the way we did it is he said pick a spot where no one else is from so no one will be offended. and he said nantucket. we've been doing it for 25 years, and now all of us go. >> happy birthday. >> yeah, tomorrow. thanks for the kind words. >> great run, old buddy. >> larry: we thank the bidens for being with us tonight. hope you enjoyed it. good sunday morning. the pope makes an exception. the vatican, as you know, has had a longstanding policy against the use of contraception, but pope benedict has now outlined an instance where condoms might be acceptable. does this single a broader shift in church policy? also, president obama has now chimed in about the new tsa procedures that have caused an

uproar. you'll hear whether he thinks the tsa has gone too far. from the cnn center, this is your "cnn sunday morning." 6:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia, where i am. 2:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you may be, glad you're right here. i'm t.j. holmes. and as always we want to welcome our troops watching us on the armed forces network in iraq and afghanistan and around the world. thank you for being here. also coming up in the next 90 minutes, a lot of people in this country have their eyes on afghanistan waiting for our men and women to come home. a lot of families waiting for their loved ones to come home. some news you want to hear. there has been an agreement now at the nato summit in lisbon that's just wrapping up, and it has a target date for when u.s. troops will be pulling out. however, there are some challenges to that timeline. also, the long hard search for the nation's missing warriors. you know that search still goes on to this day. sometimes it begins with a

simple swab for dna. we're going to show you how this works. and the night for heroes ends. the annual all-star tribute for the cnn heroes opened up with a salute for a lot of heroes, those 33 miners from chile. they made it over to be part of the celebration. we'll tell you about that this morning. first, we're taking a look at this busy holiday travel season, which is under way. got under way this weekend. a lot more people going to be flying this week. so much of the talk is not just how's the weather going to be or how long the lines are going to be, it is going to be all about that, what you're seeing on tv, the pat-downs, the security procedures that have caused an uproar. now president obama has jumped into this controversy, and he was asked about the pat-downs and the body scanners. listen to what the president said yesterday from the nato summit. >> at this point, tsa, in

consultation with our counterterrorism experts, have indicated to me that the procedures that they've been putting in place are the only ones right now that they consider to be effective against the kind of threat that we saw in the christmas day bombing. but i'm going to -- you know, every week i meet with my counterterrorism team, and i'm constantly asking them whether is what we're doing absolutely necessary? have we thought it through? are there other ways of accomplishing it that meet the same objectives? >> the transportation security administration, the chief of that administration, john pistol, you see him there. you've probably seen him a lot this past week or so. he's been out there testifying in front of congress, giving interviews, trying to get the message out. he has another message out they

just posted on their website. he kind of gives some instructions to passengers about what they'll face and kind of explains things, what you're going to go through. he certainly doesn't mince words and doesn't compromise, but still certainly trying to get out in front of this story and inform the public the best he can. a lot of people are reacting to what's been happening at the airports. a lot of people have gone through the enhanced pat-downs and the body scanners. a lot of people hearing about it and letting their opinion be known. what do some of the passengers actually think? we talked to them in an airport. take a listen. >> well, i already feel like it's too much to go through security and get patted down by random people you don't know. the last time i traveled to greensboro and came through this airport, i was wearing, you know, yoga pants and a sweatshirt, and i was on crutches. they felt like it was necessary to like pat me down and do all that. i already think that's going too far. >> yeah, i always believe there's a balance in everything that has to be struck, and i think that being safe on a plane

is important. and i think, again, that having the electronic or using the technology as a scanning mechanism rather than having somebody actually doing a pat-down on me is a way to keep that balance. >> we are going to be talking more about the travel season and airport security here throughout "cnn sunday morning." also it's going to be front and center on "state of the union" with candy crowley at 9:00 a.m. eastern. we mentioned the tsa chief john pistole, he's going to be a guest of candy crowley. and representative john mica has been out front and center. he is the one who sent a letter to the airports around the country, the largest, telling them maybe they should get rid of the tsa and opt for the private companies to do the screening. you can see all that at 9:00 eastern right here on cnn, candy crowley. we're going to be talking to her a little later as well. a lot of people out here love magazines. you got "time," "travel and l e

leisure," you name it. a new magazine called "inspire" magazine. but the name of the magazine belies the content in its pages. it's published by al qaeda. the magazine is calling last month's bomb plot in yemen, the one with the bombs reportedly on those cargo planes. they're calling it a success. according to this, "inspire" magazine said the operation was called operation hemorrhage. also said the attacks cost $4,200 in all. just a few of the details given out. also praised the destructiveness and death toll from the september 11th attacks. also gives a chilling omen as to what may be coming next. give you one quote here from this article from "inspire" magazine. it says, "it is more feasible to stage smaller attacks that involve less players and less time to launch, and thus we may

circumvent the security barriers america worked so hard to erect." it says, "the strategy of a thousand cuts," as they call it. when the hope sapope says t of condoms can be justified in an instance, at first this may sound like a major shift in philosophy for the vatican. that's not necessarily the case. that story coming up. also time for me to say good morning to my good friend reynolds wolf. hello, sir. >> really? that's what you're going to lead into me with? the news is the news. our forecast for people traveling across the nation, trying to see loved ones. how will weather hamper those travels? we'll tell you in a few moments. see you in a bit. >> thank you, reynolds. once again, to our men and women, american fighting forces around the country, around the world, i should say, who are watching us on the armed forces network. maybe you can't keep up with your favorite team, some of the military academies. we'll get you caught up right now.

