holiday travel nightmare. a strong storm is gripping the northeast. snow and freezing rain is impacting millions. the worst is still ahead in the run-up to thanksgiving. the one-two punch is expected to cripple thanksgiving travel. we're timing it all ou. mike bloomberg for president. >> billionaire candidate. michael bloomberg is making it official he is running for president. his promise to the american people. historic election. a record number of voters line the streets of hong kong. unofficially on the ballot, a referendum on freedom. eye on earth. fishermen find a possible solution for an ocean filled with plastic. and a simple act of kindness. the group hug that went viral.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. after weeks of sitting on the fence, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg has made it official. he's running for the democratic nomination for president. bloomberg is the 11th richest person in the world with a net worth of more than 50 billion. the 77-year-old media mogul joins 17 other democrats all hoping to take on president trump. here is dev dorsey. >> jobs creator, leader, problem solver. >> reporter: billionaire michael bloomberg launched his presidential campaign with this minute-long ad, part of a $34 million media blitz as he looks ens in nempshire and instead to march super tuesday states like virginia and california using his campaign to target another billionaire. >> now he is taking on him to

rebuild the country and restore faith in the dream that defines us, where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle class get their fair share. >> reporter: earlier this month president trump dismissed bloomberg as a serious challenger. >> little michael will fail. he'll spend a lot of money. he's got some really big issues. he's got some personal problems, and he's got a lot of other problems. >> reporter: bloomberg has faced accusations of sexist comments about women, and last week at a brooklyn black church, bloomberg apologized for his support as new york mayor of the city's controversial stop and frisk policy that critics say targeted black and historic men. >> i want you to know that i realize back then i was wrong, and i'm sorry. >> and money alone may not be enough to help bloomberg surge to the top of a still crowded democratic field. >> i don't think people are going to buy it that you put a bunch of money and maybe the argument is hey, i've got more money than the guy in white house.

i don't think they're going to buy that. >> reporter: before officially entering the race, nearly half of democrats surveyed in a november 17th cbs news battleground tracker said they wouldn't consider voting for bloomberg. according to that cbs news poll, the former republican turned independent garners the most of his support from older, more moderate democratic voters. that could pose a threat to candidates like former vice president joe biden and pete buttigieg. elaine? >> steve dorsey. steve, thank you. after two weeks of impeachment hearings, the white house says it is prepared for a trial in the senate, but according to counselor to the president kellyanne conway, even some democrats have their doubts about impeachment. >> i think for those democrats, it's not completely certain yet. some of them actually going on the record saying i'm not there yet. i have to see what the articles say and what the report. but we know what they didn't see over 12 witnesses in two weeks of testimony over 30 hours. they didn't hear anybody say y

no. extortion, no. quid pro quo for the aid? no. preconditions for meeting? did the president commit a crime? no, no, no, every time. >> president trump has made it clear that he wants a senate trial, the only place he says he can get a fair hearing. president trump continues to insist ukraine, not russia hacked the 2016 election. but bill whitaker spoke to top justice department officials who say that's just not. so. >> so that was the 26165 unit. >> reporter: the justice department's national security division is overseeing the russian hacking case. >> once they're doing that key stroke monitoring -- >> reporter: assistant attorney general john demmers runs the division along with adam hickey and sean meel. all have access to the underlying intelligence and all have no doubt the russians

interfered in the 2016 election. this really happened? >> yes, that really happened. and we believe that if we had to, we could prove that in court tomorrow using only admissible nonclassified evidence to 12 jurors. >> reporter: do you ever expect to get the 12 russian officials to trial? >> i would be surprised. but the purpose of the indictment isn't just that, although that's one of the purposes. the purpose of this indictment is to educate the public. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been released from a baltimore hospital. the 86-year-old justice was admitted friday night, complaining of fever and chills. she was treated for an infection and reports feeling much better today. the navy is proceeding with its disciplinary review of edward gallagher. despite a tweet from president trump suggesting he would intervene in the case. gallagher is the navy s.e.a.l.

