some breakfast. spa coffee and cookies for everyone. good morning to our viewers in the west, and welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm jericka duncan with vlad duthiers and dana jacobson. gayle king, anthony mason, and tony dokoupil are off. developing this morning, a holiday travel crunch. a major airport in south florida temporarily closes overnight from a storm that also triggered a massive pileup in virginia. and a new storm causes trouble in the west. taxi threat? first on "cbs this morning," a new report finds many of america's biggest cities do not require taxicab owners to fix cars after government safety recalls. the new effort to protect riders. no noel. paris' notre dame cathedral will not celebrate christmas for the first time since the 1800s.

and jeff bridges shows his unique photos snapped on movie sets from over the years. it's monday, december 23rd, 2019. here's your "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> roads could be dangerous in the coming days as millions head out for the holidays. >> storms threaten travel plans across the country. >> in virginia, ice and fog are blamed for this massive chain-reaction pileup involving nearly 70 vehicles. >> reporter: new lie released documents show efforts to talk to the president of ukraine came 90 minutes -- >> this was explosive. >> kim jong un holding a meeting with top officials. north korea has threatened to send the united states a christmas gift. a manhunt is under way in tennessee after two people are killed in a stabbing. >> one of them the other before of 49er bethard.

a successful landing after an unsuccessful mission for the starliner. the grinch ditching his sleigh for a motorcycle road. >> whoa. whoa. all that -- >> spain built up almost $3 billion in the world's richest lottery. >> among the winners, a reporter who found out on air. and that you will matters -- >> black people came and changed everything. but i am still your neighbor. >> after 35 years, eddie murphy made his return to "saturday night live." and he brought back some of his most famous characters. >> they know who the hell it is -- i'm gumby, dammit. on "cbs this morning." >> 32 yard line -- going for longer than that. inside the 30, the 20, the 10, the 5, 6 -- >> this game went to overtime, and daniel jones led the team downfield for the game winner. >> they're coming after jones.

and a touchdown -- and daniel jones saved five touchdown afternoon, five of them! >> nice. >> that is nice, right? >> so upset the bills didn't win. they were so close. >> they'rere still going to the playoffs. i had this conversation with jeff glor, a huge fan. still going to the playoffs. they're a dynasty -- >> i did see tom brady trip that dude. >> there's video out there. there's some video. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." bad weather is threatening to dampen the holiday spirit on the first full day of hanukkah and two days before christmas. there are big storms in the west and southeast, bad news for a record 115 million americans expected to travel by car, train, or plane over the holidays. rain and flash flooding in south florida shut down ft. lauderdale-hollywood airport overnight. one traveler told us driving through the flooding was like looking out a boat cap inwindow. >> unbelievable. the tsa estimates 42 million

people will pass through security checkpoints over the holidays. nearly 4% more than last year. mola lenghi is in new jersey. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: good morning. the worst part so far is the traffic getting to the airport. once you're in here, once you're in the terminal, despite how it looks, things are running smoothly. that is here at newark, airport specific. in california over the southeast, as you mentioned, the incoming storms could cause some major delays. as millions across the country travel for the holidays, inclement weather is being blamed for the nearly 70-car pileup on interstate 64 near williamsburg. >> fog and icy conditions were causative factors in this multi-vehicle crash. >> reporter: no deaths were reported, but more than 50 people were injured. it took crews hours to clear the highway. in california another crash caused an internet outage that contributed to more than 140

flight delays at sacramento international airport impacting thousands during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. >> it's frustrating. the line's forever. i've been here for an hour, and i haven't each got up to check my bag yet. >> reporter: according to estimates from aaa, more than 104 million holiday travelers will drive to their destinations. and the day after christmas will bring the worst delays with commutes nearly two times longer than usual. bumper-to-bumper traffic has become the norm at los angeles international airport where drivers say it can take up to two hours just to go two miles. >> whoa -- everyone -- >> reporter: that wasn't helped when an electrical problem caused three empty buses to catch fire saturday. fortunately no one was injured. >> the point is be prepared, be a bit patient because there's a lot -- when you show up at an airport during this time of year, i mean, there's a lot of traffic. then a lot more people.

>> reporter: if l.a.x. is any example, being prepared means giving yourself more time than you normally would during this holiday season. at newark, they're expecting to sberve two million -- to serve about two million visitors. already we've seen 150 domestic flight delays. >> all right. thank you so much. cbs news meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is tracking the holiday forecast. all right. what do we have coming? >> good morning, everyone. it is really pouring across portions of the southeast. so the heaviest rain is starting to exit florida, but it's all converging -- you see the wind coming out of that direction, out of this direction, and then being stopped by the coast itself. we call it coast convergence. the rain is just coming down really hard. it will continue most of today , especially through charleston. in the purple, over eight inches of rain.

do not drive through water of unknown depth. in the west coast, the storm is -- in the west, this storm is windowing down. we'll see another one to two inches of rain, snow in the mountains. this is the travel forecast for christmas eve and christmas day. there's not much going on. temperatures around 20 degrees above normal in most of the east. lots of sunshine. there will be snow and rain in the west. if you're dreaming a white christmas, for most it remains a dream ump. we are going to see snow across the west. if you're a skier and are going to be at the mountains, great. otherwise, it's close to the canadian border, that is it. do not kill the messenger.

