Helping a woman deliver her baby on a subway train. The drama caught on tape. The holiday delivery youll never forget today, friday december 26th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this friday morning. Im carson daly. And im tamron hall along with sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer. Matt savannah al natalie, rudolph, blitzen, theyre all off today. Almost a different network. I like blitzer. Is that a new reindeer . It was a long night. It was a long night, carson knows. One delivery wont be returned. Great story out of philadelphia. Right . A group called lizard squad claiming responsibility for a massive new cyber attack against the networks for two Popular Video game systems. Hallie jackson is in los angeles. Hallie good morning to you. Good morning, tamron. Overnight we saw reports of intermittent outages and the timing of this crash could not have been worse, people unwrapping the hottest gifts of the season could not logon to play. It doesnt look like the outages are related to the original cyber attack against sony but yet another headache for a company that has had plenty. I never heard of microsoft getting hacked into before. Reporter hoping to log back on to x box and playstation after a disturbing christmas outage that had many lighting up social media to complain. Playstation tweeted engineers are investigating. A hacker group called lizard squad is taking responsibility for the network crash with one twitter account posting we truly are the grinch. What the heck is happening . Reporter the outages happened the same day as the big screen release of the interview. Sony owns playstation and sony pictures. Right now theres no. That hacker group called itself guardians of peace and threatened retaliation if the interview went public. But it did in a big way, with sellout crowds lining up coast to coast. And the films costar saluting those who showed up. If it wasnt for theaters like this and people like you, this literally would not be happening right now. It was hilarious in a stupid way. Reporter moviegoers hope their message gets out. I enjoy their work their comedy. But its as much if not more so a freedom of speech issue. Reporter we could find out Box Office Numbers for the interview soon. Some predict the interview would earn a fraction of what the top releasing movies will make. Post holiday shopping. Gabe gutierrez is in atlanta to show you what you will be saving. Good morning, gabe. Reporter carson good morning. Were here in atlanta, one of the citys busiest. Doors should be opening in less than an hour. Retailers across the country, some of them, are opening as early as 6 00 am. It is down to the wire for brick and Mortar Stores. Theyre hoping to make up for disappointing and lackluster sales on black friday and super saturday. Customers are eager to use those gift cards before they lose value. Customers should expect heavy discounts on clothing which has not been a hot seller this year. For those of you planning returns and theres plenty of you here is some simple advice. Know the stores policy bring your receipt and bring your i. D. More retailers are asking for it, to cut down on fraud, which is estimated to cost the industry 4 billion a year. The National Retail federation had forecast holiday sales this year would jump more than 4 . Today for retailers here should be crucial to meet that target. Gabe gutierrez on the story for us this morning. Now to that tragic ambush of two Police Officers in new york. Wake for rafael ramos as more information leads to a new arrest. Reporter good morning, tamron. A real sense of tragedy to what should have been a week of celebration and tradition. Since last weekends ambush killings of two officers new York City Police are stepping up efforts to enhance their own safety after receiving threats, resulting in arrests of at least six people. Officials said one man was overheard on a phone threatening to kill more cops, search turned up weapons in his own home. Nypd officers rafael ramos and winjin liu were shot sitting in their patrol car. The suspect then killed himself. Heels of high had been profile deaths of two black men, Michael Brown in ferguson missouri eric garner on Staten Island here in new york. In both cases, grand juries decided not to charge the officers setting off unrest around the world. Rekindled in missouri after an 18yearold man was killed by Police Tuesday night five miles from the ferguson flash point. Dozens of protesters gathered some shutting down an interstate highway. Releasing security video they say shows the man pointing a gun at the officer. Back in new york the slain officer s officers families in mourning. The family of officer wenjian liu made their first trip to the crime scene Christmas Eve, laying two wreathes one for liu, one for his partner, rafael ramos. My father was an incredible man. He was an incredible husband to my mother and he was a really dedicated officer. He truly cared about the people of new york city. Reporter the ramos family was back here at the scene yesterday on Christmas Day. Funeral services for him are set for saturday. Vice President Biden ares expected to attend. Jetblue is offering to fly lius members from china and cops from around the country who wish to pay their final respects. Tamron . Thank you. Nice gesture there from jetblue. Protests unfortunately got violent. Yes. Demonstrators protesting Police Killings of black men nationwide organized what was supposed to be a peaceful march. Instead some of them shattered windows and set fire to dumpster dumpsters, vowing to not give police time off over christmas. George h. W. Bush remains hospitalized. Nbcs jacob rascon is in houston and join us with the very latest on his condition. Jake jacob . Reporter sheinelle, good morning, the former president is going on his fourth day at the hospital. He had a quote, terrific Christmas