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we'll look at how pope francis barn stormed across the u.s. and the globe on his mission of change. kennedy center honoree rita moreno takes us back to her old bronx neighborhood. first, today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> faithful around the globe celebrate christmas. >> the pontiff spoke against what he calls society's intoxication with consumerism and wealth. >> this morning at least 14 people are dead, killed by tornadoes and violent storms that ripped through the south. >> more than 100 people have died in a gas explosion when a tanker truck ignited at a gas plant in nigeria. a deadly shoot in a mall in north carolina. an off-duty officer shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at him. >> there was a loud noise.
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attended a christmas morning service. crowds of people gathered. >> happy christmas! >> christmas carolling with for his whittaker. >> all that. >> oakland takes it in overtime. >> the raiders and charles woodson off the right way. >> just know i will never leave ke you. go raiders. >> all of that matters. >> according to norad, santa claus may have already paid you a visit. >> we're just making sure he has a safe flight as he circumstance up in half i gates -- circumnavigates the globe. a merry little christmas now >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by
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let's go places.0yf merry christmas and welcome to "cbs this morning." we recorded parts of this broadcast in the days leading up to the holiday. >> merry christmas on this christmas morning. >> merry christmas. >> i'm wearing this sweater you got me, charlie, i'm not sure i like it. >> i'm not sure i would have bought that sweater. >> charlie said, let's make this clear, i picked it out of the closet this morning, it looked good on th hanger. >> i came wrapped with a bow. >> oh, my goodness. >> let's head to the newsroom for a check of the morning's headlines. good morning and merry christmas. i'm vinita nair. pope francis this morning is leading the faithful in celebrations of christmas day. tens of thousands crowded into st. peter's square at the vatican. he prayed for peace in a world facing war, poverty, and extremist attacks. celebrations also took place in
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birthplace of jesus. ahead, we'll take a look at pope's monumental year. emergency declarations are in place this morning in three southern states rocked by violent weather. a massive storm system across the southeast and midwest spawned at least 24 tornadoes in eighstatt . >> reporter: mississippi was hardest hit, seeing at least a parts of the community of holly springs are in shambles. from the air, the past of destruction is clear. >> i told my wife, get in the shower, the tub. >> reporter: marvin's home was a total loss. >> i looked up. the roof was blowing off the house. >> reporter: governor phil bryant says he will ask president obama to declare mississippi a disaster. >> it is difficult particularly this time of year to see such damage and know the heartbreak
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damage, that families have lost loved ones. >> reporter: in this town in mississippi, people here lost homes and this church. a tornado sliced right through it. the pastor told us the congregation still plans to hold services in the parking lot. >> i call it just a hit"` in the gut. >> reporter: a hit in the gut? >> just knocks you off your feet. >> reporter: pastor barry reynolds is trying to figure out how to comfort his parishioners. >> i think it devtated everybody. because never in history have we ever seen this. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning." cleanup is under way in northern ciforala after two rare tornadoes touched down thursday, one east of sacramento, another tore down power lines in modesto. one person is dead after a christmas eve shooting at a business north carolina mall. charlotte police say an ongoing dispute between two groups led
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shoppers took cover in stores. an off-duty officer shot and killed the gunman. time for your first check of your local weather.\\ >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by macy's. >> it's macy's one day sale with incredible door busters.
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bras from bali $19.99. take 30% plus an extra 15% off. and get sheet sets. doors open at 7:00 a.m. saturday. a rect study shows a decline in the nr there is a decline in the number of americans who believe in god, pray daily, or go to church regularly. but more adults feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing and wonder about the universe. >> bishop t.d. jakes is one of the nation's most prominent religious leaders with a conget graduation of more than 30,000. his latest book is called "destiny: step into your purpose." he joins us from the potter house church in dallas. good morning and merry christmas. >> good morning, merry christmas to all of you. >> in the context of what norah just said about spirituality today and the conflicts in the
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and terrorism in the world, what is your christmas message to your congregation and to people around the world on this christmas? >> well, first let me comment that i think that the stats don't really take into consideration the way that people ingest information today. i know our church has really had to rehaul to keep up with the streaming and technology. it doesn't aayslw require that you go into a physical building. much like universities, people are finding new and interesting ways to receive information. my message to the nation is a message of brotherhood and hope. if we get down to the most simplistic messages that christ taught, that is love the lord thy god with all thy heart and all thy soul and love your neighbor as thyself, we can't change the world but we can touch the person across the street. >> we can certainly do that, bishop
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don't. how do you reassure people who are afraid,b they say they are very troubling times politically, troubling times religionsly. how do you reassure people? >> the unique thing we have is that we access information to quickly. in the '60s, we were having racial conflicts even then. that's not anything new. we're bombarded with those images in an inprecedented way. terrorism is a new dimension to the degree that it is coming, the source that it's coming. but we've always been terrorized in some way or another from hostile people. we have so fortify ourselves with convictions of faith and love and be watchful and be aware that we live in a contemporary society that has conflict and has people wbho
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have to deal with those people, whether they'r terrorists, drug dealers, or policemen gone awry, we have to be aware that evil is a potential no matter one's faith. >> what is your reaction to some of the anti-muslim rhetoric? >> i think as a christian it is important that while we hold dear to our belief systems, that we also understand and respect other people and their belief systems as well, and to realize, within the context of any religious shroud, there are always extreme views who use those religious views for their own purposes. we can't judge the whole by the few. it's important that we be watchful but it's to our detriment to focus on one group of people when recent information tells us we're seeing terrorism coming from all colors, kinds, classes.