charged with multiple war crimes, including murder. he was convicted on one count, posing with a corporation. a naval review is scheduled for next month to decide whether gallagher can continue as a s.e.a.l. or be expelled. gallagher, who returns to duty tomorrow, says he wants to retire at the end of this month with his trident pin. more than three million people lined the streets of hong kong today for the biggest election in the city's history. voters turned out in record numbers. ramy inocencio tonight has more on the election widely considered a referendum on pro-democracy protests. >> reporter: lines all across hong kong were never the norm for local district council elections until now. half a year of people power protests, eye-wincing police brutality and violence from fringe protesters pushed an angry, civil society to turn out. polls have just opened in the

past hour, and look at this line. the opposition has called on people to vote early in case there was some kind of interruption, and people are clearly heeding that call. alice and her 21-year-old son adrian, a new voter polled for pro-democracy candidates. do you think full democracy can be achieved? >> no, that's something i want to believe in, but i know the world is kind of cruel. >> reporter: at the same station, hong kong's beijing back leader carrie lam cast her vote and again pledged to listen to the people. >> i appeal to all registered voters in hong kong. so come out. so cast your vote. >> reporter: and they did, delivering a major rebuke to her government in a de facto referendum. opposition politician ted hoi won reelection. after the elections y,t >> i think the protests will come back. the anger in the people hasn't subsided. >> reporter: as ballots are counted overnight, hong kong will wake up monday to a still

uncertain future now that a record number of people have turned their voices into votes.

♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening. i'm elaine quijano. tonight a strong storm is slamming parts of the northeast, but it's just a precursor of a one-two punch set to impact millions of people over the thanksgiving holiday. snow hammered parts of the ohio valley overnight. now that snow is in new england where some areas could get up to 8 inches. but this week two more systems will be moving in, threatening 250 million americans with rain, snow, and ice.

jeff berardelli is tracking both systems. jeff, time this all out for us. >> the timing really couldn't be much worse. it's tuesday. it's wednesday. huge travel days. mainly the western and central parts of the country because of that big dip in the jet stream. it starts on monday in denver with heavy snow moving. in winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. blizzard conditions pulling into the plain states towards the minneapolis area and green bay area. south of that, the good news is it's rain in chicago, but it's a big wind maker. same thing in detroit that will help a little bit. at least it's not snow there. speakig of snow, heaviest snow is from denver to omaha to minneapolis to green bay, as many as 6 to 12 inches zar it at ti wi thal to texas. there gve ob louidetroit, indianapolis, buffalo. watch new york city on thursday morning, the parade. the kids will not be happy if the balloons are grounded. it's certainly a possibility with gusts close to 35, 40 miles

per hour. and another storm slamming the west coast coast as we head to monday night and tuesday. wednesday we're going see over two feet of power. great paradise for the skiers. but this is going to be a nightmare for the travelers. >> all right. brace for delays. jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. tonight pope francis is in the middle of a four-day tour of japan. the pope celebrated mass in nagasaki this morning before speaking at a memorial service in hiroshima. these are the only two cities ever to be struck by an atomic bomb. pope francis paid tribute to the victims and called the use of atomic weapons a crime. this is the first papal visit to japan in nearly four decades. floodwaters are rising again in venice, nearly two weeks after the worst flooding there in 50 years. tourists in heavy boots waded through st. mark's square today. the water at high tide companied at more than 50month-long f hav damaged half of the city's 120 there is new llht

foowing th fightn field between browns and pittsburgh steelers. 33 players have now been fined for their part in the brawl. here is meg oliver. >> reporter: it was an ugly scene last sunday still making headlines today. >> 33 fines, nearly $750,000 from that game. >> reporter: the nfl suspended cleveland browns defensive end myles garrett indefinitely for slamming steelers quarterback mason rudolph with his own helmet. the shocking attack ignited a brutal brawl. >> that's one of the worst things i've ever seen on a professional sports field. >> reporter: on saturday, the league disciplined an additional 29 players. the punishment breaks down like this. fines of $250,000 against both teams. three players suspended, and 29 players must pay more than $3500 for entering the fight area. >> $50,000 fine for mason rudolph for his actions. >> reporter: when you factor in

the loss of salaries from the suspensions, the punishment totals more than $2 million. the horrific fight comes as the nfl is committed to preventing the number of brain injuries. both players expressed remorse. >> what i did was foolish, and i shouldn't allow myself to slip like that. >> the bottom line is i should have done a better job keeping my composure in that situation. >> reporter: garrett's future on the field is still uncertain. >> spoke to several people at the league office who said technically, it's indefinite, but there is every expectation he is reinstated quickly and plays in 2020. >> to play again, garrett would have to check in with the nfl's players association and the league as long as he shows remorse, there is a good chance he will return to the field. elaine? >> all right, meg oliver, thank you. there is much more ahead. cbs news investigates charges of fraud by a company that g. p fishermen are cleaning up the world's oceans.

