hillary yet, and there's a lot to go after. >> reporter: so did his political director. >> i think it's ironic that hillary clinton is playing the sexism card,onsidering the record of his husband and his term in the white house. >> reporter: earlier this week, clinton's staff urged supporters #i'mwithher. and is capitalizing on one of trump's few polling weaknesses. 61% of women nationally have an unfavorable opinioio of trump, including nearly 30% of

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film "youth." michael caine has made nearly 200 films over the last half century but says this is his favorite favorite. lesley stahl sat down with him. >> reporter: youth is sat in the french alps. michael cape plays a celebrated composer and conductor who has turned his back on music. but can't help finding it everywhere. [ cow moos ] [ birds chirping ] it was a part written specifically for him. >> it was the most surprising offer i've ever had in my life. i don't get offereded my leads. at 82, there aren't too many.

it's okay, it's okay. >> do you know who composed that piece that you're practice income >> no, who? >> me. >> my teacher makes me play it. he says it's a perfect piece. >> he's right, it's very simple. >> it's not always simple. >> oh, really? >> it's always really beautiful. >> yes, it is, it is beautiful. i composed it while i still loved. >> reporter: would you say that fred's in crisis in the movie? >> he's more or less destroyed, as a matter of fact. but you don't know that. and he would never let you see that. >> reporter: we have so much sympathy for him. how did you do that. >> i go back to situations in my life and you can see it in my face. >> reporter: but sometimes he wasn't acting at all.

decided to present caine and his co-star with a surprise. >> we had no idea. we were in a swimming pool and one of the most beautiful girls you've ever seen comes up with absolutely nothing on and gets in the pool. and we just looked in disbelief. d he didn't tell us because he wanted us to have a certain reaction. we just sat there like. you did in this movie, rate yourself in >> secretly with myself, i regarded it as the best thing i've ever did. it was the most difficult and the criteria for that is i made it look the most easy. >> reporter: so in other words, you improved? >> i just try to play more and more difficult roles. >> reporter: so you want a greater challenge at the age of 82? >> yeah. >> reporter: than when you were -- >> i need a challenge.

all i get was grandma. >> reporter: what's wrong with grandma? >> nothing, you know. as long as she's pretty. >> reporter: there's a sense of the futures of these characters closing in on them that age is shutting down their future. did it in any way begin to affect you? >> oh, no. but there was a point in the movie where i'm being examined by my doctor. he says, how does it feel to be old? and i said, i don't understand how i got here. and that affected me like hell, because i was thinking that's true with me. i don't understand how i got here. >> reporter: he was born morris joseph nickelwhoit in 1933. the son of working class in the slums of@south london, a lot of which have been torn down and rebuilt. >> it was very, very tough and

is this a london road coming up, mitchel? >> on the right hand side? >> turn right there, please. oh, look. there's an example. i spent my life in the library reading books to get away from this. that's the library. >> reporter: this pile of rubble? >> that is my library. i spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. and they pulled my library down. >> reporter: you were really, really poor? >> oh, yeah. i grew up on fish, because my father used to steal one a day. i grew up on the very best fish that money could guy because he only stole the good stuff. >> reporter: he was determined not to be a fish porter like generations before him. he was going to be a movie star and make a lot of movie. at 14, he joined a local acting club. acting was considered

were you tease >> oh, yeah. you didn't tease me for very long. >> reporter: why not? >> yeah, that wouldn't go down very well. >> reporter: you would beat them up? >> yeah. >> reporter: were you that toughsome >> yeah, yeah. i'm not tough anymore. i'm 82. >> reporter: at 22, he was struggling to find acting jobs. on the dole, he had a new wife and a baby and left them both. this is a very traumatic time of your life, because -- >> oh, yes. >> reporter: you basically in effect walked out. >> yeah. i screwed up, yeah. i screwed up on everything. >> reporter: you walked out on the baby and the wife. >> yeah. >> reporter: it wasn't until he was 30 that he got his first big where he played an upper class british officer. >> the first lesson my general grandfather ever taught me. >> the luck is the director was

because no english director would have cast me as an officer, i promise you. because i was a cockney. >> reporter: the class system was that rigid? >> that rigid, yeah. and it holds people back. >> reporter: and it makes you angry? >> oh, me, you start snubbing me, that's one of the times you get into trouble. >> reporter: he helped trigger the breakdown of that class system with a series of roles he played as a cockney. >> i always say, make a man and -- >> reporter: he was a shameless rogue, and audiences loved him. starting in the swinging '60s, his characters personified the working class anti-hero. >> courtney, i am going to cook you the best meal you've ever eaten. >> reporter: with hiss irresistible charm, he played lovers, fighters, killers,

cockney swagger. >> former gunneryergeant in her majesty's forces. >> reporter: his success got hollywood's attention. soon he was playing leads in american movies like "the man who would be king." >> making up new laws to stop men like you and me from getting anywhere. >> reporter: by 1987, he was the most bankable british actors in hollywood, living the life of a movie star in a beverly hills mansion. that same here he won his first oscar for woody allen's "hanna and her sisters."

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a new generation of potential beatles fans are waking up to a christmas present from the fab four. for if first time ever, the band's entire catalog will be available on streaming services. the beatles remain one of the most influential and valuable acts in the world. streaming their music will not only generate millions of dollars each year but reintroduce john, paul, george, and ringo to millions of young music lovers. >> their music defined a decade. it's been a hard's day night and i've been working like a dog >> and a generation.

embracing revolution. you say you want a revolution oh, i need your love, babe >> allowing millions of fans to stream their poppy melodies -- >> and giving a whole new generation a ticket to one of the greatest music catalogs in history. >> it's important because it's the beatles. the beatles changed everything about popular music. >> but there was no announcement by paul mccartney and ringo starr, just a 35-second video featuring a medley of popular songs, letting the music speak for itself. shake it up, baby well, i find myself at times in trouble

>> all 13 original studio albums are now available on nine major streaming services is. 224 songs in total, including all 20 of the number one hits. >> paul mccartney, if you are listening, she loves you with all her heart. i don't care much for money, money can't buy me love >> it's a huge validation for the streaming music industry, where revenue has jumped to nearly $1.9 billion in 2014. >> we're past the tipping point. it's not about music ownership anymore, it's about music access. and if you want to keep up with listeners who feel that way, and listeners tend to be younger, you need to be on streaming services. >> the decision comes as high profile artists like prince and taylor swift resisted the streaming revolution over loyal

and adele's new album "25" has sold at least 6 million copies, despite being barred from streaming platforms. >> still, the beatles, initially slow to go digital, now seem ready to ride the wave. >> this decision for the beatles in some sense is about retaining relevancy. they don't want their music to be left out. they want their music, as they did when they were first making it, to be immortal. into the light of the dark black night >> and the give you an idea how popular the beatles still are, when they began selling on i-tunes in 2010, they sold the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. imagine how your doctor feels. as a urologist, i have performed 9,421 and a half prostate exams. so why do i do it? because i get paid. und... on this side of the glove

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in spain, three dozen african migrants got a big christmas present this year.

in the world's richest lottery. it shells out more than $2 billion in prizes each year. it's not a winner take all. the lottery dolls out millions of smaller prizes, as well. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: most countries have their christmas rituals, trees, presents, maybe a religious service somewhere. in spain, though, it's all about whether christmas will change your luck. it's a bit hypnotic. spanish school numbers singing out the numbers on lottery balls. it ain't "jingle bells," but in spain it's the sound of christmas. and the whole country seems entranced. some dress up for the occasion. this man says he's been waiting to get into the draw since 3:00 in the morning.

world's richest lottery, even if the winning ticket isn't the biggest. it will get you about 400,000 euros, about $440,000. but this is a democratic lottery with lots of smaller prizes. one of which was one by somebody in madrid's real opera house this morning. the total prize money up for grabs is over 2 billion euros, about $2.5 billion. a single ticket costs about $25, and it seems everybody is part of a syndicate that lowers the odds. in recent years, spain's unemployment has turned the lottery into a ray of financial hope, usually false hope. this year the economy is seemingly on the end, but nothing says recovery like winning the lottery.

