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good morning, it is november 30th, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." treacherous travels. a powerful winter storm sweeps across the nation putting the trek home on ice for tens of millions of holiday travelers. we'll have the forecast of what looks to be a highly disruptive storm. breathtaking heroism. ordinary citizens leap into action when a knife-wielding man goes on a deadly attack near the london bridge. this morning, details on the attacker's violent past and his links to terror, and questions on why he had been freed from jail in the last year. black friday violence. shoppers at one of america's
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biggest malls panic when gunfire erupts during the first day of the holiday shopping season. deadline decision. the impeachment inquiry against president trump enters a new phase this week as house democrats demand to know if the president and his lawyers will take part in the proceedings. and betting on a dream. while holiday shoppers continue to spend big, retail stores still struggle against the rise of online shopping. we'll show one developer working to bring the next generation of mega malls on line. why he thinks he can reverse the trend of shuttering retail stores and why some are calling this three million square-foot complex a nightmare. >> ouch. first, we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is literally going to go from coast to coast. it's already been a historic storm covering literally 70 million people across the united states. >> a major winter storm disrupts the busy travel weekend. >> sloppy, it will be messy, so
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buckle up. united in the face of terrorism. >> reporter: a group of brave british civilians stopped a terror rampage using whatever they had on hand. two innocent people were killed. >> there country will never be cowed or divided or intimidated. a moment of patriotism, not politics. >> reporter: the white house has until friday to decide whether to participate in the impeach hearings. >> the democrats are going to be on tv dividing the country. millions bundled up and marched out searching for black friday bargains. >> i came with a vision. yeah. >> it comes from yourself, not for other people. >> we're not trying to think of anybody else today. >> reporter: takes the puck off the kisser. >> not as bad as it looks. i'm assuming it looks pretty bad. >> reporter: all that -- >> iowa state going for the basicet when the power -- basket when the power goes out. i don't know if it went in. >> everybody's going to get their flashlight out now.
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chris has the flashlight out. thank you so much. and all that matters -- >> i try not to hate. like people come on the show and say, i hate trump. i don't trust the cat. yes, i said cat, daddio. you dig it? you hip to the scenedaddio? on "cbs this morning saturday." >> 15 straight losses to virginia tech and it's over, rover. wahoo-wah. >> congratulations. >> we want you to break the -- [ cheers ] [ chanting ] [ cheers ] this morning's "eye opener" is presented by brought to you by toyota -- let's go places.
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>> we got a little plug -- >> excited. >> so sweet. >> nothing like the emotion of sports. there's nothing like it. today, the game -- the game, michigan-ohio state. had to say it. it's my game. >> you're looking forward to that one. >> i am. weekend to the weekend, everyone. i'm michelle miller. that's dana jacobson, and don dahler's in for jeff glor, right? >> jeff's having a rare saturday off. >> i know, i know. with the kids. this morning, while millions of people continue spending money on their holiday shopping list, we are going to show how some are making money on their purchases. turns out many of the items you will find for sale on websites were first purchased in the brick and mortar world and posted on line to earn a profit. we'll meet some savvy businesspeople who found a unique loophole in the modern economy. also, he started out drawing superheroes and had his first art show at the age of 13. now leonardo drew is a renowned sculptor who creates remarkable
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works made from natural materials. we'll talk to him about his journey from the housing projects to the pinnacle of the art world. and we'll tour his first outdoor work, a bird's eye view of the city of new york. >> wow. you may have a clear image love with a sumo wrestler looks like, but that may change after you meet the sport's newest participants. we'll journey to japan where young women and young girls are stepping into the ring. we'll find out why their coaches call it an ideal workout for people of any size. we're going to begin with travel warnings for dangerous weather gripping much of the nation this weekend. millions are bracing for impact as storms punch their way from the rockies to the northeast. a separate system is expected to bring snow and heavy rain to the west. the national weather service warns travel could become impossible in some places. in arizona the search continues for three young children who disappeared when the motor home in which their
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family was traveling in was swept away by floodwaters. in arizona, drivers had to pull to the side of the major highway there. a tractor-trailer tipped over in colorado springs. wow. look at that. no word on injuries. whiteout driving conditions were treacherous north of minneapolis. and similar scenes are likely to play out for millions of others as the storm moves east. meteorologist jeff berardelli is here with the forecast. jeff, good morning. trouble for a lot of people out there. >> yeah. that is for sure. good morning. even for a meteorologist this has been a remarkable storm with many different faces. right now that face is a blizzard in the upper midwest and plains states. as you can see, lots of severe weather along there front, as well. it's producing a lot of different types of weather. showers, thunderstorms. on the north side, winds gusting to 40, 50 miles per hour. blizzard conditions in rapid city. look at how colorful the map is. 70 million people impacted by
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winter weather and wind alerts right now as we speak. there's that blizzard, rapid city, huron, bismarck, all the way to fargo. there's the threat for severe weather later today into the evening in the deep south. watch what happens. the storm is going to get strung out, if you will, move from minneapolis, becoming an ice storm in the northeast, transitioning to a nor'easter where it's going to snow heavily just north of new york, just west of boston. even the major cities could see accumulating snow, as well. this is how much snow that we expect. upper midwest, a lot of folks going to get 6 to 12-plus inches of snow in areas. look at that bull's-eye in the northeast. if you're a skier, grab them. head up to the catskills. head up to the berkshires, the green and white mountains of vermont, new hampshire. 18 inches of snow is possible. >> yikes. looks like a lot of us are in trouble. thank you, jeff in london, british authorities are being asked some tough questions this morning as they piece together the chain of events that led to two people being killed and three others injured in a terror attack near
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london bridge on friday. the suspect was a convicted terrorist. terrorist. he had been deemed a threat to the public in the past. he was shot and killed by police. the attack was in the same place of another terror incident two years ago. holly williams has the latest from london this morning. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the attacker was named this morning as uzman kahn, a convicted terrorist who was jailed in 2012 for threatening to blow up the london stock exchange. he was released early and was on probation. the british media said he agreed to wear an electronic monitor. >> ladies and gents, keep the road clear -- >> reporter: he was a lone attacker armed with a knife and a determination to kill. in this exclusive video from the "daily mail,"" bystanders are seen fighting him back with fire extinguishers. they tackled him to the ground. an act of breathtaking heroism according to london's mayor.
