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wo this holiday season get what you want if you shopped online this holiday season, you probably notice that had shipping costs have gone up. one reason is a shortage of truck drivers. companies have now turned to an unexpected source for recruits. here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: here's what you might expect to see driving ii-80 near laramie, wyoming. large stretches of highways

framed by rolling hills. trucker after trucker making their runs, hauling everything from fuel to furniture, billboards advertising where they can gas up. what you might not expect is that the trucker in the next lane is wearing a turban. >> i cannot say it. >> >> reporter: i get the feeling. even with unemployment at a 49-year low there's a record shortage of truck drivers. this year the turnover rate for truck drivers is 96%. more than 50,000 drivers are needed to meet the demand, and the shortage is forcing companies like amazon, began mills, tyson foods and others to hike their prices to consumers. but one group of drivers, indian-americans who practice the sikh faith, truckers like mintu pander, may well be a big part of the solution. more than 30,000 sikhs have entered the truck industry in the last two years. >> mostly sikhs are going to keep the article of faith, like

turban here, beard, mustache. it's a safety hazard for a lot of jobs required, and in trucking they can keep everything, and they can still make a decent living. >> reporter: pander bought a used tractor trailer 13 years ago. today he owns nine rigs, plus this truck stop in laramie. with sikh truck drivers, pander even added a sikh temple to his truck stop. how many truck stops come with a sikh temple? >> not too many. >> reporter: and this kitchen offers indian specials which attract new fans as well. but it's more than a friendly truck stop drawing sikhs to a career behind the wheel. ♪ >> reporter: recruiting videos that look like something straight from bollywood. ♪ >> reporter: promise a glamorous future, a fancy truck, nice car in the driveway, his wife making him food for the road. now is this video based on reality? >> pretty much, oh, yeah.

the presentation could be a little eye-catchy but that's the reality. >> reporter: a prosperous reality for mintu pander. people who say the american dream is dead? >> it's not dead at all. >> reporter: in fact, if ask you him, the american dream is humming along quite nicely on highways across the country. jim axelrod, cbs news, laramie, wyoming. >> who knew. coming up, christmas messages from the pope and the queen. if you have psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently.

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on have christmas day pope francis appealed for peace and reconciliation. speaking to the faithful in st. peters square, the pope called for an end to the bloody civil wars in yemen and syria. in britain today, queen elizabeth attended church with the royal family. the 92-year-old monarch used her christmas message to note the windsor's busy year with two weddings, two new babies and another due in 2019. and in germany, 30 people celebrated by dipping into icy waters in berlin dressed for the occasion, of course. hundreds of thousands of u.s. military personnel are spending the holidays far from home. some were able to send greetings. >> and we want to wish all of our family and friends -- >> happy holidays. >> merry christmas to my mom and dad. hi, mom and dad. >> happy holidays, charleston. >> i would like to wish my some

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we end tonight with a new take on steve hartman's christmas classic. "secret santa" found a new helper on the road >> how are you doing today? you ready for christmas. >> a lot of people ignore the homeless but folks rushing past moses elder may regret their haste, because this week all people had to do was pay him some attention. >> ladies. >> and he would pay them back in benjamins. >> there's $100 for you. >> reporter: you can imagine the shock. >> $100 for you. >> thank you. that's what christmas is all about. >> reporter: moses' mission was financed by secret santa. >> merry christmas to you, sweetie. >> reporter: the same anonymous wealthy businessman who every year goes around the country handing out $100 bills to random

soundtrackers. >> you know what to do with this. but this holiday season in addition to his normal giving he game here to phoenix. >> good morning. >> reporter: and recorded this most unlikely homeless elf. i want tone list you to help me. can we do that? >> all right. >> oh, man. >> here's what we're going to do. >> reporter: he gave moses about $3,000 with the instruction to give it away to whoever he saw fit. >> i think this will be a joyful experience for him. it's a myth, you know, that the homeless just take. for my experience the people with the least give the most of what they have. >> reporter: we saw that, too. >> come here for a minute. >> reporter: danny mccoy put change in the cup even though he has seven kids, and until this moment. >> here's $100 for you, sir, for showing your kind heart. >> reporter: had no idea how he was going to buy christmas presents. >> eternally grateful for what he did. >> you looking for a job? >> reporter: and that's the kind of relief moses brought to so

