our camera. a gorgeous morning out there, enjoy your day. good morning. it is monday, december 25th, 2017. merry christmas. and welcome to cbs this morning. new york's cardinal timothy dolan is here with a christmas message. he talks with us about celebrating togetherness at a time when events may be driving us apart. we'll take you inside the massive and controversial new bible museum in washington, d.c. how it uses high tech displays to teach visitors about the ancient text. plus, television icon norman lear is still producing at 95 years old. we'll hear about the painful childhood experience that led to a lifetime of inspiration. but we begin this christmas morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds.

[ bells ringing ] >> the faithful around the globe celebrate christmas. >> pope francis used his christmas mass to urge the world not to ignore the plight of migrants. >> parts of the country are enjoying a white christmas but snow is causing headaches across new england and the great plains. >> president trump stayed busy at mar-a-lago, taking aim at the executive director of the fbi on twitter. >> is he saying there are some bad apples at the fbi? >> he's making the point, we need to make sure there's no bias. >> rescuers are searching for survivors after a typhoon hit the philippines. >> the small plane crash in florida. five people are dead. >> it's a tragedy any day of the week. >> rescue crews raced against time to save winter enthusiasts

saved on a broken ski lift in france. nobody got hurt. >> all that -- >> 103 yards. carolina panthers. >> and all that matters. >> santa claus is coming to town. >> the president and first lady working the phones with norad, the agency that tracks santa. >> santa is going to treat you well, okay, really well. >> on cbs this morning. >> tis the season for charles osgood and a little christmas music. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas night ♪ >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota, let's go places. >> and merry christmas,

everyone. merry christmas to you, gayle. >> merry christmas to you, norah. >> how was santa to you? >> we haven't opened up our presents yet, but this is what i loved so much. when the kids were little, we used to have a rule, which happened in my house. you could not be disturbed before 6:00 a.m. as they get older, they're now potty trained and employed so they're probably still sleeping in. christmas to me is a lot of fun. it's no longer for us about the presents at our house. it really is just being together. we like a present at your house though. they must have done lists for santa. >> they did lists. christmas is a big deal. they're usually knocking on our door. >> do you have a special time? >> no special time. they usually get up at like 6:30. >> i like that. christmas never gets old. we always hope that you get whatever you wanted on your christmas list. i love this time of the year. >> me too. a nice time with friends and family. we've got a really fun show ahead so hope you continue watching. we also recorded parts of this

broadcast in the days leading up to the holiday. >> because we were thinking we might want to sleep in on christmas morning, but just in case, we have everything covered. but right now, let's head to the newsroom for a check of this morning's headlines. they're wide awake. >> good morning. merry christmas. celebrations marking the holiday are taking place across the world this morning. at the vatican, pope francis clifred the traditional christmas day message from the central balcony overlooking st. peter's square. the pope called for a negotiated two-state solution to end the rad ere should be a peaceful coexistence with mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders. his comments come after president trump stoked regional tensions when he recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. millions of americans are waking up to a white christmas but storms are making it tough to get around from coast to coast.

snow in seattle caused icy streets and stuck cars and a storm sweeping east caused near whiteout conditions in pennsylvania. up to a foot of snow could fall in new england. that chaused delays at airports including banger, maine. president trump is celebrating christmas at his resort in florida. last night, the president and first lady attended a christmas eve service at the palm beach church where they were married in 2005. the members of the congregation gave the couple a standing ovation. earlier, they surprised children who called into the north american aerospace defense command to track santa claus's travels. chip reid is with the president in west palm beach, florida. chip, good morning. >> president trump and first lady melania trump talked to 22 children across the country. the president claims to have brought back the expression merry christmas, tweeting, i am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. over the weekend, the president continued his assault on fbi

depp t deppty deputy director andrew mccabe. cbs news has learned mccabe is expected to retire by this march. democrats say the president is trying to divert attention from the special counsel investigation of his campaign's contacts with russia. the president also continued to tout support for the new tax law tweeting our insider polls are strong. but he did not specify exactly what polls he's talking about and, in fact, cbs news polls show that only about 35% of americans support the new tax overhaul. tony. >> chip reid for us in florida, chip, thank you very much. north korea is lashing out at new u.n. sanctions targeting the country. calling those sanctions an act of war. north korea's foreign minister also said it's a pipe dream for the u.s. to think his country will give us its nuclear weapons. on friday the u.n. security council unanimously approved new

sanctions in response to pyongyang's latest ballistic missile test. north korea says its missiles can now reach anywhere in the mainland u.s. vietnam is bracing for a direct hit from a powerful and deadly tropical storm. hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. and the storm has already unleashed landslides and flash floods that killed at least 164 people in the philippines. more than 170 people are still missing this morning. and rescue crews are co s ars a through mud and debris in search of survivors. all five people aboard a twin engine plane were killed when it crashed in florida. the cessna had taken off moments before in thick fog. the victims are identified as four members of the same family and a friend. they were headed to key west for the christmas holiday. and it's 7:07. time to check your local weather. local

