good morning, it is december 21st, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." on your mark, get set, go. the travel rush is on as a record number of americans get ready to hit the roads and take to the skies and rails for the holidays. but will mother nature cooperate with their travel plans? south for the season. president trump heads to florida for the holidays and leaves his impeachment headaches in the capitol where democrats and republicans are locked in a standoff over the senate trial. super saturday. holiday shoppers will be ringing in the season by ringing up a record number of sales on what's expected to be the biggest day of the year for retailers. trouble in paradise.

six tourists are hurt when two large cruise ships collide while docking at a popular resort. for many americans, this was their family's ellis island. but their ancestors arrived in chains. we'll take you to the coast of south carolina where a new museum will document the lives of the people brought ashore here and their millions of descendants. first, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. please check -- >> reporter: more americans will travel this ohio season than any before. >> if this is any indication, it is shaping up to be a busy holiday season. travelers race to get out of town for the holidays. >> what are you going to do? it's the holidays. it's travel. >> reporter: as president trump is on his holiday break, his aides are preparing for a senate trial. >> it is what it is. we're here, more than 50% of america thinks we shouldn't be in this position. the space force is now a

reality after president trump's signature on the national defense authorization act. >> that's a big moment. space. going to be a lot of things happening in space. the rise of starliner. a new era in the spaceflight. >> reporter: boeing successfully launched its new starliner capsule into orbit but it wound up off course and didn't hook one the international space station. >> the optics are not good, you business thrill a lot of good that can come with it. two carnival cruise ships collided. >> oh, my gosh -- all that -- >> talk about a takedown. this police k-9 wasn't messing around. >> reporter: when he's not on the job he's a big baby. >> reporter: police caught one of their own stealing christmas toys. >> stockpiling toys. all that matters -- >> utah state and kent state in the tropical smoothie bowl. that's the name. >> i bet a green smoothie never

tasted that good. >> after the season they've had, i'll take a green smoothie all the time. on "cbs this morning saturday." ♪ the force is strong with "star wars" fans as the final chapter of the skywalker saga hits the big screen. >> we found some fans brave enough to reach all nine movies in a row. >> all nine movies. >> i fell asleep during jar jar binx. >> my wife said, "go for it." i married a great lady. >> "cbs this morning saturday" presented by brought to you by toyota -- let's go places. >> all night? like 24 hours. >> i did a james bonds like that once. that's devotion, "star wars." >> it is. if you love "star wars," you got to do it. >> anybody see "rise of s skywalk skywalker" yet? >> i bought four tickets -- >> did you make it? >> i did not.

three months ago. welcome to the weekend, i'm jeff glor with dana jacobson and michelle miller. coming up this morning, we're going to head out west to a place where wild horses have been running free. but now they're coming off these grasslands and going up for sale at a better than bargain price. find out what's behind the roundup, and meet the people taking a horse home for the holiday. plus, the busy holiday season may have put you in the mood for a vacation. we'll hear about travel trends for the coming year including the less likely places where people are heading and why so-called micro-indications, quick getaways, are getting even more popular. and christmas day arrives next week with all traditional celebrations. did you know the holiday wasn't always quite the event that we experience today? one man, author charles dickens, played a key role in creating christmas as we know it. this morning, we're going to take you to dickens' historic home in london to hear all about

it. first, big storms are battering the paths of millions of maryland terps on what's expected -- of americans on what's expected to be the busiest holiday travel weekend on record. severe flood warnings are up from washington state to northern california as forecasters expect another round of heavy downpours with three to six inches of rain today alone. hundreds of residents have lost power and -- in washington and oregon. amtrak service is suspended until tomorrow night. a mudslide knocked down trees and sent a torrent of mud into puget sound about 20 miles south of seattle friday. in san francisco, dense fog led to dozens of delays for holiday travelers at san francisco international airport on friday. aaa says more than 115 million travelers will be on the move for the holidays between now and new year's day. most will be on the nation's roads and highways. seven million people are expected to be flying. for more on the weather, let's turn to meteorologist jeff berardelli. good morning. how many people are getting a

white christmas? >> not that many actually. it's mostly going to be a rainy or mild christmas across most of the nation. it you remember we talked about the atmospheric river? there it is. it is a category four atmospheric river. and much like the hurricane scale it goes from one to five, and four is pretty extreme. you d-- you can see the mountains, it has been raining cats and dogs for over two days. this is the last 24 hours. it keeps raining and raining. in the mountains, tons of heavy snow. rainfall totals generally three to up to eight inches, especially in the higher terrain. that's a lot of rain for seattle. yesterday they had their fifth rainiest day ever on record. the system is going to start to weaken later tonight and tomorrow as it moves toward the south. heavy rain's possible in placesi monterrey o, san francisc then it breaks apart, it will move across the rockies and produce a little bit of snow.

in the gulf of mexico we have a e really strong far south storm system that's going to produce a lot of heavy rain today. later tomorrow, watch out on the west coast of florida from tampa down to ft. myers. i think we'll see severe weather, i also think we'll see a few tornadoes. keep your eyes peeled for that. then the storm moves up the eastern seaboard but gets as far north as hatteras. heavy rain hatteras and charlotte. >> feels like the northeast is escaping some of that. president trump got a head start on his holiday travel. he flew from the nation's capitol to south florida where he will spend christmas and new year at a his resort. he signed a series of spending bills that will avoid a repeat of last year's shutdown. the measures authorize $1.4 trillion in federal spending. the legislation increases federal workers' pay by an average of about 3%. it also authorizes $1.4 billion for security at the u.s.-mexico border, that's less than the $6

billion the president demanded last year during the shutdown battle. also raises the age to buy tribe products from 18 to 21. the spending package is projected to add $400 billion to the deficit over the next decade. it is now the icans' move in the impeachmentpubl stalemate in the senate. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell met with democratic leader chuck schumer but says they are still at an impasse on how to proceed with an impeachment trial expected next month. congress is out for the holiday recess, and the president is in florida, as we mentioned, for the next two weeks. chip reid is in west palm beach with the latest this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump arrived in florida late last night leaving behind a bitterly divided congress following his impeachment. speaker pelosi has not yet sent those articles of impeachment from the house to the senate where the trial is expected to occur because the leaders in the senate just can't agree on how

to proceed. prior to boarding air force one last night, president trump signed the 2020 defense authorization bill in a hangar at joint base andrews before several hundred military personn personnel. >> the law i'm signing provides 738 billion, that's with a "b." $738 billion in defense funding for the 2020. an all-time record in the history of our country. >> reporter: earlier, senior white house advisers visited capitol hill for a tour of the senate floor where the impeachment trial will take place. >> the leader and his team, assemble everybody so we can meet and see where locations are. >> we remain at an impasse on these logistics. >> reporter: senate leaders mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer have yet to agree on how the senate trial would proceed. >> i told leader mcconnell that we would not support any trial

without witnesses and documents. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi says she wants to know details on witnesses and procedures before sending it to the senate. >> we hope it would be a fair process, as we hope that they would honor the constitution. >> reporter: "christianity today," a magazine popular with evangelical christians, a key part of the president's base, called for his removal from office, writing in an editorial, "none of the president's positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character." the president lashed out at the magazine in a series of tweets calling it far left and adding, "no president has done more for the evangelical community." yesterday the president accepted speaker pelosi's invitation to give the annual state of the union address on february 4th. incredibly, that came just two days after pelosi oversaw the president's impeachment. jeff? >> thank you so much. "washington post" national correspondent philip bump joins

us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> any indication, any insight now as to when the articles of impeachment get sent over? could they be held indefinitely? >> yeah, they can be held as long as the house wants to do it. what we're seeing is a power struggle. the democrats have controlled the impeachment process for months. they're very eager to try and help set the terms and conditions under which the senate trial moves forward. i think they're also happy to have this sort of atmosphere of questions about how fair the senate trial will be because that will help color the actual result. >> on this issue of witnesses, i distinctly remember the impeachment of another president, and mitch mcconnell was leading the chorus on we have to have them. so how are you able to stand behind this -- this sort of flood of people on the republican side saying no witnesses, moving forward speedily, and will there be -- i mean, is there any recourse for democrats? >> there's not a lot. i mean, all it takes is a majority vote if the senate to set the rules for what happens.

