good morning, it is november 9th, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." is there a john bolton bombshell? the former national security adviser implies he has more information that he can share about the impeachment probe if a federal judge gives him immunity. vaping crisis breakthrough. the cdc says they may have pinpointed who got thousands sick across the country. wintry drift. nearly three quarters of the country will plunge below freezing the next few days. we will have the latest forecast. the fall of the wall. 30 years ago today the berlin wall fell in one of most stunning moments in world history. we'll look back at its demise

and explore why some see it as a warning for the future. find out how a well-known audio entertainment company has used its technology to make physical and psychological changes in one great american city. first, we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 secon seconds. >> what they do is they go all over washington, let's find ten people that hate president trump the most, and let's put them up there. >> president trump dismisses the impeachment inquiry. >> this is a scam by the democrats to try and win an election. president trump's looking to build support among black americans. >> the president spoke at a campaign event in atlanta. >> what do you prefer, blacks for trump or african-americans for trump? [ cheers ] you should expect a very cold saturday morning. >> reporter: an arctic blast has

been moving across the eastern half of the u.s. >> it is here. it's freezing. >> let's say it like it is, it's cold outside. stetoward runni forhaembergakea president. he filed the paperwork to get his name on the primary ballot in alabama. >> i say good. it's about time billionaires got a voice and a place at the table in this country. >> reporter: european union leaders are in berlin marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. [ cheers ] "wheel of fortune" host pat say jack is recovering from surgeriment. >> get well soon, pat. wide open -- [ cheers ] robotic fun on mit's campus. a super mini cheetah. unwanted visitors that they can't seem to shed. >> there's a little turkey trouble in toms river. >> they'll come at you and go to peck at you. i feel like a turkey --

on "cbs this morning saturday." >> it's easy to lose sight of the student portion of student athlete, but one basketball player gets -- [ cheers ] >> i can tell he's a good teammate. look how happy they are for him. [ cheers ] >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by brought to you by toyota -- let's go places. >> so sweet. got to love teammates. >> it's awesome. >> where did they go? they ran out the door. celebrating. there you go. welcome to the weekend, everyone. i'm jeff glor along with dana jacobson and michelle miller. this morning we are going to take you behind the wheel of one of the world's most legendary cars. this ford gt 40 took on all of europe in a grueling 24-hour race that it now the focus of

the new film "ford vs. ferrari." as the film gets ready for wide th a whoan 'll lk bale how to go l hell. >> wow. plus, of the best -- he is one of the best nba players of all time. but kobe bryant's post career is just as popular. we'll go one on one with the laker legend. then it20 years ago, david gray broke through with "white ladder." later in the show we'll talk with him as he reflects on the album that changed it all, and he'll perform for us here in our "saturday sessions." that is ahead. we begin this morning with the development, though, on the impeachment inquiry. public hearings are set to begin next week. president trump said yesterday they should not be made public as newly leased transcripts continue to offer more details of the president's alleged

dealings with ukraine. and now there are hints that mr. trump's former national security viserlso tes against weijia jiang is at the white house this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to everybody. president trump says the only thing that matters is the summary of his call with ukraine's leader. and now he is considering releasing a transcript of their first call, and you are so right. we have learned through court filings that former national security adviser john bolton could be dropping new bombshells about all of the stuff that was happening behind the scenes. [ chants ] in atlanta friday, president trump addressed a crowd chanting "blacks for trump," trying to drum up support for his re-election bid. >> the democrats have taken african-american voters totally for granted. >> reporter: earlier at the white house, the president brushed off the vivid picture unfolding in the impeachment inquiry, painted by several witnesses who described a quid pro quo with ukraine.

>> i'm not concerned about anything, the testimony has all been fine. i mean, for the most part i never heard of these people. >> reporter: they include the former white house senior russia director, fiona hill, who said during a july meeting u.s. ambassador to the eu, hgreemeit chief king about how of s mulvaney for a esidential meeting w the to go forward with investigations into the biden family. white house ukraine director alex vindman was at the meeting and testified the same thing, that t to deliver an investigation into the bidens. it was explicit, there was no ambiguity. and that this had been coordinated with chief of staff mulvaney. last month, mulvaney denied that. what was on the table for a precondition and was the investigation of barisma ever brought up as a condition to meet with president trump? >> no. not to me. and not to anybody i know of. >> reporter: hill testified former national security adviser

john bolton was so alarmed by the meeting that he told her to go straight to a top white house lawyer. tell eisenberg that i am not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up on this. a federal judge may clear the way for him to testify. bolton, they write, had many relevant meetings and conversations that have not yet been discussed in the testimonies so far. subpoena to appear on capitol hill yesterday. president trump said he would, quote, love for mulvaney and others who know him to testify, but acided that would lend credibility -- lend credibility to a corrupt investigation. the president says the whistle-blower who started it all should be revealed. in a rare interview, #unwantedivanka said the person's identity -- interview, ivanka trump said the person's identity isn't relevant. >> thank you. ahead with what's coming in