>> we will not. >> glad to hear that. >> thank you. we have breaking news for you. a court in saudi arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. saudi state tv says three others have been given prison time. khashoggi is believed to have been killed at the consulate in turkey last year. charlie d'agata is following the case. what led to the sentences that we know about? >> reporter: good morning. his shocking murder last year drew international condemnation. a trial was held in near-total secrecy. saudi prosecutors said the five men sentenced to death directly took part in the killing. the prominent "washington post" columnist and fierce critic of the saudi leadership was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year. he never walked out. his body allegedly dismembered and removed. the remains were never found. investigators blame it on crown prince mohammed bin salman although he denies involvement. the only top aide implicated was investigated but not charged and released. now a trial may be over, but deep suspensions remain. there's -- suspicions remain. there's been an internal investigation. >> charlie d'agata for us in

london. thank you. a ewly released email is adding fuel over president trump's impeachment. a white house director directed a freeze in military aid to ukraine about 90 minutes after mr. trump's phone call to ukraine's president that led to the house impeachment inquiry. chip reid is traveling with the president who's spending the holidays at his resort in palm beach, florida. what's the white house saying right now? >> reporter: good morning. a white house official tells us the email released over the weekend had nothing to do with the phone call in which he asked the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden. that's not how democrats see it. >> this email is explosive. >> reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer says the july 25th email is exactly why new witnesses are needed in a senate trial. >> a top administration official said stop the aid 91 minutes after trump called zelensky and said "keep it hush-hush." what more do you need?

>> reporter: in the email, white house official michael duffy directed the defense department to hold off on military aid to ukraine, and that given the sensitive nature of the request to keep the information closely held. president trump's impeachment stems from the allegation that he held military aid to ukraine in order to pressure the country to investigate his political rival. a white house official told cbs news the email was just one of several surrounding ukraine and the hold was in place before the call. duffy is one of four officials democrats want to hear from in a senate trial. majority leader mitch mcconnell wants a quick trial with no witnesses. >> we remain at an impasse on these logistics. >> reporter: president trump has said he welcomes the senate

trial with witnesses. >> they have nothing. there's no crime. there's no nothing. how do you impeach, you have no crime? >> reporter: a position echoed by communications director stephanie grisham. >> there will be evidence sbrugsed and witnesses that will show even more that this president did the nothing wrong. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi will continue to hold off on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate until republicans convince her it will be a fair trial. >> it's the senate's job to dispose of impeachment articles once passed by the house. it's not nancy pelosi's job. >> thank you so much. the united states military confirmed overnight that a u.s. service member was killed in combat in afghanistan. the taliban claimed responsibility and said the attack was a roadside bombing in northern kunduz province. the military would not comment. 20 u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan this year. a manhunt is underway after two men were stabbed to death outside a nashville bar. police have released surveillance video taken about an hour before the violence on

saturday. and these are the victims, clayton beathard and paul trapeni, beathar did the brother of a player for the 49ers. >> good morning. it was an emotional weekend for the entire family. cj beathard did not play, he was at home in nashville with family. it was clear the teammate was very much on the minds of everyone. >> our heart breaks for cj. >> reporter: taking the field against the los angeles rams saturday night, the san francisco 49ers had their teammate on their minds. >> we love him like a brother, you know. and when someone in this locker room hurts, we hurt. >> reporter: just hours earlier, 49ers' back up quarterback cj beathard's brother was stabbed and killed. videos show him shortly before the attack. it's believed the stabbings were the result of an argument over a woman that moved to the street around 3:00 a.m. that's when police say clayton b beathard and his high school friend paul trapeni suffered

stab wounds and were rushed to the hospital where they were pronounced dead. a third person was injured. police want to speak with this man identified as michael d. moseley, as well as two other >> that is when clayton and his friend paul suffered stab wounds. they were taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. police now say they want to speak with this man, identified as michael d mosely along with two other men. like his big brother, bethargue was also athlete playing

quarterback for the sharks. and paul was set to graduate next year. before cj flew home to be with his family, he asked his head coach for one thing. >> the last thing he said to me is he stopped me and make sure giets to win this game. >> the niners beat the rams on saturday night. >> i have known him for eight years. >> he was the grandson of artie be be bethard. it brought the team together in some ways. >> you see everything in the video seems to be normal, but the motive appears -- >> a lot of questions and they're seeking answers to

questions. it appears to be a fight over a woman at a bar late at night. and now the police want to find out why this happened. both families issued statements staying the support has been overwhelming, and the police need more answers. >> two lives cut short. very, very sad. >> for the first time in more than 200 years, france's notre dame cathedral will not celebrate christmas mass. the more than 850-year-old building is still being restored after a devastating fire in april. we have more from paris on how people there will celebrate christmas without the annual tradition. ♪ >> reporter: a song of praise tinged with sadness. ♪ these singers are part of the notre dame choir. since the gothic cathedral was devastated by fire in april, they've been rehearsing at this nearby church. most are still struggling to accept that christmas mass at the iconic cathedral is canceled this year. >> to think that i was ill last christmas and i missed christmas at notre dame thinking that i

would go again this year with no problem -- yeah, no, it's -- yeah, i can't believe i'm not going to do christmas. >> reporter: the cause of the blaze is still unclear. what is is that more than brick and mortar has been affected this film from 1948 shows the first-ever recording of christmas mass at notre dame, giving a glimpse of the past that reminds us why the church remains so relevant to so many today. not even during world war i and ii did it close its doors completely. despite the extensive damage including the collapse of the roof and spire, the government is confident it will resume again in 2025. >> the grand skooem of -- scheme of things, five or six years doesn't seem like a long

time for a cathedral that's 855 years old. reconstructionists say it will likely took looker. for some it might not be a bad thing. >> people are helping to reconstruct and rebuild it. it's an opportunities to go to other churches and rebuild your faith. >> reporter: notre dame will without a doubt continue to be a symbol of faith. one that's already rising from the ashes. for "cbs this morning," reporting from paris. >> i love what that woman said about a chance maybe to rebuild your faith. finding the positive in something that obviously has meant so much to so many people. >> i lived in paris for many, many years. notre dame was the center of my world. there were mornings when i would just walk by the seine and see the sun rising and see it glinting off this building. it's really sad to know they won't be celebrating the mass. i agree, that's a cool sentiment. ahead, a bizarre twist in an investigation into the disappearance of a texas mom and young daughter. why a close friend was charged with the kidnapping after the

case took a tragic turn. first, time for your check of your local weather. good monday morning. it is a chilly start to the day. bundle up in the 30s and 40s. as we kickoff the mornay morning lows and also areas of dense fog especially for the tri-valley this morning. plenty of sun to the afternoon, catching a break for the rain. let's check out the 10th 52 inch ever disco. 54 no good. 53 for a height and concord. the rain returned thursday night into wednesday.