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group of people. we should understand all peoplesceptible to being teorists. >> what is your destiny? >> to help other people reach theirs. when i realized i had become a spiritual teacher, leader, and pastor, to just try to help other people to move forward in their lives. i don't know whether it is the nostalgia of getting older or what it is, but i'm very concerned about the next generation, that we arm them with the tools and the equipment that they need to facilitate their future and not to stand in their way, but to help ease the flitting of finding your way through a very perplexing world and confusing time. i wrote about that in the book "destiny." >> there are those who say that
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interested, as the polls show, in official church, official religion. >> i'm glad you brought that up, charlie. one of the amazing things i'm finding as i work with millennials, while they may not be as apt to want to go into a building, that's also true of their work style, they don't like to come into an office to work, they like to ingest information through technology. we've had 40,000 people per week streaming our services. i have had to learn to adapt to how they choose toecei r information. it is not the building that's important. it is the message that's important. christ never saw a sanctuary like we seeoday in our contemporary society. and our fidelity cannot depend on our structures, it must be to the word of god and the propelling of the message of love, hope, and peace. >> you've written about
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i'm fascinatinged as to why you chose the topic of destiny in particular. >> we need to understand that we have a guide and a course of life. the apostle paul said, "i have finished my !"course," while in reality many people today don't even know their course, they're just going through the motions of the treadmill of life, in the absence of a sense of purpose and a sense of destiny. destiny is what draws us. if you think, gayle, of instincts as being metal, destiny is the magazinenet that pulls us in. most of us feel a proclivity to be drawn that way. i try to point that out, that destiny pulls you away from de destructions and gets us back on course. we need people on course, doing the thing that they were created
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>> bishop jakes, your book resonated with me because you write that destiny is spelled "prioritize." and you say, prioritize your relationship, your finance, what's impornt for you. how important is that for people to step back and say, focus on the most important things in your life? >> you know, when we do step back, we find we're bombarded with so much noise. x7t we have so much noise coming at us through the technology that we've created, as good as it is on one hand, many times it advertises what's going on with this person or that person. we want to be like the kardashians or the presidents or the senators or some actor. and we're distracted by the beauty of other people's lives to the detriment of our own. in the stillness and quietness
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evaluate, am i doing the thing that gives me the most fulfillment? many times what gave you fulfillment at one stage of your life may not be what gives you the fulfillment at the next stage of your life. give yourself permission to move on and don't remain loyal to who you used to be at the detriment of who you used to be. >> that is sucha good advice. >> so many people miss that message. i love that sentiment. >> it really is an important message to have, because like everything that is created, we evolve. we develop. we move forward. we go through seasons. we go through stages. and it doesn't mean that you fail because a season is over. it just means you're progressing into the next dimension of your life. and if you understand that, you don't fight some of the things that we're fighting now. we're so afraid of age. we're so afraid of not staying in one spot or doing what we're expected to do rather than what
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>> you can't be afraid of age, it's certainly better than the alternative on this christmas morning. bishop t.d. jakes, always good to see you. >> thank you for having me. merry christmas, everyone. >> same to you. >> say a prayer for us. pope francis used to say that to everyone, say a prayer for me. he enjoyed a remarkable year, continuing his fearless attempts to tackle global issues head-on. the highlight of course for catholics was his visit to the united states. allen pizzey followed the pope's travels around the world this year. >> reporter: pope francis set his tone for 2015 for the philippines, braving typhoon weather in the same cheap poncho the faithful war. not quite walking on water, but close enough. he logged 55,000 air miles, consistently delivering a
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inequality, and the environment. he was cassock deep in controversy and he enhanced his popularity. his complaint that he couldn't just go out for a pizza led to a pizza maker bringing one to the vatican. he said, "corrupt society stinks." as spring came to the vatican, francis was canonizing saints from what was 19th century palestine, signing the first formal accord between the state of palestine and the vatican gave palestinians a boost and displeased israel. he took the message to the major seats of power, starting with
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his first ever speech in english. >> i am deeply grateful for your welcome in the name of all americans. >> pope francis of the holy see. >> reporter: he followed it up with the first ever address by a pope to a joint meeting of congress and managed to please and disconcert politicians on th sides of the political spectrum. his reasoned and calm delivery -- >> in their own quiet way, sustain the life of society. >> reporter: -- was such a stark contrast to normal political dialogue in washington that it had hundreds of viewers tweeting along the lines of, "congress, listen to this man." in a followup speech at the u.n., he threw down the gauntlet to nearly 150 heads of state. any harm done to the environment is harm done to humanity. massive security, which aides
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numbers down, but not the enthusiasm he generated. and on the home front, francis overcame opposition from within to begin reforming the vatican bureaucracy and made an extraordinary apology for a series of scandals in the vatican that included gay sex and drug abuse. "i want in the name of the church," he told a weekly audience, "to ask forgiveness to the scandals." he got the bishops to ease the 4y17 worst strictures against divorced people and gays. he went on a grueling trip to the jubilee year of mercy he just declared will encompass everything the pope does in 2016.