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a plain clothes police officer removed his weapon, and the police shot him at close range. [ gunfire ] he was wearing what the police are calling a hoax suicide vest. thomas gray says he was one of those who stepped in. >> he was wielding two knives. one was duct taped to his hand. so all i could do after the guys had held him down and were pinning him to the ground, you know, kind of try to stamp as hard as i could on his wrist, trying to release the knife. >> reporter: richard walton is the former head of counterterrorism for the london police. >> 18 months to 2 years, 22 disrupted terrorist plots in the uk. that's a high number of attacks, plots that have been disrupted, and this is the first attack in the uk since 2017. >> reporter: but the terrible irony is that kahn reportedly set off on his stabbing spree while attending a conference on rehabilitating prisoners. many here are asking why he was
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released from jail early, including the british prime minister. >> i have long argued that it is a mistake to allow serious and violent criminals to come out of prison early. >> reporter: a house outside of london was searched overnight in connection with this attack. dana? >> holly, thank you so much. in the netherlands, a manhunt continues for the suspect who stabbed three people. the attack on friday was in a crowded shopping district of the hague, the dutch capital. police describe the victims as minors. they were treated and released from the hospital. police have not established a motive saying it's too soon to say it's terror related. president trump is wrapping up the thanksgiving break at his mar-a-lago resort in florida ahead of a major week at home and abroad. the president is heading to the nato summit in london w new phase of the impeachment inquiry begins on capitol hill. meanwhile, there are new
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questions over his plans to end the war in afghanistan after mr. trump took a secret trip there to surprise service members. weijia jiang is traveling with the president in florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, don, good morning, everyone. let's start with the latest developments in the impeachment inquiry as the house judiciary committee prepares to hold its first hearing on wednesday. democrats have invited president trump and his legal team to participate in the proceedings, but so far they have not formally responded. also coming up, we are expecting the house intelligence committee to issue a full report after collecting evidence for weeks. while president trump was playing golf at his resort on friday, chairman of the house judiciary committee, jerry nadler, sent him a letter giving the president until friday to decide if he and his attorneys will participate in the impeachment proceedings ahead. cbs news has learned it's unlikely mr. trump will send a lawyer to the first hearing on
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wednesday because it would, quote, legitimize the sham process, according to a source familiar with president trump's legal strategy. at a campaign rally in florida this week, the president echoed the language. >> and they're pushing that impeachment witch-hunt, and a lot of bad things are happening to them because you see what's happening in the polls? everybody said, that's really [ bleep ]. [ cheers ] >> reporter: president tru >> reporter: president trump broke up his holiday break with the whirlwind secret trip to afghanistan to surprise u.s. service members on thanksgiving day. >> we love them. we love them. we say happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: the president served turkey to troops and met with his afghani counterpart before announcing the u.s. has restarted peace talks with the taliban which once harbored al qaeda. >> the taliban wants to make a deal, and we're meeting with them. and we're saying it has to be a cease-fire. >> reporter: a spokesman for the
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taliban suggested talks have not resumed telling cbs news the group is open to restart talks with the americans at any time where it was stopped. mr. trump also told reporters he plans to reduce the number of u.s. troops in afghanistan to 8,600, down from about 12,000 currently serving in the country. though he has not offered details. the president was on the ground for 3.5 hours before returning to west palm beach. on monday, he'll be back on air force one heading to the nato summit in london which celebrates its 70th anniversary. president trump is set to meet with several world leaders including french president macron who recently criticized the president by saying nato cannot rely on american leadership. mr. trump also plans to scale back u.s. contributions to nato as he continues to slam other countries for not paying their fair share. michelle? >> it is -- next week looks like something we'll be watching.
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thank you so much. a texas family of five was among those killed in a small plane crash in canada. this morning, investigators are still trying to determine what caused the plane to go down. it happened in a heavily wooded area near kingston, ontario. kris van cleave has more on the investigation. rain canadian investigators are working to identify the seven people on board the six-seat piper cherokee that crashed wednesday. and piece together why the 54-year-old single-engine plane went down. >> it was a very steep impact. so significantly steep, and the aircraft was destroyed. >> this is my 1965 piper cherokee -- >> reporter: the plane's owner was believed to be flying along with his wife, three children ages 3 to 15, and two family friends, newlyweds from toronto. he bought the plane to share his love of flying with his family. >> i put my whole family, put my camping gear right here in the
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nose compartment. >> reporter: investigators said they were flying between toronto and quebec city when they attempted to land in kingston, ontario, around 50:00 p.m. the crash site is in line with the airport's runway. the family's neighbors in missouri city, texas, describe the family as friendly. >> this is something you never want to hear, especially, you know, a family like this. good family. >> reporter: ablakula earned his pilot's license in 2018 and only recently bought the plane. authorities have yet to identify any of the dead. investigators say the plane was in touch with the kingston airport before the crash and came down about three miles short of the runway. the canadian equivalent of our ntsb will lead the accident investigation. for "cbs this morning saturday," kris van cleave, washington. thousands of residents in a southeast texas town rocked by a pair of explosions are returning home this weekend. authorities say a massive chemical plant fire is now considered contained. a mandatory evacuation order has been lifted, but residents are
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being asked to still avoid the area near the plant. as omar villafranca reports, air quality is a concern. >> reporter: the parker family was forced to spend the thanksgiving holiday away from home after a petrochemical plant explosion forced them and more than 50,000 other people to evacuate. >> we've lived here for 30 years, and this is the first time it's ever happened. >> reporter: the initial blast sent giant columns of black smoke and scorching flames into the southeast texas sky. the tpc group, the plant's owner, says the fire is now contained, but smoke can still be seen coming from the plant. the facility manufactures a chemical used to make synthetic rubber. low-level exposure to the chemical can cause eye and lung irritation. texas officials say the air quality is safe. >> we've had nothing above the threshold limit values that are established by federal and state guidelines.
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and no exceedances that pose hazards to human health. >> the smoke is still coming from the source where the explosion happened. there is still toxic fumes in that smoke. >> reporter: but environmental activist hilton kelly disagrees. >> we know for a fact that there's benzene in that plume. we know that there's -- we discovered that there's also asbestos in that plume. but just how much is still uncertain at this particular time. and weme want to make sure all r citizens are safe. >> reporter: county officials say as long as there is smoke coming from the plant, they'll continue to monitor the air quality. for "cbs this morning saturday," omar villafranca, dallas. gunfire caused one of america's biggest malls to evacuate on black friday. destiny usa in syracuse, new york, was locked down friday night after a man was shot in the mall's food court. several shoppers said they hid inside stores for nearly an hour after hearing the gunshots. police say the gunman was
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targeting the victim, and the shooting was not random. the victim's injuries are not life threatening. the search continues for the alleged gunman. many mall operators across the country reported brisk traffic on black friday, including the nation's biggest, mall of america in minnesota, which anticipated nearly a quarter of a million shoppers yesterday. retailers are banking that the shorter-than-usual holiday shopping season won't lead to a dip in how much people are going to spend. nikki battiste is here with a look at the numbers. what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning. well, because of where black friday fell on the calendar this year, the official holiday shopping season is the shortest it's been since 2013, but the numbers we looked at and places we visited show americans are ready to spend between now and christmas day. it was a hunt for holiday discounts as black friday shoppers hit the stores. >> got it -- ♪ >> reporter: major retailers like bloomingdales and macy's
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were decked out in their holiday best. this year, consumers are expected to dip a little more deeply into their wallets, spending an average of $1,050, that's about $41 more than last year. sarah wilson is one of those who is ready to drop some cash as a seasoned black friday bargain hunter. she hit the stores as part of a strategic plan. >> you can go and get all of your holiday shopping and some household and personal shopping done in one go and be sure that you're getting some of the best prices available. >> reporter: holiday spending totals are expected to hits a record $715 billion. a robust 5.2% increase according to customer growth partners. the strongest growth in five years. >> the households are basically much more financially healthy. >> reporter: craig johnson says wage growth and low unemployment have put more cash in shoppers' pockets. >> people have the ability to spend, but they're spending out of household cash flow come is a
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much healthier way of spending than tapping the home equity or the credit cards. >> reporter: another area continuing to grow is, of course, online shopping. online sales are expected to grow more than 14% this year to nearly $144 billion. as that sector grows, brick and mortar stores and malls have had to fight for traffic. coming up, i'll show how a new mega mall may have the answer. >> i love the online shopping, and i can't wait for that. >> on line, guilty as charged. >> thank you. see you next hour. time to show some of the other stories that are making news this morning -- "outside" magazine reports a professional american rock climber has died after a fall in mexico. brad gobright of california had reached the top of a highly challenging 2,500-foot climb wednesday. he was rappelling down with another climber using a single rope when he fell to his death. his body was recovered on thursday. yahoo! sports reports the nfl has suspended arizona
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cardinal josh shaw through at least the end of next season for allegedly betting on games. league officials say they found no evidence that the team knew shaw was betting on games on multiple occasions this season. the nfl also found no evidence that he used inside information or compromised any games. the cornerback has not played since suffering a shoulder injury in training camp. the bbc reports disney made a dying man's wish come true by giving an advanced screening of the soon-to-be-released "star wars" movie. the hospital put out the plea on behalf of the patient whose name was not released. disney chief bob iger got word of the request. on thursday, the man, his son, and friends were treated to "star wars: the rise of skywalker." the film which is said to be the last in the series premieres in the united states on december 19th. i got my advanced tickets on the 18th. i certainly understand what that
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man wanted -- >> very nice gesture. >> you begin -- so many of us began back in 1977 the saga. so it just sort of rounds out the life -- >> and for his family to have that memory, too. >> to share it with him. "people" reports a famed food critic's review helped a comwatch her cheating spouse. >> what? >> yes. "washington post" food writer tom sietsema was conducting a live chat on line when an anonymous woman wrote in your latest review is accompanied by a picture of my husband with a woman who isn't me. the woman added her husband admitted to the affair when confronted with the picture. tom sietsema wasn't sure which review or picture the woman was talking about but later tweeted, "cheaters, take heed." wow. >> good idea. it is 22 after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend.