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a recent pew survey says 9 out of 10 americans are celebrating christmas this morning but only 55% say they celebrate christmas as a religious holiday. 51% were planning to go to a religious service on christmas eve or christmas day. archbishop of new york, cardinal dolan, welcome back to studio 57. >> norah, gayle, a blessed christmas to you and all of our

viewers. it's a joy to be with you. >> well, it's a joy to have you hire and to talk about what this christmas means, what this holiday season means. i know you recently wrote that something is missing from the world and we need some help from outside. >> we do. that's one of the -- that, norah, is what i would call the message of advent. advent are those four weeks of preparation for christmas. we're done with them now. now it's christmas. what that teaches us is there's a gap in the human heart. we're born with a hole in our heart. we're missing something. we're craving something. we're yearning for something. now, we go through life trying to fill that gap up. that void up. with a lot of stuff that doesn't satisfy for eternity. it will get us through for a while but sooner or later it comes crashing and we're searching again. like me with a good meal. i think a double bacon cheeseburger is going to do it and it will for about a half hour and then i'm hungry again. >> so you're a cardinal with good taste.

>> thank you. yes, thank you very much. gayle. so we go for life looking for ways to satisfy this deep hunger, this deep thirst in the human heart. and we know only god can do it. only god is the answer to the question posed by every human life. now christmas of course says god knows that. and at christmas day, he himself said his only begotten son is our lord and savior to fill that hole, to complete that gap. >> but a lot of people are really very sad, cardinal dolan, because the world seems so off kilter to so many people. we've had a terrible year of men behaving badly. a lot of revelations. there was -- we ended the year with wildfires and hurricanes. racial relations, race relations -- >> kind of a toxic political comment. >> political divisiveness. >> threats. nuclear war again. my god, you'd think we were back in 1950, wouldn't you?

>> i understand what you're saying about we must have faith. how do you hold out hope when you say a lot of us have holes or the times seek so bleak to so many people? >> there's the basic question. thanks for asking it, gayle. god give us the decisive answer. what he says at christmas is this. look, let's be realistic. people walk in darkness. from the prophet isaiah. people walk in darkness. but, but, but, light will prevail. you know what's going on in nature now, norah, gayle, what, two days ago, three days ago, we had the darkest day of the year. the sun was at the lowest. the ancient people used to say, uh-oh, is it going to keep getting darker? sooner or later, the sun going to die? is sooner or later, light going to be extinguished. and every year they held their breath. at around december 22, 23, they saw the sun begin to creep back up. light conquers darkness, okay.

now, no wonder we would celebrate the birth of the s-o-n, the son of god, at this very season when the sun, s-u-n is at its lowest and begins to creep back up to show light conquers darkness. is it any wonder that we, jews and christians, celebrate hanukkah and christmas together at this dreary time of the year when we're wondering if there's going to be any light left in the world? the feast of light for the jus. the feast of the birth for the son of god. christmas for christians. it's like god saying, my dear people, i know what you're going through, all right, every year, you're wondering if we can keep at this. but believe me, hope will triumph over despair. faith will triumph over doubt. and light, light will trump darkness, okay. do we ever need to hear that? i would submit to you, gayle, and norah, that the question you just asked, very realistic. we've been through a tough, tough year. if you and i went back to some

of the interviews the three of us did in past christmases, guess what, we'd be saying the same thing. >> really? >> we'd be saying, boy, this is a tough year. >> i actually wonder about that. >> we always think we're in the worst, gayle. we always think, oh, my god, it can't get worse. yet we always come through. >> you know what, cardinal, we've never had a president like this, where many people believe, whether you're democrat or republican, that he's sort of tearing the country apart. that he's not unifying it. do you have any conversations with donald trump? >> not too many. periodically, i have. wait a minute, listen, i got my share of criticisms of the president. i do of all of them. you're talking to an american historian. we've all gone -- let's look back -- you're too young for this but let's look back to the depths of watergate. went through then. >> i'm too young. >> i know you are. you know from the newsreels. >> no, but i do remember. >> you remember the dreariness. it was so diz masmal.

