Go. Just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the worlds most famous Christmas Tree in a starstudded and soaked celebration. Rockefeller Center Shining bright. And the tree does not need watering today, thursday, december 1st, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Now, we can celebrate. We got this gorgeous tree. Its all lit up. We got willie. Youre just a little shorter than the tree. And youre still out here from last night. I won the coin toss. Matt had to be out here in the rain last night. I get to be here now. It looked like fun. It was a beautiful night. We had a great crowd. It was soaking wet at times. Well have more on the treelighting. We want to start with south. And in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. Kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. Reporter good morning, the threat from the fires here is far from over.
Go. Just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the worlds most famous Christmas Tree in a starstudded and soaked celebration. Rockefeller Center Shining bright. And the tree does not need watering today, thursday, december 1st, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Now, we can celebrate. We got this gorgeous tree. Its all lit up. We got willie. Youre just a little shorter than the tree. And youre still out here from last night. I won the coin toss. Matt had to be out here in the rain last night. I get to be here now. It looked like fun. It was a beautiful night. We had a great crowd. It was soaking wet at times. Well have more on the treelighting. We want to start with south. And in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. Kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. Reporter good morning, the threat from the fires here is far from over.