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>> our jobs should be to be a beacon of hope and light. to the people around us. and oscar winner jeff bridges talks to anthony mason about why he loves photography. >> you always have high expectations when you're making a movie, and every once in a while it exceeds those expectations and you go, oh, yeah, man. and that happens in the photographs, too. >> beautiful photos. >> i want to see the one he took of anthony. >> that's right. looking forward to that. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm vlad duthiers with jericka duncan and dana jacobson. gayle, anthony, and tony are off. to this now -- a vigil will be held for a texas mother who was murdered after she and her baby disappeared. investigators say 33-year-old heidi broussard was strangled. she and her 3-week-old daughter disappeared december 12th. the baby was found alive at the same location broussard's body was discovered. in a disturbing twist,

broussard's close friend, magen fieramusca was charged with two counts of kidnapping but no one has been charged with the murder. mireya villarreal, where do investigators go from here? >> reporter: they go investigators are saying more at the time time broussard in this elaborate attempt to kidnap baby margot. for a week broussard's family and friends waited word on why the happy mother of two and her infant child had vanished. the two were last seen the morning of december 12th where they lived in austin. broussard had just dropped her older child off at elementary school and returned home. several hours later, her fiance came home to find heidi and margot missing with heidi's car

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>> reporter: vicky medina worked at cracker barrel well broussard and said heidi made everyone who walked into the restaurant feel like family. >> it's going to be a very big void on behalf of all her coworkers and the community, because she was there for so, so long. and i think it will be a while before everybody heals and continues on. >> reporter: the funeral for heidi broussard will take place in louisiana while the family continues to work out the details of exactly when and where. as for baby margot she's in the department of family and protective services while the investigation continues. >> thank you. what a tragic story. i mean, then the other son, what happens to the other -- i think 8 or 9-year-old -- >> yeah. >> it's the idea of what should be the happiest time for a family now has to deal with such a tragedy. >> you heard vicky medina say she made everyone feel welcome. it's such a horrible story. >> prayers to that family. some taxi cabs may not be as

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cities, there are no laws requiring taxi companies to fix cabs after safety recalls. now the center for auto safety is calling for change. first on "cbs this morning," we can tell you the organization has sent letters demanding taxicab fleets be required to address all open safety recalls before they carry passengers. kris van cleave went to one of the cities affected. >> reporter: good morning. the baltimore area has nearly 1,000 cabs picking up passengers. now they're required to get an annual inspection by the state of maryland. but the only way a rider would know if any of these cabs have an open safety recall for a defect would be to pull the vin number before they got in. and baltimore is not alone. a review by the center for auto safety found the more than 35,000 cabs licensed in nine of the ten u.s. cities with the most taxis are not required by their regulators to get safety recalls fixed before picking up passengers. >> there's no way for a customer

to know. >> reporter: center for auto safety director jason levine found only san francisco requires tabs to be screened for recalls. >> there are no cosmetic recalls. recalls are only done for safety reasons. defects are a violation of standards. >> reporter: in your mind, this something that should get addressed? >> yes, there are potential safety concerns here. >> reporter: the maryland public service commission regulates tabs in baltimore. transportation director christopher koermer says the center's letter has prompted a review of the state's regulations. >> safety is paramount. as far as looking at the recalls, it's complicated. that's why we want to take a deeper dive. >> reporter: is it complicated? can't the state of maryland say you, as a licensed taxicab operator, have to do this? >> we certainly can. and again, that's why we're very much interested in looking at this. >> reporter: last year, affiliate wusa found as many as one in six washington, d.c., cabs had open safety recalls. including for defective takata airbags which have killed at least 24 worldwide. >> it's not fair for the

unsuspecting -- >> reporter: both of kelly's daughters died in a violent crash after a hose broke starting a fire in their rental car. >> you don't get over it. what you do is you get through it. and it remains with you until you die. it never goes away. >> reporter: accidents caused by an unrepaired safety defect are not directly tracked. it's impossible to know how many injuries or even deaths are related to them. the center for auto safety has called on companies like uber and lyft to require their drivers to also fix open safety recalls before taking passengers. the center says so far that hasn't happened. for "cbs this morning," kris van cleave, baltimore. >> such a frightening story. i mean, you -- -- use really want to know that if you're getting into one of these vehicles that it's checked out. and the fact that it's not in some cases -- pretty scary. >> what he said at the end also about the uber and the lyft.

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we couldn't do it without you. >> this is how we do it when the regular hosts are not here, guys. here are a few stories we think you will be talking about today. demonstrators in hong kong are preparing for a christmas week full of protests after a very violent weekend. yesterday thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators clashed with police. some threw objects at officers. police used pepper spray. at one point, an officer who came under attack drew his gun but did not fire. hundreds of mass rioters also targeted this hong kong shopping mall saturday. riders used hammers and druce to smash -- drills to smash windows. this has been going on over the past seven months. it's intensifying. there have been lulls, but it continues as the protesters make clear their demands to beijing. >> 6,000 arrested? >> exactly. it seems like it's getting worse. >> yeah. this past sunday, 1,000 rallied in support of the chinese eth c ethnics who were detained en masse by chinese government in

detention camps. this plans to continue until they get some of the demands that they want met which they haven't seen. >> no one's been killed. >> no one has died. >> right. >> very fortunate. all right. boeing's first spacecraft designed for passengers returned from orbit after a software glitch forced it to band its mission. the "starliner" landed safely yesterday in the new mexico desert. the unmanned capsule was supposed to dock at the international space station, but an error with its automate the timer prevented that from -- automated timer prevented that from happening. despite that nasa it was an overall success includeation very rare ground landing. the ultimate goal is to ferry astronauts into space. before that can happen, they'll need to review data from the flight to see if boeing needs to launch another unmanned flight. >> when i heard were there issues, i thought, oh, no -- >> of what might it be. >> exactly. >> if i think if you are the three astronauts that are going to go up, i would like one more.

