In this week's Sunday Sitdown, Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin joins Willie Geist to discuss his role as a devious preacher in "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery." Brolin opens up about his burst to fame as a teenager in "The Goonies," but then spending most of the next two decades as a struggling actor in Hollywood. His career finally got a jumpstart with acclaimed performances in "No Country for Old Men" and "Milk" and when he played Thanos in the Marvel cinematic universe. Australian officials say at least two people on Saturday opened fire on a crowd celebrating Hanukkah on the popular Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia, killing at least 11 in what police are calling a "targeted terrorist attack on a Jewish celebration." NBC's Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY. President Donald Trump is vowing retaliation after two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed and three others injured when they were ambushed in central Syria. Central command says the shooter was a lone ISIS gunman who also was killed in the firefight. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Berlin ahead of peace talks with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. President Trump has been pushing for a plan to bring an end to Russia's war in Ukraine by Christmas even as President Vladimir Putin continues to attack civilian targets in the country. Millions in the Northeast are facing the first snowfall of the season after several inches fell overnight from Baltimore up through New York City. The snow comes ahead of a massive cold front with temperatures expected to be 20 to 30 degrees below normal on Sunday. The United States Senate rejected a pair of health care bills that would have delivered relief to more than 20 million Americans before the end of the year. Now, cost-saving subsidies added to the Affordable Care Act in 2021 are likely to expire on New Year's Eve, causing patient prices to increase by as much as 100%. NBC's Anne Thompson reports in this week's Sunday Focus.

President Donald Trump will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago to discuss a peace plan on Putin's war on Ukraine. The high-stakes meeting comes as Russia's attacks on the war-torn nation persist. NBC's Julie Tsirkin reports for Sunday TODAY. A new round of storms could cause delays and cancellations from the Midwest into the Northeast on what's expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. On Saturday, more than 10,000 flights were delayed and over a thousand canceled after Friday's storm in the Northeast. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist runs through the Highs and Lows of year including the delightful shock and wonder of kids experiencing hibachi for the first time, the matching Australian twins who recounted a robbery in sync and more! On October 2, 1950, a new comic strip called "Peanuts" debuted in seven newspapers. Written and illustrated by Charles M. Shultz, the characters Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and the rest of the Peanuts gang would grow to become some of the most-beloved icons of pop-culture. NBC's Joe Fryer reports in this week's Sunday Spotlight on the 75th anniversary of Peanuts. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist wraps up 2025 with a look back at the Sunday Sitdowns of the year from Hollywood icons like Sylvester Stallone to music superstars like Bad Bunny and the beginning of a new era of live conversations surrounded by beloved fans. It has been nearly a year since Donald Trump was sworn-in for a second term as president of the United States. Immigration, inflation and America's role in foreign wars are among the ongoing top stories that have consumed the administration and defined the year. Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist shares an annual review of the biggest news stories of 2025.