republicans have the majority there. there's a lot of talk about precede precedent. the impeachment of clinton of 1998 and 1999. this question of witnesses is interesting because the republicans don't want to necessarily open the floodgates for witnesses because they have a lot of moderates. the moderates aren't going to go along with bringing in random people who can impugn the impeachment process. mitch mcconnell also doesn't want to open the doors for them bringing in witnesses that will attack president trump. he may say no witnesses at all in order to avoid that. >> you mentioned some of the positive for the democrats holding on to the articles of impeachment. overall democrats for the president, what the danger going forward if they stay in the house and don't go forward? >> i think -- i haven't seen a lot of evidence so far that republicans are that worried. republicans don't like the impeachment. i don't think they're eager to spend a lot of time, again, airing the president's dirty laundry on the ukraine things. the president himself is eager to have senate vote and say, no, i've been acquitted. he wants to stand at a rally and say that. i'm sure he's putting pressure

on them. i'm not sure how strong this is. >> isn't this also what people are so annoyed by politics, by -- is this an idea of a stalemate an seithdideer exten. our policies are so polarized anyway that all the democrats are going to have one feeling, and all the republicans will have another feeling. we've seen that over the course of the impeachment. >> the last democratic debate was thursday, peter buttigieg came under fire like never before. there were seven candidates on stage. next debate is in january. how many on stage then? what happens then? >> a good question. they've again escalated the requirements for getting on stage. it remains to be seen. i think it's -- four or five have already qualified. one of the things the candidates have seen is there hasn't been a lot of change after the debates. one of the reasons pete buttigieg came under fire is because his poll numbers go up and down. i think people are starting to transition to, okay, once the primaries and caucuses start, that's when there's going to be

a big shakeup. and january may end up being sort of a placeholder until we actually start voting. >> philip bump, thank you. have a good holiday. tomorrow on "face the nation," democratic presidential candidate amy klobuchar will be a guest. a surprising twist in the case of the missing texas woman and her newborn child. police say the 1-month-old child, margo, is safe and now in protective custody. but it appears her mother, heidi broussard, was strangled. investigators say a tip led them to the houston area where broussard's longtime friend magen fieramuca was arrested friday. her neighbors could not believe it. >> i've been following her story as having been missing and thought what in the world could have happened to her. and lord jesus, here she -- back yard. >> magen fieramuca faces two charges of kidnapping and one charge of tampering with a corpse. officials say more criminal

charges may be filed. the wife of an american diplomat now formally charged in the death of a british teenager is refusing to return to britain to face trial. anne sacoolas fled after she was accused of causing a crash that killed 19-year-old motorist harry dunn. we spoke with the family. >> reporter: harry dunn's parents shed tears of relief. >> we feel that we've taken a huge step in the start of achieving the promise to harry that we made. >> reporter: to bring anne sacoolas to justice. british authorities charged sacoolas with harry dunn's death. she admits to hitting him while driving on the wrong side of the road outside this british military base where her husband, a u.s. intelligence official, was stationed. the 42-year-old american fled the uk just days after the collision under diplomatic immunity. >> been fighting so long for this news to get anne sacoolas charged. how's it feel?

>> huge relief. >> weight off our shoulders at the moment. >> at the moment. but it's only the first part. >> reporter: and now that that first huge hurdle has been cleared, the second is for the british government. it now has to ask for anne sacoolas' extradition from the united states. her lawyers are already saying there's no chance whatsoever she'll voluntarily turn herself in. jeff? >> heartbreaking case. thank you so much. in australia, at least four people have died and dozens of others injured as a massive wildfire -- wildfires burn across the southeast part of the country. helicopters are being used to extinguish about 100 fires burning right now. six are described as emergency level. fires have destroyed more than 700 homes and nearly three million acres in the last few weeks. police believe one fire started by a tree falling on to power lines. facebook says it is investigating reports of a massive data breach that exposed tens of millions of its users.

a ukrainian cybersecurity researcher says he found personal information of more than 267 million facebook users on the dark web. most of the accounts are in the u.s. users are at risk of being targeted by spam, phishing attacks, and identity theft. facebook says the reported breach likely involved data obtained before it took protective measures in recent years. retailers will likely ring up record sales on this, the last saturday of the holiday shopping season. with a surge in last-minute gift buyers, today is expected to be the biggest shopping day of the year. even surpassing black friday. the national retail federation says holiday shoppers will spend $730 billion this holiday season. that's about 4% more than last year. tom hanson joins us with more on the mad dash to snag the perfect gift. tom, good morning. >> good morning, jeff. move over, black friday. here comes super saturday. the single busiest shopping day

of the year. get this, nearly half of the country is expected to hit the streets and the internet for their last chance to score major deals while putting gifts under the tree. >> oh, my goodness. merry christmas! >> reporter: it's the height of the holiday rush. >> i am stressed. >> reporter: as the days dwindle to christmas and hanukkah, the national retail federation says 148 million shoppers will go down to the wire to complete their holiday gift lists. >> i just got vacation, just got the time. >> reporter: major retailers are expected to generate an estimated $34 billion today as they extend hours and offer last live minute deals. >> it's macy's super saturday sale -- >> reporter: from macy's and target to best buy and apple, many stores around the country are opening early and closing late. kohl's will be open from now all the way through 6:00 pm on christmas eve. even petsmart is getting in on the action. >> buy two, get one free on all dog toys or treats.