no clear winner here. the lottery does at least provide an outcome. as this woman says, whoever wins the election won't lift me out of poverty, but this might. and here are some fun facts. the el gordo lottery has been going since 1812 and hasn't missed a year since. 75% of adult spaniards buy at least a share of tickets. a lot of them sold in a small town in the pyrenees called luck. that's the "overnight news" for this christmas friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us later. from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm demarco morgan. a state of emergency after deadly tornadoes hammer the south and midwest. also tonight, the seasons are out of whack in this first week

tee times are up. charlotte. as nba stars take aim at gun violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> and santa's little helper for parents whose kids just can't get to sleep on christmas eve. >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy! this is the "cbs overnight news." >> scott pelley is off. i'm jim axelrod. we begin with a christmas turned deadly by the kind of storms we don't usually see until spring. dozens of tornadoes tore through the south and midwest, incncding the first ever recorded in michigan in december. at least 11 were killed, more than 60 hurt. states of emergency ave been declared in georgia, tennessee

manuel bojorquez begins our coverage near holly springs, mississippi. >> i can see the debebs! i see debr. >> reporter: this tornado was on the ground for ten minutes as it tore through the town of clarksdale, mississippi. >> back it up! back it up! >> reporter: storm chasers scrambled to get out of harm's way as a tornado came right at them, and another slammed into a busy highway, knocking a tractor-trailer on its side. mississippi governor phil bryant. >> if you look at the damage here, it is as bad as any tornado that we've had, and i have been through a lot of them. >> reporter: marvin and bernita sims were in their house watching tv when the storm hit. their home was destroyed. >> i looked up, the roof was blowing off the house and i just told her, "hold on, hold on." i held on to her as tight as i could. >> reporter: the massive storm system that moved acrosssshe southeast yesterery spawned 29 tornadoes in six states. in perry county, tennessee, sheriff say 69-year-old ann yzaguirre and 70-year-old

when a tornado hit their home. the couple had just celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary. and one of the dead in mississippi is a seven-year-old boy, killed when the car he wawa riding in was tossed into the air. this is the town of chulahoma, 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. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, chulahoma, mississippi. flooding is a concern in elba, alabama. the pea richer is expected to crest tomorrow at levels not seen in two decades. which is why some are packing up their christmas presents and getting out. millions along the east coast woke up this morning and may have wondered if they slept straight through winter. in new york, the high was 72, a few degrees from the high this past fourth of july, which

let's bring in eric fisher. eric, dozens of records being set today. >> it is about as strange as it is can get on christmas eve. look at these temperatures. burlington, vermonon hit 68 degrgrs, beating the recororby 16 degrees. the warmest december day ever recorded in norfolk, virginia. and same story in albany, new york. and even at midnight tonight, still 62 in new york. 69 in charlotte. jacksonville at 69. just tremendous warmth everywhere you look. more record highs expected on christmas day. especially across the southeast, widespread 70s and 80s, well up above e e norm for this time of year. we're focusing on the next storm developing this weekend in the southern plains, bringing blizzard conditions to parts of the southern plains, heavy rain, a chance of severe weather. in terms of the snow, watching new mexico, western parts of oklahoma, west texas.

and this is a storm to watch because as warm as it is right now, this will bring the first snow of the season into the northeast next week. >> eric fish we are the forecast of extremes. thank you. what a difference a year makes in syracuse, new york. syracuse had nearly 28 inches of snow by this time last year. this year, less than one inch. the warm weather across the northeast mama it "coats- optional" for a number of last- minute shoppers. anna werner has more on a shopping season that's run hot and cold. >> reporter: at the flemington department store in new jersey, the warm weather has cooled apparel sales. owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of the business in our industry went away because people just don't feel christmas-y and they're not cold, they're not going to work feeling cold. >> reporter: it's a similar story up and down the east coast.

retailers have lost over $400 million in sales since november 1st, compared to the same critical seven-week sales period last year. in chicago, sales of l lg-sleeve mitts down 16%, snow thrower sales are off 15% in cincinnati, and outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. fred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> retailers may have a great january or february clearing out winter merchandise, but it's going to be marked down 50% to 7070 so they're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winners in this winter warm-up. at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox says some retailers are at risk. >> any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they have been limping along, a season like this can certainly put them out of business.

will survive but it won't make back those sales. >> so they're taking the money they would have spent in our industry and spending it elsewhere. >> reporter: now, fox says winter apparel purchases are driven by need. but who needs a heavy coat in this 67-degree weather? on the other hand, what's bad for retailers is good for consumers, who should be able to purchase heavily-discounted cold weather gear if not for this winter, jim, then for next year. >> anna, thank you. in his christmas eve homily, pope francis called on christians to live as jesus did with "empathy, compassion, and mercy." he criticized what he called a society so often intoxicated by consumerism. tomorrow, tens of thousands will pack st. peter's square for the pope's traditional christmas day blessing. coming up next, getting a business off the ground by sleeping on the couch. the actor robert downey, jr., gets the news he was looking

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this year, nearly half, 46%, is expected to be done online. but mireya villerreal discovered in some ways, what's old is new again. >> reporter: from slinkys to lincoln logs, these were the hot toys boomers h h to have. fofosome shoppers like j jie berke, classic toys are still a must-have at christmastime. >> it's a great, nostalgic feeling. it's something we want our child to have. >> reporter: but it's the procrastinators at the crowded westfield topanga mall in los angeles today that are doing real b bding, over long linene and packed parking lots. for malika meads and her son, hitting the mall early on december 24th is their version of smart shopping. >> i don't want to take a chance with it not getting here by december 24th. >> reporter: according to a gallup poll, shoppers are spending $830 this holiday

year. in 2008, when the economy tanked, sales dropped 5% below average. in 2015, they're expected to climb at least 5% above average. >> there will be something in here, whether you're eight or 80, that will punch the button. >> reporter: tastes have changed, but dave levy of "big kid collectibles" knows that one tradition that never goes out of style is a trip down memory lane. >> we're so overwhelmed that when a kid comes in here and sees an etch a sketch or simon, which is not really technically that ingenious compared to what they're doing now, it fascinates them. >> reporter: so whether you're searching for this year's hottest toy, the hover board, or you'u' in the mood for a nostalgic trip back k your childhood, take solace in knowing you're not alone. now if you are expecting a fedex package at your home, some those

severe weather across some parts of the country, but, jim, fedex is actually saying they are going to make up for those delays by delivering on christmas day and actually having some of their express locations open till 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> so the gifts will get there. mireya, thank you. in chicago, several hundred protesters disrupted shopping, along the city's magnificent mile. demanding that chicago's mayor, rahm emanuel, resign for his handling of the shooting deathth last year. in charlotte, north carolina, one person was shot and killed at a shopping mall today. it was captured on cell phone. [ gunfire ] shoppers ran as the shots rang out. off-duty officers who were working at the mall responded ananshot one man who was pronounced dead at the scene. the nba is teaming up with an anti-gun violence group for a new public service announcements

feature some of the game's biggest stars. the league says the campaign is not a jump into politics, but julianna goldman reports it will no doubt court controversy. >> parents alwayaysay a bullet doesn't have a n ne on it. >> we can all make a difference. >> reporter: the ad campaign features nba stars carmelo anthony, joakim noah, chris paul and stephen curry, speaking in very personal terms about gun violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> reporter: while riley curry has stolen the show from the nba mvp, the public service people who don't often grab headlines, victims of gun violence. people die from gun violence every day. >> reporter: the campaign was directed by spike lee and paid for by "everytown for gun safety," a group founded by former new york city mayor against the national rifle association.

never directly mentioned, but the ad marks the nba's entry into the polarizing debate over guns, a first for a professional sports league and largely led by the players, who are increasingly using their celebrity to draw attention to community violence. >> the guns should never be an option. >> reporter: like anthonon seen hehe marching with proteteers in his hometown of baltimore last april following the death of spinal injury while in police custody. >> i've seen so many of my peers and so many of my friends lose their life to gun violence. one day they're here, the next day they're not due to gun violence, violence, period, and now i'm in a situation where my voice can be heard. >> reporter: the nra did not respond to request for comment and the nba says it's not advocating changes in laws or policy. jim, the campaign got the endorsement of one gun control advocate, president obama, who tweeted that he's proud of the league for taking a stand and that change requires all of us

>> juliana goldman, thank you very much. no one wants to spend christmas eve at the airport but some holiday travelers may have to. here's mark strassmann. >> raise your hand if your flight is still going. >> reporter: in a throng of stranded travelers in atlanta, we found tara stockdale. >> do you think you can get out today? >> reporter: her family of five flies to chicago every christmas to see relelives. but today, stormy weather canceled their flight -- twice. >> we usually leave on the 24th, we never had this problem. >> reporter: the toll of holiday travel was visible across the country. new tsa security screening rules meant longer lines and shorter patience for passengers like debbie king. >> i mean, we're people, we're humans, not cattle. >> reporter: for many flyers, turbulent weather r so jostled hopes of smooth travel. in the last 48 hours, more than 9,000 flights were delayed and

but the record 91 million people hitting america's roads, two million more than last year, are getting an early christmas gift. the national average is $2 a gallon for gas, 37 cents less than last yearar so far, on average, drivers have saved $550 at the pumps this year. robertson claire is with aaa. >> this is the cheapest gas in 81 months, roughly six-and-a- half years, and people are taking advantage of it. >> reporter: in atlanta, the stockdales were out of options. the first available flight to chicago leaves in the morning. >> it's worth it, but, still i'm frustrated. >> reporter: the stockdales bought their tickets last july, they got to the airport early this morning. they did everything right. but for them, jim, christmas in chicago will have to wait one more day. >> mark strassman, thanks very much.