no matter what it costs, one more. >> it is cool this marked the first time a u.s. orbital spaceflight landed on the ground. >> instead of in the water. the capsule like that. >> making progress. >> slowly but surely. i love spaceflight. i think it's the coolest thing, although i'd be scared. wouldn't want to go -- >> would you want to go on the next flight for this? >> i think that would be a cool assignment for you. >> i haven't been to the grand canyon yet. let me explore earth first before i check out space and mars. >> the "starliner" in ten years. >> exactly right. they've got to have first class, too. >> whoa. >> i'm kidding. just kidding. all right. imagine a computer calling balls and strikes at your favorite ballpark? it is in the cards. the "associated press" reports computer plate umpires, computer plate umpires could be called up to the major leagues during the next five seasons. part of a five-year labor contract that umpires announced saturday with the mlb. under the agreement, they are on board with the development and

testing of an automated ball/strike system. it can be a subjective call to say the least which does not always sit well with players and coaches. what do you think -- >> is there an element of human error that people expect -- >> you've covered baseball -- >> i do. but you hear from players and they don't want the human error. that's why you bring in instant replay. it makes it each more specific. -- even more specific, and you can find as far as accuracy. if what i read is correct, in the atlantic league they had a plate umpire there, and he would get the call from the computer in an earpiece. maybe i could see it if you have the umpire call it and you use this as a -- i think i'm the old person like get off my lawn. i don't know if i can allow that technology to truly take over. >> i know in soccer there have been leaps in technology that made in more accurate and tennis. like you, i remember good morning bret or billy -- george

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bay area bridges, including the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge. as we head into the day, we are catching a break from the rain. changes are coming. it is a chilly start for sure. temperature city 30s and 40s were definitely bundle up heading out the door. areas of fog and dense fog from the tri-valley and patchy fog in spots. this afternoon, cool below average daytime highs and the returns tuesday night with the next system. 52 inch ever disco and for oakland. 83 and oakland. as well as for napa and concord at 53. the clouds return tomorrow. the rain returns on tuesday night, into wednesday. it looks wet christmas day across debate within the next storm system. the next system thursday through saturday which our chances through the weekend sunday. .

good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, december, 23rd, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle, tony and anthony are off. ahead how big storms are causing problems for holiday travelers. >> our series the 2020s looking at how climate change could change us during the next stage. >> and jeff bridges takes photos while he makes movies and shows anthony some of the favorite behind the scenes images. but first here is today's eye opener at 8:00. >> if you're out in california or the southeast part of the country, the incoming storms

could cause major delays. >> it is all converging. you see the wind coming out of that direction and this direction. and then being stopped by the coast itself. >> his shocking murder, this morning the saudi prosecutors say the five men sentenced to death directly took part in the killing. arks white house official tolds cbs news that the email had nothing to do with the phone call in which president trump asked the ukraine president to investigate joe biden. >> muhlenberg is out and resigned after months of pressure following the deadly crashes of two boeing 737 max jetliners. >> no time. down to six, down to five, lob it inside and to base and turns and double-team and right side, swartz and it buzzers. from downtown, 78-76, the

buffalos upset. the buffs with a huge win here. >> no need to wait for march. welcome back to "cbs this morning." triple-a said more than is 15 million americans are traveling to for the holidays but it could mean headaches. storms in the southeast have delayed hundreds of flights and slowed down traffic and parts of the carolinas and georgia could see up to ten inches of rain by christmas eve. >> severe rain shut down fort lauderdale airport overnight and delayed 150 flights and in the west storms are expected to last through the week causing flooding and one to two feet of snow in mountainous areas. one of the longest serving members of trump's cab nat is revealing to cbs the advice he gave on impeachment. dr. ben carson said he spoke

with the president about not giving up. calling the impeachment very immature. he also weighed in on some of the key testimonies during the impeachment hearings. >> throughout the impeachment process we saw and heard from career civil servants and i work with a lot of career civil servants here. do you have any reason to doubt that foreign service officers who testified in the impeachment readings weren't telling the truth? >> well, i mean, they're people. do people have various reasons for doing things that are not fair? of course they do. what we really need to be thinking about is the whole concept of fairness. >> and a wide-ranging interview secretary carson also explained why he has concerns about possible reparations for descendants of slavery. >> when you think about the conversations that have happened regarding reparations, do you think that is something worth considering when you look at the

inequity with african-american wealth versus white americans? >> what i would say about reparations is show me a mechanism that works. i did my dna analysis, okay, i'm 77% sub sahara african and 20% european, 3% asian. so how do you proportion that out to everybody. >> and you can prove you're a descendant a slave though do you -- >> but what percentage of money do you get. what percentage of reparation -- >> but nobody considered percentage of what black people look like in the civil rights era. they didn't say we're not going to discriminate against you because you might be partially this or that. >> proportionately, you're not going to be able to figure it out and where do you stop it? it is unworkable. so i would much rather concentrate on how do we provide the opportunities for people to