Day. Tuesday he suffered what was being described as a shortness of breath and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Bush 4 is the oldest living president. Although parkinsons disease make it is difficult for him to speak and walk he has remained active even skydiving on his 90th birthday. He was also at houston methodist two years ago, suffering from bronchitis and a persistent cough. That time he was here for two months this time around were told his health scare is not that serious. Sheinelle . We certainly wish him the best. Jacob rascon thank you. The president and first lady visited a nearby marine base. Thanking the men and women for their service and saying that afghanistan has a chance to rebuild thanks to their service. By next week they plan to pull out most of the troops. Starting in january, customers can order large fries again in japan. For almost three weeks, mcdonalds was running short on fries. Labor disputes in the u. S. Crippled the supply chain to japan, home to some 3,000 mcdonalds restaurants. It was a warm welcome from the miami heat for lebron james. King james kicked off the christmas night game by hugging his former teammates as most cheered for the man who helped to bring championships to miami. He hasnt talked to pat riley since his disputed return to cleveland. A big win for the cavs. Business as usual after its beloved panda cub came home for christmas. The drama began wednesday when the giant panda cub touched a hot wire that marks the boundary of her habitat. The mild shock scared the 16monthold panda and stay there had for more than a day in a tree. She finally came down in time for a Big Christmas dinner. Thats nice. Ive been obsessed with that story since you have . Yes. She runs up the tree and is looking down like im not coming back down. Im not going to let this happen again. A lot of people on facebook were talking about the mom pacing overnight, frantic, hoping she would come down. And she finally came down. Adorable. Happy ending. Yes. Lets get a check of the post holiday weather in for al. Post holiday much better than preholiday. We lost a lot of the rain. We have snow showers and rain across southern new mexico. This will turn into a bigger storm system into saturday especially. We have Winter Weather advisories in effect. Blue areas are your winter storm warnings. Thats where well see most of the snow in the highest elevations. A foot of snow in parts of the rockies. An additional six to nine inches. Were looking for this to turn into more of a free storm in parts of nebraska mississippi. You can see this warm air out ahead of this frontal system will trigger more showers and storms. As for snowfall, were looking not as much accumulation in denver but in aspen, we could see more as well. Up into the northwest and Snoqualmie Pass we could see up to a foot of snow and nine to 12 inches in parts of idaho, dakotas and western montana, too. Your local forecast is coming u good morning, im first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. Today sunny and mild and less wind than what we saw on Christmas Day. Temperatures range between 52 and 55 degrees, well above our average of 42 degrees. As we head to the rest of today, 54 degrees heading into tomorrow. Sunny and mild and then we see clouds moving in overnight saturday and a chance of showers lingers into sunday with a cold front approaching. By next week very cold temperatures in the 30s for your daytime highs. And thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you very much. Christmas presents can come in various shapes and sizes. For one couple this came in the best way. This is being called what else a christmas meerk snl a woman went into labor on a subway car and couldnt get to the hospital. Officer, hey, somebodys having a baby. Reporter a special christmas delivery no one expected. Southern pennsylvania Transit Police were alerted thursday night that a woman was going into labor on a subway train and two onduty officers quickly jumped into action. I was praying for the medics to come and take over. It was happening so fast. The baby was already coming out and we did our training and what we should do. Reporter this Surveillance Video shows the officers with the couple during delivery. They were able to help with the birth and remove the umbilical cord wrapped around the babys neck. The mother wanted to hold the baby. The father offered the shirt off his back to warm the baby up. Reporter everyone was overjoyed to learn it was a healthy baby boy, especially his proud dad, posing with the two officers. There was excitement. Everyone was excited, happy, congratulating the police officer. Reporter onlookers were captivated one witness capturing the video of the officers carefully carrying the newborn to the ambulance. It was wonderful. They cuddled the baby rushed it into the ambulance. Very good. Reporter Transit Police celebrated the good news too, chief of septa saying i have waved todays fare for our newest rider. I was hoping for a quiet shift. Dont we all . This experience was pleasant. It was. During the holiday, this is the right time. Very memorable. Both mom and baby are in the hospital doing well. No word on what they are naming the baby tamron and carson. Some are saying noel works. Oh, pretty. Betty, thank you. Great story. Unbelievable. Adorable. Today marks ten years since the deadliest tsunami on indonesians coast that killed more than 220,000 people. Katy tur has more. Katy good morning. Reporter good morning. It was a decade ago today that the world woke up to an unimaginable disaster a tsunami that ripped through 14 countries and left towns flattened, including here where today, survivors are recounting those scary moments and remembering those lost. On 26th of december 2004 we woke up and took a stroll on this beach. Oh, my god 15 20 feet tall. Reporter an hour later, the beach was overcome and a wave like no one had ever seen was crashing into petras hotel room. I never heard the word tsunami before. Never . Never. Reporter suddenly she and the love of her life were sucked out to sea. Eight hours later the super model was clinging to a tree. Palm tree like this one was my savior. Reporter her boyfriend, simon atley, one of more than 5,000 on the west coast of thailand who didnt make it. A decade later, it is rebuilt and the tourists have come back. But the lost are long but forgotten. Banda aceh 150 miles away from the epicenter of that 9. 