good times all night. >> reba hosts the acm awards, april 15th on cbs. ♪ good morning. it's march 31st, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning" saturday. shot in the back, new outrage after an autopsy contradicts police accounts of what happened in the shooting of an unarmed man. and final moments. police release new video of the deadly confrontation between them and the suspect in a baton rouge parking lot. freezing funds. just hours after a surprising announcement about u.s. troops leaving syria, president trump decides to stop $200 million ear marked for recovery efforts. we'll have the latest.

and looking for life beyond our solar system. we'll go inside nasa's launch next month in search for earth-like planets. well begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. ur your world in 90 seconds. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. >> the austin sterling shooting taking a stunning new twist stirring up controversy all over again. new body cam footage opens both wounds. >> both officers acted in a reasonable and justifiable manner. >> the way they killed him was in cold blood. you know it. i know it. >> the miami of stephon clark released the autopsy and he was shot six times in the back and eight times total. >> at least 15 palestinians were killed and more than a thousand wounded fighting israeli troops along the gaza border. president trump directed the

state department to freeze more than had $200 million in recovery funds for syria. the widow of the pulse nightclub mass murder found not guilty of carrying out the worst terror attack in the u.s. since 9/11. the governorator continues his recovery after emergency open heart surgery. >> i'll be back. >> all that. pope francis, led good friday services in rome. a koala being serenaded by bruno mars? >> i believe in equality. >> a lot of people will release a book before they run for president. is there any chance you're running in 2020? >> no. i think there's an age limit. i think 93 is the age limit. >> on "cbs this morning" saturday. >> for a trip to the national championship.

one second remaining, no time-outs for uconn. williams down the floor. samuelsson. notre dame with the win, on to the title game. a little bit of a celebration for notre dame. >> pretty good. who knew? >> welcome to the weekend, everyone. antawny mason. we again this morning with updates on the controversial deaths of two black men more than 2,000 miles apart at the hands of law enforcement officers. >> in louisiana, baton rouge police released body camera video of arnold sterling's last moments, shedding new light on his death in july 2016. and in sacramento, the family of stephon clark released the results of a private autopsy friday nearly two weeks after his death. they say that it showed the

unarmed 22-year-old was shot eight times, seven of the bullets hitting him from behind. that prompted a fourth straight night of protests in sacramento and more for today. we saturday with john blackstone in sacramento. >> of 20 bullets police fired at stephon clark, eight hit his body, according to an independent autopsy performed for clark's family. they say seven of the shots came from behind. >> each and every one of the ones independently possessed a fatal capacity. >> amalu says his conclusion is supported by video from a law enforcement helicopter that captured the shooting with a heat detecting camera. >> the first shot he would be would be number seven to the left side and back of his chest. and the propulsion of the bullet and the injuries caused may have shoved him around and he turned

around and his back was facing the opposite. >> the same video viewed by others can seem to suggest that clark was moving toward the officers. the day after the shooting, the police department said in a statement, the suspect turned and advanced towards the officers while holding an object which was extended in front of him. the officers believe the suspect was pointing a firearm at them. in a city where tension over the killing has been rising for almost two weeks now, the independent autopsy is certainly the to fuel more anger and present yet another challenge for sacramento's first avenue can american police chief less than a year on the on job. >> this is a huge test for you. >> not just for me, but for our entire department and the community. if all this is a tragedy and we don't get better as a police department and a community, then it stays a tragedy and that in

itself is a tragedy. >> the sacramento police department says it will not comment on the independent autopsy until it receives the official autopsy report from the county coroner. nearly two years after his death, police in baton rouge, louisiana, released body camera footage of the encounter with police that left alton sterling dead. while the officers are cleared of criminal wrongdoing, one has been fired and the other suspended. the video you may be seeing is disturbing. >> the body camera video begins as two officers approach a convenience store after receiving a 911 call about a man selling cds and threatening someone with a gun. it shows one of the officers holding a gun to the head of alton sterling. >> put your hands on the car. >> sterling repeatedly asks what he's done wrong. >> all right. hold up. hold up. you're hurting my arm. >> stop. >> i'm saying what happened, man. the struggle goes on. the officer repeatedly try toes

use his taser. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. >> pop him again, howie. >> moments later, one cop screams, he's got a gun. suddenly, three gunshots followed by three more. police say that sterling had reached for the .38 caliber revolver found in his pocket. they can be seen here taking the gun to a car. >> i never feel like i would get justice, be honest with you. >> earlier this week, we spoke to the mother of sterling's oldest son. >> what do you think that video is going to show, the security camera video? >> i'm hoping that video shows us more than what we just seen from the personal cell phones. i'm hoping that it can actually show that the right hand, they're still saying was not visible. if it's not visible, how can you say he's reaching for something? >> but federal and state prosecutors decided against filing criminal charges in the deadly shooting. >> the investigation by the attorney general was crap. a regurgitation of what the doj

did. >> newly released toxicology reports showed sterling tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine. >> is there anything that would make you more at peace with this? >> i'll be more at peace if they're fired. >> baton rouge police chief murphy paul announced late friday the termination of officer blain salimoney, who fired all six shots. officer howie lake was suspended for three days. the police chief's other message to the community? >> please, stop resisting. >> people here now have their chance to study the fatal confrontation in the most complete and raw view of alton sterling's last minute of life. for "cbs this morning" saturday, mark strausman, baton rouge, louisiana. this morning, israel warns it will expand its military response along its border with gaza if the violence there continues. the tens of thousands of palestinians gathered on the border on friday for what was

billed as the start of a six-week sit-in. they were protesting israel's long-standing block aid of the territory. the demonstration turned violence when some threw stones and burning tires towards troops. israeli forces killed at least 15 palestinians, hundreds more were injured. president trump eased into the holiday weekend making his way to florida and on to the golf course. the president has no public events on a schedule for today, but the drama from washington follows him. for more changes in his administration down to mounting questions about his plans to handle the war in syria. wija, good morning. >> good morning. president trump is reassessing america's role in syria just yesterday, freezing $200 million in funds for recovery efforts. it does not impact the defense department's operations, but the president has made clear he wants other countries to

contribute more to recovery efforts, specifically saudi arabia. >> we are going to be coming out of there real soon. >> just hours after the president made that comment, a ro roadside bomb went off killing an american. the declaration from president trump differs from the u.s. policy in syria to remain engaged and gradually shift from a military-led mission to a diplomatic one. the state department has not clarified a timeline since the president's remarks. >> i have not seen the president's comments myself, but i can say a general matter, this administration looks to other countries to help out. >> are youroughly 2,000 america remain on the ground. right now, managing them is challenging because the positions of secretary of state and national security adviser have not been officially filled since the president fired rex

tillerson and h.r. mcmaster. this week, the staff shake ups continued. communications director hope hicks wrapped her last day and the president swapped out the secretary of veterans affairs. david shulkin out, white house dr. ronny jackson in. >> i wasn't happy with the speed with which our veterans were taken care of. >> now another cabinet member faces more scrutiny for his financial decisions. e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt reportedly paid $50 a night to stay in a private d.c. condo linked to a prominent energy lobbyist whose fir firm represents big gas companies. pruitt was already under fire for spending more than $120,000 on a work trip to italy last summer. now the e.p.a. issued a statement to say pruitt's leasing agreement does not violate any federal regulations on ethics regarding gifts

because he paid market value. $1500 a month for a one-bedroom apartment. but, a anthony, pruitt reportedly only paid for the nights he stayed in the condo and the market value for a hotel room in d.c. is well more than $50 a night. >> weijia, thanks. for more on all things politics, we turn to phillip bump, national correspondent at "the washington post." good morning. >> good morning, sir. >> let's start with syria. we have some confusion here, it seems, between the president and the state department as to what is going to be happening in syria. >> president trump, as truly fair to form at a campaign-style event this week said essentially he was going to withdraw troops from syria. the post reported yesterday that he had had some conversations, he had spoken with defense secretary mattis, he asked for a plan to be drawn up. it's interesting, though, because he had consistently criticized for president obama for having left iraq too early and creating space for the