many for here. most of those he blessed were strangers who happened by. >> reporter: but not all. he gave this guy from church $400. he gave this homeless mother of five, $500, and remember, people appreciate you with your caring, giving heart that you take care of your kids the way you do. >> thank you. >> okay. >> reporter: in the end secret santa also gave moses some money to keep for himself this. here is a new beginning for me. but he says that reward pales in comparison to the joy he received from helping others. >> today we changed a lot of people's lives, but i believe my life was changed the most. >> kindness is a bridge between all people, so if you're ever down and you want to lift yourself up, go do something kind for somebody. >> maybe that will help you. >> reporter: it will make you feel like way more than 100 bucks. >> there you go. >> that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some the news continues and

for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. >> announcer: this is the "sooebz overnight news." >> hi, everyone and welcome to the overnight news. i'm dimarco morgan. hundreds of thousands of federal workers are starting the day without christmas without pay as a partial government shutdown continues through the holidays. the federal employees have been told to stay home on furlough leaving many federal facilities closed. 420,000 workers deemed essential like the tsa and border patrol will continue to work, but at least for now without getting paid. chip reid has the latest on the shutdown steal matt entering its fifth day. >> reporter: president trump today appeared to be in no hurry to get federal employees back to work. >> i can't tell you when the government is going to be oh. i can tell you it's not going to

be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it will. >> reporter: but he did seem to live some wiggle room when asked if the $5 billion he wants for the wall is a concrete number. >> it's complicated because we're getting $25 billion. it's already approved, but that's for everything. >> reporter: the president also claimed that many of the $800,000 federal employees affected by the shutdown want it to continue until he wins his battle with congress. >> many of those workers have said to me and communicated stay out until you get the funding for the wall. these federal workers want the wall. >> reporter: try telling that to erin kidwell. the if you had one wish for christmas, what would that be? >> not being furloughed. we're really nervous about what this furlough is going to mean for us. >> reporter: kidwell and her husband have both been furloughed by the u.s. forest service in oregon. they have two young children and christmas bills are coming due. what is the hardest part of this for you? >> it's just the unknown, you

know. i wore we. i'm a worrier, so the longer it is the more the bigger the impact is. >> the president who last visited the border in march in california said he's making great progress on building the wall claiming that contracts were completed just yesterday for 115 miles of new wall in texas. >> i'm going there at the end of january for the start of construction. for the second time this month a migrant child has died after being detained by u.s. border patrol agents. federal officials say an 8-year-old boy from guatemala died just after midnight on christmas day at a hospital in new mexico. anna werner has the story. >> reporter: customs and border protection said in a statement the 8-year-old guatemalan boy was already in cvp custody yesterday when he became ill and was taken to a new mexico hospital he wagd ommon n hour a haat prescriptions for amoxicillin and ibuprofen, but later in the evening, the

child exhibited nausea and vomiting and was transported back to the hospital where he died shortly after midnight. the boy is the second child to die in cvp custody this month. a 7-year-old guatemalan girl, jakelin caal, whose body was returned to her home village died after extreme dehydration after she and her father crossed the border illegally. officials say she didn't receive treatment for 90 minutes after she showed signs of illness. >> please rise. i'll begin by swearing you in? caal's death has prompted a homeland security investigation and criticism of secretary kirstjen nielsen when she appeared on capitol hill. >> sir what, i can tell you -- >> i'm talking about people who have died in your custody. you don't have the number? >> i will get back to you with the number. >> okay. >> reporter: the guatemalan foreign ministry says the boy and his father entered the u.s. last week and were taken to a new mexico border patrol station on sunday. with congress out of session for