get into a better economic situation. >> than they are now. >> yes. >> and one of the reasons we asked him about that is just how you look at disproportionately african-americans are in public housing and talked about that not necessarily been a destination. and then with the program that you'll be hearing more about a story fyi which is people who foster out of the foster care system, age out, rather, of the foster care system. 20% of them end up homeless immediately. so they've started a program at hud to allow people in those situations to have a voucher and have subsidized housing for up to three years but again giving them something based on the life they've had and the statics so in seeing what we've seen with african-americans, the wealth gap, is that something that he saw as something worth having a conversation about ands as you heard there, he just said it is too complicated. >> i find it remarkable that he called the impeachment hearings immature because i think both

republicans and democrats would think inconsequential. >> it is nice for him to talk to us because he is someone that doesn't necessarily give a lot of interviews but we'll have more on the program hud is doing in reference to the foster care system and people who age out. >> and the idea when you talk about the foster care system you're starting from a step behind in what you have and we talk about that with economics as well. good stuff. >> thank you. ahead, what happened when we had three meals in virginia to see what is on voters' minds. ahead, the state turned from red to blue. and one issue nationwide is climate change. we'll look at the

how a california town is using drones to take the the famous christmas celebrations to new heights and actor jeff bridges shows us how he captured what happens on his film sets including the time he accidentally hit actress elizabeth banks. >> i gave her a bloody nose. >> you didn't? >> yeah. and she was going bomb and i just cracked her in the nose like that. >> in the face. >> oh, god. >> and i said oh, i'm sorry, i'm sorry, can i take your picture? >> i could watch jeff bridges in anything. coming up the academy award winner tells anthony where his

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in our series the 2020s, can you believe that, we're exploring the big topics that will dominate the conversation in the next decade. today our focus is on climate change. over the last so years sea levels have risen at an alarming rate and biodiversity is declining faster than any time in human history and millions of people have been affected by extreme weather like hurricanes and floods. as 2019 ends this year is likely to be one of the hottest on record so what with can he expect over the next decade. meteorologist and climate specialist jeff berardelli is here to explain. i know we hear climate change and think doom and gloom and the world is coming to an end

quickly but what are the technology advancements in innovation should we look at to help improve the issue of climate change. >> so this is the best part. sometimes you go to the doctor and they said there is not much i can do for you. we know the answer. and the answer is to move away from fossil fuels and leaning on sustainable energy. and here is the best part. the more we use sustainable energy which is energy given to us by the sub -- the sun and the wind, it is free and the more the prices go down the more we have to create vast industries and vast employment and opportunities for ourselves. so the bottom line is that we could create a better life for ourselves. so we don't have to look at this as a death sentence or doom and gloom, we could look at this as a time to create a brand-new and better future with better jobs, higher paying jobs. just to give you an idea, for every one job in fosle fuels to create one unit of energy you need two or three jobs in the solar power and the fastest

growing opportunities in the next decade, number one, is wind technician, and number two solar technician. think about that. >> benefit the economy, benefit the environment. >> and make it clean. >> we've talked before on the saturday show about this but the arctic and the amazon seem to bep the two areas with the biggest change that we're seeing ahead. >> so these are tipping points. we need to watch them closely. the amazon, it is being slashed and burned very quickly. climate change is drying it out and if we don't -- if we're not careful, it could turn into a savannah. so from a rainer forest with all of that life into a savannah. right now it is acting as a carb carbon sink and pulling carbon and slowing down consequences of climate change and pretty soon it may not be able to do that. and same thing with the permafrost in the arctic tundra and that is changed from a net absorber of carbon dioxide to being a net emitter which means it it causes climate change to spiral and go faster.

and we have to watch out for destabilization of ice shelves in the arctic and antarctic, something we hope doesn't happen but if it does sea level creeps up even faster. >> jeff, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. next week in our 2020s series we talk about the health advancements we could see. and in the podcasts, we're looking at the 2020s in foreign policy. michelle flournoy and michael morell talk about how to protect our elections from foreign interference. and coming up, we go on a road trip to see how the president's impeachment is affecting voters in virginia. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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breakfast, lunch and dinner. a state once red turned blue. the npr morning edition drove toward washington, d.c. where the president was impeached last week. was that the big subject, the impeachment? >> it was only big for some people, dana. much more was on their minds as we heard starting at tommy's restaurant in hamilton, virginia, near the ocean. >> tommy's serves troops from nearby was -- bases. and five workers at a navy shipyard who had breakfast after the night shift. >> a nuclear aircraft carrier. >> these men see a strong economy, scott see better supports president trump. he has a different anxiety. >> second amendment rights in virginia. >> what do you mean? >> trying to take guns. i think second amendment covers

it. i don't see where legally he can do it. >> we must do more than give our thoughts and prayers. >> reporter: governor ralph northam wants a new democratic legislature to strengthen gun laws after a massive shooting in nearby virginia beach. a few feet from the shipyard workers sandy and leroy shiflet are following the impeachment. >> it is not going to go anywhere. but he definitely -- be impeached. >> you don't think he's going to be removed from office. >> no, he's not going to be removed from office. >> but you still think it is worth impeaching him? >> yes. >> because he earned it? >> he definitely earned it and it needs to be taken down a peg or two. >> we're heading to a location that will help remind us that the debate we heard at tommy's just now is part of a long-running debate over this country that has gone on for centuries.

