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. The administrations most high profile frequent flyer, 112 countries, nearly 1 million miles, more than 400 days of travel, now grounded under doctors care at new york presbyterian after a Spokesman Says physicians discovered a blood clot wednesday. Onny whirlwind trip, she picked up a stomach virus that led to dehydration that led to a fall, a concussion and now, her aides say, a blood clot. Shes had a very real accident and is recovering from it. She will be back. Reporter for three weeks, clinton has been out of the office, but still working while recovering at home. Her concussion caused her to miss a grilling. Her deputies went instead. Secretary clinton is recovering from a serious virus and concussion. All of you who know hillary know that she would rather be here today. Reporter a scathing independent review board blamed the benghazi attacks on officials under her command and the action that state Department Takes in order to prevent any future attacks like the one in libya. Secretary clinton has indicated she will implement all of them. My message to the state department has been very simple. And that is, were going to solve this. Reporter now a new Senate Report released today also sharply criticizes the state department while widening the blame as well, finding fault with the pentagon and white house. Clinton told the Committee Chair shes committed to working with them once she recovers and will appear before them once she gets the go ahead from her doctors. Republicans want to hear from clinton in person before theyll consider confirming her successor. Ive been told from senator kerry he wants that approach also. He needs to hear what she says so he can make comments about i agree with her, i dont agree with her. It makes sense to have her go first. Clintons spokesman has not said where the blood clot is located. Doctors not involved in her case say if in her legs its easily treatable. If in the lungs or brain, it would be potentially more dan r dangerous. And doctors want to make sure there are no underlying conditions that led to the clot. She has not announced her future plans but is widely considered the democratic frontrunner if she chooses to make another run for the white house in 2016. Willie . Andrea mitchell, thank you. Dr. Roshini raj is a contributing medical editor. We know weeks ago she fantd as a result of dehydration and the flu. How do we get from there to a blood clot . Its a little murky. She did have a concussion after the fall. But to go from a concussion to a blood clot is not the common consequence. However if she was in bed, immobilized, people who have surgery or on long plane rides, because theyre not moving so much, can develop a blood clot. If perhaps she was just lying in bed from the concussion, she could have developed it for this reason. Andrea said we dont know exactly where this blood clot is. Thats right. What is the general concern . A deep vein thrombosis, usually in the legs. The fear is that that part of that will break off and travel to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolis. If they had done an ultrasound, they would have discovered the clot that way. Shes on blood thinners now. How long could she expect to be on those . Three months or longer depending on her other conditions. Her travel, Something Like a million miles over the last four years, back sw forth. She has talked about it herself, not in the best health of her life. How concerned are you, as a doctor, somebody who is constantly going for four years . Shes only got a couple of weeks left but has been going nonstop here. The travel may have contributed to the development of the blood clot n terms of long term, shes on blood thinners. Some people think that will affect her performance. I dont really think so. Millions of people are on blood thinners and lead normal lives except they cant do sports or do something that potentially they would be hit and fall. In politics i dont think thats a concern. You are not treating secretary clinton, you havent seen her records but this is someone who potentially could run for president a few years from now, could become president. How concerned should americans be about her health . The next few days will tell us a lot. If shes just in the hospital to adjust the doet dose of her medication, we dont need to be concerned about longterm consequences. If shes longer in the hospital, sounds like theres more going on than meets the eye, then we need to be concerned. Dr. Raj, thank you. Erica . There is still no deal. Can a deal be reached in time . Kelly odonnell is on capitol hill. Countdown to midnight is actually a celebration on this day, but that is not the case here. There has been some Constructive Movement on issues like all kinds of new taxes that could go into effect. The real problem is a battle over spending. Today there is a change in who is leading the talks. After working through the weekend, holiday good wishes gave way to pessimism, following a sunday night meeting of House Republicans. The future of the country, you know, rests in the hands of 70 and 80yearolds who have jet lag its probably not the best thing but thats all right. Reporter no deal struck and so no vote to take over big tax increases sperng s increases, spending cuts. Some lawmakers saying theyre embarrassed. Something has gone terribly wrong when the biggest threat to our American Economy is our american congress. Reporter since friday, the democrats point man has been majority leader harry reid. Everybody should hang loose. Because we something may break and well be able to get something done. Reporter the Top Republican in the senate made clear he wanted to shake up the talks by changing players. I want everyone to know im willing to get this done. But i need a dance partner. Reporter mcconnell called on joe biden, who spent decades in the senate. And the Vice President headed to the white house sunday. The Vice President and i worked together on solutions before and i believe we can again. Reporter behind closed doors and working the phones, biden is described as democrats as playing the good cop as reid was more bad cop. Theres still significant difference between the two sides but the discussions continue. Reporter it came not long after the president appeared on the meet the press and called out mcconnell and boehner on tax hikes. I think its been very hard for Speaker Boehner and mcconnell to accept the fact that taxes on the wealthiest americans should go up a little bit as part of an overall package. Reporter the Sticking Point for them is that they say the democrats want to use the revenue that would come from new taxes to use that to cover the cost to prevent some of the spending cuts that are part of this socalled fiscal cliff. Republicans want to see more deficit reduction. Democrats say that could come later, but this would be a smaller plan. There are really some serious differences and not a lot of time left. Congress has created its own deadline to this socalled fiscal cliff and now has to live by it over the next several hours to see if something can get done. Erica . Kelly odonnell, thank you. Chuck todd is nbcs political director. Kelly mentioned some Constructive Movement but then theres this chasm we keep hearing about. Is there a chance for a deal . I think i want to say yes, theres a chance for a deal theyre not that far apart. It really depends on the political motivations of the people at the negotiating table. You think about joe biden and Mitch Mcconnell, Mitch Mcconnell is totally looking at this through a political lens, what is in the best interest of republicans in his view . From what i understand in his view he thinks whats in the best interest of the Republican Party is getting the tax issue off the table and then having a big knockdown, dragdown fight with the president in six weeks over the debt ceiling. Under that scenario, that would tell me, okay, hes likely to want to make a deal. When you look at the actions that republicans threw out that idea of throwing in the Social Security change and suddenly democrats balked and he pulled it from the table. Mitch mcconnell wants to make the deal, get the tax issue off the table simply because he thinks having more leverage if you leave taxes there, it gives the white house and democrats more leverage in the debt ceiling. Even if they get a deal today we have a big fight in the next six weeks. If there is a deal today can it about get passed in time to avoid the fiscal cliff . Im not optimistic that it can get through the house. If theres a deal of 75, 80 senators voting for it, which is what mcconnell and biden are trying to construct here, its not a deal that would just get over 60 votes but something bigger than that, the house would have to put it on the floor and it probably passes and probably gets over the finish line. You know, thats where im not sure we get a deal. Is the political will there among House Republicans . I know what Mitch Mcconnell believes is in the best interest of the Republican Party. I dont know if john boehner and Mitch Mcconnell are in sync on believing that the tax issue should completely be taken off the table. If theres no deal today, theyll cut taxes in three days when theres a new congress. Focusing back on the senate, how important is Vice President biden . The only person with any sort of warm relationship with Mitch Mcconnell is joe biden. The president doesnt have one. Harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell do have one, its on again, off again, but it can deteriorate quickly as we saw yesterday. Biden is important. If theres anybody with a personal relationship in the white house if you can fault the white house for one big thing, its the lack of developing a personal relationship with Mitch Mcconnell, between the president and him. There is one between joe biden and him. Chuck todd, thanks. You got it. Lets get to the mornings other top stories. Andrea canning is in for natalie at the news desk. Good morning. Good morning. And happy almost new years to you. And happy new years to you at home. Authorities are hoping to speak with a seriously injured bus driver. At least nine people were killed and 26 injured. The bus was returning to canada after a trip to las vegas. The woman charged with pushing a stranger to his death in front of a new york city subway train thursday reportedly has an issue of Mental Health issues and three previous arrest s. Erica men endez targeted a 36yearold native of india because she blamed, quote, muslims, egyptians and hichlt n duchlt s for the 9 11 terrorist attacks. In memory of a 23yearold medical student who died two weeks after she was gang raped on a bus in indias capital. The crime has led to a wave of demands for greater protection for women against sexual violence. Six men have been charged with murder in that attack. In wall street final trading day of the year is attracting more attention than usual. Mary thompson join us from the new york stock exchange. We could see stocks drop for the sixth straight session. Nonetheless its been a good year for the market, the dow is up 6 , s p up 11. 5 and nasdaq is up 13 . Auto sales are on track for their best year since 2007 and in hollywood a record year. Movie ticket sales are expected to reach 10. 8 billion. Back to you. Good news in the economy. Thanks, mary. Dramatic video of an ice rescue. A man crashed through thin ice on a lake in southern california. Before long nearly a dozen Good Samaritans were in the water trying to reach him with ropes and inner tubes. Mickey herman kept his camera running. He and mp else made it out safely. Something tells me that hell have a new outlook on 2013. Al is in pasadena, california. Getting ready for the big Rose Bowl Parade there. Were just across from the famed rose bowl itself. Massive floats that are works of engineering and floral ingenuity. Every inch, every service has to be covered by a flower, seed, petal, some sort of plant life. Well have the rose parade coverage, nbcs rose parade coverage tomorrow morning at 11 00 am 1 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 pacific time. We have another storm system coming through the south. Look at the Winter Weather advisories from new mexico all the way to indiana. We are looking at snow to the north of the system. Check it out. You can see it making it across the country. To the south, mostly rain. To the north from oklahoma to indiana, we are talking snow through tuesday morning. Then its all rain through the south. Snowfall amounts anywhere from 6 to 9 inches in Central Kansas. Three to six inches from the southwest all the way to ohio. Then in the Lower Mississippi river valley, one to two inches of rain. Thats whats going on around the country. First this message and your local weather. Happy monday, everyone. New years eve. Filtered sunshine for today. Well rise into the low and mid 40s. It will be one of the warmest days of the work week. College park at 32. Riverdale, 32. Vienna at 27 degrees. Lets look at the forecast for today. Well see high clouds in the area. The high, 41 to 46. New years erica, thats a big tract or. Were going to be up on it, coming up. Thats a big tractor. We look forward to seeing that, al. Thanks. It is going to be a cold night for the million or so people who will welcome the arrival of 2013 in times square. Good morning. Im sure youre not aalone. Reporter good morning to you. Absolutely electric tonight as revelers here for the Biggest Party on the planet. And keeping everybody safe is big business so the good times will roll. On a night when its perfectly okay to drop the ball even one as big and expensive as this, thousands of new York City Police officers will be everywhere in times square and elsewhere to make sure that doesnt apply to security. Annual show of force stands ready at americas biggest block party. 54 checkpoints into the core at times square area. People will be safe. We believe its the safest location in america, times square. Reporter unlike new years celebrations past, nypd has received no specific threats this year, but will be on high alert for signs of trouble in whatever form it may come. We use our helicopters in the air, observation posts. We have chemical radiologic al, police on scooters. It is a major commitment on the part of the department. Reporter and the department gets major kudos from this former secret Service Agent who safeguarded president obama in venues large and small. The world has changed so the game has changed and people want to see that force there. They want to see the uniforms and the police personnel, they want to see those tactical teams on the ground. It gives them a sense of security. Security aside, preparations for fun and games have been ongoing for days. 2013 is in place. Three, two, one. Reporter the confetti has been tested. Yes, they actually test it. And the crystal sparkles, especially one in honor of mr. New years eve himself, the late dick clark. I hope you have a healthy and happy new year. The first time on new years eve because its on my bucket list. Times square when the ball drops. Definitely something i wanted to do for the long time in my life, to be in the center of it, the glitz and the glamour. Reporter last year was a balmy 45 degrees when the ball dropped. This year were expecting a windchill of 25, much cold er. Happy new year to you, erica. Ron, happy new year to you as well. That is when you huddle up close to each other in those pens. They get them in there ten hours before it starts. They stay for a long time. Bring your blanket. A baby for Kim Kardashian and kanye west in 2013. How her family is reacting to the Just Announced news. First this is today on nbc. Coming up, the women who had us talking in 2012, from the mom on the cover of time breastfeeding her son. To the anchor who stood up for herself after a viewer criticized her weight. [ male announcer ] lets go places. 