the impeachment hearings, phillip, good morning. let's start broad picture here. we start the public hearings on wednesday. what are the democrats hoping to get out of this? obviously we've started to see some of those transcripts in the closed door hearings already. >> right. i think what they're hoping to get here is to have these people speaking publicly, get it on television, have people in america be more broadly aware of what it is that they're saying. right, i think the question is, impeachment polling is sort of stagnant at this point, it spiked after the inquiry began. it hasn't changed much since then. democrats want to see that move. the question is, how will this be covered in conservative media? and in particular, will it be aired regularly or not? i think that remains to be seen. >> trump's former national security adviser, john bolton, indicated that he may know something-something about ukraine. and he's willing to testify just as long as a judge orders him to do it. >> right. >> what can we make of this really? >> sure. i think we can make a couple of things of it. first of all, john bolton is an institutionalyist, he doesn't want to go out and say i'm going

to ignore executive privilege and adhere to what the house wants to do. he see its as a legal fight between the two branches of government and will wants the courts to settle that. he knows what happened. he was in the room for some meetings. what was happening from the white house's end on foreign policy. there's certainly things that he knows. and that may influence the courts to say, you know, secondtively privilege in this case -- executive privilege in this case doesn't apply because it's so important. >> could he get immunity? >> i don't think there's criminality suspected by bolton. i think he could offer insight into what happened. >> he is the key to this, or at least wants people to believe that he's the key to this. eight depositions have been released so far. how is the public testimony going to be different than those at depositions? >> that remeans to be seen. i think there are two ways. the first is since the depositions are out there, the members of congress interviewing folks will be much better prepared. they'll know exactly what to expect, what questions to ask to illicit more information. i think the witnesses themselves will be more circumscribed.

more sernervous about offering their opinions because this is open, i think it will be a lot more contentious. >> one of the names we've seen besides bolton obviously is mick mulvaney. he didn't show up for his deposition. what do we know, though, that he knows from other testimony right now? >> right. he's going to be an interesting case. the "post" reported this morning he's joined the bolton lawsuit. he's going to wait and see what the courts say he has to do, as well. he was very much implicated in the testimony that was released yesterday, as having sort of directed gordon sondland, the u.n. ambassador, to take a lot of these actions. i'd be haved interest -- i'd be very interested if he is forced to testify if he's open about what he knowns, and he admitted there was a quid pro quo last month, or if he does this, i don't know, i don't remember, what sondland did. >> interesting to see mulvaney and bolton up there together. unlikely. >> new daytime drama. >> thank you so much. >> sure. a reminder, cbs news will bring you live coverage of the impeachment hearings and testimony on wednesday and

friday morning. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is already revealing a willingness to break from thea o run for president. on friday his adviser said bloomberg plans to skip campaigning in the first four states to vote and focus initially on the 15 states participating in super tuesday on march 3rd. this as the billionaire qualified to get on the ballot in one of the super tuesday states, alabama. here's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: former mayor michael bloomberg kept a low profile as his aides turned in paperwork in alabama. the state with the earliest filing deadline. there are plans to do so in other states next week. but would-be democratic opponents believe bloomberg should spend his billions some other way. >> i think it's a broken system that people who have wealth can somehow leapfrog others who might be as viable or more viable candidates. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren welcomed him to the race by tweeting out a she's

president. the mayor previously said he'd stay out of the race because of former vice president joe biden's commanding lea here do i sign, boss? >> reporter: the former vep who signed his own paperwork in new hampshire is falling behinds warren and bernie sanders in some polls. biden says bloomberg need not worry. >> in terms he's running -- last polls i looked at, i'm pretty far ahead. >> reporter: there's a fellow new yorker with a strong opinion -- president trump. >> he doesn't have the magic to do well. there is nobody i'd rather run against than little michael. that i can tell you. >> reporter: as a former republican and independent, bloomberg would fight for climate change, revamping the nation's schools and gun control. issues that are sure to make him popular with democrats, but he does face an uphill climb. in a poll last month only 6% of likely democratic primary voters said they would definitely vote for the former mayor if he runs for president. for "cbs this morning saturday," ed o'keefe, washington. parts of the midwest could