we thought, are we going to be able to survive this? darn it, we came through. from the beginning of the human project, which is god's greatest work of art, we thought, are we going to survive? are we going to persevere? is the darkness around us just going to suffocate us? every year, we make it. what god is saying is trust is going to trump despair. don't give up. light is going to win. goodness is going to be stronger than evil. life is going to be stronger than death. there's christmas. and i don't know about you, but we need a little christmas right this very moment. you didn't think i'd sing, did you? >> no, we just saw pope francis celebrate a big birthday. how is pope francis? >> doing fine. just turned 81. doesn't seem to be letting up, does he? >> i didn't get your christmas present this year. is it coming later? >> i left it out in the lobby. >> i got you the same thing i got you last year, just a different color. i know how much you like it. >> i poured it in the coffee. a blessed christmas.

>> blessed christmas. thank you, cardinal. >> thank you so much, appreciate it. the museum of the bible has now been open in washington, d.c. for just over a month. it cost $500 million. making it the largest privately funded museum in the city. a big part of that money comes from the conservative christian family run company hobby lobby. chip reid visited the 430,000 square foot museum. it's big. just blocks from the capitol hill. >> you're going to have a lot of sore necks in this place. >> at 40 feet high, this digital ceiling makes for a spectacular entrance. but first visitors will pass through these 16 ton, 37 foot tall bronze doors with texts from the book of genesis. with eight levels of 22 foot high ceilings. the museum is the equivalent of a 17 story building. >> so this is the whole bible from first page to the last? >> first page to last. >> carey summers is the museum's president. >> we wanted something close to the mall. we didn't pick this building,

like some have said, because we're close to the capitol. >> some 50,000 donors contributed to the construction. but the largest afrd most controversial donor is hobby lobby. the arts and craft chain founded by the conservative christian green family. >> this is not the green museum of the bible? >> it's not. >> steve green is the president of hobby lobby, which has amassed over 40,000 ancient biblical artifacts, one of the largest private biblical collections in the world. about 1,000 of them from dead sea scrolls to bibles over 1,000 years old will be on display here. the collection itself has been the subject of controversy. this summer, hobby lobby agreed to forfeit thousands of pieces from its collection and pay $3 million after it was discovered the items had been smuggled into the u.s. from the middle east. >> obviously mistakes happened. we were willing to pay the fine. >> green insists that the museum does not approach the bible from a particular viewpoint. >> u.s. capitol is over your shoulder.

some people have said the goal here is to knock down that wall between church and state. anything to that? >> well no, because i think there is a separate rule for the church and the state. it's not the state's role to espouse the faith. >> you had said americans are as ignorant as the bible now as they have ever been. >> i believe they are. primarily because we don't teach it in our schools as we once did. >> you get to learn history through seeing it, feeling it and it's just amazing. >> there is a higher calling here to cutting-edge technology and special effects. >> this is so cool. >> hop aboard the fly board theater and experience the sensation of flying through washington, d.c. view the scripture passages inscribed on federal buildings. >> it's awesome to see the influence that christianity has had in this country. >> the museum invites you to walk through the history of the bible. the olive trees in this village of nazareth are modeled after the biblical garden. you believe the bible is good

for the world? >> yes, i do. >> the good, the bad and the ugly. you make up your own mind. >> for cbs this morning, i'm chip reid in washington. >> makes you want to go, right? >> absolutely. members of my family tried to go during the thanksgiving family and the line was around the corner, it was just too long to wait. >> i'm thinking now that your family, they might want to make because after looking at that piece, people are going to go again. tell everybody wait a second, people. >> yes, the bible has survived this long and it will -- the museum will continue to be popular. >> it will be all right. >> yes. all right, a texas tv reporter tracked down the driver she helped save while doing a broadcast in the middle of hurricane harvey. what the driver says his first thought was when he realized he was in trouble. >> remember the beauty of live tv. plus, we'll visit the home of producing legend norman lear wearing his signature hat. one of this year's kennedy center honorees. he shows how his own life inspired the iconic tv shows he created like "all in the family." and wouldn't you like to

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smoets ♪ ♪ welcome back to cbs this morning on christmas morning. >> so glad everybody's here. >> start with this. here are three things you might not know about this christmas day. a recent study to make you want to give back some presents. researchers at the university of toledo say fewer toys may help toddlers learn better. they found they played longer and were more focused. toddlers given 16 toys were more distracted. >> it makes sense to me. when daughter was 3, i kind of went crazy. she opened up 23 presents, and at the end, this little child

said to me is that it? i realized i was setting a very, very bad precedent. that was sort of a wake-up call for me. so i think this make as whole lot of sense. if a break from cooking is on your list, restaurants are serving food. dennys and waffle house are open. cracker barrel also for the holiday. >> and it may seem informal but there are historical reasons for writing the abbreviation x mass. the greek letter is the first letter for the word christ in greek. it once served as a stand-in name for jesus' name.