the holiday, democratic critics took to twitter. texas representative sheila jackson lee said this shocked the conscience. texas congresswoman-elect veronica expar. >> over the last few years there have been literally hundreds of migrants who have died in u.s. custody. it is especially tragic when children die in our custody. much of the country did not see a white christmas, but a late holiday snow storm is now on the way. meteorologist robb ellis of our chicago station wbbm has the forecast. >> well, it's the center of the country that is going to deal with the bulk of this system as it moves through. some pretty heavy rain and farther north some pretty heavy snow that comes down from a lot of gulf moisture that's been drifting to the north. now, this is going to start to get organized over the next 12 to 24 hours and sometime late wednesday night we'll see a lot of that gulf moisture finally encounter some of that colder air that has retreated to the north and some banding of snow is expected. how much could we see? there's a bit of good news here.

we're expecting the larger metropolitan areas to miss the bulk of the heaviest snow but in will be impressive totals with many locations, a large amount of real estate dealing with 6 to 12 inches of snow, and there will be more than a foot or more for many locations. now, in anticipation of that, we already have winter storm warnings in place and winter storm watches in place. those will likely be extended farther to the east as the system gets geared up. otherwise, it's a pretty seasonable temperature forecast, and many of these locations even running a little bit above average. that system will be heading east by the end of the week and impacting the east coast with mainly rain. >> a false alarm triggered new pan nick indonesia as search efforts continued after a catastrophic tsunami. e death toll has now climbed to at least 429. giant waves slammed into popular beach towns saturday night for a busy holiday. four days later search-and-rescue teams are still looking for the missing. here's barry petersen.

>> reporter: fear of another tsunami sent searchers fleeing yelling water is coming t.turned out to be a false alarm. they fear this volcano still erupting as it has been for months, a landslide may have triggered the wall of water that killed hundreds over the weekend. and when the powerful waters receded, it swept people out to sea. now bodies, this was a young boy, are washing back ashore. searchers using sniffer dogs and drones are finding more devastation. shelters house both the homeless and some from areas not even hit but still traumatized, like this woman. i'm just afraid, she said. there are christians in this mostly muslim country. they gathered not to celebrate the joy of christmas day as they usually do, but to pray and sometimes to cry for victims in what has become a land of tears.

barry petersen, cbs news, london. >> the sooebz overnight news" will be right back.

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>> announcer: this is "the sooebz overnight news." >> philip glass is among the five artists being celebrated at this month's kennedy center honors. his work includes dozens of operas and movie scores and while glass is considered a legendry force in the music world, success did not come quick or easy. anthony mason spoke to him at the theater here in manhattan where glass worked and performed early in his career. >> reporter: one. most influential composers in the world, philip glass, has produced 27 operas, 11 symphonies and scored more than 50 films. are does music just come to you

all the time? >> sure. >> reporter: what's that like? >> it keeps you busy. >> the very busy philip glass. [ applause ] >> reporter: but for much of his pioneering career, awards eluded him. here you are now getting kennedy center honors, a guy who couldn't get a grant at one point. >> so how did that happen? >> reporter: how did that snap. >> you tell me. >> reporter: in a way philip glass first made his mark on popular culture as the subject of chuck close's striking 1969 portrait titled simply "phil." ♪ >> reporter: but his influence in music starts much earlier. when did you first think you wanted to be a musician or a composer? >> i thought it when i had my first thoughts. ♪ >> reporter: his parents benjamin and ida glass, jewish

immigrants from lithuania, raised their family in baltimore. philip worked in his father's record store >> you learn music from selling it and then he taught it to me. it was kind of a family business in a way, but oddly enough they were disappointed when i went into it. >> reporter: why? >> it was far away from being a doctor or a lawyer. >> reporter: but glass went to the university of chicago at 15, and then to juilliard, and in 1964 won a fulbright scholarship to study in paris where he met an indian sitary master. >> robbie was had a musician and per former and i saw that as a possible future. oh, look what this guy does. >> reporter: glass transcribed shankar's indian music into western notation. >> i couldn't figure it out, and then finally i did it -- i erased the bar lines, and suddenly i saw a flow of music.