>> reporter: but for millions of online shoppers who procrastinate, today may turn into panic saturday with more than two billion packages delivered this holiday season. grexd, u.p.s. -- fedex, u.p.s., and other services are expecting some delays to some on-time deliveries which could cost shoppers extra fees to get their gifts before the big day. >> you'll still be able to get things, but you're likely going to have to pay for it. by air, the most expensive products they offer. >> delivery services blamed the delays on bad weather. they also say that since thanksgiving came later this year, there's been a higher demand over fewer days. and i think that this says a lot about the american shopper. there's either the procrastinator or the people who get that stuff done on time. >> i admittedly am waiting for something from target that better get there. >> fair enough. >> thank you. time to show some of the other stories that are making news this morning -- the "washington post" reports the white house tried to plant immigration and customs enforcement agents within the

refugee agency that oversees unaccompanied migrant children in an effort to increase deportation efforts. the department of health and human services officials rejected the plan which was reportedly crafted by white house senior adviser steven miller. it did allow i.c.e. agents to collect fingerprints and data from parents and other adults seeking to claim children at government shelters. if they are deemed ineligible to get the children, they could be arrested or deported. "the baltimore sun" reports the city's police department is reviving a controversial program to use surveillance planes as part of its crime fighting strategy. the planes will track movement and action to help investigations of violent crime, but the footage will not be sharp enough for officers to identify faces. the plan was canceled three years ago when it was revealed to have been in dsecret. >> u> "usa today" reports on an alarming trends in older vapors who use marijuana-based thc and who were treated for lung injuries. the centers for disease control and prevention says those users

face a higher risk of death after leaving hospitals. it found 31 lung injury patients were readmitted to hospitals. seven have died. the deaths occurred on average three days after discharge. federal officials recommend doctors follow up with patients within two days after they leave the hospital. the "charlotte observer" reports robert bland jr. johnson, the runner turned nascar legend has died. nascar announced his death on friday. johnson, who was nicknamed the last american hero, was an inaugural member of nascar's hall of fame. he won 50 races as a driver and 132 as a car owner. in 1986, he was granted a pardon by president ronald reagan for his federal moonshining conviction. junior johnson was 88. deadline please -- i'm sorry, drum roll, please. drum roll. deadline.com reports the final movie of the "star wars" saga is expected to rake in nearly $200 million on its opening weekend.

"star wars: rise of skywalker" made 30 million thursday night. they got some of my money there. and is seeing early estimates of $90 million from friday night. the third film in the latest trilogy is looking behind the box office, force of the two firms -- i'm going to have to buy -- >> that's good news. you're helping them out. >> double their money. mixed reviews from critics. the fans i've talked to really like it. >> that's what matters to the "star wars" -- >> tony d., touchdown. >> there it is. about 22 minutes after the hour. here's a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪ it wasn't the vacation video

that cruise ship passengers expected to record. still ahead this morning, what led to this frightening scene as two major vessels collide off the coast of mexico. also, it's a museum being built on a site with its own history. the spot where half of america's enslaved people arrived. we'll hear about this important new institution and the mission behind it. and as toys go, these army soldiers are historic. now they're getting a makeover with a response that could leave other toymakers green with envy. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

it's an unusual gift for the holiday or any time of year for that matter. but we'll tell you where wild horses are for sale at a next-to-nothing price. >> and we'll look at the travel trends for the year ahead including the places where people are headed and the newways that they're get -- new ways that they're getting there. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

what about ai and jobs? ai scares a lot of people. you're saying we need to great. what does it mean when it comes to jobs? >> incredibly important question for the next decade. my guess is that ai will create more new jobs than the jobs it displaces. there with abe lot of jobs that are changed and transformed, particularly jobs that are repetitive, that don't involve a bunch of sort of spontaneous, creative decisions. the way i look to look at it, imagine you have to write a manual for your job. if it's a page or two or three pages, you do there and do that, a computer will probably do that in the next decade. >> what's the concern there with ai jobs? i guess when you think about they're creating jobs in some ways but taking away -- >> they will create fantastic jobs. but one of the risks is you could have whole categories, people talk about truck drivers.

if we have self-driving trucks, what is a truck driver going to do if that job is impossible? or you have to retrain and find something else. that can be hard depending what stage in life you're in. >> uber's ceo is talking with flying cars. i'm trying to get used to the idea of self-driving cars. flying cars in 2023. do you see that? >> not in 2023. we might have self-driving cars in 2023. they will be awesome. >> flying cars, nick -- >> flying cars are definitely possible. think of them more as single-person helicopters -- >> i was going to say, a car or helicopter? >> is it better for the environment? as we keep talking about climate change? >> if it's better for traffic, we can work on the environment in other areas, okay. a big issue with transportation. >> we have huge issues with transportation. in fact, self-driving cars could be better for the environment because using 5g they can talk to each other. so they can travel behind each other reducing wind resistance, therefore increasing fuel efficiency. on the economy, a unique leader.

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a police chase and standoff in southern california came to an end when a veteran who it a tour in -- who did a tour in iraq leapt into action. duke, a k-9 for the corona police department burst through the window of a pickup truck, amazing, and subdued the driver. the plan is suspected of a -- the man is suspected of felonies including assault with a deadly weapon. before duke made his presence felt, the suspect was chased across four freeways, had tires popped with a spike strip, and shot a bean bass through the window. none of the officers were hurt, neither was duke. before that mission he was deployed in iraq. these are incredibly smart dogs. also one of these dogs used in the raid, the bin laden rate

raid, as well. highly trained, skilled. >> we saw the dog jump through the window. >> just amazing. >> same dog. that was him. >> that was him. >> they're all over. there's dogs jumping all over the place. welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday." we begin this half hour with trouble in paradise for hundreds of tourists. many of them were left gasping as they watched one massive cruise ship slam into another and nearly hit a third on friday. the terrifying scene unfolded while one ship was docking at the popular mexican resort island of cozumel. as manuel bojorquez reports, incidents like these have happened before. >> reporter: shocked passengers had their cameras rolling the moment the carnival cruise ship "glory" smashed into another karenville ship. at one point passengers thoughts

it would strike them. >> it's going to hit us next. >> reporter: but it did not. the collision left extensive damage to the dining room decks of the "glory." >> that's crazy. >> reporter: the cruiseline said six passengers suffered minor injuries. >> suddenly a 30-knot squall showed up at the time of the particular maneuver. there was no way for the captain to recover. >> reporter: he calls it a maritime fender-bender. >> if you look at that video what you probably don't see is the captain going in full reverse and still moving forward. it takes a while for any ship to stop. >> just ran into another ship. >> reporter: there was a collision in 2009 at the same port. and just this summer in venice, italy, a cruise ship lost control crashing into a dock and boat injuring five people. the carnival ships involved in yesterday's collision set off from new orleans and tampa where a combined 6,000 passengers. the cruise line says both ships are still seaworthy, and the

cruises will continue as planned. for "cbs this morning saturday," manuel bojorquez, miami. i realize that squalls happen, right, and nobody wanted this particular thing to happen, the collision. still, don't you have to account for the fact that something wild might happen with the weather so maybe stay a little bit farther away? >> maybe now they will. >> maybe they will. >> it happened enough, lesson learned. >> scary to watch. >> yeah. >> think about how many people are on board. >> it's a cruise ship. it's huge. >> right. much more news ahead. first, here's a look at the weather for your weekend. ♪ recent surveys say most americans are way behind in saving for retirement. now new laws are on the books to

try to help close the gap. what has changed and how could it benefit you? sibili marcellus from yahoo! finance is standing by to tell us next. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." hi momhey. dad. how's my little princess? i want to be a movie director. oh! that's great. ♪ mom, are we going to make it on time? don't worry, sweetie. we'll get there. ♪ here you go. ♪ ok. everyone. now! ♪ ♪