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look at that scene. can you el tell where this is? this is graceland, the home of the rock legend, elvis presley. they did this yesterday, do it every year. they light up the place for the holidays. as you can see there -- and reynolds is about to join me here in a moment. reynolds, i believe it was about 70 degrees and sunny yesterday around memphis. wasn't it a pretty nice day? >> pretty incredible there. rest of the nation not quite as lucky. we've had some rough stuff around a good part of the nation. in memphis, you get it while you can. >> they had to ship in some snow to make it look like the holidays. >> some would argue, when you drive along union avenue in memphis, every day is a holiday. it's a special place. >> sure you been on union lately? >> it's been a while, but the memories are still there. they're blurred memories, trust me, but they still exist.

let's talk about the forecast for today. a quick snapshot. out to the west, that's where all your heavy damage is going to be in terms of the wind and the snow and some places up to several feet of snow, especially right here in the sierra nevada. when you get back to the central rockies, it's great for skiers. going to be awful for travelers. anyone in a minivan, really tough for parts of i-80 back through the mountain passes. also back in seattle, rainy along the coast and puget sound, but up into the cascades, all of that switches to snow. quick snapshot of temperatures. 45 degrees in seattle. 67 in phoenix. kansas city, kind of nice. a half and half forecast. skies will be cloudy. chicago, the rain moves in more. that will develop into parts of detroit before all is said and done, especially in the afternoon and evening. new york, 46 degrees. enjoy it while you can. atlanta with 72. something else we've been seeing across the nation, that storm system ramps up out towards the west, it really will begin to intensify. it's not only going to be the heavy snow. the second component will be,

t.j., very strong winds that are going to develop, especially into the mountain passes. the reason it could hamper travel in many places, especially near grand junction, is you could have that wind really causing snow. a lot of drifts develop along the roadways on parts of 80. on 80 you need to watch out, especially along towards truckee. a lot of vehicles out, chp activated, a lot of trucks trying to move all that snow. don't be frustrated if things are going kind of slow, especially out near donner summit. take your time. one of the aspects in the high elevations of the snow, it's going to be that nice really light powder. going to be a scene like this where you're smiling and going great, where your visibility limits pretty quickly with the snow kicking up. makes it awfully pretty, great for skiers, for drivers not so much. as the day goes on, we'll see more travel delays mount up. during our next update, i'm going to give you a snapshot of what airports can expect as backups. unfortunately, quite a few of them. i know, just in time for the

holidays. >> we're not talking about the hubs of minneapolis, chicago, atlanta, new york. any of those in there? >> east side not yet. center of the country, not much of an issue. out west, hammered. >> we appreciate you, buddy. some help with some of the travel, josh levs looking at tips for you. >> there's a lot that you can actually find out in advance of your trip that might help you. we'll tell you how to get through security faster, including which specific luggage locks to use. also, how to pack. plus i've got a look for you which airports even have the advanced imaging technology we keep hearing about. all that's coming right up, t.j. first for our viewers, our weekly news quiz for you. got a holiday shopping quiz for you. the november sales projections are up for most electronic devices. projections are down, though, for one particular item. which one would you say it is? flat screen televisions, c camcorde camcorders, or mp3 players? we'll tell you next.

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would be correct. you get a little ding. sale of the cameras expected to drop from 2.6 million in october to 2.4 million for november. by comparison, consumers expected to buy more than 10 million flat screen televisions. so much of the talk the past week and so much news coverage dedicated to what's been happening at this nation's airports. those all intrusive pat-downs people have been talking about, those body image scanners. we've been trying our best to give you all the information we can, give you the facts, debunk the myths. we've been trying to keep it in perspective for you. but nobody can really put it in perspective like "saturday night live." >> do you want to feel contact in certain special places? >> then why not go through security at an airport? >> the tsa. >> tsa agents are ready and standing by to give you a little something extra to feel thankful about this holiday season. >> tsa. >> what are you waiting for? i want to check under your

testicles. >> tsa. >> spending time with a tsa agent couldn't be easier. simply book a flight departing from any american airport. when ekt sled for a full body scanner, say no. you'll be pulled aside by a tsa agent, and that's when the fun begins. you never know when your agent will be. >> it could be me. >> or me. >> or even me. >> but it's probably going to be us. >> okay. "saturday night live" has been for years kind of making fun in skits about what people have to go through through the security lines, but they clearly nailed it on this one and what's been happening at the airports and the news coverage has given them plenty to work off on. it is certainly something that, i'm sure, john pistole, the tsa administrator, doesn't necessarily appreciate that being out there as he's trying to get the message out on what is a really serious situation

