we hope you have a wonderful day. don't forget the news continues on cbsn bay area. ♪ good morning to you. you know what day it is. christmas morning. welcome to a special edition of "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. many of us are farther apart than usual, but that does not mean we cannot celebrate together. we'll show you the scenes of joy from all around the world and right here at home. >> also, the true meaning of the season. bishop t.d. jakes joins us to talk about the challenges we face and what it will take to beat them. keep hold of unity and faith when we need it more than ever. >> a powerful voice with a new creative purpose. brittany howard of alabama shakes on going solo and creating some mos personal music yet in the great outdoors. >> and we've got a very special performance today from grammy award winner tori kelly joining

us to talk about her brand-new christmas album. she says it's harder than you think. first, here's today's "eye opener." it's your world in 90 seconds. >> it's christmas day. >> millions of americans are traveling across the u.s. despite restrictions. >> christmas celebrations all over the world are taking on a different feel this year. >> the traditional vatican christmas eve mass was held several hours earlier to follow italy's mandatory curfew. >> concern is growing about a surge of coronavirus cases after the holidays as americans are spending this week traveling. >> covid relief efforts remain in limbo. >> congress is preparing for a late december showdown with president trump. >> how many people in this country are scared? fearful? >> the winter storm has dumped snow in the midwest with blizzard conditions in some places. >> everybody else, it is all rain for you. this is not a light little christmas eve rain. >> a wildfire disrupted christmas eve north of san diego. the flames breaking out at camp

pendleton. >> all that -- >> a couple from providence caught their amazon driver delivering their package in an awesome way. that guy is grooving. >> america's top doctor, anthony fauci, was touched to see first responders waiting outside of his workplace. >> ems workers were waiting outside to serenade the good doctor. ♪ happy birthday to you >> fauci turned 80. >> on "cbs this morning." ♪ >> ho, ho, ho. merry christmas! >> i bet you've never seen a mr. claus on a surfboard in florida. >> i saw him surf! >> and who was surfing? >> santa claus! >> the 11th annual surfing santas event in cocoa beach went on despite the pandemic but in much smaller numbers p. it's all about making memories. >> making memories. dressing fun. having a good time in florida. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by progressive. making it easy to bundle

insurance. >> it's christmas all over the world today. welcome to "cbs this morning." you see we have decked the halls. merry christmas to you. happy holidays to you and your family. don't they mean something different to you this year, christmas decorations? >> they do. i look at this -- >> a different appreciation this year. >> it's amazing how much when the decorations went up, my whole spirits lifted. they do every year but especially this year. >> i feel that, too. >> particularly different for me but i turned 40 yesterday so -- >> that's nothing. >> so i'm 40 at the time people are going to be watching this, but as we're about to say, we recorded parts of it early, which i'm still 39. you are looking at a 39-year-old, but when this airs -- >> happy birthday. you still look the same. >> you look the same. >> you didn't freak out about turning 40, did you? people do. >> i will let you know on the day of. as i recall, i am only 39 as we speak today. i may freak out as yet. i think i might. >> really? >> jesus, by the way, born in 4

b.c. not sure how old he is. pretty old. >> you look good at 39/40. we recorded parts of this broadcast in the days leading up to this holiday. right now let's head to the newsroom to check this morning's headlines. they are live there. >> good morning. merry christmas. i'm jamie yuccas. officials now say they believe a massive explosion in downtown nashville, tennessee, this christmas morning was an intentional act. you can see the aftermath here. fire, heavy smoke and multiple damaged buildings. the blast was linked to a parked vehicle of some kind. the fbi is investigating, along with local police. there are no reports yet of any injuries. the cdc announced new rules to fight a new strain of the coronavirus found in england. starting monday, anyone flying to the u.s. from the uk must show they've tested negative for covid-19 within 72 hours of

departure. it's also an uncertain christmas financially for millions of americans with unemployment benefits set to run out tomorrow. congress did pass a covid relief bill this week, but president trump opposes it. paula reid is near mar-a-lago where the president is spending christmas. a very merry christmas to you. thanks for working. >> good morning. merry christmas to you, too, jamie. that stimulus bill was flown down here to florida for the president to sign, if he wants to. but he's previously threatened to veto the bill unless payments to individuals are tripled. and yesterday house republicans rejected an effort by democrats to increase those payments from $600 to $2,000. and now members of both parties are just calling on the president to sign the bill as is. yesterday the president and the first lady released a holiday video, but made no mention of the economic relief. but the president did refer to the coronavirus vaccine as a, quote, christmas miracle.