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on immigration and put him into the mix in the republican primaries. one other issue is his health. he suffers from sciatica and has only one lung. will he finally slow down? maybe. the only predictable thing about pope francis is he will do the unpredictable. for "cbs this morning," allen pizzey, rome. >> i don't see him taking a break, do you guys? >> he's had a remarkable impact - on the way we think about the church. >> this is the year of mercy coming up. it will be interesting to see what he does in this next year. >> when he was here, norah, you covered him in the united states. one of the best pictures, you got to meet him. >> i did get to meet him. >> i was looking at that and said, wow. >> i got to shake hands with the dalai lama. life is good.
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dreams, rita, you gave me the allowance to follow mine. >> ahead, rita moreno shows michelle miller how she fought prejudice on the way to stardom. did you get any swarovski crystals under your tree this christmas? we'll take you to the austrian alps to show you how all that glitters doesn't have to be gold. and how the beatles are offering fans a new view. the news is back in the morning right here on "cbs this morning." your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis.
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"cbs this morning" continues in a moment. you would think a book that puts readers to sleep would be destined for the bargain bin. instead, it's on amazon's best-seller list. huge success. >> oh, no, we'll have to start all over.
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2-year-olds hudson is not a big fan of nap time. >> that's one of the biggest issues for parents is how do i get a child to go to sleep. >> reporter: that's why his mom bailey was eager to troy a book that -- try a book that eases a child into slumber. >> i'm going to tell you the story that can make you feel very sleepy. >> reporter: it's called the rabbit who wants to fall asleep. the yawns are written into the story. the characters have names like the heavy-eyed owl and the sleepy snail. there are even notes for when tw9rr you should read slowhmly. >> allow yourself to fall asleep. >> reporter: it worked on hudson. it's worked on so many kids that it's become an amazon best-seller in the u.s. and five other countries. that is rare for any book, let alone one that started out self-publish with illustrations drawn by a friend. swedish author and behavioral scientist carl johann earlen said he came up with the idea watching his mom sleep in the car.
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i told her, oh, i got this great idea. we've got to write this down. we started to look for paper everywhere. >> reporter: how did you test it? >> i went to preschools and asked them to read it when they have this group nap time. and they did for a week. they were pretty amazed. >> reporter: now some people can fall asleep right away. i was curious if it would work on my own son.eo very tired now. it didn't happen immediately. but when i read it the second time, he fell asleep. but it doesn't work on every child. a quarter of the amazon reviews are just one star. big fat freaking fa, writes one parent. my 2-year-old hates this book and begs me to not read it writes another. and it goes against the advice of many sleep experts who say kids need to learn to fall
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but gaddis says it's beenxv4g a the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won elecon and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges.
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and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. welcome back to welcome back to "cbs this morning" on this christmas day. i hope you had a good morning. coming up, from audrey hepburn
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find themselves fascinated by swarovski crystals. what makes the company shine? that's ahead. washington celebrates legends on the kennedy honors. we'll bring you the special on tuesday night. rita moreno is a trailblazer for latinos. generations watched her at anita in the 1961 classic "west side story." moreno took michelle miller on a journey back. >> reporter: to fully appreciate the barrier-breaking career of rita moreno, you only need to spend a few minutes with her in the bronx neighborhood she first called home. >> oh, my god, i need to get out of here. oh, my goodness,kg what an honor.$+ >> reporter:x here the puerto rican transplant turned hollywood starlet is still
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>> oh, my god, you're so beautiful. >> did you live aroun here? i live down the block. oh my gosh. >> i lived here when i was a little girl. >> reporter: moreno moved here at the age of five, traveling from puerto rico to new york on a ship with her newly divorced mother. >> he's got goosebumps. >> reporter: although revered now, moreno's earliest memories in america weren't so positive. her journey not so welcoming. >> i ran into racists quickly, even when i didn't understand what the word "spick" meant, but i could see the hatred in the8,&3 faces of these kids, white kids. i grew up feeling very, ver inferior to just about everybody in the world. >> reporter: dance lessons provided anscape when she was
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a natural performer, she was entertaining in nightclubs by the age of 9. at 13 she earned her first part on broadway. >> i wanted to be a movie star. i wanted to be elizabeth taylor. >> reporter: moreno styled herself to look like the popular film actress in large part because taylor's hair resembled her own. >> there was nobody in the movies who resembled me in any way. >> reporter: after a talent agent spotted her at a dance recital, she landed a contract with mgm studios and moved to hollywood. but it didn't take long before moreno found herself being type cast. >> i played american indians. i played polynesians. every one of them, without exception, were usually characters who had absolutely no education, who could barely speak english, who had thick
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>> my name is tuptim. i already speak english. >> it was limiting and it was humiliating and it was hurtful. compromise? >> of course it was. absolutely. but i always felt that somehow, someday, someone would see me and say, that girl has talent, and i'm going to do something for her. >> reporter: her some day came the age of 26 when she was tapped to play anita in "west side story." i like to be in america okay by me in america >> why would you want to go back to puerto rico? >> it's so good here. >> it's so good there? we had nothing. >> i played a young hispanic woman who had a sense of dignity, a sense of self-respect. >> reporter: she won an oscar
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visiting the playground where many of the movie's scenes were shot, moreno remembered the significance of her win. what did that night mean? >> it's hard to find words for it, because as everybody who wins an oscar will tell you, it takes almost a month or so to really believe it. my winning the oscar had a huge effect on the hispanic community. >> reporter: ironically, winning an oscar did not widen the road to great film roles. so moreno shifted her focus to the stage. >> hey, you guys! >> reporter: and the small screen. they call me broadway bob >> reporter: she won a grammy for her singing on the children's television show "the electric company," earned two emmys for appearances on "the
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files." everything's coming up roses >> reporter: and she won a tony for the broadway production of "the ritz." >> you fall down, you get up, dust yourself off, and keep moving in that direction. >> reporter: now 83, with more than 40 films and just as many television shows under her belt, moreno is not only getting respect, she's in demand. she recently guest starred in the peabody-award-winning tv show, "jane the virgin." >> i am now called the pioneer, which i think is kind of charming. >> reporter: it's been nearly eight decades since that five-year-old girl lived in an block.
