watch it burn. >> i will be resigning. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> powerful message to nations. >> it is a socio political, cultural gender revolution. >> good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this december 10th. i'm willie geist. 48 hours from now, the polls will be open in alabama for the much-discussed special senate election between democrat doug jones and republican roy moore, president trump going all out to support moore, despite the decades-old allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him. we'll talk to chuck todd about where that race stands. plus, extreme weather across t

to 55 miles per hour in southern california this morning. that's the last thing firefighters need as they battle a half dozen blazes. and more than 150,000 people still without power here on the east coast, this as residents in the south try to dig out from a freak snowstorm this weekend that dumped a foot of snow in some places. and later, a sunday sit-down with one of the biggest stars in the world, ed sheeran. he's the one-man band who spent the year selling out arenas in support of the biggest album of the year, and now he's letting slip to us about his next project. >> eminem and beyonce are at the top my list. >> now we've checked one off. now you've met eminem. have you floated that out to him or are you going to play this slow with eminem? oh, no. we'll explain my shock and have a fun sunday sit-down with ed sheeran a bit later in the show. but we begin with the wildfires raging across southern california. governor jerry brown says they could burn all the way into christmas.

ventura county, where the largest of six wildfires has wiped out entire neighborhoods. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, willie. the winds out here this morning are just incredible. they are strong and they are unpredictable, and that is just the worst combination for wildfires. so, over the past 24 hours, we've seen new evacuations, even as some people are allowed to come back home to scenes like this. as whipping winds fuel the fires, no relief for the 8,500 firefighters on the front lines. exhausted and dirty but determined. >> it's december and it's amazing to be able to say that we aren't out of fire season. and this is the challenge we face in california. >> it's been a terrible tragedy for so many people. so, this is kind of the new norm. >> reporter: near san diego, margie's aunt lost everything. >> it's so hard to put into words because it's -- i mean, you have to start all

at her age, it's hard. >> reporter: in ventura, veteran mark richmond finds his flag and a few things he and wife eleanor can use to rebuild, as firefighters again hose down hotspots in their garage. down the street, relief. >> we came back and saw all our homes were here. we couldn't believe it. >> reporter: wolf chant is an off-duty firefighter who saw his own neighborhood in flames. >> it was an inferno. it was like there was houses going up everywhere. >> reporter: with no fire trucks on his street, he and another off-duty friend got to work. >> we just started grabbing hose. we got a nozzle and we grabbed a spanier to open up the fire hydrant. >> reporter: saving as many as six houses. >> we saved as many as we could, as far as the hose would stretch. >> reporter: today, new areas in danger and worries about the wind. but even in the midst much tragedy, residents here know there are reasons to give

>> we're a strong community, and we will come together. >> reporter: these winds are expected to calm as we go through the day, willie, but then pick right back up overnight. so on day seven here, these firefighters not getting any significant help from mother nature. >> and we can hear those winds whipping past you right now. kristen dahlgren, thanks so much. it's now two days until the special senate election in alabama between democrat doug jones and republican roy moore. moore's alleged behavior toward teenage girls decades ago has turned the race into a national debate, and president trump is jumping in with both feet for moore. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in selma, alabama, for us. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. president trump has just recorded a last-minute robocall for roy moore, marking his deepest and most direct involvement in this race so far, as moore himself lays low, his opponent, doug jones, is making an urgent, final push for african-american voters.

>> doug jones is going to be able to count on your support? >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: this morning, as the scandalous senate race has gripped the nation wraps up its final weekend, democrat doug jones is on the move. >> i can't remember what day we're in now where roy moore is in hiding. he comes out only to be seen as kind of like the groundhog. he comes out every so often to see whether or not he can see his shadow. >> reporter: while denying allegations of sexual misconduct with teen girls decades ago, republican roy moore has refused to answer questions from reporters with limited campaign events. the "washington post" first broke the story of the youngest accuser, then 14-year-old leigh corfman, more than a month ago. >> it's simply dirty politics. >> reporter: many of his core supporters attended a friday night rally for president trump just over the state line in florida. >> i support judge moore 100%. >> reporter: days after officially endorsing moore, the president recording a last-minute roboc

