. >> three generations love ed sheeran. >> we love ed sheeran. >> let's go. we got ed sheeran. there he is. ed sheeran is such a peach here he is, it's cold out there, he's been performing on the breaks for the crowd he's going to take our stage in a few minutes. taking selfies we love ed sheeran one of the all-time best guests around here. >> it was so cool to see him right there. >> he's been coming over the years, almost like the houseman here. >> we wish, we wish. we love him. >>> let's get to your news at 8:00 the battle over covid vaccines is escalating. just when u.s. health experts say they're needed the most. and last night the senate told president biden to back off on vaccine mandates, repealing the mandate on private business. tom costello joins us with the latest on all of it. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was a bipartisan resolution essentially for -- to repeal president biden's mandate for private businesses to have a vaccine mandate. however, this was largely symbolic two moderate democrats in the senate went along with th

music from ed sheeran and elton john is on the way. our next guest is a fifth grader from brooklyn with a fondness for four-letter words. george clooney saw him on our show and gave him a big part in his new movie with ben affleck. "the tender bar" opens in select theaters tomorrow and premieres on amazon prime video january 7th. please welcome daniel ranieri. [ cheers and applause ] hey, daniel. >> hi, what's up? >> jimmy: good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> jimmy: daniel, i just told them a little bit about the story. you know, this was like one year ago, pretty much exactly, that we reached out to you. >> yeah. >> jimmy: we couldn't find you. we knew you were in brooklyn, we knew your name was daniel. somehow we figured out your mom's name was danielle. do you know how many people we called? >> i'm pretty sure it was danielle r.s in brooklyn. >> jimmy: sure enough, we called them all. laura, one of our producers, insane person, found you. [ laughter ] you were on our show. and the next -- actually, that night i get an email

hey, for all you know this could be ed sheeran and eltonjohn. eltonjohn, this would be his first christmas number one, wouldn't it, i'm thinking? i think this would be elton's first christmas number one. and elton has rox and mark to thank for that. that's good. # sausage rolls for everyone! you'll be celebrating, i imagine, on the day. elton called me earlier and said, i'm number one, two, three, four in australia, goodbye, and he hung up. i think elton is having a great year. laughter. the story of my life at the moment. hello again. for most people hoping for a white christmas, it has been a grey and damp one out there. bringing a new meaning to white christmas, the foam on some of the waves hitting parts of the coastline. and a strengthening south—easterly wind. but we have seen a sprinkling of snow today in shetland, and the yorkshire dales for it to be officially declared a white christmas, but not widespread. it has been a very wet day in south—west england. this area of rain also made it wet in northern ireland. it is on the move as

ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn. no pressure. the two musical heavyweights helped give their current number one single, merry christmas, a pastry snack makeover. # it's christmas time # sausage rolls and wine well, it came about because ed messaged us last year on instagram. yeah, i... well, what i love about christmas is the christmas songs and stuff having a little bit of humour in it. and i feel like with the x factor that was lost, i feel like every year it was just the x factor won it, and when streaming came in, itjust started being people that streamed christmas. and what mark and rox brought back was basically, it's like, a feel—good factor to christmas but also, massively important, light being shone on a great charity. he told us that he'd written one with elton, and we got to hear it very early on. we got to feel festive in summer and listen to it quite early on which was exciting. and then the pressure, how do you take a song that's got eltonjohn and ed sheeran on and try and rewrite it. elton was super up front. i

ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn. no pressure. the two musical heavyweights helped give their current number one single, merry christmas, a pastry snack makeover. # it's christmas time # sausage rolls and wine # we'll have a good time # and a merry christmas...# well, it came about because ed messaged us last year on instagram. yeah, i... well, what i love about christmas is the christmas songs and stuff having a little bit of humour in it. and i feel like with the x factor that was lost, i feel like every year it was just the x factor won it, and when streaming came in, itjust started being people that streamed christmas. and what mark and rox brought back was basically, it's like, a feel—good factor to christmas but also, massively important, light being shone on a great charity. he told us that he'd written one with elton, and we got to hear it very early on. we got to feel festive in summer and listen to it quite early on which was exciting. and then the pressure, how do you take a song that's got eltonjohn and ed sheeran on

calling talking to ed sheeran. i wonder what next year's christmas song, how about a tribute to the cornish pasty? sorry, bit tighter than that. hello again. for most people hoping for a white christmas it has been a grey and that one out there. —— damp one. bringing a new meaning to white christmas, the firm on some of the waves hitting parts of the coastline. but we have seen a sprinkling of show in shetland, eastern scotland and higher parts of the pennines and the yorkshire dales for it to be officially declared a white christmas, but not widespread. it has been a very wet day in south—west england. this area of rain made it wet in northern ireland. it is on the move as we get into tonight and that is butting into cold air in the peak district, pennines and southern uplands will see some snow. northern england and scotland will have a frost, and with the wind strength as it is over the pennines of the southern uplands, we will see this snow blowing around, affecting travel on the higher rates. —— high

hey, for all you know this could be ed sheeran and eltonjohn. eltonjohn, this would be his first christmas number one, wouldn't it, i'm thinking? i think this would be elton's first christmas number one. and elton has rox and mark to thank for that. that's good. # sausage rolls for everyone! you'll be celebrating, i imagine, on the day. elton called me earlier and said a number one, two, three, four in australia, goodbye, and he hung up. i think elton is having a great year. laughter. the story of my life at the moment. and before we go, here in the uk it's officially a white christmas! reports of snow have been confirmed in the yorkshire dales in england, and in parts of scotland, including here in the village of insh in the highlands. there was even evidence that santa paws had visited the village of torphins, in aberdeenshire, as you can see here! don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @benmboulos there has been some snowfall recorded across the north of the uk, there is an expanded range spreading f

ed sheeran! and eltonjohn! ed sheeran! and elton john! two of music's _ ed sheeran! and eltonjohn! two of music's biggest names helping ladbaby cover one of their songs and helping them make history with the fourth christmas number one in a row. it's amazing that once again the great british publisher have backed us this year and oursong have backed us this year and our song and raised an incredible amount of money and shone a light on the trostle trust and the food banks of the uk and ijust, thank you, i cannot believe it, that we've been able to do it again, it's incredible —— the trussell trust. incredible -- the trussell trust. , , , trust. the trussell trust provides _ trust. the trussell trust provides hundreds - trust. the trussell trust provides hundreds of. trust. the trussell trust i provides hundreds of food puzzles every day to people living in crisis. they will receive all the profits from the single, something that started in 2018. when ladbaby and his wife had the idea of giving the famous song is a sausage roll themed makeover for charity. we sausage roll themed

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. ♪ ♪ bad habits lead to late nights ending alone ♪ >> or ed sheeran and his bad habits. >> i do like ed sheeran. >> but we'll give that honor to doja cat's kiss me more. ♪ can you kiss me boy ♪ >> doja is amazing. her visuals are great. >> best bar sing-along that sounds a lot like a jingle goes to walker hayes and kesha. ♪ yeah we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ >> best vintage sound goes to silk sonic, the collaboration between bruno mars and his one-time opening act, anderson pak. >> it was calm, it was beautiful. and i don't care what you were doing when that song came on, you just got in a mellow mood. >> so i love silk sonic, and in the same vein as like black pumas, which had a great year. ♪ all my favorite colors ♪ ♪ my sisters and my brothers ♪ ♪ high like a moon rock with me baby ♪ >> most unstoppable force, bts, there k-pop sound and the army of dedicated fans following their every move. >> the k-pop craze and phenom is completely beyond me. i was like, wait, what's happening? >> also making a big noise this year, saweetie laid it down. >> you m