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setting every community up for retirement enhancement, also known as the secure act. it's the biggest set of changes to retirement investment rules in more than a decade. so how will it affect your savings is the question. here with more is yahoo! finance reporter sibile marcellus. good morning. >> good morning. >> this rule changes, the rule changes start january 1st, 2020. just give us a broad sense of some of the changes people are going to see. >> yeah. there are three big takeaways of the s.e.c.u.r.e. act. this is important because it's the first big change with the retirement system. one, it raises the age for when you're required to take money out of your retirement account from age 70 1/2 to age 72. number two, it also allows you to continue to contribute to your retirement account past age 70 1/2. and that's really important because americans are working longer and living longer. so if you're 70 years old or 71 years old and you're receiving a paycheck, you may still want to

contribute to your retirement account and let that grow and be as big as possi nor akble w f yhe willing nto woourk. the other thing third change that i really wanted to mention here has to did with inherited retirement accounts. so that's when the owner of an account passes away, and their loved ones actually are able to inherit it. and throughout their life before they were able to tap into that account, and they were able to use that money. now with this new legislation it caps it after ten years, you have to take that money out. now the reason why we're seeing this in this legislation is because we have to pay for these provisions. this is how the government is doing. now the congressional budget office estimates that with this inherited retirement account, this new rule, they'll be able to generate $15.7 billion over ten years. uncle >> uncle sam taking a bigger chunk. >> the 401(k)s, a big way a lot of us use to accrue wealth for

retirement. what are the changes there? there's some big ones. >> yes. with the 401(k)s, small businesses are the backbone of the u.s. economy. and they employ a lot of people. offering 401(k)s to their employees is really costly, it's cumbersome, complicated. the legislation allows them to band together as a group, couple different small businesses, and offer tax credits. great for americans. the other change with 401(k)s is it now will encourage corporations to offer their employees annuities as a part of their 401(k)s. annuities are great because it's like when you're working, every two weeks you get your paycheck, you can set up annuities in your paycheck so if you're not working, every two weeks, you can set it up however you want it. you can balance your budget after you're no longer working. >> why is all this happening now? >> yeah. this is happening now because when you look at federal reserve data, a quarter of americans have no retirement savings at all. so we're facing a crisis here. when it comes to social

security, there are reports that it could be insolvent in 16 years. a lot of people are counting on their retirement accounts to be a safe cushion of money for them when they can no longer work. this legislation encourages more people to save for retirement. it makes it easier to do so. >> go ahead -- >> i was going to say, one of the things you mentioned is the higher age when you have to start taking your benefits. i guess, what is the benefit of that for people that may be getting closer to that? >> yeah. so the benefit is that if you're working longer, you want to continue to save for retirement. continue to contribute to that account. the stock market right now is on a tear. it's reaching record highs, all three major indices hit highs recently. you want to benefit. you don't want to take that money too soon if you don't really need it. that's what the legislation allows. >> we're trying to break this down, and you're doing a great job doing it. it does get into the weeds a little bit. if you're watching, it may be worth spending a little time with some of the rules to understand how it affects your family. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> happy holidays.

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charleston, south carolina, is one of the top tourist destinations on the planet. it was named best city in the world three years ago byleisurea seven years in a row. millions flock to see charleston's stunning architecture, restaurants, and history. until now, though, many don't learn about one crucial part of the city's story. charleston was once the largest port of entry for enslaved people into the u.s. a few weeks ago, the city held a groundbreaking for a $100 million museum hoping to change that. the sights and sounds of a

gentile charleston are a brutal contrast to an inescapable reality. beginning in the 17th century and continuing until 1808 when the atlantic slave trade was banned by the u.s. government, hundreds of thousands of people were forced on to ships and brought here to be sold. this construction site will soon be a museum built on the spot where many enslaved people first stepped on shore. >> it's remarkable to consider what's going to be here in a matter of a couple of years. >> reporter: elijah heyward is the museum's ceo. when you think about what this wharf looked like 200 years ago -- >> yeah -- >> reporter: and think about what it looks like today, what goes through your mind? >> it's really gripping. there's an amazing opportunity that we have to tell the story of that moment that has really impacted america. but also of what was achieved and explored beyond that moment. >> reporter: do you think there are times when people forget the suffering that took place

before? >> of course they do. >> reporter: joseph riley was mayor of charleston for over four decades. he'd been trying to get this museum built for 20 years, but it wasn't until nine african-americans were killed in 2015 at the emmanuel ame church that a renewed spirit of outrage pushed the project forward. >> small cities seldom have the opportunity to create something of great importance to the whole country. and the story told here is an american story. and it -- it's told better here than any place in the country. >> reporter: the museum says as many as 80% of african-americans could trace an an test oh through the -- ancestor through charleston. a ship full of captive fredricksburgance landed here -- africans landed here. growing up here, did you think this would be built? >> i had hopes that it would be built. but i'm definitely living the dream right now. >> reporter: when completed, 391,000 square-foot museum will

feature galleries and exhibit halls devoted to the stories of people forced to make the trip kloos the atlantic -- across the atlantic, both before and after the united states was formed as a country. >> this is meant to be a sacred space that allows a visitor to pause and consider what the site is all about in the larger sense. >> reporter: there are also plans for a genealogical center to help people trace their roots. a sort of ellis island for african-americans. >> the south was driven by slave labor. >> reporter: although opportunities to learn about charleston's full story have been limited, it has already been changing. >> i've noticed i don't hear the term slave used, i hear the term enslaved people. >> correct. we want to take them from being reduced to property to being enslaved people. >> reporter: at the plantation in charleston, children as young as 5 were forced to work picking and processing cotton. now mcleod is one of only two plantations in the country whose primary focus is educating about the history of slavery. does working at a place like

this make you hurt, or does it make you hopeful? >> it makes me hopeful. >> reporter: olivia williams and john gardner are historical interpreters for the plantation. >> i tell people that on my tour. everything that you see in charleston down to the bricks that were handmade by enslaved people, they literally built the city. >> keep in mind, charleston was a very wealthy city. remember, the wealth of the people was based on the number of slaves you are. >> reporter: the huts that house some enslaved people more than 150 years ago are still standing as is the gin mill some worked in. >> these three fingerprints here in the bricks -- >> reporter: a child's -- >> yes. children. enslaved children were making these bricks. >> reporter: you can see it right here. >> right here. these three. this part -- especially when kids are on the tour, and there are kids who walk up and put their three little fingers into the spaces. it's such a moving experience. and this really makes it real for people. >> talking about the truth. it hurts sometimes, but it also

heals. and i mean, that's what we try to do here from the standpoint of getting folks to understand background history and why the history we've had here in slavery has such an impact on what we too in the united states today. >> reporter: currently tourists from all over choose to visit charleston. soon they'll be able to learn about the people who came here with no choice. elijah heyward says the best place to do that is the spot where their american stories began. >> you have the trauma, the pain, but there's also the triumph that's important to tell the story of everything that was accomplished in spite of that. the perseverance, the ingenuity, the creativity that still continues to shape america today. >> and they're trying to do the project deliberately, very carefully, slowly. hopefully will be built within two years. as we said, in the making for 20 years or you could say 200-plus years. >> yes. you know, slavery, i call it the lasting stain on our american psyche. for a lot of people who still question oh it happened so long

ago, there's been a lasting impact, impact remains, and this place we can go and learn about what some of the laws in place and some of the lasting impact of slavery will have on this generation. >> those little fingerprints, that's -- that gets you. a very traditional toy is getting a makeover and has already got an army of fans. up next, how those familiar green soldiers are getting a modern-day upgrade in the holiday season. if you're heading out, don't forget to set the dvr to record "cbs this morning saturday." coming up in our next hour, some say he invented christmas or at least the way we celebrate it. we'll take you to merry old england and hear how charles dickens changed how we experience christmas. plus, something else that's always changing -- trends in the world of travel from where to go to how to get there. we're going to help what's new in the coming -- it hear what's new in the coming year. and music from grammy