>> reporter: right. >> if i hadn't done that, we wouldn't be sitting here today, and the any. ♪ >> reporter: he began to develop his own musical language, subtle variations of similar patterns. he moved to new york. in 1968, glass gave his first public performance at queen's college. among the half dozen of people in the audience was his mother who came up from baltimore. what did your mother think of the concert? >> she didn't say anything and i didn't say anything and as she got on the train she turned to me and said don't you think you should get a haircut? i mean, that's a classic, isn't it? ♪ >> reporter: but some of his early audiences were more demonstrative. in the beginning, you've said people literally like threw things at you. >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. they did. >> reporter: you smile. >> it wasn't money either.

eggs and tomatoes and stuff. >> reporter: yeah. how did you respond to it? >> ducked. that's the way it goes. people who throw stones out and then later we use the same stones to build mausoleums for them. >> reporter: in 1971 he formed a philip glass ensemble to perform his music but struggled to pay them. you were still working day jobs in effect into your 40s. >> i was strong, too. i was moving furniture. >> reporter: and driving cabs? ♪ >> reporter: in 1976 his opera "einstein on the beach," a metaphysical look at albert einstein, debuted at the metropolitan opera. "the washington post" called it one of the seminal artworks of the 20th century.

two years later a commission from the report dam on rah allowed glass to quit his day job. the classical world didn't embrace you. >> even especially, and you know. what we liked it that way. >> reporter: you did, why? >> because we were inpent. >> reporter: glass has always gone his own way, and in the '80s began scoring films. ♪ his music for martin scorcese's film about the dalai lama won him the first of three academy award nominations. his music for party ware's "the truman show" in which he made a cameo appearance won glass a golden globe. ♪ his work is now performed all over the world, and the awards have finally followed. in 2015 the national medal of the arts from president obama. [ applause ] >> reporter: and now the kennedy center honors. you're in some pretty good

company. >> i think i am. i'm very impressed with who the other people are. you know what it's really good for my sister, it makes her really happy, and my family. >> and you can watch the kennedy center honors ton

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of all the christmas gifts people might want to return, few may be as unwanted as the fruit cake so you may well be supplies that had a particular group loves getting fruit cake for the holidays. nancy giles explains in a story for "sunday morning." >> reporter: it's that time of year when some of us will reach into our christmas stockings and

find coal instead. what is that lumpy thing down there? it's fruit cake. that classic hockey puck of a dessert with the cristment ornament looking fruit on top. as a kid just looking at it made me queasy. i couldn't deal with it. >> by the way, don't send me a fruit cake for christmas, anybody. >> reporter: neither could johnny carson. >> you know there's one fruit cake in the world and people keep sending it to each other. >> reporter: but in a bizarre christmas twist we met people who actually taste the cake. >> take a bite. mmm. >> reporter: jack haskell works for the pacific crest trail. he's part of a growing number of hikers who prefer to have fruit cakes as a seasonal break from protein and granola bars. >> it's not the energy bar. it's not some goop. it's real food, not hiking food. >> you've got the perfect food for a hiker that's trying to go

the distance. >> a half cup of sugar. >> reporter: brenda is a nutritionist who discovers that fruit cake could be more than just a door stop. >> you're close to the same calories per gram in a fruit cake compared to a snickers bar or trail bar, but you're miles ahead on iron, magnesium, calcium. the mineral content is higher. >> reporter: she is just the type to makes fruit cakes every holiday season, and she says friends and family actually like them. t comes to the nutritional value, i'm not trying to be funny. how does the brandy help? >> brandy is an alcohol product, and so alcohol is in between fat and carbohydrates. >> reporter: mock. >> sugars and fat. >> reporter: sugar and fat, okay. and i've got to say, her fruit