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their dreams. anthony mason with a story now that's two parts ambition, one part awkward. >> this is the very first product we made. >> reporter: when friends erik schnakenberg and sasha koehn launched their online clothing companan"buck mason" in 2013, ey barely had enoughghoney to pull it off. >> we had really no experience raising capital from outside investors, so the thing we knew how to do is be scrappy. >> reporter: they both poured in all 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 just slept on the c cch. >> reporter: schnakenberg listed his l.a. apartment on air b'n'b and in less than four months made the $15,000 they needed to kickstart their business.

your most important asset is time. this basically also freed up the time it would take to earn the income and you can't put a price tag on that. >> reporter: there are 17 billion-dollar companies in the shared economy, where resources are sold person to person. last year, 155 million guests slept in an air b'n'b; that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business avelers than taxies. 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 in the past year. they even built a physical store 20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> i slept on someone's couch to give me the opportunity to own my own business. i'll take that every day. that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: still less than 20%

new sharing economy but growing fastest w wh adults under 45 whwh are rethinking the value of nership. jim? >> anthony mason, thank you very

didn't go as planned. californiaia governor jerry own has presented thactor robert downey, jr. with a christmas gift-- a pardon. downey spent more than a year in prison on drug charges starting in 1999. the pardon doesn't erase downey's conviction, but does restore his right to vote. after centuries of being performed, the last thing you might expect from m nativity

but watch this goat in dallas jump right into the manger. the show, of course, went on after the actors regained their composure. now to the sound of pure happiness -- that's a 6-week-old polar bear cub getting a checkup at the toronto zoo. the sound is called trilling, which zookeepers tell us is a sign of extreme contentment. up next, a book that can put any kid to sleep, even on christmas eve. woman: what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack? chest pain, like there's a ton of weight on your chest. severe shortness of breath. unexplained nausea. cold sweats. there's an unusual tiredness and fatigue. there's unfamiliar dizziness or light-headedness.

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on a night when so many kids have a hard time getting to sleep, vanita nair has just the e story to end the broadcast. >> oh, no, we'll have to start

>> reporter: like most 2-year- olds, hudson cowen is not a fan of nap time. >> that is 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 gaddis is eager to try a book that promises to soothe a child into slumber. >> i am going to tell you a story that can make you el 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.

alone one self-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 and told her, i've got this great idea and we have to write this down and started to look for paper everywhere. >> reporter: how did you test it? >> i went totore-schools and asked them to read it when they have group nap time. they did for a week and they were pretty amazed. >> reporter: now some people can fall asleep right away -- i was curious if it worked 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, said one parent. my 2-year-old hates this book and begs me not to read it writes another. and it gs against the advice of many slp experts who say kids need to learn to fall asleep on their own. but gaddis says it's been a life saver for their family. >> it's really effective at putting me to sleep. >> reporter: isn't that the dream of every parent?

new york. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this christmas friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us later. for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jim axelrod. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is the "cbs overnight news." >> merry christmas, everyone. welcome to the "overnight news."

millions of americans are celebrating today with family and friends, exchanging gifts and sharing in a christmas feast, but it's a very different snooen parts of the south and midwest. thousands will spend the day picking through the remnants of their homes after a deadly string of tornadoes. nearly two dozen twisters in five states killed ten people in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. meteorologist mike seidel is in holly springs, mississippi, where a 7-year-old boy was killed. >> reporter: more than a dozen twisters touched down on wednesday. one was a long-tracked tornado, on the ground for more than 150 miles, cutting a path across mississippi and parts of tennessee and right through holly springs, damaging at least ten homes. this one a total loss. the windows blown out. trees down everywhere up and down highway 7. huge stands of trees knocked downwn and get this -- this is the foundation and the front wall blown forward towards the home. imagine the intensity of the wind. survey crews will be out here from the weather service to

twister was. fortunately nobody on this highway and these homes was killed. at least five were killed from this twister here in mississippi. >> there's a tornado in front ofof us. >> reporter: those are the panicked pleas for help from a woman in mississippi. >> trying to figure out which way to go. >> reporter: she and her husband surveyed a day of deadly storms in the south. rumbling through the northern part of the state, this massive tornado damagag dozens of homes just outside the town of clarksdale. in holly springs, a 7-year-old boy was killed when the car he was riding in was tossed into the air. roads across the midwest and south were a nightmare. you can see debris flying into the air as one tornado tears through traffic near the tennessee border, flipping this truck on its side. this driver captured it on her cell phone.

3500 people. an 18-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell into this home. rescuers pulled a 1-year-old baby who was with her to safety. >> the wind was moving and moved throroh very quick. >> reporter: the storms pounded drivers in missouri with hail. lightning strikes in indiana and tennessee. and left significant damage in at least half a dozen states. >> i'm just thankful all lives were saved. >> the roof came off. i had my dog, i was holding my dog. i'm lucky to be alive. i get to see my kids. >> reporter: even in the midst of the destruction, survivors were reminded that possessions can be replaced. >> i could just hear my windows breaking out of my car. i was blessed. you can buy the things, the toys, you can buy those over. but i can't replace my kids. the dangers and unusual weather is making holiday travel

in addition to the devastation in the south, record-breaking temperatures in the northeast kept some airports locked in fog. on the west coast, rain caused cancellations and delays. more than 100 million american will be traveling on christmas and new year's. mark strassman is in atlanta. >> raise your hand if your flight is still going. >> reporter: in a throng of stranded travelers in atlanta, we found tara stockdale. >> do you think there are seats available to get out today? >> reporter: her family of five to seeeeelatives. but today stormy weather canceled their f fght, twice. >> we usually leave on the 24th, we never had this problem. >> reporter: the toll of holiday travel was visible across the country. new tsa screening rules meant patience for passengers like debbie king. >> i mean, we're people, we're humans, not cattle. >> reporter: for many flyers, turbulent weather also jostled hopes of smooth travel.

9,000 flights were delayed and almost 1,000 more were canceled. but the record 91 million people hitting america's roads, two million more than last year, are getting an early christmas gift. the national average is $2 a gallon for gas, 3737ents less than last yeye. so far, on average, drivers have saved $550 at the pumps this year. robertson claire is with aaa. >> this is the cheapest gas in 81 months, roughly six-and-a- half years, and people are taking advantage of it. >> reporter: in atlanta, the stockdales were out of options. >> we'rereot leaving until tomorrow. >> reportete the first available flight to chicago leaves in the morning. >> it's worth it, but, still i'm frustrated. >> reporter: the stockdales bought their tickets last july, they got to the airport early and they did everything right. but christmas in chicago will

mama strassman, cbs news, lanta. the department of homeland security picked christmas day to announce a new crackdown on illegal immigration. jeff pegues reports. >> reporter: raids could begin as early as next month, and they would be carried out by agents from u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. the i.c.e. agents would be targeting people for deportation who have come to the u.s. illegally after fleeing guatemala, el salvador and honduras. families who have been ordered by a judge to leave the u.s. adults and children would be detained and deported immediately. targets would be those who pose a threat to national, public, or border security. more than 100,000 families have come into the u.s.s.ince last year according to "the washington post," which is a dramatic spike. the dhs secretary jeh johnson signaled that central american families would face deportation if not granted asylum. in a statement, dhs says

consistently said our border is not open to illegal immigration, and if individuals come here illegally, they will be sent back consistent with our laws and values. the plan has not yet received final approval as it remains a hot button issue within the obama administration and on the campaign trail for the 2016 presidential candidates. >> those presidential candidates continue to slug it out. donald trump warnini hillary clinton to be e reful about playing the woman card. julianna goldman reports. >> i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. >> reporter: hillary clinton used a sit-down with "the des moines register" to say donald trump should be held accountable for his language. >> i think he has to answer for what he says. it's not the first time he's demonstrated a penenant for sexism. and so i'm not sure again anybody is surprised. >> reporter: trump fired back last night. >> i really haven't gone after hillary yet, and there's a lot

>> reporter: so did his political director. >> i think it's ironic that hillary clinton is playing the sexism card, considering the record of hehe husband and h h term in the white house. he was impeached by the house of representatives for his behavior. >> reporter: earlier this week, clinton's staff urged supporters to use the campaign's #i'mwithher. to combat trump's degrading language. and is capitalizing on one of trump's few polling weaknesses. a recent survey shows that 61% of women nationally have an unfavorable opinion of trump, including nearly 30% of republican women. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator...

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if you're planning to head out to the movies this weekend and have already seen "star wars," you might want to catch the new film "youth." michael caine has made nearly 200 films over the last half

favorite. lesley stahl sat down with him. >> reporter: "youth" is set in the swiss alps. michael caine plays a celebrated composer and conductor who has turned his back on music. but he can't help finding it everywhere. [ cow moos ] [ birds chirping ] it was a part written specifically for him. >> it was the most surprising offer i've ever hahain my life. i don't get offered many leads. at 82, there aren't too many. i almost said don't bother to send the script, i'll do it.