now while the president is down here in florida, he has no official events on his calendar, though it does say he'll be taking meetings and calls, but the white house has not provided any information about who he'll be talking with or what they'll be talking about. and yesterday the only time we saw the president publicly was when his motorcade pulled into his golf club down here. today, jamie, we do not expect to see the president. >> all right, paula, thank you. a storm system packing torrential rain and damaging winds is hitting the east coast this christmas day. forecasters are warning of heavy snow and flooding from tennessee to maine. people in the upper midwest and the plains are digging out after getting buried by the system. blizzard conditions and icy roads made travel there extremely dangerous. multiple car accidents were reported, including a crash in nebraska that killed

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a time for families to gather, honor traditions and exchange gifts, but for many this christmas will look a little different. still, a gallup poll found 93% of americans are expected to celebrate christmas in some way today. >> i sure hope so. in another recent survey, 60% of adults say they just feel overwhelmed by the number of issues the country is facing. understand that, too. bishop t.d. jakes is senior pastor of the ports house. a 30,000-member church in dallas. welcome and merry christmas to you, bishop jakes. >> thank you. it's a real pleasure to be with you. thanks for having me. >> we're so glad you're here. i think you are one of the most optimistic people i know and smartest thinkers i know. it's perfect you're here with us on this christmas morning. 2020 has been a really rough year. social upheaval, economic upheaval, health upheaval. yet, i've heard you say you are still optimistic and you still have hope. please share. >> yes, i think it's very, very

important that we remain optimistic because of the challenges that we faced in the vicissitudes of the past year, but this year in particular has been particularly devastating. that gives us a reason to celebrate our own survival that we made it through it, that we're still here. we have more reason to celebrate than we ever had before because we've never been this challenged as we are right now. so to celebrate that you're still here, whether you have a lot of gifts or a few gifts to celebrate that you have endured, and i know that there are people who have lost loved ones and that sort of thing. and that's a very painful thing to go through. but god still has a purpose and a plan for your life and you have to explore it and live your life to the fullest. that is your gift to the people you lost. >> bishop, you believe the challenges of 2020 are actually making us more connected than ever before. how so?

>> well, we're more grateful. we're more appreciative. we're more polite. we've learned not to take our loved ones and our friends for granted. we're checking on each other more. we're more concerned about each other. and i think that we've gotten back to what really matters. we were carried away with so many temporal things and now we're learning to latch on to the intangible values of family and love and god and life itself. >> bishop, all this separation may make us value our family even more this christmas, even if we're still apart. but at the same time, there is divisiveness in the country like we have not seen in decades, really. people can measure it. they say the polarization is very extreme. how do we fix that in the year to come? >> i think it's going to take time. you know, whenever there's a laceration, healing takes time. you can't instantly heal, and i think the lacerations have been

so deep that we have to give ourselves time to heal. and we're going to heal one on one. we're going to heal in elevators, on the sidewalks. we're going to heal in the way that we treat people that we can't label. what we're really upset about is labels. not people. and when you actually meet people outside of their label, you find out there's more to unite us than there is to divide us. >> you know, this is the first holiday for a lot of people where there is that empty chair at the table. i often find when you lose someone, the first holidays, that first year is always the hardest because you're going back to what it was like last year. but you say we have to get ahead of the grief. what do you mean by that, and how do you do that? >> when you see it's coming and you know that it's going to be tough and a certain place is going to be tough or a seat is going to be empty, change the game. rearrange things. break your tradition. go for a ride. take the family on a ride, go

skiing, do something that's out of your norm so that you're not sitting in the misery of yesterday. you have to create a new future and a new paradigm for you and your family. >> bishop, because of the holidays -- i'm sorry, because of the pandemic, so many people are having difficulty sort of trying to figure out how to celebrate this year. i've heard that from a lot of people. it's like they need the season but in some ways, they aren't quite sure how to embrace it. and, of course, a lot of people can't be with their families which is also very difficult. how do we celebrate, do you think? >> i think that it has to be a myriad of things. we have to take advantage of the technology that we have. we have to zoom and facetime and do all of the things that we can to be connected with people that we're far away from. but we also have to enlarge the understanding that being by ourselves doesn't mean that we can't be celebratory. to have some me time.

to do something for you. i think that's important also. >> what's your tradition of this day? i know you and your wife certainly have a tradition at the house. i hope it involves banana pudding. i will say that. he makes great banana pudding. i hope it involves that. >> yes, yes. everything involves food in our culture, you know how that is. when you're born, when you die, anything, we bring food. so there will be plenty of food. our problem is, there's more food than there are people to eat it, and that becomes a problem, but my kids, you know, the ones that are local, we will be connected and we normally have huge gatherings and bring all the college kids who couldn't get home and the people who lost loved ones, and we have huge gatherings on christmas. but this time, it will be much smaller, just our family. but we'll still have a good time. >> yeah, i think it's important that we figure out a way to do that. thank you very much, bishop t.d.

