple acknowledging it did reduce processor speeds of iphone 6 and 7s in updates. After a post online, talking about speed tests showed significant performance dropoffs for older phones with previous lithiumion batteries as soon as the latest ios was installed. Apple declined to comment on the complaint but claims it was trying to improve customer experience. Featuring a prevention of shutdown to prolong the phones life. But experts say that kind of throttling means the phone might not respond like it used to. Complicated apps like games or photos and youre deep with work in the phone, they will see their performance limits because the processor cant run as fast because the battery cant supply as much power. Reporter a new iphone battery costs 80, cheaper than the new iphone that runs 1,000. But replacing the battery involves bringing it into the store. Customers say apple is not up front about changing batteries, and apple says they have pushed updates that were never asked for and reduced the speed and the value of their phones. When you have to save and struggle to buy a piece of equipment, then you only learn that the folks who sold you that equipment are downgrading it on you, its betrayal. Reporter for today, gadi schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. Now, to sad news. Dick enberg whose hall of fame career spans 60 years has died. Miguel almaguer looks back at his remarkable life. Good morning. It was believed that dick enberg died of a heart attack at home. He covered so many sports from wimbledon to the super bowl to the olympics. As a playbyplay man, he provided fans a front row seat to some of the biggest moments in history. This morning family, friends and fans are mourning the loss of an american broadcasting icon, dick enberg. A fixture in the Southern California sports landscape through the 1960s and 70s. Enberg broke on to the National Scene as a game show host. Later joining nbc, where he became the networks lead playbyplay voice for the nfl and major league baseball. Fumbled the ball. And denver has recovered. Oh, my. Reporter enberg was known for his enthusiastic signature call, oh, my, when describing big plays. He was incredibly versatile, covering a wide array of sports for decades. Enberg called 28 wimbledon tournaments, 8 ncaa basketball title games, multiple olympics, a 1982 world series, big golf and boxing events, too. He also spent 42 seasons in the booth, calling nfl games, including eight super bowls for nbc. Enberg, sharing memories with today back in 1996. I was at the practice session for the bears, watching and trying to get notes. As i was standing, someone snuck up behind me and lifted me off of my feet. There was a loud pop. I looked back and saw walter payton. He said, i got you back in place. I said, no, you just broke my glasses. Reporter during the 60s, enberg was the voice of the bruins dynasty when the team won titles under john wooden, including the socalled game of the century in 1968 when houston snapped the bruins winning streak. Overnight, condolences pouring in over social media. John ireland the radio voice of the lakers tweeting, if there was a mt. Rushmore of l. A. Sports announcers, dick enberg is on it. Definition of a gentleman. A gentleman and a giant in broadcasting. Enbergs golden voice now silent, but will never be forgotten. At his very first job, a custodian at the Michigan Radio station, enberg earned 1 an hour. He managed to double his salary when he started working onair as the weekend sports guy. He retired two years ago calling games for the San Diego Padres when he was 80 years old. Back to you guys. What a career. Classic. Thank you. What a voice. What a voice. Nice man. Hell be missed. Mr. Roker, you want to take us to the weather . Lets show you quickly what is going on around the rest of the country. Out west, we have continued elevated fire danger. Flood threats in the Mississippi River valley. Snow throughout the interior sections of the northwest, and sunshine through the eastern gulf to the southeast. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Leclat the new fragrance lancome now available at macys, your fragrance destination. Good friday morning, im meteorologist, kari hall. As we look at the sunrise over emeryville, a beautiful start to the day. As that sunrises, we dip to the coldest temperatures of the day. We are seeing widespread freezing temperatures from the north bay to inland valleys. Morgan hill, 28 degrees. Same in fairfield with the high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 50s. We will have a nice recovery with a mix of sun and clouds. More of this weather throughout the weekend. Coming up, were going to take a look at christmas day. We need that. It will be kind of interesting. Thats al speak for snow. Al, thank you. Coming up the alleged sexist and vulgar emails that has miss americas ceo under fire. Plus, a holy undertaking. With christmas just three days away, well take you inside the largest search of its kind for evidence supporting the bible. First, this is today on nbc. Still ahead, hes back at it armed with the seasons hottest toys. Pulling off more christmas surprises for deserving kids. Make the holidays a treat with kelloggs rice krispies. Contra costa county a very good friday morning to you. It is 7 26, im laura garcia. Contra costa firefighters investigating a string of fires in antioch within a few blocks of each other that appear to be intentionally set. The first set off at 10 00 at a street and madril. One fire happened at a commercial building. The others were set at homes, none of which were occupied. No injure ies were reported. We want to check the forecast with meteorologist, kari hall. A cold start. Yes, as we take a live look outside san francisco, beautiful sunrise as you get out and about. 41 degrees there. We have had a lot of widespread 20s and 30s for the area. Still below freezing for the next hour and a half. We are going to see the high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 50s. Overall, a very nice day. More clouds in the mix. Well see the clouds linger throughout the weekend. Highs mid50s and a slight chance of rain on christmas then dry weather. San francisco mid50s and inland 61 degrees. Lets get an update on the commute with vianey. There is an issue for eastbound 580 before grant line road. A car crash is blocking lanes. Im not showing delays in terms of the traffic map. The peninsula drive times are off to a great start. Southbound 101 to highway 92, six minutes. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. 7 26 and