>> do you know who composed that piece that you're practicing? >> no, who? >> me. >> my teacher makes me play it. he says it's a perfect piece. >> he's right, it's very simple. >> it's not always simple. >> oh, really? >> it's also really beautiful. >> yes, it is, it is beautiful. i composed it whilili still loved. >> reporter: would you say that fred's in crisis in the movie? >> he's more or less destroyed, as a matter of fact. but you don't know that. and he would never let you see that. >> reporter: we have so much sympathy for him. how did you do that? >> i go back to situations in my life and you can see it in my face. >> reporter: but sometimes he wasn't acting at all.

decided to present caine and his co-star harvey keitel with a surprise. >> we had no idea. we were in a swimming pool and one of the most beautiful girls you've ever seen comes up with abablutely nothing on anangets in the pool. and we just lookedein disbelief. wanted us to have a certain reaction. >>s miss u uverse. >> reporter: how do you think you did in this movie, rate yourself. >> secretly with myself, i regarded it as the best thing i've ever did. it was the most difficult and the criteria for that is i made it look the most easy. >> reporter: so in other words, you improved? >> i just try to play more and more difficult roles. >> reportete so you want a 82? >> yeah. >> reporter: than when you were -- >> i need a challenge. i don't get the girl anymore. all i get was grandma.

grandma? >> nothing, you know. as long as she's pretty. >> reporter: there's a sense of the futuresof these characters closing in on them that age is shutting down their future. did it in any way begin to affect you? >> oh, no. but there was a point in the movie where i'm being examined by my doctor. he says, how does it feel to be old? and i said, i don't understand how i got here. and that affected me like hell, because i was thinking that's true with me. i don't understand how i got here. >> reporter: he was born morris joseph micklewhite in 1933. the son of working class london, a lot of which has been torn down and rebuilt. >> it was very, very toughghnd it was full of gangs and all that. is this a london road coming up,

>> on the right hand side? >> turn right there, please. oh, look. there's an example. i spent my life in the library reading books to get away from this. that's the library. >> reporter: this pile of rubble? >> that is my library. i spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. and they pulled my library down. >> reporter: you were really, really poor? >> oh, yeah. my father was a fish market porter. so i grew up on fish because he used to steal one a day. i grew up on theheery best fish that money could buy because he only stole the good stuff. >> reporter: he was determined not to be a fish porter like generations before him. he was going to be a movie star and make a lot of money. at 14, he joined a local acting club. acting was considered sissy-like. were you teased? oh, yeah.

>> reporter: why not? >> yeah, that wouldn't go down very well. >> reporter: you would beat them up? >> yeah. >> reporter: were you that tough? >> yeah, yeah. i'm not tough anymore. i'm 82. >> reporter: at 22, he was struggling to find acting jobs. on the dole, he had a new wife and a babybynd left them both. this is a very traumatic time of your life, because -- >> oh, yes. >> reporter: you basically in effectalked out. >> yeah. i screwed up, yeah. i screwed up on everything. >> reporter: you walked out on the baby and the wife. >> everything, yeah. >> reporter: it wasn't until he was 30 that he got his first big break in the 1964 film "zulu" whwhe he played an upper class itish officer. >> when you take command, old boy, you're on your own. the first lesson the general, my grandfather, ever taught me. >> the luck is the director was an american. because no english director

officer, i promise you. not one. >> reporter: because you were cockney? >> because i was a cockney. >> reporter: the class system was that rigid? >> that rigid, yeah. and it holds people back. >> reporter: and it makes you angry? >> oh, me, you start snubbing me, that's one of the times you get into trouble. >> reporter: he helped trigger the breakdown of that class system with a series of roles he played as a cockney. >> i've had a lovely time, alfie. >> reporter: he was a shameless rogue, and audiences loved him. starting in the swinging '60s, his characters personified the working class anti-hero. >> courtney, i am going g cook you the best meal you've ever eaten. >> reporter: with his irresistible charm, he played lovers, fighters, killers,

cockney swagger. >> why the hell aren't you here if >> mr.? >> moynihan. former gunnery sergeant in her uajesty's forces. >> reporter: h success got hollywood's attention. soon he was playing leads in american movies like "the man who would be king." >> 10, 11 years old. you want an educated taste in whisky? >> them t tt govern spend all their time making up new laws to stop men like you and me from getting anywhere. >> reporter: by 1987, he was the most bankable british actors in hollywood, living the life of a movie star in a beverly hills mansion. that same year he won his first oscar for woody allen's "hanna and her sisters." he played a man mamaied to hanna but had the hots for her sister.

>> i'm in love with you. he was it. and yet we like you. >> i don't think human beings are bad. they're weak. that's what makes them bad. and so i always s pose the weakness rather than the nastiness. but you got the nastiness any way. >> you can see the full report

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a new generation of potential beatles fans are waking up to a christmas present from the fab four. for the first time ever, the band's entire catalog will be available on streaming services. even though the beatles broke up nearar 50 years ago, theyy remain one of the most influential and valuable acts in the world. streaming their music will not only generate millions of dollars each year but reintroduce john, paul, george, and ringo to millions of young music lovers. >> an epidemic called beatle population. >> their music defined a decade. it's been a hard's day ninit and i've been working like a dog >> and a generation. >> now, the beatles are again embracing revolution.

revolution oh, i need your love, babe >> allowing millions of fans to stream their poppy melodies -- >> and giving a whole new generation a ticket to one of the greatest music catalogs in history. >> it's important because it's the beatles changed everything about popular music. >> but there was no announcement by paul mccartney and ringo starr, just a 35-second video featuring a medley of popular songs, letting the music speak for itself. shake it up, baby well, i find myself at times of trouble mother mary comes to me >> all 13 original studio albums plus four compilations,

streaming services is. 224 songs in total, including all 20 of the number one hits. >> paul mccartney, if you are listening, a.j. from brooklyn loves you with all her heart. i don't care much for money, money can't buy me love >> it's a huge validation for the streaming music industry, where revenue has jumped to nearly $1.9 billion in 2014. >> we're past the tipping point. it's not about music ownership anymore, it's about music access. and if you want to keep up with listeners who feel that way, and listeners tend to be younger, you need to be on streaming services. >> the decision comes as high profile artists like prince and taylor swift resisted the streaming revolution over low royalties. and adele's new album "25" has

despite being barred from streaming platforms. >> still, the beatles, initially slow to go digital, now seem ready to ride the wave. >> this decision for the beatles in some sense is about retaining relevancy. they don't want their music to be left out. they want their music, as they did when they were first making it, to be immortal. into the light of the dark black night >> and to give you an idea how popular the beatles still are, when they began selling on i-tunes in 2010, they sold 450,000 bums and 2 million songs in the first week alone.

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el gordo, or the fat one, shells out more than $2 billion in prizes each year. the drawing itself is like a holiday. it's not a winner take all. the lottery dolls out millions of smaller prizes, as well. mark phillips reports. >eporter: most countries have their christmas rituals, trees, presents, maybe a religious service somewhere. in spain, though, it's all about whether christmas will change your luck. it's a bit hypnotic. spanish school kids singing out the numbers on lottery balls. it ain't "jingle bells," but in spain it's the sound of christmas. and the whole country seems entranced. some dress up for the occasion. this man says he's been waiting to get into the draw since 3:00 in the morning. el gordo, the fat one, is the world's richest lottery, even if the winning ticket isn't the biggest.

euros, about $440,000. but this is a democratic lottery with lots of smaller prizes. one of which was one by somebody in madrid's real opera house this morning. the total prize money up for grabs is over 2 billion euros, about $2.5 billion. a single ticket costs about $25, and it seems everybody is part of a syndicate that lowers the odds a little. long lines form on lottery eve in a last-minute rush to be part of the action. in recent years, spain's unemployment has turned the lottery into a ray of financial hope, usually false hope. this year the economy is seemingly on the mend, but nothing says recovery like winning the lottery. and with the country now stuck

election produced no clear winner here, but the lottery at least does provide an outcome. as this woman says, whoever wins the election won't lift me out of poverty, but this might. and here are some fun facts. the el gordo lottery has been going since 1812 and hasn't missed a year since. 75% of adult spaniards buy at least a share of tickets. a lot of them sold in a small town in the pyrenees called luck. that's the "overnight news" for this christmas friday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us later. from the broadcast center here

morgan. a state of emergency after deadly tornadoes hammer the south and midwest. also tonight, the seasons are out of whack in this first week of winter. t times are up. a deadly shooting at a mall in charlotte, as n.b.a. stars take aim at gun violence. involving a three-year-old girl my daughter riley is that age. >> and santa's little helper for parents whose kids just can't >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy! this is the "cbs overnight news." >> scott pelley is off. i'm jim axelrod. we begin with a christmas turned deadly by the kind of storms we don't usually see until spring. dozens of tornadoes tore through the south and midwest, including the first ever recorded in michigan in december. at least eleven were killed last night, more than 60 hurt. states of emergency have been declcled in georgia, tennessee and mississippi, where about 100

manuel bojorquez begins our coverage near holly springs, mississippi. >> i can see the debris! >> reporter: this tornado was on the ground for ten minutes as it tore through the town of clarksdale, mississippi. >> back it up! back it up! >> reporter: storm chasers scrambled to getetut of harm's way as a tornado came right at them, and another slammed into a busy highway, knocking a tractor-trailer on its side. mississippi governor phil their home was destroyed. >> i looked up, the roof was told her, "hold on, hold on." i held on to her as tight as i could. >> reporter: the massive storm system that moved across the southeast yesterday spawned 29 tornadoes in six states. in perry county, tennessee, sheriff say 69-year-old ann