be battling one of the coldest veterans day ever on monday as another blast of arctic air is set to move into the central and eastern portions of the country by sunday. it may be hard to notice as snow brushes are already getting a workout clearing off windshields, that's in northern michigan. plunging temperatures are also helping to bring early november snow to the mid-atlantic states. roads were slick and travel treacherous in erie, pennsylvania, overnight. meteorologist jeff berardelli is here with the story about the cold and the rest of the nation's weather. jeff, good morning. good morning. i could do this weathercast in five seconds. move to florida. pack your bags and move right now. that's how cold it's going to be. this morning as we wake up -- good morning, everyone -- freezing temperatures and below in new york city. record lows already at 28. this is just an appetizer for what is going to be an arctic plunge of air that arrives sunday night and monday. the core of that on sunday and monday will be in the upper midwest. watch what happens as we head into tuesday. look at that wind in texas, down

to the gulf coast, freezing temperatures, windchills even worse than that. the core on tuesday located in north chicago. the whole thing moves toward the east, gets windy and cold up and down the eastern seaboard. how low will it go in your city? minneapolis, 8. remember, we're not factoring in the wind. actual temperatures. indianapolis, 15. dallas, 25. new orleans may be down to the freezing mark. when you factor in the wind, look at how cold it will feel in chicago as we head into tuesday morning. 4 below, madison 6 below. then we head toward the east coast. cooperstown, no baseball. the baseball hall of fame wednesday morning. negative 3. snowfall, there will be some, it's not going to be a huge deal, but a few inches possible in areas. and maybe the first of the season in new york and boston on tuesday, guys. >> that's the key. we are going to get snow likely here, jeff. >> a few flakes. maybe an inch of snow. but burlington, buffalo, 6 to 12 inches much get your skis out. >> excellent. can't wait. thank you so much.

>> you're welcome. >> great attitude. federal health officials have made a breakthrough in their investigation into the lung illnesses and deaths linked to vaping. the centers for disease control and prevention found vitamin e acetate in all 29 samples of lung fluid taken from patients. it is the first time the cdc is found a common suspect in patients' lungs damaged by vaping. when heated and inveiled, vitamin e acetate is thought to cause a chemical burn injury in the lungs. the cdc says more tests still need to be done. >> we have to better understand the pathology of how the vitamin e that gets into the lungs and causes the damage to the lungs occur. >> vitamin e acetate is often used as a thickener in black market vaping fluid containing thc, the active ingredient in marijuana. but just 23 of the 29 tested at2,000 illnesses and 40 deaths have been linked to vaping. the u.s. has strongly

condemned recent syrian and russian air strikes that killed civilians in northwest syria. syrian and russian forces have moved into the north of the country following the partial withdrawal there by the u.s. last month and the invasion by turkey. charlie d'agata is on the ground with the situation that remains miley volatile. -- highly volatile. >> reporter: they came with whatever weapons they could find from sledgehammers and rocks to shoes and bottles and stacks of eggs. kurdish residents who have seen hundreds of their people killed in the turkish onslaught were not about to let a turkish and russian convoy pass through without a scratch. but they're just as angry at america for allowing the turks to invade in the first place. in the crowd, we found the mother of hevring halav, the kurdish politician executed in the street by pro-turkish gunmen. she blames the u.s. for the attack and refused to speak with us, an american news crew. the convoy came into view, then

took a sharp right. but protesters chased them down at the next turn and unleashed their fury with everything they had. [ siren ] the turkish and russian convoy tried to get around these kurdish proteste thedi they re t off at this point. that's where they were pelted by stones and eggs and bottles of oil. a few people were injured. demonstrators told us they made their mark. why did you come today? "i came here to tell the russian and turkish invaders not to patrol our land," one woman told us it. "we live here. it's not their land, not even that much." one protester was killed in that demonstration. he jumped on a vehicle, slipped off, and was run over. a t just reflects the -- it just reflects the outrage aimed at what the kurds see as an occupying force. dana? >> charlie, thank you. 30 years ago today the

berlin wall, one of the most enduring symbols of the cold war in europe, came down piece by piece. it was a pivotal moment. the wall divided the city between the communist east and the free west. during the three decades that it stood, several world leaders including former presidents kennedy and reagan, called on the soviets to tear it down. roxana saberi reports. >> reporter: these flowers and the fragments of the berlin wall marks 30 years since the symbol of the split between communism and democracy began to crumble. built by soviet allied east germany in 1961, the wall began as barbed wire, going up overnight. people in east berlin woke up to learn they were trapped. over the years, thousands tried to breach the 27-mile wall. for dozens, the attempt to cross the so-called death strip guarded by soldiers and filled with mines, proved deadly. >> and the determination -- >> reporter: john f. kennedy visited the wall in 1963, paying tribute to berliners' quest for

freedom. >> in the world of freedom, the proudest post is -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: in 1987, ronald reagan followed with a message for soviet leader gorbachev. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [ cheers ] >> reporter: two years later, the people did. crowds on the eastern side of the wall demanded they be let through. >> they were streaming across the call within hours of the announcement -- >> reporter: overwhelmed border guards had no choice but to step back. >> now their job is stamping passports as fast as they can to keep the flow to the west moving. and many of them seem to relish their new role. >> that's good. >> reporter: the fall of the berlin wall pointed to the end of the cold war and aof unified world. but three decades later, that expectation has faded. with the rise of nationalism and cracks appearing in the european union and nato. in berlin yesterday, secretary