. >> ed sheeran and elton john have released a new single. aba also out with first christmas single little things about a happy christmas morning. that's your eye on entertainment. >>> still ahead, sleep less in seattle, exhausting >>> good morning everybody. if you are into the old monday morning quarterback, you have come to the right place. first up, sleepless in seattle. we'll just call it that as far as what 49ers went through on a sunday afternoon. kyle shanahan looking fresh, niners have not lost in about a month, no thoughts of slipping in this stadium. check this early play. a fake punt! travis homer carrying the football, untouched for 73, style points on the finish. check it out. that opened the scoring to the shock of everybody. if you like sloppy play, this was for you. everett ripped away by jones, kept seahawks from scoring. next garoppolo, a leaping snag in the end zone. garoppolo picked by wagner, 20 of 30, a couple picks, couple touchdowns. 49ers got the ball back and went to the ground game. mitchell, touchdown, 14-7 san fr

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tomorrow night, neil patrick harris and daniel ranieri with music from ed sheeran and elton john. our first guest is a double oscar-winner who teams with fellow batman george clooney for the new movie, "the tender bar." it opens in select theaters friday and premieres on amazon prime video january 7th. please say hello to -- oh, you know what? i'll let snoop introduce him. >> ben a-fleck. ben affleck, my fault. >> jimmy: here he is, ben a-fleck! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you got travolta'd by snoop dogg. >> yet another indignity. >> jimmy: thank for being here. i know you're very busy promoting "the tender bar." >> yes, cool, man. i love this movie. it's really about stuff that's really close to my heart. it's about the work of single moms, how important dads are, whatever the constellation of your family and is how flawed you are, you have to work at this stuff. be present in kids' lives, love them, give them a sense of self word so they can sort of be good, happy, healthy people. it's been a lot of fun. >> jimmy: and the soundtrack is good too. >> it is a good soundt

it ended with the late arrival of ed sheeran in a santa hat. >>> and every year for christmas, a virginia woman's home is invaded by nutcrackers. leila henry has more than 500 nutcrackers which she displays for the holiday. her passion started 26 years ago when someone gave her two as a gift. the impressive collection includes the "wizard of oz," captain america, spider-man, mickey mouse, and winnie the pooh. >> i have them for every holiday, easter, thanksgiving, st. patrick's day, halloween. my favorite is my fisherman. it was given to me last year as a tribute to my father-in-law. >> henry says the nutcrackers representing branches of the military and her firefighters stay out all year. when the pandemic hit, the collection reflected it with the addition of a doctor and a nurse. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings," vlad duthiers talks with opera legend justino diaz about his kennedy center honor. >>> i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." n do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash paymen

sausage rolls for everyone, the duo's collaboration with ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn, hit the top spot on friday. ladbaby have now surpassed the beatles and the spice girls as the act with the most consecutive christmas number ones. coming up next, pasties at christmas. that is next year. it is just it isjust a it is just a suggestion. in the queen's christmas day broadcast, a short while ago, she has spoken for the first time in some detail about the loss of her husband, prince philip, who died in april. the monarch poignantly reflected on a year of personal grief saying there was "one familiar laugh missing" amid the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. she remarked how his "mischievous, enquiring twinkle" was as bright at the end as when she first set eyes on him, as she empathised with families who had lost loved ones this year. here is the queen's full christmas message. band plays the national anthem. the queen: he is someone who doesn't take easily to compliments. but he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years. and i, and his whole family, and this

elton john and ed sheeran are giving us an early christmas present if you will. they collaborated on a brand-new song, the pays tribute and in the giving spirit, the stars also donating the publishing royalties and sales profit from the single to ed's foundation, and to elton's aids foundation. as the kids say, or whit yesterday, it is a bop. >>> here is a question for those of you, would you turn down one day of work for $35 million? the answer is no, right? obviously. we're not -- >> what? >> listen, george clooney actually turned down that much money, he said, explaining to the publication "the guardian." the offer was for an airline, and he said, quote, it was associated with a country is an ally, if it takes a minute's sleep away from me, it is not worth it. >> okay. >> i will literally come down here for chicken wings and short ribs. i would definitely taken that. he is film a new romantic comedy with julia roberts called "ticket to paradise." >>> finally, the grinch may have stolen christmas, but there's a grinch-obsessed woman in australia. she's showing