antonio yzaguirre were killed when a tornado hit their home. the couple had just celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary. and one of the d dd in mississippi is a seven-year-old riding in was tossed into the air. this is the town of chulahoma, mississippi. people here lost homes and this a tornado sliced right through it. the pastor told us the congregation still plans to hold services in the parking lot. manuel bojororez, cbs news, chulahoma, m msissippi. flooding is a concern in el ba, alabama. the river is expected to crest tomorrow at levels not seen in two decades. which is why some are packing up their christmas presents and getting out. millions along the east coast woke up this morning and may have wondered if they slept straight through winter. in new york, the high was 72, a

this past fourth of july, which was 75. let's bring in eric fisher. eric, dozens of records being set today. >> it is about as strange as it is canan get on christmas eve. in vermont, 68 degrees in burlington. the warmest december day ever recorded in norfolk, virginia. and even at midnight tonight, still 62 in new york. 69 in charlotte. jacksonville at 69. just tremendous warmth everywhere you look. more record highs expected on christmas day. especially across the southeast, widespread 70s and 80s, well up year. we're focusing on the next storm developing this weekend in the southern plains, bringing blizzard conditions to parts of the southern plains, heavy rain, a chance of severe weather. in terms of the snow, watching

oklahoma, west texas. heavy rain on the eastern end and this is a storm to watch because as warm as it is right now, this will bring the first snow of the season into the northeast next week. what a difference a year makes in syracuse, new york. syracuse had nearly 28 inches of snow by this time last year. this year, less than one inch. the warm weather across the northeast made it "coats- optional" for a number of last- minute shoppers. anna werner has more on a shopping season that's run hot and cold. >> reporter: at the flemington department store in new jersey, the warm weather has cooled apparel sales. owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of the business in our industry went away because people just don't feel christmas-y and they're not cold, they're not going to work feeling cold. >> reporter: it's a similar story up and down the east coast. data firm planalytics estimates

million in sales since november 1st, compared to the same critical seven-week sales period last year. in chicago, sales of long-sleeve mitts down 16%, snow thrower sales are off 15% in cincinnati, and outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. fred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> retailers may have a great january or february clearing out winter merchandise, but it's going to be marked down 50% to 70%, so they're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winnererin this winter warm-up. at some golf coursesesn the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox says some retailers are at risk. >> any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they have been limping along, a season like this can certainly put t tm out of business. >> martin resnick says his store

back those sales. >> so they're taking the money they would have spent in our industry and spending elsewhere. >> reporter: now, fox says winter apparel purchases are driven by need. but who needs a heavy coat in this 67-degree weather? on the other hand, what's bad for retailers isisood for consumers,s,ho should be able toto purchase heavily-discounted cold weather gear if not for this winter, jim, then for next year. >> anna, thank you. in his christmas eve homily, pope francis called on christians to live as jesus did with "empathy, compassion, and mercy." he criticized what he called a society soso often intoxicated by consumerism. tomorrow, tens of thousands will pack st. peter's square for the pope's traditional christmas day blessing. coming up next, getting a business off the ground by

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conduct their holiday shopping. this year, nearly half, 46%, is expected to be done online. but mireya villerreal discovered in some ways, what's old is new again. >> reporter: from slinkys to lincoln logs, these were the hot toys boomers had to have. for some shoppers like julul berke, classic toys are still a must-have at cistmastime. >> it's a great, nostalgic feeling. it's something we want our child to have. >> reporter: but it's the procrastinators at the crowded westfield topanga mall in los angeles today that arereoing real bonding, over long lines ananpacked parking lots.s. for malika meads and her son, hitting the mall early on december 24th is their version of smart shopping. >> i don't want to take a chance with it not getting here by december 24th. >> reporter: according to a gallup poll, shoppers are spending $830 this holiday season, over $100 more than last

in 2008, when the economy tanked, sales drdrped 5% below average. in 2015, they're expected to climb at least 5% above average. >> there will be something in here, whether you're eight or 80, that will punch the button. >> reporter: tastes have changed, but dave levy of "big kid collectibles" knows that one tradition that never goes out of style is a trip down memory lane. >> w wre so overwhelmed that when a aid comes in here andnd sees an etch a sketch or simon, which is not really technically that ingenious compared to what they're doing now, it fascinates them. >> reporter: so whether you're searching for this year's hottest toy, the hover board, or you're in the mood for a nostalgic trip back to your childhood, take solace in knowing you're not alone. now if you are expecting a fed ex package at your home, some those deliveries are being affected by severe weather

country, but, jim, fedex is actually saying they are going to make up for those delays by delivering on christmas day and actually having some of their express locations open till 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> so the gifts will get there. mireya, thank you. >> >> in chicago, several hundred protesters disrupted shopping, demanding that chicago's mayor, rahm emanuel, resign for his handling of the shooting death of he kwan mcdonald, a 17-year-old killed by police last year. in charlotte, north carolina, one person was shot and killed at a shopping mall today. it was captured on cell phone. a fight broke out, then this. shoppers ran as the shots rang out. off-duty officers who were working at the mall responded and shot one man who was pronounced dead at the scene. the nba is teaming up with

that will debut tomorrow and feature some of the game's biggest stars. the league says the campaign is not a jump into politics, but julianna goldman reports it will no doubt court controversy. >> parents always say a bullet doesn't have a name on it. >> we can all make a difference. >> reporter: the ad campaign features nba stars carmelo anthony, joakim noah, chris paul and stephen curry, speaking in very personal terms about gun olence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> reporter: while riley curry has stolen the show from the nba mvp, the public service announcement also features people who don't often grab headlines, victims of gun violence. >> in the united states, 88 people die from gun violence every day. >> reporter: the campaign was directed by spike lee and paid for by "everytown for gun safety," a group founded by former new york city mayor michael bloomberg to push back against the national rifle association. >> it's heartbreaking.

never directly mentioned, but the ad marks the nba's entry into the polarizing debate over guns, a first for a professional sports league and largely led by the players, who are increasingly using their celebrity totoraw attention to community violence. >> the guns should never be an option. >> reporter: like anthony, seen here marching with protesters in his hometown of baltimore last april following the death of freddie gray who suffered a spinal injury while in police custody. >> i've seen so many of my peers and so many of my friends lose their life to gun violence. one day they're here, the next day they're not due to gun violence, violence, period, and now i'i'in a situation where my voice can be heard. >> reporter: the nra did not respond to request for comment and the nba says it's not advocating changes in laws or policy. jim, the campaign got the endorsement of one gun control advocate, president obama, who tweeted that he's proud of the league for taking a stand and that change requires all of us

very much. no one wants to spend christmas eve at the airport but some holiday travelers may have to. here's mark strassmann. >> raise your hand if your flight is still going. >> reporter: in a throng of stranded travelers in atlanta, we found tara stockdale. >> do you think you can get out today? >> reporter: her family of five flies to chicago every christmas to see relatives. but today, stormy weather canceled their flight -- twice. >> we usually leave on the 24th, we never had this problem. >> reporter: the toll of holiday travel was visible across the country. new tsa security screening rules meant longer lines and shorter patience for passengers like debbie king. >> i mean, we're people, we're humans, not cattle. >> reporter: for many flyers, turbulent weather also jostled hopes of smooth travel. in the last 48 hours, more than

almost 1,000 more were canceled. but the record 91 million people hitting america's roads, two million more than last year, are getting an early christmas gift. the national average is $2 a gallon for gas, 37 cents less than last year. so far, on average, drivers have saved $550 at the pumps this year. robertson claire is with aaa >> this is the cheapest gas in 81 months, roughly six-and-a- half years, and people are taking advantage of it. >> reporter: in atlanta, the stockdales were out of options. the first available flight to chicago leaves in the morning. >> it's worth it, but, still i'm frustrated. >> reporter: the stockdales bought their ticket last july, they got to the airport early this morning. they did everything right. but for them, jim, christmas in chicago will have to wait one more day. >> mark strassman, thanks very much. we've been c cnging things up th k-y love. oh y yh.