>> reporter: the battle over impeachment that we've been discussing as we travel has some of the roots here in colonial williamsburg. the legislators once included james madison and advocate of the separation of powers, including the separation between congress and the president. today that divided government reflects a divided nation. including voters torn within themselves. as we learned at lunch in fredericksburg, virginia, at the mason-dixon cafe. >> people know fredericksburg from the battlefield. >> in this cafe which serves breakfast all day, tracy and dan fisher recall voting in 2016. >> at the voting station, in person looks at me and said i'm rather largely pregnant and said do you want one ballot or two and quicker than i could stop it coming out of my mouth i said well i guess it depends on who

i'm voting for on whether or not this person deserves a ballot. >> reporter: that remark focused her mind and what she calls her passion for the unborn. tracy and dan both voted for donald trump. >> somebody watching this is going to understand what you're saying about -- standing up for people who don't have a voice but then what about immigrant children and children separated from our parents. >> that is one of the greatet disappointment to watch people taken at the border and split up. i'm proud to be an american but america is not the only country and our job should be to be a beacon of hope and light to the people around us. >> reporter: the fishers say they still cannot vote for a democrat who favors abortion rights. but they see another moral choice. with holding a vote from the president. >> i'm not voting. i'm happy not to vote. >> in this heavy traffic we're now traveling into the heavily

populated northern counties of virgin, the suburbs of washington, d.c. which have made virginia far more diverse and more democratic. our destination for dinner is an indian restaurant called namaste. >> the owner is a grant from nepal. >> are you a citizen now? >> yes i'm a citizen since 2016. >> reporter: he now owns two restaurants and employed more than 20 people. he got here through a visa program, the diversity lottery which the president has wanted to end. >> i don't like it. a lot of people work here also. >> reporter: this region's diversity makes it vibrant but makes some diners anxiety. >> it is become like sin to say anything that, like, is not seen as politically correct in that, like, what is defined as politically correct keeps changing. >> reporter: while mark loftous sounds conservative, sally at the next table has volunteered

for democratic candidates and favored impeaching a polarizing president. >> we're thought together as a country. i don't ever remember a time in my life where i doesn't think that we were all one. even if we didn't agree. >> the voters we met were sometimes sitting inches from each other are not likely to agree in 2020 but it will matter which of them feels committed enough to show up, vlad. >> really such great reporting, steve. thank you very much. really fascinating. >> i love doing those three meals. i love being able to talk to regular people and you find out you can have conversations with folks about how they feel and still be respectful it is sad when it comes down to it and you look at washington, it doesn't feel that way. they should have three meals together. >> when you see stories like that and people are talking respectful as you say, it does move away from what we sometimes think which is that everybody is yelling and screaming, and it is not like that when you talk to people. >> it helps over food.

>> academy award winner jeff bridges uses his love of photography to capture what happ s on film good morning. it is 8:25. if you're heading out the door, so far so good on bay area ridges. notable spots the bay bridge or the golden gate bridge. we have reports of a traffic alert fixing the mainlines of the freeway. "mobituaries: great lives worth reliving" at 580. a signal alert and traffic is slow as a result. the drive times right now southbound 11 from 37 down to the golden gate bridge. a 21 minute ride. no delays across the bay bridge. you saw it in the live shot. it easy ride. 92, 40 minutes across the span between 880 and 101.

westbound 80 castro street seven minutes. this would be the richmond san rafael bridge for the bridge is looking good, but the traffic alert is on 580 working your way -- rather 238 580 two the castro valley. expect delays with the left lane blocked. we are catching a break from the rain and tracking the next storm system. the rain will return to the wet weather and it is definitely a chilly start with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. areas of fog for parts of the region, especially for the tri- valley with patty frost in spots. plenty of sun and through the afternoon. cool below average daytime highs. the rain returns on tuesday night into christmas day. for today, 52 inch ever disco and for oakland. 54 in san jose. 53 for a height and concord and for vallejo. with the for in livermore. the clouds stream back in tomorrow. we could see an isolated body shower tomorrow in the afternoon. otherwise, the rain returns tuesday night into wednesday. it looks what i christmas day. the high pressure builds in thursday, friday, and saturday was our chances to end the weekend on a sunday.

♪ oh, yeah. welcome back to "cbs this morning," it is time to bring you some of the stories that are the "talk of the table" this morning. this is where we each pick a story we'd like to share with each other and all of you. dana? >> i'm going to start off with the salvation army. they struck gold thanks to the goodwill of an anonymous stranger. the organization revealed a woman slipped a $6,000 tiffany bracelet and other jewelry into one of those donation kettles. it was in annapolis, maryland, last week. after doing so, she simply said "merry christmas" and kept walking. a commander for the charity said they sold the bracelet after having it appraised for $1,500. enough to buy six months of meals for the children of the local organization that they feed every tuesday afternoon.

that second bracelet has diamonds and rubies. they have it with the gemologist, they're checking it out. one of the stories i read said that could feed those kids for another year. >> wow. >> they normally hang to jewelry for 30 days unless like in this case she deliberately puts it in there and acknowledges it. >> what a wonderful story. love stuff like that. >> amazing, amazing gift from one woman. >> yeah. very cool. vlad? >> you guys, "snl," who wasn't watching eddie murphy? he helped deliver the best ratings for "saturday night live" in more than 2.5 years. take a look at this. ♪ ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t >> how can we -- doing "dined, deal, deliver, i'm yours." he revived best-known characters including mr. robinson,

buckwheat, gumby, and velvet jones. watching the legendary comedian return to host the show after a 35-year absence and a range of stars appeared with him including tracy morgan, chris rock, dave chappelle, keenan thompson on stage, and of course lizzo, who was here a couple of weeks ago. and our own gayle king was on hand to watch the show -- >> there's a picture. >> a great picture. yeah. >> with dave chappelle. my favorite is eddie doing all the classic characters. what was cool is he updated them for the -- 2020. >> "mr. robinson's neighborhood" updated was phenomenal. squatters rights and gentrification. >> and holiday family time. >> check it out. >> it was really, really wonderful. the last time he hosted, guys, was in 1984. he had a picture of himself when he was just a 19-year-old, fresh-faced comedian that killed. basically helped keep the show afloat during the period when lorne michaels wasn't there. >> and everybody was supposed to be the next eddie murphy. >> exactly. welcome back, good to see you.