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has become the role model she never had. what is most rewarding for you? >> most rewarding, really, is just being here now, and having all these wonderful things happening to me, particularly since i'm one of the honorees for the kennedy center honors. and what's important about that kind of honor andecognition is that it's for a lifetime of work. >> reporter: are you pinching yourself? >> all the time. all the time. i just feel so fortunate and privileged, and more than ever i feel very latina. >> our thanks to michelle miller for that terrific interview. see all the winners of the kennedy center honors, on . tuesday night right here on cbs. >> it's great show, we already
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>> isn't it great to see rita moreno still so strong and proud and doing it and loving what she's doing. >> the rest of the honorees are the same way. >> that's true. >> cecily tyson, 90. >> just when you think they can't find anybody else, it goes to show you there's a lot of talent in this country. >> that they haven't recognized. >> and more to come. the gloves of michael as in jackson, we visit the austrian headquarters of swarovski crystals to see how a family-owned business became a multi-billion dollar empire. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. aspartame free diet pepsi. just one sip [ahh] and you're in love. coughing...sniffling...
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thear this year marked 120 years of business for the crystal giant swarovski. from the king of pop to the hottest stars of today, you see it shine from head to toe, right down to the fancy footwear that helped define "the wizard of oz."
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headquarters of the multi-million dollar enterprise in the austrian alps. >> reporter: the diamond tiara audrey hepburn wore has no diamonds at all, but instead swarovski crystals. the same with marilyn monroe's dress the night sheerenaded president kennedy. swarovski began by selling cut glass instead. nadja swarovski is the only woman on the board. >> he created the affordable diamond. yes, it is the illusion of the diamond.
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material that captures light and rerefracts refracts it. >> reporter: atop the christmas tree in rockefeller center. on the chandeliers at the metropolitan opera. and in the glittery curtain at the oscars. rihanna's see-through dress was shimmering with swarovskis when she accepted a 2014 fashion icon award. the company's headquarters sit at the base of the austrian alps. access to the factory floor is strictly limited, no strangers, no exertscompetitors. this was as close as we could get. >> it's the sand, water, and fire. >> reporter: it's a secret, how you do it? >> we live in a competitive world. we try to protect what is important for us. but it's not rocket science. >> reporter: when cut a certain
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look like a glowing flower. giant crystal chandeliers enchant tourists and dark hallways lead to crystal replicas of the taj mahal and entire state building. this dome was designed to look and feel like the inside of a crystal. public reaction various from exhileration to depression. >> it's kind of dioncerting, displacing. >> reporter: outside, a shimmering pool reflects crystal cloud. 800,000 crystals suspended in air, dancing in each shifting ray of sun. tourists come inrove d to what is austria's second most popular attraction. . >> crystal was truthful pro tag
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to be a part in such kind of important pop culture moments is something which makes us really, really proud. >> reporter: swarovski has the pop culture side of its business like michael jackson's glove well in hand. the retail side is trickier. finicky consumer taste and low-cost competition from china make their work cut out for them. >> thank you. it's interesting, these stories of these old european families that are still in business today. >> they still do it better than anybody else. beautifully done. craftsmanship. >> it really is. it's timeless. it's an iconic. their work is very iconic. never been to austria, but if i go, i want to go there. have you been there, charlie? >> yes. >> norah? >> no, i have not. >> vienna is a great city. >> i like anything that
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christmas is a lot of special things. for most people it means spending time with family and sort of reflecting. taking a break from work. >> that's the most important thing. the presents are great.