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part. those are some of the travel trends forecast for the year ahead. for some of you, local news is next. the rest, stick around, you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." i'm not necessarily a fan of war movies. what i like, this to me was more of a human story. the struggle of the two inexperienced soldiers who were trying to deliver this really life and death message in realtime. for you it meant what? >> yeah, i completely agree. i think war is unequivocally the context for it. it's like -- it's an arena in which humans are stretched to their absolute limits. you know, physically, emotionally. and then therefore kind of what you come back to. i think that's what it was for me anyhow. >> visually it's a very unique experience. you get a sense from the clip we saw. but the whole movie has many more scenes where there's a long, unbroken camera shot. i was learning ahead of time that you had the a isctn beginning walk all of the scenes, do their lines. then you built the set around their natural paces. why did you do it that way? >> well, because it's one

continuous shot. it's two hours of realtime. and i wanted the audience to experience those two hours exactly as the characters do. i wanted them to feel every second passing, take every step of the journey with the characters. and feel the physical difficulties of the journey. so the challenge was then we had to make everything join up. it's one long set. and of course, when the set is landscaped, farm houses, towns at night, canals, trenches -- >> water -- >> water, you have to measure everything. we didn't build a trench until we knew exactly the scene we were trying to build it for. we built over a mile of trenches. you know, and we even had to measure the river that he gets into. >> how did you know that george could do that? because let's talk about -- the better question -- >> you don't. you just do. >> but the physicality of it all. and they said, i read that you insisted on doing your own stunts. you know you woucould have had somebody do that for you. why did you do it yourself? >> i wanted to be involved as much as possible.

welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm jeff glor with michelle miller and dana jacobson. coming up this hour, boeing's unmet astronaut cap actually fails. a key test after liftoff. what went wrong and what the setback means in the race for getting nasa astronauts to the international space station. also, christmas wasn't always celebrated as the major holiday we know today. that is until author charles dickens helped shape and revive it by publishing his most-famous book. we'll take you to dickens' home in london for the story. and later, from ottawa to atlanta, that was the unlikely journey of star chef hugh h5 acheson. southern cooking in a special

edition of "the dish." first, big storms are creating big problems for millions of americans on what's expected to be the busiest holiday travel weekend on record. severe flood warnings are posted from northern california to washington state. as much as six inches of rain is expected in some places. power is out for hundreds of people in washington and oregon. amtrak service is suspended between seattle and portland until tomorrow night. a mudslide south of seattle knocked down trees and sent a river of mud into puget sound on friday. to the south. heavy fog created delays for holiday travelers at san francisco international airport on friday. aaa says more than 115 million travelers will be on the move for the holidays between now and new year's day. most will be on the nation's roads and highways. seven million are expected to be flying. meteorologist jeff berardelli has the nation's forecast now. jeff, jack and victoria are dying for a white christmas and to go sledding. am i giving them the bad news,

or are you? >> we can both do it. we can -- i am also very frustrated and very upset. this is a weatherman's nightmare because very few people will have a white christmas. and nobody wants it more than i do. but most of the country is going to be mild. as you can see, there will be plenty of snow in the intermountain west, aspen, breckenridge, park city, plenty of snow out there. and also in tahoe. but most of the country with the exception of minneapolis and fargo, and a little bit of snow in the northeast. that is all she wrote. everybody else is very mild. let's take it day by day. stormy in the southeast today, stormy along the coast. that's today, that's tomorrow. still stormy on the southeast coast as we head into monday. but notice the rest of the country is really quiet out there. one exception, the west. it will continue to be stormy with rain along the coast and a lot of snow in the intermountain west. that is the place to be if you want a white christmas. and it is going to be really mild across most of the country.

here we are on christmas eve. it's 71 degrees in dallas. it's 66 in charleston. even minneapolis, a bargain at 33 degrees. and billings, montana, it is 44. this does not feel like christmas week, guys. >> wow. feels just fine to some of us. thank you, jeff. president trump got a jump-start on his holiday travel flying to his mar-a-lago resort in florida last night. his fellow republicans are struggling to outline the format and procedures for next month's expected senate impeachment trial. senate democrats say they will not support a trial without witnesses or documents, and house speaker nancy pelosi who also wants to know trial specifics is holding off on sending those articles of impeachment to the senate. democrats are raising the bar for the next presidential debates. if candidates want to appear on stage next month, they'll need to prove higher poll numbers and more donors than at any time during the election cycle. only seven of the 15 candidates qualified to be at this week's

faceoff in los angeles. the seventh presidential debate is scheduled for january 14th in des moines, just weeks before the first voters in the country caucus in iowa. while the candidates are looking to unite the party behind them, it may prove especially difficult due in part to big divisions based on age. the problem is highlighted in at article in "the atlantic" titled "the millennials versus boomers fight divides the democratic party." we're joined by author, staff writer derek thompson. good morning. >> good morning. >> so many places to go here. let's just start with the front-runners in the democratic party. you think of a joe biden and a bernie sanders, and bernie has all this young support. what are we learning from just that alone? >> yeah. the age gap in the democratic party might be the most important story of the democratic primary race of 2020. draw a line down the age of 40. americans under 40 seem to have absolutely no interest in democratic front-runner joe biden.

americans over 40 seem to have little interest in the favorite of younger americans, bernie sanders, arguably running in seconds place in this party. i think it comes down to two things. i think it comes down to this generation being really hit in the face by the great recession. the great recession really took a toll on the millennial and gen-z generation and pushed them to the left. i think they've socialized on social media talking to each other, commiserating, learning to talk about the problems of this country through a different language. the language of democratic socialism, not traditional american capitalism. >> like a third party. >> yeah. we can make a difference versus let's beat the other guy. >> that is exactly what i think. that is exactly what i think because, you know, traditionally in the united states, historically, there have been two parties, right. we're not liking -- not like a lot of countries across europe that have all these different parties competing in a parliamentary system. we just have two. the democrats, the republicans. but if you look at the preferences of younger americans, you look at the preferences not only for bernie sanders but also for policies

like medicare for all for free college, for student debt forgiveness, extraordinarily popular policies among americans under 40. among americans -- over 40 they say this is socialism, we don't want it. age divides not just democrats and republicans, but it divides young democrats from both republicans and their own parties. >> it's not just the candidates. it's the current leadership as you point out in the article. speaker pelosi was born in 1940. majority leader mitch mcconnell in 1942. president trump in 1946. >> yes. we have the oldest congress in american history. we have the oldest president in american history. and in fact, no matter what happens in 2020, we're going to be setting a record. you look at the top four candidates, it's biden, bernie, it's warren, it's pete buttigieg. either we will elect the oldest president-elect in american history or the youngest with pete buttigieg. it's a fascinating split within the party. >> here's a quote from your article, "the medicare for all debate is a microcosm of a larger divide." can you expands on that?