jakes. always a pleasure. >> thanks for having me. god bless you guys. >> you, too. as we celebrate the holiday season, we want to take a moment to celebrate those who have put themselves at risk during the pandemic to keep others safe. our frontline workers have sacrificed their own safety from medical professionals to teachers to grocery store employees. their contributions have helped keep america moving. we asked people around the country who their frontline heroes are. here are their stories. ♪ >> my name is mike. my frontline hero is my fiance melissa. she's a fifth grade teacher in levitttown, new york. she never fails to provide 110% to her students. we were supposed to get married in july. she still is able to dedicate herself fully to her students. as a fellow teacher, i can only

hope i'm as inspirational to my students as she is to me. >> my name is benny. my frontline hero is my fiance jerod who works for u.p.s. and i hear very amazing stories from jerod delivering to different people and how he helps them and just takes the time to listen to them and talk to them and just get friendly with them. and that makes me feel good because this is the man i love and i just know how he is towards us, and it makes me feel nice that all these people feel the same way i do about him. >> hi. my name is joyce smith. my frontline hero is my son, evan w. smith. the owner and founder of evan w. smith funeral services in delaware. he and his colleagues were experiencing the very same issues of other frontline workers. the fear of being exposed to the

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my parents own a meat locker and they are my frontline heroes because they've done so much during the pandemic. >> it wasn't an option to close. not in our eyes. he's got a whole crew of people down there that rely on him. they work their butts off. and it's hard work. i mean, they are pulling thousand pound beef and they don't complain. i don't know how he does it. it's been nonstop since march. it's what rural iowa is about. it's rough work. he gets up and does it every day and doesn't complain. >> my name is mandy. i'm from oklahoma. my frontline hero is my mother-in-law, vivian. she's 71 years old. she's diabetic. she has asthma. and then five years ago, became a single parent to her great, great nieces. any of these things could have prevented her from working her cashier job on the front lines during this pandemic, but it hasn't. my husband and i voiced our concerns to her regarding her working on the frontlines. her response was, i have the

girls to think of. so she's definitely an inspiration for myself and everybody that knows her. >> i'm not a hero. i'm doing what everybody else would do. i'm doing what thousands of people around this country does. you do what you have to do. but i'm not a hero. >> we call them essential workers. >> yeah. >> and the definition of essential, i think, it really has been redefined in people's minds. the people you count as the most important people in your day-to-day life, the pandemic has clarified that for a lot of people. >> exactly right. frontline heroes. frontline workers has a total different meaning. you can find them everywhere. and thank you again. > you may not have known your delivery worker, your teacher, those were frontline workers. they are, and they have been. >> they got us through. >> and they're still doing it. >> that's right. >> they're still doing it. much more news ahead, including christmas at the

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's christmas morning and i feel like i should have some speckles on, bifocals and a giant children's book and all the children from the whole town around my feet. >> we can sit at your feet if that would make you more comfortable. >> no, because everybody would be able to see your shoes, which are amazing. >> we have some newsyish pieces about christmas around the world. the pandemic has altered traditions all around the world including christmas in bethlehem. only a handful of people attended the annual tree lighting ceremony and fireworks in the city known as the birthplace of jesus. the preservation of life took priority, of course, as most events were shut down. normally thousands of tourists

would attend. and imtiaz tyab shows how the city is keeping the christmas spirit alive. >> reporter: bathed in the shimmery winter sunlight, all the trimmings of a holiday wonderland. while the tree is up and the ornaments are on, the crowds are missing. bethlehem's manger square is bracing itself for a christmas like no other. >> christmas will look a bit sad, but we know that maybe by praying, by raising up our voice to god that things will change and coronavirus will disappear. >> reporter: last year, this is what christmas was like in bethlehem. streets heaving with tourists and pilgrims from around the world, soaking up the festive cheer was jesus was born. but in march, the gates to the biblical city were slammed shut after the israeli occupied west bank's first major outbreak of covid-19 erupted here.