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really is a coming together of the people you love and the people that love you. nothing better than that. >> but the one thing that always brought me back home was christmas. >> yeah, i know. christmas, to be with your family and your friends. >> and also i do think whether you're spiritual or not, christmas is all about others because you spend a lot of time what would mean a lot. >> think about me, something nice. >> when you're not wandering. >> something sparkly. >> something sparkly. >> another first for the team. they tag and track sharks in the gulf of mexico and jeff glor shows us how oil rigs could keep them swimming. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." i'm dreaming of a white christmas lls, mom knows it needs a big solution: an antiviral. don't kid around with the flu, call your doctor
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"cbs this morning" continues in a moment. i'm jamie yucas a look beyond the headlines. you would think a book that puts readers to sleep would be destined for the bargain bin. instead, it's on amazon's best-seller list. vinita nair shows why it's a huge success. >> oh, no, we'll have to start all over. >> reporter: like most 2-year-olds hudson is not a big
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>> that's one of the biggest issues for parents is how do i get a child to go to sleep. >> reporter: that's why his mom bailey was eager to try a book that eases a child into slumber. >> i'm going to tell you the story that can make you feel very sleepy. >> reporter: it's called "the rabbit who wants to fall asleep." the yawns are written into the story. the characters have names like the heavy-eyed owl and the sleepy snail. there are even notes for when you should read slowly. >> allow yourself to fall asleep. >> reporter: it worked on hudson. it's worked on so many kids that it's become an amazon best-seller in the u.s. and five other countries. that is rare for any book, let alone one that started out sell published with illustrations drawn by a friend. swedish author and behavioral scientist carl-johan ehrlin said he came up with the idea watching his mom sleep in the car. >> i woke her up. i told her, oh, i got this great idea.
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we started to look for paper everywhere. >> reporter: how did you test it? >> i went to preschools and asked them to read it when they have this group nap time. and they did for a week. they were pretty amazed. >> reporter: now some people can fall asleep right away. i was curious if it would work on my own son. very tired now. it didn't happen immediately. but when i read it the second time, he fell asleep. but it doesn't work on every child. a quarter of the amazon reviews are just one star. "big fat freaking fail" writes one parent. "my 2-year-old hates this book and begs me to not read it" writes another. and it goes against the advice of many sleep experts who say kids need to learn to fall asleep on their own. but gaddis says it's been a
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>> it's really effective it's christmas day, friday, december 25, 2015. merry christmas. and welcome back to "cbs this morning." there's more real news ahead, including a trip to the gulf of mexico. find out how old oil rigs are with becoming homes for sharks.
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today's eye opener at 8:00. i was devastated overnight. >> three southern states were rocked by violent weather. one person is dead after a christmas eve shooting at a north carolina mall. pope francis joined the faithful in celebrations of christmas day. thousands crowded into st. peter's square. >> a remarkable impact on the way you think about church. >> the year of mercy that's coming up. >> my prayer and my desires that we become more loving, we can't change the world, but we can touch the person across the street. >> what is most rewarding for you? >> being here now and having all these wonderful things happening to me. >> let's take this clear, i picked this out of my closet this morning, it looked better on the hangar. >> sands water and fire, it's a secret. >> we live in a competitive world, we try to protect what is
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>> i like getting things that sparkle, especially on christmas. >> i'm with you. >> she's thinking tiffany. >> i'm thinking bigger than that. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell, we hope you're enjoying a wonderful christmas morning. we recorded part of this christmas broadcast leading up to the holidays. >> and i hope you have a prettier sweater than the one i'm wearing right now. i picked this out of my closet, because it looked good on the hangar. >> did you choose it in the dark? >> the alternative is to be sitting here in my bra. >> i'm glad that we're all being
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>> norah no comments about my sweater? >> i like your sweater. >> you're very generous. let's head on over to the newsroom for a check on the headlines. >> pope francis calls for peace in christmas day in a world torn by extremist attacks. tens of thousands showed up at the vatican to hear the pope's annual address. he said only god's mercy can free humanity from evil. and thousands filled the church in bethlehem for christmas eve mass. violent storms swept through multiple states on christmas eve, many people this morning are assessing the damage. storms have killed 14 people, three governors have declared states of emergency. >> it's particularly difficult this time of year to see such damage and know the heart breaks
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that families have lost loved pones. a rare scene in northern california yesterday where two tornadoes touched down. nobody there was seriously hurt. and it is not feeling a lot like christmas on the east coast. new york city hit a high of 66 degrees. temperatures as far south as atlanta could reach into the 70s. one person is dead in the shooting in a north carolina mall on christmas eve. [ gunfire ] . police say a fight between two people escalated and gun shots rang out as people ran for cover. >> i heard he's got a gun. and he's in the store. so i started running and ciaing. >> an offduty officer heard the gun fire and rushed to the scene, he shot and killed the gunman. overseas a gas explosion
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the attack took place in a predominantly christian area. some vindication this morning for americans held hostage in iran 36 years ago. each of the hostages or their estates of 4.4 million. thousands of people spent christmas eve on a florida beach for the world's largest santa event.
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and one santa parachuted in. they recently wrapped up their expedition for years we have followed this group of fishermen who
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catching, tagging and releasing the first white shark in the atlantic waters. jeff, good morning. >> good morning and merry christmas, the gulf has received enormous attention in recent years mostly for what went wrong. the deep water horizon oil spill to start. but five years after that disaster, parts of the gulf are teeming with life. providing osir search a chance to find out where they are and where they're going. >> meet cindy, she's the first shark to be tagged. >> thingly the tiger shark, for all of you to enjoy following across the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: last month a group of scientists and fisher american wrapped up an expedition off the coast of texas. >> tiger sharks, the white shark of the gulf.