>> so get out and vote for roy moore. >> roy moore is lying again. >> reporter: jones has been outspending moore 10-1, running ads to try and peel off more moderate suburban republicans disgusted with the allegations. >> this is our time, alabama! >> reporter: campaigning today with new jersey senator cory booker, trying to mobilize african-american voters. they make up more than a quarter of this deep red state's population. and in historic selma, organizer sam walker is trying to make sure they show up. do you think that politicians have ignored this community? >> well, i don't know if they have ignored it. i think we have to do a better job of making sure we need to have our voice at the table. >> reporter: as for moore, he's essentially disappeared from the campaign trail, holding no public events since tuesday. he does have a rally tomorrow with former white house chiefba. and a rare interview with local media is set to air r

willie? >> gabe gutierrez with a stunning back drop of the edmund pettus bridge. chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning. good to see you, sir. i know you're just back from alabama. i'm headed down there myself tomorrow. if we look at the real clear average, which is aggregates, the most reliable polls, they've got roy moore with a four-point lead right now, although some people say is polling really reliable in this race? i've talked to plenty of people inside the state of alabama, chuck, who support roy moore. it's not that they wouldn't object to these allegations. it's just that they don't believe them. they don't believe the women. they don't believe the media or sources of them, so they support him. handicap this race for us two days out. >> well, look, i just was down there myself, and what was amazing, willie, was the lack of interest in wanting to talk about it. it's obviously -- i would say this campaign has cast a paul over the entire state. people don't even want to talk about it when the cameras are off. they're sort of disgusted, they're anxious, they can't wait

so it has an unusual feel for the last few days of a campaign. but i would say this, willie, the last slice of undecided voter is this -- there is somebody who will never pull the lever for doug jones. they have not voted for a democrat in their lives and they're not going to do it tuesday. what they're trying to figure out is whether they can stomach voting at all, and that to me is the key to this race, this last slice of undecided voter who decides, do i care about a republican in the senate enough to show up to the polls and pull the lever for an accused child molester, or do i say to myself, i can't be complicit in this, so i'm staying home? doug jones is counting on that voter staying home. >> and to your point, the alabama secretary of state came out this week and said he's expecting 25% turnout among eligible voters there. let's game it out a little bit, chuck, and let's say for argument's sake roy moore wins this election on tuesday. leader mitch mcconnell has already said if he wins the race, he immediately would face a case before the ethics committee in congress. larger picture, though, that win, what would it m

that man in their midst? >> i think it means that it is -- i'm going to borrow a phrase from another republican consultant who called it a brand anvil on the republican party. roy moore will become the most famous u.s. senator in america, hard stop. and that's not a good thing for the republican party. i think it will only exasperate this divide inside the party between sort of the traditional business crowd and the populist, sort of bannon-esque -- populist evangelical crowd. look, i think roy moore's dividing evangelicals. we're seeing it every day, this divide about whether, you know, do you care about your piety enough to get behind somebody who maybe talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk? so, i think it's only going to make things harder for the republican party to stay united, and it just

another way to beat up the republican brand. >> before i let you go, chuck, three big resignations in congress this week -- senator al franken, congressman john conyers, republican congressman trent franks of arizona. is this just the beginning? are the flood gates opening on capitol hill? >> oh, i think it is. it is just the beginning. every day we're learning about another private, anonymous settlement becomes public. you'll have that. but willie, every legislature in america, not just congress, all 50 state legislatures, we're going to see a seat change, thanks to resignations in all of this. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. we'll look for much more this morning on "meet the press." chuck will be joined by senators bernie sanders and tim scott. some other headlines this morning, more than 150,000 people remain without power along the east coast a day after the snowstorm that pounded the south and raced up into the northeast. it dumped as much as 12 inches

while dropping a half foot in other places across the south. while some of had is melting today, the roads could refreeze and be extremely dangerous. we'll get more from dylan as the storm makes its way through new england today. more violence in the middle east this morning. a security guard was stabbed outside the central bus station in jerusalem. protests have erupted outside the u.s. embassy in lebanon this morning in response to the president's declaration of jerusalem as the capital of israel. hundreds of demonstrators threw rocks at security forces who responded with tear gas. several arrests have been made. and college football's biggest honor goes to oklahoma's talented and sometimes controversial quarterback. baker mayfield won the heisman trophy last night in a landsl e landslide. the former nonscholarship walk-on now recognized as the very best player in the college game. mayfield also has drawn some criticism for an arrest and some of his onfield antics. the heisman winner now tries to win another trophy as his sooners chase a national championship.