like a '68 comeback like elvis. >> a great show. jericka in? most journalists never want to be the story, right, guys? in this case, you might want to be part of the story. that changed for one spanish tv reporter covering the world's richest lottery. take a look at the moment she discovered she was among the winners. [ cheers ] >> natalia escudero was live on air when she learned she had won the christmas lottery. she shouted to the workers in the studio, "i'm not coming to work tomorrow," not -- >> speaking spanish. >> she's not sure how many she won but clarified it wasn't the big job. the top winners each get more than $430,000. in all more than $3 billion will be given out. so maybe she is going in to work if he didn't get the top prize -- >> i think she could afford to

take a few days off. >> if you won the lottery, would i see you back here? >> i always said i'd want to start my own network. >> wow. >> i'd have to win a lot of money to do that. >> work on your own terms. >> yes. >> the days you'd like to be there. >> that i'd do. >> like dave clap yehappelle, c smoke in the studio? nope -- >> light up. >> vlad's going to be trying that later in the week from what i understand. >> you don't smoke. >> i don't even smoke. it's true. >> don't put that out there. >> i do not smoke, people. i don't smoke. over the past 60 years, oscar winner jeff bridges has gone from child actor to leading heartthrob to laid-back counterculture icon. he's also a bit of a renaissance man adding painting and music to his repetoire. his photography is the subject of a book that features behind-the-scenes images from some of his most memorable films. anthony mason recently spent time with bridges in los angeles, both in front of the lens and behind it.

28 millimeter panning lens -- >> reporter: jeff bridges has always been passionate about taking pictures. where did your love come from? >> borrowing rather than stealing. my philadelphia marathfather's tintoil on the windows in the bathroom and being in with the red light and my tunes going on. the whole concept of time goes out the window. just the idea -- capturing time like that. >> reporter: when he started acting, he left the darkroom behind until 1976 when he starred in "king kong." >> my character, jack prescott, had a camera. i said, i'm going to load that thing and take pictures, you know. >> reporter: that started a tradition of taking pictures on his film sets. photographs from "king kong," "the fabulous baker boys," and

"the big lebowski," were included in a first volume of his pictures. now bridges has released pictures volume two including phobeows from the sets of -- photos from the sets of "true grit," "crazy heart," and "seabiscuit" where he starred with elizabeth banks. >> i gave her a bloody nose. seabiscuit, you're winning -- i cracked her in the face. oh, god. i said, oh, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. can i take your picture? >> reporter: he also turned his camera on the inflatable crowd in the racing scene. >> gosh, got all those extras up there and you're all dressed in -- i got closer and i saw it was these guys. see, here it is, there's the baby right there. >> reporter: bridges, who we met at the annenberg space for photography in los angeles, says the tool of his trade now is a

35-millimeter wide luxe panning camera which allows him to shoot the dual image comedy/tragedy shoths of his acting friends. >> not me -- >> reporter: he gave me a demonstration. >> yeah. sad. look right over here. there you go. shoot. nice. >> reporter: bridges was encouraged to go into acting by his father, lloyd bridges, who starred in the '50s and '60s show "sea hunt" in which young jeff made several appearances. >> i've never been here before. it looks the same. >> reporter: you were on the fence at one point. >> oh, yeah. i sure was. for quite a while. i had maybe ten movies under ply belt. >> reporter: yeah. >> before i said, you know what, this is for me. i'm the product of nepotism. i don't think i would have gotten into the movies without my dad saying, come on, come on -- >> reporter: you have to be good

to stay in the movies. >> that's also true. but in the beginning, i said i don't want to get the part just because of who my dad is. >> reporter: that changed, bridges says, after he initially passed on a part in the 1973 film "the iceman cometh." and a director he just worked with called him. >> hello, larry -- very little boy, saying you've turned down john frankenheimer? yeah, i'm bushed. i just -- bushed? you're an ass. hung up on me. you think i made up a funny -- >> reporter: bridges took the part and eventually found ways to include his love of music and photography in his acting career. but his favorite photograph is not his own. >> oh, yeah. my prize possession you're talking about. >> reporter: yeah. in his wallet he keeps a snapshot of the moment he and

his wife susan met in 1975. >> so i have a photograph of the first words that my wife and i shared, me asking her out and her saying no. and here's that moment. you know, look at that. isn't that wild? >> he was smitten, he says, by her beauty and her pair of black eyes from a recent car accident. >> here's a closeup of her. her black -- >> reporter: with the black eye. >> isn't she something? >> reporter: susan appears in the book visiting set of "true grit." so does bridges' stand-in who he's been working with even longer. >> there's my old buddy lloyd catlett, done nearly 70 films together. we met on "the last picture show." >> reporter: how unusual is it to have a stand-in for your whole career? >> absolutely unusual. got to hold the record i would think. >> reporter: what satisfaction do you get out of taking pictures? >> opening that proof sheet and

seeing what you took. you know, i just love that surprise. you always have high expectations when you're making a movie. >> yeah. >> and every once in a while, it exceeds those expectations. and you go, oh, yeah, man. and that happens in the photographs, too, every once in a while. you've gotten out of the way appropriately, and the thing is captured. it feels great. >> reporter: yeah. >> bridges did not even know that the photo of him meeting his future wife susan existed until about decade after he married her in 1977. the make-up artist who took the picture on a film set in montana found it in some old files and mailed it to bridges out of the blue. the actor says he keeps it with him everywhere he goes. >> interesting. like the laws of attraction. he loves photography and then he gets the picture. and he kept on -- >> such a beautiful sentiment. guys, is there any film that jeff bridges is in that you haven't like loved absolutely? >> or at least loved him --

>> so great. >> there was that one -- i'm kidding. >> what you talking about? >> i didn't know about the first book. so i love seeing this now, his photography. like he is just so beautifully expressive in those pictures. >> i love when anthony can do stories like this where he takes us into the life of somebody who you think you know because you've seen them on the screen for so many years, but you discover something completely different about them. >> did you notice that little bit of "the dude" came out -- >> yes. >> yeah. >> the dude -- >> all right. a california town famous for traditional christmas displays is adding a new sky-high twist. ahead, how a synchronized dance of dro a chilly start with foggy conditions especially for the tri-valley dealing with dense fog. heading to the afternoon,

enjoying the sunshine. sunny and breezy along the coast, looking at cool conditions below average, running 5 degrees below average. heading through the afternoon, 52 in san francisco and oakland. 54 for a high in san jose. 53 and concord. the rain returns tuesday night into wednesday for a wet christmas day. after so we can both respond out right and keep the public safe.