>> yeah. so medicare for all, if you poll it, is really exquisitely sensitive to phrasing. so if you say do you want medicare for all, a lot of americans will say, yeah, that sounds good, i like medicare, i like for all. it sounds great. if you ask them about details that exist within bernie sanders' plan it gets a little complicated. if you say do you support eliminating private insurance, or taxing all americans a little bit higher to pay for the plan it becomes extremely unpopular. that again goes to show americans over 40 like capitalism. if you ask them explicitly do you like capitalism or socialism, they say by a 2-1 margin we prefer capitalism. if you ask americans under 40, it's practically tied. and among the democrats under 40, the edge goes to socialism. so i think it's very important to think about this younger group. not just as younger democrats but as a third party domiciled within the democratic party. >> quickly, the younger party, there are more numbers that are older when it comes to voting at this point. but is there any indication that

these younger voters will come back to the party instead of what they're -- just their beliefs are? will they stay with the democratic party when it comes election time if it's not their sdmaen candidate? >> people get more conservative as they get older, but views on politics tends to consolidate in their 20s. it may be like this quite a while. >> you end not in a mean way, but at some point they have to grow up. >> yeah. literally age. >> literally age, yes. >> how about that? derek thompson. he nailed it. thank you so much. happy holidays. boeing is trying to get back on track after a major blow to its space plans. the company's trying to get ahead of competitors in the race to launch american astronauts into space. but on friday, boeing botched the first critical test for its "starliner" space capsule. now the mission could face significant delays. hillary lane is here with more on what happened and what's next. hillary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the new "starliner" is currently in the wrong orbit after an

error threw the capsule off its original course. since the launch, nasa has canceled the spacecraft's original mission and is instead focusing on returning it to earth in the best possible condition. >> liftoff, engine at full thrust -- >> reporter: a successful launch from cape canaveral -- >> we've cleared the tower -- >> reporter: the atlas 5 rocket lit up the sky as it climbed into space. attached to it, boeing's "starliner" astronaut capsule. an automated spacecraft headed to the international space station with supplies and holiday gifts. >> engine operating parameters continue to look good. >> reporter: the "starliner" was slated to begin carrying live astronauts next year, but problems following friday's launch brought those plans to a sudden halt. >> and the orbital burn has been delayed -- >> reporter: a glitch in the system during the test caused it to burn significant amounts of fuel, preventing it from gaining enough altitude to rendezvous with the space station.

>> if we would have had crew in there, number one, they would have been safe, to be very clear. our crew would have been safe. >> reporter: nasa and boeing claim the issue occurred 31 minutes into the flight. "starliner's" launch was a milestone test for boeing. the company is competing with elon musk's spacex to develop space taxis capable of carrying astronauts to the space station. >> these are passionate people who are committing a big chunk of their lives to put americans back in space from our soil. >> reporter: nasa paid nearly $7 billion to both companies in 2014, but technical and financial setbacks have placed both rocket builders more than two years behind schedule. in march, spacex carried out a successful unmanned flight of its crew "dragon" capsule to the space station. in april, the company faced a major setback when that same capsule was destroyed during a ground test. the "starliner" is expected to land in new mexico on sunday.

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into 2020. in fact, they're going to be the lowest they've been in january since 2013. >> wow. >> with roundtrip flights averaging domestically at $195. >> what? >> we all complain about air travel so much. it's -- it is cheaper than ever. there's no question about it. easier to get to places. >> absolutely. >> and you -- when we were here last time, you talked about the over tourism -- one way to combat that is the airport that you're using. >> a great example is ontario international airport. it for the second year running has been ranked as the number-one fastest growing airport in the u.s. located 35 miles east of downtown los angeles, so really great alternative for people flying into southern california. you know, you're going to save yourself time, sfrtress, and traffic, too. that's one of the things we'll see. >> the smaller airports near big hubs. i like that. >> ontario's a great place if you want to avoid all that -- it really can be. let's talk about micro-cations.

what is that? >> micro-cations are smaller trips. people don't have as much vacation time. it's been said to be better for your health. you can be more sponteneous, there's a bunch of benefits, you don't have to deal with jet lag. i think people will be taking more small trips periodically rather than one large trip. >> that means looking for last-minute deals? >> you can look for last-minute deals, yeah. >> solo trip. i was a backpacker all by myself when i was a kid. more people in general are doing this. >> yes, they are. according to a survey done by expedia, recently they found that over 50% of solo travelers are looking for trips where they can explore a city and meet new people. los angeles is a really great city where you can do so many things. i've got beautiful beaches, you've got a great dining scene. they have this new -- this new event that goes on twice a year which is dine l.a., allows a traveler or solo traveler to explore the city by going to

these different restaurants in a big-friendly way. >> l.a.'s downtown has improved dramatically. >> absolutely. >> so different. >> absolutely. >> so different. one of the places you mentioned, nantuck nantucket, as a historical place. i was going to go for a mini honeymoon after -- >> wow. >> yeah. >> nantucket's wonderful. i've been going for years. it's great because it's rich and cultue and history. those are trends we will see in 2020. you've got the whaling museum, the cisco brewery which is really fun, and all of these wonderful shops up and down cobbled main street, too. >> just briefly, recovered vacation -- place that have recovered. >> quickly -- >> from disasters. >> you've got kauai with new roads after the landslides and flooding, new roads and bridges, and lots of resorts and spas that you can access way more easily. >> look for the places that have gone through disasters. >> they need help. >> absolutely. >> thank you. a pleasure as always. >> thank you. believe it or not, christmas wasn't always the major holiday we know it as today. one man and his famous book changed the way we celebrate it. that story just ahead. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

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prepare ye. >> australian actor guy pierce is the latest in a long line of performers to portray ebenezer scrooge. this time the bbc fx version of "a christmas carol" which airs on christmas day. everyone knows how scrooge has changed for the events in charles dickens' classic story. but what's less well known is how the book changed the celebration of christmas itself. changes that cross the atlantic from england and are still with us today. we have more from london. >> reporter: the great lights of london are turned all the way up during the holiday season with the british capital's ancient streets crammed full of shoppers

buying gifts for loved ones. a few here might realize that it was the man who lived at this house who inspired some of our best-loved holiday traditions. charles dickens. yes, the legendary author of the adventures of oliver twist, "great expectationses," and "a christmas carol." a miserly old man, ebenezer scrooge, visited by four ghosts on new year's eve and his famous -- >> humbug -- >> humbug. what's less well known is what inspired the author to write it. british actor simon callow, who's performed dickens for screen and stage, explains the tale started out as a political pamphlet highlighting the horrors of poverty in industrial era victorian england. >> suddenly have this inpiration. he would right about a terrible

miser, someone who lived entirely for many. >> reporter: ebenezer scrooge? >> ebenezer scrooge, the very same. >> bob cratchett -- >> reporter: most of us know scrooge gives up his selfish ways -- >> it's mr. applegate, sir, he's here to speak about his mortgage. >> god bless us -- >> reporter: and lavishes a dinner on the family of his long-suffering employee bob cratchett. it's dickens' vivid description of delicious food, holiday decorations, and goodwill to all men that the curorfat, lou'sa p has become a blueprint for how christmas is celebrated over 100 years after the author's death. >> what's interesting about charles dickens is we have to remember, christmas was not celebrated in the way that we do now. >> yeah. what dickens did with the carol in his subsequent writing was establish it as a significant event in the country and someone that everyone would celebrate. >> reporter: the commercial appeal of "a christmas story" was also not lost on dickens.