look at the weather. good morning, dylan. >> good morning. did you like the snow? >> i love the snow! >> pretty, right? >> got out with my son, threw some snowballs at trucks, it was great. >> nice, because that's what you do. >> yes. >> and the storm is going to pull away today, so we are going to see even the snow improve through parts of new england, but we've got a cold front that's going to slide through the great lakes. and lake-effect snow is going to kick in over the next several days. a couple rounds of lake-effect snow through at least wednesday off of especially lake ontario and lake erie. here it is off of lake ontario, south of watertown. we could see isolated amounts up near 18 inches, again, over the course of several days. back behind the system that brought the snow up and down the east coast, temperatures are very, very cold. we're going to top out with highs about 10 to 15 degrees below average today, 40s down through charlotte into birmingham, 49 degrees. also want to point out that we will see improving conditions in the southwest. the winds should start to ease tonight and it will be much less windy tomorrow. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out yr

window and it just looks bitterly cold. temperatures right now in the mid-30s. we'll continue to slowly warm through the 30s to right around 40 degrees. the temperature running array right now. however, the winds are picking up, so that will kind of stop that temperature. so again, at about 40 degrees, we're going to have windchills in the 20s for much of the day today. so, again, widespread look at our temperatures. make sure when you head outside, watch the roadways. some patchy black ice out there, more snow early tuesday morning. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan. thank you very much. straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including the pearl harbor veteran who stole the show from president trump with a song. and the kids who went viral by conspiring with mom to pull off a good one on poor old dad. plus, the big decision coming this week that will affect the way you see information online. so, what is net neutrality and what's about to change for you? >> i've literally lost sleep over the possibility of net

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♪ just remember pearl harbor as we do the alamo ♪ ♪ we shall always remember how they died for liberty ♪ ♪ just remember pearl harbor and go on to victory ♪ >> yeah! >> "remember pearl harbor" is a 1942 song written as a tribute to the 2,200 service members who died in that surprise attack. gannich survived that day aboard the "uss pennsylvania." so good to see those guys. we've got to hang on to those guys as long as we can. on that day, he was getting ready for an intrasquad football game against one of the other ships. he had football pads on and his helmet and ran to his station to defend. >> and then you hear him sing with a voice like that especially. >> incredible. our next low goes to the failed implosion of the pontiac silverdome in michigan. the demolition team had the 42-year-old former home of the detroit lions and pistons all

end of an era, but then a cloud of dust and the era was still standing there. turns out, a wiring issue prevented some of the charges from going off, and the steel columns in the silverdome's upper deck remained intact. well, that's embarrassing. but they checked the connections, and the next day, take two. there it is. the upper deck comes down. the rest of the silverdome will be dismantled over the next year or so. and hey, at least a city bus didn't pull up to block the view of this stadium implosion. shout-out to marta and the georgia dome right there. >> why is everything being imploded lately? >> these are old domes. >> is this like the time of year? >> cities take a lot of taxpayer money and build new, beautiful stadiums and need to get rid of the old ones to make room for the new ones. the next high is a concerned citizen speaking out at a public meeting of the los angeles city council. the issue a proposed ban on house parties. sir, the floor is yours.

the floor is yours. oh, no -- >> what up, council? my name is chad kroger. i'm an activist and house party enthusiast. my first introduction to manhood came when the captain of my water polo team, boomer kingsley, asked me to shotgun a tall can of bud light in front of the whole squad at his end of the season bash. my newfound confidence gave me the courage to ask out the most popular girl in school, lauren stockholder, to prom that year. she rejected me and i had to go with stacey mcmillan, but i didn't care because i was so amped on chugging with my boys. that's what house parties do. raging at house parties is the true -- >> thank you. next. >> thank you, next. >> raging at house parties. >> so, here's the deal on that. the clip of chad kroger became one of the most widely shared videos of the week online. chad kroger actually, you might know, is the name of the lead singer of the band nickelback.