i love that it was ed sheeran who came up love that it was ed sheeran who came up with it. i love that story, very christmassy. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. this morning it is a cold start to the day really wherever you are with one or two exceptions. we have had the coldest night of the winter so far. the temperature fell to —10.2 in braemar. these are the current temperatures. we are looking at a cold and frosty start. further west it is not as cold. we are starting to see milder air coming in and rain coming in across northern ireland. courtesy of this weather front. not particularly breezy ahead of it. it will be windy as we go through the course of the day behind the weather front may noticeably more colder than of late. the cloud in the west continuing to build. as the rain comes in and pushes north—eastward. the window strengthening behind it. in plymouth, cardiff and belfast, thatis in plymouth, cardiff and belfast, that is reflected in their temperatures. another cold day. this evening and overnight, as the rain hits the cold air, we are

and back at the distribution centre, before he left, ed sheeran had a gift for everyone. cheers. merry christmas. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. ijust i just put ijust put sausage rolls in my freezer yesterday so i think i will be eating them in the next few days! it was really cold this morning. temperatures getting down to —10. the cold and frosty weather was quite widespread but what a difference a day makes. tomorrow morning it is all change with a southerly wind and temperatures on the rise. that could cause some problems as we head towards christmas. more on that in a minute. this area of low pressure is out in the atlantic driving in the milder air. already some outbreaks of rain coming in so northern ireland, western scotland and northern england and wales is where the wetter weather and beautiful early morning sunshine unfortunately now being eroded. in terms of the view of the weather it is still quite cold this afternoon. only around 2 degrees, 6 degrees but already something a little bit milder out to the west. overnight we could have some icy s

. >>> live from the plaza, it's ed sheeran. super fans get ready for the "today show" performance you don't want to miss >>> a new scam alert just in time for the holiday shopping season federal regulators say gift card fraud is surging to tens of thousands already victimized tom costello on how to save yourself. >> reporter: the federal trade commission barns it's the season for a surge in gift card scams in just the first nine months of this grier, the ftc reports nearly 40,000 people were scammed, losing $148 million almost surely an undercount. here's how it works. scammers e-mail or call unsuspecting victims posing as a love interest, company representative or a government agent. telling the victim they owe money and must pay now or they'll be arrested or bank accounts frozen. he tells them to buy gift cards at a local store, read the card number to the scammer over the foevenl target gift cards were the most preferred by scammers, $2500 the median amount lost by consumers. gift cards from google play, apple, ebay and walm

sheeran, right here on the plaza. >> come back >> come on >> ed is going to take over the plaza for a live concert that is going to happen on thursday >> just stay >> ahead, bring the damage back together we're going to explore the show's legacy and its impact on pop culture and charlotte and miranda, kristin davis and cynthia nixon will join us live again. that is all next week. another reason to camp out in the plaza. >>> mr. roker. i can't get it together. i'm so overwhelmed out here. >> let's show you what we've got for your weekend let's start off with tomorrow. we're looking at light snow in northern new england not as warm in the mid section of the country heavy snow from the great lakes and into the plains. sunday, sunday more snow and wind in the upper midwest. strong storms through >> happy friday. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's going to be a great day just starting out foggy and cold. gradually it will clear out, and our valley temperatures will head for the upper 60s. expect more of the same for the weekend. it will feel a little cooler from the near-record highs we'v