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they provide a thrilling spectacle for racing fans, but far more american horses die from injury than their racing cousins in europe. the problem and what can be done about it. they travel the country looking for deals only to go on line and flip the items they're pulling off of your local store shelves. we'll introduce you to some of the folks who will be filling your amazon orders this holiday season. and later, there's a record inventory at one hospital's maternity ward where a dozen sets of twins have shown up at the very same time. >> wow. >> unbelievable. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."
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restaurants in california and her native mexico. meet gabriela camara on "the dish." he could've just been the middle class kid who made good. but mike bloomberg became the guy who did good. after building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9/11 a three-term mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of affordable housing units with it. after witnessing the terrible toll of gun violence... he helped create a movement to protect families across america. and stood up to the coal lobby and this administration to protect this planet from climate change. and now, he's taking on... him. to rebuild a 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. everyone without health insurance can get it and everyone who likes theirs keep it. and where jobs won't just help you get by, but get ahead. and on all those things
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mike blomberg intends to make good. jobs creator. leader. problem solver. mike bloomberg for president. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. you didn't want this job in the beginning. >> no. i've been kind of retired, i was kind of retired after the "drew car carey" show and was doing acting lessons thinking maybe i would do small parts in independent movies. my agent called me, i was -- i had just done a pilot for a friend of mine, another -- for a night time game show called "the power of ten." he said, what would you feel about taking over for bob barker. in my head, i just spoke to cbs casting, i was like, maybe they want me for a "csi" or something. when he said "the price of right." that was the opposite of what i was thinking. >> hard no? >> no. what, are you kidding me?
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i want to do "csi," i want to act. >> you are -- it's kind of a straight man game. the people come on, they're going crazy, they've got creative t-shirts. you stand there with the microphone. is that the plan from the get-go? >> yeah, i have a note on my dressing room door when i walk out, and that's -- i three cards. the top card says, "are you a carnival barker." that's how i see myself. hurry, hurry, come on, knock -- knock down the bottles. >> one of the cards says "ride the contestant's wave." what's that mean? >> empathize with the contestant right away. like if they're nervous, calm them down. like find a way to connect to them immediately and as fast as i can to try to be on their side. be with them. >> i love the show. it's a fantastic show. >> what's your favorite batter it? >> just what you saw. on the -- the energy there is unbelievable. like everybody is so -- even the crew, everybody's in a good mood and pretty positive. >> you get picked up every show it looks like. >> oh, i don't like when -- the
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gabriela. hey there, welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday." we begin this half hour with trouble on the track for what is arguably the oldest sport in america. horse racing has a history full of beloved names such as secretariat, sea biscuit, and man of war. growing concern over the number of horses killed on race tracks, an average of ten a week, is forcing the racing industry to reassess how it conducts its business as some call for more regulation and others an outright ban. [ bell ] there's perhaps no more exciting moment in all of sports than when these elite athletes burst from the gate and give every ounce of strength, training, and
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genetics in the quest to be the first to cross the finish line. >> by the supremely gifted athlete -- >> i'm very passionate about not only the sport but horses, period. >> reporter: kobe's back is back wins -- >> reporter: no one knows the thrill and the risks of this beautiful sport more than hall of fame jockey gary stevens. he won 5,000 races, including the kentucky derby, the preakness, and the belmont stakes. three times each. even had a role in the movie "sea biscuit." >> have a nice ride. >> i've been in the sport all of my life. i've seen it all in my life. >> the vintage performance -- >> reporter: but stevens is now worried the sport he loves is in existential danger. after the most recent death of a horse at santa anita for the clack, despite -- classic, despite reforms implemented in the last few months, senator feinstein issued an ominous warning. if the horse racing industry is
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unwilling to these magnificent creatures humanely it has no business operating in the united states. >> i'm scared for racing here in california. i really am. the misconception is that we're not caring for these horses, and that we as a group don't care. we care. >> reporter: the reality is there have always been fatalities in horse racing. when these half-ton athletes are racing at full speed, about 40 miles per hour, only one foot at a time hits the ground. that's an enormous amount of violent pressure on relatively narrow leg bones. when a broken bounds occurs, thorough breads are simply physiologically incapable of staying alive while the bone heals. horse race deaths here are two to three times higher than in europe where there are tighter controls on race-day medications and where training and the tracks themselves are different. >> i'm a fourth generation in the business. my great grandfather got in it right after the civil war, and then my grandfather and my
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father. >> reporter: the hancock family is american racing royalty. arthur hancock's stone farm stables in kentucky has fielded 14 international champions. >> nobody loves horses more than we do. these things, you know, are tragedies when they happen. they break your heart. >> reporter: he says racing's biggest problem is the lack of a strong central authority. they have no commissioner, resulting in a patchwork of conflicting regulations over drugs, veterinary records, even use of the whip. >> we have, you know, 38 different racing jurisdictions. i call all these groups fiefdoms, and they can't get together. >> reporter: hancock also believes american horses are entirely overmedicated. and many drugs mask underlying issues putting perhaps slightly injured horses on the path to a fatal injury. in most states, both lasiks, annand i bleeding drug -- anti-bleeding drug, and bute are allowed on race day. a european study released this
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monthstadistically connected bute to on-track breakdowns. >> i contend that if a horse needs drugs to run, he doesn't need to be running. he needs to run on his natural ability, not some chemicalically induced ability. >> reporter: a bill before congress would eliminate all race-day meds and give enforcement authority to the doping agency that oversees the olympics. it would also establish an independent central authority charged with improving horse and rider safety. gary stevens says it's about time. so you would support a national authority that oversaw all of horse racing in the u.s.? >> yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: are you optimistic now that change will happen? >> oh, it's got to happen, or they're done here, period. and if they're done here, it's going to be a tidal wave across the united states. >> and just this month, a group of owners, tracks, and organizations that represent 85% of american horse racing announced their own initiative to establish a thoroughbred