that performance is a comedian, tom allen who does this in character at city council meetings from time to time, and the internet absolutely loved chad kroger, one person proposing a 2020 cabinet of chad kroger for president, boomer kingsley as vp, stacy mcmillen as state and lauren stockholder as attorney general. i could watch that all day. >> he would have just kept going on and on and on. >> oh, yeah, cut off after one minute. our final low goes to the lowdown dirty trick played by a couple kids on their old man. it's pretty good, actually. dad's out here at home in williamsburg, virginia, working the guard with his commercial-grade backpack blower, getting the leaves in a nice, packed pile. as he blows it together, a couple heads pop up and scare the living tar out of dad. the kids leap out of the pile as dad back pedals and hits the deck. he shoots a death stare at mom right there, who's filming the whole thing, before opening up the blower full speed on the kids, who eventually run in for the house. >> the kid in orange popp

just had like a bounce to him. >> they nailed it. coming up next, the sunday sit-down with the talented ed sheeran on his stunning rise from teenage london street performer to the one-man band who sells out stadiums around the world. and then, muhammad ali was the world's most famous face of parkinson's disease, and now the sport he dominated is serving as treatment for pd patients like him. and in two minutes, a facebook live chat with me and dylan. nobody does it better. he's also an avid cookie connoisseur. dig in, big guy. but when it comes to mortgages, he's less confident. fortunately for nick, theres rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so he can understand the details and get approved in as few as eight minutes. apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently. rocket mortgage by quicken loans. turns out things aren't always take guinea pigs.ey are. they're not pigs at all, nor are they from guinea. or take this haircut.

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this is a "news4 today" news break. >> good morning. it is 8:26 here on this sunday, december 10th, 2017. i'm meagan fitzgerald. we want to get a look at some of the top stories we are following for you this morning. a ft. washington home is

prince george's county fire and ems say they responded to the home at around 2:30 this morning. the home is located along bremer circle. there's no word yet on injuries or if there is a cause yet. we have a crew heading to the scene. we will update you as soon as new information is available. and you'll want to avoid south dakota avenue northeast from randolph street to 18th street in d.c. police say they have closed the area due to a water main break. we're told some of the water has been flowing into basements, but it's not clear how many people are affected or if the break is weather-related. and we'll get a look at your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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well, temperatures out there right now mostly above that freezing mark, but again, a few slick spots as you make your way out the door, so be mindful of that. eventually, winds will pick up, and that will help dry out the roads. nothing's showing up on the radar right now, but look what's to the northwest of us. yeah, we've got some lake-effect snow with these breezy winds. we could see a few flurries as we continue through the day today. temperatures once the winds pick up will be stuck, so right around 40 degrees. we're going to have mostly sunny to partly sunny skies out there. now, our next change comes on wednesday, but not before we could see a little snow-rain-sleet mix early on tuesday.

windchills only in the teens. >> all right, lauryn, thank you. we will be back in about 25 minutes following more breaking news and headlines, and of course, weather. but for now, back to the "today" show. can i get a mega can i get a mega blocks dinosaur? >> i think that could be arranged. >> and can i get laser tag? >> well, i can certainly try. >> and what did al franken do? >> okay, wow. let's see. i can handle the mega blocks and laser tag. can you take the al franken thing, sugarplum? >> no. and in this climate, can you just call me amy? >> absolutely. >> "saturday night live" wrapping up just a few hours ago across the street from us here. james franco hosting with sizza as musical guest. the year in music has belonged to ed sheeran. his third studio album, "divide," was released in march. and since

streamed on spotify more than any album of 2017. "shape of you" is the most streamed track in the history of spotify, and last week sheeran earned a set of grammy nominations. he spent the last year touring sold-out arenas around the world and next year the crowds get bigger with stadium shows. i sat down with him at the hotel cafe in los angeles, a tight, 200-seat venue he used to play before he broke through to become one of the biggest stars in the world. >> everybody sing it! ♪ >> i feel like everything's so ridiculous that it might just be all in my imagination. ♪ i'm in love with the shape of you ♪ >> it may feel like a dream, but this year has been very real for ed sheeran. the british singer-songwriter's album "divide" has dominated the charts, solidifying his status as a genre-bending artist who's completely comfortable alone on stage, using something called a loop pedal to record