for a lot of people, what they have to go through at the airport and don't appreciate it. john levs has tips on how to geget through the airport. >> that is so funny. that's going to be viral for a couple months. here's some information that can help you maybe even avoid some of what they're joking about over there. i want to talk you through it and show you online where you can get facts. big picture, talk about perspective, like t.j. was just saying. the air transport association expects 24 million to travel over this holiday, which is 1.3 million to 2.5 million people per day. it's only a fraction of the group to face the more intrusive things like pat-downs. statistically, you're unlikely to face it, but let's get going. you've heard about the advanced imaging technology. these are the airports that i've marked for you on this map, getting as far as you can, these orange marks are the airports that currently have advanced imaging technology. you've heard about them, the ones that take those images of

your body. even then, not everyone faces them. some people in those airports -- and there's a whole list for you of which airports have them. i'm about to show you. a few tips to get through the line more quickly and not have to face the tougher measures. one from the tsa is how to pack. they teach you on their website how to pack in layers instead of a big fat mess like this. if you follow these rules, pack in layers, you're less likely to have a problem and get through more quickly. also, i didn't know about this one. the tsa recognizes only certain locks, only certain types of locks on luggage. if you stick through these, you're more likely to get through the line faster. we also link you to which locks you'll want to use. and don't wrap gifts. you're bringing christmas gifts maybe, birthday gifts, whatever it is, wherever you're traveling, don't wrap them. they're going to end up being unwrapped. let me show you my page because i've linked a lot of stuff for you about facebook this morning,

josh levs cnn. we have a special link at cnn.com, all about holiday shopping, that shows you the vast majority of what i just talked you through. so check it out. that can be your one-stop guide really to get a lot of helpful information as you face the airports in the coming days. especially if you're among the 24 million people doing it over the thanksgiving holiday. t.j., another part of our goal here at cnn. help everyone get through the holiday travel experience as pain-free as possible. >> all right, josh. thank you. coming up, more than 80,000 u.s. personnel are still missing. they are still missing from wars that happened decades and decades ago. with the help now of today's technology, the search goes on one soldier at a time. set it in motion... and it goes out into the world like fuel for the economy. one opportunity leading to another...

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24 minutes past the hour here on this "cnn sunday morning." some of the stories making headlines. first, the pope, some of his latest statements making headlines because there seems to be a shift in the longstanding vatican policy against contraceptives. the pope said, in some quotes he gave for an interview for an upcoming book, he gave an example of a time when condoms

might be acceptable to use. the example he used is when possibly a male prostitute has hiv and wants to keep from spreading it to someone else. take a listen here. >> i don't think it's terribly inconsistent. >> my problem with the whole deal is he's again being very selective. if you understand the hiv issue in africa, the majority of people are in relationships and with wives and husbands. so to target only prostitutes, he's missing the boat, which is what he does regularly. we turn to north korea now, where it's been reported that there is a new -- a brand new uranium enrichment facility. this was reported by a u.s. professor who was traveling there. he was allowed to see it but wasn't allowed to take pictures of it. now it seems that a u.s. state department team is going to be heading to north korea.

now the administration is calling this another provocative act. it appears this facility was designed for nuclear power production, however, could be easily converted to produce highly enriched uranium for bombs. also, the search continues now for a gunman who shot a park ranger in utah several times. authorities believe this gunman who shot the park ranger is wounded himself. the two were in a shootout on friday. they have over 100 law enforcement officers now involved in this search. the park ranger who was shot is recovering and is expected to survive. now, can you imagine this? one of your loved ones missing in action for decades, just not ever knowing what happened to them. that is, in fact, the case for many family members of u.s. service members. but new technology now may be able to help in the search. lisa amin of our cnn affiliate kgo explains. >> you never have the body to put it to rest, to end the saga.

>> reporter: the desoto struggle has lasted 41 years. that's when ernest desoto disappeared when fighting in vietnam. >> we took him to the bus, and that was the last time i saw him. he said to my mom and dad, take care of her. for me. >> reporter: on april 12th, 1969, the airman's plane was shot down. >> i never thought he was dead. i thought, when the war was over, that maybe he would come home. >> reporter: but the father of three never did. now his wife and son are turning to the department of defense for help. >> everybody has it. >> reporter: every two years the feds come to the bay area to meet with families of servicemen who are still considered missing in action. >> my brother and one other person went missing in action. overnight, they had no idea of what happened to them. >> reporter: for some it's become their life's mission, to find out what happened.

virgil freeman is 90. his younger brother disappeared while fighting in the korean war. >> it was hard for me. >> reporter: at least now science is on their side. family members gave dna samples to the government. oftentimes scientists don't even have the missing soldier's dna. that's why it's important to test a lot of people in the family to try to figure it out, including brothers, cousins, and even the soldier's own children. >> when we get bone samsample's from the missing service members, we can compare it to the family reference and make a connection and allow those individuals to be buried. >> reporter: it's the closure they need but fear they may never get. >> 83,000 service members are still listed as missing in action. coming up, a rescue effort to save 29 new zealand miners who are trapped underground is on hold. they haven't been able to move forward with possibly trying to

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bottom of the hour here on this "cnn sunday morning." welcome back, everybody. i'm t.j. holmes. the president is back home. he landed just after 10:00 last night. he was in portugal for that two-day nato summit. he brought a couple of things with him, a couple of big things on his plate, a couple of big concerns from that meeting. certainly when will u.s. troops be coming home from afghanistan? and a lot of talk about reducing nuclear weapons. the president is urging congress to approve the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, the strategic arms reduction treaty.