>> those are three things i did not know. one of the most influential producers. he is a visionary behind sit-coms like all in the family, sanford and son, good times, maud, the jeffersons, those shows helped revolutionize television. he was in the kennedy center honors. now age 95, he is still producing and going strong. a remake of his classic show "one day at a time" premiers its second season on netflix next month. we visited him. >>. ♪ songs that made the hit parade ♪ ♪ guys like us, we had it made ♪ those were the days

>> i'll -- you don't have to be nervous with a colored crowd. >> so inappropriate. >> what may have been uncomfortable territory for some would become a trademark for producer norm an lear. >> the weather, that's not what's bugging you. it's sex, isn't it? >> if he found out at my age i was pregnant, he'd laugh himself sick. >> those shows changed the landscape of television. >> one, two, threw. >> the biggest problem a family faced in the years before all in the family, was that the roast was ruined and the boss was coming to dinner. i lived through more serious conflicts. archie bunker was -- >> he said his dad inspired all in the family's archie bunker. >> you are a meet head.

>> he was described z as a loveable bigot. i always hated that term because i thought is a bigot loveable? >> the intention was to show humor in everyone i h. i never thought of him as a hater. >> so much as a fearful man of progress. >> my home, sweet home. ♪ >> the show won 22 emmys over its nine-season run but behind the scenes, they struggled to see eye to eye on the subject matter. >> why do you and he butt heads. >> the responsibility of carrying that character. >> jeez, i don't think i can get through this. >> and that was a heavy responsibility. somebody who was as unpleasant

in the eyes of so many people. >> come see my son. >> but i knew that carroll's face and personality and soul -- >> a little boy. >> would make him loveable despite the way my dad was loveable. he said these terrible things but i loved him. >> i don't want to argue with you no more and i got my chair back. >> he created maude as a spin offin 1972. >> then there's maud. >> "good times" came two years later. >> the show was a hit but a lot of turmoil with the cast. >> the first african-american parents, family, heavy responsibility. and the country had not seen this before. they were the people representing their race to the rest of america. so we have to understand that

was really difficult for them. >> bacon grease in my collard greens. >> the show faced accusations of promoting racial stereotypes. even prompting an in-person protest. >> you tell the story of black panthers showing up at your office looking for the garbage man and he's you because they're very upset with the portrayal. >> i'm tired of loving like this, always behind. don't it bother you? >> very were very upset because why does the only black man on television have two jobs and taking a third to make the living he requiring. >> that's a good question. >> that was a great question. it certainly moved us in h the direction. >> to go to the jeffersons. >> ♪ moving on up >> the jefferson's quickly became another hit spin-off. >> i didn't know they had a

couple. >> couple of what? >> maid and a butler. >> george jefferson. >> must be real rich. >> hold it. we are the jeffersons. >> fearless in terms of the topics you tackled. >> everything you have just listed, nothing was unfamiliar to every family in america. not one subject. >> he was fearless, both in h and outside of his career. as a world war ii combat veteran, he continues to take a stance to be what he believes in. >> it's dangerous because that clown as access to a button. >> politics is one. many subjects he discusses. he's got a podcast. it's called all of the above. >> my god, he's funny.

>> somehow still makes time to enjoy a little tv himself. >> who do you think it getting it right? >> well, if i want to be sure of a laugh. i will go to south park. and i do believe laughter adds time to your life. >> my name isleer. i have hundreds of times stood behind an audience and when they belly laugh, and you will find them. they come a little bit out of their seats. they go forward like this, and they come back like this. i don't know more spiritual moment than a belly laugh. >> music to your ears. >> yes. music to my ears and time to my life. >> ♪ those were the days ♪ >> don't you think he's right

