that could have turned out very badly for him. >> stephanie abrams in for al this morning. thank you for joining us out in the cold there. that was nice. >> you're welcome. and let's have a look at our forecast here. in the northeast, our temperatures will be into the mid-30s as we head through the day today. sunshine all the way down the i-95 corrid >> matt, over to you. >> all right, steph. thanks very much. >>> still ahead, what happened to baby gabriel who vanished nearly a year ago? police have now released a chilling phone call made by the boy's mother. we'll have the latest and we'll talk to that woman's grandfather. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ding dong ding, dong ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw care away, christmas is here, bringing good cheer, ♪ ♪ to young and old, meek and the bold, ding dong ding, dong, ♪ ♪ that is their song, with joyful ring, all caroling, ♪ ♪ one seems to hear, words of good cheer, from everywhere, ♪ ♪ filling the air, oh how they pound, raising the sound, ♪ ♪ o'er hill and

we have got stephanie abrams doing the foirg. >> i found a football crowd. let's talk about the white christmas forecast. santa, pay attention. historically speaking, in new york city, a 10% chancef a white christmas. minneapolis, a 73% chance of a white christmas. and right now new york city is right on the edge of a white christmas. we have a storm system tracking across the country, so it's a little iffy. >>> there's the an mateo bridge looking dry. the clouds are filling in of king out the sun andll the lightning and rain you see on the north coast will be edging closer to the bay area. as we head towards 4:00 tonight we'll likely see a chance of rain picking up especially into the overnight, breezy with showers through the day. slight chance of a thundershower before things calm down thursday and friday. >>> and it's time to find out who celebrates birthdays. >> it's christmas time and holiday times, beginning to look like it. what a classic. happy birthday from smucker's. emily weil, from cincinnati, ohio. good chili in that town. 111 years old. and we

stephanie abrams is filling in. >> hi. the dream job is to be on the "today" show. what do you want to be? >> news caster. >> not weather? >> maybe. >> i will try to convince r.he we have a lot of weatherhe here and we have driern moving i tomorrow. we will get a brief break from this mess but still have rain in our forecast saturday. here's how much we will see today, looks like sudden shine and showers iethn santa cruz thmounance of the mo of the moisture moved on and clouds in san francisco and fog and mist. heavy rain moved on. showers ending today and a couple of dry days ahead with fog and rain and wind picking up into saturday and sunday. >> carl, back to you. >>> this morning on "today's" money 911, advice to help fix your financial problems. from should you by a new car or a used one, to getting back into the work force after taking time out to raise your kids. jean chatzky is author of "money 911." and author of finish rich.com and author of start over finish rich. everybody, good morning to you. want to get right to it. with amy in banner elk, north carol

stephanie abrams is in for al this morning. stephanie, good morning. >> good morning. are you hoping for a white christmas? >> yes. >> what do you want for christmas? >> him. >> just your husband? >> just my husband. >> that's easy. let's have a look where we'll see the snow falling through the day. that is through the upper midwest. otherwise, it's rain throughout the southern plains. we could see about one to three inches of snow on the ground. some of you maybe a little bit more, three to six inches. otherwise, sunshine along the i-95 corridor and throughout the sout >> good christmas eve morning, bay area. we have a beautiful sunrise over the area. take a look at the san francisco live shot. a few high, thin, whispy clouds and sunshine for the first part of the day. the clouds will be back and winnie conditions into this evening. 55 degrees and rainy throughout the day christmas day. clearing by early sunday. hope you have a great, safe christmas eve, everybody. >>> lots of glitter on christmas day on the plaza this morning. amy, over to you. >> thank you. holiday

. ♪ stephanie abrams is filling in for al. >>> are you excited about your white christmas? >> very excited. >> what will you do different? >> lobster instead of turkey. >> you trade in the steak for the lobster. we'll see a white christmas, our predicted white christmas all the way down to the south potentially, even the atl. here's our forecast, before we get to christmas, christmas eve, right? we will see sunshine anywhere from the >> thank you, stephanie. i'm meteorologist christina loren. take a look at the beautiful drive this morning over the golden gate. nice, mostly clear skies, shaping up for the second half of your day. the sun will return, but it won't be back for long. we've got another round of storms to deal with, as we head into your christmas holiday. temperaturewise today, mostly in the upper 50s. another round of storms as of saturday into sunday. have a great thursday, bay area. >>> you might not have a white christmas in florida but a beachy forecast. that's not a bad trade-off, amy. >>> thanks so much. coming up next, a big pur surprise with expectant m