captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's tuesday, december 25th, christmas day. this is the cbs morning news. pope francis is urging christians everywhere to remember the true meaning of christmas as the faithful attend services worldwide. stocks plunge, shares in asian markets fall after the big sell-off on wall street. and hundreds of migrants are left with nowhere to go at a bus station on christmas eve. good morning from the studio 57 news room in new york.

christians around the world are celebrating the birth of christ at the vatican pope francis celebrated a christmas eve mass. he urged kriftdans to seek a simpler, less materialistic life. tom hanson is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, wendy. as christmas arrived this morning, millions of christians worldwide ushered in the holiday with song, hope and prayer. from bethlehem to sydney, australia, and all corners of the world, millions of christians are welcoming christmas. at the vatican, pope francis celebrated an evening mass at st. peter's basilica. the pope's message? shun materialism. instead, focus on the holiday's message. a simplicity, charity, lov.

tourism officials say bethlehem is enjoying its busiest christmas season on record. the tiny christian community attended mass amid tight security. in britain, queen elizabeth ex tolled good will and understanding. >> treating the other person with respect and as a fellow human being is always a good first step. >> in washington, president trump and the first lady attended mass at the washington cathedral. the first couple likely would have gone to services near mr. trump's palm beach estate. but the president decided to stay in the capital amid the border wall stalemate. >> and the national christmas tree that sits behind the white house reopened to the public yesterday thanks to a grant from the national park foundation. it had been closed due to the government shutdown. wendy. >> tom hanson here in new york, thanks.

back in this country, stock markets are closed today. investors trying to catch their breath following days of heavy losses. the dow is on its way to its worst december since the great depression in 1931. japan's nikkei followed wall street plunging near 5% this morning. tokyo and other markets are on track to lose 10% of their value this year. christmas eve turned into another bloodbath on wall street. the dow jones industrial lost 653 points. the s&p 500 lost 65 points and the nasdaq dropped 140 points. the latest sell-off triggered by another attack on the fed by president trump. errol barnett has more. >> after the stock market saw its worst christmas eve performance in history, the dow hit its lowest point of the year. while the s&p 500 is on track for its worst december ever.

trade wars and the government shutdown are deepening investor uncertainty, as are president trump's swipes at the independent federal reserve bank.t idnge, the onlyroblem our ecomy has is the fed market. >>othing will deter us from doing what we think is the right thing to do. >> after announcing another rate hike last week, president jerome powelled underscored the importance of being free from government independence. >> we have the independence which we think is essential to do our jobs in a nonpolitical away. >> diane swank says the approximated's criticism of powell is not helpful. >> it's not productive to do for financial markets. >> swank also believes treasury secretary steve mnuchin may have made things worse when he released this sunday's statement

saying these six largest banks have ample liquidity. >> we weren't worried about the banks and now you're telling us we should worry about the banks, too? it worked contrary to what treasury hoped and unfortunately added more chaos instead of clarity. >> the treasury secretary tweeted out assurances on saturday that president trump won't fire powell. on monday, the president spoke to coordinate what government agencies can do during the ongoing shutdown. cbs news, the white house. there is no christmas miracle to end the partial government shutdown. congress has gone home for the holiday. the white house continues to insist mr. trump will reject any budget deal that does not include money for a border wall or fence. democrats remain stiff in their opposition. senate minority leader chuck schumer's office says the parties are very far apart. nearly 400,000 federal workers

are on indefinite furlough, not getting paid. some 400,000 others are on the job without pay. in indonesia rescue workers are using drones and dogs to search for survivors of saturday's tsunami. the death toll another has climbed to 429 with at least 14 people injured. at least 428 people are missing. a number of hotels and hundreds of homes were destroyed or damaged. officials say the tsunami was probably caused by the collapse of a volcano slope which was not picked up by warning sensors. a symbolic victory for the family of an american college student who died after being held by north korea. a federal judge ordered korea to pay the family of otto warmbier $500 million. he was with a student group when he was arrested for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. he w

hard labor. he died in 2017 shortly after he was returned to the u.s. in a coma. his parents say he was tortured. the first criminal case has been brought against oscar winning actor kevin spacey since sexual misconduct accusations a year ago. soon after, spacey posted a bizarre video to social media. anna warner reports. >> kevin spacey will be arraigned on the sexual assault charges next month. prosecutors say the incident happened in a nantucket, massachusetts, bar in july of 2016. former boston tv news anchor heather enrue said the man was her 18-year-old son. >> kevin spacey bought him drink after drink after drink. and when my son was drunk, spacey made his move. spacey stuck his hand inside my son's pants and grabbed his genitals.