islamic. and some of the concern within the defense department is by withdrawing from syria you, again, create a vacuum to which the islamic state could step or give more space to russia. so when president trump says we should let others take over in syria, take control ofs what's going on there, he said on the campaign trail, we should just let russia deal with syria. so it's not really clear who he intends to fill that void. but it's clear that he's not happy we're there. >> is there a sense that he's okay with handing over the key toes russia and iran on syria at this point? >> it's hard to say. he said that explicitly on the campaign trail. he said why are we dealing with the this? why can't we let russia deal with this? obviously we can't always take everything he said on the campaign trail and apply to his presidency, but it's not clear. and i think one of the points that is worth repeating is that normally when a president is making an announcement about something to the scale of we are withdrawing troops from a place where we are participating in supporting combat operations, it's not done sort of on the cuff at a rally and leaving, for

example, the state department somewhat caught off guard. >> speaking of russia, which we were just talking about, we, of course, had this week a diplomatic war with the russians. and we now have a new national security adviser, john bolton. what difference do you think that is going to make in foreign policy at this point? >> so bolton's track record, as probably most people are aware, is that he is much more hawkish than a lot of folks who are within the foreign policy infrastructure. that doesn't mean that we're going to rush into war with russia, but it may mean that he is advocating within the administration for firmer steps than what we've seen so far. there is a lot that can be done. you can apply more direct sanctions to vladimir putin and his allies. you can apply sanctions to the energy industry. we could do some of the same sorts of cyber meddling that we believe they did during the 2016 elections. there's a lot that can be done. it's not clear bolton will be advocating for that within the white house, but the big picture question, the overarching question always applied to our

interactions with russia since january 2017 is what president trump himself wants to do. and he's always taken retisence to take any action. >> fascinating story with the e.p.a. where do you think that is headed? >> that's a great question. we have seen other portions of the administration facing the boot for similar things. but pruitt has really been one of the people in the administration who has driven really hard on what donald trump wants to see. which is rolling back a lot of environmental regulations, creating the space for the energy industry within the government. he's the head of the e.p.a. it's been infuriating to a lot of the environmentalists. i'm not sure if donald trump is going to take a hard line with pruitt simply because he's been so effective at doing what trump wants him to do. >> fascinating week. there's always so much more to get to, phillip. we could talk all morning. thank you so much for joining us. tomorrow morning on face the nation here on cbs, margaret's

gets will include senator tim scott and trey gowdy and vermont senator bernie sanders. nobel peace prize winner mualla yusaf arrived in her tomorrow town this morning. she had advocated for education for girls and was shot in 2012 after the taliban took over her hometown. she said she remembered going to sleep with the fear that she may not be alive the next morning. >> they were here. it is the -- it's just so hard to imagine that for a second i would live through that for more than two years and i'm just so happy that it's gone now. >> she said she is still proud of her islamic religion and country. there is anger and disappointment in and around

orlando, florida, this morning to acquit the gunman's widow for helping to mros the orlando massacre which killed 14 people in 2016. >> nor salman left the jail. >> she just needs time to be with her family right now. >> she sobbed after the not guilty verdict was read, as did her uncle, al salman. >> i said from day one that she is innocent. >> the government's attorneys tried to prove salman helped he which killed 49 people. prosecutors says shefgs with mateen when he purchased ammunition and cased places. but the attorney said those statements were coerced and there was no audio or videotape for the investigation. the jury foreman spoke after. >> we felt the prosecution didn't provide sufficient proof

to meet the burden of proof required by the letter of the law. >> at the pulse memorial site, survivors gathered after the verdict. >> when you heard the words not guilty, what was that like? >> it was heartbreaking. immediately, my mind went to the 49 family members of how they didn't get the justice they needed, that little bit of justice they needed today. >> nore salman did not testify in her defense. late friday, in a written statement, the foreman of the jury made one important clarification. he said jurors were convinced she knew about her husband's plans for the attack, but there was simply not enough evidence to show she helped him carry it out. arnold schwarzenegger is recovering in a los angeles hospital after undergoing last-minute open heart surgery. the 70-year-old actor and ex california governor had a scheduled procedure to replace a heart valve on thursday.

but a complication forced doctors to operate friday. schwarzenegger is reported to be in stable condition. boy, a major upset in the women's ncaa tournament. >> for a trip to the national championship. good! >> oh, boy. the undefeated uconn huskies fall in overtime no notre dame in the national semifinal. a last-second jump shot gave the fighting irish a 91-89 win. notre dame will face mississippi state in the championship game. uconn's last loss was to mississippi state in last year's national semifinal. the huskies had won 32 straight games since that loss. >> wow. that's what march madness is all about. congratulations notre dame. no win withers have been announced to last night's mega millions lottery where the

jackpot is $500 million. 11, 28, 31, 46, 59. the mega ball number is 1. check your numbers, folks. no one has matched all six numbers drawn since last january. it's the nation's 10th largest lottery jackpot in history. time to show you some of the morning's headlines. the san francisco chronicle reports that a russian man accused of hacking into millions of linkedin and dropbox account pled not guilty to a nine-count indictment in san francisco friday. attorney general jeff sessions said that the case dates back to 2012 and it's part of, quote, deeply troubling behavior emanating from russia. nukoulin was arrested in the czech rep about a year as and faces up to ten years if convicted. the philadelphia inquirer reports that the judge overseeing bill cosby's latest

sex assault trial may not allow some evidence into evidence. he's considering the move because he's allowing five accusers to testify in this trial. just one accuser was permitted to testify in the first trial, which ended in a mistrial in june. jury selection is expected to begin on monday. the spokesman review of spokane, washington, report that former super bowl mvp mark rypien is opening up about depression, mood swings and suicidal thoughts that he believes are caused by brain injuries that he suffered during his nfl career. rypien believes he has brain injuries. he tells the paper he would not allow his kids or his grandkids to play football. variety reports tv talk show personality laura ingram has

announced she will be on a planned vacation from her fox news program next week. her break comes after numerous advertisers cut ties to the program following her attack on stoneman douglas high school senior david hogg this week. the survivor of the parkland school shooting who advocated for gun reform fought back by posting the names of her advertisers on social media. ingram has since apologized. and the tribute of the san loui luis abisbo jumped into action to rescue eight deer. it's not clear how the deer fell in and swam for about a mile. the deer are now being treated for hypothermia. glad they got them. >> indeed. it's 22 after the hour. here is a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪

♪ there's a dangerous mission of mercy under way at one of the world's most sacred sites. we'll see how the third most important site in christianity may open to pilgrims once again if crews manage to diffuse a deadly danger. and a fatal accident put a sudden stop to uber's road test of self-driving cars in one western state. we'll see what it means for the self-driving future we've long been promised. you're watching "cbs this morning." saturday.

my name is cynthia haynes and i am a senior public safety specialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. i live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. once i moved here i didn't want to live anywhere else. i love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other people's lives. together, we're building a better california.

the final four's toght, the final four is tonight and we'll check in with the fan who captured the attention of the country and perhaps a higher power. and from the final four to the final frontier. nasa is about to ramp up the search for.planets outside our solar system. you're watching "cbs this morning" saturday.

what is your take on what's happening in washington these days from a business point of view and a political point of view? >> well, the business community, i think, is generally satisfied that the tax cuts are going through. the business community is pleased with those generally. obviously there are some things that they would prefer be different than came out in the final bill. but generally people in the business community were happy with the tax cuts. they wouldn't have been the tax cuts i propose myself. i think it was probably more favorable to people in my income bracket than anybody. i think we have an income equality problem. that bill wasn't designed to deal with that. but i think generally the economy is in reasonable shape. global synchronization happiness. everybody is happy right now. should we worry? >> when everybody is happy, you have to be worried. when things look perfect, sometimes they don't turn out to

be that way. sometimes there will be something hidden a bit. i don't think there's a cheetah behind me or something, but there's no doubt there's something lurking behind us. we had about a hundred straight months of economic growth, the third longest in our history. at some point, the economic cycle will go down. i don't know if we're prepared for it yet. my biggest worries about the economy are these. while i think it's in very good shape now, low unemployment, low inflation. at some point, it will end. when it ends, i want to make sure we're prepared for it. i worry about the amount of debt we have. we have $21 million of federal debt. i worry about the income inequality problem. it's getting worse. associate mobili social mobility is getting worse. and literacy. people in our country aren't able to read enough. if you have increasing percentage of high ill literacy, you're not going to be able to solve this income inequality problem.