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Its been cleared out of the roadway and has been reopened. A live look now at the beltway. The inner and outer loop looking good. Youre looking at an 11minute drive time. We have breaking news from montgomery county. Youre looking live at chopper 4 video where teams are rescuing two hunters who were stranded after their boat floated away in toby town. Both are doing okay. New this morning Fairfax County police are investigating a deadly crash. A tractortrailer and a car collided on sully near Route 66 West before 2 00 this morning. The driver of the car died. Police havent released information about the victims or what caused the crash. We have your forecast coming up. Stay with us for that. The redskins are in the playoffs. They beat the Dallas Cowboys 2818 last night to clinch the nfc east. Rookie al friend boris rushed for 200 yards, three touchdowns. The skins take on the seahawks. Bundle up, veronica has your forecast. For sure. Cold for the early part of the day and then warming up. Look at the beautiful sunrise, the last of Kim Kardashian and kanye west are expecting. Well have details of that surprise baby news as the world gets ready for the arrival of the new year tonight. Im erica hill alongside willie geist in for matt and savannah. I spent all night on twitter making sure i was totally uptodate. People were very twitter on busy with that story. Hollywood could not have scripted a better ending to 2012, successful year coming to a close with big blockbusters that have crowds flocking to the theaters. The most dangerous drugs out there are probably things like cocaine and heroin, but it turns out overdoses from Prescription Drugs kill more people than both of those drugs combined and why the epidemic is growing. How to help someone if you think they have a problem. Was this woman going too far, breastfeeding her 3yearold, or was she a better mom for doing it . Can women really have it all . Well talk to three women who sparked a lot of soul searching this year. Kim kardashian and kanye west are expect iing their first chi. Im just upset we didnt lead the whole show with this. I have a feeling it will be a long six months. It is. Headline that tabloid writers everywhere, of course, have been waiting for. While theres plenty to celebrate kim does have one matter from her past to settle in the new year. Kanye west certainly knows how to put on a show. Stop the music for a second. And sunday night, the grammywinning rapper can we make some noise for my baby mama right quick . Took to twitter to share the joy. While mom kris said oh, baby, baby, baby. Jenner gushed over the future father of her soontobe grandchild. Hes a great guy. Theyre well suited for each other. Theyre definitely really, really happy. Reporter the rapper went th march. This fall west even wrote his lady love into one of his songs. My girl a superstar all from a home movie. Reporter thats a not so subtle reference to the sex tape that helped to rocket kardashian to fame. Since then she has reached superstar heights. Millions tune in to see her familys exploits into keeping up with the kardashians. Whatever. And her 2011 wedding to nba star kris humphries. West wrote about that in another song. And ill admit i fell in love with kim round the same time she fell in love with him. The marriage only lasted 72 days but the Divorce Proceedings have gone on for a year. Only likely to intensify in the new year with their bundle of joy. Kardashian is reportedly 12 weeks pregnant, maybe a summer baby, i guess. Its not clear if she was at that kanye concert. I did hear she was there, but thats only from the blogs. As far as her divorce, a trial is likely to be held next year. Willie . This came as a surprise to most people. Any word on the street that you heard about this . No. The kardashians just had a Christmas Party that kris throws every year. People were there. She didnt really look pregnant. This one shocked us all. How surprised was Kim Kardashian last night that kanye west told everyone how she did. Her family flood with tweets so they were all ready to go. They said they had been keeping this one close to the vest and are relieved that everyone knows. They had their marketing opportunities. Ready to go, yes. You also told me, i didnt realize this, that kanye west as ex is pregnant as well. Yes. Having a baby at the same time. This is kind of a strange time for this it came on quickly. It came on pretty quickly. Shes three months pregnant. Theyve been dating since spring. Kim says she loves kanye, says she feels like shes found her equal. K kims ready. Shes always wanted babies. Are we hearing plans about a marriage between the two of them . No plans yet. But if you look at her sister who has two children with scott, theyre not married. Has to get divorced first. Its all about the branding and market iing. A baby that has two superstar parents that arent afraid to market themselves, it could be a spinoff. This child, the whole world lies ahead thechl. Duke and duchess of cambridge expecting a baby and now kimye, if i can use that term. Kimye. A very busy time for you. Yes. What does this mean for Kim Kardashians future . What does this mean for her brand . Its the evolution of a brand. We saw her as a single lady, as a married woman. Now well see her as a mother. Like her or love her, everybody is invested in Kim Kardashian. Well be watching. Felicia quarrels, happy new year. Now lets head to pasadena for a check of the weather from al. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by kelloggs special k products. Good morning, everybody. Were here at the Rosemont Pavilion in beautiful pasadena where they are putting the final touches on the trader joes float. Everything has to be covered by some sort of plant life. Take a look at this. This is how intricate it is. Everything put on by hand, seeds, grasses, little lentils all cut these lentils have been cut in half for god of wor. Lets see what we have for you weatherwise today. Temperatures will be taking a big drop across the country. Look at today. Temperatures from 10 to 20 degrees above normal west of the mississippi. As we move through the week you will see cold air making it through the eastern, northern half of the country all the way into new england. Temperatures anywhere from 10 to 30 degrees below normal as we move into wednesday. Only warm spot the southeast and florida. Thats whats going on around the country heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Good monday morning. Looking at a gorgeous sunrise. Last one of the year. We are at 30 degrees. Your sky, partly sunny with wind delivering a wind chill of 24 degrees. Generally in the low 20s throughout our area. Afternoon high, 41 to 46 degrees. Not as cold, not as windy as it was yesterday. 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Many arent taking the pills to get high but to get better and having an unshakeable addiction. When Jennifer Cassidy looks at old photos of her brother, aaron, she still sees the picture of health. That guy in high school, starting pitcher for the baseball team, starting football, defensive end. Very popular. Reporter at 33, aaron, a successful insurance salesman, who loved music and working out, went to a doctor about some old sports injuries and left with a prescription for the painkiller vicodin. He no history of drug or alcohol abuse but his sister said he developed a powerful addiction to painkillers. Came out of nowhere. Reporter though aaron continued to feed his addiction with refill after refill, swren f jennifer said he desperately wanted to kick the habit but lost that battle, dying in his sleep from a prescription overdose at 36. We still beat ourselves up. We feel like we failed him. He was so special and we feel like we failed him. We do. Reporter tragically, aarons story is become iing all too problem. The Fastest Growing drug problem in the united states. Reporter Prescription Drug overdoses now kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined more than triple the number from ten years ago in what experts are calling an especially dick d dem an epidemic. Always prescription medications. This is what they overdosed on. Reporter in the last ten years, prescriptions for powerful pain killers have sky rocketed after the medical community vowed to do a better job. Relieving it quickly and adequately for the patient. Reporter four times greater than in 1999, enough pills to medicate every adult in the country around the clock for a month. In terms of the scope of the drug problem in this country, where would you rate this . At the top. To tackle the problem, the white house is calling for better monitoring systems, more education and stronger enforcement of existing synthetic heroin. I dont think weve recognized that. Now, of course, were paying a terrible price in this country for that. Reporter like so many others, Jennifer Cassidy and her family know that price all too well. The way the system is set up, unfortunately, makes it very easy for unsuspecting people to become drug addicts. There are so many people dying this way and theres very little talk about it. Reporter one family speaking out for all those who no longer can. Every state except missouri has passed legislation for Prescription Drug Monitoring Program but theyre only up and running in 35 states. Health experts say while steps do need to be taken to address this problem, its important to remember that strong pain medication must be reserved for those who need it most. Erica . Specializing in drug addiction. Its very powerful, the sister saying this addiction came out of nowhere. How addictive are these drugs . Very addictive. The doctor prescribe it is and its a pill but these are as dangerous as street drug. A lot of kids, were hearing, are finding them in medicine cabinets. How do you stop this . If theres someone in your family, like this young man who we saw, the family thinks there may be a problem. What are some of the signs you would look for . Things like missing work, pursuing the drugs at the expense of other activities in life, getting into trouble with, you know, driving, complications legal complications. I think just being tuned in to behavior in your Family Member and friends is important. How do you then know to wane them off of them . There are people who legitimately need a lot of these drugs to manage their pain. Is there a middle ground here . There is. Theres a lot of treatment available. If you or your family have problem with these medications, i urge you to get treatment. Are there alternatives for people trying to manage their pain and also deal with this addiction or wean themselves fft of it . Are there other medications that are less addictive and effective . There are pain strategies that dont involve medication that have shown to be successful. Most of these medications should only be used in the short term. How concerned are you about this . Very concerned. The cdc has called this an epidemic. And you agree with that . I certainly agree with that. Thank you, dr. Lewerenz. Thank you. A way to follow through on your new years resolution. First these messages. Because it was so yummy. Weight watchers online worked for me because it lets me live my life. I can still go out with my friends. I can still enjoy my Favorite Foods and drinks. Its just a smarter way of eating. I lost 40 lbs. Wow its amazing. My most favorite part of my new body is my bottom. [ laughs ] [ hudson ] Weight Watchers online. The power of Weight Watchers completely online. Join for free today. Thank you, dr. Lewerenz. Id like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios mom, are those my jeans . 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The year they hoped for, when americans went whack to the movies and helped make hits out of the stories they loved. Bilbo baggins, im looking for someone to share in an adventure. An offer moviegoers accepted by the millions. Topping the box office over the weekend, helping their precious fantasy franchise earn 33 million. But the second place finisher was a surprise. Quentin tarantinos latest django unchained was a winner, audiences lined up to see it, helping bring home 31 million in its debut. The western thriller features jamie fox as a former slave turned bounty hunter. And then there was the answer to so many broadway fans dreams. From what it seems the big screen adaptation of Les Miserables had an allstar cast that helped it finish third. Capping off a recordsetting year, hollywood earned an impressive 10. 8 billion in 2012, up 6 from last year that reverse d a threeyear trend of lower returns. In 2012, we had the perfect storm of movies. Just the right combination of films, comedies, action movies, scifi and it all played out very well for hollywood. I volunteer as tribute. Like the hunger game and twilights breaking dawn become big hit. Bond. James bond. And three movies joined the billion dollar club, skyfall, the avengers and there were some duds. But in the end hollywood got what it wanted, a hollywood ending at the box office. If 2012 is the best ever, 2013 could be better with several big sequels slated for release, experts say it could be the year when the box office timely breaks the 11 billion mark. So willie, its been a good year and, hey, happy new year. Happy new year to you. Up early for us in los angeles. Three women who sparked debates, everything from breastfeeding to body image in 2012. [ rain pattering ] [ heels clicking ] [ female announcer ] yoplait light tastes great now. And feels great later 20 delicious flavors of yoplait light, now at 90 calories each. 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Straight talk wireless. Only at walmart. This is a news 4 news break. Good morning, everyone. It is 7 56. The redskins are the nfc east division champions. They beat the Dallas Cowboys 2818. Rookie Alfred Morris rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns in the win setting a new redskins record for rushing yards in a season. Now the skins will host the Seattle Seahawks on sunday. Pretty cold morning out there. Weather and traffic are next. Stay with us. Good monday morning. We have some high clouds outside. Well see more clouds moving in today. Temperatures sit in the 20s throughout the area. 29 degrees with a little bit of wind. The wind chill reading at 23 degrees. Later today, a high of 46 degrees. Alexis . Thank you. Looking at the beltway this morning we had a smooth ride without major incidents or delays. We have reports of a water main possible break in eastbound leesburg pike. No reports of lane information now. Looking now at route 50 in maryland. No incidents or delays reported. Back to you. Thanks. Well have another update in 2 [ male announcer ] there are plenty of reasons to be jolly at the chevy yearend event because chevys giving more. More efficiency with sonic and cruze. More function in equinox and traverse. More dependability with the legendary silverado. And more style in the allnew malibu. Chevys giving more at the yearend event because tis the season. Chevys giving more. This holiday season, get a 2013 cruze ls for around 149 per month or get 500 Holiday Bonus cash. Morni morning, the 31st of december, 2012. We here are still a few hours away from ringing in the new year. Halfway around the world as you can see there in sydney, australia, they are already celebrating 2013 with a massive fireworks display. Im willie geist along with erica hill, matt and savannah have the morning off. Were sharing at least the early part of our new years eve with honey booboo apparently. We are surrounded. Which is lovely. Morning person. You know that, right . Yeah. Three of the most talked about women of 2012. Some of them pretty tough to forget. Remember this mom who appeared on the eyecatching cover of Time Magazine or the news anchor who took a stand against a viewer who attacked her weight . Maybe you remember the mom with a highprofile job who said women still cant have it all. Well catch up with them. From veterans to overnight sensations, well have all the artists who made splashes in 2012. If youre stressed about what to serve at your new Years Eve Party tonight, well have lastminute ideas to help survive the night. First lets head over to Andrea Canning at the news desk. Good morning and happy new year again, almost new years to everyone at home. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton is in a new york City Hospital today. She was treated sunday for a blood clot. More from nbcs chief science correspondent Robert Bazell who was at the hospital. Good morning, robert. Reporter good morning, andr andrea. We dont know a lot of whats going on here. Columbia University Hospital is not saying much. We have a one sentence statement from Hillary Clintons office which says, as you said, is being treated for a blood clot and it stemmed from a concussion she suffered a few days ago. The problem is that concussions, when they lead to blood clots, the blood clots are not usually treated with blood thinners as they say shes being treated. If she has a blood clot that occurred because she was sitting around or something, they would treat that with blood thinners and that would be fine. But there may be more to this story that we dont know. Well have to watch it the next few days. As they say theyre keeping her under observation to maek sure shes okay. Andrea . Lets hope for the best and thanks for the update, robert. Raising taxes on the wealthy is separating the two parties as the deadline to the fiscal cliff draws to within hours. Unless aan agreement and reached and approved by congress by midnight, 500 billion in tax increases will begin to take effect and more than 100 billion will be cut from defense and entitlement programs. Some analysts warn that could trigger another recession. A quick roundup of what has you talking online. 2012 has been a huge year for movies but Christian Slater starred in playback with horrible returns that cost 7. 5 million to produce but earned only 264. The dubious distinction of making the least money of any movie this year. Jessica simpson is pregnant and proud, self portrait of her baby bump on twitter sunday. The second child for the star and fichlt and fiance eric johnson. Oakland boys saying Amazing Grace for george h. W. Bush sunday. Former president was moved out of intensive care at a houston hospital. I once was lost but now im found was blind First Lady Barbara Bush called the band one of her husbands favorites and asked them to serenade him while he was in the hospital suffering from bronchitis and other related issues. Al roker is in pasadena. Lucky guy. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by ankkellogg special k products. Awful nice of you, andrea. Thank you very much. We are literally riding high, 17 feet in the air, this is the rfd tv float. It is a giant john deere tractor. Take a look at our other camera, all the detail. You see tea leaves, parsley covering this, aall these flowers. It is awfully cool. Well have 13 vintage tractors following them here on the rose parade route that kicks off tomorrow, 11 00 am rrow at 11 0 8 00. M. Pacific time. Lets get you caught up as far as the weather is concerned. We are looking at new years eve day a lot of rain down through the south from texas into the mid Mississippi River valley. Snowshowers from western new york back to the southwest. Rain along the Pacific Northwest coast. For your new years eve midnight celebrations it will be chilly. New york will be 20 degrees colder than last year. Coldest new years eve since 2009. We have cold conditions in west texas. Weve got 35 p in seattle. A lot of wet weather for ringing in the new year through the Lower Mississippi river valley. You will be looking at snow and confetti through ohio. Southern indiana. New years day its wet on the midatlantic to the dpul of coast. Sunny and cold in the Pacific Northwest. Chilly through the southwest. It will be chilly in pasadena for the start of the parade. Well see temperatures in the low 40s. Thats whats going on around the down oh tri. Here oohs whats happening in your neck of the woods. Beepbeep we are only expecting a little bit of precipitation today in the form of sprinkles. Maybe a flurry up north late. 29 is the temperature now. The wind giving us a wind chill reading of 23 degrees. So if you are going to be heading out bundle up and stay warm. By the afternoon, 41 to 46. Well warm up quickly. Not too cold today. One of the best todays of the work week temperaturewisement at midnight, 34 to 39 with a erica, this giant Steering Wheel is covered in seaweed. Got some tuna . I could make a heck of a sushi roll. Ill bring the soy sauce. Thanks, al. Three women sparking big debates on everything from Breast Cancer to body image. Well talk with all of them right after this. Is a little fr. I weigh myself naked. Can i take my clothes off, too . [ woman ] oh, i dont want to look. [ woman ] lets get it over with. Satisfaction satisfaction pizzazz pizzazz confidence. I like it joy [ female announcer ] tell us. What will you gain when you lose . I just served my motherinlaw your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much. I told her it was homemade. Everyone tells a little white lie now and then. 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She was here talking about it when that edition hit newsstands back in may. You need to do whats best for your baby and your own family. And jamie is with us this morning from San Francisco. Good morning. Good morning. Its been quite a few months for you. The cover was pretty provocative, ease toy say. What has the response been like for you since then in these last few months . I dont think that theres been really much difference in our daily lives. We were able to family wellness, because of the time cover thatt brought that into the forefront of the media and a realistic view of it as well as advocated for choice rather than i think people have the misconception saying this is a superior way to parent. Thats not what we were saying at all. You were talking about the passion of parenting. Thats what the article was about. Exactly. The cover, though, people said this doesnt reflect attachment parenting. Do you feel that the cover was misleading in terms of what was really inside . I think that the cover was intentionally provocative and controversial and i think and i understand that. And its unfortunate in our culture sometimes we need provocative and cultural images and tag lines to grab peoples attention to talk about things that maybe arent very controversial or provocative. I think thats what it did. It potentially maybe detracted a little bit from what the article was even about. As you embark on this journey that youre still in, in terms of attachment parenting, do you feel its given you more of a voice to talk about something that is important to you . Yes. I think were really blessed to have this opportunity and to be able to bring the spotlight on to issues that we think are really important. Breastfeeding is extremely important in our culture. And im not trying to detract from that at all. Another thing weve found is that we were able to meet people through the time cover and all these opportunities weve created this project in ethiopia to bring clean water to millions of people who have never had it before. And so just this month 8,000 people received access to clean water for the very first time in their lives. Not exactly what you imagined would come out of that cover, i imagine. Jamie grumet, thank you for being with us this morning. News anchor from lacrosse, wisconsin, who received an email criticizing her weight. Instead of ignoring it, Jennifer Livingston took to the airwaves with a very personal message. The truth is, i am overwei t overweight. You could call me fat and, yes, even obese on a doctors chart. But to the person who wrote me that letter, do you think i dont know that . That your cruel words are pointing out something that i dont see . You dont know me. You are not a friend of mine. You are not a part of my family and you have admitted that you dont watch this show. So you know nothing about me but what you see on the outside. And i am much more than a number on a scale. And jennifer is with us here in new york this morning. Great to see you. Good morning. 10,661,000 and change views. I just checked in my office. Okay. Can you believe what happened with this video . I cant. I still its hard for me to grasp how widespread the editorial went. And its unbelievable. Its very inspiring. But it is hard to grasp. Was there a moment for you when it really took off . You did this on your newscast. Was there aa moment when someone called you and said this thing is really take iing off . Its funny. We had heard from some midwest markets who wanted to talk with us. I with his at a luncheon for octoberfest celebration when i looked down at my phone and said the today show just called. It was like the reality set in, we excused ourselves from the luncheon and got back to the office and realized what was sort of happening. Its fun and exciting but theres a very serious message in here. Theres a quote in there i want to point out. To women, do not let your self worth be defined by bullies. Learn from my specious that the cruel words of one are nothing compared to the shouts of many. This is now being taught in schools. Theyre showing this. It is. Ive heard from so many schools and i continue to hear from schools who have used this as a learning tool. For me thats what it was all about. It was meant to be something local. It was meant to be a discussion that i wanted my own community in lacrosse, wisconsin, to start discussing. The fact that now schools all over the country and schools in canada and across seas are using this to talk about and learn from is amazing. Have you talked to the man who sent you the email . I have not. Ive not had any contact with him. I hold no ill will against him and i hope he doesnt to me. He was really a representative representation of a culture that we have right now that i think needs to address being more kind to one another. Its a great message. Were so glad to have you here in the studio. Safe travel to you back to wisconsin. Thank you. Working as a director of policy planning at the state department. When she found the balancing act between her career and family too much, she returned to her job as a professor at princeton university. Opened up her decision in an article published in the atlantic titled why women still cant have it all. She is here this morning. Good morning. Good morning. It hits me right here with three little girls, working so many hours in this job. Its called why women still cant have it all but you say that women can towelly have it all if we do some restructuring with the economy and society. What do you mean about that . What changes need to be made . As long as ive been a professor, i can have it all because im in control of my own time. There are many, many more women and men who could have much more flexibility at work, who could be told here is the work youve got to get done. Here is the quality of the work. You decide when you do it, how you do it. You could take time to be home when your kids get home from school, you could take that time to work out. But there are a lot of changes at the workplace that would make it much easier. Ann marie, people had a lot of mixed reaction to this article. Some people say youre setting a bad example for the next generation and others say thank you so much for letting me know im not alone and not a failure, trying to do all of this. Absolutely. Most younger women, 35 and under, are just very grateful that this conversation is being had, because they want better choices than i think they see their mothers having had. Many other women are very ambitious. They want top careers. But at some point with their families, they need to step back. And those women often feel like failures because they feel like somehow they didnt live up to being able to do it all, all the time. We need a world in which they feel good and they can still make it to the top. Its not a euphamism for being fired if you say im going to spend time with my family . No, only in washington when you say stepping down to spend time with your family means youre being fired. Theres something really wrong with society. We appreciate you being here, ann marie. And happy new year, of course. Up next from gangnam style to adele, the hottest music al acts of 2012 after this. Treatme. Now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. Now why make a flavored heartburn pill . Because this is america. And we dont just make things you want, we make things you didnt even know you wanted. Like a spoon fork. Spray cheese. And jeans made out of sweatpants. 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At the year in music. Editorial director of billboard magazine is here with a preview of its year in music edition. Youre killing that sweater right now. Handsome sweater. Thank you so much. I had a little wardrobe mishap this morning. I hadnt heard. You guys covered it all for me. But thanks for bringing it right to the sweater. Drum roll, please. Its adele. She has been artist year now two years in a row. Her album 21 came out two years ago and never, never stopped. First artist that was artist twice in a row since destinys child. And album of the year since the album thriller. Never stopped. Even this year, two years later, she was the number four singles artist of the year. What does that tell us about her . What happens next for her . Obviously shes had a couple of albums already and is selling in a way that albums havent been selling lately. It sold 10 million copies which i thought honestly wouldnt happen again in this era. Shes in that enviable position of having to follow up one of those blockbuster type of things. Everyone is watching to see what she does. You can be assured its a quality album. She has the talent to back it up, too. Absolutely. Rihanna. Whats her honor . Hot 100 artist of the year, spent an enormous amount of time at number one in the charts we found love diamonds. Didnt really stop. A lot of people can focus on the controversy of rihanna, who shes dating, how provocative shes being. She embraces that role of pop star. Hottest songs of the year were talking about and you went to gotier. Hung around the top five, top ten literally almost forever all year long. The song that people discovered online first or a lot of people discovered online first, has that super artsy video that youre seeing right now and radio took over and it became unavoidable in almost every format, had dance remixes. Something about it, it has staying power. Maybe more staying power than he does. Well see if he becomes somebody that we used to know. Well see. Now tell me about one direction. Weve got to go there. Big year for new artists. Great year for new artists if you look at grammy nominations coming up in february. Frank ocean, hunter hayes. Amazing new singer. One direction became one of the first bands in a while to sell a million copies of two different albums in one year. They were just a force. Anyone who kind of was remotely aware of music and musicrelated headlines know their tickets for concerts were going on sale and getting snapped up not only right away but showing up on resale sights for thousands of dollars. This was the ticket every little girl and boy had to have this year. And blew out our plaza when they were here. Call me maybe and gangnam style. I would say social media in addition to artists. You can develop it without having the traditional radio or record backing. Gangnam style comes out. It hit 100 million views before radio gets to it. Call me maybe Justin Bieber sends out a tweet saying check this out. Whats the lesson there for an artist who wants something to explode . First lesson would be to get Justin Bieber to tweet about it. That helps. The second lesson is make something great and people can connect with it online, that word of mouth marketing online, that social marketing can be the most powerful tool in the world. Happy new year. Thank you so much. Well be back. First your local news. Announcer this is a new 4gs newsbreak. 