cake wasn't half bad. i'm not making faces. i'd be making very bad faces if it was bad. but come on works has time to make their own fruit cake? luckily colin street bakery in corsicana, texas, have been making fruit cakes since 198 of. they must be doing something right because even with the red cherries and weirdly green pineapples, they make 30,000 a day this time of year. >> hi, everyone. this is tim blaney. i've been training with this product for the last 12 weeks. it's a fruit cake made by colin street bakery. >> reporter: and they have also grown wise to the fact that more and more long distance athletes like tim are using their product as exercise fuel, so they are now churning out petite-sized bites. >> these are real good. i'll eat one of these about every hour snow really love this, huh? >> i love it, yeah. >> reporter: back to jack

haskell who hikes these mountains all the time. help says there's another practical reason he prefers fruit cake over other snacks. as an experienced wilderness traveler i've eaten so many energy bars that i've had a hard time stomaching them. how do they keep in the winter? >> if they are really, real cold they freeze and some brands are as hard as a rock and i'll have to put it in my jacket to warm up. >> reporter: right. >> fruit cake is more cakey so it doesn't have that same problem. even if it's a frozenbury, can you still eat it pretty easily. >> reporter: fruit cake and brick, you see that in the same sentence a lot of times. >> yeah. >> reporter: in the snow, out of my element and hungry, it was finally time to test out a couple of those bricks. >> mmm, sugary. >> it's got enough bang for its buck. it's really filling. two bites of it and i feel like i've eaten something. >> i could eat three-quarters of a loaf right now. >> reporter: jack, you're a

fruit cake freak. >> no, i'm not. i think it's good. >> reporter: yes, jack, you are. >> "the sooebz over night news" will be rigbe right

save nearly 30 years ago comes full circle during a traffic stop. michelle miller has more on the extraordinary encounter caught on video. >> how is it going today? >> state police, insurance and registration. >> reporter: with his body cam rolling trooper mike patterson pulled over a whitebm f wha .thoug a after some small re

po offer matthew bailey realized they were from the same neighboran crossed paths before thanks to the trooper's mom. >> i was in labor and didn't realize it. before you know it i'm on the bed and michael's head is crowning. >> every birthday michael's mother recounted the story of how an officer helped his dad deliver him at home. >> years ago, it was the first day i was delivered. >> at the house. >> in the bedroom. >> oh, yes, by my level. ⌞> that was me. >> get the hell out. >> that was me. i'm like, wow, is this really happening right now. >> reporter: matthew, michael and his mom had a chance to return to the scene of his birth 27 years later. what the was going through your mind? >> at that point i didn't have any children of my own. i had never seen it, experienced it, and i was just trying to recall academy days of my training. >> reporter: they train in the academy for this? >> a brief segment, much too

brief. >> i'm grateful to mr. daly for coming to assist, and everybody asks why do i get so upset, i get upset because i honestly don't know what would have happened had they not come to my aid. >> i think a greater power somehow made that meeting happen, and i'm not sure where it's going to take us, and i'm willing to go on the journey. >> we're definitely going to stay in touch because this is a special relationship. i'm sorry. it's a special relationship, an. things judgment don't randomly happen like that. >> reporter: some people might call this serendipity. what do you call it? >> purpose. >> yes. >> and that's the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues, and for others you can check back with us a little later for the morning news and, of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm dimarco

murray. it's wednesday, december 26, 2018, this is the "cbs morning news." another migrant child has died while in custody of u.s. customs and border protection. new changes now in place. today the first full business day since the partial government shutdown started and there's no end in sight. but demands for the border wall could shift. and a little girl tells president trump she still president trump she still believes in santa claus. captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters. i'm hena doba in for anne-marie green.