. >>> finally, ed sheeran, we have not one but two opportunities for fans to see him perform. he's bringing the equals live experience to fans worldwide in a global live stream event. >> i've missed gigs so much. this is the first time i've ever, ever played it. ♪♪ >> the singer is slated to play everything from his big hits to his latest release, and a chronological 90-minute set. they're calling it the equals live experience. it will stream sunday on amazon prime and twitch at 3:00 p.m. eastern. then sheeran will make the trek across the pond to join us in new york. he'll be performing for the "today" show on the plaza thursday, december 9th. a lot of folks looking forward to that one. and guys, that is your pop start. >> circle your date for that one. >> they're going to line up to see ed sheeran on the plaza. joe, thank you so much. >>> still to come, the toddler who can't wait to see her big >>> still to come, money mystery at a megachurch. how a plumber discovered how a plumber discovered hundreds of envelopes yo you ready? dude i'm in class. you got nothin'! ohhh! â

and christmas with ed sheeran and elton, theirfirst festive collaboration. now on bbc news, our world: lockdown in london. filmed from the start of the first lockdown, this initmate portrait shows how the residents of one london street coped with the pandemic. boris johnson: the coronavirus is the biggest threat this - country has faced for decades. if too many people become seriously unwell at one time, the nhs will be unable to handle it. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home. hello. 0h, hello! hello! hi. hello! hi! hi. hiya. hello, hi. sound, um...brain's not working. couldn't work for two weeks. welcome to oxford gardens. i wake up in the morning, see the blue sky, sun out, and i think "wow! "what a beautiful day!" and it doesn't take me long. i look out the window, open up my blinds and i see people walking with their masks, and then it hits me. it doesn't feel real. but you know it's real because you've got the letters in your hand telling you that you must stay at home. well, i've been he

tonight -- neil patrick harris, daniel ranieri and george clooney, plus music from ed sheeran and elton john. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everybody. thanks, fellows. hi, there. i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. [ cheers and applause ] we have a whole room full of college football players and staff. the oregon state beavers are in the house. all the way from corvallis. [ cheers and applause ]

adele ties with ed sheeran, and rappers little simz and dave for the most nominations. good luck to all of them. that's it from me. get me on twitter at @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. the weather is stuck in some sort of a rut. a lot of dry weather around, but a lot of grey weather, too, thanks to this area of high pressure and the low cloud trapped beneath it. however, there's been some sunshine around. i think sunday is looking sunny again across more northern parts of the uk. further south, it will stay rather grey. here it is, the high pressure, sitting to the north of the uk. barely any isobars on the chart around the uk, so that means winds will be light. fresher across southern england and through the channel. where we have the cloudy skies, lows of 4—7 degrees. really cold under the clearer skies. scotland, northern england, these are town and city temperatures. in rural spots we could be as low as —7 or —8 celsius. a really cold start to sunday. some freezing mist and fog around, some fog through the c

ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn! # it's christmas time... two of music's biggest names helping ladbaby cover one of their songs and helping him make history with his fourth christmas number one in a row. it's amazing that once again the great british public have backed us this year and our song and raised an incredible amount of money and shone a light on the trussel trust and the food banks of the uk. and just — thank you, i genuinely can't believe that we've been able to do it again, it's incredible! the trussel trust's network of food banks provides thousands of emergency food parcels every day to people living in crisis. they'll receive all the profits from the single, something that started back in 2018 when ladbaby and his wife had the idea of giving a famous song a sausage roll—themed makeover for charity. # we built this city on sausage rolls! it continued the year after that... # i love sausage rolls, so put another one in the oven, baby! and the year after that. # don't stop me eating # 0h, sausage roll feeling! # it's christma

adele ties with ed sheeran, and rappers little simz and dave for the most nominations. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. mixed fortunes, some areas clay them grey and gloomy. some areas have had glorious sunshine. it is a similar picture into sunday. some of the northern areas will see something, further south will stay radically them in grey and gloomy. because of this area of high pressure. this cloud is going to hang around where it has been cloudy through today and where we have had the clear skies overnight, large parts of scotland and northern england and wales in the south—west is going to be much colder, particularly scotland and northern england. in some rural spots could be done to —54 —6 and there will be some dense mist and fog patches, but even some mist we have the cloud where it will be less cold. sunday is a chilly day pretty much across the board, cold and sunny as you can see across much of scotland into parts of northern england, wales and the south—west. central and southern and eastern england will hold on to the gloo