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to the beaches and estuaries. >> osearch put all their data skb the popular tracking websites, bringing global attention to a body of water with an often muddy reputation. >> a lot of people think of the gulf as a mess. largely because of the spill, what's the shape of the gulf. >> if you talk to people that are out there fishing, it's rebounding, full of life. >> reporter: and he hopes full of shark. removed from the top of the food chain and second tier predators would reign unfiltered and unchecked, throwing the entire ecosystem off balance. thinning one of the biggest threats to shark populations is not as prevalent here. and over the past few decades, the influx of oil rigs has
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>> right now we're 30 miles offshore. there are about 4,000 active oil rigs in the gulf of mexico, above water they are steel, stark, industrial. but under water, an explosion of life. >> you also have to keep in mind these oil and gas pipelines have been online for decades, nobody realized how great ecosystems would be fortunatelied around them. >> we're going to be fishing oil and gas structures that come up out of the water and are active. >> he's one of the scientists working with osearch in the gulf. >> when you first saw one of these under sea worlds, what was your reaction. >> one of them was the sheer size, on the surface of the water, it looked like nothing, but you dive down a few feet and you see a sizable building under water and the next thing you see is the abundance of marine live, particularly fish that are just everywhere.
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like oil rigs become artificial reefs by attracting an entire food chain. microscopic -- they also attract controversy. usually when a rig is retired and a decision needs to be made. should parts of it stay and be permanently reefed or go. >> it's a tricky situation, everybody agrees that there are environmental benefits to it. but some say, listen, we're against reefing regardless of where it is or when it is, because it just encourages the oil companies to drill more, is that true? >> many say it's ocean dumping, you're just leaving the trash. but believe it or not, the oil and gas companies don't want to do this, to the steel is worth way more for them to bring it in. it's oil and gas and oil and gas doesn't always have the best rep indication. >> ocean first, great grandchildren first.
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for the gulf of mexico, it would be an absolute catastrophe to not reef every single one of those rigs you can can. >> putting on a show. >> reporter: for now, big oil's trash is finley's treasure. where gulf sharks are mailing, breeding and traveling, what role artificial reefs play and what threats are real versus imagined. >> it's kind of crazy to be pioneering this kind of work in 2015, you would have thought this was done a long, long time ago, it's crucial. because we should all be absolutely terrified of an ocean with no sharks. in there will not be fish sand witches for our children to eat. >> mary lee is perhaps the most famous. mary lee has traveled more than 26,000 miles since 2012, last ping she was off the coast of
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and a christmas tree for beetles fans, we'll show you how beetles loves can bond with the fab four, charlie gets a look inside the hallowed halls of abby road. f year coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax.
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christmastime is here again christmastime is here again >> one of the world's most famous music landmarks is finding a new voice. fans of the beatles and other recording greats now have an all-access pass to abbey road studios online. earlier this year charlie d'agata got real access to the real thing. he shows us how it continues to create magic and mystique. >> reporter: it has become a mecca for music fans the world over, where they come to follow in the footsteps of the beatles and make their own mark on the studio where the beatles made their mark on history. i want to hold your hand i want to hold your hand >> reporter: but in 1969, it was one album in particular that put abbey road on the map, journalist and author andrew mueller says things might have
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not been near the end of their long and winding road. >> that album was going to be called everest. and they would do the publishing in the foothills of the great mountain, then someone suggested that flying all the way there to do a photo was a schlep. why not go out and have the record called abbey road and be done with it. i sure of hope that this famous image is because the beatles couldn't be bothered to get on a plane at that point. >> reporter: from the myth to the mythology. over the years maybe millions of fans have made the pilgrimage to this crosswalk, the most famous in rock 'n' roll. but this is where their journey came to an end until now. >> welcome to abbey road. >> reporter: thanks to a new collaboration with google, abbey road studios has opened its doors for the very first time.
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able to step inside. >> reporter: a virtual mystery tour offering 360-degree views, games and gadgets, an interactive abbey road experience. the real abbey road isn't open to the public or the press for that matter. it's a fully operational recording studio. we came early. no self-respecting rock star would be up at this hour. >> the sound of a room makes the room special. >> reporter: not much has changed. chief sound engineer told us if it was good enough for the beatles -- >> you start playing around with the floor or the walls you change the sound. we don't want to change the sound. we love the sound. >> reporter: meant to sound live as if you were standing there.