>> meanwhile, the actor posted this video can on youtube. >> i know what you want. you want me back. >> seemingly in character as frank underwood from his former series, "house of cards." >> and you trusted me even though you knew you shouldn't. >> spacey was released from the show because of multiple sexual assault allegations. los angeles county prosecutors are reviewing a case. actor anthony rapp was the first to come forward last summer, alleging a 26-year-old spacey assaulted him when he was 14. spacey said on twitter, he did not remember the incident but apologized to rapp. this is the first time the academy award winner has posted publicly in more than a year. he posted the video saying in part -- >> but you wouldn't believe the worst without evidence, would you? you wouldn't rush to judgment without facts, would you?

did you? >> spacey's representatives did not respond to our request for comment. the l.a. county district attorney spokesperson confirmed today that a first case from 1992 was dropped because of the statute of limitations, but it's a second case that is currently under review. anna werner, cbs news, new york 37. coming up on the morning news, the bear necessities. how a charity group is changing lives by connects those in need with the basics. like shampoo and toothpaste. and president trump has a surprising christmas eve message about santa claus for a 7-year-old boy. this is the cbs morning news. this is the cbs morning nous. complicated relationship with milk? pour on the lactaid, 100% real milk, just without that annoying lactose. mmm, that's good.

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mr. trump and first lady melania fielded phone calls from kids yesterday as they helped out with norah d's santa tracker program. the north american aerospace defense command takes calls from children trying to pinpoint santa's location. the program started in 1955. authorities in el paso, texas, are calling for help after immigrants were dropped off hundreds of migrants at a bus station. i.c.e. released about 200 my grants at a bus station sunday and about 200 more yesterday. congressman beto o'rourke says i.c.e. usually coordinates with shelters making sure there's space.he says i.c.e. ming a mistake by not giving the community any heads up. i.c.e. says it was done to, quote, mitigate the risk of holding family units past the time frame allotted by the govenment. a british charity group provides those in need with life's necessities that most of us takes for granted, soap, shampoo and other personal eye

hygiene products. wenn in london has the story. >> sandra coally came to london two years ago after fleeing violence in the congo. >> i was depressed and i can say dirty because i couldn't take care of myself. >> she arrived with just the clothes on her back and couldn't afford soap or shampoo. but a few miles away, these women were about to intervene. >> you can take toiletries and match them up with people who desperately needed them and there are millions of people who desperately needed them. >> they created beauty banks, an organization providing free products. >> we need to stay clean for our dignity, for our self-respect and our dignity. >> now you can come through, you can hug me, i smell nice.

>> what st media post asking for unused makeup has turned into this. an explosion of toothpaste, lip gloss and eye shadow. each wheelchair, founder joe jones spends hours packing boxes of supplies. >> so this is ready to be sent off to a charity. >> exactly. so that will go. we have a list of about 130 charities. >> beauty banks is less than a year old and is also improving the lives of thousands. >> firstly, they give love and then the product. >> coally says this may look like a simple tin of lip balm, but it's a symbol of her new life. still ahead, bringing christmas to the troops. how an army of donors is sending the holiday spirit to military personnel and their family. from the first loving touch everything that touches your baby should be this comforting

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they have no lease or place to play yet for next year. for the hundreds of thousands of american troops and their families serving away from home, the holidays can be a rough time. but the generosity of strangers allows them to enjoy a bit of christmas spirit. >> this is where our story ends with abby and her family decorating their christmas tree. but this is how it begins, at christmas tree farms like this one in pennsylvania. across the country, a $25 donation for a program called trees for troops can buy a tree for a military family. this season, 17,000 trees were delivered, some with help from fedex. >> i think it's nice. it keeps the holiday spirit alive. >> shipping holiday spirit to 635 military bases from guam to georgia where excited families at ft. benning lined up to see