♪ >> my unique selling point and every other artist has a band nowadays and i'm the only one that doesn't. and to lose that is i think a mistake. ♪ >> sheeran has been described as pop music's tattooed troubadour, a one-man band who writes songs, plays guitar, raps a little and sings smash hit romantic ballads like "photograph." ♪ so you can keep me inside a pocket of your ripped jeans ♪ >> and the two-time grammy award-winning "thinking out loud." ♪ people fall in love in mysterious ways ♪ >> i could go to any wedding this weekend and i would hear one of your songs, guaranteed. do you like that? >> yeah. it's nice to be the guy that's known for making songs that people kiss to or dance to, or like, it's like music should do that.

love and make you happy. ♪ tell me that you turned down the lights ♪ >> sheeran fell in love with music growing up in suffolk, england. he was a self-described weird-looking kid who turned to music as a defense against bullies. >> i never really fit in when i was really young, and i had a stutter so i couldn't really communicate properly. but hey, the cool thing to do is play guitar, isn't it? >> of course. >> makes everyone cool, to have a guitar. >> it's crazy, too, that part of your style, where you rap while you play, was kind of born of your efforts to get rid of your stutter by listening to eminem. >> it was the marshall mathers lp and my uncle gave it to me when i was 9. cheers. and -- >> there are some tracks on that album no 9-year-old should hear. "the way i am." >> no, it was more a murder around, one word at a time, like all of that. >> yeah. >> more of the word play stuff. >> does eminem know

i met him in detroit the other day, told him that, and he was like, thanks for making me feel old. >> once his stutter was gone, sheeran began to sing. he independently put out his first cd at the age of 13. at 16, he dropped out of school, and with the blessing of his parents, but not much of a plan, moved to london. sheeran played on street corners and showed up at every open mike he could find. >> i was just literally sofa hopping from strangers to strangers to strangers, and looking back at it, it's really [ bleep ] dangerous. really dangerous. but i'd be on stage and just be like, play a few songs and the crowd would be into it, and i'd be like, by the way, who can put me up tonight? and somebody would be like, me! and i'd be like, yay! >> four years of knocking around the uk playing his unique style of music earned sheeran a fan base online, and in 2011, a deal with atlantic records. by the end of the year, he

released his debut studio album, "plus." ♪ i'm out of touch, i'm out of love ♪ >> among his early fans, taylor swift. in 2013, sheeran joined swift on the red tour, and the pair became close friends. ♪ >> perhaps started off our lives as the underdog, with an acoustic guitar, you write songs about your feelings and then have had this sort of level of success that's taken us both by surprise, i guess. ♪ >> sheeran's career was exploding by the time he released his second album, "multiply." it debuted at number one in the u.s. and the uk. it earned sheeran two grammy awards and featured the hits "don't" and the pharrell-produced "sing." ♪ oh, oh, oh immediately after collecting those grammys in early 2016, sheeran took a sudden hiatu

just go away and not be in the spotlight? >> i'd be touring for five years, everyone has seen a show that needed to see a show, everybody bought an album that needed to buy an album. i think it's good to step away not only for yourself, but to give the public a break. ♪ >> he spent the year working on his latest album "divide" and traveling the world with his girlfriend, cherry. the two have known each other since childhood and reconnected two years ago at one of sheeran's shows. people like that about you, that the girl you knew in high school is the girl that you're with now. >> took a while to get to that, though. you know, i didn't grow up an attractive boy and then suddenly you're kind of in situations where, because you play music, people not only think you're attractive, but they're kind of like more, hey. and it took a while for me to realize actually what life was about. >> so you worked through that phase of your life -- >> not really worked through it, kind of like fell through it.