also, he wants to turn over the security of the afghanistan to the afghan military by 2014. our white house correspondent suzanne malveaux with more on the president's trip. >> reporter: after two days of summits with european allies, president obama outlined a new timetable for the afghan war, when u.s. and nato troops will start to come home. the big question is whether or not this plan is realistic. it's the closest thing to an exit strategy president obama could get. >> we agreed that early 2011 will mark the beginning of a transition to afghan responsibility. and we adopted the goal of afghan forces taking the lead for security across the country by the end of 2014. >> reporter: u.s. and nato troops remaining in afghanistan would be focused on training afghan security forces. afghan leader hamid karzai signed the pact earlier with

nato allies, expressing optimism. >> we are confident the transition will succeed to the afghan authority, leadership, and ownership because i found today strong commitment by the international community. >> i don't foresee troops in a combat role beyond 2014. >> reporter: but the agreement is at best a goal. privately, there is real skepticism that the afghan government will be ready to provide security and services to its people. the new nato agreement bluntly states for the afghan government corruption remains a central challenge to be addressed. >> we must be guided by realities, not schedules. >> reporter: russia's president dmitri m dmitry medvedev suggested afghanistan may not be ready. >> whether it's foreseeable in the coming future, i don't know. i have some doubts there.

>> reporter: president obama himself seemed to leave the door open about whether u.s. troops would still be fighting in afghanistan after 2014. when asked if he would keep u.s. combat troops there after the proposed deadline, he said -- >> i'll always do what's necessary to keep the american people safe. maybe that will be the case in 2014. >> reporter: but president obama is eager to get u.s. forces out of this unpopular war. he has already pledged to start pulling out american troops in july of next year. nato allies are even less patient. >> by the end of next year, we have set the goal to have 300,000 afghan soldiers and afghan police. >> reporter: several countries have already said their troops will not remain in combat indefinitely. a senior british official said british prime minister david cameron repeated here that no matter how violent afghanistan is at the end of 2014, the british will end combat operations by the next year. it's clear the obama administration is under a great deal of pressure to defeat the taliban and try to make sure

that afghanistan is stabilized as quickly as possible. at the same time, the president wants to reiterate that outside of a combat role, the u.s. will support the afghan people for many years to come. well, we just saw a video, a short time ago we showed you shall the miners from chile, they're here in the u.s. they attended our cnn heroes event last night. you remember how everyone was celebrating the time all of them were coming out one by one. they're hoping for a similar scene at some point in new zealand because 29 miners are still trapped after that explosion that happened on friday. but they haven't been able to start the rescue yet. they've still been trying to check the air quality levels to make sure it's safe. right now the gas levels are still too high to try to rescue those 29 men. they're trapped about 1 1/2 miles from the mine's entrance. this one's a little different from the mine in chi lee. these guys were about a mile

down. this one, it's a mile horizontally. so the shaft runs horizontally, not vertically. we have details about the two men who managed to escape. daniel rockhouse is one of two men who got out after the explosion. he walked about a mile in the dark through smoke. he was spraying fresh air in his face from the ventilation valves to help him navigate through. the mining company ceo says rockhouse found another man, russell smith, lying on the ground, put his arm around him, and then walked him out. >> it was very interesting, and obviously quite distressing to listen to daniel's story of coming from the mine and how he got out and the fact that he got out okay and he's now home with his wife and his family and his father and mother and his other brother. as i said the other day, there's not a lot of detailed information they can give because both of them had their own experience, neither one of them were far enough into the mine to actually know where the explosion initiated. >> daniel rockhouse we were

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don't know if you were able to hear her. she said, well, i couldn't bring weed. she was able to bring wine, but she couldn't bring weed. the story is out of amsterdam. a lot of people go, tourists, because they can get their hands on marijuana there. it is technically illegal, technically, but it's been sold openly for years in marijuana cafes there. the government wants to stop those cafes from selling weed, at least to tourists. we're just talking about tourists here. >> yes. >> we're going to get to that in just a second. let's get to the wine first. why did you bring me wine? >> why i brought you wine this morning as a gift to you is because on thursday of this week there was a grand celebration all over france. in french restaurants throughout the world because the young beaujolais nouveau wine is released to all. in the beaujolais district, when the young wine is released at midnight, it gets shared and grand celebrations take place. and 60 million bottles of

beaujolais nouveau are distributed around the world. about half of those go to america and japan and now seoul in korea. in fact, this year they were very concerned about the beaujolais region because they needed 40,000 people to pick the crops. because of the increased good economy in france, there was concern there weren't going to be all these people to pick the grapes. they thought they may not meet the crop. luckily, they managed to publicize it and people came, and we now have the young beaujolais wine. it's celebrated, if you have a lot of french restaurants all over, you have great menus. wine purists are concerned because they go, this is only a publicity stunt. my feeling is any opportunity to celebrate, let's take it. which is why i brought you a bottle l of wine. >> remind our viewers here. why the region, why this wine so celebrated? >> beaujolais is one of the most famous wine districts in the entire world. we know france is synonymous with wine. on this evening, they say let's