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a follow-up tonight in an investigation by reuters and cbs news. new evidence of potential fraud has been found inside a private military housing program. back in june, cbs news reported that one of the military's largest housing contractors had been falsifying reports at a base in oklahoma. the goal, to qualify for millions of dollars in bonus payments. omar villafranca spoke to former housing employees in san antonio who said management pressured them to fudge completion times. >> i told them, i said this is lying. it's not right. >> reporter: for nearly five years, teresa anderson answered beatty communities at lackland air force base in san antonio.

what was the technician turnover? >> oh, it was bad. >> were they overwhelmed? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: as work orders piled up, wait times grew, but reviews by cbs reveal that completion times need to be adjusted to ensure that records showed over 95% of work orders were resolved on time. >> i'd have to change it so it only took them the allotted time we were allowed. >> so you were directly cooking the books? >> yes. >> reporter: by reporting a high on-time completion rate, balfour beatty remains eligible for big bonuses worth more than 2 million over the last ten years at lackland alone. the bonuses are paid from service members' paychecks. what do you feel balfour beatty is doing to the military with their contracts? >> they're looking for a way to make a quick buck. that's all they're doing. and if they can lie, cheat and steal to do it, they're going to. >> reporter: in response to questions from reuters and cbs

news, balfour beatty says they have ordered an investigation into fraud allegations and an independent accounting review. they are conducting a comprehensive review of work order practices across its army and navy bases. how soon were you seeing roaches in your home? >> that night. >> reporter: the same day? >> the same day. >> reporter: is lackland air force base the worstlayou'ed >> yes. and that's what is just mind-blowing. >> reporter: roxanne's husband is a weapons instructor in the air force. her family lived on four different military bases before moving to lackland in june. >> we had one child on a feeding tube. >> reporter: you were worried about contamination. >> yes. >> reporter: what was your tipping point and you said we've got get out of this house. >> i was looking for something in the kitchen. i observed the cabinet under the kitchen sink. there was black mol. >> reporter: would you ever work for them again? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> because they're shady. the way they've done things is

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their nets to make a difference. seth doane reports on tonight's "eye on earth." >> reporter: late in the evening, a trawler lowers its net into the adriatic sea. depending on the season, these fishermen can catch up to 20 different types of seafood, but there someone thing they're certain to reel in. >> you can see a plastic bag here, plastic water bottle, some plastic tubing. it's filled with plastic. >> reporter: all of this was collected in just about 30 minutes. captain uniqtold us in the pasty just tossed the trash back overboard. isn't this more work for you? "no, it's the same effort," he said. his trawler is one of 40 taking part in a fhing for plastic project being tested here. this is all from one fishing trip, all these bags? >> yeah. >> reporter: it was dreamed up by elianora desabata.

an estimate 34,000 plastic bottles are dumped into to see every 30 minutes. the fishermen are there anyway. they're catching a lot of plastics. why not help them help us and help the environment and get rid of it. >> reporter: she showed us a sampling of what's being brought to port. >> it's not over when the fishermen deliver the trash on land. there needs to be a system that takes care of all this trash. so we're setting up a system here. >> reporter: that's taken her to italy's parliament. where she's pushing for legislation that would force fishermen to bring the trash back to port and for local communities to get rid of it. around 1:00 in the morning, they returned to the docks to get their fish on ice, and now the other part of their haul is increasingly significant. these 40 vessels in just one port carry in about a ton of plastic each week. seth doane, s