>> one of the reasons it's so successful is simply because it's seasonal, you know. that was one of the reasons he write wrote it. he wanted it to be very successful. >> reporter: although dickens eventually tired of his association with the holiday, "a christmas carol's" message of redemption continues to be a gift that keeps on giving. >> what do you think he would make of that, the enduring legacy of this? >> i don't think he'd be at all surprised. he was fully aware of the excellence of his work. ♪ >> reporter: so excellent christmas celebrations today wouldn't be the same if it weren't for charles dickens. ♪ >> god bless us, every one. >> reporter: "cbs this morning saturday," london. >> guy pierce seems like a really great -- >> i love him. i love him. >> i cannot wait to see it. >> i prefer bill murray, but i'll give it a shot. >> that's what i love, though, too. i know this is about the traditions. so many scrooges.

we saw the muppet version, i loved "scrooged" with bill murray, the classic. >> it never, ever gets old. if never gets old. >> nor do the traditions. >> holiday movies. >> there it is. their original home was the actually be yours. up next, why thousands of wild horses are up for sale and for a very affordable price. i wonder what an affordable horse price is. >> $200. next week on "cbs this morning saturday," from a long-awaited mob epic to the conclusion of a superhero saga, what the critics are saying are the best movies of 2019. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

raised by working class actors in los angeles, show business ran in the family. it's a childhood that field has called complicated. in her 2018 memoir, she described her stepfather sexually abusing her when she was a little girl. >> it has, you know, certainly haunted me, guided me throughout my life. my childhood with my beloved, complicated mother and my stepfather. and i think a kind of traumatic childhood, you are sorting it out your whole life long.

oh, boy. >> an escape to troubles at home came along the summer after she graduated high school when field landed her big break as the all-american sweetheart gidget. >> you see before -- >> gidget was a character that i had already perfected to hide behind. you know, i knew how to be that kind of bubbly -- because i could keep all the other parts of me carefully hidden. >> and then we go from gidget to "the flying nun" which surprised me to read that you didn't even want that part in the beginning. >> no. or the end. or the middle. the wind lifts me up places, you see, and i can go like this and go that way. i didn't want to be a nun. i wanted to find my own madness and craziness and sexuality. >> she was a character. >> she was a jerk. she was a mindless idiot. there was nothing real to play.

still looking for an unusual gift for someone? well, the u.s. forest service might be able to help you there for as little as $25. how about that? the government will sell you a wild horse. though the animals come with a few requirements and not everyone can fulfill. john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: in a remote wind-swept corner of northern california, megan highnote and her kids have come to get a horse at the double devil garden corrals. >> a christmas present basically -- >> reporter: with a lot to choose from, megan got the horse she always wanted. >> she's a solid white with blue eyes. i've been looking for one for a long time. and i haven't been able to afford them, $1,000 to $6,000 that look just like her. >> reporter: she got this mare

at the right price. >> $125 to adopt. it's not that high. >> reporter: a great deal. we have some amazing horses available at the double devil wild horse corrals. the horses in devil's garden are managed by the u.s. forest ice . sanat's wrvhy kevin dusky is selling hard. >> there are currently over 240 horses here of all ages, sizes, colors. the horse of your dreams is in this corral right now. we need you to come out and pick him up. >> reporter: during summer roundups on government land, 1,000 wild horses were removed. but there are more than 4,000 horses grazing here on the rocky plateau. when we met ken sandusky last year, he pointed to the impact they're having. how high should this be? >> there's some examples around here where it's probably three or four inches. when it gets right down to the nub, there's no vegetation left. you can see how they're dying out. >> reporter: ranchers who lost their leases to graze cattle here sued to reduce the number

of horses on the land. wild horse advocates are also suing, arguing the horses are iconic and could be sold for slaughter. >> most americans love horses. and they don't want to see america's iconic wild horses rounded up and sold for human consumption abroad. >> efforts to appease both sides have fallen to the forest service. on open house tours and social media. there's plenty to look at by anyone who would be a good fit. you have a year -- >> you have a year before you receive title on that horse. in that time, you'll be asked to show that you are taking good care of that horse. the facility requirements, the horse needs a 20 by 20 enclosure and a walk-in barn, a three-sided barn. >> reporter: megan highnote has all that on the ranch she helps manage in oregon. today's purchase is the second horse she adopted from the double devils garden. the horses here are believed to be descendants of domesticated

horses. but generations of living on their own have made them wild, and now the challenge is to tame them. >> this is definitely my diamond in the rough, this will be my holiday project for the next couple of years. >> reporter: and she says it won't be her last. for "cbs this morning saturday," john blackstone, san francisco. >> the issue is not how much you spend, it's taking care of them the right way. >> yes. no, i'm not getting either one of you a horse. >> that is a bill. here's a look at the weather for the weekend. ♪ he's a southern cooking expert who's hardly a native son. in fact, hugh acheson was born

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two-time james beard award winner hugh acheson is a familiar face to "top chef" fans. this morning we uncover a different side of the man many know as the sarcastic chef of the south. tracking acheson's journey from the kitchens of canada to athens and atlanta, georgia, in a special christmas edition of "the dish." when you start working in kitchens at age 15, you get pretty comfortable. as arieltyeb c,utchleryef and camera crews is pretty much on par. >> can you mic up -- >> what we're doing next is this -- what you can do is just kind of pull out and tight a little bit, and that will form the circle more. >> reporter: it doesn't want to cooperate. >> it's not cooperating. you guys are going to be editing this. >> reporter: aha. >> we're building something. >> reporter: he's building a crown of lamb. something he does each december as the centerpiece of his family's christmas eve dish. >> i wouldn't eat this much

better every day. >> reporter: that's what makes food better -- >> it's christmas eve. you might as well. now this is going to go into an oven down there at 350. >> reporter: do you find when you eat something like that that has so many memories, can you feel like you're back in time? >> i think the most memorable meals of your life always pull at a heartstring of familiarity of something you've experienced before. >> reporter: yeah. >> i think holiday dinners are really important to kind of ground us all. you can go for szechwan food on christmas night, and if that's your tradition, so be it. that's great. >> reporter: i will say it, it is my -- that is my jewish christmas eve, that's what it is. >> that's the holidays. the holidays is the memories and the repetition of -- and comfort of things that bring you all together. that's traditions. >> reporter: right. >> so keep on doing it. >> reporter: acheson remembers the more everyday food he ate growing up in ottawa, canada. >> we had one of the first

microwaves. my dad would cut squash in half and put a pat of butter and real canadian syrup and get it in the microwave. it's the best thing ever. we have a little poached chicken next to it. that was dinner. it's simple -- >> reporter: have you done it recently? >> i mean, i do it all the time. >> reporter: when you were eating a meal like that with your dad, would you have ever envisioned this? and what you've become? >> no. no. i didn't plan any of this. >> reporter: for nearly 30 years, acheson worked in kitchens in ottawa, montreal, and san francisco, before settling in athens, georgia. how many to the rock band rem and the university of georgia. in 2000, he opened five and ten, the first two of athens restaurants. a decade later, he expanded to atlanta with empire state south. and in october, acheson opened by george inside the candler hotel downtown. >> he's built this building as an homage to himself. >> reporter: coca-cola manageiate asa candler built the