♪ [ upbeat music ] internet. but not just any internet. it's "you've never gamed with speed like this" internet. it's "all your teenagers streaming at once" internet. it's "i can get up to one, two, three, four, five mobile lines included?" internet! it's internet from xfinity that makes your life simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet for $40 a month for 2 full years when you sign up for tv. plus, get 3x the speed of at&t and directv. click, call or visit a store today.

♪ [ speaking foreign language ] tens of thousands of the faithful gathered at the coliseum in rome last night, good friday, to join pope francis in a torch-lit procession of the way of the cross. it reenacts christ's crucifixion and includes meditations for good friday. high school and college students led prayers at each of the 14 stations of the cross. it was part of the pope's outreach to address the hopes and concerns of young catholics. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we began this half hour with an effort to reopen one of the

holiest sites in christianity. it's a spot on the west bank of the jordan river where jesus is believed to have been baptized. >> it's been inaccessible to pilgrims for over 50 years because the site is planted with land mines. but as jonathan vigliotti reports, on this easter weekend, an effort is now under way to make the site safe. >> reporter: every year, hundreds of thousands of christians dip into the jordan river for baptism ceremonies. yards away, ghostly churches, monasteries, and chapels mark the site where christians believe jesus himself was baptized. for decades, this stretch of land holy to christians, muslims, and jews, has been off limits until now. these men are making a different kind of pilgrimage. the israeli defense ministry's national mine action authority and a british charity are hunting for land mines. >> i think it's really dangerous. >> reporter: james cowan with the halo trust says about 3,000 mines dot roughly 250 acres of

holy land. antitank mines the size of a small pizza are buried. not all are visible to the naked eye. >> the really insidious thing about land mines is that whilst the reasons for them being laid in the past may disappear, the land mines themselves remain just as lethal long into the future. >> reporter: they are the deadly leftovers from the arab/israeli war and the decades of conflict that followed. >> for the last 60 years, nearly, it's been impossible to reach the churches. and so, we've worked with the christian denominations. we've worked with the israeli authorities. and we've worked with the palestinians to get permission to start work to clear all the explosive hazards from around the churches. >> reporter: it's an unlikely team effort in a region still divided by conflict. the over $1 million project will clear mines using diggers and metal detectors, then clear the

churches, which are believed to be booby trapped. mines will be detonated, like these gathered from other sites. the hope is people can step foot on this resurrected ground by next easter. >> what is now a desert will be turned into a vibrant place in which pilgrims and tourists can come to be baptized and to visit the site, where by tradition christ was himself baptized. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning saturday," jonathan vigliotti, london. >> i always say it's something to put your bucket list, even if you're not religious to go down there, but to have this open is a pretty big deal. >> incredible work they're doing and if they can get it open by next easter, that would be amazing. from peaches to pomegranates, most of the foods we grow in america actually come from faraway lands. and one man in particular was the first to bring many of them to our shores. his amazing, almost-forgotten story is ahead.

first, here's a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪ the future of self-driving vehicles may be affected. that's coming up on "cbs this morning saturday." you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember.

there'that only uses 100% american oranges.and simply orange and tropicana ship in juice from overseas. only florida's natural grows all of our oranges in florida. great taste. naturally. are you totally ready? to meet her family. for that big moment. for that first hug. colgate total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums for a healthier mouth. so you're totally ready! colgate total. be totally ready for life. my doctor recommended i switch to miralax.on, stimulant laxatives make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. miralax is different. it works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften. unblocking your system naturally. miralax.

of being there for my son's winning shot. that was it for me. that's why i'm quitting with nicorette. only nicorette mini has a patented fast dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. every great why needs a great how.

♪ tesla now says one of its cars involved in a deadly crash was on autopilot when it hit a concrete divider. the company says the driver had

received several warnings before the wreck. the fiery crash in california last week follows another incident in arizona where an autonomous car being tested by uber struck and killed a pedestrian. this week, the victim's family reached an undisclosed settlement with uber. >> and while that case is settled, the concerns of self-driving cars are not. arizona suspended uber's driverless car testing permit. for more, we're joined by "wired's" transportation editor, alex davies. good morning, alex. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> first off, i want to ask you, why arizona? why has this become silicon valley's testing site? >> arizona became the popular testing ground for not just uber but companies like way moe, which spun out of google's project, general motors, intel. a lot of people are testing there mostly because the regulation in arizona is incredibly relaxed. >> yeah. >> the governor welcomed everyone in with an executive order, ordering all agencies in the state to do whatever they needed to do to welcome self-driving cars to test in the

state, unlike in california. they don't have to report data or file for permits. all they need is a regular car registration, which is what everyone else needs to drive a car on the street. along with lax regulation, the weather is good, which helps train the cars. you don't have to deal with bad weather. they can mess with sensors. the traffic is pretty calm. and geographically, it's close enough to silicon valley where it's maybe a two-hour flight, so it's easy for executives and engineers to get back and forth. >> alex, what do you think the repercussions are for this uber accident? do they extend beyond uber itself into the whole science of self-driving cars? >> i think the immediate consequences of the crash should be contained to uber, especially at this point since we're not sure about what exactly went wrong with the technology, if there was something in their software. there's no reason to immediately think that that would be a problem in google's software or in general motors or ford's or anyone else's software. the consequences that i do think you'll see extend are what

happens when concerned regulators and politicians get involved. i don't think that arizona, that very open climate of do whatever you want testing will continue for much further, especially since federal legislation is in the works. i think after a crash like this, what you'll see is people writing those laws will want to have stricter control over what the cars are doing and what sort of information the companies testing them have to share with regulators and with the public. >> why do you think there's this big divide from folks in the tech world that i've spoken to who say uber technology versus waymo, something like 5,600 miles waymo can drive before intervention, where you physically have to put your hands on the wheels, compared to uber with 15 miles? why the big divide? >> a lot of that comes down to experience. waymo, out of google, started its self-driving car project in 2009. uber started around 2014 or 2015, and a lot of that is experience. it takes time to really train

these systems to get them to figure out how to drive around humans. it's hard. >> quickly, alex, how far away do you think we are from this being part of our lives? >> i think commonplace is still years and years away. it's going to spread slowly, but in months, waymo is expecting to launch a real service in arizona, so in phoenix, by the end of 2018. >> wow. >> i just want it to be ready to take my kids to soccer practice. when we get to that level, i'm on board. >> we're not too far. >> okay. i'll take you on that. alex davies, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. well, nasa's ramping up the search for planets that could support life beyond our solar system. up next, professor michu kaku will preview the mission getting ready for lift-off. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." the day after chemo might mean a trip back to the doctor's office, just for a shot.

but why go back there, when you can stay home, with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection, which could lead to hospitalizations. in a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17% to 1%, a 94% decrease. applied the day of chemo, neulasta onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the next day, so you can stay home. neulasta is for certain cancer patients receiving strong chemotherapy. do not take neulasta if you're allergic to neulasta or neupogen (filgrastim). ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems, allergic reactions, kidney injuries, and capillary leak syndrome have occurred. report abdominal or shoulder tip pain, trouble breathing or allergic reactions to your doctor right away. in patients with sickle cell disorders, serious, sometimes fatal crises can occur. the most common side effect is bone and muscle ache. so why go back there? if you'd rather be home, ask your doctor about neulasta onpro.

righbreakfast sandwichesese delifor just $4.ld's mix and match the bacon, egg & cheese mcgriddles, the sausage mcmuffin with egg, or bacon, egg & cheese biscuit. a deal that will make your morning routine, a little better. breakfast at mcdonald's hey allergy muddlers: are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec®. muddle no more®. and try children's zyrtec® for consistently powerful relief of your kid's allergies.