is the latest single off "divide," already on its way to number one. it got a remix last week in sheeran's collaboration with none other than beyonce. ♪ barefoot on the grass while dancing to our favorite song ♪ >> is there somebody out there you have not collaborated with that you would still like to? who's the dream? >> eminem and beyonce were top of my list. >> okay, so we've checked one off. now you've met eminem. have you floated that out to him or are you going to play this slow? >> no. i literally didn't say anything. i literally didn't say anything. >> you said everything but not saying anything. >> i literally didn't say anything. >> sheeran played coy with us, but just days later, eminem released the track list for his upcoming album. it includes a collaboration with, yes, ed sheeran. a full-circle moment for the man who found his voice as a kid rapping along with eminem's records. ♪ i'm on

grammy nominations, but to the shock of the music industry and the outrage of sheeran's fans, neither is in the awards ceremony's top three categories, which are dominated this year by hip-hop and r&b. were you as shocked as some of your fans were that you weren't nominated for those awards? >> i remember when the nominations came out. i was sitting in my house, and then i was like, i have a house. and i was sleeping on sofas six years ago. and i tour, people like my music. and yeah, it's such a minute thing on the scale of the way my happiness should be. ♪ castle on the hill >> ed's 2018 stadium tour comes next august beginning at the rose bowl in pasadena, california. "divide" is available anywhere you get your music. ed has a reputation for being an ordinary, grounded guy, and it's real, i can tell you, but he's got a hilarious explanation for why he's been able to keep his life relatively normal. to hear it, cec

and next week, with the upcoming release of the latest "star wars" movie, "the last jedi outside, we sit down with kilo rem himself, adam driver. how he went from serving in the united states marine corps to playing the villain in the biggest movie franchise of all time. that's next week on "sunday today." and dylan is back now with another look at the weather. hey, dylan. hey, willie! that storm system from the weekend is moving away, although lake-effect snow will take hold of the great lakes through the week heading through wednesday with perhaps a foot and a half of snow, especially off lake ontar ontario. sunny and cool down east and chilly out west, but that will help with the fire danger out there. winds will ease through the week as well. and by friday, another pacific storm makes its way into the pacific northwest. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. well, temperatures today will make it up to right around 40 degrees. most everybody in the 30s right now. watch when you walk your way out the door today because there are some slick

along your stairs, the railings. so just be careful. but again, the winds are going to pick up after about 9:00, 10:00, and that's going to help dry out the roadways. lower 40s tomorrow. we are looking at a much lighter wind tomorrow. however, as we get into tuesday morning, we could expect a few light snow and light sleet showers overnight tuesday, but it will be gone by tuesday morning commute. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan, thanks a lot. see you in just a minute. next on "sunday today," net neutrality. you've heard the term, but what is it exactly, and why could a big decision this week affect what you see online? we'll explain.

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so, what exactly is net neutrality? how does it affect you? and why is the fight over it so heated? nbc's jo ling kent has a look in our "sunday spotlight." >> just stir that in. now i'm going let this reduce. >> reporter: laura vittalie's life would be very different without youtube. >> it was the door that hoped for me that allowed it to all happen. >> reporter: she started cooking on the video platform after her father's italian restaurant closed. >> i literally flipped the light switch, filmed the video, uploaded it, and grew an audience. >> reporter: vitali's cooking caught on, to say the least. >> don't judge me. >> reporter: she now has close to 3 million subscribers, a book deal, and a tv show. >> here's a bite. >> reporter: but these days, laura and her husband, joe, see a looming threat. >> i've literally lost sleep over the possibility of net neutrality being taken away. >> i think if there wasn't net neutrality, i'd be really at ris g

>> reporter: so, what's the concern, and what is net neutrality? say you're craving a pizza after seeing laura's creation. you pick up the phone and order from your favorite local spot. now imagine if your phone company redirected you to dominos because it had a special deal with dominos, or if your phone provider charged you extra for calling your favorite spot. phone companies must stay neutral, just like internet service providers under current net neutrality rules. they can't block you from watching laura on youtube or charge you extra for bingeing on netflix. but all that could change on thursday. >> what exactly are they voting on? >> what's happening is the fcc is voting to redo the net neutrality rules, which are regulations for internet providers that currently prohibit them from blocking websites or slowing them down. >> reporter: internet providers like charter, at&t, cox and nbc parent company comcast would have the ability to build fast lanes and slow lanes on the