of state mike pompeo called on nato nations to spend more on their defense. he also criticized russia and china. >> today authoritarianism is just a stone's throw away. it's rising. if we're honest, it never really went away completely. >> reporter: and today german chancellor angela merkel urged europe to defend freedom and democracy, warning they should never be taken for granted. for "cbs this morning saturday," roxana saberi, london. time to show other stories making news. "the hill" reports former white house adviser steve bannon says president trump's campaign viewed roger stone as a link to wikileaks. bannon testified friday during day four of roger stone's criminal trial in washington. he says stone bragged about his relationship with wikileaks which released hacked emails damaging to hillary clinton's campaign. bannon said while mr. trump's campaign never asked stone to contact wikileaks or its founder julian assange, he was considered a, quote, access

point. "usa today" reports facebook is apologizing after several black employees say racism and discrimination at the social network company have gotten worse in the past year. in an anonymous memo, 12 current and former black employees detailed micro-aggressions and low morale at the company. in one instance, two white employees reportedly asked a black manager to clean up after them -- once they were done eating. in an e-mail statement, facebook said "we're listening, and we're working hard to do better." tmz reports vanna white will host "wheel of fortune" as pat sajack recovers from emergency surgery. he underwent an operation thursday to correct a blocked intestine. right now the game show is shooting its disney week. tmz says mickey mouse will take vanna's place, turning the letters -- >> love it. >> sajack and white have been on "wheel of fortune" together for 36 years. i swear to god, they look the same. >> i know. glad she's stepping into the

role. >> cool. and alabama.com reports waffle house customers pitched in after the restaurant was extremely short staffed. a scheduling glitch at the birmingham waffle house meant only one employee was on duty around midnight last saturday. the lone worker struggled to take orders and prepare meals for hungry night owls, so out of the blue one customer stood up, asked for an apron, and began working behind the counter. the mystery man and a few other customers washed dishes and bussed tables. >> love it. >> good stuff. >> yeah. >> there you go, right? >> bussing tables. >> anything for your waffle house. >> there it is. >> exactly. especially at midnight on a saturday. about 22 minutes after the hour. here's the weather for your weekend. ♪

high heels are a fashion choice except in japan where in many office its's a required dress code for women. and it's not the only one. see why that soon may be changing. plus, a workplace that's truly inspiring. tech temperature audible has trans-- tech company audible has transformed a church into their headquarters. hear how the sound decision has lifted the company and the community. and later, there's no acting comeback quite like the one james dean is making. how the screen legend has been cast in his fourth film more than six decades after he left us. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

quite the trivia question. who is the only person to have won an nba championship and an oscar. that guy. still ahead, we sit down with kobe bryant and hear about his post nba life full of unexpected achievements. christian bale and matt damon are oscar winners. it's their high-powered co-star who may be stealing the theme in "ford vs. ferrari." without th

with a walkup song, people pick things that are celebratory or tough. you've got to intimidate the pitcher. you picked a kids' song. what were you doing there? >> it started one day in the apartment. my baby, starting -- >> how old is your baby? >> two years and ten months. >> okay. >> started putting like 20 times before i go -- >> it was in your head. >> my baby jumping, happy, and everything, and smiles. so that day, i come into the -- in the afternoon, come into the stadium, and i say to the guy, i want to change my walkup song. every day when i move my phone, i -- i have the ringtone. the baby starts -- three times i do that. the last time i say, that's my song. you play that song? he started that song that day. >> you didn't think it would take off like this. when you first started -- people

doing it, what did you think? >> the first day when i come in, everybody heard the song, surprise. even my teammates. i look ad like what is this -- after that, like after that, everybody great. everybody joy. the kids. all the kids come back to the stadium. they're waiting for that song. enjoy the game. and good for my team. >> a lot of people credit you with turning around the team culture. >> that's i hear. i think everybody, i think everybody -- i thank my teammates because of that. but i think everybody putting special moment. i think more important for my team is we're starting in the clubhouse. >> in the clubhouse. >> yeah. we dance in the clubhouse. >> you said everybody used to leave, you said, no, let's stay and -- >> celebrate. >> one person came and one person came and one person came. >> yeah.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday." we begin this half hour with a fashion backlash in japan. there's an outcry on social media after a number of japanese companies reportedly banned female employees from wearing eyeglasses to work. some women are calling the workplace rules discriminatory and outdated. it doesn't end with eyeglasses. as lucy kraft reports, the controversy is similar to another concerning female footwear in the workplace. >> reporter: activist yumi has become the face of a social movement in japan. and her feet, always shot in flat shoes, are not just a fashion statement. "shoes are an expression of