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an unusual approach to funding their dreams. anthony mason with a story now that's two parts ambition, one part awkward. >> this is the very first product we made. >> reporter: when friends erik schnakenberg and sasha koehn launched their online clothing company "buck mason" in 2013, they barely had enough money to pull it off. >> we had really no experience raising capital from outside investors, so the thing we knew how to do is be scrappy. >> reporter: they both poured in all their savings and quit their day jojo to focus on the company. this left them more time to plan but less cash to get by. >> i just slept on the couch. >> reporter: schnakenberg listed his l.a. apartment on air b'n'b and in less than four months made the $15,000 they needed to kickstart their business. >> w wn you start a businene yoururost important asset t time.

time it would take to earn the income a you can't put a price tag on that. >> reporter: there are 17 billion-dollar companies in the shared economy, where resources are sold person to person. last year, 155 million guests slept in an air b'n'b; that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxies. 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 in the past year. they eveve built a physical store 20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> i slept on someone's couch to give me the opportunity to own my own business. that's a no-brainer.

of americans participated in the new sharing economy but growing fastest with adults over 45 who are rethinking the value of ownership. jim? >> anthony mason, thananyou very much.

didn't go as planned. california's governor jerry brown has presented the actor robert downey, jr. with a christmas gift-- a pardon. downey spent more than a year r prison on drug charges starting in 1999. the pardon doesn't erase downey's conviction, but does restore his right to vote. after centuries of being performed, the last thing you might expect from a nativity

but watch this goat in dallas jump right into the manger. ththshow, of course, went on after the actors regained their composure. now to the sound of pure happiness -- that's 6-week-old polar bear cub getting a checkup at the toronto zoo. the sound is called trilling, which zookeepers tell us is a sign of extreme contentment. up next, a book that can put

christmas eve. every day it's getting closer going faster than a roller coaster a love like yours will surely come my way hey, hey, hey babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. if your pregnancy is healthy, wait for labor to begin on its own. a healthy baby is worth the wait. o0 c1 travel is part of the american way of life. when we're on vacation, we keep an eye out for anything that looks out of place. [ indistinct conversations ] miss, your bag. when we travel from city to city, we pay attention to our surroundings.

everyone plays a role in keeping our communitytyafe. whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, be aware of your surroundings. if you see something suspicious, say something to local authorities. on a night when so many kids have a hard time getting to sleep, vanita nair has just the

>> oh, no, we'll have to start all over. >> reporter: like most 2-year- olds, hudson cowen is not a fan of nap time. >> that is 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 gaddis is eager to try a book that promises to soothe a child into slumber. >> i am gogog to tell you a ststy 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 self-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

>> i woke her up and told her, i've got t ts great idea and we have to write this down and started to look for paper everywhere. >> reporter: how did you test it? >> i went to pre-schools and asked them to read it when they have group nap time. they did for a week and they were pretty amazed. >> reporter: now some people can fall asleep right away -- i was curious if it worked 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, said one parent. my 2-year-old hates this book and begs me not to read it writes another. and it goes against the advice of many sleep experts who say kids need to learn to falal asleep on n eir own. but gaddis says it's been a life saver for their family.

dream of every parent? vanita nair, cbs evening news, new york. >> and that is the "overnight news" for this christmas friday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us later. for the mongrning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jim axelrod. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is the "cbs overnight news." >> merry christmas, everyone.

i'm demarco morgan. millions of americans are celebrating today with family and friends, exchanging gifts and sharing in a christmas feast, but it's a very different scene in the south and southwest. nearly two dozen twisters in five states killed ten people in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. mike seidel is in holly springs, mississippi, where a 7-year-old boy was killed. >> reporter: more than a dozen wednesday. one was a long-tracked tornado, on the ground for more than 150 miles, cutting a path across mississippi and parts of tennessee and right through holly springs, damaging at least ten homes. this one a total loss. trees down everywhere up and down highway 7. down. this is the foundation and the front wall blown forward towards the home. imagine the intensity of the wind.

from the weather service to figure out how strong this twister was. at least five were killed from this twister here in mississippi. >> there's a tornado in front of us. >> reporter: those are the panicked pleas for help from a woman in mississipppp >> trying to figure out which way to go. >> reporter: she and her husband survive survived deadly storms in the south. this tornado damaged dozens of homes just outside of clarksdale. in holly springs, a 7-year-old boy was killed when the car he was riding in wases toed into the air. roads across the midwest and south were a nightmare. you can see debris flying into the air as one tornado tears through traffic near the tennessee border, flip thing truck on its side.

knocked out power for more than 3500 people. an 18-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell into this home. rescuers pulled a 1-year-old baby who was with her to safety. >> the wind was moving and moved through very quick. >> reporter: the stormsounded drivers in missouri with hail. lightning strikes in indiana and tennessee. d left significant damage in at least half a dozen states. >> i'm just thankful all lives were saved. >> the roof came off. i'm lucky to be alive. i get to see my kids. >> reporter: survivors were reminded that possessions can be replaced. >> i could just hear my windows breaking out of my car. i was blessed. you can buy the things, the toys, you can buy those over. but i can't replace my kids. >> reporter: the dangers and unusual weather is making holiday travel more difficult.

in the south, record-breaking temperatures in the northeast kept some airports locked in fog. on the west coast, rain caused cancellations and delays. more than 100 million american also be traveling on christmas and new year's. >> raise your hand if your flight is still going. >> reporter: in a throng of stranded travelers in atlanta, we found tara stockdale. >> do you think you can get out today? >> reporter: her family of five flies to chicago to see relatives. but today stormy weather canceled their flight, twice. >> we usually leave on the 24th, we never had this problem. >> reporter: the toll of holiday travel was visible across the country. new tsa screening rules meant longer lines and shorter patience for passengers like debbie king. >> i mean, we're people, we're humans, not cattle. >> reporter: for many flyers, turbulent weather also jostled

in the last 48 hours, more than 9,000 flights were delayed and almost 1,000 more were canceled. but the record 91 million people hitting america's roads, two million more than last year, are getting an early christmas gift. the national average is $2 a gallon for gas, 37 cents less than last year. so far, on average, drivers have saved $550 at the pumps this year. robertson claire is with aaa. >> this is the cheapest gas in 81 months, roughly six-and-a- half years, and people are taking advantage of it. >> reporter: in atlanta, the stockdales were out of options. >> we're not leaving until tomorrow. >> reporter: the first available flight to chicago leaves in the morning. >> it's worth it, but, still i'm frustrated. >> reporter: the stockdales bought their tickets last july, they got to the airport early this morning.

but christmas in chicago will still have to wait one more day. mark strassman, cbs news, atlanta. the department of homeland security picked christmas day to announce a new crackdown on illegal immigration. jeff pegues reports. >> repororr: raids could begin as early as next month, and they would be carried out by i.c.e. agents, targeting people for deportation who have come to the u.s. illegally after fleeing guatemala, el salvador and honduras. it would focus on families who have been ordered by a judge to leave the u.s. adults and children would be detained and deported immediately. targets would be those who pose a threat to national or border security. more than 100,000 families have come into the u.s. since last year according to "the washington post," which is a dramatic spike. the dhs secretary jeh johnson signaled that central american families would face deportation

in a statement, dhs says secretary johnson has consistently said our border is not open to illegal immigration, and if individuals come here illegally, they will be sent back consistent with our laws and values. the plan has not yet received final approval as it remains a hot button issue within the obama administration and on the campaign trail for the 2016 presidential candidates. >> those presidential candidates continue to slug it out. donald trump warning hillary clinton to be careful about playing the woman card. julianna goldman reports. boundaries at all. >> reporter: hillary clinton used a sit-down with "the des moines register" to say donald trump should be held accountable for his language. >> i think he has to answer for what he says. it's not the first time he's demonstrated a penchant for sexism. and so i'm not sure again anybody is surprised. >> reporter: trump fired back last night.

hillary yet, and there's a lot to go after. >> reporter: so did his political director. >> i think it's ironic that hillary clinton is playing the sexism card, considering the record of his husband and his term in the white house. >> reporter: earlier this week, clinton's staff urged supporters to use the campaign's #i'mwithher. and is capitalizing on one of trump's few polling weaknesses. 61% of women nationally have an unfavorable opinion of trump, including nearly 30% of republican women.

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michael caine has made nearly 200 films over the last half century but says this is his favorite favorite. lesley stahl sat down with him. >> reporter: youth is sat in the french alps. michael cape plays a celebrated composer and conductor who has turned his back on music. but can't help finding it everywhere. [ cow moos ] [ birds chirping ] it was a part written specifically for him. >> it was the most surprising offer i've ever had in my life. i don't get offered my leads. at 82, there aren't too many. i almost said don't bother to

it's okay, it's okay. >> do you know who composed that piece that you're practice income >> no, who? >> me. >> my teacher makes me play it. he says it's a perfect piece. >> he's right, it's very simple. >> it's not always simple. >> oh, really? >> it's always really beautiful. >> yes, it is, it is beautiful. i composed it while i still loved. >> reporter: would you say that fred's in crisis in the movie? >> he's more or less destroyed, as a matter of fact. but you don't know that. and he would never let you see that. >> reporter: we have so much sympathy for him. how did you do that. >> i go back to situations in my life and you can see it in my face. >> reporter: but sometimes he wasn't acting at all.

decided to present caine and his co-star with a surprise. >> we had no idea. we were in a swimming pool and one of the most beautiful girls you've ever seen comes up with absolutely nothing on and gets in the pool. and we just looked in disbelief. and he didn't tell us because he wanted us to have a certain reaction. we just sat there like. you did in this movie, rate yourself in >> secretly with myself, i regarded it as the best thing i've ever did. it was the most difficult and the criteria for that is i made it look the most easy. >> reporter: so in other words, you improved? >> i just try to play more and more difficult roles. >> reporter: so you want a greater challenge at the age of 82? >> yeah. >> reporter: than when you were -- >> i need a challenge.

all i get was grandmdm >> reporter: what's wroro withh >> nothing, you know. as long as she's pretty. >> reporter: there's a sense of the futures of these characters closing in on them that age is shutting down their future. did it in any way begin to affect you? >> oh, no. but there was a point in the by my doctor. heheays, how does it feel to be old? and i said, i don't understand how i got here. and that affected me like hell, because i was thinking that's true with me. i don't understand how i got here. >> reporter: he was born morris joseph nickelwhoit in 1933. e son of working class in the slums of southth london, a lot of which have been torn down and rebuilt. >> it was very, very tough and it was full of gangs and all

mitchel? >> on the right hand side? >> turn right there, please. oh, look. there's an example. i spent my life in the library this. that's the library. >> reporter: this pile of rubble? >> that is my library. i spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape. and they pulled my library down. >> reporter: you were really, really poor? >> oh, yeah. i grew up on fish,, because my father used to steal one a day. i grew up on the very best fish that money could guy because he only stole the good stuff. >> reporter: he was determined not to be a fish porter like generations before him. he was going to be a movie star and make a lot of movie. at 14, he joined a local acting club. acting was considered sissee-like.