1 quake that caused the tsunami. There, the anniversary was marked with prayers for the dead. 130,000, onethird of this coastal community, killed in a matter of minutes. This woman never found her mother brother or sister. The worst thing is, you could not do anything. Reporter from aceh the focus now is on a brighter stronger future mangrove trees to protect the coastline, the face of a lost loved one in a 1yearold child. And on a thai beach where so much was taken, a smile from a survivor. Tsunami has given me many gifts and one of them is to be to have this consciousness of how lucky i am. Reporter and she says shes so lucky because shes been able to open 107 schools for kids in places that have been torn apart by national disasters. That is why, she says she smiles every day. Guys back to you. Katy tur, thank you. Jenna is covering the orange room since carson is here. We had a baby delivery on the subway in philadelphia. No. Delivering here . I am not going to top that. I am not going to do that. I am not going to mimic that. I walk around wherever i go just in case its not going to happen. Get the camera right up here. Thats disgusting. So were coming off the Holiday Season. Its so rare we can walk away from the Holiday Season saying i got the perfect present. Its rare someone said that. Not money orphansiness just the perfect present. That guy right there not only got the perfect present, come with me take a look. The perfect present, posted his hash tag of the perfect present t kind of was. His beautiful wife got this tshirt, lax to jfk, a route he knows oh, so well he can practically fly the plane himself. Not to be outdone, my daughter is obsessed with music. We both got guitars. Adorable. This Holiday Season. Two ladies, two guitars, one cool version of you are my sunshine. So lame with harper. I played like most of it. Perfect presents. From leslie my 4yearolds reaction on Christmas Morning. Priceless. Kristin, my number two pencil socks. Look we all have our own. To each his and her own this one, michelle said surprise its a girl. Second granddaughter on the way. I would eat maybe half the chocolate but to each his and her own. Little dominic and his new tool set. Hes already building something. So cute. So cute. So perfect. What if you didnt get the perfect present . What are you going to do with the gift you dont love . The big question will you regift it . Is it right . Is it are wrong . We want to know. Head to facebook. We want to know. Well have the results for you. Jenna, thank you. Im so torn about the regifting thing. Why . Somebody knows somebody who will know that i dont want to get busted. Perfect wine or something that could work out. Coming up michael sam, first openly gay player drafted into the nfl speaks out. What he says he has heard from other players. But first this is today on nbc. Coming up the end of an era. Frat house that inspired a hit show as it comes to a close. And on trending what a mess. Adorable videos capturing dads styling their daughters hair for the very first time. Well have all that for you coming up. But first your local news and weather. Suffering from the flu is a really big deal. With aches, fever and chills theres no such thing as a little flu. So why treat it like its a little cold . Theres something that works differently than overthecounter remedies. Attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. And call your doctor right away. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions, or take other medicines. If you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures confusion or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. Ask your doctor about tamiflu and attack the flu virus at its source. Heres a question for you when electricity is generated with natural gas instead of todays most used source, how much are co2 emissions reduced . Up to 30 . 45 . 60 . The answer is. Up to 60 less. And thats a big reason why the u. S. Is a world leader in reducing co2 emissions. Take the energy quiz round 2. Energy lives here. Good morning and happy friday im Christine Maddela. Lets get the first alert forecast from meteorologist brittney shipp. Beautiful shot of cape may as the sun continues to come up. Plenty of sunshine in store for us today. Temperatures warming above average, once again. Into the 50s. 38 degrees currently in philadelphia and a cold 30 degrees in allentown and only 31 in mount pocono. As we head into the rest of today, the sun will continue to shine and well see calm conditions. Temperatures by 9 00 a. M. 40 degrees. Lets get a check on traffic by katy zachary. This is 76 westbound right at city ave where were not seeing a lot of volume at all, which is very uncharacteristic at this time. A lot of people are staying home or taking an easy day off after christmas. Drive times on the pennsylvania turnpike between route 1 and the exit for valley forge. Only 22 minutes in both directions. Funeral Services Held today for a Chester CountyHigh School Student who died after getting the flu. Andrew specht collapsed while working at his parttime job a week ago. His family said he died from complications from the flu bug. Further tests are needed to confirm the cause of death. Im Christine Maddela and another update coming your way in 25 minutes. 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