8 26 this morning. Its been a rough start to the day. Lets get to it be Alexis Davies in for danella. We have a water main break in falls church. Southbound haycock road closed. Taking a look at 66 at sudley road. You have eastbound lanes on the right. 12minute ride as you head from 286 to the beltway. vo they were married for. 53 years. She was his everything. He cant live alone anymore. But we dont have the room. So, we talked to suntrust. Looked at our options. Remodeled. For family, you make it work. He taught me that. anncr join the thousands of people switching to suntrusts awardwinning service. How can we help you shine today . Its mostly cloudy now. Sunshine will filter through the high clouds later today. Storm team four Veronica Johnson here. 29 degrees. A little bit of a wind. So the wind chill temperature throughout the area running in the low 20s later today your high 41 to 46 degrees. Not bad at all. Cold but not freezing at the stroke of midnight. There is a possibility late of a sprinkle coming through the area. The high tomorrow, 42. Then cold starting midweek. We start the new year here at now on this monday morning, december 31st, 2012, our plaza is filled with lots of good energy. Lots of people here, ready to kick off their new year. Many of them are probably heading out to times square tonight. Im erica hill along with willie geist and Andrea Canning. Matt, savannah and natalie have the morning off. We have ideas for your lastminute party that your guests will never forget. A lot of people are making new years resolutions that a lot of people wont keep. But theres a Scientific Method out there for keeping your new years residency res luolution. My resolution is to spend more time with you. Dripping with sincerity, too. It is, it is. What you can expect in the new year with entertainment, politics and technology, including a new website from the creators of twitter. Thats a big deal. First, we want to say hello to carson daly, hosting new years festivities tonight. Hi, mom. Number nine for you. Oh, my gosh, yeah. Mtv years added in, its like number 15 ivein times square. Its a tradition ive grown to love. I heard al say its almost 09 was record cold. And were going to reach that. Bundle up tonight. You still have to get excited when youre standing there with a Million People below you. Its fun. Its one of those things like halfway through the show, am i going to do this next year . And then when the ball drops youre like, im so lucky to have the greatest seat in the house. We try to bring all the excitement and the danger and the fun that is times square. Youll be adding a level of fun this year. From the office, rather than just talking to people, were asking people on twitter to write us and give us from dares for angela to do. That should make for some and in trouble for that reason. Along with angela, domd trump will be joining you. Donald trump will join us tonight. Well look back at the music performances and the domd will give us a helping hand tonight. Some performances like adele, robert hall in london, madonna, super bowl, mumford sons. Unlike these guys im home alone with my kids. Well be watching you. You should. Youre more than welcome. Its good family tv. Theyre talking about putting me in precocious areas of times square, too. Lastminute tips for people to stay warm tonight . Just go home, all of you. Go back to your hotel rooms and start drinking. Happy new year. Nice to see you. Thank you so much. Thanks, andrea. New years eve with thanks. New years eve with carson daly tonight 10 00 to 11 00 going right through to 12 35. Now to al out in pasadena getting ready for the rose parade. Good morning, al. Thats right. Once everybody wakes up from seeing carsons show they can watch the rose parade. This is the donate life float which is really cool talking about ups and downs. Over 30,000 flowers including the heartshaped ethereum. They put it on there because of travels of the heart. Whats the heem . Journeys of the heart. Journeys, not travels. Lets check your weather. See what weve got going for you as we watch in 3d. Basically looking at the week ahead for the early part of the week it will be below normal back through the plains into the west. Rainy through the south. Snowy in the mid plains into the northeast. Then midweek well look at the temperatures cooling throughout much of the country. Snowshowers around the great lakes. Lake effect snow there. Rain. But more normal conditions for the western third of the country. These are just some of the volunteers. All the floats are covered by volunteers which makes it that much cooler. Thats whats going on around the country. Right here we have sunshine coming through filtered clouds. 29 degrees the current temperature. Reagan national. Quite cold throughout the area. Running under the freezing mark. Meanwhile later today its not going to be until the noon hour today where we get up to 40 degrees. The high, 41 to 46. Not as cold. Not blustery like yesterday. We could see a sprinkle at midnight. Your temperature, 34 to 39 degrees. Fourday forecast cold in and thats your latest weather. Dont forget, get your new years forecast, go to Weather Channel on cable or weather. Com online. Willie . Al, thank you very much. Coming up next, well drop some science on you. Its called changeology, a Scientific Method to keep all those new years resolutions. First this is today on nbc. New year new you is brought to you by kelloggs special k products. Back at 8 38. This morning on new year new you resolutions, many of us vow to take a fresh start but what does it take to see them through . In search of the answer. We ask so much of ourselves all year. January 1st comes along and its usually this. Hi, there. How are you . Im looking to join a gym. What are your hours . 24hour fitness so that would be 24 hours. 24 hours . Ooh, yeah, i dont think this is going to work. Thanks. Reporter we tried. Believe me, we tried. What are your dessert specials . Chocolate Peanut Butter bomb is a good shake and Red Velvet Cake is outstanding. Ill have both. Thank you. Reporter but too often were tempted by the eye candy around us. Fitness and food are your popular resolutions but this year, the focus is on improving finances. Lets first take a step back and look into the long winding road of the new years resolution. They originate in ancient roman times when worshippers would offer resolutions of good conduct to the twofaced diety after whom the month of january is named. Reporter it may very well be an ageold tradition, but the new wave attitude has been to avoid the topic to avoid failing. Im going to make a resolution not to make a resolution. Reporter you have your avoider and your pro accurac mu rastinator. My resolution is to get in touch with friends but im too busy right now so im going to put it off. When i have a chance . 75 of resolvers make it about a week. 50 succeed through january and only 40 will make it six months. Psychologist dr. John norcroft says we are not destined to fail. He has a new Scientific Method he outlines in his book changeology. Were you, yourself, a failed resolution maker . Yes, i am a failed resolver myself. As are most people. Reporter finally after years and years of failed attempts at resolutions you will show me how to finally get this done . Honest. You are going to psych yourself. Then you are going to prepare or prep. Then youll perspire. So you will persevere through those slips and finally we need to persist for the long haul, three months, 90 days to seal the deal to solidify your behavior change. Let me throw a Little Monkey wrench into your system and tell you what my new years resolution is and see if we can apply the five ps. Controversial spanish by the end of the year. So with my resolution in hand and coaching from dr. Norcroft im ready to go. Psych, prep, percent entire, persevere and persist which i think for a lot of people, at least myself, you have to pray. Jenna, i think you have the five steps of changeology down pat. Where are you going to begin . My dad used to say to me when i was a kid. I think its im such a sweet kid or something. Its [ speaking spanish ] i may be off by a word or something. Im jenna wolfe. First this is today on nbc. Back now at 8 44. From the fall of hostess to the rise of gangnam style, 2012 was full of surprises. What can we expect in 2013 . Senior editor of time. The president will nominate john kerry for secretary of state. He was once passed over the v. P. Nomination, maintained his good soldier silence as hillary got the job that he wanted as secretary of state. This is his year to step into that job. Eminently qualified for it. This is his chance to put that expertise into fray, egypt, seara iran, russia, china. It will be a big year for senator kerry. If confirmed. A lot of people think 2016. We hear about jeb bush. What about this year . The bush family brand was clearly damaged between 2001 and 2009. The outpouring of love for george h. W. Bush in the last week shows us that that clan still has clout and a lot of impact in the u. S. Whatever jeb bush does in 2016, now is the time for him to have he has already begun doing this, stab himself as an ideological cornerstone for his party. He can draw his party back to the reasonable center. Do you suspect he will make the move . That will be hard for him especially with the wide open primary. Lets move on to business in 2013. Marisa mayer coming to yahoo from google. The fact shes a woman, so very young, announced her pregnancy on the day she was announced as the new head of yahoo . None of that matters to yahoo . Is she going to acquire apps, acquire a tech company . The fact that they released a new flicker that can compete with instagrahm and did it the day before instagram had their privacy issue. Silicon valley legend. Good year in a lot of ways for apple. Released a flock of new products, ipad mini and iphone 5. There were some debacles, the maps issue, the plant issue. The stock is off 70 of its share high. Well see how he will right the ship. Also in Technology Couple of names people may not know as household names, ed williams, people who helped to create twitter out with something new this year. If you judge by twitter, these guys know what theyre talking about. Medium, open blog platform for writing and other kinds of art. The thing about medium, its sort of self cure aated. Its sort of leaderselected excellence. Youll see quality emerge. The teen screams in Great Britain arent just for one direction. Theyre for a 17yearold kid who has created something that will make him very wealthy. Yes, very wealthy. Nick dilunzio, tackling the problem next to impossible, to read a 2,000word story on a tiny iphone screen. An algorithm, single page synopsis. Doesnt give you as much as 2,000 words. Think of it as finger food but very nutritious. When he was 15 years old he created it and you think the future this kid has. Im an underachiever already. We both are. What are you looking ahead for oscars . Dark thirty and lincoln, struggled with for years. Especially in zero dark thirty, we never figured out how to deal with that. Les mis trying to become the first musical to win best picture. Chicago did it in 2002. And django unchained, savory, payback, civil war, tarantinoesque violence. We should expect a big festival, maybe a little bloody. Lots to choose from. Great wrapup, jeff. Thank you so much. Happy new year. Simple ways to impress your guests as you ring in the new year later tonight. First this is today on nbc. On today celebrates 2013, you only have a few hours left before your guests arrive. No pressure. Good news is that theres still time to host a great night. No pressure. No pressure. These are really easy things. No one wants to spend a lot of money. No one wants to spend a lot of time. Hopefully these will take you an hour or two to get ready. Thats doable. These are actually party hats. You can get them at the party supply store. Very cute. Little parchment in there. Fill it up with popcorn, spiced nuts. This is my christmas decorations. I took them off the tree and you can decorate with those. Very smart. People are intimidated by seviche, but its very easy. Poach the shrimp for two minute s. Make a marinade with grapefruit juice, lime juice, garlic shallots, salt and pepper. Then you can dress a little bit. Looks delicious. With a little cilantro. The whole time to full time putt that together was what . If you dont count the sitting time only talkative time. Within ten minutes. This, i love these phyllo cups. Theyre the perfect vehicle. You can buy them already made, fill them with whatever you want. This is artichoke dip. You can put spinach in it, arugula. Using some of the same ingredients. You dont have to buy more. Put cream cheese in it, little mayonnaise, parmesan cheese. Do all you want. We did gruyere and parmesan. You fill them and bake them for eight to ten minutes. So you can boy these made already. These are already done. Put salads in them. You dont even have to bake them. Another perfect vehicle, potato pancake. I like these vehicles. The delivery system. You can do endive, whatever you want. Its classy. Its all about class. Potato pancakes, potatoes, onion, squeeze out the excess water, put eggs in, salt and pepper. Pan fry them. Theyre good to go. Let them sit around. Throw them in the oven to reheat them. Loaded potato pancake. Sour cream, anything you would want to put in your baked potato. Load that up. The pancetta. Put a little filet on that, seared scallop on it. So many options. Its just a vehicle. Great vehicle. Everyone has champagne on new years eve. Hey just in time for champagne. But an affordable option, this is called glara. 14. 99. So easy. Here, let me pour one of these. 12 grapes, one grape for each month. When the clock strikes 12, youre supposed to have a grape with every ding. If you get all 12 grapes in we did that didnt you do that with natalie . The more champagne you drink, the more difficult it is. And you have to get them all in. But then you have prosperity. Happy new year. Good idea. Special new years eve edition of todays take three after your local news. This is a news 4 news break. It is 8 56 a. I amorika gonzales and the title belongs to the redskins. They clinched it last night after a win with the cowboys 2818. Rookie running back Al A Fred Morris rushed 200 yards and three touchdowns and the win. The skins host the Seattle Seahawks sunday at fedex field. Lets check on the new years eve forecast. Right now with storm team four meteorologist Veronica Johnson. Thanks. Today well see more clouds than sunshine. At least it will be warming up. Not too warm now. We are right at freezing. 32 the temperature. A light wind but enough to give us wind chills in the 20s pushing spo the upper 20s. Not as cold today as yesterday. 41 to 46 the high. Expect thick clouds. Oh progressoh oh oh oh oh what do you know . Oh bacon . Oh oh oh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your story for a chance to win a progressoh makeover in hollywood. Go to facebook. Com progresso to enter. A water main break this morning closes southbound haycock road between falls church drive and route 7. On the beltway looking good on the inner and out back now with more of today on this monday morning, new years eve, 2012. Were out here, enjoying the last day of the year with a group of folks. Pretty cold out there in times square. Im willie geist with erica hill. Joining us this morning, great cohost. I cant believe im on the plaza. With all these fine people coming out for new years eve. So nice to meet you, too. Nice to meet you, too. 