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safety coalition. but arthur hancock is skeptical that the industry is actually capable of policing itself. >> for to come to the head that this has and these guys to -- to come out the way that they have -- >> yeah. well, the industry -- it's suffering. attendance is down, they're having to -- to encourage trainers to get horses on the track more and more often so they have people in the seats. >> right. >> so there's -- there are a lot of conflicting pressures going on. >> really good story just in that there have been so many reports this year, don. >> you brought it all together for us. there is more news ahead. first, a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪ up next, with shopping
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found a way to reverse the trend. nikki battiste is here with the story. i said next hour, i meant the next half hour. good morning to you again. >> the enormous american dream mall in east rutherford, new jersey, has been 17 years in the making when the three million square-foot mega center opens next year, visitors will find a lot more than just stores behind its walls. they'll find entertainment options that some say represent the future of the american mall. these are the faces of one fearless family. dropping straight down 141 feet at more than 62 miles per hour on the shell raiser, a star attraction at the brand-new american dream. ceo don ghamebzian took me up, up, up and around the newest playland. >> my office is cousin, cousin, cousin, brother, brother, brother, father, father, father -- >> reporter: he and his large family, all 30 of them, are the
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innovators behinds this new, well, what should we call it? you don't like to call american dream a mall. what do you call it? >> it's an experiential center. it's someplace where you can go and do just about anything you could possibly imagine. >> reporter: in a time when malls are dying, are you worried at all? >> no. we've done it before. >> reporter: this is the same family-run company, triple five group, behind minnesota's famed mall of america and canada's west edmonton mall. they both offer 75% retail and 25% entertainment. american dream offers about 50% of each. >> if you think about it for a second, retail, it's not a secret. it's been a struggle. it's a struggle everywhere, right. >> reporter: you're not deterred by that. >> no, not at all. i think that, you know, great tourists, retail, mega centers like this, there's always going to be a need for them. >> reporter: american dream cost about $6 billion to build and
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spans almost 70 acres, that's about 53 football fields. he says it boasts the largest indoor amusement park in the western hemisphere with five roller coasters and over 30 rides and attractions. with more on the way, there's also the world's biggest indoor wave pool, an ice skating rink, and believe it or not, a year-round ski slope. but this project hasn't always been a smooth ride. it's taken 15 years to build, gone through several owners, survived the 2008 financial crisis, and was a much less grand plan when the family took the reins in 2011. since its conception, the mega center has caused major concerns for its neighbors. >> it definitely will create a nightmare for the city. it will. >> reporter: michael gonnelli is the mayor of secaucus, the town millions will tax relief through
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to reach american dream. >> ply main concern is traffic, how it looks, we're the only municipality in the district that looks at it. >> reporter: in 2004, the new jersey sports and exposition authority, which controls the land on which american dream sits, agreed to make payments to the surrounding towns to ease the inevitable rising costs. and with money you can hire more law enforcement officers, traffic controllers -- >> that's the number-one problem. >> reporter: does the potential boost to the economy outweigh the concerns about traffic and that it may be an eyesore? >> it sort of does because the economy will be boosted greatly. but we still have to really address each item, and traffic, the eyesore is something i don't know how we can address that. the boost in the economy is great. but you still are to address all three. >> reporter: two sections of american dream opened on october 25th. and curious crowds have started to visit. according to mayor gonnelli, his town has yet to receive any money to help with the increase in visitors.
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when we asked american dream if they knew where the money was, they said they're not able to comment at this time. what do you say to that and ms. frustration? and the disparity? >> i think once they realize -- i think he does realize what we've created in value for secaucus, you've got -- >> reporter: jobs. >> jobs. at the end of the day, isn't that what it's almost all about? >> reporter: ghamebzian says this will draw area residents and tourists visiting new york city ten miles away. where we're standing, what will we see here? >> luxury here. incredible, incredible lineup of the best luxury brands in the world. >> reporter: then you have the luxury brands, but you also have more cost-friendly retail, as well. century 21, h&m. >> that's right. >> reporter: getting customers into those stores and out of cyber space is part of the job of marketing senior vice president debbie batserie. >> you can't experience nickelodeon universe on line. you can't experience dreamworks water park on line.
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you can't take your first ski lesson on line, right. >> reporter: to help you get around, there are interactive directories, and soon you can have their app on your phone. >> what we had call the social responders. >> reporter: i can message on my phone on the app, where's the ice skating rink and get copied -- >> yes, we'll be able to guide you. >> reporter: the family is banking on the grand idea. so much so they've put up over 40% of mall of america and west edmonton mall as collateral. what do you expect the profits to be? >> a lot. >> reporter: like? >> how many people are watching this show. >> reporter: when do you think you might break even? >> i think we'll break even right at year one. >> reporter: a money milestone that many will be watching including retail analyst marshall cohen. >> it's no longer about retail first. it's about entertainment first, retail fitting in. >> reporter: he says if american dream is a financial flop, a lot of people will feel it. >> the first ones to get -- to feel the pain if the mall doesn't succeed is certainly going to be the investors.
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but don't rule out the taxpayers and the municipalities if they don't get those tax payments. >> reporter: but don ghamebzian isn't losing sleep over cash concerns. he's already dreaming up his next big idea. what keeps you up at night? you have to be a little bit worried. >> what keeps me up at night is thinking about what's the next crazy thing that we're going to put in here that's going to blow everybody away. that's what's kept me up for the last eight years. and we've delivered. >> reporter: they're planning to open two hotels, but if you want to visit, you should know a county law requires retail stores to close on sundays. >> what the heck? >> plan your trip around that one. >> one of the key shopping days. >> the stuff we saw, skiing, amonumen amusemen amusements, that's not just getting to the mall -- >> pretty much nothing is free unless you want to shop. the slope is about $35, kids under 2 are free. they keep ad gisting the prices, but not much is free.