expected to vote 3-2 along party lines in favor of the proposal, put forth by president trump's fcc commissioner, ajit pai. the vote has sparked protests across the country with kritics saying it could push costs up for consumers and censor the internet. >> could you see internet providers offering packages of certain services? so if you want the social media package, maybe you pay extra for that. maybe you have to pay extra to access netflix. all of these, again, are speculative, hypothetical examples, but in theory, they would be legal and perfectly acceptable under the new rules. >> reporter: supporters of the proposal, including industry lobbying groups u.s. telecom swear consumer fears are unfounded. >> consumers care that their content isn't blocked, their content. those principles existed before the current rules and they're going to exist after. >> reporter: but commissioner jessica rosenwarsel who is voting against the proposal in t

>> are there instances that demonstrate that if given this freedom that broadband providers would actually build a fast lane and a slow lane? >> here's what we know. we know they have the technical ability to do so. we also know they have the business incentive to do so. and now the fcc is giving them the legal green light to go ahead and explore those kind of relationships. >> reporter: for many, it comes down to who you trust. for the vitalis, the answer is clear. >> how many people have purchased a cable plan and had a great deal on it, and then that great deal changed one or two years down the road and their price went up? if you're going to trust that same company with what you are allowed to view on the internet, then by all means, it's great for you. >> and jo ling kent joins me now live in studio. jo, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> so, we heard the argument against the rollback of net neutrality. what's the case that people are making for that move? >> the fcc commissioner wants to roll back net neutrality because it says the internet is micromanaged right now.

basically says that this will provide more choice, will actually allow these companies to invest in more high-speed internet around the country, but that is a very hotly contested fact, if you will. >> and we know it's hotly contested because there are 23 million or so comments on the fcc's website about this decision, which is an extreme number. and there's some concern about who some of those people may be making the comments. >> exactly. first, 23 million is a record number of comments on anything from the fcc. secondly, there is some debate. the new york state attorney general says that a million of those comments actually may be from stolen identities, like from your e-mail account, and about 500,000 may be coming from russia. he's asked for an investigation and a delay on the fcc vote, but the fcc commissioner is showing no signs of stopping this vote, and it's probably happening on thursday. >> more russia allegations. amazing. jo ling kent, thanks so much. >> thanks. >> good to see you. >> good to see you, too. coming up next on "sunday today," stepping in the ring to fight a disease that affects a million americans. >> want to get in the ring

i'm hitting, it just feels good. it feels like i'm really fighting back against parkinson's. and later, a life well lived. the basketball star and civil rights pioneer who broke the color barrier playing across the south in the 1960s. pla ♪ i'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain ♪ pla ♪ what glorious feeling i'm happy again, ♪ ♪ just singing, singing in the rain. ♪

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parkinson's disease is a thank you logical movement disorder that affects millions in the u.s. and more around the world. the two visible faces of the disease have been michael j. fox, diagnosed at age 29, and the late, great muhammad ali. in our "sunday closer," joe fryer finds that one of the treatments for parkinson's is the sport where ali shook up the world. >> reporter: just one look at the unlikely band of warriors in this ring, it's clear that sometimes boxers fight more than each other. >> this to me is it. when i'm in the ring and hitting, it just feels good. it feels like i'm really fighting back against parkinson's. >> reporter: parkinson's -- >> nice. >> reporter: -- a neurological disease with no cure that can lead to slow movement, stiffness, lost of balance, tremors, symptoms that might seem at odds with a sport like this. >> there

