they rang the bell 36 times and offered prayers. laura anthony has more from oakland. >> gutted ghost ship warehouse has become a gathering place for those touched by the fire that claimed 36 lives. most of them young artists. those who come here include some who lived in the building and narrowly escaped. and families of the victims. including that of sarah a preschool teacher from walnut creek. >> just overwhelm. >>reporter: she's a teacher at lady college. 29-year-old nicole who went by the name here was a student in her jazz piano class. >> the what a talent. she stood out in the class. >> i saw people meandering around here but never knew anybody lived there. >>reporter: photographer betty davis didn't know the victims but she knew of the ghost shim was mecca for artist and now creating ard row of what is left in the wake for a documentary she is making about oakland. >> just knowing people lived there and there are so many complaints about it but it seems the city of oakland or the people who were in charge of oakland didn't s

this evening's dining companions, cover band regatta. ♪ jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way ♪ you may remember them from such epic office christmas parties as last night's. this is the christmas season. a lot of christmas parties? >> woman: yeah! >> eric: there's a lot. >> anthony: a lot of work? >> woman: yeah. >> man: it's a big season. >> anthony: all over southeast asia any hotel lobby, any hotel bar, there's a filipino band. >> woman: exactly. >> anthony: i've sat there drunk and challenged band after band, shirley bassey -- no problem! all of "dark side of the moon" -- no problem. all of guns n' roses -- no problem. >> eric: that is true. >> anthony: music and singing are a huge part of life in the philippines, so making it as a cover band, being sent abroad to perform is a big deal. but one thing remains the same -- always. to succeed, you better be able to pick up new material, fast. >> eric: whitney houston, celine dion, tony braxton, beatles and elvis presley. >> anthony: how many songs in your repertoire? around how many? >> eric: thousands already. >> anthony:

performers at this year's ceremony included kelly clarkson, marc anthony, and the president got into the act himself leading everyone into a rendition of "jingle bells". >> the president delivered his final christmas message that americans treat one anothers >> i could hear him really singing. >> i heard when they kind of isolated his microphone. it wasn't bad at all. >> he likes to sing. we all do at this time of year. >> no. >> nice. you had to remember that. >> you know. >> al never forgets. what's going on in the weather? >> we have some wind to talk about especially for our friends down in southern california. santa ana setting up, northeasterly winds coming in and these are gusty and dry some downed power lines and trees. because things are so dry we >>> some are speculating about a possible motive emerging in that chilling abduction of a mother in california and why police are not happy about the victim's husband speaking out about the case. but first, this is "today" on [ whispering ] the new iphone's finally here. and you can get it on any network, but why would you? and we

performers at this year's ceremony included kelly clarkson, marc anthony and james taylor. the president got into the act himself leading everyone in a rendition of "jingle bells." ♪ jingle bells jingle bells ♪ ♪ jingle all the way >> and the president also delivered his final christmas message that americans treat one another as they would like to be treated. >> i could hear him really singing. >> yeah, i actually heard one where they isolated his microphone. it wasn't bad. it wasn't bad at all. >> he likes to sing. we all do this time of year. he had to remember that. >> yeah, you know. >> al never forgets. what's going on in the weather? >> we have wind to talk about especially for our friend down in southern california. santa ana setting up. northeasterly winds coming in. these are gusty and dry offshore winds and may cause some downed power lines and trees. and, of course, because things are so dry, we could be looking at fire growth potential. damaging wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour and wind advisory and high wind warnings and red flag warnings. another t