building once the tallest in the city in 1906. >> you go in the staircases and see like rembrandt and socrates, and asa candler. beautiful -- >> reporter: beautiful. >> as solid marble all the way through. >> reporter: acheson named his restaurant after the building's two architects. both named george. i mean -- >> this is the -- this is the tiffany windows when they're not illuminated. >> reporter: the building which was last home to a bank features the original brass elevator doors in the lobby. downstairs, acheson's kitchen sits next to the old safe. the 3,000 square-foot restaurant which sits below got its identity from the kitchens of acheson's youth. >> i'd always wanted to do a french restaurant. i'm fluent in french. it's what i was trained in. i feel a pedigree or backgrounds worthy of that to claim that. his latest cookbook is a nod to the french immersion method of

cooking food in a low-temperature bath. the book like acheson's previous cookbooks includes illustration that's he prefers to call doodles. where does that start from? >> i come from this family of really interesting academics. but my grandmother was an artist, one of my sisters is an artist. it was never a skill set that i thought i had, but it was a good way of visualizing the food that we do and sort of planning out menus. then it became more whimsical. just fun. >> reporter: do you do it for every meal that you're going to do, every recipe, or just randomly? >> it's more random than anything. >> reporter: okay. but acheson did doodle the menu for our christmas eve dish. this is literally what you drew is now on the table. >> yeah. pretty much. so you've got a vidalia onion tart, and like a quiche for lack of a better term. this is the classic french dish of layered potatoes cooked in a big, copper pan which is very old school.

our turnips that have got their greens and then glazed turnips within them. the salad with radishes and a vinaigrette. that's a salsa, almost tastes like an oyster, long root vegetable. then the lamb. >> reporter: this to you is christmas eve. >> this is christmas eve pretty much every year. you know, when i was young, i was so bad. i would like find all my christmas presents, unwrap them and use them. would wrap them back up and stick them under the tree. nob nobody noticed. >> reporter: there's one thing i haven't tried yet. >> you have to try it. it's this classic roll cake. christmas eve and christmas are all multigenerational, too. it's like your aim is to make people happy. >> reporter: this is -- >> to make them a log. >> reporter: it's chocolate and sugar. it's -- >> good. >> reporter: so good. cheers. >> yeah, cheers. >> reporter: thank you for making this for us. thank you. >> thank you for coming to atlanta and to the candler and

to by george. >> reporter: all right. dana, you might have liked that you'll log -- >> it was good, too. i got to say, one thing he said, food is nourishment, not just for your body but for your soul. that's the emotion we talked about. i love that idea. >> he's a funny dude. >> great. a thoughtful dude, too. >> good. next, acclaimed country artist and first-time grammy nominee tyler childres. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." ♪ ♪ only roomba i7+ uses two multi-surface rubber brushes. and picks up more pet hair than other robot vacuums. and the filter captures 99% of dog and cat allergens. if it's not from irobot, it's not a roomba™. that will makeout washington insiders

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♪ driving through the roadwork of the words they took forever on the road comes like memories of the mile we shared between ♪ ♪ the place you learned to say your prayers the place i took to praying ♪ ♪ holding in and breaking down the door to dreams ♪ ♪ long before we ever met i made up my direction ♪ ♪ long before i knew the half of half i know now ♪ ♪ though i'd say it ain't the way that you'd have gone about it ♪ ♪ follow me and lead me on and never let me down ♪ ♪ so i'll love you till my lungs give out ♪ ♪ i ain't lying

♪ i'm all yours you're all mine ♪ ♪ there ain't two ways around it there ain't no trying about it ♪ ♪ i'm all yours you're all mine ♪ ♪ ♪ find hotels and all that in the middle every curtain drawn i want to taste with you ♪ ♪ god i spend my days in the muse part of me that ain't around i'm also talking to ♪ ♪ so i'll love you till my lungs give out i ain't lying ♪

♪ i'm all your'n you're all mine ♪ ♪ there ain't two ways around it there ain't no trying about it ♪ ♪ i'm all your'n and you're all mine ♪ ♪ ♪ so i'll love you till my lungs give out i ain't lying ♪ ♪ i'm all your'n and you're all mine ♪ ♪ there ain't two ways around it there ain't no trying about it ♪ ♪ i'm all your'n and you're all mine ♪ ♪ no there ain't two ways around it there ain't no trying about it ♪

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♪ well tonight i'm up in chillicothe downwind from the papermill ♪ ♪ i'm out here spitting on the sidewalk take in the factory smells ♪ ♪ heaven knows she tends to smoke out the window ♪ ♪ in the air that gas pipe leak i wonder if she's cringing at the same time ♪ ♪ thinking pretty thoughts of me ♪ ♪ i was up for hours this morning pulling traps or i said good-bye ♪ ♪ i plan to tan myself a fox hide and hang it on the darling bride ♪ ♪ cause they tell me that it's gonna be a big one and the snow settling in ♪ ♪ and i don't want her cold while i ain't home the way i have been ♪ ♪ spending my nights in a bar room

lord turning them songs in two by fours ♪ ♪ dreaming about the day that i'm sitting by a fire for huddled with my honey in our q1 squire ♪ ♪ when i ain't out strumming on the six string with the nickels i acquire ♪ ♪ i'm trying to fix her up a castle it's called the country squire ♪ ♪ it's a 24 foot long vessel measures eight feet wide ♪ ♪ it's a 53-year-old camper it's made to pull behind ♪ ♪ and i've got to the studs and the rafters and i'm building back piece by piece ♪ ♪ i'm trying to fix her up a temple my lady of the estill springs ♪ ♪ spendinging my nights in a bar room lord turning them songs into two by of course ♪ ♪ dreaming about the day that i'm sitting by the fire huddled with my honey in her country squire ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ one day i'm going to have myself a family in a cabin on the hill ♪ ♪ and i might have to come off of the highway to help with the family bills ♪ ♪ but when the kids have got a little holder on the day that i retire ♪ ♪ i'll take her somewhere warm for the winter pulling our country squire ♪ ♪ spending my nights in a bar room lord turning them songs into two by fours ♪ ♪ dreaming about the day that i'm sitting by the fire huddled with my honey in her country squire ♪

♪ dreaming about the day that i'm sitting by the fire huddled with my honey in her country squire ♪ [ applause ] >> loving this, right? for those of you still with us, more music now from tyler childres. >> there is "bus route." ♪ this is where we dropped off the prettiest little girl same grade as me ♪ ♪ tried to kiss her once in the aisle of the bus and she walked right over me ♪ ♪ face down in the gum on the floor i was hoping that she'd change her mind ♪ ♪ but i swear as she walked down the stairs she didn't even wave good-bye ♪ ♪ didn't even wave good-bye

♪ ray dixon didn't take no lip he'd kick you right off the bus ♪ ♪ stop by your house on the way out of the holler and tell your mama where you was ♪ ♪ he didn't need no driver's aid to keep a bunch of kids in line ♪ ♪ all he needed was a glare in the mirror and a paddle that he carved from pine ♪ ♪ bill clintonering punk kids alive. aw blistering ♪ ♪ this is where we dropped off the prettiest little girl same grade as me ♪ ♪ i held on to hope for eight long years and by the time that i turned 16 ♪ ♪ i wasn't awkward i was a real smooth talker ♪ ♪

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