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finally tonight, an act of kindness that ended with a group hug. here is chip reid. >> reporter: the third graders at philadelphia elementary school in rural tennessee just love to help each other. >> did you get number three? >> yep. it's 12. >> reporter: but recently, daniel hunt needed help with a lot more than math after his family's house burned to the ground. no one was hurt, but they lost almost everything. >> surprise! >> reporter: so they launched a toy drive and surprised him with dozens of games and toys. daniel was so moved that instead of checking out all those gifts, he medicationed for his classmates to come on in for a group hug that went viral. how many of you were involved in that famous group hug with

daniel? >> i gave him some comic books to read. >> i gave him a dinosaur kit. >> i gave him a blanket and a lunch box. >> reporter: why did they do it? >> because daniel is a nice friend and he is always there for us when we need him to give us a hug and be kind to us. >> reporter: and how did it make them feel? >> when you give something to someone, it makes them happy and it makes you happy too. >> just complete whole joy. >> reporter: at this point, we noticed their teacher's eyes were filled with tear. >> of love, of how much love they have to give. >> reporter: all that love got to daniel too. >> i think daniel needs another hug. >> reporter: third graders teaching us that sometimes what we need most is a hug. chip reid, cbs news, philadelphia, tennessee. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for over, check back with us a little 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 "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. after weeks of sitting on the fence, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg has made it official. he's running for the democratic nomination for president. bloomberg is the 11th richest person in the world with a net worth of more than $50 billion. the 77-year-old media mogul joins 17 other democrats all hoping to take on president trump. here is steve dorsey. >> jobs creator, leader, problem solver. >> reporter: billionaire michael bloomberg launched his presidential campaign with this minute-long ad, part of a $34 million media blitz as he looks

beyond early elections in iowa and new hampshire and instead to march super tuesday states like virginia and california, using his campaign to target another billionaire. >> now he is taking on him to rebuild the country and restore faith in the dream that defines us, where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle >> reporter: earlier this month president trump dismissed bloomberg as a serious challenger. >> little michael will fail. he'll spend a lot of money. he's got some really big issues. he's got some personal problems, and he's got a lot of other problems. >> reporter: bloomberg has faced accusations of sexist comments about women, and last week at a brooklyn black church, bloomberg apologized for his support as new york mayor of the city's controversial stop and frisk policy that critics say targeted black and historic men. >> i want you to know that i realize back then i was wrong, and i'm sorry. >> and money alone may not be

to the top of a still crowded democratic field. >> i don't think people are going to buy it that you put a bunch of money and maybe the argument is hey, i've got more money than the guy in white house. i don't think they're going to buy that. >> reporter: before officially entering the race, nearly half of democrats surveyed in a november 17th cbs news battleground tracker said they wouldn't consider voting for bloomberg. according to that cbs news poll, the former republican turned independent garners the most of his support from older, more moderate democratic voters. that could pose a threat to candidates like former vice president joe biden and pete buttigieg. elaine? >> steve dorsey. steve, thank you. after two weeks of impeachment hearings, the white house says it is prepared for a trial in the senate, but according to counselor to the president kellyanne conway, even some democrats have their doubts about impeachment. >> i think for those democrats, it's not completely certain yet. some of them actually going on the record saying i'm not there yet.

i have to see what the articles say and what the report. but we know what they didn't see over 12 witnesses in two weeks of testimony over 30 hours. they didn't hear anybody say when they were asked bribery, no. extortion, no. quid pro quo for the aid? no. preconditions for meeting? did the president commit a crime? no, no, no, every time. >> president trump has made it clear that he wants a senate trial, the only place he says he can get a fair hearing. president trump continues to insist ukraine, not russia hacked the 2016 election. but bill whitaker spoke to top justice department officials who say that's just not so. >> so that was the 26165 unit. >> reporter: the justice department's national security division is overseeing the russian hacking case. >> once they're doing that key stroke monitoring -- >> reporter: assistant attorney general john demers runs the division along with deputies adam hickey and sean newell.

doj attorney heather alpino worked with special counsel mueller on the russian indictments. all have access to the underlying intelligence and all have no doubt the russians interfered in the 2016 election. this really happened? >> yes, that really happened. and we believe that if we had to, we could prove that in court tomorrow using only admissible nonclassified evidence to 12 jurors. >> reporter: do you ever expect to get the 12 russian officials to trial? >> i would be surprised. but the purpose of the indictment isn't just that, although that's one of the purposes. the purpose of this indictment is to educate the public. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has been released from a baltimore hospital. complaining of fever and chills. she was treated for an infection and reports feeling much better today.