japan's male chiefnism," she said. taking a page from the me too movement, she and tens of thousands of followers have declared war on high heels. their campaign is kutu which means shoe suffering. japan has been called the land of uniforms for good reason. the sahrer toial conformity starts early and continues throughout life. high heels have become part of the dress code for working women in japan. wearing them is considered a kind of office etiquette. even japan's labor minister weighed in calling high heels necessary and reasonable. such was this entrenched male mindset in japan that ishikawa's old job at a funeral parlor where she spent six hours a day on her feet, heels were mandatory. "three-inch heels were the rule," she said. "when quitting time rolled around, my toes were bleeding. i thought, guys do the same job as me. why do they get to wear flat shoes?" she vented on line, and japan

felt her pain, literally. scores of women shared war stories about grinning and bearing it through blisters, back pain, and hammer toes, inflicted by prolonged high heel use. the kutu movement was born, demanding it the right to comfortable footwear at work. it's a movement that seems to have legs. recently major banks abolished formal dress codes, a move many support. "i think heels should be optional," said an airline employee, "requiring heels makes me wonder why aren't men wearing them." traditional companies might require heels, but not newer, more progressive ones. she works in i.t. meanwhile, ishikawa is turning her pain to profit. she has a book and is about to debut her line of sensible shoes. another step toward fat footwear -- toward footwear freedom. lucy kraft, tokyo. >> interesting. >> uh-huh. well, all i have to say is, you

know, women of a certain age, your feet have a hard time in heels. >> not even just a certain age. 4.5-inches heels -- >> i can speak. i'm a woman of a certain age. >> i don't get the eyeglasses either. >> because -- you know, it's the look. eyeglasses take away from the woman's face. so they make them look librarian-ish. remember? >> ah, okay, okay. there you go. all right. i agree with you both. i agree with you both. right. how about this for daring -- three men walk into a crowded department store, smash the display cases, and walk out with the goods. the story straight ahead. first, here's a look at the weather for your weekend up close. ♪

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just four years ago. some of that success is thanks to innovative public/private partnerships like the one formed between the city and the audio book company audible. these improvements are not only transforming the city but also the lives of its residents. how did you find this place? >> this is just one of the great build flings in newark -- >> reporter: you might think the largest producer and seller of audio books would be in seattle or silicon valley. >> it's the right thing to do, and i have a lot of reasons why. >> reporter: audible founder don katz just expanded his company into the soul of downtown newark. are these new? >> no, they're original -- >> reporter: they were original? >> from 1932. so the church burned down. >> reporter: audible's new home is this once abandoned 100-year-old church that's gone from house of worship to work space. >> this was the original choir loft where people gathered to

brainstorm, create ideas. >> reporter: it's called the innovation cathedral. what are people doing here? >> they're building various technologically oriented products. these are mostly software development engineers. >> reporter: in fact, audible has become newark's fastest growing private employer with a work force of more than 1,600 in the city, all engineering a new frontier of entertainment. >> audible didn't just leave reading alone. if you think about it, there are millions and millions and millions listening to audible now because we looked at the concept of reading and thought about refracting it through this artful performances by actors. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: but it's not just tech being developed here. it's young minds, too. as a partner in the teaspoons education system. -- in the city's education system. audible donated more than $4 million by giving newark public school students an amazon tablet, headphones, and audible

subscription. >> i was a book nerd. definitely. i read a lot of books. >> reporter: it offered students like nicole internships and a paycheck. >> yeah. we get paid. i started out with $14 an hour. so that -- that's a lot. a pretty good investment of my time. >> reporter: ceo don katz got his start as a journalist which developed into a true tech innovator. he's credited with creating the first digital audio player back in 1997, four years before apple came out with the ipod. >> i was supposed to do a book about the digital media revolution like 25 years ago. and instead of writing the book, i saw that people were running around with little digital devices filled with civilization. they'd be in your pocket. one thing after another. i decided to create a company instead of write about it. >> reporter: audible grew so fast that by 2008 amazon paid a reported $300 million to buy it.

how much did amazon change the equation? >> the beautiful thing is that we have a creative, independent culture, brand, and business model. they very much support what we're doing in newark. do they, you know, necessarily agree with everything we're doing? i don't really know. all i know is that we've had an amazing run here. >> reporter: the company moved from neighboring elizabeth, new jersey, to newark in 2007, just newod s in to city hall. >> clear to me that they've been a good partner, great intentions, doing what they can do. >> reporter: the mayor is the latest reformer pushing big ideas, including a goal of having newark-based corporations like audible, prudential, and panasonic to hire 2,000 local residents by next year. >> we need to make sure they train and work with newark residents. we need to make sure they help us in the schools to get kids prepared. >> reporter: the promise of better days is helping to erode the stigma associated with newark's past.