neil patrick harris will be with us and rupaul with music from the record company and ed sheeran and the great elton john, as well. were it not for one perturbed radioactive arachnid, our four guests might be doing four spider man no way home opens exclusively in theaters on friday. please say hello to tom hollands, zendaya. >> jimmy: how are you doing? thanks for coming. everybody excited. i'm excite -- is it dumb that i am excited? i'm 54 years old and i am more excited about spider man -- >> i haven't seen it. >> you haven't seen it at all? >> last night, i genuinely haven't seen it so i am excited. yeah. >> may i ask why you haven't seen it. >> because iet kpooexcited to s. i want to have the experience with an audience. to be able to enjoy it with the community again. >> you always do that with all your films? >> not at all. not at all. i often don't have the time but i can making the time because this is -- >> you are reshooting dr. strange right now? >> i am. >> jimmy: you guys have seen the movie? >> yeah, i actually haven't been able to. i have been every single day, though.

deal ed sheeran himself is going the be right here on the plaza for a special live concert >> that is going to be so good guys, speaking of the holidays, just ahead, lori burgamato is here with a survival guide for the season from good housekeeping you know those inevitable hiccups, like guests spill wine on your couch or you do. >> more likely me. >> just asking for a friend. >> we'll get the simple solution >> and speaking of holidays, we'll share some best selling items you'll want to pick up >>> also ahead, our "sex in the city" week rolls on with cynthia nixon. we'll talk to her about what it was like continuing with the set and continuing miranda's story into a new decade. >>> and coming up, sisters andss paisley and ashley williams are going to join us to share what it was like working together for the first time >>> and coming up tomorrow on today, harry smith celebrating 75 years of the christmas classic "it's a wonderful life." his conversations with the stars who played the bailey kids and some of the real life inspiration behind that beloved story. no matter how many times

. ♪♪ >>> this morning ed sheeran taking to the stage to perform some of his biggest hits this morning on the "today" show. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> happy thursday. the rain is clearing out. now it's just chilly out there. in napa we're at 48 degrees. we warm up a few degrees today but it's also going to be a chilly afternoon. we could see some freezing temperatures in spots tonight. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes. >>> commuters, look at your screen. the bay bridge backup filling in the toll plaza. in san jose, look at all these headlights. a crashed car spun around in the center divide right now. >>> california could soon become a sanctuary state for women seeking abortions. that's the idea governor newsom says he supports after the recent supreme court arguments over mississippi's abortion ban. 24 states are either certain or likely to follow if the high court approved. the california future of abortion council laid out how they'd h

sausage rolls for everyone, the duo's collaboration with ed sheeran and sir eltonjohn, hit the top spot on friday. ladbaby have now surpassed the beatles and the spice girls as the act with the most consecutive christmas number ones. and the best hats and the best jumpers. stay with this on bbc news and we will be with you. hello. we have everything weather—wise under the christmas tree today. across the southern half of the country it is mild, misty, we have rain and drizzle around pushing into western areas also but in the north and east of the country not only a cold wind, but one or two have seen snow this morning to make it a white christmas, particularly in shetland, eastern scotland down to the borders and in the tops of the pennines in the dales. in these areas continue to see sunshine and one or two isolated flurries but dry and sunny and a strengthening wind but for northern ireland and is central and southern england, the cloud is in place with drain and drizzle and heavier bursts in the afternoon and in england and northern ireland especially. we have mildest in the southâ

>> ed sheeran, alicia keys >> the winter concert. guys, we have just a bunch of tv and movie stars and just legends here this morning. we're going to sit down with merrill stream and jonah hill. you're a legend, too these two teaming up as mother and son, and president and chief of staff in the new movie "don't look up. >> it keeps coming in studio kristen davis, there she is she's going to tell us what it was like channeling the beloved charlotte, "sex in the city" revival. >> speaking of stars that jenna joined us, the big reveal, read the jenna title. >> we'll do that in a few minutes in the third hour. grammy winner brandon bridges will be here >> the marvin gaye title, purple snowflake. >> so jealous. he's from texas. incredible >> he channelled some of his texas roots into the song. >> look at you, you know everything >> yes, he does. he'll tell you every chance he gets >> al roker. >> oh, oh, family tension. >> what about the weather? you seem to know that. >> starting off with today, beautiful day in the northeast a little li