you'dreamt about it, it, maybe you should just go ahead and do it. we're legalzoom, and we've helped over a million people just like you start their own businesses. legalzoom. where life meets legal. ♪

what was once considered science fiction has now become science fact. earlier this week, nasa announced the planned april 17th launch of an experimental satellite. its mission, to search over 500,000 stars outside our solar system with the goal of finding new earthlike planets. it's called the transiting expo planet serving satellite or tess, for sure. >> here with more is cbs news science contributor and city university of new york professor michio kaku. professor, good morning. >> good morning. >> tell us about tess. what exactly is tess hoping to find? >> the holy grail of astronomy is to find a twin of the earth, a doppelganger, and tess may hit the jackpot. this is a potential game-changer. it's going to analyze 500,000 stars, identify 3,000 planets, and among them, we might find this, hit the jackpot and identify an earthlike planet in

space. this is amazing. this is for the history books. >> this isn't the first time. nasa also has kept ller to sear for other planets. how do these compare? >> kepler was the first and it identified 4,000 potential planets out there, but it only analyzed a small little dot in the milky way galaxy. it had a stationary target, always analyzing planets within that little disc. however, tess is going to analyze the entire northern and southern hemisphere. >> wow. >> 85% of the entire sky will be analyzed with tess. >> how is it going to do that, professor? >> it's going to rotate very precisely so that the cameras will be able to take pictures of large areas of the sky to look for nearby planets. now, in two years, the web space telescope goes up into orbit. a replacement for the hubble space telescope. and we hope to have pictures! get this, actual photographs of these earthlike planets in

space. this is amazing! >> what would you say the percentage of these undiscovered planets -- how many are really earthlike and potentially inhabitable? >> well, we can now take a census of the milky way galaxy. it turns out that on average, every star has a planet going around it, on average. 1 in 20 have, perhaps, an earthlike planet, which means that in our own backyard, there are billions, billions of earthlike planets right in our own milky way galaxy. % >> wow. >> who would have thought? >> so, when you search for new planets, of course, there's always a chance you might discover alien life. the late stephen hawking suggests maybe we didn't want to find alien life because we wouldn't like what we find. what's your opinion? >> i happen to agree with stephen hawking because we don't know what their intentions are. we think they're out there. we don't know whether they can visit us or not. >> right. >> but if they can, they're hundreds, thousands of years more advanced than us.

>> are you convinced of this? >> i'm convinced that they're out there. the odds are way in their favor now because of all these discoveries from the kepler satellite. and i think for the most part, they're going to be peaceful. however, you can't rule out the fact that something like what happened when cortez met montezuma and the aztec empire collapsed within a matter of months to years. that cannot be ruled out. so, i think it's not good for us to advertise our existence to alien life forms in space. >> i want to ask you about ufos. an american airline pilot said he spotted what appeared to be a ufo, and there was another learjet pilot wo also saw the same thing. what do you make of this? >> well, 90% of the e-mails i get, you can explain very easily as the planet venus, comets, meteors, weather anomalies. but the last 10% sends shivers up your spine because they could be a new form of hypersonic aircraft experimented by the air

force. they could be maybe unauthorized weather balloons that are not in anyone's chart. or you can't rule out they could be visitors from another world. >> there are actually radio recordings from the pilots that were published by a website. if we can, let's listen to those. >> go ahead. >> was anybody above us that past us like 30 seconds ago? >> negative. >> okay. >> maybe a ufo. >> yeah. >> again, those were -- that's, i think we heard an american airlines pilot there talking about something that passed overhead. this was published on a website. a little eerie when they can't be explained. >> that's right, and these are seasoned pilots with thousands of hours of experience. this is not a lark. this is not just some kind of thing that someone saw one day. no, two people saw it in two different jets, and it means

that we have to take these things more seriously. so, i think the government, as we now know, has been leaking false information about ufos in order to divert attention away from the stealth bomber and different kind of experimental aircraft that are experimented with in area 51. so, i think the government should be a little bit more honest about some of these sightings. >> all right, professor michio kaku, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we look forward to what tess will bring back. she's the fan getting nearly as much attention as the tournament itself. up next, the latest reaction from the 98-year-old team chaplain for loyola chicago who is praying for the team to win their final four game tonight. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." rid-x helps break down waste.

avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. and lose weight with contrave. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center... i'm so hungry. (avo) and your reward system... ice cream. french fries. (avo) to help control cravings. one ingredient in contrave may increase suicidal thoughts or actions in some children, teens, and young adults in the first few months. serious side effects are mood changes like depression and mania, seizures, increased blood pressure or heart rate, liver damage, glaucoma, allergic reactions, and hypoglycemia. not for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure, seizure history, anorexia, bulimia, drug or alcohol withdrawal, on bupropion, opioids, maois, allergy to the ingredients, or pregnant. may cause nausea, constipation, headache, and vomiting. reduce hunger, help control cravings with contrave. now you an talk to a doctor online and get free shipping at

getcontravenow.com. ( ♪ ) the toothpaste that helps prevent bleeding gums. if you spit blood when you brush or floss you may have gum problems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try parodontax toothpaste. ♪ hnew litter?lled this no. nobody has! it's unscented! (vo) new tidy cats free & clean unscented. powerful odor control with activated charcoal. free of dyes. free of fragrances. tidy cats free & clean. when no scents makes sense. ♪ get ready for the wild life with one a day men's. a complete multivitamin with key nutrients,

plus b vitamins for heart health. your one a day is showing. there'that only uses 100% american oranges.and simply orange and tropicana ship in juice from overseas. only florida's natural grows all of our oranges in florida. great taste. naturally. i can't believe it. even in the morning, i wake up

and i say, is this real or is it a dream? >> in this case, the dream is a reality. for sister jean schmidt. the 98-year-old nun is the team chaplain for the loyola-chicago men's basketball team, a fairy godmother of sorts to this year's cinderella squad. an 11 seed that's crashed the final four. >> when they made the sweet 16, the first thing clayton said is he gave me a nice, sweaty hug. he said, sister jean, we broke your bracket. and i said, go ahead and break it a little bit more. >> reporter: while sister jean is the heart and soul of loyola-chicago, she's also become the face of this year's tournament. her presence overshadowing stars like player of the year jalen brunson of villanova and kansas' malik newman. and her good friday news conference dwarfing those of players will be on the court for

tonight's games. >> and i think to myself, oh, my, don't let it go to your head. >> reporter: sister jean is meeting some opposition, from supporters of the university of michigan, who face off against the ramblers tonight. >> go blue! >> reporter: including marybel hix, the 100-year-old grandmother of former michigan star jalen rose. >> i saw her on facebook the other day, and i also heard that she said she's out to get me. so, we'll see. somebody said, maybe you need a pair of boxing gloves, and i said, well, we'll see what happens. >> reporter: michigan coach john beline is also seeking some divine intervention on his team's behalf. >> i have heard from many religious that i personally know that tell me their prayers are doing everything they can to counter sister jean. >> we have a little slogan that we say, worship, work, and win.

and if god -- god always hears, but maybe he thinks it's better for us to do that "l" instead of the "w," and we have to accept that. >> do you know, she got a little bit of heat, though, yesterday for doing this press conference by some saying it's good friday, the most somber day on the christian calendar, to be holding this -- >> i think she's doing all she can for her team, working on good friday. >> she did. and she did go to church in the afternoon. >> i would not want to be playing against her. >> don't play against her. >> no, i would not. all right, still ahead, taking a stand in one of the most high profile of places. at least 20 million people are expected to see this work of art over the next two years. what it's made of and what it means, coming up. for some of you, your local news is next. the rest of you, stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

president carter was in new york monday to promote the release of his new book, a reflection on faith and its impact on our lives. what number book is this? >> 32. >> your 32nd book. >> yep. >> i know you're not traveling as much. >> no, i'm not. >> seems like you're hardly slowing down. >> well, i'm going to slow down. rose and i both, since rose has been ill, she's past 90 now, and so, it's time for us to back away from some things. >> i know you have had melanoma, and congratulations on being in remission now for more than two years? >> that's right. >> how's your health? >> right now it's good. >> and what do the doctors say about your prognosis? >> at this point, the prognosis is good.

but i'm not overconfident, but i'm a lot more confident than i was for a while, and thankful. >> i know when you announced your diagnosis in 2015, you said you were surprisingly at ease. and in the book, you write that, "we thought that i had only a few weeks to live, and rose and i began making plans for my death." what plans have you made? >> well, i called all my family together and told them that i was going to die quite soon, and i shared that information with the leaders where rose and i spend a lot of our time. and so, i was prepared to go, but things turned out for the better. >> but that's an unusual thing to prepare to say good-bye and then be granted a great deal more time. >> i know. that's true. well, i've been very fortunate in many ways, yeah. >> so, do you think this is your last book? >> i think so, but i thought the last one was my last one.