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 year in a hospital. Doctors discovered a blood clot after suffering from a concussion earlier this month. Just released gallup poll, most admired woman. President obama is the most admired man. Congress will spend part of the new year in session, trying to come up with a deal that will prevent the nation from going over the fiscal cliff. The American Academy of pediatrics has released a new statement encouraging Elementary Schools to let kids have their play time. Recess gives children the opportunity to develop skills that cant be taught in the classroom, that it should not serve as a substitute for phys. Ed. Class. Fond farewell 75 watt incandescent light bulb. Under law, they can no longer be produced or imported as of january 1st though retailers can clear their remaining stocks. Government will turn out the lights on traditional 60 and 40watt bulbs in 2014. Its what everyone is talking about, i think. Reality tv star Kim Kardashian and rapper kanye west are expecting their first child. West made the announcement last night at a concert in atlantic city. West is 35. Kardashian is 32, she is in the process of divorcing kris humphries, whom she married in 2011. Still ruled at the box office, stayed on top for a Third Straight week despite serious competition. Djang unchained debuted in second place and les mis came in third. Long underwear may be a must tonight for anyone ringing in the new year in times square, the chilliest since 2009 and 20 degrees colder than last year. Midnight kisses might generate just enough heat. And all those people. It is 9 04. Back to al with another check of the weather, sending a virtual kiss for new years to aal. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by kelloggs special k products. Nice way to start the year, a virtual smooch from Andrea Canning. Andrea e. Canning. Very nice. We are at the rose mont pavilion where they put together some floats for this years 124th annual tournament of roses parade. Behind me the second half of the rfdtv float. Farmers feeding the world. Theyve got over 10,000 roses. Over 15,000 carnations. Look at the american flag. Again all floral. Perfect stuff. This is amazing. Lets show you what weve got for weather. For the last day of 2012, not so amazing from the southwest all the way to indiana where we have Winter Weather advisories in effect. Look at the storm getting itself together, bringing snow to the north of it. Rain to the south from kansas to ohio. We are talking anywhere from one to six inches of snow. But as you get into Central Kansas we are talking as much as nine inches of snow and rainfall from waco to memo mis. One to two inches of rain. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Precipitation here today isnt going to fall until the afternoon or evening hours. Could see a sprinkle. Not getting a lot out of this weather system al talked about that will be pushing east. 32 your temperature currently. Throughout the area, a cold morning for us. Not until noon today that we get on the other side of 40 degrees. We should hold in the mid 40s for a couple of hours. 41 to 46. Not blustery like yesterday. And thats your latest weather. Willie . Al. You could just hear al singing in that break from pasadena. Now from todays take three, we take on issues that have you talking. Kit joins us. Kit hoover. Look at the cute girls in their dresses and im dressed like im going sledding. No, you look super cute. Erica has polka dots, too. Youre doing okay. Whats it like working with the bush men, billy bush . I love the bush men. At 40 to get the call to do that job, i was a stayathome mom at that time. I was like, cha ching. Here we go. We go live every day. Its been a dream. We joke around for one hour straight. He loves you. You can tell. Talks about you in glowing terms. Really . I talk to him offline. He wont tell you to your face. Is he jealous were together . Youll see a picture of my husband coming up and you look like a stretched out version of my husband. Hes a little smaller than you. Oh, really . Yeah. You cant tell there. Thats my husband, crowley s sullivan and my children. You have three kids. We all do. Look at these adorable people. Thats campbell, hayes, little crowley, 10, 9 and 5. This is me, trying to get the christmas card. I took like 100 pictures for one. Nobody is cooperating. No one wants to be there. My son wouldnt wear a collared shirt. That was like december 24th. That may have been it. Looks like a joke, but merry christmas. I emailed her to tell her how much i loved her and she did it all. This is too nice right now. Hit me, willie. If kit looks familiar to you its not just because of access hollywood. Oh, lord. Lets go back to mtv. Thats the boy i made out. You made out with him . Oh, god, this is going to get good. What are we doing . I like him after you shaved his head. I like to call that my beer swollen face. I was 23 right out of college, good beer fat swollen i know all about that. If you dont have it, youre not having fun. Reality tv was not any good then. Honey booboo has me to thank, snooki, youre welcome. I paved the way parlay this into anything, that would be great and kept running with that. Espn, little jobs here and there. Cold pizza. Little cold pizza. I followed kit hoovers career. You were in atlanta together, right, my hometown. We were, yeah, headline news. Is it true you were most athletic and homecoming queen in atlanta . Come on. Where are you digging all this up . He has sources, lot of sources. I go deep in atlanta. The joke with the homecoming queen was the whole school voted and so my dad was like, you really cornered the seventh and eighth graders. And i loved playing sports. Its so neat to watch the transition. Girls sports now is so huge. I was lucky enough to run at carolina. Gpa was not the highest. Top 48. I skated right in. You won hardship there. I won hardship. You got married age 24. I met my husband at 24 and we married at 29. Together a long time. When you look back you have the cutest relationship. Thank you. I literally got so lucky. Thank godness i met him when i did. Hes just the best. We all know marriage, youre just hanging on tight. I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone by, that we have the three kids and now both working. Thats my new years resolution is not about giving up sweets or working out. I want more time with my husband. Thats a really good one. I cant love Crowley Sullivan more. If hes watching, honey, coming in hot for the new year. She is coming in hot. Police misses her man. The girls and i were talking, party at your house tonight. We all go to bed at 10 00 pm. It is going to be a blast. It will be huge. We talked enough about kit. Yes, please move on. Thank you very much, by the way. Our take two, top new years eve destination. According to travelocity, this is where people like to go most on new years eve. Start at number five, los angeles. Warm weather. Number four, vegas. Definitely been there. Viva lass v vegas. Thats where you go in your 20s. I did. Number three, south florida. Great get away. Number two, new york city. Before we show number one, what do you think . I didnt even look. Dont look. Im surprised. New york city should be number one. With the ball dropping. I dont know what else is left. Any guesses . Omaha. Good guess. Orlando. Orlando, florida. No. You have the kids. Harry potter. Go get loose with the kids. You cant have a list where the kids should go and one for single people. My new years is always the day before school starts. My calendar starts in september. Thats when i buy new shoes for everybody, we eat healthier. January 1st Means Nothing to you . Nothing to me. Its amateur night. Blue mountain, canada, where its a great place for new years, i have to say. Im moving us ahead, as were running out of time. These are new Years Eve Party beverages. Kit, you mentioned honey booboo. Well talk about honey booboos goo juice. Gogo. What is it . Gogo juice. Oh, excuse me. Must be this one here. Oh, dear lord. Mountain dew with bacardi limon. What do you think ofthat . No. Whats worse than giving your daughter caffeine and mountain dew and she said i could be giving her alcohol and they said im gla glad youre not. I guess this is what you would be drinking. Do you want one . My baby daddy. You can pull it off. I went hunger games drink, 50 shades of gray drink. Which one is that one . Olympic rings. Willie, knock that back. This is my favorite. It looks like it to me. Gangnam style drink. Were going to knock these down. While we do that, celebrities that stood out above the rest in 2012 after this. [ woman ] weighing myself in times square is a little frightening. I weigh myself naked. Can i take my clothes off, too . 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At university of phoenix were moving Career Planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. Ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while youre still in school, you might find the best route. Leads somewhere you werent even looking. Lets get to work. Your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i cant stop eating em whats. That. On your head . Can curlers tomato basil, potato with bacon. Weve got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. Look at that body, willie. From Kate Middletons fashion moments and her pregnancy announcement, us weekly has come out with their celebrity yearbook of 2012. Here to recap the hot headlines is senior editor, writer ian drew, looking so dapper this morning. So nice to see you on this coast. We get to see you more often. Lets talk about you. Just mixing it. I had to give you something today. I had to give you a little show here. Its working. Besides you, who is the best dressed celebrity of the year . I dont hold a candle to kate middleton. Mamatobe middleton really tore it up. She never looked bad. She couldnt look bad. The green dress we just showed that was stunning and she never had dull moment. She was upstaged by someone who had a leg up on her, angelina jolie. It wasnt as much about the dress but that leg. She threw that leg out there, its how she worked the leg. The dress is amazing, too. I love the leg out there. I got that everywhere. Everyone is photo shopping that all over the place. 2013 should be Kate Middletons year, too, because her pregnancy style will take over everywhere. It will be for sure. All hands on deck to make sure everything is perfect. What are the most talked about fashion moments . Beyonce, we voted her americas hottest mom in our fashion issue in september. She never stop ped as well. There was never a bad moment. The thing about beyo nce is that even on the street she looked amazing. Red carpets, on the street. She tore it up everywhere. Kate middleton, of course, had many more public appearances. But beyonce had a year where she really laid low and was a mom and looked good. Thats where you separate the men from the boys. Stars just like us, taking out their garbage, they look gorgeous. We also had michelle williams, who looked perfect, heidi klum, gwyneth paltrow. Lets talk it girl in hollywood. Of course, jennifer lawrence. She started out with the hunger games and everyone thought shes like the new Kristen Stewart but then did a 180 when Silver Linings playbook came about. Nominated for a golden globe. It will be her year in 2013 because another hunger games movie is coming. She is so good. And just likable, too. Showed such versatility. Both roles were totally opposite. She was amazing in both. Besides willie geist, leading man for 2012 . Channing tatum. Sorry, willie. I yield to him. He had the vow and 21 jump street along with magic mike. I think thats why women loved him so much. He is the new hunky leading man that all the women look out for. He is also expecting a baby right now. Its going to be a big year for him next year as well. Theyre also doing 21 jump street. Are you on board with that program . Will ferrell, when i have to pick my go to guy, will ferrell is my guy, anchor man. Really . Yeah. Somebody for everybody. Yeah. As they say. Ive never heard that from the womans point of view. Little belly on him. Mans guy, funny. Mans man. Is there an it guy in hollywood this year . Channing tatum, of course. He really ruled it. You also saw ben affleck who is always a hot guy in hollywood. Blew people away with his direct orrial skills, Daniel Day Lewis as lincoln, hugh jackman in Les Miserables and ann hathaway, of course. I saw it last night. It blew me away. What about music . One of the best years like ever for taylor swift. Ever, ever she had were never ever getting back together, the best kissoff anthem ever. That was number two on my best songs of the year list actually. And gotier who came out of nowhere from australia with somebody i used to know, this very odd duet that sort of took over the charts. We also had fun with we are young, this new rock trio that had a song called some nights and carly rae jepsen. Call me maybe. You can listen to it on the treadmill for the entire 40 minutes and it works. We havent even mentioned gangnam style yet. Are we ready to retire . Come the new year i say that until it comes on the radio. I see willie with one of these. Well be singing it tonight. Happy new year. Were back after this. [ dog barking ] [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle them. Especially if that towel is bounty basic. The towel thats durable, and scrubbable. In this lab demo, bounty basic is stronger than the leading bargain brand. Everyday life . Bring it with bounty basic. The strong but affordable pickerupper. Now costs even less. 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Coming up, the lighter moments that had us laughing here in 2012. First your local news. We really love tailgating. A little more. Theres a real, like, camaraderie in the parking lot. Shut up thats it lets go in the car. My time to shine is the smoked pulled pork. I think its done broseph pretty much got it down to a science. Pretty much. We also really like a great pulled pork sandwich even when we cant make the game. You ruined it some people even like it better. Really . Yep. [ male announcer ] new carving board pulled pork, get that delicious slow smoked taste without the hassle. Its game time food. Its oscar mayer. Its game time food. Were spreading the word about honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. Like peach raspberry. With one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. Two flavors. In harmony. Honey bunches of oats. Make your day bunches better. Announcer this is a news 4 news break. Its 9 26 on this monday, december 31. You will have to bundle up if you are going outside this morning. Star team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson has a look at the new years eve forecast. We have to look hard for the sunshine. It will come filtered through the high clouds that have been across the area today. Talked about the cold. We are at 32 degrees now. Freezing temperatures throughout the area. Still wait until 11 00 a. M. Or noon. Well warm up. 41 to 46 the high today. Not as cold or blustery as yesterday. The midnight temp, 34 to 39 with cloud cover at midnight. Could see a sprinkle. Well get a look at the roads when we come back. Stay with us. Traffic is looking good as you travel on the beltway this morning. Inside the beltway we have a water main break in falls church with haycock road closed from falls Church Closed to 7. Incidents on oh the right side of the screen. A 13 ohminute drive from Prince William parkway to the belt way. We had an accident on the inner loop of the beltway earlier. Looks like it will move to the shoulder now. Erica. Tune in to news 4 today tomorrow a that was the scene earlier this morning in sydney, australia, welcoming in 2013. We still have a while to go here. About a Million People will be right here in times square to do it. Im willie geist along with kit hoover, cohost of active live. Im taking lenny, your number one fan, and were going to go out there and wreak some havoc. Get in there with the people . And wave. Youre not allowed to have booze in there. Did you know that . No. Thats something you should know. I will watch it cozy from my hotel. I think thats probably the smart play. From 2013, what to look for online from viral videos to new apps, online world changes so fast. What you might be talking about next year. Good news for air travelers in 2013. Ill believe that when i see it. Spruced up airports, more leg room, which is great for you on flights, more wifi and faster security lines. Kit hoover doesnt need a lot of room, does she . I cramp up easily. Im like lily tomlin on that chair. She is dangling off the couch. How about that . Well take a look back at the fun we had here on today in 2012. It was a busy one from the hottest music acts out on the plaza, to the london olympics to al creeping out matt there. What was that . All the fun we had in studio 1a. First, lets head out to pasadena for a check on the weather. Thats where we find al. Good morning. Hi. Good morning, willie. Hey, kit, good to see you as well. And were heredena. The rose mont pavilion where they built the great floats in the 124th tournament of roses parade. It airs here on nbc starting 11 00 a. M. Eastern tomorrow. We are on the honda float. Honda is a sponsor of the parade. Its a beautiful float. A lot of activity going on. You will see it in action tomorrow morning. Lets show you what weve got as far as your weather is concerned. Starting with new years eve day. We are looking at a lot of wet weather making its way through the south. Snowy conditions from the southwest and the ohio river valley. Rain in the Pacific Northwest. Brutally cold temperatures on the plains. For your new years eve midnight celebrations it will be wet through the gulf coast on into the mid Mississippi River valley. Icy in the central plains. Snowy from Central Kansas all the way to ohio and parts of interior new england. Cold out west including here. Then as we move into new years day, to start 2013 it will be wet through the south. Look for snow through the central plains. Looking at more wet weather in the Pacific Northwest. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Warming past 40 today. That despite all the clouds, high clouds throughout the area today. Oh, yeah. Kind of shrouding the sunshine. 32 is the temperature now. Your winds will be light out of the southwest. That will help carry us to 41 to 44 degrees later today. If youre going out tonight it will be cold but not freezing. At midnight could be a sprinkle from the clouds coming in. And the weak weather system could deliver a sprinkle tomorrow. The high tuesday, 42. Dont forget, you can watch nbcs coverage of the 124th annual tournament of roses parade hosted by yours truly and Allison Sweeney the biggest loser coming up 11 00 am eastern, 8 00 am pacific time right here on nbc. Now back to willie and kit. Happy new year. Sounds like a western. Willie and kit riding again. Hey now. Firing on all cylinders. You do that rose parade. We live right by there. Al is like three miles from my house. The key is under the mat, if you need a place to stay. He is getting up early tomorrow. What is hot online in the new year, after this. It s oikos greek yogurt, and it turns the next person you see into john stamos. Honey i think im getting burned eat. Tastes pretty good, huh . 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Introducing the new Weight Watchers 360 program. Join for free and expect amazing. Because it works. Well, from twitter to instagram, these are the buzz words, but what will be new for the new year . I feel like this was the year of twitter. Is that fair to say . Totally. It was the year you waim wake up in the morning, twitter is in our dna, where were getting our news now. News breaks on twitter. If youre anyone, you have to be on twitter. Thats totally twitter. One of the things that being resistant is futile. For me, you work on the news business, it becomes a ticker. The humble brag, my favorite thing. Humble brag tweets. We have our dark side of twitter but also have people who do good things on twitter but there will always be a humble brag. Always stay away, but why was this the year of the alister for twitter . Most powerful man in america had the most important, most retweeted tweet, when he got reelected. 22 minutes he already broke the record for most retweeted. Four more years. Four more years, then Justin Bieber and lady gaga battling it out. Theyre at 32 million each. Interesting to see in 2013 who comes out on top. The pope has twitter. The freakin pope has twitter. By the way, he doesnt follow anybody. The pope doesnt follow anybody. Its incredible, i know. If the pope is on twitter, its time for everyone to get twitter. From god to the pope. I know. Quick delivery system. What about the year of the big comeback . Absolute favorite person is sally jesse raphael. She is hilarious. Everyone can join in on the discussion. Sally has an equal footing. She can really show her personality. Hilarious. What about cher . Cher is amazing. Best people on twitter are people who are honest and raw. You know that cher is on her iphone typing out her tweets, like thats totally cher. She lets it come out, goes all caps on you. All caps. Loves exclamation. Shes amazing. In 2013 she has a new album out and has been teasing it with tweets, im working with lady gaga. It will be a pretty cher year. Well see. I like that. Apps, is nstagram, changes the way we take pictures. So easy to use. My mom isnt on facebook or twitter, but shes on instagram. You can share photos easily. They have 100 million users now. Sold for 1 million. It will totally be in next year youll be using it more and more. My kids use instagram because theyre not on twitter or anything. What about snap chat . I know. All my little cousins have snap chat. You can spend a picture to someone. You can decide how long they can see it for. Whats the length . One to ten seconds. Then it disappears forever. Its suddenly gone. Now we have facebook created their version called poke. In 2013 well have to see if who will come out on top. Mission impossible stuff. Destroys itself when you get it. Its awesome. Really fun. I use it to send crazy faces or if i see something crazy on the street. Its to send something you normally wouldnt send. Basically its for crotch shots, lets be honest. Well see some scandal. We love a scandal. Happy new year. Happy new year. You have great hair, matt. Thanks. Whats in store for travel in the new year, after this. Im jessica and this is my emergenc. Keeping up with the kids is tough, so i drink emergenc. With vitamin c for immune support and b vitamins for natural energy, im ready for whatever they get into. Get your free sample at myemergenc. Com. Stay healthy and feel the good. Very interesting. Cool. I like success. Joy. I got cracker chips. [ laughing ] chocolatey pretzel. Mmmm. Special k [ female announcer ] snack and stay on track with special k. I like confidence. I am a confident lady. [ laughter ] i like confidence. I am a confident lady. With a Samsung Galaxy ii from we Straight Talk wireless. One hell get the same great nationwide coverage for half the cost. Lets see if he notices. Everyone noticed. Joe saved 950 a year. 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Yeah, but im so slow taking them down after all the fatty holiday food. But thats normal. What do you mean thats normal . It doesnt have to be. To me normal means feeling good inside. Not slow. Try some activia. Activia helps with occasional irregularity when eaten three times a day. Keep a video diary and let me know about your new normal. This morning on todays travel, looking up for 2013. You know what a hassle it can be if youve traveled in the last year. These are good seats, though. Can you recline . You going back . Couple of first class seats for us. The new year brings exciting new upgrades. With conde nast traveler, lisa. Wifi will become prevalent everywhere you fly. Do expect fees. Its another way to get a fee out of the customer. Sometimes it doesnt work. I feel look ive paid, i do it im an hour deep into the flight and it still isnt on. Dont expect the broadband to be what youre expect used to on the ground. Sitting for six hours its nice to have the option of wifi. Any chance the security lines get better this year . If you are a frequent flyer, you will have a bit of a reprieve. Thanks to the tsa, they are extending their precheck program, which allows frequent flyers to basically blow past the Security Check because they have their background checks on file. You dont have to take off your shoes, belt. How do you get on board with that program . What do you do . Expanding it to more airports in the u. S. You can pay 100 and apply through global entry, which is a program that allows for free Security Checks and your passport control as well. I flew with my kids. They dont take their shoes off, under 12 already. Fur a member of the precheck, your kids can go in the line with you. Youre buying that for me. Thats your christmas gift. How about new planes in these fleets . Good news is that a lot of older models are going out to pasture. Were excited about the 787 dreamliner in particular. 20 less more fuel efficiency and it is also made up of composite materials instead of aluminum which allows for better cabin pressure, little more humidity on board, more comfort. Windows are larger, lighting is more subtle. Better experience. More room maybe, too . Dont expect a lot more room. The airlines install the seats. However, the seats themselves are more comfortable and you get more technology and more amenities as well. I heard maybe beds, not only international but long flights . Yes. If you are a red eye flyer, and a lot of us are, between new york and l. A. , San Francisco to seattle, expect to see more lie flatbeds, completely lie flat in business class. If you can get them, take them. Its like flying across the ocean while flat. Body scanners you see in some lines. Hate those. Put up the sign like that. Are we going to see more of those . They do move you through quicker. They do move you through quicker. Theyre here to stay for the most part. What will be mitigated somewhat are some of the Health Concerns that are coming out initially, congress has commissioned a study to show that the emission of radiation is safe. You dont have to worry about it affecting your health as well as your dignity. Lisa gill, thank you so much. Traveling alone, too, all that space. Go sit with her. Lisa, thank you so much. A look back at today in 2012. First this is today on nbc. I got to say it you got one. Alright lets break it down. Mom, pop it. Two inches apart, becky. Two inches. Tminus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Let the making begin. Faster than mandy can hang up on mr. Monday. You hang up first. [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, youve got snackdefying, satisfying totinos pizza rolls. [ ringing ] its on. Lets roll. As we say goodbye to 2012, we want to take a look back at the fun we had on today. Happy new year, everyone. Look out the window and you can see the people who are looking in at us. Baby oh, baby youre the one i have to say, this is a very unusual way to start the show. Theres no matt. But apparently hes on his way. So sorry. You are late, you know. The storm was coming. The waves on madison were huge. Matt took savannahs blackberry, because she was trying to tweet with it. Full fledge panic. Its in that drawer right below you. You have to do the weather, though. Youre right, it is. I could be naked here. Im naked here. Im naked. Im a 54yearold naked man here. Whats the name of your Favorite Book . War and peace by leo no, no. Nice try. Please. Commercial, everybody. Savannahs Favorite Book growing up was a book called your mom told us dreams can come true. A lot of laryngitis. Sounds good. I dont think its at all contagious. Oh okay. Do the weather. Lets take a look, show you what ive got to get a new jacket. Its always a good time whoa oh, oh, oh, its always a good time whoa oh, oh, oh, we dont even have to try its always a good time a world shortage of bacon is unavoidable today, tuesday no december 5th. Oh yes, i did. Put it in there . Okay, thats the recipe. I want you to get in there. Oh, my goodness. Do we have any music . Bobby flay teaches this one to cook. Hes a chef, not a miracle worker. I want you to cut that onion in half. Okay. Be very careful. Some chicken bones. Are these the chicken bones . Yeah. I mean, like if you think im going to do anything with chicken carcasses, we dont know each other. Shall we . Go. Hey i just met you. And this is crazy. So heres my number. Lose it, will you . Hey i just met you and this is crazy but heres my number so call me maybe so bad some day somebodys gonna make you want to turn around and say good by if i had known for just one second you would be back to bother me go on now go if i could, i would. Baby baby baby oh, is that his song . You know it. You dont have to be cool to rule my world all by myself anymore hey jumbo jumbo we are we are close as close can be so it dont matter what it is we look perfect to me so lucky indeed they can keep on talking it dont matter to me cause we are we are family we are we are we are we are we are we are we are we are [ male announcer ] there are plenty of reasons to be jolly at the chevy yearend event because chevys giving more. More efficiency with sonic and cruze. More function in equinox and traverse. More dependability with the legendary silverado. And more style in the allnew malibu. Chevys giving more at the yearend event because tis the season. Chevys giving more. This holiday season, get a 2013 cruze ls for around 149 per month or get 500 Holiday Bonus cash. This is a news 4 news break. Its 9 57 on this final day of 2012. Imerika gonzales. Expect warmer temperatures than yesterday but will new years eve be cold, warm . Veronica johnson joins us. Lets get to the afternoon first. After the cold we should warm to a high of 41 to 46 degrees. A light wind blowing today. But for the morning enough wind to give you a wind chill, too. By midnight its cold but not dropping down to freezing. Should be around 34 to 39 degrees. The clouds by late will deliver a sprinkle to the area. Lets look at traffic now with all right. Looking at the beltway we are seeing delays on the inner loop. We had ap accident earlier in maryland on the American Legion bridge where the lanes have been reopened. We are seeing delays after the georgetown pike approaching the w parkway with a onemile delay. Thanks alexis. Ahead a look at how some d. C. Residents are prepping for the new year. See you then. We spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh allnatural chickens an allvegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. No animal byproducts. No meat and bone meal. When you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. That i put on my childrens plate. Thats why we use allwhite meat, breading that is whole grain with omega3 and no preservatives. It is my goal to make the highest quality, besttasting nugget on the market. I want consumers to go, dang, thats a good nugget. From nbc news this is a special new years eve edition of today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Happy new year, hodie. I just want to see if hodas hat missed her head. Nope. They dont make hats big enough for me, willard scott, or who else . Willie geist. He has a big one like me. No one has as big a head as you. Every pilgrim. We want to wish guys a happy new years eve. I think this is im okay letting the past year go. I have no problem letting it go. 2013 it is. Got to be a better one, everybody. God bless. Cheers. Okay. So every year ad week comes out with its worlds best commercials. This comes from overseas in argentina, and this it sells. It still is past the sea. Connected. Anyway. That way. Or that way. But not that way. Anyway anyhoo, this commercial is based on this. Nobody likes to see dads lets watch. Along with summer comes every familys worst nightmare. Dads in briefs. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. What were they selling . Who cares. That was so perfect. The bending. Briefs dont look good. Why can men point out every little thing thats wrong with you, right . Yes. Dont they have mirrors . Dont they see what they look like with the and the they think they are hot. They think theyre hot. Sdmroog big, chunky, hot. What if thats the way you like him . So if you were one of those guys in 2013, you have got a chance to win hoda. All right. Lets take a look back at 2012, okay . So this is what was happening in the country in 2012. One of the most watched american commercials was an old spice ad, but not the one you are thinking of. Lets watch. Automatic freshener softeners and static control has never been easier with the bounce dryer bar. I just stick it to the inside of my dryer, and i never have to remember whoa makes you smell like power so powerful it sells itself and other peoples commercials. You smell like outdoor freshener. You smell like yeah, i do. Ppppower. Oh. I have never seen that before. I love that one. How did we not see that . That was not mustafa . That wasnt. Terry cruz, you said . Yes. Terry cruz. Cody can do that with his pecks . With his pecks . Yep. Up and down . Yep. Its amazing the things you learn in college. He came home from college, and amazingly, he could do it. Yes, he could do it. I hate it. That is not sexy. No, it isnt. It wasnt meant to be. Its meant to gross out his mother, and it worked. The most listened to or downloaded album once again was adeles 21. It was the old one. Came out last year. It was on top of itunes. It also topped the album sales for 2012. Now, the most downloaded single track was hey, i just met you. This is crazy now that we havent heard it for a long, long time, i am happy to hear it again. I really get tired of it. The top grossing movie of the year. Think about all of this past year. It was the avengers. I never saw it. I didnt either. I cant believe that it was anyway, i cant believe. Are you the superhero kind of thats not for me. I dont like this. Thats surprising to me to learn. What . Im thinking how much you loved lincoln and i havent seen it yet. You got to. Thats your new years resolution. For all you rude people, and you know no, you dont know who you are is the problem. Tonight is the busiest night of the year for restaurants. Have you made your reservations . Yes, i have. Well, that might not be good news, hoda woman, because more and more restaurants are charging. If you cancel that reservation that you just lied about making. Sthoo heres the thing about making rez everybody aings, and i get it. Its saturday night. You make a reservation. They dont have a lot of walkin traffic. Especially on a night like tonight. Theyre expecting you to show up. A lot of restaurants are trying to figure out whether they should also charge, and theres a restaurant in australia that is tweeting the names of people who cancel or dont show up. They out them. Sdoo putting them on twitter. This is what i dont understand. That has to be with some sort of an understand when you make the reservation, you have to be told, by the way, we need your credit card number. If you cancel, were going to charge. It seems to me that unless they get that information, how are they going to charge you 50 for a no show . Yeah. I do think that its not i do think thats rude. Im going to make the reservation. If i cancel it, you get my 50. A lot of people when it comes to new years, they do sell tickets in advance. They sell the whole thing with the meal and the whole deal. Are you excited about tonight . Not not your thing . Heres whats happened in the last century since i was born. The thing that upsets me more than any other event you go to, when did music take over life . When did when did the decimal level who decided that it was more important to have music blairing in your ear than saying, yeah, great. I havent seen you since my since my operation. You are trying to explain. You are battling hey, i just met you this is crazy heres my number i stay home. I stay home where i can control the decimal level. I can yell at frank. Frank can yell at me. Heres my number call me maybe why should i get yelled at . Hoda can go off someplace byebye and leave all her cares aside, and the world is a sweet place to hoda because she has no idea whats happening. She has no idea. Are you talking . Im still talking. Okay. Heres something important. You are going to the new years eve parties no, im not. Not you. Someone walks up to you, and you want to remember their name. You are actually very, very good at remembering names. There are few people. You know almost every Single Person who works around here, and we have tons and tons of people who work. Only every now and then. One of us cares. How do you remember . Sometimes theres the repetition. Hi, joseph. You keep saying his name over and over. Thats how you remember his name. We have youset. They say sometimes can you think of distinctive characteristic in someone. Like if you meet someone named sally, and shes tall, you can think of long tall sally. Or what if its mean . Hoda. Its an unusual name. Hoda . Is what youre supposed to say. What an interesting name. Hoda, how did you get to be named hoda . Then the repetition. Actually starts a dialogue with hoda, and hoda will let you know how she was born and not born in egypt, but her parents were, and she was actually born in norman, oklahoma. The opposite of egypt. Pretty much. By that time by the time you have that conversation, youll never forget hoda as long as you live. I am not great with remembering, and i not at all. I try really hard. Im often at a party in a total panic, but what i do is i say, oh, my gosh, hey, do you know tammy, and then i wait for tammy to say im tammy, and then you say, oh, im kathie lee. Not great. People pick up on it. They wait for you to go and this is, and they say i know. I know. Here it is. Who are you going to kiss tonight . That is the question. Bambino. And frank gifford. Its a threesome. Got a kinky thing happening. One of the most romantic days of the year. I think you know how romantic it will be. Who are you going to kiss . I dont think that will be happening. Not in the cards . Im going to be hanging with my sister. Its not happening. I would hope not. Theres a word for that. You are sick. Sarah hit the streets to find out who people will be kissing tonight. Take a look. Are you kissing anyone special on new years eve . My husband. Then my kids. On new years eve, do you guys kiss anyone special . Each other. Can we get a new years kiss . Is there anyone special youll be kissing on new years eve . My husband. Probably good to stick with that. Are you going to kiss someone on new years eve . Im going to kiss a lot of people on new years eve. Can we do a new years kiss . I got a little cheek action. There you go. Thanks. Youre welcome. How sweet. It is awkward, though, when everybody else is kissing, and you have no one to kiss, or somebody desperately wants to kiss you, and youre not ewe not in the mood. You have to go in anyway and do it. Thats what you do. Exactly. Minia has this new years eve kiss contest. All right . A bunch of people i guess applied. It was sort of a contest. They wanted to find out who deserved to have the perfect kiss, but to have it in front of everyone. They were smart. They said its about people that are young and in love, so that got rid of almost everybody else, right . Young and in love. Well, nivea, please, theyre the makers of the lip balm that they say makes kissing better. Uhhuh. We all need help with it. Its making that moment extra special for this adorable couple were going to tell you about. The adorable couple we have one of the lucky ladies on skype with us today. Yep. Her name is ali, and her husbands name is seth butler, and they are from summerville, south carolina. Hey, ali. Happy new years eve. Please describe what america is going to see when you are up on the nivea stage, you and that cute husband of yours. What kind of kiss are we going to see . Its probably going to be tasteful. My husband and i are pretty modest, but, you know, we might make it special for once in a lifetime. You never know. Were keeping it a surprise. Well, now, you havent seen him in a while. Isnt at the in the armed forces . He is in the military. He just had an obligation today that he had to take care of, but he will be on the stage for sure. Yeah, he is military. Sometimes it takes you away from home. He has been gone a lot. In about the four years that weve been married, six years in a relationship, and weve only lived together for about two months of that time. Oh, wow. Wow. So you are way backed up in the kissing department, right . This will be everyone tells us were still in the honeymoon phase. Four years after marriage, you know, no honeymoon. Sounds good to me. Were going to expect fireworks, arent we . Hoda cant be munching on somebody, and i have frank and bambino. You apologize for what you just said. We live vicariously through you. Thanks for joining us today. Happy new year to you. Happy new year. Hope you get lots of good time together. The picture is worth 1,000 words. A look back at the celebrities that made headlines over the last year. 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The Space Shuttle endeavour, its literally going through the suburbs of los angeles making its way to its retirement home. Retiring. Its retirement home. Thats what Space Shuttles do. The california science center. I love the way that you can mablg a child is having breakfast, and looks out the window. Can you pause the did they know it . Im sure they knew it was coming down the street that day, but it doesnt look like an awful lot of people were out and about to greet it, huh . Yeah. Theres a few. I love the fact that this is the top of what we can do technologywise. A Space Shuttle, you know, a thing from outer space in the most suburban, benign, los angeles this is an iconic photo. Mikayla maroney when she got second. Not happy. I love this photo. You know, its a woman. She was meant to she was a lock for gold, and she got silver on the vault, but what really made this photo successful and one of the, i guess, hallmarks of this years photography was that it was used in so many other contexts. Social media and photo shopping, they put this face. Shes kind of holding it together. It looks like shes disappointed, maybe trying not to cry. Maybe her nose itches. You know you do that . Your hands are full, but you try to scratch your nose . I dont think so. I think shes angry. Shes upset. It was put in every different context like some historical. She was actually she looks like shes not being a great sport here. She was actually a good sport about this photo because later she made the same one with president obama making that face. Now, talk to us about the sandy hook elementary photograph again. This one was very iconic. Yeah. This will be probably the most iconic picture from this event, which has just been so horrible. This is one of the first pictures made by a photographer named shannon hicks, and she was a local you know, she worked for the newtown bee, and she was one of the first people to get on site. She came right after the first 12 policemen arrived, and she took this picture through her windshield, and its just an amazing picture. You can just imagine these kids. They have been practiced. Theyve done this. This is the protocol. You know, the congo line. They all put their hands on each others shoulder. The one in the front has to keep his eyes open, and its so heart breaking. So many do seem to be keeping their eyes closed, which the teachers said dont look, dont look. What about the next one . The tornado in texas . The tornado in texas, isnt this the most incredible . This was made, again, through a windshield by a photographer, and it was it became so iconic the next day it was one of the on 17 front Page Pictures front page papers. Its just amazing. Wouldnt you get off the road real quick if you saw that coming from the windshield . The juxtaposition, you rarely get to see the sides of the car. Its on its way. This guy is not a fulltime photographer. He is a jack of all trades. He is just in the right place, and he stopped. This is one of the things. I mean, we this year there were, i think, of all the photos that have ever been made, 10 of them were made this year. By amateurs . By everybody. Because we always have our phones. There are so many more photos being taken all the time. Yeah. The next one is president obama. A very candid moment. Nobody thought normally the photos we see of the president are so posed, and everybody is being really deferring and this guy was so incredibly spontaneous. I mean, who does this to any leader . Of the free world . Im not exactly sure. I would love to get the picture of the faces of the secret service. That could go either way. Lets end on an up note. These are the polar bears that make you go ah. One of the most adorable pictures of the year. This mother polar bear is giving her baby polar cub a ride on its on her back, and its just like a little water taxi through the arctic ocean. We call this just another day for them. In paradise. Thank you so much. Great issue. Happy. Thanks so much. Thanks for having us. Could you be our next fan of the week . See if we put your face here . Hoda says she doesnt think zoosh the chances are really right after this. Is . oh hi, yes. Wow you really went all out on the decorations, huh . Yeah, but im so slow taking them down after all the fatty holiday food. But thats normal. What do you mean thats normal . It doesnt have to be. To me normal means feeling good inside. Not slow. Try some activia. Activia helps with occasional irregularity when eaten three times a day. Keep a video diary and let me know about your new normal. Progressoh [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying progressoh share your progressoh story on facebook. But hed wait for her forever, for any reason, and would always be there with the biggest welcome home. For a love this strong, dawn only feeds him iams. Compared to other leading brands, it has 50 more animal protein. To help keep rockys body as strong as a love that never fades. If he ever lets her leave again. Iams. Keep love strong. Were spreading the word about honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. Like peach raspberry. With one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. Two flavors. In harmony. Honey bunches of oats. Make your day bunches better. for those nights when its more than a bad dream, be ready. For the days when you get a sudden call from the school, be ready. For the times you need to doublecheck the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. When you have childrens motrin on hand, youre ready. For high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer than childrens motrin. Be ready with childrens motrin. It is time for our fan of the week. A shoutout and a trip giveaway. Sarah, who gets to kick the new year off in style, baby . Our winner is cara rosener from florida. I love her. She tunes in on wish channel 2. Caras favorite segment is ambush, and for a good reason, because last year on the special september 11th 11111 when we were at the she was select as our ambush makeover. What . She made 2012 not only a new her, but kind of giving back. She made a whole new version of herself. She said that ambush makeover has the power to be a life makeover, and she claims shes a walking, talking billboard now for the fourth hour. Bless her heart. Congratulations on everything you have accomplished in 2012. We are going to