>> reporter: but susan says the moment she stepped in the ring, boxing helped her get off the ropes. >> and i loved it. i never thought i would, but hitting a bag, it just felt concrete to me. it felt real. it felt tangible. i was fighting back, and it was awesome. >> reporter: programs like this have popped up across the country, but suzanne struggled to find something nearby -- >> there you go. >> reporter: until someone pointed her to brett summers. >> we had about a five-minute conversation. i said, yes, i'll do it. and she's like, really? you're going to do it? i was like, yeah, i'll do it. >> reporter: a former national amateur champion who later turned pro, brett trained boxers at his gym in arlington, washington. >> like this. >> reporter: three mornings a week, he now leads a class for those with parkinson's. do you take it easy on them? >> no. nobody took it easy on me as a kid. >> reporter: to be clear, there's no contact here, but suzanne's doctor saysov

like this can help slow the disease. >> in aerobic exercise, you're really active, you're working on balance, moving forwards, backwards, and kind of challenging the systems that aren't working so well with parkinson's. >> reporter: for suzanne, that means more mobility while taking less medication to fight off the muscle contractions that once debilitated her. she can't thank brett enough. >> he's my hero. he's come to our rescue. >> reporter: brett can certainly see the change in roland campbell. diagnosed with parkinson's last year, he was told he could no longer walk backward. >> you've got no reverse. >> backwards, go! >> reporter: but now backward is a huge step forward. >> i'm doing better, a hell of a lot better. i couldn't do it at all before, so, something's helping. >> there you go. >> reporter: roland isn't just a boxing student. [ laughter ] he's brett's uncle. >> come on, that's all you've got? >> reporter: a connection that

part of brett is so easily knocked down. >> feels good. right? i always get this way. >> you're making a difference, right? >> definitely making a difference. definitely. one, two -- >> reporter: a champion who is in their corner every round of this fight. for "sunday today," joe fryer, arlington, washington. >> joe, thank you very much. this week we highlight another life well lived. in 1966, there was not a single african-american varsity basketball player in the southeastern conference, which stretched across the newly desegregated south. the next year, perry wallace became the first. wallace was a star at nashville's all-black pearl high school, where his team won a state championship, and he was class valedictorian. wallace had his choice of schools but decided to stay home and attend vanderbilt universit

that being the only african-american in the s.e.c. would not be easy, nor was it easy being one of the only black students on campus. as wallace traveled with vanderbilt to arenas in places like mississippi, alabama, kentucky, and georgia, he endured epithets and threats of lynching from opponents on the court and the crowds in the stands. his senior year, wallace made the all-s.e.c. team. when he graduated in 1970 with an engineering degree, auburn university still was the only other school in the conference with a black player. wallace was drafted by the nba's philadelphia 76ers. he later graduated from columbia university law school and became a trial lawyer for the justice department, eventually rising to become a prominent law professor. wallace also was a talented musician and fluent in several languages. perry wallace, a basketball star who became a towering figure of the american civil rights movement, died last week in rockville, maryland, after a battle with cancer. he was just 69 years old.

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we close with a look at what is next. the special election for the next senator from alabama will be held on tuesday. democrat doug jones trying to defeat republican roy moore, the man accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct when the women were teenagers. and awards season gets into full view. golden globe nominations announced monday morning. folks will be i didneyeing film >> i have movies to watch. i heard they were all good. >> tha

right now on "newzs4 today, heavy hearts for the people who work to protect us after losing two of their own. we're going to tell you what we're learning about the two men and how an act of kindness ended up taking both their lives. the clock is winding down until one of the most contested senate races, and alabama voters may notice a familiar voice the next time they answer the phone. what president trump is now lending to the moore campaign. and we are working for you after our first december snow in years. we're going to tell you what you need to know about the cold temperatures before heading out this morning. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now.

not really plowable snow. >> no. >> but pretty snow, and it'd finally starting to look and feel like winter around here. many of you waking up to snow-covered streets, sidewalks, and cars. this was the fresh powder in southern maryland in st. mary's county. it's a pretty scene across much of our region. a few issues out there as well, and you need to be safe because there could be some falling temperatures to worry about. >> right. >> but going to get into that in a second. first, you made it to 9:00 on sunday morning. good morning, i'm adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald in for angie goff. and that's the biggest concern right now. it's pretty to look at, but when you hit the roads with these freezing temperatures, black ice ain't fun. >> you know what, lauryn ricketts has her moon boots. >> yes. >> oh, show them the moon boots, lauryn. >> moon boots ready for this. >> i pulled them out last time i was trying to show you. >> there they are! >> yeah! >> i wear these all the time. i have worn these for like ten years. they've gotten