. >>> ed sheeran and elton john released a new single called merry christmas to raise money for their respective foundations. little things is about a happy christmas morning. >>> happy days star henry winkler auctioning some of the iconic props used in his role as fonz for charity. >> it includes the leather jacket as well as the silver triumph motorcycle which could, get this, go for around $120,000. one of his jackets is in the smithsonian institutions. he saved memorable props and costumes worn during the show which will be auctioned. proceeds will benefit a nonprofit his daughter started that helped separated migrant families at the u.s. border. >>> 5:56. in our next half hour on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. look outside on the ry seesa in richmond san rafael bridge, thanks for joinin us this mornin some days, you just don't have it. not my uncle, though. he's taking trulicity for his type 2 diabetes and now, he's really on his game. once-weekly trulicity lowers your a1c by helping your body release the insulin it's already making. most people reached an a1c under 7%. pl

just released hours ago the british pop stars ed sheeran, elton john have united and released a christmas song that hope will take them to the top of the music chart around the world this holiday season. the song you will be able to hear it if you go to youtube and it is complete with sleigh belldi releasurs ago it has all the christmas hits. and the pop competition from adele this year so we will see who makes number 1. you can download it via itunes. >> a lot of good music and a good warm time. right now the country needs that. >> there he is, ll cool j. the national tree lighting ceremony and concert. he said the sunday show is all about unifying the country through music and performance and boy do we need it from country to gospel, soul, pop and rock in every single genre will be part of the festivities. the lineup, chris stapleton, pattie labelle and many more. you can enjoy the tree lighting spectacle from washington dc. finally a christmas carol is out and i'm going to be a scrooge. e for the ewand s click on leah's list. all about the holidays with so much going on. get out there

i don't think we'd see the ed sheerans or taylor swifts, holly humberstones, brandi carlile, all those people are adept to the singer/songwriters of that early generation of which james and carole were certainly key elements. >> before we go, your favorite carole king/james taylor song. >> i would never dare to compare a carole king song to a james taylor song and choose a favorite. but overall because of what it accomplished i'd have to go with "you've got a friend." it was the moment that james and i heard carole sing this brand new song, fell in love with it. we asked carole, even though she was about to make her own solo record, we'd ask if we would be crazy to ask if we could record it as well. carole with extraordinary generosity said yes. they both succeeded. >> what an amazing life they had both led. peter, thank you, what a joy to have you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> again, do not miss the all new cnn film "just call out my name" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. we'll be right back. >>> hi everyone. i'm amara walker in for kate bolduan. here is what we're watching

. >> jimmy: and music from ed sheeran and elton john, that ain't bad at all. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight has a twinkle in his eye, a sashay in his stride, and eleven emmy awards in the bottom of his wig box. on january 7th, "rupaul's drag race" starts season 14 on vh1. please welcome rupaul. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> it's good to be back home at "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy: it is kind of like a home. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, it is. we had so much fun when i got to sit in for you. >> jimmy: you were kind enough to guest host the show for me two times this summer. >> yes. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: i have to tell you a couple things. first of all, my staff loves you. they talk about you all the time. and i feel like it's like a weird little dig at me all the time. [ laughter ] one of our producers aaron's like, "yeah, and he asked me so many questions about my life." [ laughter ] and believe me, i understood what that meant. [ laughter ] and also, you had fun with them. which i never, ever do. [ laughter ] >> no, come on, you