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>> i'll give them this -- it was an eyesore before paint job. it doesn't look so bad. >> i have to say when i walked in, my eyes popped out of my head when i saw the roller coasters. >> mall of america, been there many times, it works there. >> yeah. all right. thanks a lot. recent health studies suggest the birthrate of twins in the u.s. is declining, but don't tell that to the nursing staff at one missouri hospital. the story straight ahead. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." mucinex cold & flu all-in-one. fights... oh no. no-no-no. did you really need the caps lock? mucinex cold and flu all-in-one. fact! coffee stains teeth. unlike ordinary whitening toothpaste,
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some of the nurses at a kansas city, missouri, hospital have their hands full. they're setting a possible record while taking care of 12 sets of twins. count them. that's 24, right? errol barnett has more. >> reporter: fraternal twins cali and camden role renetsled in their -- are nestled in their mom's arms. >> they're on oxygen and feeding tubes right now. >> reporter: they are one of 12 sets of twins in the neo-natal care unit in st. luke's in kansas city, missouri. the hospital believes it is the most it's ever had. all of them born prematurely,
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but the youngest babies arriving this week. >> it's super stressful having a baby in the nicu. >> reporter: photographer helen ransome captured it the first images for free. something she does because she can relate. >> i have achave identical trips myself. they spent, 17, 18, and 20 tollways in the nicu. >> reporter: she says the road ahead may be uncertain for the parents but they should never forget the first time cradling their children. >> they don't even look at me. they are fully in the moment snuggling those babies. >> reporter: how are your triplets now? >> they're fantastic. it has been the greatest joy to watch them grow and become best friends with each other. >> reporter: now 10% of babies born in the u.s. last year were premature. and for the past four years, those numbers have been increasing according to the cdc. st. luke's is working to make sure all the twins can be home by their original due dates, which means some of the twins will be able to spend their
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first christmas at home. for "cbs this morning saturday," i'm errol barnett. >> aw. >> lot of babies. >> i know. i'm shocked i wasn't sent to do the story. twins and triplets are kind of my thing. yeah, i've done so many stores on them. you joked about something -- >> yeah. i can't repeat that. >> you can't? okay, i thought it was funny. >> it might be a sponsor -- if you're headed out the door, don't forget to set your dvr to record "cbs this morning saturday," this show. coming up next in our next hour, an explosion frozen in time to a bird's eye view of the big apple, sculptor leonardo drew is known for innovative works made from natural materials. we'll hear about his remarkable journey. and for sumo wrestlers, we're in a weight class all their own. find out why young women are now jumping into the ring and benefitting from an ancient sport previously practiced only by men. plus, music from pete yorn
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the difference. for some of you, your local news is next. the rest, stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." we did a poll, we asked a bunch of americans something. we said, what's your favorite music? only 7% of americans surveyed by cbs news, 7% said jazz. you play jazz -- >> you can't argue with cbs news. >> what's the pitch? >> this is what the people are saying. >> the people are saying -- i have my ear to what people are saying. i like that jazz music. i like it. people who come to our shows seem to like it. and we -- ♪ >> is that you? >> that is -- that is me. ♪ we play a kind of music that is kind of '50s, '60s, blue note for the albums we put on deck. the last one is called -- i shouldn't be telling you this -- it's fun. it's like what jazz was
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originally in some quarters, fun and romantic, and social music and dance music. we have singers on this album like fiona apple and miley cyrus and gregory porter and sharon van eten. >> i don't know if you were watching earlier, but we teased a quiz. since you know the world according to you, here's the quiz number question one. are you ready? >> no. >> let me get from memory. how long does it take to wash all 6,000 windows here on the empire state building? is it four days, four weeks, or four months or four years? >> i would say all 6,000 windows? >> 6,000-plus windows. >> may i ask this -- how many people on the team? on the window-washing team? >> i had the same question and didn't get an answer. i'm presuming about two. >> two? >> two. >> two guys to do 6,000 windows? i'd say not four days, what was the second one -- >> four weeks, four months -- >> let's say four weeks.
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welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm michelle miller with dana jacobson, don dahler's over here in for jeff glor. and coming up this hour, people often look for shopping bargains on line. but some of those items may have first been bought at a local store and then resold for a profit. we'll meet some small-scale entrepreneurs who have found a big loophole in the modern economy. then, he's known for taking wood, sand, and metal and turning them into dynamic works of art. we'll meet acclaimed sculptor leonardo drew who went from the housing projects to child prodigy to one of the country's most acclaimed modern sculptors. >> can't wait for that. also, she runs one of
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markers city's top dining destinations along with two restaurants in california. but rising star chef gabriela camara is also an author and a social justice advocate and an adviser to mexico's president. plus she's the subject of a netflix documentary. we'll meet a very special woman in a special edition of "the dish" ahead. first, our top story this hour -- holiday travel on ice as dangerous weather moves across the country. millions of people are in the cross hairs. powerful storms taking aim from the rockies to the midwest and the northeast. a separate system is expected to bring snow and heavy rain to the west. the national weather service warns travel could be difficult in many places. in arizona, the search continues for three young children who disappeared when the motor home in which their family was traveling was swept away by floodwaters 90 miles northeast of phoenix. in colorado, high winds made highway travel difficult. the winds were so strong in colorado springs it pushed a
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tractor-trailer over on its side. what you're watching there. no word on any injuries. meteorologist jeff berardelli has more on the nation's weather. jeff, good morning. >> good morning, everybody. this has been an incredible system. there is a little bit of good news in that most of the storm, as you can see, is rain. it's not until you get to the upper midwest where we have some heavy snowfall. there's going to be some severe weather, by the way, in the deep south during the day today. but certainly the focus for the storm is this blizzard in places like rapid city and huron in south dakota. there are a ton of watches and warnings across the nation for wind and also for winter weather. this is the blizzard. north dakota, south dakota, into parts of minnesota. there's the severe weather later today in the southeast. the storm is going to eventually transfer its energy eastward into very cold air and ice storms start tomorrow in interior parts of pennsylvania and new york, and it turns into a snowstorm, this is going to be a big bugll's-eye of snow in th
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berkshires, catskills, green and white mountains of vermont and new hampshire. here are the preliminary snow totals, likely to change. istraten, vermont, 22 inches. manchester, 18. boston about 7 inches. even new york city could pick up 2 to 4 inches of snow and ice, guys. >> jeff, thank you. in london this morning, authorities are being asked tough questions as they try to determine what led to the terror attack on london bridge that left two people stabbed to death and three others injured on friday. the suspect, uzman kahn, was a convicted terrorist who had been released early from prison. he was shot and killed by police. the mayor says he was pleased to see so many residents out and about in central london last night committed to not letting terrorism disrupt their lives. >> we've got to make sure that we engender a confidence, stoicism, to stop us from leading our lives. >> the mayor is among those asking why the suspect who was wearing an ankle monitor, was
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allowed on london bridge. queen elizabeth is offering thoughts and prayers to those who lost loved ones in that attack. one of the biggest malls in the u.s. will reopen this morning after a shooting led to a lockdown on black friday. one man was shot in the leg inside destiny, usa, in syracuse, new york. police say it was not a random act, and that it started with a fight near the food court. several shoppers said they hid inside stores for nearly an hour after hearing those gunshots. the shooter remains at large. it is about 8:04. here's a look at the weather for the weekend. ♪ from the clearance rack to
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being sold on line. that is the journey a surprising number of products take purchased by savvy shoppers to turn around and sell them for a profit. we'll hear all about that and other techniques in what's known as retail arbitrage. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." when we see you enter through our doors, we don't see who you're against, or for, whether tomorrow will be light or dark, all we see in you, is a spark we see your spark in each nod, each smile, we see sparks in every aisle. we see you find a hidden gem, and buying diapers at 3am. we see your kindness and humanity.
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with the holiday shopping season here, online retailers are hoping sales continue to surge this year. the national retail federation estimates 68.7 million americans will show on line this cyber monday -- will shop on line this cyber monday. last year amazon, the biggest online retailer, sold more than 180 million items over the five-day period from thanksgiving to cyber monday.