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songs to the world recorded right here. and if a band is only as good as its songs, then the band's records are only as good as the equipment used to record them. how many microphones have you got? >> oh, thousands. >> reporter: these things are not just for show. >> no, absolutely not. they're used pretty much every day. >> reporter: pink floyd epic. the dark side of the moon >> reporter: sam smith. you'd say i'm sorry believe me i love you >> reporter: and amy wine house's last recording session with tony bennett just four months before she died. this hasn't changed. >> this room. >> reporter: it's the studio's rich history that lends it such soul. like the steinway piano that's been in use for more than 60
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maybe one little tinkle couldn't hurt. >> this features quite heavily on -- penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes >> it's also the piano used on -- lady madonna children at your feet wonder how you manage to make ends meet >> you can explore this studio and discover what goes on. >> reporter: and while the virtual tour might not be the same, it opens doors to a world most had never seen and it may help keep some of the devoted and their pens away. >> maybe they're thinking if people can sit at home and follow their computers and their phones and click through way through our building, they won't come down here and draw things all over our fence. >> reporter: for "cbs this
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>> the beatles still hold up. when you hear the music you know all the words even though you might not have heard it for years. pluv the beatles. >> inside the birthdays of buzz lightyear. >> i'm john blackstone at pixar animation studios. it all started 20 years ago with "toy story." we'll meet the filmmakers who will show us where pixar has been and where it's going. coming up on "cbs this morning." (coughing) coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why there's delsym. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. all night... or all day. now that we've added an adjustable base, my favorite part is to be able to lift your legs up a little bit... ...and it feels like i'm just cradled. at mattress firm get zero percent apr financing. and there you have it. visit mattress firm, america's number one
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pixar's "toy story" was the turning point in animated movies. we visit pixar to meet some behind the success. but first, your local news. i'm jamie yucas with a look beyond the headlines. the idaho lunch lady who was fired for giving a student a free meal could return. the school district offered her her old job. she gave the lunch to a student who didn't have any money. she said she's not decided whether she'll return. fedex will deliver packages
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today after not making all of its christmas eve deliveries. the carrier blames last-minute shop and severe weather in parts of the country. customers should check to see if they'll be delivered or set aside for pickup. the so-called sharing economy has transformed the lodging and taxi industry. experts predict it will continue to expand rapidly in years to come. anthony mason reports on two young businessmen who embrace sharing to achieve their dreams. >> reporter: when friends eric and sasha launched their online clothing company buck mason in 2013, they rarely had any money to pull it off. >> we had no experience with raising money from investors. >> reporter: they both poured in all of their savings and quit their day jobs to focus on the company. this left them more time to plan but less cash to get by. >> i came to sasha with this
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out and just slept on your couch. >> reporter: he listed his l.a. apartment on air bnb. in less than four months he made the $15,000 they needed to kickstart their business. >> when you start a business your most important asset is time. this freed up the time that it would take to earn that income and that became the price tag on that. >> reporter: there are now 17 bill dollar companies in the share economy where resources are sold daily from person to person. last year 155 million guests slept in an air bnb. that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxis. and over the next ten years, the share economy will be worth an estimated $335 billion, 22 times what it's worth now. buck mason's profits have soared over the past year.
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20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> had to sleep on somebody's couch which gave me an opportunity to own my own business. you know? i'd take that every day. that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: still less than 20% of americans have participated
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but it's growing fastest with welcome back to "cbs this morning" on this christmas day. i hope you got everything you wanted under the tree today. nearly 30 years ago, pixar introduced us to the signature death lamps and bouncing balls. last month marks 20 years since pixar released it's first
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>> toy story." john blackstone visited pixar's bay area campus. >> i am buzz lightyear, i come in peace. >> reporter: when buzz, woody and the gang from toy story were first brought to live 20 years ago, they were previously created in and an mated movie. it was the result of more than four years of work at pixar animation studios. to the docter was one of the animators changing the way movies were made. >> you came to work every day and somebody would have figured something else out that you had never seen before. >> to infinity and beyond. >> toy story's animators found out getting closer to reality was more difficult than expected. >> part of the fun of working
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i was a kid who enjoyed figuring out how things worked. >> reporter: picks scarxar was -- charlie rose talked to jobs about his role as a movie maker. >> the things i have done in my life and the things we have done at pixar, these are team starts. >> in 1994, jobs bought pixar for $40 million from george lucas. she was a director on "toy story" and has worked on every "toy story" sequel. >> steve had the gumption to fight for us to get us what we needed to make the movie. >> reporter: there are similar films about talking fish, robots, and a rat who likes to
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critical acclaim and collected 12 academy awards. but when pixar had no movie ready for release in 2014, some in the industry wondered whether the studio had lost its edge. then came the release this year of "inside out". >> what the heck is that. don't put broccoli on that. >> congratulations, san francisco, you eve ruined pizza. >> the inner workings about an 11-year-old girl's mind brought. >> more than $8 million. >> it's been a while since pixar put a movie out. >> there was no guarantee something as bizarre and abstract as going inside an adolescent's mind, world, would make sense to people, connect with people, who knew? >> reporter: in approximatespite of the animation technology, it's films
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>> it starts with a drawing, although we draw digitality. >> the story takes shape. >> i can turnlike arlo around, he can belike what's going on? huh? what? >> the good dinosaur marks the first time pixar is releasing two movies in one year. >> it was 100 degrees in the shade. >> originally scheduled to be in theaters two years ago, to the movie was delayed by production problems. >> the northwest was a huge inspiration. >> 2013, peter sohn replaced the movie's first director. >> the good dynoineosaur has had some painful moments. the good dinosaur was sohn's debut as a director. but he's done other things, from
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he was the inspiration for the wilderness explorer, russell. >> are you in need of any assistance today, sir? >> when you're in the artist room, the guys would be drawing me like a giant thumb with a hat. >> reporter: more than 90 animators worked on the good dinosaur, three seconds of animation takes about a week to complete. >> it's all about the long vision, the long game. >> reporter: in the 20 years since "toy story" pixar has been playing that long game. >> to infinity and beyond. and winning. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, emeryville, california. >> it's really terrific the technical work they do at pixar. >> just think of how it ended the piece, that it takes, what is it, three days, a week to do three seconds of work. i'll never understand that
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>> and one of the gene you parts that steve jobs gave us. >> we're introducing you to our entire team, they help bring you all that matters. but first a check of your local weather.