there have been over 65,000 cases in the palestinian territory and more than 620 deaths. resulting in strict lockdowns that have spelled doom for many of bethlehem's small businesses. >> people are afraid. in a city, you feel the spirit of the birth of jesus, but these days, you don't see any spirit. it's sad. >> reporter: the eerie silence isn't just on the streets. it's also in the churches. here at the church of the nat e nativity where it's believed jesus was born on this very spot, there are no crowds, no choir singing and just the precious few of the faithful. but for carmen who speaks for bethlehem's local government, it's an opportunity to get closer to the teachings of christ. >> this year we go to the essence of the christmas. we go inside ourselves. think about the spirit of christmas. the religious meaning of christmas. we think and we feel with our

loved ones having family and friends safe, it's christmas. especially in this situation. >> it's a really beautiful thing to say that the spirit of christmas is keeping each other safe. >> it's true. >> reporter: with coronavirus infections still rising across bethlehem, midnight mass has also had to be scaled back. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: and the closest many will get to the annual tree lighting ceremony will be by watching it online via a live feed. bringing light into a world that, this year, has seen so much darkness. for "cbs this morning," i'm imtiaz tyab. >> very nice. i like, you know what i like, the spirit of christmas is keeping family and friends safe at this particular time. i wish that for all of us. and all of you watching. >> i also love how she said christmas this year is really inside of you. >> for me, i really like the fireworks. they're nice, too. >> all right. >> they always work.

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that's brittany howard, the fabulous front woman of the blues rock band alabama shakes singing their hit "hold on." howard has won acclaim and four grammys for her work with the band. she's up for five more grammys next month for her first solo album nominated in four different genre categories. we spoke to her before the nominations were announced. these days, you're likely to find brittany howard knee deep in the elk river in southern tennessee. it's where we would have caught up with her if not for covid. >> i was really hoping to go fishing. >> i was really looking forward to taking you fishing. >> the alabama-born singer has become known for her other worldly presence on stage.

♪ howard was raised in athens, alabama, where the video for her song "stay high" was filmed. ♪ i just want to stay high with you ♪ >> kind of like the unofficial mayor. everybody knows it. everybody recognizes his laugh. big laugh. >> her dad ran a junk yard with her mom when brittany was growing up. when you started with the alabama shakes, you were actually still working delivering mail, right? >> that's right, yeah. working like a 13-hour day delivering mail and whatnot and then speeding over to rehearsal because i didn't want to miss rehearsal. it's my favorite thing in life. ♪ >> alabama shakes' debut album in 2012 immediately put them on the map.

and would sell more than a million copies. their follow-up went to number one and earned three grammys. but howard heard another voice within her, and in 2017, went out on her own. >> whether people believe it or not, it takes courage to do it because you have to be prepared to fail. you know, you also got to be prepared to succeed. ♪ >> howard's new music is her most vulnerable. georgia is a love song from one girl to another. >> i kind of wrote it from a perspective of like an innocent love and realizing when you're young that you're different. >> reporter: another song, goathead is a true story. about the harassment her parents faced as an interracial couple. >> but what i really want to

know is, who slashed my dad's tires and put a goat head in the back? >> a story they only shared with her years later. >> because my parents were trying to do a really good job of making me not fear where i live or the people that's around me. i didn't grow up that way. i didn't grow up in fear. >> during the pandemic, howard has had time to reflect. do you fieel like your voice is more important in this moment? >> i don't know. it seems like everybody is important. i've been blessed to have a life of duality. i've been impoverished and wealthy. i have a white side of my family and black side of my family. i'm gay. i've tried to be straight. tried to do all those things. it's blessed me with such an expensive knowledge of empathy. >> it's hard to find things to look forward to right now. what are you looking forward to? >> i look forward to catching my

next fish. >> i'm curious, when you're fishing, do you ever write songs? >> yeah, i sing to the fish. yeah, jump on this hook. jump on this hook. jump on this hook, hey, hey, hey. >> it's another hit. it's a terrific album. i hope she wins all those grammys. >> me, too. it's the way she sings. the way she opens her mouth the way she does it. and the line that struck me, guys, she said you have to be prepared to fail. i never think about that. >> no. >> but she's exactly right. >> you also have to be prepared to succeed. >> i never think about that. >> that's right. >> and i like her philosophy of taking it one fish at a time. >> i like her. that piece is still good, anthony mason. it still holds up. ahead, vladimir duthiers will talk about some of the stories you'll be talking about this christmas. wlcome to the dance. >> holding up the table here. good to see you.

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time, coming in at number five is mistletoe by justin bieber, don't know it. fourth is michael buble's "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas" we know that one. santa tell me by ariana grande is third. second of course, wham's last christmas, i gave you my -- >> my what? >> my heart. >> the very next day. >> and took it apart. >> and the top of the list. >> and took it away. yes. >> and the top of the list is mariah carey's "all i want for christmas." >> never gets old. i still always love that song. always. >> so what are yours? anthony? >> top of my list, gets me every year, feliz navidad. >> i would have never picked that. >> what about you, gayle.