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what you might not know is that the item you just bought on line could have been sitting on your local store shelf moments before you paid for it. we went out on the road to meet the people who are shopping just to sell. what are you hoping to find? >> i'm hoping to find some toys today. >> reporter: chris anderson goes to great lengths to land a deal. logging 40,000 miles a year in his van, anderson is an amazon seller practicing retail arbitrage. here's how it works -- a seller like anderson buys an item for a discounted price in one market like a store, and then sells it for a profit in another market such as amazon. when anderson spots a promising deal, he uses a smartphone app to see how much and how often it's selling for on line. then he scales up, buying it again and again. it all goes into his van, and then to his 200,000 square-foot
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warehouse in central pennsylvania. once it sells, it goes to an amazon fulfillment center, and then on to the buyer. it's bargain hunting on a big scale, and anderson pockets the profit. >> all of this here is about $2,000 worth of soy sauce, and i bought it from a trader in philadelphia. >> reporter: and you're going to sell it for -- >> probably $5,000 to $10,000. yeah. >> reporter: that's a lot of money. >> it is. it is. >> reporter: it's also a lot of work. how far have you gone to find your deals? >> oh, i've driven all the way to florida, all the way up to maine, massachusetts. gone all the way out to iowa. pretty much anywhere. >> reporter: i bet you found some unusual things. >> oh, absolutely. one of the more unusual things i found was a whole bunch of beer tap handles. i found about 200 of those at a store. and they're like $40, $50 on ebay and amazon. and i was buying them for $5. and sold them all real fast. people love them. >> reporter: it's the unusual --
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>> yeah. >> reporter: it's the -- >> discontinued, the hard to find. >> reporter: i'm going to play a game with you. name that item, back scratcher -- >> never sold back scratchers. >> reporter: fur coats? >> don't do fur. >> reporter: raincoats? >> i've sold a lot of raincoats. >> reporter: nose clippers? >> sell a lot of personal items. >> reporter: mouse traps? >> mouse traps. >> reporter: while arbitrage is nothing new, outlets like amazon, ebay, craigslist, facebook marketplace, and poshmark have turbocharged the business. >> this right here, i was picking these up for literally like $2, $3, and they were going for like $15, $16 all day long. >> reporter: that's led to a community of sellers getting in on the action. >> they are $19.95 -- people ask how fast can you sell these
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things. today. ooh. >> reporter: including mike riesey ricendez. he's been selling products on line for 15 years. >> when i looked this up on amazon, the rank is 109,000 in home improvement which isn't bad. but selling it for $43.25 fba would only pay out $33.18. since we have to pay $35 plus tax to buy this, that is a no go. >> reporter: now he says he's done $5 million in sales on amazon alone. often spending thousands of dollars on a single shopping trip to flip all this merchandise. >> we have so much data available to us as sellers, it's not like back in the day when you ran a store and you ordered product. you don't know what's going to sell. i know what's selling, i know how fast it's selling. i know what it's selling for on average. so i know how much i can buy. there's no -- not a lot of guesswork involved. >> $110 in profit minimum to as much as $600 in profit in there,
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right there, 30 minutes later. >> reporter: he takes a step further. his youtube channel, reisey resells, is dedicated to helping novice sellers stay in the black. >> clearance stuff is down low and up high. >> reporter: and then you like let other people in on how good you got? who does that? >> yeah. so -- so what happened was for the longest time i didn't tell anybody what i did, and i was super like i thought i was like james bond, right. i was super quiet about it. i always wanted to help people and change the world. then i'm like, this is how i'm going to do it. i'm going to teach people how to make money on line, and they're going to appreciate that. oddly enough, actually make more money now that i share information. the universe keeps giving back. >> reporter: a pay-it-forward mentality. it's paying you back. >> i make more in youtuyoutube the social media than i did selling stuff. i didn't start helping people, i
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started doing it. i would get messages from people, oh, you helped me, we're in disneyland with the kids because of you. people would find me in problem and approach me crying. i paid off my college loan debt because of you. wow. >> reporter: it's something we saw firsthand on a recent shopping tip. >> you get this going -- >> i saw a couple of your videos. i like how you're giving people tips. as a side income, you know -- >> yeah. >> reporter: do you feel as though he's providing a public service? >> it is. >> reporter: there are plenty of risks involved. >> this is going to be your actual way of making a living, then there are hard costs that are wired into the process. it's were just the warehouse -- it's not just the warehouse, it's time, insurance, being able to actually keep track of what you have. it's not for everybody and probably not for most people. >> reporter: that doesn't keep chris anderson from living a life out on the road. you must love it.
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>> i do. i absolutely love it. there has been the best job i've ever had. >> so anderson's shopping his way from pennsylvania to minnesota during this being shopping weekend. he has that big van, he's part of that community of sellers we told you about. he's able to send out shipments from the road with their help and, yes, that means some of the stuff that he is literally buying right now is already on its way out. >> wow. >> it's crazy. >> the time thing, what jill said at the end there. that would be the one thing. it's such a great idea, you want to do it. but the time you have to invest to find this -- >> it's a real job but a fun job. >> it is. riesey banks something like $70,000. whereas chris anderson, he said $100,000. but you know, that's just on the retail arbitrage. what they do beyond that in terms of sponsorships and -- >> youtube channels -- >> the youtube channels, all of that. >> these things -- >> yeah -- >> have changed the world. >> really have. he was just a young teen when he had his first art
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i feel like we're stepping into the upside down with me reading an intro to animat anth mason people. leonardo drew started out by drawing superheroes and now he has works in the collections of new york's metropolitan museum, the museum of contemporary art in los angeles, and the tate in london. with two notable new exhibitions this year he caught the eye of our own anthony mason. >> good morning. i came upon leonardo drew's work while walking past a gallery here in new york this past summer. through the door on the back wall, i saw this sprawling sculpture that seemed to be leaping out at me. when i went in to take a closer look, i discovered drew's story is as fascinating as his art.
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how long have you been with there gallery? >> actually, this is my first exhibition with the gallery. >> reporter: leonardo drew's exhibition at new york's gallery lalong last summer, was centered around one breathtaking piece. do you see this in your mind at some point? >> there's a lot of crazy stuff going on in my head, man. >> reporter: the sculpture called simply "number 215" looked like an explosion frozen in space and time. so what is this made of? >> these are store-bought materials. started off with plain birch plywood treated with like a coated sand -- >> reporter: you've done there yourself? >> yes. not found stuff. people are mistaking them for found objects. it i become the weather in order for the work to exist. >> reporter: you are the weather. i love that idea. >> reporter: in his brooklyn studio, the 58-year-old artist is a force of nature.
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this piece just grows up out of your floor basically. >> it does. yeah. it's even on a -- a turn table. >> reporter: it is. the work he's made here is now featured in the harvey milk terminal at the san francisco airport. and at madison square park in lower manhattan where he's created a city in the park that was a playground for kids this past summer. so this is your book from teenage years? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: drew grew up in the projects of bridgeport, connecticut. drawing all the time -- >> all the time. >> reporter: his mother saw no future in it until the child prodigy was given his first show at 13. >> and at that point, my mother was like, she laid off of me because -- you start having exhibitions and bringing in money, and you live in the projects, you're doing all right. >> reporter: you were drawing superheroes? >> superheroes. i mean, at that time also marvel comics and d.c. comics came after me. >> reporter: were you interested? >> i was because i thought that's what art was.
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>> reporter: then in his high school library, he discovered a book on modern art. >> and jackson pollock completely blew my mind. >> reporter: what did you see? >> i saw unbridled energy, this push for, aggressive push forward into an unknown. absolutely off the edge. >> reporter: you wanted to leap off the edge. >> i've been leaping ever since. >> reporter: drew suddenly stopped drawing entirely. you walked away from it. >> in order to get past this, this surface, i needed to challenge it. that meant no more drawing. find another way to create. >> reporter: he took a job at christie's auction house working to save up enough money to devote two years full time to his art. >> and they gave us a bonus because we sold the van gogh sun flowers and gave us a bonus. that kicked me over the top. i just was like -- i was giddy. >> reporter: with that freedom came a creative explosion. >> i was just making it, but i wasn't thinking about showing it. >> reporter: what were you making it for? >> i'm an addict.