the 1969 uprising exposed police brutality and job inequality and also drove thousands of residents out. draining the city of its once-mighty tax base and political accountability. those days are gone, but as some degree of prosperity returns, the mayor hopes to ensure the city's comeback won't leave those who always lived here behind. >> the economy grows in a city, it's our job as leaders and elected here in the town to make sure the wealth that comes in the community is redistributed in s a way that the majority of residents can see some benefit from it. >> reporter: would you ever have thought this was your future? newark, new jersey? >> no. nope. i thought i was going to move to california and do something cool out there. >> reporter: iyana post is one example. she found a job at united statesible one year ago -- a job at audible one year ago after struggling through a tough adolescence. >> i was living in a homeless

shelter here, and they have a program at audible called hire local. >> reporter: she will enroll in college next year thanks to another audible program that pays for the majority of tuition for all employees. it's changed her trajectory all because of the people who create cutting edge audio have also learned to listen to the needs of those around them. >> they helped me shape my future now by investing their training, their hiring, their programs, everything they've done has helped me achieve what i am today. >> we basically said as long as you're bright and gregarious, we'll take it from there. >> reporter: have you been able to filter up that talent pool? >> in ranks of the company, it's representative. more interested in the organic impact, you're creating jobs at awe levels for all kind of people. this cathedral is filled with people from all over the world who are at the top of their game in technology. >> this is audible -- >> reporter: and as audible continues to change the way we enjoy books, it's helped open up a brand-new chapter for the city

of newark. >> look, everyone in america loves a comeback story. it's one of our great kind of, you know, storytelling kind of tropes. and being part of it, it actually has a real lot of meaning and uplifting character. and, you know, i -- i would say the fact that so many people want to work here is justification enough to continue to try to help the city. >> reporter: here are some other perks -- audible gives their employees free daily lunch, an additional $500 a month on top of their salary to pay rent if they choose to live in newark. >> wow. >> they even have a bowling alley for employees -- >> that's it -- i'm in. >> in the basement. >> that's right. >> what a great use of their resources and their personnel and developing and growing. i love all of this. >> yeah. it's almost full circle for katz. as a journalist, he was covering, you know, so much of the unrest of the '60s. he even had issues with the

black panthers. he's viewed as a kind of guy who sees it and has seen it for a long time. >> a couple things, one is looking at the church is amazing. to see the base inside of a church, just beautiful. what he says about as long as you're bright and gregarious. >> gregarious. >> you better do it with a smile. >> we like that.n a new role ev he's been dead for decades. up next, how screen legend james dean will star in a coming production and how the unusual casting may be start of a trend. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." this portion sponsored by -- ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> dean's life was cut short by a car crash in 1955. now movie makers are using computer technology to bring him back in a new role. this week, a production company announced it purchased the rights to use deans image from the -- dean's image from the late actor's family. ♪ their plan is to use a mixture of old film footage and photos to create a digital dean to co-star in a new film called "finding vi the character's voice and body. reactions to the announcement haven't exactly been positive. >> it seeps like actors -- seems like actors in particular are not too enthused with the idea that is dawning on them that after they pass away, they may be brought back to play roles they might not have otherwise agreed to do. >> reporter: it's not the first time filmmakers have tried to bring a dead actor to life on screen. in 1955, bella la gosi died

before finishing "planned 9 from outer space." wood cast another actor who finished the scenes hidden by a cape. [ scream ] in 2000, oliver reed died of a heart attack while filming in malta. a body double was brought in and a cgi team created a mask of reed's face with much of the two minutes of footage shot in the shadows. >> seems you're wanting freedom. >> reporter: in "rogue one," a "star wars" story, disney used pgi to bring peter cushing back to a mixed perception. >> prepare for the jump to hyper space and inform lord vader -- >> at times it looked unreal. it didn't -- the illusion wasn't convincing. can you maic them suspend disbelief -- you make them suspend disbelief and make them believe this dead person is somehow still performing and still acting? that's a very tall order. >> reporter: now with rapidly evolving technology, could resurrecting stars of the past be a much larger part of our film-going future?