>> sleigh ride together with johnny mathis. we sing that together, pop pop pop. >> i love that mariah carey song, which is number one globally of all time. but number ten, by the way, is the frank sinatra song we came in on "let it snow let it know let it snow ". >> i'm melancholy, i like judy garland, that's how melancholy. >> have yourself a merry little christmas. >> that's a beautiful song. >> but it has a tinge of melancholy. >> it's a beautiful song. >> lovely. >> moving on. spotify says people are getting into the holiday spirit early this year. by mid november spotify listeners had streamed 5 billion minutes of christmas music. let that sink in. wondering how to commemorate this crazy year. take a look at hilarious covid themed ornaments. santa wants to keep you and his friends at the north pole safe so he is wearing a mask.

how about that. >> we like that. >> this next ornament will remind us how hard it was to find toilet paper in the pandemic. >> i don't know if i need that on my tree. >> everybody needs toilet paper. >> i need it in the cupboard, just not in the tree. >> unless it's halloween. hand sanitizer everywhere. why not a bottle on your christmas tree. a chicago boutique has a few ornaments celebrating the one, the only, dr. anthony fauci. >> okay. i thought it was going to be fauci on a couchy. >> i like that. >> other ornaments sum up 2020 in a few words. one reads 2020, very bad, would not recommend, and another that reads thanks for nothing 2020. the covid ornaments have sold more than any other item in their 40-year history. >> very cool. >> i think we ought to at least pick up one. you want to remember this. >> i don't really want to remember this. >> well, you say that now. >> yeah. >> but one woman said. >> years from now. >> she thinks about hanging them in the year 2060 and looking back at what we have overcome

where we were. >> same thing. >> it's a souvenir, as opposed to a bad memory. >> although you have somebody going what's this toilet paper, what was that from. >> that's the one i want. that's the one i want. ahead, grammy winner tori kelly will join us to perform a song from her holiday album. she said making a christmas album is harder than you think. we'll talk to tori about that. you're watching "cbs this morning." today's what to watch is sponsored by toyota, let's go places. "what to watch is sponsored by toyota, let's go places. on a twenty-twenty camr. " is sponsored by toyota, let's go places. i feel younger! toyota. let's go places. irresistibly smooth chocolate. to put the world on pause. lindor. made to melt you. by the lindt master chocolatier.

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♪ slaud anta claus is coming this christmas, did he come to your house, i hope so. december 25th, 2020, christmas morning. welcome back to "cbs this morning." welcome back to "cbs this morning," i am gayle king with to to to tony. tori kelly will join us to discuss her first ever album a tori christmas. we'll look at our most cherished holiday traditions got started including the christmas card.

>> first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00. >> it is christmas all over the world today. we have deck the halls fa-la-la, happy holidays. >> when the decorations went up, my whole spirit lifted. especially this year. >> 2020 is a rough year. >> you are still optimistic and still have hopes. >> please share. >> it is important that we remain optimistic because of the challenge we face. that gives us a reason to celebrate our own. >> we call them essential workers. >> the definition of essentials -- >> frontline heroes and workers, you can find them everywhere doing all sorts of things and thank you again. >> we go through the essence of our christmas, we go inside ourselves. >> wondering how tocommemorate this crazy year?

take a look at the themed ornaments. he's wearing a mask. this year it will remind us how hard it is to find toilet paper. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." merry christmas and happy holidays, we all needed a little christmas. >> that's mariah carey's new song. we are all doing casual dre dressed-down. >> this is clarence claus. >> i love that. i decided to wear my christmas p pjs. >> i am wearing my least formal hat casually. >> a greater appreciation for all things christmas.

all the people we care about. i find myself feeling good feelings of the people i don't like so much. >> i have not gotten that far yet. >> no, no, i am kidding. >> you know what i mean? >> we needed this year and it is tough because we are away from a lot of family we are with but it is great to get here. we recorded parts of this broadcast in the days leading up to the holidays. let's get to the newsroom to check on the morning's headlines. >> good morning, maerry christmas. >> we are following breaking news in nashville, tennessee. local officials now believe it was an intentional act. the fbi is leading the investigation, they have not confirmed the assessment. so far we know the blast originated what's described a parked vehicle around 6:30 in the morning local time. according to wtvf, at least

three people have been hospitalized. we are following it closely here. now to nasty weather heading the east coast, forecasters warning heavy snow stretching from tennessee all the way to maine. the same system had a lot of people shovels clearing snow in the upper midwest in the plains. near white out conditions and icy highways made travels of extremely dangerous. a deadly one in nebraska. three people were killed including a child. officials are announcing new travel rules due to the new strain of the coronavirus in england. anyone flying from the u.k. to the u.s. must show they tested negative for covid-19 within 72 hours of their departure. more than 329,000 americans have now died from the coronavirus in the u.s. experts warned the months ahead could be some of the most

