switch on the world s most famous christmas tree today. wednesday, december 4th, 2013. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a. good morning. i m matt lauer. and i m savannah guthrie. what is tall and bushy? no, not matt lauer. it is the christmas tree. all four of us set to do the honors. we have a great show planned. and we re glad you re back. no, thanksgiving hangover lasted a long time. just kidding. i had a stomach virus. i m not contagious. we should mention the weather not too bad for the tree lighting. upper 40s and 50 degrees. perfect. the weather not so great in other parts of the country. the top story is a monster storm impacting millions of people across many parts of the country. nbc s miguel almaguer is in denver this morning with parts of that. miguel, good morning. reporter: matt, good morning. 32 million americans are impacted by the storm, but it is not what you see which is the
i just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face i should have changed that stupid lock i should have made you leave your key if i had known for just one second you would be back to bother me i thought jill was in her pajamas at first. just turn around now everybody got into the swing of things. gloria has a terrific book. called we will survive. she tells about her own life. and then there are stories from people from all over the world. it s a very moving book. she will be with us. she s also here for hoda s favorite day in the world. today s is national cookie day. did you know? if you want an excuse to have a cookie, by the way, these ones in the middle are warm and gooey and delicious. and chocolatey. yeah. guess what is happening tonight? two big nights on nbc. tonight is the lighting of the tree, which is huge. it is the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting. matt, al, savannah and natalie are all hosting it. this i
gloria gaynor is singing this song. she was here this morning already singing. we were joining her, because we were out on the plaza. we want to see how it looks. i just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face i should have changed that stupid lock i should have made you leave your key if i had known for just one second you would be back to bother me i thought jill was in her pajamas at first. just turn around now everybody got into the swing of things. gloria has a terrific book. called we will survive. she tells about her own life. and then there are stories from people from all over the world. it s a very moving book. she will be with us. she s also here for hoda s favorite day in the world. today s is national cookie day. did you know? if you want an excuse to have a cookie, by the way, these ones in the middle are warm and gooey and delicious. and chocolatey. yeah. guess what is happening tonight? two big night
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