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town wn we want you to know that hundreds of people work each day to i bring you "cbs this
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but none of it would matter without you. so here's our christmas card. rockin' around rocking around the christmas tree at the christmas party hop mistletoe where you can see rockin'around the christmas tree let the christmas spirit ring later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some carolling you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear voices singing let's be jolley deck the halls with bows of holly rockin' around the christmas tree
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everyone's dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear voices singing let's be jolley deck the halls with bows of holly tree have a happy holiday everyone's dancing merrily in
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>> this christmas, please come home yeah the snow's coming down i'm watching it come a lot of people around saying please come home we'll deck the halls i'll start my christmas alone i remember when you were
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you should be here with me oh, oh, oh, i remember when you were
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baby please come home baby please come home. alone on christmas day a beautiful sight i'm gonna hold you close make sure that you know i would love to call you christmas was cold and gray
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alone i'll celebrate one day everything changed you'll all i need underneath the tree first on christmas day alone on christmas day you're a beautiful sight all i need is you holding me tight underneath the tree i found what i was looking for a love that's december any, a heart that's my to see baby you knocked me right off my feet
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it's you i need you're all i need underneath the tree alone on christmas day presents what a beautiful sight when you holding me tight you're all that i need underneath the tree and then one day everything changed
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the tree you're here, snow is falling alone on christmas day alone on christmas day presents what a beautiful sight and you're holding me tight you're all that i need underneath the tree tonight i don't want a lot for christmas there is just one thing i need i don't care about the presents underneath the christmas tree i don't need to hang a stocking
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more than you could ever know make my wish come true all i want for christmas is you you baby i don't ask for much this christmas i don't even wish for snow i just want to keep on playing underneath the mistletoe i will make a send and list it to the north pole i won'tjust want to -- what more can i do baby all i want for christmas is you
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all the nights are shining every way the love that fills the air santa won't you bring me on christmas day i don't want a lot for christmas this is all i'm asking for i just want to see my baby right outside my door make a wish come true
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is you you just saw the remarkable people who make this program possible. we hope they're having a wonderful holiday. >> and celebrating with their families. >> we like them. >> we're hoping they come back. >> without them, there would be no us. >> absolutely true. >> that's right. >> we don't forget it. >> to all of you out there, celebrate with your families. >> and friends.
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that does it for us. i'm jamie yucas with a look beyond this morning's headlines. the idaho lunch lady who was fired for giving a student a free meal could return. the school district offered her her old job. she gave the lunch to a student who didn't have any money. she said she's not decided whether she'll return. fedex will deliver packages and open its service centers today after not making all of
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the carrier blames last-minute shopping and severe weather in parts of the country. customers should check to see if packages will be delivered or set aside at service centers for pickup. the so-called sharing economy has transformed the lodging and taxi industry. experts predict it will continue to expand rapidly in years to come. anthony mason reports on two young businessmen who embrace sharing to achieve their dreams. >> this is the very first product we paid. >> reporter: when friends eric and sasha launched their online clothing company buck mason in 2013, they barely had enough money to pull it off. >> we had no experience with raising capital from outside investors. the thing we only knew how to do was be scrappy. >> reporter: they both poured in all of their savings and quit their day jobs to focus on the company. this left them more time to plan but less cash to get by. >> i came to sasha with this idea, what if i rented my place out and just slept on your
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>> reporter: he listed his l.a. apartment on air bnb. in less than four months he made the $15,000 they needed to kickstart their business. >> when you start a business your most important asset is time. this basically also freed up the time that it would take to earn that income and that became the price tag on that. >> reporter: there are now 17 billion dollar companies in the share economy where resources are sold daily from person to person. last year 155 million guests slept in an air bnb. that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxis. and over the next ten years, the share economy will be worth an estimated $335 billion, 22 times what it's worth now. buck mason's profits have soared over the past year.
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20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> had to sleep on somebody's couch which gave me an opportunity to own my own business. you know? i'd take that every day. that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: still less than 20% of americans have participated in the new sharing economy. but it's growing fastest with
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rethinking the value of [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] announcer: don't adjust your tv set. snuggle up and get ready. it's time for "live with kelly and michael's cozy classic christmas special" today, dwayne johnson stops by for a christmas karaoke smackdown, and from "disney on ice: frozen," elsa, olaf, and anna come alive as our studio transforms into a winter wonderland, plus funnylady
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