♪ the small southern california town of solvang is famous for its danish architecture and holiday la oysfspth the most festive christmas villages. jamie yuccas shows how a display is using drones for the first time to light up the sky. ♪ >> reporter: the night sky little up with the joy and humor of the holidays. >> look at that -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: in a town that honors that feeling all year long.

♪ >> reporter: some call it a christmas market, but to the danish, it's yulefest. and they've kept the traditions alive since danish immigrants first settled here in 1911. even today, great attention is paid to customs and festivals. solvang mayor -- >> this is the place to be, yeah. >> merry christmas! ♪ >> reporter: the sights bring visitors from all over the world. one of the most satisfying crowd pleasers -- the traditional christmas danish. an aebleskiver. my gosh, like the best doughnut ever. >> take it all. >> reporter: this year the city decided to take the holiday to new heights with a fleet of 100 synchronized drones. remarkably all piloted by one operator and a laptop. >> it looks like a mess if you have never seen it before. but it's pretty organized chaos.

we know where each should be during the procedure. >> reporter: kyle dorosz firefly drones is behind this aerial achievement. his quad copters create shapes from 300 feet tall and can handle winds up to 25 miles per hour. he says it's rare that a drone goes rogue. is it cool to be a nerd? >> i think so reporitter: he while solvangall spectacle has wowed fans, it's still wowing new crowds. >> i thought it was awesome. it was amazing. i liked all of it. >> i felt they were 3d. coming toward us. >> i didn't expect it. >> reporter: scott shuemake dubbed the vote "aurora dron-ealis." >> we have memories of growing up and memories of family. my goal was to try and will pull those off. >> reporter: and inspiring the

spirit of the season may behe t. would you want to see it again? >> yes! >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," jamie yuccas, solvang, california. ♪ >> so cool. >> we all want to see it again. apparently this was very difficult work for jamie, our reporters, robin singer, our producer, and jamie's dog. his dog -- hard at work there. no. it was -- >> they got to enjoy -- nice when you goat et to do stuff li that. >> that town is remarkable. very cool. >> decked out for christmas. >> you've been everywhere. >> i've been everywhere. ♪ been around the world >> the music. i was just there last week. >> a long life. very long and good life. before we go, simple ways to avoid holiday stress. we'll be right back. ♪ you know when you're at ross and you find their favorite hero... ...at a price that makes you the hero?

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before we go, here is one thing you can do today to live a happier, healthier, more productive life. it is thanks to our partnership with gretchen rubin andler award-winning podcast "happier." the holidays can create a lot of clutter. research shows this can add stress to your life. here are some strategies to get rid of all that post-holiday clutter. only put away new gifts you will use. give away the rest. tidy up your home, please, before going away on vacation. and take down those decorations right after the holidays. something -- some like to keep them up until march. decluttering your home reduces stress and makes you -- >> happier. >> happier! >> i try to declutter my closet and still had like 100 black t-shirts in them. i don't know what's going on. >> it's a start. can i leave the decorations up through new year's day? >> absolutely. >> just making sure. >> some people want to do the year-round. so you don't have to put them up

again. >> that's going to do it for us. tune in to the cbs "evening news" with norah o'don ll

good morning. i'm gianna franco. it is fairly quiet and the roads. if you are out and about you should be good to go. a live look at the paper to toll plaza, you can see it is cruising along with no delays. the metering lights were never turned on. a lot of folks taking the holiday walk to enjoy the holidays for christmas is around the corner. a live look at the golden gate bridge, very quiet conditions. the san mateo bridge is clear in both directions. the bridge check, now drive times, southbound out of marin into san francisco by the golden gate 21 minute. san mateo bridge no delays on the richmond san rafael bridge for

granted early traffic alert 238 at 582 the castro valley that has been cleared out of lanes. no delays out of the southbound the nimitz freeway clear in both directions between oakland, all the way down to fremont. it looks like the fog has lifted along 680. you can see blue skies on the golden gate bridge camera. we are watching the fog burn off and looking at plenty of sunshine heading through the day. catching a break from the rain with plenty of sunshine. cool below average temperatures. the clouds are back tomorrow with the rain returning tuesday night, into christmas day. looking at the two in san francisco. oakland and pacifica. 52 in mountain view. fremont and redwood city at 52. 54 in san jose for the high and 53 and concord. clouds tomorrow. we could see an isolated shower but the rain returns tuesday night into wednesday. looks wet for your christmas day. plenty of sunshine thursday through saturday.

wayne: merry christmas to me! ha-ha! tiffany: happy holidays! jonathan: it's a trip to aruba! wayne: hello, santa. merry christmas, little boy. a trip to bali! (cheers and applause) ♪ jingle bells, baby, jingle bells ♪ we have a little christmas present for you. jonathan: $10,000! wayne: i love it when a plan comes together. merry christmas. jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal"! now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady! wayne: hey, everybody, welcome to "let's make a deal." this is december 23, this is our christmas week. oh, i can't wait, i love christmas so much. so on today's episode we're celebrating grandparents and grandkids. personally i'm so close to my grandmother who raised me, and all my best christmases as a kid were spent with her. so we wanted to have all of our grandparents

bring out the grandkids.