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what a question. i mean, you look around. you can see -- it is serious addiction. it's like crack. i am definitely the crack addict of art. >> reporter: how do you measure success? >> if i can get up and do this, put myself in an unknown and actually having to dig myself out of that, that is bliss for me. there's never a moment where i'm not asking what if. >> reporter: in 1992, drew began working with cotton. that's him pushing a bale 30 blocks to the studio. it put you on the map? >> exactly. exactly. and for a black man to work with that material, obviously politically, it's charged material. >> reporter: did it have that meeting to you? >> it was something i absolutely needed to do. once you did it and did it well, it was time to move on. this is colored dirt. that's colored sand. >> reporter: is that a way to force yourself to be uncomfortable? >> yeah, i don't like the idea of being safe. >> reporter: he wants his work
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to have an emotional charge. what's in that emotional weight? >> some people say the dark. but -- >> reporter: are they right? >> yeah. within each and every one of us, there's a weight of our existence. it's a collective weight. we all have it. as human beings. it's where our deepest and most charged emotions lie. >> reporter: drew travels the world, to china, to matperu, to seek inspiration. for his first outdoor sculpture in madison square park in the shadow of the empire state building, drew wanted to bring the towering city down to the people. >> and i thought, you know, why not actually allow the viewer to sort of be like gulliver and allow you to be the giant in this. >> reporter: through the summer his city in the grass had thousands of visitors. did you kind of sneak into the park and watch how people reacted? >> that was one of my biggest joys. and just watching people, you
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know, enjoy something that you made with your hands. and they're literally like becoming a part of it. >> reporter: the sculpture came to life when they were on it. >> absolutely. it was like, there is magic. >> reporter: the lawn is closed to traffic now, but his city is still up. and we're ignored those signs. >> these are put there so that you could do exactly this. >> reporter: to climb? >> to climb on it. this is it. you see? >> reporter: yep. the city in the grass will be in madison square park through mid-december. >> hello, king kong. >> reporter: and will then move on to the north carolina museum of art. and the artist leonardo drew will go back to asking what if again. i love this. this is such a great idea. this is very sturdy. >> yes, i built it, baby. >> yes, he did. you can see leonardo drew's work next month at the hammer museum in los angeles. and next spring, if you happen
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to be in paris, gallery lalong in paris, france. >> we had two weeks to check that out? >> swing by, two weeks. as you can see, this man does not stop working. >> i'm a crack addict of art. >> yes. >> sounds likely knows what he's talking about. >> he said, look, there's a reason i don't have a family. he's up all night working. >> his motivations are so pure. all about the art. he didn't do it to make money. he just did it because he had to. >> when someone who would give up a drawing talent as significant as his was, to throw himself basically into the abyss, to just feel his way through it, it's remarkable. but you see the result. >> i think it's the first time you've ever been called king kong, though. >> yeah. >> that is never -- that small city will never look the same the way it does under the lights of new york -- >> yes. but it -- it will move, it will be interesting. as he points out, every time a piece of his moves, it changes, it develops -- it adapts to the circumstances and the people who see it. >> we loved it. great to have you back.
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thank you. they are women who will not be pushed around except when they step into a ring of a sport long reserved for men. we'll meet japan's sumo wrestlers next. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." people think that of all the roles that you've done this would be a lock for you to do. and certainly the easiest for you to do. >> there's no such thing as an easy role to do. >> yeah. >> because at the moment, the moment i said yes, i -- i began to have the night sweats that go along with trying to play -- >> do 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, you know, under -- there was that folklore that he was a navy s.e.a.l. and his body was covered with tattoos. but the -- the terror that goes along with it is that you want
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to land in a place that people recognize as his true human behavior. whether you're playing somebody who's real or somebody who's not. if it's not authentic, you're actively lying in -- 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. >> it must be hard being a king. >> the academy award winner has played a range of characters with his every man charm. but there are some roles he says he just won't do. you don't seem to gravitate toward bad guy roles s. that deliberate on your part? >> i don't -- i have played -- >> you played them -- >> i played guys that did bad things. it's the motivationalist bad guy role that i don't buy. even as -- when i was young, i didn't like movies that were just the standard antagonist-protagonist bent. james bond movies are really cool. i love them. but how -- don't understand a guy who just says "before i kill you, mr. bond, perhaps you'd like a tour of our installation."
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i don't get it. he could've just been the middle class kid who made good. but mike bloomberg became the guy who did good. after building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9/11 a three-term mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of affordable housing units with it. after witnessing the terrible toll of gun violence... he helped create a movement to protect families across america. and stood up to the coal lobby and this administration to protect this planet from climate change. and now, he's taking on... him. to rebuild a 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. everyone without health insurance can get it and everyone who likes theirs keep it. and where jobs won't just help you get by, but get ahead. and on all those things mike blomberg intends to make good.
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jobs creator. leader. problem solver. mike bloomberg for president. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. japanese's national sport of sumo conjures up visions of very large loin cloth-clad men crashing into one another. lately a new breed of sumo wrestler is stepping into the ring. lucy kraft got a firsthand look when she attended a tournament in the western japanese city of osaka. >> reporter: at just over 50 pounds, mei kigawa may not look like a sumo wrestler, but the shy fifth grader is no pushover. she's had plenty of bruises her mom said, but so far no broken bones. once ridiculed, japanese females these days are throwing their weight around the sumo ring.
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aside from modified attire and separate weight classes, the rules are oidentical to proviere sumo and -- professional sumo and often as thrilling. "i'm a little nervous," mei said. finally it's her turn in the ring. but all too soon it ends in tears. these girls have been training for a whole year to be able to compete in this national tournament in osaka, and the matches are over in seconds. sometimes one second. gives whole new meaning to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. de despite sumo's reputation sfz a contact sport, coaches say it's the ideal workout for anyone. >> head to head contact. >> reporter: irish native john gunm gunning learned that firsthand. he's a former sumo wrestler. >> the most painful thing you can do. i did a lot of sports and nothing comes close to sumo.
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>> reporter: the reigning lightweight queen is 26-year-old miko yamanaka. she has perfected her initial charge. >> translator: i focus on crouching as low as possible, charging in fast as hard as i can. after that, i just leave it up to my training and don't think about anything. >> reporter: women's sumo gained visibility with a recent film "little miss sumo," documenting the struggles of females to gain respect in an ancient sport. yet despite their rising profiles and achievements, females are still barred from competing in sumo's mecca, the arena in tokyo which president trump visited this year. >> translator: it has a magic all its own. even the lighting is special. all women sumo wrestlers take pride in japan's national sport and want to compete there." >> reporter: while many support opening arenas to female wrestlers, a pro women's division seems like a pipe dream. pro sumo with its spartan training and rituals is less
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sport than ape kind of quasi-religious practice. >> it's more akin to joining the military or combined with being in a monastery. it's a 24-hour lifestyle. >> reporter: without the big arenas, tv exposure, and lavish budget, pro sumo, women's amateur sumo remains a tiny endangered species niche battling for fans, followers, and fame. for "cbs this morning saturday," lucy kraft, osaka, japan. >> patience. patience and building the audience and the young women who want to continue. >> have you found your new sport though though? >> no, i will not be participating in sumo wrestling. >> i like the physiques of the female sumo wrestler. very fit. >> strong. >> strong. >> they don't have to wear those loin cloths. >> they have them but over clothes, underneath. time for a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪
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"the new york times" says she's on the brink of global culinary fame. up next on a special edition of "the dish," we meet gabriela camara, one of mexico's most acclaimed chefs whose influence extends far beyond the kitchen. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." in one week... a lot will happen in your life. wrinkles just won't. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair's derm-proven retinol works so fast, it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin. making wrinkles look so last week. rapid wrinkle repair® pair with retinol oil for 2x the wrinkle fighting power. neutrogena® mucinex cold & flu all-in-one. fights... oh no. no-no-no.