send cara to the dominican republic. Oh, my gosh. Eighty. You and a guest will enjoy a four night stay in dominican republic. The trip includes a touring cart to explore the 7,000 acre resort and round trip airfare for two. The hotel and airfare were provided by costa decampo. By the way, that is a great spot. I love it. Hoda loves it there. I do. What were the big entertainment stories of 2012. Which celebs made the headlines . Well have the roundup. Getting the party started, and champagne flowing. Were going to look back at all the fun moments we had here right after your local news. [ woman ] weighing myself in times square is a little frightening. I weigh myself naked. Can i take my clothes off, too . [ woman ] oh, i dont want to look. [ woman ] lets get it over with. Satisfaction satisfaction pizzazz pizzazz confidence. I like it joy [ female announcer ] tell us. What will you gain when you lose . [ female announcer ] new roc® retinol correxion max. The power of roc® retinol is intensified with a serum. Its clinically shown to be 4x better at smoothing lines and deep wrinkles than professional treatments. Roc® max for maximum results. These are sandras homemade yummy, scrumptious bars. Hmm . I just wanted you to eat more fiber. Chewy, oatie, gooeyness. And fraudulence. Im in deep, babe. You certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. Beefy. Creamy. Stroganoffy. Helpers. Forty dishes, all delicious. I just finished a bowl of your light Chicken Pot Pie soup and it was so rich and creamy. Is it really 100 calories . Let me put you on webcan. Lean roasted chicken. And a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. Were back on this fun day monday with more of today. As the year comes to a close, its fun to take a look back at all the juicy and Celebrity Entertainment news that made the headlines. Here with the recap of the year in hollywood is our friend Entertainment Weekly tim stag. We love tim. I dont know either. I think its my masculine energy. It is. I love everything. Can we talk about music, shall we . Talk to us. What are the three big breakouts . I think one of the biggest ones was gangnam style, which, i mean its over, though, hopefully. No, i dont think it is, actually. I dont think it is. You know, because he is he is everywhere. This is a new one . People love the pony. This is the same one. Thats psy. He has been on the today show about 45 times. I want to say byebye psy, psy. Carlyay jepsen sippingle. Theres been about 1,000 youtube videos. I believe you did your own. Were guilty too. Guilty of this trend. Yeah, i mean, the biggest one of the year. Huge, huge single. Everyone was sing it. One direction. Everyone is obsessed with the cute boys. Everybody loves some floppyhaired british kids. Theres nothing going on. Theyre my icons. Thats sad because im 33, and i want to dress like a 20yearold. Whatever. Theyre sweet boys. Every time they come here, their dressing room is right next to mine, theyre polite. How fun for you. This year was twilight, waept it . It was the final twilight. Oh. Maybe not. Oh, no. You know, its over, but obviously, this year twilight was overshadowed by Kristen Stewart and rob pattinsons breakup. Theyre back together again, right . Who knows . Its like, oh, you know, people just i dont know. Its obviously kristen had some elicit photos with her director from snow white and the huntsmen. It became a whole thing. He was fired. She wasnt. So she yeah, i mean, people i think want to see them together because they love bella and edward. Its a movie, people. Grow up. This is a year of big movies. Lincoln and all the rest. Like skyfall will be the highest grossing james bond movie. Les miserables. It came out. You missed it on christmas day. Youre right. Get to the movies. Im so drunk in advance of new years eve. Lets talk about other hollywood relationships. Yes. Obviously Kristen Stewart and rob pattinson, and katie holmes and tom cruise broke up. A lot of people speculated that that might be, but the way it happened so quickly and then the way it was over. Yeah, yeah. They almost cut the deal done within a night. She cut her ties, and she ran off to new york. She was shes on broadway already. Yeah. But obviously people think having to do with scientology. They obviously it was a very public split. That was a major one. Then chris brown and rihanna, that is just im over that one. The two of them, its hard to really understand it. You know, they seem to be drawing back to each other. They keep she might be smart enough to keep it in the public eye, baby. Keep them talking about us. Some people just manipulate the drama for their own personal reasons. Im not saying they are, but sometimes its about that. Totally for professional reasons. A lot of there were passing this is year. Whitney houston passed . Shes probably the biggest one. It was obviously it happened last february right before the grammys. She was found at the Beverly Hilton in her bathtub. Yeah, i mean, its obviously just such a tragedy. She its hard to still fathom that shes gone. I think because shes just so iconic and the music is so huge. I hear shes coming back. Shell be back on broadway, not as her, of course, naturally, but its just premiered in london to a huge reaction. Heather headley. Shes great. Kathie lee is scooping me. Of course she is. Got to read cindy adams college. A birth to blue ivy. The coolest baby in the world. She sshgs like shes barely a year. Shes way cooler than us. She is i mean, i would like to hang with blue ivy. Beyonce and jayzees daughter. She was born last january, and she was kind of the secret. No one has seen what she looks like. Theyve been very cautious. They have been that way about their whole relationship. Thats probably why its doing so well. Exactly. Exactly. This is beyonce is doing a documentary that will be out in february. Well probably see more of blue ivy in there. Okay. Cool. Well, thank you for coming. Have a very happy new year. Mroo what are you doing . None of your business. Thank you for asking. Wow. Be the star of your new years party. Well show you how to serve up the food and fun right after this. [ female announcer ] there are lots of different ways to say get well to your loved ones. This came for you, mommy. [ female announcer ] but it takes the touch of kleenex® brand, americas softest tissue, to turn a gesture into a complete gift of care. [ barks ] send your own free kleenex® care pack. Full of soothing essentials at kleenex. Com. Kleenex®. Americas softest tissue. Something this delicious could only come from nature. New nectresse. The 100 natural nocalorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. New nectresse. Sweetness naturally. I honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didnt think i would ever quit. 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Common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. With chantix and with the support system it worked. It worked for me. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. [ female announcer ] nothing gets you going quite like the power of quaker oats. Today is going to be epic. Quaker up. Now with todays holiday kitchen new years party food, if are you throwing a party to help bring in the new year, the last thing you want to worry about is spending hours prime ministering food. Here are some delicious recipe that is will feed an army without taking up your entire day. The owner of the bayou bakery coffee bar and eatery david. Nice to see you. You are new orleans through and through. Right to the soul patch. Were talking about new years eve so, were talking about beverages. We can get a start on that. With we do one called rebirth, and it steps off of the whole new orleans deal, you know . So fresh juices. A little bit of white rum. We just finish it off with the new year with a little champagne. You can also use cava. It gives it the tingle with you a little bit. This is just, again, fresh juices. Its about five or six different juices. We serve it in a mason jar with a little ice, and its delicious. Rebirth. Pass it around. Thank you. Thank you. Doesnt do any good sitting there. What are you making here . Were talking about pork. A beautiful pork loin. Is this brined . It is brined. Why do you brine . You brine a pork. You brine poultry, and for the very reason of keeping the moisture conat the particular time. Youre plumping up the meat. Its going to sort of giver you a little bit of wiggle room when you sort of potentially overcook it. It stays moist. What is it . Brining is a process of adding salt, yes. We do honey as well, and that gives a little sweetness with the pork, and i think it shows in the color here. When you add honey to it, it will give it a beautiful texture. Were going to add a little bit of more to our glaze. Once we have brined it for eight, ten hours, were going to add honey and whole grain mustard. Well brush it in the beginning and get it roasted nice and higher heat in the beginning. Then from there were going to lower the heat after about ten, 15 minutes. A higher heat in the oven, 425 or so. Nice color. All the way through. Youre not going have a nice start to your new year, if you know what i mean. We dont want any of those type of issues. You see how beautiful this is . See how moist it is . The key here, no one likes a collard green with that . Does have some collards. You see what the honey does to the full glaze. Nice color on that. Very attractive. I love. That is delicious. Its healthy just like chicken. Thats pan juices. Dont deny that. You got to hit that on top. Again, just taking all of our natural stuff. Come over here real quick. Peanut brittle. I like it. Its our garnish pour the chocolate pudding. Were going to 300 degrees. Make sure you have adult sprvs here. This is just sugar and water. At this point were going to take the sugar and water. Once it hits 300, using our thermometer. Were going to add a little bit of butter, our vanilla extract. How do you survive in new orleans if you hook, shes you can survive. Nowhere in the world do you get i mean, there cooking. Its the best kind of food. Were going to do peanuts in there. Good, healthy large virginia peanuts. Extra large. Thats it . Just pull that together, and were going to dump this out on a silt map. That looks so good. Were going to taste this. Were going to whack whackadoodle. This is the garnish. Thank you, sweetie. Thank you. You can find our website. All these recipes on our website. S klg and hoda. Com. We have the food, and were going to get ready to raise the glass. How to enjoy your champagne right after this. Thank you. [ male announcer ] this one goes out to all the allergy muddlers. You know who you are. 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Its time for todays countdown to the new year. You cant ring in 2013 without a little bubbly. If you can buy it in bulk, you can do more than just drink it right away. We have options. Here to show you five different ways to maximize your bubble is ray food and wine editor from food wine maki magazi magazine. I brought you enough. Glad to be here. Sdhoo that will get us through lunch. Part of the point is if you buy in bulk you get a discount. Thats a great idea. For any product . Most good wine stores will give you a discount, which is done perignon and on down. The nice thing is you have all sorts of things can you do with it. Show us, ray. First of all, you can have a toast, which is thank you. Thats the key thing. To 2013. To 2013. Cheers. God bless us every one. Can you do other things too. Okay where. That aint bad. Cava is about 10 a bottle give or take. Its much more expensive than that. You calls make cocktails. This is a cocktail called french 75. Thats cognac and simple syrup, and a little bit of lemon juice. Whats not simple syrup . Complicated syrup. All right. Simple syrup is simply water and sugar, you know, blended together melted together. We do a little shaking. Uhhuh. We do a little pouring. With weve watched you through the year. Hoda is going to love this. Were going to top it off. This makes it a little bit sweeter. This is a spritz. French 75 and a little champagne. This is a classic, classic drink. It gets the french from the beautiful sparkling wine, and it gets the 75 from world war i canon,. 75 millimeter canon which is said to be the effect of the drink. Its cognac. You can also use gin depending how damaged you want to be. Sure. Why not . What else you dpot . You can also make punch. This is much more mellow. This is the only alcohol in this is sparkling wine, which you guys are going to add to it. A little bit of sweet lake harvest riesling and simple syrup, and thats really the whole thing. Pine apples, pomagranite. You can buy a millioned mold for it. If you want layers of fruit in it, freeze it, freeze a little more, put the fruit in. You can also make it. Keep the kids away from it. Keep the kids away from it. Keep the dog away from it. Keep the cat away from it. And the crew. They know who they are. And this is sorry. My pouring skills are not up to my mixin skills. Youre no martha stewart. Ill tell you that. They dont make these for lefthanded people. Thats the problem. This is a righthanded ladle, and i am a lefthanded person. Oh. Oh. A harsh world i live in. That explains a lot. Pomagranites and can be made with prosceco or cava. Nice, fruity. Finally, you can make dessert with it. Oh mishgs gosh. This is strawberries, sugar. They create a little bit of syrup. Ice cream. Strawberries, what . Maserated. Soaked in sugar. Dont use words like that here. Ray. Innocence. Sure is. With ice cream. Its basically people are going to be maserating. Stop it. Thank you, ray. We love you, ray. No matter how much those lips get in your way. Champagne. Thank you, babe. Get ready to toast all the fun moments weve had here on the show this year. First, this is today on nbc. Dinners ready. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. Beefy. Creamy. Stroganoffy. Helpers. Forty dishes, all delicious. I just finished a bowl of your light Chicken Pot Pie soup and it was so rich and creamy. Is it really 100 calories . Let me put you on webcan. Lean roasted chicken. And a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. As we wrap up 2012, we would like to take a look back at all the fun on the show. Along with the names of the wonderful people that work so hard to make us look kind of good. Every day. Were grateful to them. Happy new year, everybody. God bless. We are, we are not your ordinary family, but we can all agree that we are, we are close as close can be so its no matter what it is it looks perfect to me we got every kind of love were lucky, indeed it doesnt matter to me because we are, we are family we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are we are family family family we are, we are family we dont look, we dont act, we dont talk, we dont walk like you do so what, if we hang we go through what we want to we come from everywhere which is for one to care somehow we found it here we found us a home we are, we are not your ordinary family, but we can all agree that we are, we are close as close can be so it dont matter what it looks like we look perfect to me we got every kind of love were so lucky indeed it dont matter to me because we are, we are family okay, so a chain makes us strange, but really they make us stronger no word can replace anything, mother or father because we we come from everywhere this is for one to care somehow we found it here we found us a home we are, we are not your ordinary family, but we can all agree that we are, we are close as close can be so it dont matter what it looks like, we look perfect to me we got every kind of love were so lucky indeed it dont matter to me because we are, we are family family we are, we are family [ fingers tapping ] [ rain pattering ] [ heels clicking ] [ female announcer ] yoplait light tastes great now. 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