celebrate by at midnight introducing the new beaujolais wine. >> we're going to go from wine to weed now. >> yes. >> amsterdam for years, everyone has known you can, as a tourist, go over and openly buy this stuff. >> only in certain places. >> certain places. >> and not in coffee shops. >> why would they want to change that now? >> there's an increasingly right wing government that has come to power in the netherlands, and they're saying, we don't want to be seen only as a place to go and buy weed. what the justice minister says is, of course tourists are welcome to visit the netherlands, but not to visit the coffee shops. that's the only place. there are now about 300 of them where you can buy hashish and cannabis openly. in the near future, if we work out the processes, the coffee shops will not be accessible to tourists. right now the municipality of

amsterdam thinks they're doing a fine job, but in the outlying areas they have banned cannabis and hashish to tourists. >> you say they don't want to be known for bringing tourists over for marijuana. what do they want to bring tourists over for? what's going to be the new campaign? >> daffodils and windmills. and maybe wine. >> nadia bilchik, as always, we appreciate you. we're going to be checking in with nadia again this morning. story we were talking about yesterday, everybody was on the edge of their seat wondering what was going to happen at wrigley field yesterday. two teams playing there a football game, a football game at a baseball stadium. there were some safety concerns, and both teams had to use only one end zone going the same direction. how did that play out? we'll let you know. also, for our military men and women watching us around the world on the armed forces network, maybe not able to keep up with your favorite team all the time, we've got you covered right now, including some scores from your military academies.

about a quarter to the top of the hour here on this "cnn sunday morning." welcome on back. give you a beautiful shot of downtown atlanta, georgia. the lights not quite out, if you will, on the outside. the sun not up just yet. we'll be showing you the live pictures as well. cnn, our downtown headquarters, cnn world headquarters here in downtown atlanta. going to be a fairly nice day, i do believe. a gorgeous day yesterday. didn't feel -- are we officially in winter, by the way? >> winter officially begins on december 21st. >> that's a long time. >> yeah. but try telling that to a guy in california digging snow out of the front walk. that's going to be the situation. if you're traveling in truckee, california, maybe even over towards salt lake city, perhaps even denver. if you're in denver, no snow for you just yet. your neighbors to the west getting pounded at the moment. great for skiers, not so great for travel. delays in san francisco, sfo

delays about 20 minutes. los angeles, 30-minute delay. you can sit back and watch us, enjoy your coffee, and board when you can. it's all about safety, you guys. things are perfectly safe in parts of the southeast, picture perfect for you. if you look out towards the upper midwest, you see a little snow developing along the arrowhead of minnesota and parts of north dakota, that is merely the beginning. heavier snowfall is on the way. want to talk about heavy snow? got to go out west. you're seeing it mostly come in onshore light to moderate rainfall. again, it's the green and the blues popping up on radar. notice a little bit of pink popping up right as it gets to the coastal range and that moisture goes right upslope. snow falling, possibly several feet of snow before the day is over in parts of the cascades. not the cascades, i'm sorry. the sierra nevadas. to the north in the cascades, you're getting snowfall. but certainly not in the wasatch range or even the central or northern rockies before the day is out. in the snowfall, we're seeing northern minnesota.

i don't think we'll see a lot of it in minneapolis/st. paul. we can see that really pick up in days to come. as we wrap things up, what i want you to notice very quickly, this thing of low pressure. this thing is going to pull its way to the east next several days. on wednesday and thursday, going to cause widespread delays in the great lakes. 67 in phoenix. 40 degrees in seattle. 68 in kansas city, and 72 atlanta. t.j., that's a quick snapshot of the forecast. we'll switch gears, talking about not winter weather, but more like a nice fall sport. >> we were concerned about a lot of things yesterday at wrigley field. wrigley field, of course the home of the cubs, but there was a football game played in there yesterday, northwestern and illinois. the game was really of no consequence for the most part for these two teams, no national championship implications or anything like that. look at that, wrong way! what that kind of alludes to, you see the wall under him in one end zone, that end zone was

not used at all yesterday. the teams literally went one way the whole -- that's great stuff. >> that is nice. >> the entire game, they went one way because it's hard to fit, you know, a football field on a baseball stadium. >> absolutely. to be honest, the chicago bears used to play there. their last game was actually there back in the 1970s, but that was before wrigley decided to add additional seats. >> yes. >> with the additional seats, you have a little bit more of a confined space, and you've got to make the most of it. >> again, there's a brick wall is what we're talking about at the end of that end zone they didn't use. literally, it's inches to a foot or more. they had it padded, but you're talking about a brick wall. if threes guys are running -- these amazing athletes running full speed into the back of the end zone and run into that thing, there were concerns about their safety even though they didn't think about those concerns until friday before the game. they had -- literally, this has been in the works for years to put this together.

everybody signed off, and at the last minute, they said, oh, we might have a problem here. the game itself was a blowout. it wasn't that interesting. >> if you're a fan of ron zook, he may have saved his tenure, his time at illinois. that's certainly great. that's not the only game played in a baseball facility, was it? >> yes, yankee stadium. they did -- you know, it's -- you can't say nostalgic because this is the new yankee stadium, of course. notre dame taking on army yesterday. a blowout yesterday as well. but they just like to change the venues up, maybe start having more of these. again, it could be fun, exciting, and it can be a money-making venture as well. but a couple of games in baseball stadiums, both of them blowouts. one had more interest than the other. >> whatever. it's fine. my thing is baseball should be played in baseball cathedrals and football should be played in football. grid irons are gridirons and baseball places are baseball places. why mix it up? >> agreed. reynolds, thank you, buddy. coming up, the chilean