♪ welcome back to "cbs saturday. i'm anthony mason. >> coming up this hour, if a parent says it's okay should children be allowed to travel and play outside without supervision? how in one state the movement known as free range parenting is now philosophy. >> and the explorer who introduced america to oranges, avocados and other foods now part of our everyday diet. >> and we'll meet a garbage collector of a different kind who's turned his home into an unusual art museum. that's ahead. >> but first our top story this

hour. major developments in the shootings of two black men by law enforcement officers. in sacramento, california, protesters took to the street after the release of an independent autopsy of stephon clark. a pathologist concluded clark was shot eight times with seven of the bullets hitting him from behind. >> police say the officers opened fire because clark came toward them and police feared that he was armed. the doctor says that his findings cast doubt on the police version of the event. >> that he was assailing the officers meaning he was facing the officers is inconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence. >> the doctor says that it took three to ten minutes for clark to die. police waited about five minutes before giving him medical aid. clark's death remains under investigation by the sacramento

police department. and california's justice department an official autopsy has not been released. alton sterling was shot to death by baton rouge police in july 2016. this morning newly released body camera footage shows two officers' fatal struggle with sterling. >> put your hands on the car. put your hands on the car i'm going to shoot you in your bleep bheep head. >> the officer who fired six shots at sterling has been fired. the other officer on the scene has been suspended for three days. >> the baton rouge police chief made the announcement friday and he emphasized that officers need to conduct themselves rationally in high pressure situations. >> fear cannot be a driver for an officer's response to every inciden. unreasonable fear within an

office is daungerous. >> they call it a firsthand example of how police treat black people. president trump is spending the holiday weekend away from washington at his golf resort in florida. mr. trump remains in the thick of a potential game changing decision about u.s. involvement in syria. and questions about the actions of yet another of his cabinet members. we're in west palm beach with the president. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump does not have any formal events on his schedule, but the last time we saw him in public he made an announcement that could indicate a major policy shift on america's role in syria. >> we're going to be coming out of there real soon. >> just hours later a u.s. troop was killed in northern syria. and yesterday president trump froze $200 million in funds for recovery efforts. it does not impact defense department operations but the president has made clear he wants other countries to

contribute more to recovery efforts, specifically saudi arabia. but the implication that the u.s. might suddenly pull out of syria seem to catch state department officials by surprise. >> i have not seen the president's comments myself, but i can say that as a general matter, this administration looks to other countries to help out. >> managing the troops in syria right now is especially challenging because the positions of secretary of state and national security advisor are technically still open and now there could be another shakeup involving a cabinet member, epa administrator scott pruitt. he paid $50 a night to rent out a bedroom in a condo in d.c. that is linked to a prominent energy lobbyist and that could create a conflict of interest. pruitt was already under fire for lavish spending on work trips in the past. the epa released a statement to say pruitt's leasing agreement

did not violate any federal ethics regulations regarding gifts because he paid market value. $1,500 a month for a one bedroom apartment. but pruitt reportedly only paid for the nights he actually stayed in the condo and the market value for a hotel room in d.c. is well more than $50 a night. cbs news, west palm beach, florida. >> thank you so much. well, there could be some more sharp swings for facebook stock following its latest bomb shell. a leaked memo from a top executive is raising new concerns. just how far the social media giant is willing to go to boost its profits. >> reporter: in the june 2016 memo, facebook executive andrew said facebook connecting people could be good and bad. maybe it costs a life by exposing someone to bullies, maybe someone dies in a terrorist attack coordinated on

our tools. he continued, the ugly truth is that we believe in connecting people so deeply that anything that allows us to connect more people more often is defacto good. he sent the memo three days after a man in chicago was shot dead during his facebook live broadcast. after the memo was made public thursday, he posted a statement on twitter saying, i don't agree with the post today and i didn't agree with it even when i wrote it. the purpose of this post, he wrote, was to bring to the surface issues i felt deserved more discussion with the broader company. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg responded, bos is a talented leader but he says this one was that most people at facebook including myself disagreed with strongly. we've never believed the ends justify the means. wired magazine's nick thompson. >> his comments about growth, that growth is everything is rare and fascinating to see a facebook executive say that so

bluntly. >> for cbs this morning saturday anna warner. >> a decade ago new york mother caused a big stir after she wrote a column explaining why she routinely let her 9-year-old burleson ride the subway alone. but it launched a movement of like minded parents and this week, the state of utah put some of that thinking into law makes it legal for a child to travel or play without supervision. we're here to talk more about this. welcome. >> thank you. >> tell me a little bit more about this utah law. >> the utah law says parents shouldn't have to worry if they're going to send their kids to play outside or walk to school that they may be arrested. we've heard of high profile cases where that happened. they let their kids walk home from the park in a neighborhood that was, you know, they felt safe in, they moved there for the kids and yet they were investigated not once, but twice

for letting their kids have this very basic freedom. i mean, when i was a kid, my crossing guard was 10 and yet these people were arrested for letting their 10-year-old walk home to their own place. so nobody wants to have to second guess themselves. if they want to let their kids play outside or walk to school and in utah, they don't have to worry. >> this all started when you wrote this column entitled why i let my 9-year-old ride the subway alone. it got you the nickname of america's worst mom. >> that's me. >> but you were trying to give your kids their freedom back. >> our youngestson was asking if he'd let him find his way home and what has changed since at least we were kids is that letting your kid out of your sight is almost considered negligence because we believe that the world is so teeming with danger that why would anybody let their kid do anything on their own? and in fact, the world is safer

than when we were kids, the crime rate is back to what it was in 1963. >> when i used to ride the bus alone at the age of 7 and 8. >> yeah. and i bet you liked it. right? it wasn't a horrible thing. >> here's what i struggle with as a parent in this day and age. i don't know what age is appropriate to let my child do that and i feel like every child is different. the kid next door might be okay walks down the street but i don't know that my burleson is. . >> somehow all kids in the rest of the world all are walking to school by age 7. so if you think your kid is irresponsible, if you give them a little responsibility, they rise to the occasion and that's why we can't be second guessed as parents when we say my kid is ready to do that. so between free range kids and now i run something called let grow which is free range kids with a budget, we're just trying

to give that freedom back to the kids because when you do, like my kid, if i'm crossing the street with them i worry that they're not paying enough attention, but when you're not with them they have to pay attention. >> are you expecting other states like utah to pass laws. >> yes, because wouldn't you rather live in a state where if you decide your kid is ready to play outside or go to the park without you on a saturday morning like this, don't you not want to get arrested? >> they tried to pass something like this in arkansas. >> it passed in the senate and then it stalled in the house because they started worrying about abduction which is the rarest crime in america. stranger danger is something we believe the rampant. it's actually very rare. but when you bring it up it's the boogie man. and that's why you've got to give credit to utah. it passed you nonmousely. this is people realizing as a parent i want to be able to make decisions for my own kid and we want kids who are brave, who

are -- solve their problems. they can't solve their problems if we're always there solving them. >> thank you so much for being with us. >> and it's about ten minutes after the hour. here's a look at the weather for your weekend. taking on terrorism with taking on terrorism with art. an artist recreates an ancient statue that was destroyed by the islamic state and displays it in the center of london. we'll meet the american behind it coming up on cbs this morning saturday. are you totally ready? to meet her family.