the navy is proceeding with its disciplinary review of edward gallagher. despite a tweet from president trump suggesting he would intervene in the case. gallagher is the navy s.e.a.l. charged with multiple war crimes, including murder. he was convicted on one count, posing with a corporation. a naval review is scheduled for next month to decide whether gallagher can continue as a s.e.a.l. or be expelled. gallagher, who returns to duty tomorrow, says he wants to retire at the end of this month with his trident pin. more than three million people lined the streets of hong kong today for the biggest election in the city's history. voters turned out in record numbers. ramy inocencio tonight has more on the election widely considered a referendum on pro-democracy protests. >> reporter: lines all across hong kong were never the norm for local district council elections until now. half a year of people power

protests, eye-wincing police brutality and violence from fringe protesters pushed an angry, civil society to turn out. polls have just opened in the past hour, and look at this line. the opposition has called on people to vote early in case there was some kind of interruption, and people are clearly heeding that call. alice and her 21-year-old son adrian, a new voter polled for pro-democracy candidates. do you think full democracy can be achieved? >> no, that's something i want to believe in, but i know the world is kind of cruel. >> reporter: at the same station, hong kong's beijing backed leader carrie lam cast her vote and again pledged to listen to the people. >> i appeal to all registered voters in hong kong. so come out. delivering a major rebuke to her government in a de facto referendum. opposition politician ted hoi won reelection.

after the elections today, what happens to the protest movements? >> i think the protests will come back. the anger in the people hasn't subsided. >> reporter: as ballots are counted overnight, hong kong will wake up monday to a still uncertain future now that a record number of people have turned their voices into votes. ramy inocencio, cbs news, hong kong. tonight pope francis is in the middle of a four-day tour of japan. the pope celebrated mass in nagasaki this morning before speaking at a memorial service in hiroshima. these are the only two cities ever to be struck by an atomic bomb. pope francis paid tribute to the victims and called the use of atomic weapons a crime. this is the first papal visit to japan in nearly four decades. floodwaters are rising again in venice, nearly two weeks after the worst flooding there in 50 years. tourists in heavy boots waded through st. mark's square today. the water at high tide companied

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm elaine quijano, and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, including a new movie about the life of mr. rogers. it's called "a beautiful day in the neighborhood" and stars award winning actor tom hanks. hanks says playing fred rogers was actually a responsibility that he did not take lightly. he discussed it all with gayle king. ♪ but it's you i like, you, every part ♪ >> you are a very valuable human being. it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter who you. that's what i think fred was able to better, not necessarily stronger, but fred

made people feel worthwhile. >> reporter: for over three decades, fred rogers was america's favorite neighbor. ♪ would you be mine, could you be mine ♪ >> reporter: and now tom hanks is stepping into the shoes of the beloved children's television host ♪ >> hello, neighbor. >> reporter: in a new film inspired by man who touched the hearts of millions. >> fame is a four letter word like tape or zoom roars did you know much about him? >> yeah, i didn't pay very much attention. it was this odd show that looked very cheesy. the puppets, their mouths didn't move, and it was so obvious that he was doing the different kinds of voices. i remember seeing it when i was 13, 14 years old, i was already saying come on, cut, move to something else, make it a little snappier. it's not for 9-year-olds. it is for an impressionable mind that does not know how the world works at all. >> i'm proud of you.

and i've certainly learned a lot by knowing you. >> reporter: every person i talked to whfred, you felt likeu were the only person in the world that mattered to him that's a gift, tom. >> it's a gift, but it's also a prafnlgts. >> we are trying to give the world positive ways of dealing with feelings. >> reporter: hanks brought mr. rogers to life with the woman who knew him best, joanne roger, his wife of 50 years. we're told joanne rogers lent you some of his ties. >> all of his ties. >> i don't know if that gives you an extra special feeling or meant anything to you? >> any time you can have some sort of little talisman like that in there, it ends up being that's a big deal. >> what was the hardest thing for you, tom, about this part? >> slowing down. >> slowing down? >> not interrupting people in the middle of them asking questions. not jumping to a conclusion that i know exactly what i'm going to say while you're still trying to formulate a question. >> was it hard for you to do? >> it was terrifying? >> terrifying?