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about siks minutes to the top of the hour now. on thanksgiving night, cnn will honor the top ten cnn heroes of the year. this year the network paid special tribute to those 33 miners, those miners in chile, who were trapped underground for 69 days. >> on behalf of cnn heroes, we salute all 33 chilean miners, and we welcome them home. >> cnn flew the miners and some of the rescuers to los angeles for the taping of the show. the miners said they thank the world for their rescue. then they broke into song. they broke into the chilean

national anthem. they were doing all this to a standing ovation there. they did talk to our anderson cooper there about the note they scribbled on a piece of paper, which was the first confirmation that they were alive. >> translator: we had a note prepared, a letter ready to send out. otherwise, we would have forgotten everything. because it was such an exciting situation. so that is why we wrote the note. >> did you write it out before the drill came? did you know the drill was coming? >> translator: yes. the minute we heard them drilling, the minute it started, i wrote, "we are okay in the shelter, the 33 of us." ♪ wake up everybody no more sleeping in bed ♪ ♪ wake up everybody >> what you're seeing there, just a sample of what you'll see on thanksgiving night. john legend there, of course, getting a little assist from common and melanie fiona.

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that have caused an uproar. you'll hear whether he thinks the tsa has gone too far. from the cnn center, this is your "cnn sunday morning." 7:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia, 6:00 a.m. in memphis, tennessee. wherever you may be, glad you're right here. i'm t.j. holmes. pope benedict has surprised a lot of people around the world, the recent comment on the use of condoms, saying in some cases they may be morally acceptable. the pope gave the example of someone trying to prevent the spread of aids. as you know, the church has had a longstanding stance on the use of condoms or any other artificial contraception. amanda of cnn affiliate new york 1 with the reaction. >> reporter: condoms for catholics are okay in certain situations, that according to the leader of the world's 1.1 billion catholics, pope benedict. his comments come from an interview he did for a new book that's coming out tuesday. the vatican newspaper published

excerpts saturday. according to the book, benedict says condoms can be used to prevent hiv. quote, in certain cases where the condom is used to prevent infection, it can the first step toward another, more humane sexuality. >> i'm anxious to hear what he said in the context. it's going to be important. he's like merrill lirchl, when he talks, we listen. >> i don't think it's inconsistent. i think it's pretty modern for him frankly. >> pope benedict's comments are a huge shift from his former stance. in 2009, he sparked controversy while visiting aids-ravaged africa, telling reporters disease is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by distributing condoms. now in an apparent shift, he said a male prostitute using a condom is justified. >> i'm surprised, but i'm also very thankful for those comments. >> he's tackling the social issues of the day. as catholics, we take them one at a time. it's not going to happen all at once, but it's a process. i agree with what the pope's

doing. >> reporter: still some catholics say there's an element of contradiction in the pope's comments. >> my problem with the whole deal is he's again being very selective. if you understand the hiv issue in africa, the majority of people are in relationships with wives and husbands. so to target only prostitutes, he's missing the boat, which is what he does regularly. >> he's contradicting the religion. then that's stupid. he shouldn't be contradicting the religion that he believes in. >> reporter: still when asked if he believes the catholic church is fundamentally against the use of condoms, pope benedict answered that the church, quote, of course does not see it as a religious and moral solution. he says abstinence and marital fidelity are the best ways to prevent hiv. at st. patrick's cathedral.

>> even though this has a lot of people talking about the comments. it even has people hopeful that maybe the vatican is going to change course on this issue. our senior vatican analyst john allen says the comments don't necessarily rise to that level of changing official policy just yet. >> he used the example of a male prostitute, but he said more generally, if the intention is to reduce infection, then that could be a movement which could be morally acceptable. which could also -- although the pope doesn't say this explicitly, it could also apply to a situation of a heterosexual couple, a married couple, in which one partner is hiv positive and the other isn't. a number of catholic theologians and even a vatican commission back in 2006 have recommended that in those circumstances, the use of condoms might be justifiable. >> they're saying what makes this newsworthy is the pope is talking about any exception. until now, there were no exceptions. we're four minutes past the hour