>> regardless of what happens with "finding jack," i think we all need to accept the fact that this is the future. what if you could make a new "star wars" with the digital ions of all the original characters? not just carrie fisher. what if you could make a sequel to "casablanca" with humphrey bogart and ingrid bergman. i think this is the start of a slightly ghoulish new trend. >> we can stay home next weekend. they're going to cgi us. >> that is not funny -- >> sorry. we did reach out to the production company, by the way. we did not hear back from them. i mean, there's the question about whether this movie actually gets made or whether people want to see it get made. >> back in the 1980s, there was a movie called "the looker" with susan day. remember her? it was about how computer animation or something like it could showcase all of us and take over. >> speaking of taking over, let's go for a ride. the classic american cars in james dean's era were beloved

but none could match european rivals. years later a famemakerhr down the gauntlet. ahead, how ford challenged ferrari. what elizabeth strauss, one of her secret gifts is she takes what is the ordinary and makes it extraordinary. she takes ordinary moments like jack getting out of the car and looking down and seeing the ants, things we all do all the time -- zac's big belly hitting the table. >> yeah. >> her gift is taking the simplest of things and turning them into something that feels real to us. that happens with all the characters. >> a lot of people write for themselves or characters. you have an ideal reader in mind. >> i think about the reader all the time. years ago i realized, wait a minute, if i can make up characters, i can make up the leader. i do. i made up the leader -- >> was there one ideal reader? >> no, it's not male or female or anywhere in between.

but it is the reader that i have sitting with me that i am trying to deliver something to -- almost like -- >> walking away -- >> i think it's almost like i'm in a dance with them, and i have to take the lead. >> so interesting. >> i think about the reader all the time. i think, okay, what does the reader need right now -- >> when i was doing my show every day, i had a composite viewer. it wasn't one person, but there was a composite viewer -- >> exactly -- >> that i am always speaking to. >> interesting. >> yes. >> and you talk about seeing olive when you were on the trip in norway. olive came to you, you said, initially fully formed. >> fully formed. just showed up fully formed. and many of my characters do that. but olive -- being olive, really showed up. fully formed. yeah. >> oprah, you might think of olive as a likeable character. she's stubborn, prickly -- >> i love her. >> but there's also -- i was going to say something endearing about her because she's such a -- >> i love her because she's 100% authentically herself.

welcome to "cbs this morning saturday," i'm dana jacobson with the bagel eating jeff glor over there and michelle miller. >> no bagel here -- coming up this hour, courting a new generation of readers. former nba star kobe bryant is out with a young adult sports fantasy bookoormer laker about his surprising post-basketball life which even includes winning an academy award. why not? get ready for a wild ride in a car that changed automotive history. we will hop in the kind of vehicle that challenged ferrari. a ford gt 40, the subject of one of the season's hottest films starring christian bale and matt damon. and later, it was the no-budget blockbuster.

two decades ago, david grace self-released an album that rose to the top of the charts. we'll talk to him about the anniversary, his career, and he'll perform in our "saturday sessions." that is ahead. first, our top story this hour -- the impeachment inquiry is picking up speed. public hearings are expected to begin next week. president trump insists he is not concerned about the democratic-led ininquiry. on friday he called it a scam as the transcripts of two white house officials revealed it was made clear to the ukrainian president that any visit to the oval office would only happen if a public investigation into joe biden and his son was announced. the president then framed his relationship with alexander vindman and fiona hill in a new context. >> everybody's been absolutely fine. and they have -- you know, i don't know most of these people. many of these people i've never even heard of. >> one person the president does know well, former national

security adviser john bolton. reportedly knows about meetings and conversations connected to a pressure campaign on ukraine. his lawyer says for now, bolton in australia at least three were killed and 30 injured by wind-driven wildfires burning along the country's east coast. the nearly six dozen fires are so intense in the drought-stricken region, it appears to be just orange. 150 homes were destroyed. 1,500 firefighters are working to knock down the flames. the death toll is expected to go higher. a large wildfire has also broken out in western australia. here in the u.s., much of the nation is bracing for an even colder arctic blast. temperatures are expected to plunk in the central -- plunge in the central and eastern parts of the country starting tomorrow. people in northern michigan have already had to pull out snow brushes, snowplows, and shovels. the cold front could lead to

record breaking temperatures as much as 30 degrees below normal. ouch. president trump will be in attendance this afternoon for the biggest college football game so far this season. louisiana state university, number one in the a.p. top 25, and number two in the playoff rankings travels to alabama to face a crimson tide team ranked right behind them in both polls. alabama has not lost a game at home since 2015. and jamie erdell of cbs sports is at brian denny stadium in tuscaloosa, alabama. jamie, wow, what a match-up. >> reporter: good morning from tuscaloosa where in just a few short hours, over 100,000 people will fill bryant denny stadium. but really if you're a football fan your eyes are on this game. it's the time of year where you've got a lot of people voting on who the best teams are in college football, whether it's the a.p. poll, the coaches poll, or the college football playoff poll, one through four, the point is you've got two of the best teams in the nation