for that big moment. for that first hug. colgate total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums for a healthier mouth. so you're totally ready! colgate total. be totally ready for life. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. and i can do it with what's already within me. because my body can still make its own insulin. and once-weekly trulicity activates my body to release it. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. it works 24/7, and you don't have to see or handle a needle. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes or for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis.

do not take trulicity if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, if you have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you're allergic to trulicity. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or symptoms like itching, rash, or trouble breathing. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. taking trulicity with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases your risk for low blood sugar. common side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, decreased appetite, and indigestion. some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. i choose once-weekly trulicity to activate my within. if you need help lowering your a1c and blood sugar, activate your within. ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. activate your within. could light up the room? new aveeno® positively radiant sheer daily moisturizer. lightweight hydration

for positively radiant skin that lasts. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results® ♪

more than two decades ago, britain's royal society of art decided something needed to be done with a prominent but empty space smack in the middle of london's most famous trafalgar square. it's where a statue was meant to stand. the society said it should, instead, be a showcase for works from a rotating group of artists. this year, it was the turn of an american who came up with a tribute to the lost heritage of a rock destroyed by isis. from london, roxana saberi reports. >> reporter: in london's historic trafalgar square, a new stl sculpture tells the story of a past and points toward an uncertain future. designed by michael rakowitz and unveiled by london's mayor, sadiq khan, it stands on the fourth plinth, the most

prominent stage for art. >> what's important is people look at this art and talk about it and ask the question, why is the original destroyed? what is it that makes people feel so insecure about themselves that they've destroyed pieces of art? >> reporter: the story of the sculpture began nearly 3,000 years ago when statues of winged animals with human heads called lamasu, guarded the city of nineveh in what's now iraq. three years ago in a museum in mosul, isis militants took a drill to one of the statues, denouncing it and other priceless artifacts as signs of id idolotry. >> i saw the destruction of it but i thought of the people that live near nineveh and mosul and that's where i kind of understood the horror. >> reporter: rakowitz decided to fight back and recreated it using more than 10,000 empty cans of syrup. they tell another story. iraq's industry, once thriving,

has withered from war. in london, it rains a lot like today. are the date syrup cans not going to rust? >> i think some nailed to the outside of my apartment in chicago that has withstood the chicago weather for the past two years. >> reporter: and if those cans can withstand chicago weather, does that mean they can withstand london weather is this. >> i'm not placing any bets. >> reporter: the grandson of iraqi jews forced to flee their homeland in the 1940s, rakowitz grew up in the u.s. hearing about his sculptural heritage while seeing images of iraq torn apart. >> as a war zone, as a battlefield, and there's so much more. >> reporter: so, 12 years ago, he began rebuilding iraqi artifacts destroyed in war using middle eastern food packaging and newspapers. he and his team have remade more than 800 so far. the lamasu is the latest. for london's mayor, the winged bull symbolizes the strength of his city, which has faced its own attacks by isis. why is it important to have this

sculpture here in your city. >> this, for me, is an act of resistance, an act of resistance against the tyranny of religious fundamentalism. >> reporter: 20 million people are expected to see the lamasu over the next two years. >> at the end of its run here in trafalgar square in two years, if the iraqi people would have it, i would love for it to go back to iraq. >> reporter: to mosul? >> if they would have it, it would be an honor. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning saturday," roxana saberi, london. >> i just love what he's doing. >> just remarkable. food packages into art? >> dait cans, yeah. and like the mayor says, he calls it an act of resistance, and it is. you think you know where your food comes from? a book says only a few of the things we eat are truly native to america. an amazing story of an american adventurer who helped bring thousands of food crops and other plants to our shores. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

enamel is the strong, white, outer layer of your tooth surface. the thing that's really important to dentists is to make sure that that enamel stays strong and resilient for a lifetime the more that we can strengthen and re-harden that tooth surface, the whiter their patients' teeth are going to be. dentists are going to really want to recommend pronamel strong and bright. it helps to strengthen and re-harden the enamel. it also has stain lifting action. it's going to give their patients the protection that they need and the whiter teeth that they want. ♪ i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down. why suffer? stand up to chronic migraine with botox®. botox® is the only treatment for chronic migraine shown to actually prevent headaches and migraines before they even start. botox® is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. it's injected by a doctor once every 12 weeks. and is covered by most insurance. effects of botox® may spread hours

to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life -threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection site pain, fatigue, and headache. don't take botox® if there's a skin infection. tell your doctor your medical history, muscle or nerve conditions, and medications, including botulinum toxins, as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. with the botox® savings program, most people with commercial insurance pay nothing out-of-pocket. talk to your doctor and visit botox®cmsavings.com to enroll. ♪ april's showers ♪ hop,raining dinosaurs ♪ ♪ save some leaves for the omnivores ♪ ♪ now stop. okay! ♪ hop don't walk to the candy store ♪ ♪ me and my friends, we know the score ♪ ♪ c'mon everybody take a stop out on the floor ♪ ♪ say cheese if you gotta toy, gotta boy, gotta girl ♪ ♪ tell me something good ♪ tell me something good ♪ tell me something good ♪ tell me something

are confusing quilted northern are confusing quilted northernf. for a bouncy castle. they're both durable, flexible and nice to have at parties. but quilted northern is not a bouncy castle. it's just really nice toilet paper. claritin and relief from of non-drowsy symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones. feel the clarity and live claritin clear.

♪ welcome, this is a farm house, we have cluster flies ♪ when explorer david fairchild traveled the world, he did more than send back postcards, he brought back the foods of the world. they're now the staples of the american diet. >> from avocados to oranges to kale, all were crops he encountered abroad and helped introduce to farmers back here at home. his story is told in the new book, "the food explorer: the true adventures of the global-trotting botanist who transformed what america eats." we're joined by author daniel stone. daniel, good morning. >> good morning! >> tell us how you discovered david fairchild, rediscovered, i should say, and his amazing story. >> i grew up working on and living near farms. i love food. i eat food. and i heard the story of this man, an adventurer botanist. i had never heard that title given to anyone before. >> i don't know that it has

been. >> and this was 120 years ago that he lived, and he traveled all over the world in search of crops, novel foods like avocados and exist here before. >> you broke my heart a little bit with this book, daniel. i'm a florida girl, and to find that florida oranges are not native to florida, what? >> no. all citrus is native to china. and very few of the crops that we eat are north american, right? apples come from kazakhstan and citrus from china and bananas from new guinea. our foods came to this country like many of our families did, as immigrants and brought here, many of them by fairchild at the turn of the 20th century. >> he left kansas at age 20 to be a junior scientist fighting plant fungus for the department of agriculture, but this all kind of changed when he met on an ocean liner, he met a millionaire who funded these expeditions. >> he was enormously lucky, right? you all get -- we each get one

major stroke of luck early in our careers. this was his. he met on a boat across the atlantic a fabulously wealthy millionaire named barbara lathrup, who funded his travels and invested in him, said i think you have scientific promise. here's $1,000. take it, fuel your travels. and barbara lathrup was one of the early philanthropists to american food. >> you know, this book also features diplomacy, horticulture as diplomacy, from beer to cherry blossoms. tell me a little bit about that. >> yeah, fairchild went to almost every continent in search of better seeds, better breed stock. he goes to wbavaria in 1902 whih has the best hops, the best beer in the world, and essentially, diplomatically acquired better hops. he goes to japan the next year and sees the cherry blossom trees and finds a way with the white house to import and negotiate the gift of the cherry blossom trees to washington, d.c. >> so, the cherry blossoms we see in washington we owe to him? >> yeah, he negotiated that

exchange with the approval of president taft in 1912. >> what else do we owe to him, daniel? >> mangos. he picked up 58 the mediterranean. >> you know, we're a country of immigrants. i was fascinated to hear, apparently, so is our food. >> yeah. >> the diversity of food from different countries, how has that helped with what's put around the table in america? >> we are a hodgepodge. everything we eat came from a different part of the world. we haven't been here very long as americans. early civilizations in egypt, the aztecs, have been around far longer, were farming for centuries, for mena.