>> yeah, yeah. >> you know, it's interesting to hear that it's terrifying because people think of all the roles you have done, this would be a lock for you to do and certainly the easiest for you to do. >> there is no such thing as an easy role to do, because the moment i said yes, i became to have the night knight sweats that go along. >> did you? >> look, i have played a lot of real people. fred was a very, very public persona, and everybody has an idea of what fred is, what fred was like, the mysteries behind fred. we even get to address it in the movie. somebody says do you have a lot of tattoos under? because there was that folklore that he was navy s.e.a.l. and his body was covered with tattoos. but the terror that goes along with it is that you want to land in a place that people recognize as true human behavior, whether you're playing somebody who is real or somebody who is not. and if it's not authentic, you are actively lying in an art form that is supposed to be

holding the mirror up to nature. >> that attention to authenticity is at the core of every tom hanks role. >> must be hard being a king. >> the academy award winner has played a range of characters with his every-man charge. but there are some roles he says he just won't do. you don't seem to gravitate toward bad guy roles. that deliberate on your part? you've played them, i know. >> i played guys that did bad things, but it's the motivationalist bad guy role that i don't buy. even when i was young, i did not like movies that were just the standard antagonist/protagonist bent. james bond movies are really cool. i absolutely love them. but i don't understand a guy who just said before i kill you, mr. bond, perhaps you'd like a tour of our installation. i don't get it. shakespeare has great -- i would love to play iago. i would love the play richard iii. there are all sorts of really bad people out, there but i understand what their motivations are. the person who is just bad be it

skeletor or darth vader or something like that, attend of the day, but why? what turned there? >> do you consider yourself a hero? >> i don't think of myself as a hero. >> did playing this role change you? >> they all do one way or another. fred rogers, every day on the call sheet, there was an attached quote of fred's. and sometimes they were long, and sometimes they were very, very simple. >> wow. >> one is the three secrets of happiness are be kind, be kind, and be kind. and you think well, that'srt is eroda fair shake. being kind is just being open to a possibility of making a simple choice that makes the day a little bit better.

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to know. he has been at it for 70 years. >> 34 years ago to get olive. the whole deal. look at that now. there are 15 types. >> when i grew up, i thought olives just came in jars with red pits in them. what a revelation. >> reporter: okay. i'm no cook. but the man walking me through his local stop n shop sure is. >> i'm going to show you two type of omelette. >> reporter: with four decades on television and two dozen cookbooks -- >> welcome to everyday cooking. >> reporter: chef pepin has been influencing american tastes and techniques for generations. if you have a passion, is it food or is it teaching? >> i think teaching about food, yes. i like to explain, break it down. >> reporter: his own culinary education began in france near lyon when he became a chef's apprentice at 13. >> from 8:00 in the morning to

usually 10:00 at night with a break in the afternoon two or three hours. we sleeped upstairs. >> you were paid. >> no, there was no pay. >> reporter: why didn't that teach you. >> i was very happy. when i moved to paris, i was 17 years old at the time. i told her i had a job. i didn't. i took the tram to paris and started working. >> reporter: and there he learned. it wasn't creativity, but conformity that mattered. >> the plaza was very famous. i think any one of us could have done that lobster souffle and no one would have known who had done it. >> reporter: if you're one of 48 chefs at one of the finest restaurants in paris, how was it discovered that of all the chefs who make the souffle, this one is special? >> i suppose monseiur, maybe he saw something. >> reporter: at 20, he was drafted. the french navy put him to work, cooking, of course.