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really quickly. >> communications were difficult. as remnants of hurricane harvey swamped our city. >> you're hearing from folks back at the station. >> we had just gotten word we are alone on the air. water was gushing into our station prompting staff to head for higher ground. >> hanging on the edge the window. >> as we peered into the cab with a man trapped inside, there was little we could do. that's when we spotted a rescue team from the harris county sheriff's office. >> there's a truck driver stuck here. how high did the water get? >> it got just where you seen it on the picture. at the window. >> the driver inside that truck was robert robberson. we caught up with him at home with his wife in mississippi. he says he didn't realize the water was that high until it was too late. >> started hitting your chest, you start feeling like getting short of breathe. >> as he caught his breathe, his

first priority, he says, was finding his water resistant phone which had sunk in his cab. he wanted to speak to his wife, virginia. >> i called her and said something's going on here. pray for me. >> he said that all my truck been flooded, the water took over the truck. he said and i'll be on television. >> and the television tam ra was rolling as rescuers entered the water. >> they're putting the boat in just now. they're on their way. >> but when you holler out, lord save me. >> we could barely contain our relief as emergency responders deliver roberson to safety. >> can i hugu? >> we don't know what kind of pressure a human being can take. we just don't know. >> if you live it. >> until you live it. >> can i get a hug? >> there were more hugs back at home where robert is getting back to work in a replacement

truck. each of us grateful we came across the other when we did. >> you got my number now. >> boy, remember when she was here? she did a live interview with us. >> think of the christmas she's given that family. >> you should send your resume tape. >> you never know. country star chris stapleton is enjoying the perks of fame. he tells how he and his wife are building on the merry christmas. with your local forecast. partly cloudy and cool start this christmas morning. we will see a mix of sun and clouds today with relatively

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officers are in the hospital.. after their patrol car was rear-ended on interstate 880 i good morning. four minutes before 8:00 this christmas morning. two chp officers are in the hospital right now after their patrol car was rear-ended on interstate 880 in hayward. it happened around 11:30 p.m. last night. the southbound lanes north of highway 92 have been closed since then. we expect to learn more about their conditions later this morning. it is a rough christmas for some people in san francisco after an overnight fire. flames erupted at a home on prospect avenue leaving four people displaced. nobody was hurt. a couple and their baby portrayed mary, joseph and jesus in a living nativity scene in walnut creek. the display was held at the new

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checking your bay area weather forecast of this christmas morning with a live look at sfo. no flight delays. good flying weather. currently in the 40s in most bouts. santa rosa, 38, the cold spot. the weather headlines. partly cloudy skies. a cold start to the day. a mix of sun and clouds later. mild temperatures. today is another winter spare the air day as is tomorrow. a look at the high temperatures today. in the 60s around the bay area, which is a little higher than normal for this time of year. temperatures will hit 60 degrees. san jose, 61. napa, 62. looking at the seven day forecast, similar conditions throughout the west of the week. the rest of the week.

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♪ good morning. it's monday, december 25, 2017. rock on, norah o'donnell. got on my christmas boots. merry christmas and welcome back to "cbs this morning." for the very first time a black woman holds the highest student rank at west point. meet simone askew as part of our new series "profiles in service." plus, the ultra expensive gift you probably didn't get for christmas today. so we'll take you for a ride in the world's fastest and costliest production car. first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00, christmas day pope francis delivered the traditional christmas day message from the central balcony overlooking st. peter's square. millions of americans are

waking up to a white christmas. storms are making it tough to get around from coast to coast president trump and first lady melania talked to 22 children and the president claims to have brought back the expression "merry christmas." all five people aboard a plane were killed when a plane went down at a municipal airport do you believe the bible is good for the world? >> i do. the good, the bad and the ugly and you make up your own mind. >> makes you want to go. >> members of my family tried together during thanksgiving but the line was too long. >> there's a truck stuck in five feet of water. >> can i hug you? >> think of the christmas she is giving that family. >> i'll say. >> we said you should send your resume tape to us here at cbs news. >> you never know. >> i didn't get your christmas present this year. is it coming later? >> it is in the lobby. >> i got you the same thing i

got you last year. >> i know you did and i poured it in the coffee. that's why i'm in a good mood. a blessed christmas. >> a blessed christmas. ♪ happy christmas morning to you. i'm gayle king. you are? norah o'donnell. >> norah morahan o'donnell. i hope you are enjoying a christmas morning. >> one of the best compliments i got this season, someone came over and said, "your house always smells like bacon." >> that is a good compliment. >> i hope everyone has bacon this morning. we recorded this in the days leading up to the holidays. >> but let's head to the newsroom for a check of the morning's headlines. >> good morning. i'm tony dokoupil. pope francis is warning the faithful that the winds of war are he blowing in our world.