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this year we been kept apart because of the coronavirus, some students in the nation's hartland are turning a lost art to senior citizens whose family

he had not been able to visit. >> reporter: windows are meant to look out. sometimes social distancing turns everyday events into a trip through the looking glass. everything from births. to birthdays. engagements. and weddings. one community used a crane to help family visit seniors, forced to stay inside and in iowa, spirits soared even higher when the local student counsel ser sena serenaded the residents here and found a way to touch those inside. >> is he super special to you? >> yes, thank you my friend. >> yeah, it feels good to hear

that. >> i am excited to -- >> reporter: new found friendship is separated bide nearly five decades and now this one window. >> yeah, i am going to tear up here. >> reporter: when the freshman heard coronavirus kept family from visiting, lincoln found another way in. >> lincoln picked up his pen to let the 63-years-old stranger with early on dementia know that he was not forgotten. >> you want me to read one of them? >> i can't even buy toilet paper. >> reporter: i bet you read that paper more than once? >> probably 50 times. >> reporter: the letters are part of an old fashion pen pal program launched by lincoln's school. >> do you think this is something that could and should go on all across the nation?

>> we don't plan on stopping it any time soon. the students visit their pen pals each week planting flowers and hopes on windows and sidewalks and on the faces of the residents inside. >> i miss not being able to watch tv and talk about the day-to-day things. >> reporter: mike reed reads letters to his wife. >> as a third grade teacher, i am a strong opponent of cursive handwriting. for her husband. >> he said, do you remember lincoln colling, i said sure i do, he was in my 3rd grade class. he said we're going to be pen pals. >> i didn't remember any teachers from back then, except mrs. boggs. >> now lincoln and mike are making new memories.

>> it's like having another son. >> and when they're finally together, mike knows what's next in their friendship. >> just giving him a big old bear hug and saying everything is going to be okay now. >> for "cbs this morning," i'm chip reid. >> wow, well done, chip reid. since our story first aired, we're happy to tell you, lincoln and mike have continued to exchange letters and, students from the school sent christmas cards to the seniors and recently held a parade complete with a concert and cheer leaders for the residents. >> i like the twist at the end that that was one of her former students. very nice. >> i like that the little handwritten letter has a lot of power. >> i feel that if i get a handwritten letter. >> yes, i do. >> because it means the person took the time. that's always nice. >> that's right. coming up, singer, tori kelly says it's been a productive year in quarantine. ahead, the two-time grammy winner will have a sample from her new christmas album created at home. that's coming up on "cbs this morning."

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♪ it's here with me half as sweet ♪ >> listen to her hit that note. that's the lovely tori kelly performing her new christmas song called "25th," you can find it on her first holiday album, called "a tori kelly christmas" she caught the public's attention as a teenager posting her music on you tube. her debut album came out in 2015. lucky us, since then her voice has captivated audiences around the world, two grammy awards for best gospel song. she will grace graus with that

voice with her christmas album. she joins us now. tori kelly, good morning to you, and merry christmas. >> hi, how are you? >> not as good as you. i wish i could sing the way you do. your voice is really really lovely. i have heard you say you always wanted to do a christmas album. i have also heard everybody who has done a christmas album say it's harder than you realize. why did you want to do it? >> yeah, that honestly is true. making a christmas album, it's definitely a challenge but it was a really fun one, and i've just always wanted to do a christmas album, you know, for as long as i can remember, and i think because of this year i've been home just like everyone else and so i have a studio at my house, and so that's where i was able to just, you know, be in there for most of the year and record these christmas songs. >> i think people are craving christmas music, too, tori, in a way they haven't before, so thank you for that. i'm curious about you and baby face together. weren't you going to ask that, anthony, you and baby face. >> i want to know, did you do is

this via zoom, how do you make an album when everybody is in different places. >> i want to be a fly on that wall with the two of you. >> yeah, so we actually did do it all remotely. so it was a lot of e-mailing, and you know, face timing, you know, back and forth, and a lot of, like, voice notes on my phone even. i would just send over to him, and that's really how the process was. it was really organic and he's just a legend, so working with him was an absolute dream. >> tori, we got a clip you posted to instagram yourself, aged 2 or 3 singing a christmas song. it is very very cute. oh, look at that. very sweet. what do you think when you see that little girl singing and you know this big girl has a new album out? >> listen to your voice. >> it's surreal, it really is. it's just wild. i mean, since i was that age, i've always loved singing so now to have a christmas album, and