going head to head this afternoon on cbs. big question mark in terms of alabama's quarterback. he had surgery on his right ankle just 20 days ago. remarkably, he's been able to recover in that time. coaches told us he practiced every day this week. he got better every day this week. all reports are leaning toward him being able to start for the tide this afternoon. he is not the only heisman contending quarterback to play today. joe burrow is leading the lsu offense in a way we've never seen before. he's putting together a remarkable season for a team whose defense we usually talk about, but for now, lsu has finally matched explosive firepower in their offense with alabama. this game always has a defining feel to it when it comes to the sec west and who plays in the conference championship game in early december. but dana, the best way to look at it, the loser of the game has to earn their way back in. they're going to need help from the rest of college football to get back into the playoff conversation. >> all right, thank you. we've seen it happen before, though. alabama and lsu, by the way,

kick off here on cbs today. it starts at 3:30 eastern. >> awesome. >> jeff, you were talking about trying to figure out the score. i hadn't realized that lsu hadn't topped 20 points in this match-up since 2010. now a different look -- >> both teams are scoring like 40 or 50, 60 points a game this season. >> can't wait. >> this is a family game. >> i got to -- >> yeah -- >> the way you read that, there was some rooting interest. >> just a smidge. i got family on both sides. >> oh! really? okay. >> i want to be watching with michelle. >> okay. it is about five after the hour. here's a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪

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helped the nba's third leading scorer win five nba championships, an president obama paperwork -- an olympic gold medal and a spot in the basketball hall of fame. it is the same mindset that he's taken into retirement. what is this area? >> so this is our creative area. >> reporter: this is kobe bryant's court now. >> we've created our own term called grinalogy. >> reporter: the productive space at the studios. the flex chapter launched in -- the next chapter launched in 2016 after 20 seasons in the nba. is this something as a kid you thought about you would want to have? >> definitely not. as a kid, my main focus was playing the game. like my last year people asked what i was going to, do i said storytelling. all right. that's not real -- not a real job. you know, that sort of stuff. dear basketball -- >> reporter: with his first project, the animated short film

"dear basketball," -- >> i fell in love with you -- >> reporter: kobe did what kobe does -- stunned the crowd. not with a game winner but an oscar winner. >> five seconds on the clock. ball in my hinds. >> reporter: jumping into writing and win an oscar right away. >> yeah. well -- >> reporter: that's how kobe bryant does it in my mind. >> it's funny. if you look back, i had a lot of practice on road trips and on planes writing, writing, no that's not good, let me restructure this. >> reporter: you were practicing a craft while you were playing a craft. >> the history of playing a game is historytelling. baseball, act one, two, three, those acts are present throughout the game. as you're managing a game, you're managing the ebbs and flows of it, the momentum shifts. >> right. >> these are all stories. all the rules of the world -- >> reporter: like basketball, storytelling is a passion for kobe which began in high school. right around the time he was

winning a pennsylvania state title. >> i had a great speaking rsg who taught how to structure a story, how to write story. the world revolves around storytelling. so it serves an important role in our society at large. i get excited to try to play my small part in it. hey, everyone, this is kobe bryant. i'd like to introduce you to the punies -- >> reporter: under the umbrella, he's helped shape stories from podcasts to film. all with the idea of using sport and entertainment to educate. >> for our studio, it's important to build a parent's trust that your kids can enjoy our content. >> reporter: yeah. >> novels, film, series, otherwise, and trust that they'll be gaining valuable information from that that's going to help them be better. >> reporter: take the trio of books kobe's created for young adults. deribe some as "harry potter" meets the sports world. the first was basketball based, "training camp." it hit number one on "the new

york times" bestsellers list. where did the idea come from? >> it actually started from "mary poppins." >> reporter: the julie andrews version? >> the julie andrews version. man, if there was a coach that was magical in that way, what would that look like? >> reporter: kobe has created the fantasy world the books are set in along with the characters and their back stories. he then plots out the story lines before turning to a hand-selected author. in september, bryant published "legacy and the queen," about a young female tennis player. >> it was really important for me in writing "legacy" to understand those emotional frustrations and the ebbs and flows of playing the sport. >> reporter: for inspiration, well, where do you think he went? >> i called serena up. i said, this is what i'm thinking, obviously i don't know anything about tennis. you got to talk me through. we talked about the challenges

of playing the sport, the training at peaspect, the emoti. >> reporter: you started playing tennis later in life after you stopped playing basketball. >> yeah. >> reporter: how good were you -- >> horrible. horrible. >> reporter: kobe bryant was bad at a sport? >> oh, my god. are you kidding? i was swinging a racket as if i was hitting a home run. wrong sport, dude. wrong sport. you know what to do -- >> reporter: as for the right sport -- >> i don't want them to be able to breathe. >> reporter: it's part of kobe's latest chapter. not as a player but the coach of his 13-year-old daughter's basketball team. a. >> a lot of fun. i mean, she's really driven. very competitive. and we have a group of kids that