[ speaking foreign language ]. >> speaking at the vatican, he used his traditional christmas message to point to dangerous tensions in the middle east, the korean peninsula and africa. he also focused on the suffering of children in the region. it is a white christmas for much of the northern half of the country and storms are making travel hazardous in many places. roads in oregon and washington state were dangerously slick after a couple of inches of snow coated the ground, causing tires to spin. in the east, gusty winds caused near white-out conditions in pennsylvania and up to a foot of snow could fall in new england. president trump is intensifying his attacks on a top fbi official. the president used a series of weekend tweets to take i am at deputy director andrew mccabe. he accuses mccabe of political buy as over reports it that mccabe's wife received a large political contribution from a group connected to an ally of

hillary clinton. he is expected to retire by march the president and first lady are spending christmas at mar-a-lago in florida. last night they helped norad field calls from children eager to know the location of santa claus. some shared christmas wishes with the president. >> you want your grandma to get out of the hospital. that's what you wish? that's great. >> this was the 61st year for norad's track-santa tradition. megan markle brought american charm to the british royal family's christmas morning. she joined fiance prince harry and other members at the queen's estate outside london. danielle ralph of our partner station bbc is there. >> reporter: well, good morning from the queen's estate at sandringham where the royal family come to spend christmas day. we have seen them this morning go to church at st. mary magdalene church. the queen driven to the gates

and the rest of the royal family walking from the house. in the midst of the royal family was meghan markle, prince harry's fiance, walking arm-in-arm with her fiance into the church. it is the fist time we've seen her as part of the wider royal family in public. her being here is actually a break from protocol. normally you don't get the invitation to christmas with the queen unless you are married, but because her immediate family are in the united states it was felt that an exception should be made this year, and she has been invited here to spend christmas with the royals. there have been hundreds of people here to see the royal family and plenty of americans amongst them, lots from local raf bases to come to see what many call their own american

the united states military academy has been training the next generation of army leaders for more than two centuries. never in its history has west point had someone like cadet simone askew. she's the first black woman to command the corps of cadets, a role previously held by general douglas mcar enthusiastic and generals who command forces in korea and afghanistan. we asked you in our first installment of "profiles in service," it is a look with a look at those who help others. we asked her what inspires her

commitment to service. >> reporter: the u.s. military academy is america's oldest service academy, more than 200 years old. but never in its history has it had someone like simone askew. at 21, she is the highest-ranking cadet at west point, commanding a brigade of 4,400. >> reporter: you are the only one with this amount of stripes and this star? >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: she is the first african-american woman selected to serve as first captain of the corps of cadets. >> my focus now is really to be the best first captain i can be, regardless of gender or race. in that when the class graduates in may, i'm remembered as a good leader and not necessarily as a good african-american female leader. >> reporter: and yet gender and race do set her apart. as the child of a white mom and a black dad, askew says she often felt excluded.

>> it forced me at a young age to be okay with my own sense of identity. so in all senses it was a positive thing. >> reporter: at west point, 22% of cadets are women and less than 4% are black women. >> seeing someone at least at the surface who you can relate to provides a motivation. >> i'm very encouraged by the enthusiasm and attention you guys provided today. i would just ask you to strive for greater things. >> reporter: for some, that person is simone. and for her, that person is pat locke. >> it makes everything that you do, that you endure worth it. >> reporter: in 1980 locke was one of the first two african-american women to graduate from the academy. >> we've been building to simone for the last 35 years. you see so much of our nation in her, the way that she thinks, the way that she carries herself. she knows she wants to be a leader because she can make a

difference. >> reporter: it is a dedication to service askew learned from her mom. >> reporter: what does service mean to you? >> definitely giving when there is not a foreseeable benefit or beneficial outcome to yourself. >> reporter: so when did that idea of selfless service come to you? >> it was definitely the example of my mom. >> reporter: pam askew develops affordable housing for primarily black communities in washington, d.c. >> that is service to a community that she doesn't receive benefit from, or at least initially does not have any connection to. and seeing her do that and be committed and devoted to that was something i knew i wanted to do when i grew up. just to be exactly like her. >> reporter: how much do you credit your mother with where you are today? >> about 110% of it, yeah. i mean every, every single ounce

of it. my mom kept me busy, and she'll tell you it was to keep me away from boys and out of trouble, and it worked. >> reporter: she credits a big volleyball tournament in high school with helping her learn what she calls one of the most important qualities of leadership, temperament. >> it was down to maybe the last game point and i freaked out. i didn't feel comfortable and we lost the game, and i credited a lot of that to my inability to remain calm. that lesson alone, along with many others, taught me a lot about what i valued in leaders and also the type of leader i wanted to be. >> reporter: now askew says she is trying to be a leader her fellow cadets deserve. >> after listening to you i keep thinking about how temperament leads to performance, leads to success. >> yeah. yeah, it is so important because

it sets a climate in your own head, but also in the atmosphere around you. making sure you make other people feel comfortable is really the key to success in a lot of what we do in the army, because it is a people business. >> norah, i love this girl. she has so much poise for somebody so long. is it wrong to start thinking president askew? >> no, it is not. guess what? she just got the rhodes scholarship. she will be studying at oxford next year. >> i love her poise and her mom, too. congratulations, simone askew. you have big fans in the room. for country singing chris stapleton the most important thing is the music. he explains how he teams up with his wife on the road to create the perfect harmony. you are watching "cbs this morning." (vo) dogs have evolved,