and we're immigrants building a country of not just people but culinary meals that reflect kind of our newness to this land. >> daniel, what was it that drove david fairchild, this fascinating man? >> he had two passions. he loved plants and he loved to travel. and this was rare in the late 19th century to travel around the world, and he found a way to fuel his kind of wander lust and put it to good use, you know. farmers were most of the labor force in those days. they were all growing the same thing, a lot of corn, a lot of wheat, a lot of oats, and no one was making much money. and so, fairchild put his travels to use. >> daniel stone, fascinating story, fascinating book. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> the book is "the food explorer: the adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what america eats." a house full of trash is usually a neighborhood eyesore, but not in one new york community where it's a cultural

attraction all its own. that's coming up on "cbs this morning saturday." you almost walked away, but it was your mentor and eventually your father-in-law -- >> i like that part. >> -- that said i want to see you try first. >> try before you quit, and you thought, haven't i been trying? >> yeah, he said to me, i was sitting on my couch, very depressed and sad, you know, about the way things were going, the roller coaster, that up and down. and he said to me, so, when he said, you know, i want to see you try first before you quit, i said what do you think i've been doing? he said, well, when the phone rings, i think you show up and you're prepared and you do a good job and you do great. the phone didn't ring today. what did you do? did you read anything, write anything, call anybody, send an e-mail? >> or you can just go, uh, i

know. >> it changed my life. he pointed to half of my business, if not more, as a freelance artist, as a freelance businessperson, you know, that i was ignoring, and it changed my life, got me off my couch. >> one of the lessons you share is rehearsing from the broadway run of "hamilton." you write "you have to be both a harsh critic and strong advocate for yourself." >> yeah. >> that's a hard one to balance. >> yeah. you can't -- you need both things, though. it's all about balance. you have to -- you can't sit around reading your press clippings all day, no matter how good they are. >> how flattering. >> because they're yesterday's news. >> yeah. you know, you have to believe in yourself and you have to also look at the things you need to change. and change them. >> you also write when you were waiting for the tony nominations, you and your wife, nicolette, went out to breakfast. you ordered waffles and pancakes at your favorite diner. what is the name of that diner? >> georgio's! >> i want to go there. >> it's on 53th and 9th.

♪ they say one man's trash is another man's treasure, but for one resident of queens, new york, trash is an inspiration and his artistic medium. john norwood has created hundreds of works of art from raw materials that would otherwise go straight to the landfill, and he's inviting everyone to have a look. this is all your work? >> all. >> reporter: john norwood wanted his art to be out in the world. how many square feet in all? >> 16,000 square feet between -- >> reporter: 16,000? so, he turned his house into a museum, the norwood museum. it's quite a body of work. >> and you haven't even seen half of it. >> reporter: john and his wife,

ruby, live on a quiet road in college point, queens, overlooking the landing path of laguardia airport. the norwood museum is not in most new york city guide books. >> he's on tripadvisor for college point, so that helps. >> reporter: you got very good reviews on tripadvisor, five stars. >> i wrote them all. >> reporter: norwood's been making things all his life. for 25 years, he worked for renowned architect i.m. pay. >> i made architecture models and ran a shop of about 15 people. >> reporter: working on the east wing of the national gallery in washington, the javits center in new york, the kennedy library in boston. >> the pyramid at the lourve is one of the last things i worked on. >> reporter: in retirement, he returned to his art. these self-portraits are from the 1960s. what have you got going up here? >> that's my old shoes. i had to go up and down the ladder 20 times to get those shoes up in there.

>> reporter: now 81, he works mostly with garbage. i'm hoping that you didn't smoke all the cigarettes in the cigarette boxes. >> unfortunately, i did. >> we will not talk about it. >> reporter: at 81, ruby is still a practicie ining pediatr. >> she was trying to throw out a perfectly good shopping bag the other day. >> can you believe that? >> reporter: you didn't see the potential in it, the artistic potential. >> potential? >> sometimes i think i'm a genius. sometimes i think i'm an idiot. >> reporter: you're just going to keep making stuff, aren't you? >> until i drop. >> reporter: which means the museum may soon need a new wing. knock on wood. >> do we have any wood anywhere? >> me, norwood. >> reporter: i love these two. >> great piece, i know! it's so remarkable to see the connection between the two of them. >> yes. >> and the passion. >> and what ruby puts up with, his creative explosion. actually, a fire destroyed almost everything in 2009, but

as you can see, john has gone back to work, and the house is full again. >> i want to invite them to easter brunch tomorrow. >> if you're in queens, stop by. john would love to see you. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. it's an autobiography brought to life now with pictures but with food. we'll sit down to a unique dinner, part of a program where chefs tell the story of their lives. their menu's full of meaning. a special edition of "the dish" is next. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream.

it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. other side effects include upper respiratory tract infection and headache. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you're pregnant or planning to be. ♪ otezla. show more of you.

brushing only reaches 25% of your mouth. listerine® cleans virtually 100%. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™

at walgreens, how we care will change over time, but why we care remains the same treating everyone with the care and attention they deserve. walgreens. trusted since 1901. this morning on a special edition of "the dish," we drop by a six-course dinner between the flavors of both south korea and the american southwest, but food was only part of the attraction. jamie wax is here with the ingredients for a very special meal. >> good morning, reena. for chef jay jung, the meal is a lifetime in the making. she recently participated in a month-long dining experiment that converted a new york city

school cafeteria into a fine dining room. it's called story course and the creators felt they had all the ingredients for a new type of dining experience. she has worked in some of america's greatest restaurants. >> this is a seven-grain rice with a rice fish. >> reporter: from new orleans to new york. >> have you done this one? >> reporter: but on this night, she's preparing the meal of her life in a school cafeteria. what is it about chefs that makes their stories great? every chef seems to have a great story. >> i think it's more about childhood, things you grew up with you will never forgot about. >> reporter: her story tells of her story against her mother's wishes from south korea to america to become a chef. you call your mom a tiger mom. >> yes. >> can you tell me what that means? >> she's a very strong, intense person. korean moms are pretty tiger mom, but she is a super tiger

mom. my mom is crazy. very intense person. >> but she was my inspiration. >> reporter: each chapter is revealed through diners reading from a script, which is followed by a course. >> i went to sleep watching her through my window, stirring that chili sauce on the rooftop under the stars. >> reporter: chapter one, the chili sauce jay would watch her mother make morning and night on the rooftop of their apartment. >> so, for course one, i give you the most koreanest dish this korean ever korean -- >> reporter: this is seven essential korean ingredients wrapped and topped with rooftop sauce. you can't call this a meal, right? >> it's hard. do we call it a dinner, is it a theater experience, a show? >> reporter: story course was con vivred after adam cantor, who is currently on broadway in "the band's visit," and brian bordanic were introduced by a

mutual friend. >> we were fortunate enough to host a passover seder that was really interactive. and it was through telling the story of exodus, the migration story, looking at ways to bring it to life. >> we're living in new york city, a city so filled with amazing immigrant chefs from all over the world, and they're often cooking somebody else's vision, someone else's story. so, we were thinking of how can we excavate easy to stories and allow for a delicious six-course meal. >> reporter: they settled on jay, who first met in new orleans. >> i have known jay for over five years. and i kid you not, it wasn't until adam started interviewing her and talking to her that i actually felt like i got to, like, know her on such a different level. >> yeah, i mean, we just spent hours and hours like on my couch really digging into her story. and on a deep level. she really went to some vulnerable places. >> reporter: chapter three, yearning beyond, explains how jay's mother wanted more for her

daughter than life in the kitchen. >> they didn't want me to be a chef like my mom. in korea, chefs aren't seen like doctors, lawyers, et cetera. that's what they wanted for me, to get back to how we were before the war, to make them proud. but why can't i pursue my dreams, i would say? >> but why? >> reporter: chapter four, the slap, reenacts the dramatic moment when jay tells her mom she'd been accepted to the culinary institute of america. >> this part of the story is burned into my brain. she slapped me. >> reporter: and was slapped in the face. so, in course four, diners are asked to slap a cracker over an egg with a spoon. how important is it, no matter how much creativity you put into it, no matter the collaborators, that the food is really excellent? >> oh, it's paramount. >> we were really trying to make sure that the performative elements and culinary elements worked in service of each other. >> so you're going for the michelin star and the tony award. >> going for either. >> for either.

