News With Natalie

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Event Date(s): 12/04/2015 | Event Location(s): New York | Description: INT TODAY NEW YORK STUDIO NATALIE MORALES: Taking a look at the headlines. A cafe in Paris re-opened for business today three weeks after gunmen killed five people there and injured three others. The cafe was one of several venues in the French capital targeted by gunmen in a series of extremist attacks that claimed the lives of a hundred and thirty people. The manager says the cafe had been repainted and redecorated to, quote, "erase the signs of this nightmare." GFX: Supers “Paris Café Reopens: Five People Killed In ‘La Bonne Biere”. New research out of Scandinavia suggests that people who take risks might have more highly developed brains than those who are on the cautious side. In the study young men used the driving simulator to complete a course with twenty traffic lights and those who went faster were found to have more white matter in their brains. That's the brains network for analyzing and transmitting information. Drivers who took more chances at intersection also showed more brain scan activity. GFX: Supers “Are Thrill-Seekers Smarter?: Study: More Brain Activity In Risk Takers”. Well, the report cards are in and Consumer Reports ranks T-Mobile number one among national wireless carriers based on an annual survey of readers. It is the first time that Verizon hasn't held that top spot. The results are based on readers' sentiments about value, voice quality, texting, data speeds and customer service. GFX: Supers “T-Mobile Tops Survey: Beats Verizon For First Time Ever”. America's first family flipped the switch Thursday night to light the National Christmas Tree. GFX: Supers “Glowing Tradition: First Family Lights National Christmas Tree”. EXT NIGHT WASHINGTON, DC WS: President Barack Obama counts down, “Three, two, one” during the lighting of the National Christmas tree. MS: President Obama stands on stage with wife First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia Obama. WS: Zoom-in to the National Christmas tree lighting up. NATALIE MORALES: Ceremony held in President's Park right across the street from the White House. And Miss Piggy joined Michele Obama to read 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. The national tradition was started by President Coolidge back in 1923. EXT NIGHT MS: Zoom-out from the lit up tree. WS: Zoom-out from the White House to the National tree in President’s Park. BRIEF CUTS: Brief cuts of the First Lady and “Muppets” character Miss Piggy reading to a group of children. Well, they are calling it the miracle in Motown. It was an unbelievable finish in last night's Packers-Lions game. Packers down by two with just a few seconds to go in the game. The game should have ended on that play when Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers got tackled. But the Lions were flagged for facemask penalty and then that gave Green Bay one final play and Rodgers made the most of it throwing this amazing Hail Mary pass sixty-one yards into the end zone, right there tight end Richard Rodgers makes that perfectly clean catch for the touchdown. Green Bay won it 27-23. Good for them. GFX: Supers “Miracle In Motown: Packers Win On Stunning ‘Hail Mary’ Pass”.