>> oh, yeah. you didn't tease me for very long. >> reporter: why not? >> yeah, that wouldn't go down very well. >> reporter: you would beat them up? >> yeah. >> reporter: were you that toughsome >> yeah, yeah. i'm not tough anymore. i'm 82. >> reporter: at 22, he was struggling to find acting jobs. on the dole, he had a new wife and a baby and left them both. this is a very traumatic time of your life, because -- >> oh, yes. >> reporter: you basically in effect walked out. >> ah. i screwed up, yeah. i screwed up on everything. >> reporter: you walked out on the baby and the wife. >> yeah. >> reporter: it wasn't until he was 30 that he got his first big break in the 1964 film "zulu" where he played an upper class british officer. >> the first lesson my general grandfather ever taught me. >> the luck is the director was an american.

would have cast me as an officer, i promise you. because i was a cockney. >> reporter: the class system was that rigid? >> that rigid, yeah. and it holds people back. >> reporter: and it makes you gry? >> oh, me, you start snubbing me, that's one of the times you get into trouble. >> reporter: he helped trigger the breakdown of that class system with a series of roles he played as a cockney. >> i always say, make a man and -- >> reporter: he was a shameless rogue, and audiences lovov him. starting in the swinging '60s, his characters personified the working class anti-hero. >> courtney, i am going to cook you the best meal you've ever eaten. >> reporter: with his irresistible charm, he played lovers, fighters, killers,

cockney swagger. >> former gunnery sergeant in her majesty's forces. >> reporter: his success got hollywood's attention. american movies like "the man who would be king." >> making up new laws to stop men like you and me from getting anywhere. >> reporter: by 1987, he was the most bankable british actors in hollywood, living the life of a movie star in a beverly hills mansion. that same here he won his first oscaca f f woody allen's "hanna and her sisters."

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a new generation of potential beatles fans are waking up to a christmas present from the fab four. for if first time ever, the band's entire catalog will be available on streaming services. the beatles remain one of the most influential and valuable acts in the world. streaming their music will not only generate millions of dollars each year but reintroduce john, paul, george, and ringo to millions of young g music loversrs >> their music defined a decade. it's been a hard's day night and i've been working like a dog >> and a generation.

embracing revolution. you say you w wt a revolution oh, i need your love, babe >> allowing millions of fans to stream their poppy melodies -- >> and giving a whole new generation a ticket to one of the greatest music catalogs in history. >> it's important because it's the beatles. the beatles changed everything about popular music. >> but there was no announcement by paul mccartney and ringo starr, just a 35-second video featuring a medley of popular songs, letting the music speak for itself. shake it up, baby well, i find myself at times in trouble

>> all 13 original studio albums are now available on nine major streaming services is. 224 songs in total, including all 20 of the number one hits. >> paul mccartney, if you are listening, she loves you with all her heart. i don't care much for money, money can't buy me love >> it's a huge validation for the streaming music industry, where revenue has jumped to nearly $1.9 billion in 2014. >> we're past the tipping point. it's not about music ownership anymore, it's about music access. and if you want to keep up with listeners who feel that way, and listeners tend to be younger, you need to be on streaming services. >> the decision comes as high profile artists like prince and taylor swift resisted the

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in the world's richest lottery. it shells out more than $2 billion in prizes each year. it's not a winner take all. the lottery dolls out millions of smaller prizes, as well. mark phillips reports. >> reporter: most countries have their christmas rituals, trees, presents, maybe a religious service somewhehe. in spain, though, it's all about whether christmas will change your luck. it's a bit hypnotic. spanish school numbers singing out the numbers on lottery balls. it ain't "jingle bells," but in spain it's the sound of christmas. and the whole country seems entranced. some dress up for the occasion. this man says he's been waiting to getnto the draw since 3:00 in the morning. el gordo, the fat one, is the

the winning ticket isn't the biggest. it will get you about 400,000 euros, about $440,000. but this is a democratic lottery with lots of smaller prizes. one of which was one by somebody in madrid's real opera house this morning. the total prize money up for grabs is over 2 billion euros, about $2.5 billion. a single ticket costs about $25, and it seems everybody is part of a syndicate that lowers the odds. in recent years, spain's unemployment has turned the lottery into a ray of financial hope, usually false hope. this year the economy is seemingly on the end, but nothing says recovery like winning the lottery.

no clear winner here. the lottery does at least provide an outcome. as this woman says, whoever wins the e ectionon't lift m m out ofpoverty, b b this might. and here are some fun facts. the el gordo lottery has been going since 1812 and hasn't missed a year since. 75% of adult spaniards buy at least a share of tickets. a lot of them sold in a small town in the pyrenees called luck. that's the "overnight news" for this christmas friday. for some of you the news cocoinues. for others,, check back with us later. from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm demarco morgan. a state ofmergency after deadly tornadoes hammer the south and midwest. also tonight, the seasons are out of whack in this first week

tee timemeare up. a deadlylyhooting at a mall in charlotte. violence. >> i heard about a shooting involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> and santa's little helper for parents whose kids just can't get to sleep on christmas eve. >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy! this is the "cbs overnight news." >> scott pelley is off. i'm jim axelro we begin with a christmas turned deadly by the kind of storms we don't usually see until spring. dozens of tornadoes tore through the south and midwest, including the first ever recorded in michigan in december. at least 11 were k kled, more thanan0 hurt. states of emergency ave been declared in georgia, tennessee and mississippi, where about 100

manuel bojorquez begins our coverage near holly springs, mississippi. >> i can see the debris! i see debris. >> reporter: this tornado was on the ground for ten minutes as it tore through the town of clarksdale, mississippi. >> back it up! back it up! >> reporter: storm chasers scrambled to get out of harm's way as a tornado came right at them, and another slammed into a a busy highway, knocking a tractor-trailer on its side. mississippi governor phil bryant. >> if you look at the damage here, it is as bad as any tornado that we've had, and i have been through a lot of them. >> reporter: marvin and bernita sims were in their house watching tv when the storm hit. their home was destroyed. >> i looked up, the roof was blowing off the house and i just i held on to her as tight as i could. >> reporter: the massive storm sysyem that moved acrosssshe southeast yesterday spawned 29 tornadoes in six states. in perry county, tennessee, sheriff say 69-year-old ann yzaguirre and 70-year-old

when a tornado hit their home. the couple had just celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary. and one of the dead in mississippi is a seven-year-old boy, killed when the car he was riding in was tossed into the air. this is the town of chulahoma, 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. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, chulahoma, mississippi. flooding is a concern in elba, alabama. the pea richer is expected to crest tomorrow at levelssot seen in two decades. which is why some are packing up their christmas presents and getting out. millions along the east coast woke up this morning and may have wondered if they slept straight through winr. in new york, the high was 72, a few degrees from the high

let's bring in eric fisher. eric, dozens of records being set today. >> it is about as strange as it is can get on christmas eve. look at these temperatures. burlington, vermont hit 68 degrees, beating the record by 16 degrees. the warmest december day ever recorded in norfolk, virginia. and same story in albany, new york. and even at midnight tonight, still 62 in new york. 69 in charlotte. jacksonville at 69. just tremendous warmth everywhere you loooo more record highs expected on christmas day. especially across the southeast, widespread 70s and 80s, well up above the norm for this time of year. we're focusing on the next storm developing this weekend in the southern plains, bringing blizzard conditions to parts of the southern plains, heavy rain, a chance of severe weather. in terms of the snow, watching new mexico, western parts of oklahoma, west texas.

and this is a storm to watch because as warm as it is right now, this will bring the first snow othe season into the northeast next week. >> eric fish we are the forecast of extremes. thank you. what a difference a year makes in syracuse, new york. syracuse had nearly 28 inches of snow by this time last year. this year, less than one inch. the warm weather across the northeast made it "coats- optional" for a number of last- minute shoppers. anna werner has more on a shopping season that's run hot and cold. >> reporter: at the flemington department store in new jersey, the warm weather has cooled apparel sales. owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of the business in our industry went away because people just don't feel christmas-y and they're not cold, they're not going to work feeling cold. >> reporter: it't'a similar story upupnd down the east coast. data firm planalytics estimates

million in sales since november 1st, compared to the same critical seven-week sales period last year. in chicago, sales of long-sleeve mitts down 16%, snow thrower sales are off 15% in cincinnati, and outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. fred f f is planalytics c.e.o. >> retailers may have a great january or february clearing out winter merchandise, but it's going to be marked down 50% to 70%, so they're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winners in this winter warm-up. at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and evev iced tea are all up. but fox says some retailers are at risk. >> any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they have been limping along, a season like this can certainly put them out of business.

will survive but it won't make back those sales. >> so they're taking the money they would have spent in our industry and spending it elsewhere. >> reporter: now, fox says winter apparel purchases are driven by need. but who needs a heavy coat in this 67-degree weather? on the other hand, what's bad for retailers is good for consumers, who should be able to purchase heavily-discounted cold weather gear if not for this winter, jim, then for next year. >> anna, thank you. in his christmas eve homily, pope francis called on christians to live as jesus did with "empathy, compassion, and mercy." he criticized what he called a society so often intoxicated by consumerism. tomorrow, tens of thousands will pack st. peter's square for the pope's traditional christmas day blessing. coming up next, getting a business off the ground by sleeping on the couch. the actor robert downey, jr., gets the news he was looking for.

