Rockefeller center. Welcome. Bittersweet morning as we say goodbye and celebrate the legacy of Willard Scott. Look at that, a special honor with the help of mayor de blasio here in new york city. We have renamed our plaza between 48th and 49th street Willard Scott way. Such a touching tribute this morning. And al got to spend some time in virginia with our good friend, Willard Scott. This is somebody who is your second father . To all of us hes uncle willie. He means so much after 35 years. We love him and we miss him already. Hes not going anywhere yet. I know. I know. But well catch up with you two in just a few minutes. We were just talking too about what a great legacy. The legacy of your career and your life as you made people happy and made people smile. No better job or reason to all the quotes from maya angelou on, they say people remember how you treat them. We can talk about Willard Scotts career and his terrific smile and all the people around here who remember how hed pat you on the back and how hed treat you. Barbara bush said it well, i just love that face. I think thats how the whole country feels about willard. The star wars premiere, the movie is three days away, but they had the premiere last night. Star wars the force awakens out in hollywood. Wow that was not animation. That was our little knockoff j. J. Abrams. C3po what are you hearing, that was the question on the red carpet the others. This is 38 years after the original. Theyre saying it could generate between 150 to 200 million and eventually i think more than that. And eventlly between almost 2 billion worldwide. Going to push avatar and all the records to box office history. I dont think well be surprised if this is the biggest grossing movie of all time. I cant wait to see it. My kids are waiting to see it. Are they vacation. Maybe in a smaller theater. So basically your kids break. No. Premiere, i was following twitter last night from the people who were there. And people were saying they have never seen red carpet like it. But it was the longest they have ever seen. One star after the other and then the droids. Everything about it. We have watched the three originals and then we watched the jar jar binks one. I stopped there. I saw georges face go no, the rest are really good. But i think you need to see the bad to truly appreciate the good. If you have the time. Its compare and contrast. When you see this, youll be jumping out of the seat. And everybody basically came out of saying that j. J. Did it. That says it right there. Interview on 60 minutes. He talked about the pressure and, you know, just knowing that yeah. That challenge. Of star wars. But obviously did it. Reinvigorated the star trek i love what he did. 38 years generated this not more four decades later. Generations. To know our kids are watching this and its it still stands through the test of time. Look at this picture on the screen. Do you remember where you were . I was on camp bowie where the church group went to see it. 1977. 77. I remember the marquee. Thats what an imprint it made and wanting to be princess leia. Yeah. Talking about the toys, the hot one. Yeah. I was but my dad did take me to Empire Strikes back. That one i remember. And also tonight, its the big gop debate. The last of the year and appropriately in las vegas because this is turning into a brawl. The person whos going to lead our country, but the aesthetics and the theatrics around this, in fact, new polling out, wall street post abc poll shows donald trump with the largest lead over the republican rivals. 38 right now, saying they would support trump. Ted cruz at 15 . And at an event last night, donald trump apparently heckled by protesters and they were escorted out by security. This aired this during the news. Got very ugly. There was some yeah. Some hateful rhetoric being yelled out by people there. We dont know, you know, obviously who these people were. But it got ugly. Which is the concern so many have with some of what trump is saying on the campaign trail. Not only been criticized by democrats but his fellow republicans as well. Yesterday, trump also released his personal physicians i guess statement on his health. If you could call it that. It was released by the campaign. Quote, to whom my concern. It went viral on social media. The doctor identified as howard boorstin, if elected, i can state donald trump would be the healthiest ever elected to the presidency. This sounds so much like the rhetoric that we hear from donald trump, where, you know, ill be the best, the best president ever. The doctor says physical strength and stamina are extraordinary and the recent lab tests were astonishing excellent. Okay, i see an snl sketch. I see an snl sketch. Okay, donald, bend over and cough. Whoa thats one powerful cough. I didnt see that coming. I didnt know you were going that way. Youre like the doctor who gave them the exam. For the record theyll have one with that one. For the record, the lennox hospital they reacted to the doctor at least they did on twitter saying that, you know, those are the doctors words, not a statement from the hospital. Right. Well, a little distance between them wow. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, it the Holiday Season were talking about gifts now. Sometimes its hard to figure out what to get your coworkers, right . No. It can be. Because you want to get something that you know, you dont want to splurge too much, because it will look like youre buying them, if you go too cheap youre going to look too cheap. What do you think about a roll of duct tape . How do i feel about it . Terrible. Candy for valentines day. Thats inappropriate for many its old. From valentines day. A picture of a bear, a bowling ball. Homemade sausage. What are youing talking about . This is from career build ore, they did a survey and some of the most unusual gifts. Someone i can see homemade sausage. If you were good friends. I can see a bowling ball. I want to know what goes into the sausage. I mean, we like to munch on cookies. Thats a different story. I think youd enjoy bowling, thats a great gift. True. I enjoy bowling. If you have a Bowling League or club. You bowl . I like well get you that. Lets go back to Willard Scott. We have our red corsage. Retiring after more than 40,000 birthday announcements and al is down there with him. Take it away. I said is my second dad. At 65 years with nbc. I mean, are you kind of its unbelievable. For you its flown by. For me its dragged on forever. No. Im not unhappy with it. I started with rca, you know that dog . Yeah. Nipper. Nipper, not hitler. Oh, nipper. Hitler is not a dog. I dont hear. Anyway i love my job and the people i work with. I always have. You were a big star here in yeah. Very wealthy man too. Thats right. Bozo the clown, ronald mcdonald. The president for two years. I missed that for two years states . And then you came to the today show and people werent ready. The nation nobody they had never seen the sun has come thank you very much. You passed that on to me. I really appreciate that. But really, i mean, you made such an impact. Its got to be a pretty good feeling. I dont know how much time weve got, but i love this story. I was going down the nbc elevator and an engineer was with me and it was just the two you know, i was in the studio air. [ laughter ] much. He said, you know, my mother in brooklyn is crazy about you. I said thats it. I dont care about engineers. I care about the mothers in brooklyn. The next day. You made such an impact and a i love you. Yeah. One day ill be actually check. Willard scott. Who loves you, baby . Oh, man. My matt lauer hair cut. How sweet. Guys, back to you. All right, thank you so much. I think i speak for the whole country when i say were going yeah. Dylan is in this morning for willard. How do you follow two cheers to willard. Well miss you. Heres a look at whats going on across the country. Record high temperatures across the eastern half of the country and in central park we already hit 68 degrees. We hit that at 1 00 in the morning. And records through delaware and into new jersey. Were looking at highs 15 to 20 degrees above average. Tomorrow still on the warm side. Thursday were o thursday, and well hold onto the clouds for much of the day. A few peeks of sunshine, and windy day. Mild this morning, and low 50s this afternoon, and mid 50s. Wind will be an issue this afternoon, and wind advisory today. Occasionally, winds gusting between 40 and 50 miles per hour. And be sure that you tie down inflatable santa. The 7on7 forecast. 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