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country music star, chris stapleton, picked up the cma award for album of the year last month, and he just got one, two, three grammy nominations. his latest debuted at number one on itunes this month. stapleton invited anthony mason into the national studio where he pours himself into his music. i like this already. >> good morning. chris stapleton found himself in lofty company when his solo debut album was a surprise smash hit. the expectations were sky-high for his followup. ♪ >> reporter: to make his record -- ♪ chris stapleton returned to rca studio a in nashville, where elvis and dolly parton recorded. why did you come back here? >> i just love it here.

i like places that have history in the sense of you feel responsible to it. >> reporter: yes. >> does that make sense? >> reporter: yeah. you've got to live up to something. >> well, or at least try to. ♪ >> reporter: stapleton also has to live up to his own success. it was here in studio a that he recorded "traveler," the record that literally changed his life. ♪ how would you describe what happened? with that record? >> oh, lightning in a bottle stuff, man. ♪ >> reporter: the best-selling country album of 2016, "traveler," earned two grammys and a bucket load of academy of country music awards. some now on display at an exhibit at nashville's country music hall of fame.

you needed a truck to leave that night. >> it's just really weird, man. it is. >> reporter: stapleton was seeing the exhibit for the first time. >> things like this matter a whole lot. >> reporter: they do. >> it's validating in a lot of ways, that -- >> reporter: to be in here with people you respect. >> to be in here with people you respect. ♪ >> reporter: the son of a kentucky coal miner, stapleton has written more than 150 songs that have been recorded by other artists, including adele, george strait and tim mcgraw. for years, stapleton would write, day and night. >> because i just loved it so much. and i love it that much still. i just don't do it as much. >> reporter: what did you love about it? >> plucking something out of the air, waiting on something to be there that wasn't. you know? >> reporter: it wasn't until the release of "traveler" in 2015 that stapleton went out on his own. but not exactly solo. ♪

his wife, morgan, sings harmony with him. ♪ >> reporter: what has morgan been for you during all of this? >> well, she's my partner in life and business and on the stage, in every possible way, shape and form. ♪ she believes in me more than i do, a lot of times. >> reporter: they met working at adjacent publishing houses in nashville. he asked her over to co write one friday night. >> we didn't write anything. that evening. we have written since -- >> reporter: you wrote a whole new story. >> we wrote a whole new story. ♪ >> the success of "traveler" has lifted the 39-year-old stapleton on to a much bigger stage. >> we're still adjusting. as far as touring goes.

like, i remember i had somebody tuning guitars for me. that was a moment. i said, man, this is the greatest thing on earth. one of the best feelings ever. >> reporter: it's the little things. >> it's the little things. >> reporter: it's a new-found luxury you're living with. >> for sure. >> reporter: yeah. the singer who started out playing bars is now selling out amphitheaters and arenas but still trying to make them feel intimate. how do you do that? >> i just make them play. and we set up just like we always set up in a club. and we don't change that. >> reporter: and you pull the audience into you. >> hopefully. but i don't know that i could do the other stuff. i don't know that i'm entertaining in any other way. you know? does that make sense? >> his success is really -- >> reporter: i like him. >> yeah. so many people in the music industry are happy to see his success. because he's just -- he was a

great songwriter to start with, and he's an extraordinary performer, too. >> and i love that his wife is by his side, and that she sees something that he didn't. i love a good love story, too. >> nice story. one of the most exclusive sports cars in the world is like a missile on wheels. ahead, a heart-pounding test drive of the new bugatti, with speeds topping 360 miles an hour. you're watching "cbs this morning." hi i'm joan lunden. join me and the centers

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all right welcome back. your bay area christmas forecast starting with a live look from our transamerica tower. you can see some clouds in the sky, but a pretty crisp morning around the bay area to start off your holiday. right now, conditions pretty cool in the 40s all around the bay area. our cool spot, santa rosa, 38

degrees. san francisco 49. oakland, 48, and san jose 43 degrees. your weather headlines for today, partly cloudy. a cool start to the day. a mix of sun and clouds, as we move through the day. mild temperatures. and today is another winter spare the air day, as is tomorrow. that means no wood burning. though it sure is attempting. your high temperatures, low 60s around the bay area. so a little warmer than normal, but pretty seasonal overall. taking a look at your seven-day forecast. you can see conditions pretty similar to what we're seeing today through the rest of the week. a little more sunshine. then some clouds building through the weekend. then we're welcoming in the new year 2018 without any sign of rain at this point.

♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." a new super car might be the ultimate christmas gift. the bugatti chiron can go from 0 to 60 in less than two-and-a-half seconds. it is said to be the fastest production car in the world. only 500 were built. kris van cleave visited a connecticut showroom to take a ride. >> reporter: good morning! that is what $3 million sounds like. about what it's going to cost to get behind the wheel of the new bugatti. it's the most expensive production vehicle made. and if you think it looks good sitting here in the showroom, wait until you see it on the roads. the new bugatti chiron is designed to get your attention.

but you had better look fast. >> i'll accelerate and hit the brakes pretty hard at the top. >> okay. whoa! [ laughter ] like being in a fighter jet. wow! >> reporter: like a fighter jet, we pulled nearly two gs, hitting 116 miles per hour in just a few seconds. but that need for speed doesn't come cheap. you'll need to be in the tom cruise or jamie foxx tax bracket to afford one. what am i going to spend if i want a bugatti? >> i would say the average is $3.3 million. >> reporter: $3.3 million. >> correct. >> reporter: he is the car-maker's chief operating officer. >> you get 1 of 500 cars built worldwide. you get a car, which is the most powerful, most beautiful and most luxurious car in the world. . our customers they want an average of 30, 35 cars. and they want to make it the pinnacle of the collection. >> reporter: relaunched in the late '90s by volkswagen, the

bugatti name traces its history to ettore bugatti who was under the motto no car could be too beautiful or too expensive. today bugattis are individually built by hand in france where nearly every detail from the carbon fiber skin to the color of the hand-sewn stitching in the leather seats can all be customized. the 1500 horsepower, 16-cylinder engine is the fastest in the world. bugatti engineers had to cap the top speed at 261 miles an hour for safety reasons. how fast could it go if you didn't have to limit the speed? >> listen, we don't know yet. >> reporter: how is the gas mileage? >> you know what, that's a very good question. we don't consider that. no customers ask about that. >> reporter: but the car does come with four years free maintenance. so there's that. of course, for the same $3 million, you could buy about nine average american homes, give 13 kids an ivy league education, or buy a rolls-royce phantom for each day of the

week. but a harvard degree can't do this. >> under two-and-a-half seconds from 0 to 60. >> reporter: that's fast. he is bugatti's official driver. yes, that's a real job. >> this is the moon shot. from the beginning, this car was meant to be no compromises. >> reporter: well, bugatti did make one compromise. wow. they let drive it. that's ask very little throttle. >> i was being conservative, because it's not my $3 million car. >> reporter: it performs like a missile. and like most people on the planet, i'll never be able to afford one. so fun! can i take this home? >> believe me, you wouldn't be the first to have asked. >> reporter: so that's a no. >> that's a no. >> reporter: to get one of these, you're going to need to be patient. there is at least a three, three-and-a-half-year waiting list. but you'll be one of only 140 or so in the u.s. to own one. what you don't get for $3 million is a whole lot of trunk space.

>> gayle, i always wanted a car with a red bow on top. >> i'm calling your husband, mr. jeff tracy. he likes to make her happy. one of our favorite parts of this day is introducing you to our en

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power pole. that dropped onto another line, causing the entire home it to energize. right now, thousands of volunteers are serving up hot meals for the homeless in san francisco. a live memorial church opened at 7:00 this morning. breakfast is wrapping up, and lunch is going to be served in about an hour. your local weather and traffic coming up next.

welcome back. taking a look at your bay area weather forecast. but starting with a view we don't see that often. a view of the bay bridge traffic running very smoothly at 9:00 a.m.

weather conditions right now in the upper 40s in most spots of the bay area. our cool spot santa rosa right now, 41 degrees. san francisco 49. oakland, 45 degrees. your weather headlines today, a partly cloudy start to the day, and cool temperatures. later on, we're going to see a mix of sun and clouds. mild temperatures, and remember, today is another winter spare the air day, as is tomorrow, which means no wood burning is allowed. temperatures a little bit higher than normal in the 60s all around the area. san francisco 60 degrees. concord 62. here is a look at your extended forecast. this is going to take us through the end of 2017. you can see more sunshine moving in midweek. a few more clouds building in this weekend. enjoy the rest of your christmas day. ♪ [ music ] ♪

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