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on this morning's "the dish," chef gabriela camara, "the new york times" described her mexico city restaurant as the equivalent of new york's four seasons in its heyday. only more fun and with much better food. four years ago, she brought her flair for fresh mexican seafood to san francisco with her restaurant kala. this year she's released a cookbook and is the subject of a netflix documentary. i had a chance to sit down and eat with the chef at kamra in san francisco. >> reporter: inside chef gabriela camara's san francisco eatery kala, fine dining meets finger food with her mexican small plates. kamra brings a lifetime of cooking experience into the kitchen, but no formal training. the former art history student doesn't think of her food as art
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like a painting, it just happens to come out that way. >> i would start with these. >> reporter: take her signature -- trout tostados with chipotle, avocado, and leeks. >> this is our staple dish. i wanted to make this for you. >> there is fantastic. >> good. >> she garnishes her tostado with trout roe, a flake infused aioli and a blue flowered herb. i don't want to eat it. it's too pretty. mm. >> i love very simple flavors, but i want them to be bright. that's why i use a lot of acid and lemon and lime. >> reporter: but it's this dish that blends all her varied influences. >> so this is pasta. but pasta made in a mexican spanish way. >> reporter: fried pasta noodles and clams cooked with liquid tomato and chipotle chile. >> my mother would say there is not pasta. -- this is not pasta. what is this deep frying of
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pasta? >> reporter: mm. delicious. yeah. she's the daughter of an italian mother and mexican father. she was raised in mexico city. what was it like having those different influences as a young kid? >> it was great. and i -- we always had all these periods of time that we lived in italy or periods in which we came to the states or a lot of traveling because of my parents' work and because they really wanted us to have exposure to -- to a wider world. >> reporter: did you think that food was your future, though? >> no. i mean, i thought i would always cook and eat well. but i did open a restaurant when i was very young, and i had no idea. and i realized how much i loved it. >> reporter: she was still in college in mexico city when she opened her first restaurant, poltromar with three friends. >> we wanted it to work. we invested very little money. we all scraped from our savings here and there.
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and it happened. >> reporter: almost immediately, contramar became a sensation. how do you take what starts as what sounded like it started as let's do this, this will be fun, and turn it into this success that it became? >> i think with a lot of work, with a lot of attention, with a lot of caring. i know that common sense is the least common of our senses -- >> right -- >> but i actually turned out to be a very good manager. just because i was very -- my common sense worked in a restaurant. >> reporter: five years ago, kamara and her family moved to the bay area. she was shopping around san francisco for a new location when -- >> i found there space and thought i need to do something here. it's so good. it's perfect -- >> reporter: the space we're sitting in? >> this is the space we're sitting in. >> reporter: i get it. i get it by sitting here. >> i saw the -- the ceiling, the beams, and i thought it had the full look, and i really, really loved it. so that's why i opened it. >> reporter: along with the main
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dining room in the front, she operates a taco stand in the back of the building. tacos cala, and last month she and fellow chef jessica coslow opened a new restaurant in california. she's serving as a cultural adviser to andres manuel lopez obrador. mexico's president happened to be a customer. he was in san francisco about two years ago on business when he stopped by cala to see her. >> he said, this time i'm going to win. and you're going to have to come back to work with me in mexico. i thought, first you win, and we've gone through this twice already. two elections that have been not successful. >> reporter: lopez obrador was elected president in july, 2018. kamra says the chance to serve all the people of mexico was impossible to turn down. >> i think it's worth my time
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for sure and my life to give it a shot at helping him. i never set out to serve others as a mission. but i think that now it is my mission. >> reporter: it's just one more thing added to her plate. >> this has mussels. >> reporter: right. even with the new responsibility, she's abiding by the old saying -- don't quit your day job. my mouth is watering -- >> the masa gets in there, and it's good. i think food should be about anything delicious. and then -- >> reporter: success. >> yeah. >> food was delicious, but when i tell you this woman is fascinating -- watch the netflix documentary. you spend two seconds with her really, hopefully maybe from this short time, you just want to know more from her. >> i already put on the -- my calendar -- go to los angeles. >> when you're in san francisco, go to cala. >> i love the portion sizes. they're beautiful, but it doesn't look overwhelming. >> it's not. >> thanks. critics call the latest album some of the most tuneful
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this morning on our "saturday sessions," singer and multi-instrument lift peter yorn. he broke through when "music for the morning after" went gold. more albums followed, and even two collaborations with actress scarlett johansson. this summer he leased "caretakers," his seventh full-length solo collection and the second leg of his current tour kicks off in south carolina tomorrow night. now, here is pete yorn with "calm down."
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all is well in my hometown people sleeping in the street light if there's a memory at all i wish i knew then what i know now ♪ ♪ calm down you know i'm telling the truth ♪ ♪ and when i look at you you know i'm telling the truth ♪ ♪ calm down i never had to choose ♪ ♪ cause when i look at you i know there's nothing to lose ♪ ♪ all is well in my world now
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people dreaming through the daylight ♪ ♪ all the melodies come back i wish i knew then what i know now ♪ ♪ calm down you know i'm telling the truth ♪ ♪ and when i look at you you know i'm telling the truth ♪ ♪ calm down i never had to choose ♪ ♪ cause when i look at you i know there's nothing to lose ♪ ♪ all the tears i've cried. but i wouldn't change a thing ♪ ♪ no i wouldn't change a thing all the times we've tried ♪
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no i wouldn't change a thing ♪ [ applause ] >> don't go away. we'll be right back with more music from pete yorn. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." even in the dead of winter, the hunt continues. wolves have an innate desire for meat. just like your dog. meat rich blue wilderness satisfies that desire. because wolves and dogs live for the hunt.
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of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory - give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community, in businesses owned by women and people of color, in affordable housing. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. i'm jimmy dean, and only one like this any nicer.ning a hearty, hefty, good tasting breakfast. with eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese and taters.
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out ♪ when we get to that place i don't know how ♪ ♪ to tell me where you go and i'll be there now ♪ ♪ so it's up to you uh-huh ♪ ♪ i wanna be the one to watch you i wanna be the one who talks you through ♪ ♪ living and loving nothing else i ever wanted to do ♪ ♪ i wanna be the one i wanna be the one ♪ ♪ the labels on the bottles
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♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> for those of you still with us we have more music from pete yorn. >> this is let life on a chain." ♪ i live on a chain you share the same last name ♪ ♪ as a joke i sent a bottle of whiskey ♪ ♪ as you choked you said it made you feel dirty ♪ ♪ i was waiting over here for life to begin ♪
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♪ i was looking for the new thing and you were the sunshine ♪ ♪ heading my frontline i was alone ♪ ♪ you were just around the corner from me time alone is good ♪ ♪ i spend my days in the city ♪ dirty neighborhood you know you'll never convince me ♪ ♪ so i sold the town away i couldn't wait to forget you ♪ ♪ i was killed in half a day i hadn't time to regret you ♪ ♪ i was waiting over here for life to begin ♪ ♪ i was looking for the new thing and you were the sunshine ♪
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