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seven minutes past the hour now. president obama is now telling us what he thinks about the tsa pat-down controversy. the president was asked about it at a nato press conference what he thought about the new screening methods passengers must endure at airports. he says that it's a balancing act. you're trying to balance safety with privacy concerns. that's a tough situation, but he says the tsa assuring him the new procedures are the most effective way to prevent an attack like the attempted christmas day bombing. >> i understand people's frustrations, and what i've said to the tsa is that you have to constantly refine and measure whether what we're doing is the only way to assure the american people's safety, and you also have to think through are there ways of doing it that are less

intrusive? >> the tsa administrator, john pistole, you have seen him out and about lately. he is on capitol hill testifying and doing some interviews. he is out there talking to you directly, the passenger. they have posted a new video online. you're seeing it here. he doesn't really -- he doesn't at all, i should say, say anything's going to be changing. just trying to go through and explain the procedures a little better to passengers and help them navigate through it when they do get to the airport. you have seen so much outrage about this story. a lot of it comes from people who have been going through the pat-downs and the scanners, and they're telling us about the experience online, spreading the word some kind of way. i lot of people haven't gone through it yet, but they've been reacting to what they heard others talk about. let's hear from the passengers directly now. >> well, i already feel like it's too much to go through security and get patted down by random people you don't know. the last time i traveled to greensboro and came through this

airport, i was wearing, you know, yoga pants and a sweatshirt and i was on crutches. they felt it was like necessary to pat me down and do all that. i already think that's going too far. >> i always believe there's a balance in everything that has to be struck, and i think that being safe on a plane is important, and i think -- again, i think having the electronic or using the technology as a scanning mechanism rather than having somebody actually, you know, doing a pat-down on me is a way to keep that balance. >> and we mentioned john pistole, the tsa administrator, he is going to be a guest with our candy crowley this morning on "state of the union." also joining candy will be representative john mica. he's the ranking republican on the house transportation committee. he is one that has been out there trying to convince art airports, get rid of tsa all together. use private screeners. they'll both be coming up right here on "state of the union" on cnn. it was just a matter of

time, wasn't it, before somebody started making money off of that quote? a lot of people say sums up this whole mess in one succinct sentence. don't touch my junk. take a look at the video. you see those t-shirts. can you read what they say? it actually says, it's okay, touch my junk. one man took that one line synonymous with the drama, put it on a t-shirt and voila, he has turned a serious airport story into some profit. the idea came from frank keple: that's his name. his partner in brew city t-shirts. brew city is known for jumping onto hot topics quickly with clever t-shirts of the we don't know how many he has sold just yet. thanksgiving coming up in a few days. great part of it, it's great to get together with family. a big part of getting together with family is getting that food. we headed out here yesterday, didn't we, reynolds? not me and reynolds, but we had a doctor who is certainly trying to help us all stay a little

healthier, but trying to get you to alter your menu just a bit. you'll see whether or not it worked on reynolds and i coming up. >> a valiant effort nonetheless. no question about it. before you get those holiday goodies, you have to get to that place for the holidays. friends, neighbors, relatives, you've got to get there and travel. it could be a hassle for a lot of people in the country, not just in the u.s., but also our neighbors to the north. good morning, toronto. you see the towers there in the picture. you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber.

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hello and good morning, new york city. beautiful shot. always a beautiful shot of new york city. it always looks like beautiful weather there, reynolds. is that the case? >> it depends where you happen to be. say it's in february when they have blizzards. they always get the rough winter weather. these are the days you have to enjoy. you can enjoy today in new york. up and down the eastern seaboard is the story of haves and have nots. it's going to be great for the east into the midwest. it gets somewhat okay. when you get out to the west, it is really not going to be fun for a lot of people if you have to travel. let's go out to the west. you can already see rain up and down the west coast. if you happen to be on 101 or even the coastal highway itself. you're going to be dealing with

showers, especially places like big sur. when you get into the rockies, a lot switches over to heavy, heavy snowfall. some places up to one to two feet. we've got video we're going to share with you. let's go right to the video. what is it going to be? that's going to be the snow. take a look at that. that happens to be a situation you're going to have on parts of i-80, i-70, bumper to bumper traffic. a lot of people really need to take it really carefully up there. your stopping distance is going to be really limited. you're going to have definitely a tough time. watch out for chp, especially in places like truckee, california, outside a few places like lake tahoe, certainly going to be rough traveling. t.j., one thing to mention, san francisco, ground stoppage of 45 minutes. l.a.x., 30-minute wait. that is going to increase, i'm telling you, possibly in excess of an hour before the morning is out. >> a lot of people out there on the road and in the skies are trying to get to the thanksgiving meal. you're planning on piling on as

much as you can on the plate. there is a number, a target number of calories you need to limit yourself to. we had a good doctor in here the other day, just yesterday, dr. felicia wade, telling us how to stay within that number and change all of momma's and grandmom's recipes passed down over the years, alter them a bit and transform them into a more traditional thanksgiving meal. >> i have a traditional meal i grew up with. mom, granddad, everybody could cook in the family. honey baked ham. we don't have a holiday without honey baked ham. you have stur ki. i stuff it with vegetables but a lot of butter in there. >> how much butter, t.j.? >> a couple of sticks over time. why are you all laughing? macaroni and cheese, jiffy corn bread and green beans. i put a little bacon and onions in the green beans. what is your problem with that menu right there? >> t.j., let's start with the ham. >> start with the ham. >> do you know how much sodium is in the ham, t.j.? >> enough to make it delicious.

>> in ham, in three ounces, just three ounces, there's 1,000 milligrams of sodium. >> that's bad? >> that's bad, t.j. take that ham, put it in a big pot of water before they cook it in the oven. i want them to put that in that pot, soak it in that pot on the stove, boil it so all that sodium comes out in the water. i want them to pour that pot in the sink and bake it in the often. >> how's it going to taste afterwards? >> it's going to taste fine. >> give me that other screen. the second screen with the stuff on it. i have a sweet potato pie. i do use sweet potatoes. lemon meringue pie, and corn bread dressing and mashed potatoes. >> can we change it up a little bit and do whole grain bread four cornbread muffins. we mix them together. >> so some cornbread.