♪ mama make it rain >> reporter: yet, after a musical number, chef jay appears to explain that while she never get a hug from her mom before leaving for america, her mom did send $20,000 jay desperately needed to stay in school and fulfill her dream. what do you think your mother would think of this evening that we're sharing? >> she doesn't know the whole thing 100%. she doesn't know all the conflict part, and she wouldn't be so happy, but thank god it's in english. >> she doesn't need to know. >> no. >> reporter: over the course of eight meals, approximately 40 diners a night have been moved by her story. >> that's my own rooftop sauce. >> reporter: even after forking over $175 for a seat at the table, proving there is a hunger for this type of dinner theater. why do you think audiences now are seeking out deeper, more interactive experiences in everything that they do? >> it's a good question. obviously, our world is becoming

more and more technological. we are glued to our phones. we're becoming isolated in so many ways. so, an experience around food that brings people together i think is essential today. >> cantor and bordanic are currently working on their next story course with a chef who chronicles his parents' escape from the shahs regime in iran. >> i love that concept. did she ever get that hug? >> she got a hug from me. but last november she was leaving korea to come back to america and her mother was in tears and she just went for it and gave the hug and got the hug that she's been searching for her whole life. >> glad to hear that. this gives new meaning to the phrase dinner theater, jamie. thank you very much. >> thank you. this morning on our saturday sessions, the praise is pouring in for courtney marie andrews' new album. "the guardian" calls it a five-star brilliant record and "pace" magazine says her voice is astonishing. we'll hear it in her national television debut, next.

you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." ♪ happiness is powerful flea and tick protection from nexgard. nexgard kills fleas and ticks all month long. and it comes in an easy-to-give tasty chew. and that makes dogs and owners happy. no wonder vets love it too. reported side effects include vomiting, itching, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. see your vet for more information on flea and tick protection

you and your dog will love. nexgard. the vet's #1 choice. ♪ ♪ heard you had a hard day. i had a bad day too. i forgot my briefcase. there i was, at work... ♪ ♪ feed his kindness, where there's jif, there's love. you wouldn't accept ffrom any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) ( ♪ ) i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better

than the leading probiotic. get the digestive advantage. are you totally ready? to meet her family. for that big moment. for that first hug. colgate total fights bacteria on teeth, tongue, cheeks and gums for a healthier mouth. so you're totally ready! colgate total. be totally ready for life.

♪ this morning on "saturday session," courtney marie andrews. she felt the call of the road at 16, leaving her home to focus on her music. >> her 2016 album "honest life" was a breakthrough and a fixture on many album of the year lists. her latest collection, "may your kindness remain," was released just last week. now making her national television debut, here is courtney marie andrews with "kindness of strangers." ♪ ♪ how do you break through when the words don't meet your lips ♪ ♪ and lump inside your throat or in a pile of could have been ♪

♪ all the small talk and the catch up and the empty promises ♪ ♪ how do you dive deeper in a shallow river bed ♪ ♪ when the current pulls you further from you should have said ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ ♪ when you're trying to be tender but instead you come off cold ♪ ♪ when your sweetness surrenders to the cruelness of this world ♪

♪ all the bad luck and the small stuff, when it all becomes too much ♪ ♪ how do you find solace in a place so quick to judge ♪ ♪ do you try and play it cool, play the part you think they want ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ kindness of strangers ♪ kindness of strangers ♪ people come and people go and some will make their mark ♪ ♪ like an iron to the bowl, a

symbol sin your heart ♪ ♪ and the ones that stick around are the hardest ones to find ♪ ♪ and if you can't find the closest, you need the kindness to survive ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ getting by on the kindness of strangers ♪ ♪ getting by ♪ getting by ♪ kindness of strangers ♪ kindness of strangers ♪

>> don't go away! we'll be right back with more music from courtney marie andrews. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >> announcer: "saturday sessions" are sponsored by blue buffalo. you love your pets like family. so feed them like family with blue. mitzi: psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. ( ♪ ) mike: i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ( ♪ ) joni: think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it. they're moving forward with cosentyx. it's a different kind of targeted biologic.

it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting cosentyx you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms of an infection. or if you have received a vaccine, or plan to. if you have inflammatory bowel disease tell your doctor if symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. mitzi: with less joint pain, watch me. for less joint pain and clearer skin, ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. ask your rheumatologist thyou know what i do instead?eny your cravings. i snack on blue diamond almonds. wasabi & soy sauce?! mmm! don't deny your cravings. eat 'em! all the flavors you crave, in a superfood. blue diamond almonds. crave victoriously.

but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. righbreakfast sandwichesese delifor just $4.ld's mix and match the bacon, egg & cheese mcgriddles, the sausage mcmuffin with egg, or bacon, egg & cheese biscuit. a deal that will make your morning routine, a little better. breakfast at mcdonald's poallergies?reather. stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right.

♪ have a great weekend, everyone. we leave you with more music from courtney marie andrews. >> this is "two cold nights in buffalo." ♪ ♪ stuck in nickel city on the tainted side of the coin ♪ ♪ el nino brought a blizzard,

the greyhound brought a boy ♪ ♪ those yellow city lights accent the gutters and the rats ♪ ♪ only the cheap motels were open, wrong side of the tracks ♪ ♪ two cold nights in buffalo on the way to syracuse ♪ ♪ outside town all the roads are closed ♪ ♪ gonna wash this rust belt new ♪ ♪ snowy prison out on main street, heaters hang from the cells ♪ ♪ a bum searches for shelter, so cold he dreams of hell ♪ ♪ it's that american dream dying, i hear the whispers of

each ghost ♪ ♪ of the wealthy man who once died in downtown buffalo ♪ ♪ two cold nights in buffalo on the way to syracuse ♪ ♪ outside town all the roads are closed ♪ ♪ gonna wash this rust belt new, gonna wash it new ♪ ♪ ♪ what happened to the middle class, mom and pop, five and dimes ♪ ♪ soon they'll be knocking it all down to build that high-rise ♪

♪ what happened to the good old boys throwing dice on the street ♪ ♪ what happened to the neighborhood and the neighbors you would meet ♪ ♪ what happened to recreation, that old roller skating rink ♪ ♪ what happened to preserving this town's history ♪ ♪ two cold nights in buffalo on the way to syracuse ♪ ♪ outside town all the roads are closed ♪ ♪ gonna wash this rust belt new, gonna wash it new ♪ ♪

for those of you still with us, we have more music from courtney marie andrews. >> this is "long road back to you." ♪ you're a good friend, you've got a good heart even when it's busted ♪ ♪ lipstick and perfume, underground queen, wearing loneliness as a costume for the whole world to see ♪

♪ but if your money runs out and your good looks fade, may your kindness remain ♪ ♪ may your kindness remain ♪ broke on a bar stool, throwing your paycheck away ♪ ♪ on overpriced booze, shots and valet ♪ ♪ fortune might buy you diamonds all shiny and new ♪ ♪ but it can't buy you hap happiness, love that is true ♪ ♪ but if

accident, involving a tesl this is kpix5 news. a lawsuit could be in the works regarding a deadly accident involving a tesla car on the peninsula. a step forward for the train is under way, the extension is now settled. and the jackpot was about a half billion dollars, but did anybody have a winning ticket? good morning.>> as you might have guessed, we didn't win because we might not be here this morning. we love being here every saturday morning, we have great forecast to start out this saturday, take a look outside right now the doppler is dry, no rain on the horizon