spacewalk until christmas eve, the problems now facing the astronauts and how nasa is handling them. and double dynamite. justin timberlake and jimmy fallon teaming up again on saturday night live. hilarity ensues. the best gags, the best celebrity cameos, we ve got it all for you this morning. we wish you a merry little christmas good morning, everybody. also coming up this morning the nfl cheerleader who is unquestionably tougher than any of the guys out on the field, she has just come back from a tour of duty over in afghanistan, where she served in a dangerous area, even engaging in combat, how the philadelphia eagles are going to honor her tonight. beautiful young woman. says she wants to be just like her father. we ll get to that story in little bit later in the show. but we re going to begin with that deadly mix of weather. making holiday travel miserable for a lot of people across a large chunk of the country. abc s alex perez has the story from chic
snow, ice, record warmth with two days to go. the weather channel s mike seidel starts us off. reporter: an emergency declared in parts of new england and upstate new york. thick ice, freezing rain and high winds prompted the governor of new york to activate the state emergency center. more than 1,000 plows deployed to clear roads of up to two inches of ice. downed power lines knocked out electricity to more than 300,000 customers in michigan. and tens of thousands more in new york, maine and vermont. about 2:30 this morning, we woke to the house shaking, transformers exploding, the skies lighting up, the branches crackling and trees falling. reporter: the storm stretches north to toronto. hundreds of thousands of residents remain without power. utility companies there describe the damage as catastrophic, the highest emergency level situation. back in new york city, a very different scene. visitors at rockefeller center shed heavy coats on this springlike sunday. across
announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. happy monday. welcome to today. i m savannah guthrie. i m willie geist with natalie morales and dylan dreyer. matt and al have the morning off. weather outside is frightful here. warm and rainy. warm and rainy is the key. i can t believe how long it was. i said i put the jorts up on a shelf and could bring them down. i know. guys. it s insane. we have ryan o neal live in our los angeles studio this morning. he just won a huge verdict and that farrah fawcett portrait is in his hands now legally. but the weather is the top story this morning. the impact it is having on the holiday rush. at least nine deaths blamed on storms that produced everything from tornadoes to a dangerous ice storm. half a million people without power nationwide. by late last night, more than 700 flights had been cancelled. another 11,000 de
back east powerful winter storms back east. how the powerful weather is affecting bay area airports on this very busy travel day. reporter: we re live inside a stadium that s seen its share of sports history over the years. later on tonight, could be the final 49ers game here at candlestick park. we ll tell you why fans are finding it so difficult to say goodbye to this place. and good morning, on this monday morning. welcome to mornings on 2. again, live pictures from candlestick park. it s almost like you can t get enough. yeah. it s been there for so long. today, a very big historic night as they do their last scheduled game there at candlestick park. we ll be recounting a little bit of the history, a little bit of the fans reaction this morning. good morning. it s monday, december 23rd. tori campbell is off. i m dave clark. steve s here. steve s off. rosemary is here. is it s a chilly start. it s a spare-the-air day. before today, hazy sky becoming the
good morning, america. this morning dangerous mix. snow, flooding, even killer tornadoes. thick ice sending cars off the road and taking down branches. where the storm is right now, and is more extreme weather ahead? what it all means for your holiday travel problems and a white christmas. digital death spiral. before boarding a plane, a pr bigwig sends out an offensive tweet about africans and aids. and while she s in the air it goes global, with the #hasjustinelandedyet. how her bosses reacted. mission delayed. nasa forced to postpone its next spacewalk until christmas eve, the problems now facing the astronauts and how nasa is handling them. and double dynamite. justin timberlake and jimmy fallon teaming up again on saturday night live. hilarity ensues. the best gags, the best celebrity cameos, we ve got it all for you this morning. we wish you a merry little christmas good morning, everybody. also coming up this morning the nfl cheerleader who is unquest