their free trees alive. ladly's husband is a 75th ranger regiment. >> it keeps us wanting to do what we do. >> each has a message, many written by donors. one said thank you for your bravery. sergeant tyler power is just back from afghanistan, where some comrades were killed. >> this war has gone on for a long time, so i think over time, people get numb to it. >> but these people remembered. >> yeah. >> retired army sergeant marvin hill now works at fedex oversee the deliveries. inspired by the tree he once got while serving in afghanistan. >> it's the thing that keeps you going. it's a taste of home. you know, it's the beginning of the best time of the year, which is the christmas season. >> that one. no. >> 7-year-old abby reyes led her mom and brother to a tree so perfect it left her speechless.

>> so this is the one? >> the tag had a candy cane, a tree and a message. >> tell me what that says. >> thank you. >> is that sweet? that's very nice of them, don't you think? >> yeah. >> dad, patrick, is an infantry staff sergeant here on base. they decorated with home grown music. the ornaments are all special, family gifts or places they have visited. and when they topped this year's tree, they added one special ornament more about a gift from those who remember to those who >> spread them out. >> barry peterson, cbs news, ft. benning, georgia. still to come, a santa for every day of the year and then some. we'll show you a new orleans woman's huge and growing christmas collection. n's huge and growing

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our top story this morning at the vatican this christmas, pop francis is urging christmas to choose simplicity, charity and love over greed and materialism. the pope celebrated mass and pilgrims from around the world traveled to bethlehem to mark christmas. e rst lady attended services at washington national cathedral. this morning, tokyo's nikkei stock index plunged nearly 5% following the lead of wall street. where stocks suffered another major sell-off. the dow lost another 653 points yesterday. that came after the latest criticism of the federal reserve by president trump. mr. trump said on twitter that the only problem with the u.s. economy was the federal reserve. christmas is a time for giving to family, friends, coworkers and the needy.

and when it comes to those who are struggling, there's a new trend in giving.ins. >> it's that last-minute gift shopping time of year. where the choices often between things people don't want and things people don't need. but on the frenzied shopping streets of london and new york, there is a choice of gifts some people need very much. how about about latest in life jackets or sleeping bags or tents or medical supplies? gift not for the well fed and well housed, but bought by them for those stuck in refugee camps around the world. the sign explains the choice. >> it's really tangible to just come in, hold the items and think about a person somewhere who doesn't have that thing. >> it's the idea of music industry executive turned charity shop operator josie nauton. and for operators, it's not just about giving, it's about

feeling. >> it brought a tear to my eye, actually, when i saw the baby and the jackets. it's official. you feel like you're part of it. >> they've divided the gifts up into evocative packages. for those who survived those drugs voyages in small boats, the arrivals bundle, $30. for those who make it to the camps, the shelter bundle, $80. for the most vulnerable, the mother and baby bundle, $30. the charities deliver the gifts to where the refugees are and the london stores have raised more than $1 million so far. >> is this the ultimate feel-good present? >> i think it might just be, yeah. and people are coming in and there's families bursting into tears. there are children coming in spending their pocket money or giving up one their their

christmas presents to buy one for another child. it's a really emotional lovely thing. >> spreading the holiday cheer to people for whom the holidays are no holiday. mark philips, cbs news, london. coming up on "cbs this morning," a closer look at the origin of christmas traditions like hanging stockings, mistletoe and decorating with lights. how their roots can be traced outside of christianity. that's the cbs morning news for this christmas tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm wendy gillette. i'm wendy gillette. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this is kpix 5 news. >> live look outside on this tuesday morning. santa claus has m hisounds.maybn the sky here. good morning. thanks for waking up with us i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm anne makovec.

>> thanks for celebrating with us today. glad you're starting the holiday here with us. it looks like it's going to be decent weather. merry christmas. >> yeah. >> we're here. on this christmas and glad to be here and glad that you're awake and up with us. we are starting off the day with clear skies in spots. so temperatures are running in the 40s and in the 50s and it's going to be a beautiful christmas across the bay area with that sunshine. enjoy it. live look with our sales floor tower camera. 50 in downtown san francisco and 42 for santa rosa. all of that doppler rain now out of here. this is all wrapping up very quickly as that area of low pressure moves out of here. so that's the very last bit