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this year, nearly half, 46%, is expected to be done online. but mireya villerreal discovered in some ways, what's old is new again. >> reporter: from slinkys to lincoln logs, these werehe hot toys boomers had to have. for some shoppers like julie berke, classic toys are still a must-have at christmastime. >> it's a great, nostalgic feeling. it's something we want our child to have. >> reporter: b b it's the procrastinators s the crowded westfield topanga mall in los angeles today that are doing real bonding, over long lines and packed parking lots. for malika meads and her son, hitting the mall early on december 24th is their version of smart shopping. >> i don't want to take a chance with it not getting here by december 24th. >> reporter: according to a gallup poll, shoppers are spending $830 this holiday

year. in 2008, when the economy tanked, sales dropped 5% below average. in 2015, they're expected to climb at least 5% above average. >> there will be something in here, whether you're eight or 80, that will punch the button. >> reporter: tastes have changed, but dave levy of "big kid collectibles" knows that one tradition that n ner goes out of style is a trip down memory lane. >> we're so overwhelmed that when a kid comes in here and sees an etch a sketch or simon, which is not really technically that ingenious compared to what they're doing now, it fascinates them. >> reporter: so whether you're searching for this year's hottest toy, the hover board, or you're in the mood for a nostalgic trip back to your childhood, take solace in knowininyou're not alone. now if you are expecting a fedex

of the country, but, jim, fedex is actually saying they are going to make up for those delays by delivering on christmas day and actually having some of their express locations open till 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> so the gifts will get there. mireya, thank you. in chicago, several hundred protesters disrupted shopping, along the city's magnificent mile. demanding that chicago's mayor, rahm emanuel, resign for his handling of the shooting death of le dchs kwan mcdonald, a last year. in charlotte, north carolina, one person was shot and killed at a shopping mall today. it was captured on cell phone. a fight broke out, then this. shoppepe ran as the shots rang out. off-duty officers who were working at the mall responded and shot one man who was pronounced dead at the scene. the nba is teaming up with an anti-gun violence group for a new public service announcements

feature some of the game's biggest stars. the league says the campaign is not a jump into politics, but julianna goldman reports it will no doubt couou controversy. >> parents always say a bullet doesn't have a name on it. >> we can all make a difference. >> reporter: the ad campaign features nba stars carmelo anthony, joakim noah, chris paul and stephen curry, speaking in very personal terms about gun violence. involving a three-year-old girl over the summer. my daughter riley is that age. >> reporter: while riley curry has stolen the show from the nba mvp, the public service announcement also features people who don't often grab headlines, victims of gun violence. >> in the united states, 88 people die from gun olence every day. >> reporter: the campaign was directed by spike lee and paid for by "everytown for gun safety," a group founded by former new york city mayor michael bloomberg to push back against the national rifle association. >> it's heartbreaking.

never directly mentioned, but the ad marks the nba's entry into the polarizing debate over guns, a first for a professional sports league and largely led by the players, who are increasingly using their celebrity to draw attention to community violence. >> the guns should never be an option. >> reporter: like anthony, seen here marching with protesters in his hometown of baltimore last april following the death of freddie gray who suffered a spinal injury while in policic custody. >> i ie seen so many of mymyeers and so many of my friends lose their life to gun violence. one day they're here, the next dathey're not due to gun violence, violence, period, and now i'm in a situation where my voice can be heard. >> reporter: the nra did not respond to request for comment and the nba says it's not advocating changes in laws or policy. jim, the campaign got the endorsement of one gun control advocate, president obama, who tweeted that he's proud of the league for taking a stand and thth change requires all of us speaking up.

very much. no one wants to spend christmas eve at the airport but some holiday travelers may have to. here's mark strassmann. >> raise your hand if your flight is still going. >> reporter: in a throng of stranded travelers in atlanta, we found tara stockdale. >> do you think you can get out today? >> reporter: hereramily of five flies to chicago every christmas to see relatives. but today, stormy weather canceled their flight -- twice. >> we usually leave on the 24th, we never had thiproblem. >> reporter: the toll of holiday travel was visible across the country. new tsa security screening rules meant longer lines and shorter patience for passengers like debbie king. >> i mean, we're people, we're humans, not cattle. >> reporter: for many flyers, turbulent weather also jostled hopes of smooth travel. in the last 48 hours, more than 9,000 flights were delayed and

but the record 91 million people hitting america's roads, two million more than last year, are getting an early christmas gift. the national average is $2 a gallon for gas, 37 cents less than last year. so far, on average, drivererhave saved $550 at the pumps this year. robertson claire is with aaa. >> this is the cheapest gas in 81 months, roughly six-and-a- half years, and people are taking advantage of it. >> reporter: in atlanta, the stockdales were out of options. the first available flight to chicago leaves in the morning. >> it's worth it, but, still i'm frustrated. >> reporter: the stockdales bought their tickets last july, they got to the airport early this morning. they did everything right. but for them, jim, christmas in chicago will have to wait one more day. >> mark strassman, thanks very

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their dreams. anthony mason with a story now that's two parts ambition, one part awkward. >> this is the very first product we made. >> reporter: when friends erik schnakenberg and sasha koehn launched their online clothing company "buck mason" in 2013, they barely had enough money to pull it off. >> we had rerely no experience raising capital from outside investors, so the thing we knew how to do is be scrappy. >> reporter: they both poured in all 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 just slept on the couch. >> reporter: schnakenberg listed his l.a. apartment on air b'n'b and in less than four months made the $15,000 they needed to kickstart their business. >> when you start a business

time. this basically also freed up the time it would take to earn the income and you can't put a price tag on that. >> reporter: there are 17 billion-dollar companies in the shared economy, where resources are sold person to person. last year, 155 million guests slept in an air b'n'b; that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxies. 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 in the past year. they even built a physical store 20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> i slept on someone's couch to give me the opportunity to own my own business. i'll take that every day. that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: still less than 20%

new sharing economy but growing fastest with adults under 45 who are rethinking the value of ownership. jim? >> anthony mason, thank you very much.

didn't go as planned. california's governor jerry brown has presented the actor robert downey, jr. with a christmas gift-- a pardon. downey spent more than a year in prison on drug charges starting in 1999. the pardon doesn't erase downey's cononction, but does restore his right to vote. after centurieieof being performed, the last thing you might expect from a nativity

but watch this goat in dallas jump right into the manger. the show, of course, went on after the actors regained their composure. now to the sound of pure happiness -- that's a 6-weekekld polar bear cub getting a cheheup at the toronto zoo. the sound is called trilling, which zookeepers tell us is a sign of extreme contentment. up next, a book that can put any kid to sleep, even on christmas eve. woman: what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack? chest pain, like there's a ton of weight on your chest. severe shortness of breath unexplained nausea. cold sweats. the's an unusual tiredness and fatigue. there's unfamiliar dizziness or light-headedness.

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on a night when so many kids have a hard time getting to sleep, vanita nair has just the story to end the broadcast. >> oh, no, we'll have to start

>> reporter: like most 2-year- olds, huhuon cowen is not a fafa of nap time. >> that isisne of the biggest issues for parents, is how do i get a child to go to sleep. >> reporter: that's why his mom bailey gaddis is eager to try a book that promises to soothe a child into slumber. >> i am going to tell you a 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.

alone one self-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 and told her, i've got this great idea and we have to write this down and started to look for paper everywhere. >> reporter: how did you test it? >> i went to pre-schools and asked them to read it when they have group nap time. they did for a week and they were pretty amazed. >> reporter: now some people can fall asleep right away -- i was curious if it worked 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, said one parent. my 2-year-old hates this book and begs me not to 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 life saver for their famimi. >> it's s ally effective at putting me to sleep. >> reporter: isn't that the dream of every parent?

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