ed sheeran, >>> out is a chilly start to your sunday morning. 30s and 40s outside and cold air environment we are seeing some snow showers across the higher peaks of the bay area incluing mount hamilton near mount diablo this morning and scattered showers near the peninsula. rain will increase with the clouds, once we pass about lunchtime today, see the rain increasing into sunday evening into monday and then watching the low snow levels through the middle part of the week. >>> ahead on "sunday today" our special highs and lows of the year including the attorney whose hilarious struggle with a cat filter during a court hearing spoke for a nation weary of virtual interaction. >>> but up next, harry smith with a look back at 2021 and hopes again this year that a turn of the calendar will bring a turn in fortune for the country. these are the faces of listerine. the face of millions of germs zapped in seconds. the face of clean. the face of whoa! some are of intensity, others joy. all are of... various: ahhh... listerine. feel the whoa! feeling sluggish or weighed down? all are of... various:

sheeran, pheobe bridgers. is that -- [ cheers and applause >> yeah. >> seth: it must be so nice to have a wishlist, and then reach out to these people. >> it really, really was essentially there are songs on this album that i've called from the vault tracks, because in my mind there's a metaphorical vault of songs that i love that i've written -- i write a lot of songs for albums and then i pare it down. but these were songs that didn't make it on the album, because i wanted to save them for the next album. and then it turned out the next album was like a whole different thing. and so they get left behind. and you always think back on these songs, and you're like - "what would have happened? i wish people could hear this. but it belongs in that moment in time so now that i get to go back and revisit my old work, i've dug up those songs from the crypt they were in, and i have like - i've reached out to artists that i love and said, "do you wane to sing this with me." you know, pheobe bridgers is one of my favor

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the 7th also with jimmy elton john and ed sheeran performing their new christmas song. merry all profits from the song and benefit the ed sheeran suffolk music foundation and of course, the elton john aids foundation. that is your entertainment report here in hollywood. i'm sam rubin. chase first banking. a debit card for kids, and a set of tools to help them learn good money habits. by creating allowances and assigning chores, they can practice earning every day. with a debit card just for them, they'll learn smart spending firsthand, while you monitor and set account alerts. and using their own chase mobile app, they can set big savings goals. all with no monthly service fee. chase first banking. qunol turmeric supports healthy joints and inflammation response. unlike regular turmeric, qunol's superior absorption helps you get the full benefits of turmeric. qunol the better turmeric. >> welcome back. 8.31 on this saturday morning. very cold out there. if you're a needing to take the dog out for a walk. as you just so woke up definitely bundle up grab a beanie. maybe s

we've got a big announcement superstar ed sheeran will be here he will be live on our plaza >> i can't believe it. he's here. he's going to be on our concert stage. it will be an unforgettable morning. you can join us. if you want to get information about getting a fan pass to attend, head to today.com. >> it will be epic in the meantime, we have a lot to get to in this half hour, including a one-on-one with sandra bullock on transforming into an ex con she has a movie out and has a little oscar buzz going. and adjusting her parenting style now that her kids are 11 and 9. there's a lot going on there you don't want to miss it. also this half hour, jill martin back again with another new round of holiday steals and deals. yesterday, jill helped us check off the women on our lists this morning, we're all about gifts for the guys i was in there stealing and dealing myself >> then on the third hour, a special edition with the globe-trotter who has visited every single country on the map sharing a message that's perfect for the holiday season >> i have to show somebody this lady here -- wha

ed sheeran's song "shape of you" has hit 3 billion streams. the track from the grammy winner's third album, an to celebrate the big news, ed took to instagram to reflect on the achievement. >> this song, it wasn't meant to make the album i tend to write songs for other peopler other people be the album was done when i finished the song, my record label was saying you have put both songs out at once, andd you were very much right >> you hear that from a lot of artists, somebody else's idea. >> congratulations to ed next up, right here, britney spears, could this be the year for new music from the pop icon. in a video, she belted out a quick performance. here it is >> i want you to know just want i need ♪ >> with the high note in the bathroom showing off the chops, still got it that's been deleted, by the way. at least the caption teasing fans writing, new song in the works really looking forward to see how that comes out in 2022 >>> next up, michael keaton, the acto set to return as the caped crusader in d.c.'s upcoming flash movie. and the a