to do what i love is pretty awesome. >> it is pretty awesome. that's just great footage. tori, thank you for joining us. we're excited for you to perform an original song from the new album, let's get right to it, from her first ever christmas album, "a tori kelly christmas," here is tori kelly singing "25th." >> yay. ♪ season's here, lights appear, spread the cheer everywhere, what a year it has been ♪ ♪ got me dreaming of a place where we're safe from the cold your embrace ♪ ♪ oh i just can't wait to be home again ♪ ♪ catch the midnight flight no more silent nights i'll be by

your side ♪ ♪ don't you know that christmas would be incomplete if you're not here with me ♪ ♪ half as sweet as you someone i don't need no gifts got something on my list ♪ ♪ don't you know my only wish is to hold you on the 25th yeah yeah ♪ ♪ fancy bag cadillacs, none of that keep the tags i can do without ♪ ♪ i just want one thing fireside burning bright mistletoe hanging high my only desire ♪ ♪ if you're listening ♪ catch the midnight flight no more silent nights it's been the

longest time oh yeah ♪ ♪ don't you know that christmas would be incomplete if you're not here with me snoend sugar plums ain't half as sweet as you ♪ ♪ someone go tell santa i don't need no gifts got nothing on my list ♪ ♪ don't you know my only wish is to hold you on the 25th ♪ ♪ oh i just wanna hold you baby get over here baby ♪ ♪ don't you know my only wish is to hold you on the 25th ♪

>> tori kelly, thank you, thank you. good morning. it's 8:25. i am anne makovec. fbi now taking the lead to examine an explosion in nashville this morning. it damaged buildings and set cars on fire. police are calling it an intentional act. at least three people are now in the hospital with injuries. people in the bay area gathered for christmas eve mass with coronavirus restrictions in place last night. at divine mercy church in oakland a large parking lot was used to host a drive in ceremony with a pastor at an outdoor altar. in sam, calvary chapel continues to defy orders. it has been holding indoor services since august. the attorney says she'll

continue to appeal nearly $1 million in fines. let's look at high def doppler. we have already started getting rained on. you see light showers. this is a leading edge, the first stuff in front of a system that drops light rain. here is where we will end up by the time today is done. a half inch of rain for some in the north bay. then the numbers gets lower the further south you go. by the time you have gotten down to east bay by concord it is less than a tenth of an inch of rain. if we look at the south bay and east bay, numbers are pretty light, about a tenth tops. we may see a little more in spots. you shouldn't count on anything too terribly strong from the system, next one sunday, lined up here. that's for the second half of sunday. it shows up in the seven-day forecast with the chance of rain right there. then it turns to a few scattered showers from there in our new house is amazing.

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning" on this christmas morning. still time to bring you some of the stories we call talk of the holiday table. i like that. okay, tony, you are in pole position with the holiday table. >> all right. well, after what already feels like a lifetime of general assignment reporting, i am full of factoids. i want to share three of them with people at home. >> these are important. >> okay, very important. in the history behind the holiday the history behind the holiday tradition of sending christmas card. henry cole did not have enough time to write letters as was the tradition of all his friends and

family. he got clever, he put a to: blank next to it and low and be hold the christmas card was born. >> seems like he created a lot of work for a lot of us. >> he saves work for himself. >> i like it when people send christmas cards with pictures. i don't enjoy when they give you ten-page christmas card telling you what everybody has done the last year. >> it is fun but a lot. >> it is a lot, you don't have to read it. >> but i feel i do. >> put it there on the counter. >> all right. >> factoid number two. the yule log begins right here in new york city. a local tv station realized they

had nothing to broadcast on christmas morning and so it decided to show a 17 second clip, footage of a burning log on a loop. >> 17 seconds long over laylaid music. >> it was mesmerizing. >> it was so radical at the time. >> if you don't have a fireplace, there it is. >> i bet it is comforting to a lot of people. >> it is. >> i am taken way too much time with my name chatter here. i have one more here. 35 million pointsetters sold every year. here is how they came to america, 1920, joel pointset

brought the plant to the u.s. >> i didn't think those were names. >> very interesting tony. >> i want to share a personal holiday tradition, my bubble light christmas tree. >> there it is. >> my brother and i had one of these. we were kids in our room in new york and i would be mesmerized by the bubbling lights. >> it went away and obviously grew up and i don't know what happened to the tree. about 15 years ago, i was at a macy's and i saw one and i brought it and now it is a tradition for my kids. it is not christmas without it. >> very god.