and before long, he was personal chef to president charles de gaulle. if it sounds glamorous, he says it wasn't. >> if anyone came to the kitchen, it was something was wrong. you were going to be yelled at. >> reporter: and then he came to see america, a visit that has lasted some 60 years. he landed a job at le pavilion, then the best french restaurant in new york city, a favorite of jackie kennedy, who was about to need a chef for the white house. jacques pepin turned her down. wouldn't most be kind of intrigued by the white house invitation? >> since i had experienced something similar in france with the president, there was nothing glorious about it. >> reporter: been there, done that. but there was another pavilion regular by the name of howard johnson. ♪ the orange roof of howard johnson's ♪ >> repter: yes, the owner of what was then one of the largest

restaurant chains in america. pepin became its director of research for a decade. and he loved it. >> howard johnson was something entirely new, mass production marketing, chemistry of food, which i didn't do anything about. i didn't know the american eating habit. >> reporter: do americans have taste? >> oh, yes. we have beautiful beef, prime. >> reporter: it wasn't taste that america lacked, he said, but technique, and he had an idea. a lavishly illustrated cookbook and how to guide. >> i mean, i used to give classes all over the country. and i would never have put in a book how to peel a carrot, except i would peel a carrot in a class. oh, that's how you peel a carrot. yes, maybe i'll put that in the book too. >> reporter: the book called la technique was a sensation, and jacques pepin took to the road, giving demonstrations. >> cook with organic produce the

e demo tion. >>omin up on two d gourmet. >> reporter: with more than a dozen tv series. >> you want to bang the door. >> that's a wonderful way of doing it. >> reporter: most notable perhaps was his partnership with israel his old friend julia child. >> i learned that in paris. >> reporter: julia child is the most unlikely television personality, but boy was she successful, and the two of you had such chemistry. was that instantaneous? >> we had a great time together. she was a formidable eater. >> reporter: their eating, cooking, and even gentle disagreements -- >> i have washed this chicken with hot water. >> i don't wash my chicken. >> reporter: earned them an emmy. >> i have been spending every sunday with you for the last 20 years. >> oh, boy. >> reportet 83, jacques pepin still loves giving

demonstration. >> hit it on the side that you separate your clove of garlic. >> reporter: as he did earlier this month at the smithsonian's museum of natural history. >> you go down, really the essential oil. >> reporter: his emphasis on the basis as the foundation of good, great, or masterful cooking. >> typically you need three knife. >> reporter: inspired me to ask is it ever too late to learn? >> you have to hold your hand this way, never this way. so here my hand is glued to the knife here. >> reporter: how to properly use a knife. >> and i start moving very, very slowly. and then i move faster and faster. >> reporter: now my turn. >> if i go back, i follow you. do we have any band-aid here? just kidding. >> reporter: i graduated to zucchini. not moving the vegetable at all. >> you want a job? >> reporter: for jacques pepin is more than a job. >> it is an act of love in many

ways, you know, to cook for someone. >> reporter: is it an act of love that the only thing you c

we end this half hour with a magic moment at a symphony, and it's still reverberating months later. steve hartman found this story "on the road." >> reporter: they are some of pthe country, but at one ans in performance last may by the handel and haydn society, the most memorable moment didn't come from anyone on the stage. it came from the audience. right attend of mozart's funeral music. listen. >> wow! >> did you hear that? someone yelled wow, and it

resonated. not just in this hall, but throughout the classical musical community. which is why the president of the handel and haydn society was absolutely thrilled. >> i was that's fantastic. >> reporter: this is david snead. >> and also, there is a sense of wonder in that wow. >> wow! >> reporter: david was so smitten by the outburst, as was the audience that he decided to try to find the voice responsible. >> like who was that? because he really touched my life in a way that i'll never forget. this reminds me a little bit of cinderella. you're trying to find somebody who was at the ball and no way of finding them. >> didn't have email back then. >> reporter: you wrote to everybody in the audience? >> wrote to everybody in the audience. >> reporter: and eventually that email found its way to concertgoer steven madden. >> we did dash out like we were turning into pumpkins. >> reporter: steven was there with his 9-year-old grand son ronan. ronan soops the ois the one who

wow. >> because he just doesn't do that. usually he is in a world by himself. what do you see? >> reporter: ronan is autistic and considered nonverbal. but clearly, music may be a wormhole into his heart and mind. ♪ as a thank you, david arranged for a private cello performance for ronan, and just a few weeks ago, a meeting with the entire orchestra. but ronan's family says all thanks should go to david and the handel and haydn musicians who made that moment possible. they say just hearing ronan's reaction a being told for years he might might never enga what more can you say but thank you and wow. >> what do you think? >> reporter: steve hartman, on the road in boston. >> and that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine

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