>> then we have mushrooms, onions, a little bit of low sodium chicken broth. you put that all together. so instead of 89 mill maigrams cholesterol, we now have 59. it tastes very similar. >> dr. wade trying to save our livs literally. good advice on what you should and should not be eating. little minor tweaks to your recipe. and she said you shouldn't use a regular sized plate. you should use a saucer. yes, the saucer, that's what you should actually use for your thanksgiving meal. again, you do your thing. we're just trying to give you the information here. we appreciate dr. wade, as always. as we know, out there online some video always going viral. josh levs looking at the latest. >> this one is going to get you talking. take a look at this. i was surprised by it too. it's exactly what it looks like. it is a flying lawn mower. yes, it's real. you can control it. you can even buy one.

why does this thing exist? i'm going to tell you all about it coming up.

21 minutes past the hour. check in with josh levs again for the viral videos making people laugh or wondering what's going on. >> we get to pull these out on weekends. this one has a lot of people talking. go ahead to this thing, and i'll tell you all about it. this is not something you expect to see flying ever. it's an actual flying lawnmower. it's from a company called flyingthings.com. i was e-mailing with the guy who sells these, tony diaz. he's a one-man operation that

makes all sorts of funky things that fly. this video is set to a bit of cotton-eyed joe by redneck. why a flying lawnmower? they turn heads, for one, he says. when you go down to the air field, everyone has airplanes and helicopters, but few people have a lawnmower. on the website, he says nothing grabs everyone's attention like seeing a lawnmower soar through the sky. love that video. you think that's impressive? you haven't seen nothing yet. this is actually an ad for a company called style stone. what's amazing here isn't that it's so beautiful. what's amazing is nothing you're seeing is real. nothing in this video exists. he created all of this through cgi. a guy named alex roman, who's considered one of the best cgi artists out there. every rock, every fruit, every everything was completely created on the computer. a little bit scary, but people are talking about the beauty of it.

mentioned this once on the air, and people are tweeting it around like crazy right now. wouldn't be viral videos without the weekly adorable video. this is adorable, kittens sleeping. at first it looks cute. they're hanging out, they're sleeping. everyone likes looking at that. look what's about to happen. there's something underneath one of the kittens. what lies beneath an adorable kitten? there you go. another adorable kitten using that wup as a blanket. animals don't have to do anything but be super cute. people love it. my favorite video ends with this one. speed flying over norway and sweden. this is from a youtube channel from a guy named hal vorangvik of wing proximity flying, speed flying, jumps up over the mountai mountains. sets it to music. you can see as you follow it. head to another section of the same video, you can see the amazing.

look at that. look what he's going around here. this is incredible skill. he's got another one taking video. i've linked all of this up for you at my facebook page. facebook.com/joshlevscnn. t.j., you're a cat guy, right? did you ever see a cat sleep underneath another cat like that? >> see it all the time, every day at the house. appreciate you. thanks so much. we've got rick coming up next to tell us about the hot topics happening today in sports. he's going to do them each in 30 seconds. one of those topics, the closest race in the history of nascar going to be wrapping up today. stay with us. ♪ ♪ even if i have to cut it myself ♪ ♪ i'm gonna get my hair cut ♪ even if i have to cut it myself ♪ ♪ but it makes me out of breath ♪ ♪ when you say ♪ ♪ love is a game -♪ a game for two -[ ring ]

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they're also a couple of the top two endorsers facing off as well, peyton manning and brady. >> my friend, first of all, before we start the clock, i want to compliment you on your overtime win, arkansas versus mississippi state yesterday, giving up 31 points. that's great defense. >> thank you. >> now we're going to start the clock about nascar. it's the closest chase in nascar history for the other event. but the football game, peyton manning, obviously, the colts are hosting the patriots, and the patriots playing new england in indianapolis. we've got the number one endorser, peyton manning, 33 years old. last year he was the mvp. he has $15 million in endorsements, directv, sony, mastercard. tom brady, new england patriots, in boston, in new england, $10 million in endorsements, movado, vitamin water. comeback player of the year, very quickly, he's married to a super model. tom brady is. peyton manning is not.

>> you went over time because you were too busy messing with me about the razorbacks and got off topic. you went to nascar before the football. nascar now. can we do that now? start his clock right now, diedre. nascar, go. >> i think nascar much more important, but who asked me, right? the bottom line is the closest race, closest chase in nascar history. kevin harvick, ken hamlin, jimmie johnson, any one of those drivers can win the entire tournament, the entire playoff with a win today. that's why it's the closest. jimmie johnson, an unprecedented fifth in a row, which would be huge. nascar needs the pub. 10% reduction in attendance. 20% reduction in viewership. the dolphins and nascar even packaging tickets in homestead. we'll see if that helps today. stop that bell. >> one more topic here, the uconn women, every game is a must see because they have this streak going. they're going for number 81 in their wins now. >> it's huge. they pla