very hard to find. >> mine is not as interesting. we used to read "the night before christmas" and all through the house on christmas eve. >> i love that. >> they're now 33 and 34 so we don't do it anymore. >> it is one of the best things. >> the parents does too. >> was that your talk on the table? >> i think so. >> i am sorry i took up all of our time. >> i sentimental

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♪ the tree ♪ ♪ snow is falling ♪ just for christmas day, along on christmas day ♪ ♪ presents what a beautiful sight ♪ ♪ holding me tight ♪ you're all that i need underneath the tree ♪ ♪ i found what i was looking for ♪ ♪ i love that says to me ♪ my heart is complete ♪ knocked me right off my feet ♪ and this year i will fall

knowing it all ♪ ♪ it's you i need ♪ and everything's clear ♪ you're all i need underneath the tree ♪ ♪ you're here ♪ snow is falling ♪ just for christmas day ♪ along on christmas day ♪ presents what a beautiful sight ♪ ♪ holding me tight ♪ you're all that i need underneath the tree ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ candles burning low ♪ lots of mistletoe

♪ lots of snow and ice ♪ everywhere we go ♪ singing carols right outside my door ♪ ♪ all these things and more ♪ all these things and more ♪ that's what christmas means to me, my love ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ and you know what i mean ♪ i see your smiling face like i never seen before ♪ ♪ even though i love you madly seems i love you more ♪ ♪ and the little thoughts you give me touch my heart for sure ♪ ♪ oh all these things and more ♪ all these things and more ♪ that's what christmas means to me my love ♪ ♪ oh, yeah

♪ i don't want a lot for christmas ♪ ♪ there is just one thing i need ♪ ♪ don't care about the presents underneath the christmas tree ♪ ♪ i don't need to hang my stocking upon the fireplace ♪ ♪ santa claus will make me happy on christmas day ♪ ♪ i just want more than you could ever ♪ ♪ and i wish ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ ♪ you, baby ♪ oh, i won't ask for much this christmas ♪ ♪ i won't even wish for snow ♪ i just want to keep on underneath the mistletoe ♪ ♪ i won't make a list and send

it to the north pole ♪ ♪ i won't even see the magic reindeer ♪ ♪ i just want you here tonight underneath the mistletoe ♪ ♪ what more can i do ♪ baby all i want for christmas is you ♪ ♪ baby ♪ all the lights are shining so brightly every day ♪ ♪ and the children, love fills the air ♪ ♪ and everyone

that will do it for us on this christmas morning. for those of you who are listening to us in the other room. >> hello. >> merry christmas, hello, it's

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good morning. five minutes before 9:00 this christmas day. i am anne makovec. an explosion tore through a city block in downtown nashville this morning shattering glass, damaging buildings, setting cars on fire. it happened at 6:30 local time. police are calling it an intentional act. so far, no word on suspects or a motive. at least three people are in the hospital with injuries though none is in critical condition. the fbi is taking the lead on that investigation. a dublin custodian is dead and another hospitalized from a possible fentanyl overdose. police say they found the powerful drug inside the library of fallon middle school but the family says they think a chemical used to spray the

school and eliminate covid caused his death. the two custodians were raising children together, 10 and 12 years old. starting monday travelers from uk must test negative for coronavirus. looking live at sfo which has direct flights from london, travelers must have the negative test in 72 hours before their flight to the u.s. let's take a look outside at high def doppler. showers have gotten here, light rain across parts of the area today and we will keep light showers on and off through the rest of the afternoon and evening. a half inch for the north bay. look how much lower the numbers get as you go south. concord, walnut creek, hayward, red wood city, we are talking less than a tenth of an inch of rain. most comes through the afternoon. there is more rain coming on sunday, the second half of the day,

wayne: merry christmas to me! (laughs) tiffany: happy holiday. jonathan: it's a trip to aruba. wayne: hello, santa. merry christmas, little boy. jonathan: a trip to bali. wayne: ♪ 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. jonathan: merry christmas. it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady. (cheers and applause) wayne: welcome to "let's make a deal." this is our christmas eve episode. i hope you guys get anything and everything that you want in your stockings. we're going to try to make some deals to, so we can play santa claus. thank you so much for tuning in. let's get this started. who wants to make a deal, that's the question. who wants to make a deal? gingerbread, gingerbread. everyone, have a seat.