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s deined to be one of the biggest broadcast events of the year, not only because of the game itself on the field but also because of the commercials. anna werner has the sto >> reporter: it's where soment >> reporter: to a super bowl audience estimated at 100 million people. ♪ but this year, this pandemic year the usual pitches from pepsi and coca-cola, even anheuser-busch, are missing. >> what's up? >> what's up? >> this is really a riskier year for advertisers. >> reporter: villanova university marketing professor charles taylor -- >> as a result of that we're seeing some big advertisers sit out of the game altogether while other advertisers are looking hard to strike the right chord. ♪
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>> reporter: each 30-second ad costs roughly $5.5 million. and if you get that messaging wrong -- >> it really can harm the brand. and then they've got to start trying to recover from making such a mistake. >> reporter: instead, some major brands are shifting their strategies this year. pepsi is emphasizing its halftime show. >> when did they start making lemonade? >> probably when 2020 handed us all those lemons. >> reporter: and anheuser-busch, one of the biggest super bowl messaging on what the company's u.s. chief marketing officer calls authenticity. >> i really believe that people are paying a lot of attention to what companies and brands stand for now. >> reporter: the company produced this ad executive produced by award-winning director david fincher emphasizing togetherness. >> come on. i'm buying you a beer. >> okay. >> this whole campaign was designed to be real. to express situations that we all go through so that we can see ourselves there and have an
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emotional connection to every one of those moments. >> reporter: the company is also supporting vaccination efforts to raise awareness.nds, sup bowl advertisers this year, is planning on an ad with babies born on the day of the super bowl. an ad generated in realtime. huggies' rebecca dunphey -- >> we're going to work on getting lots of different content from lots of different families, and you know, have it all come together there at the last minute in the second quarter. >> reporter: other advertisers are going for comfortable themes and known celebrity faces. doritos has matthew mcconaughey. an. and doordash brings in a really big star -- grover. >> i think this is going to be a bigger year than usual for celebrities, music, and these >> rr: wheer audiencese>>
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nn metherepproacs will ben "u viewers gn up anrate the adf not the game, the ads, anna werner, cbs news, berkeley, california. >> 2020, man. that was a great year. not. >> that was anna werner reporting. the national anthem will be a duet. they'll have a big hill to climb trying to match what's considered greatest rendition o ago. after that game by the way, it was revealed that houston was singing into a dead mic and the audience was hearing a studio version of the song. but that has not diminished the memory. anthony mason reports. ♪
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♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: it's the gold standard for national anthem performances. whitney houston's rendition before super bowl xxv at tampa stadium. ♪ last gleaming ♪ >> reporter: the year was 1991, the gulf war had just begun, and 27-year-old whitney houston who'd already had eight number-one singles was dominating the charts. houston's musical director, rickey minor, produced the arrangement. >> i went to the school of whitney. everything that i've done since then has been with my doctor's degree from the university of whitney. >> reporter: she took her inspiration from marvin gaye. >> the first thing she said was that, you know, have you heard marvin gaye do the national anthem for the nba all-star game? ♪ the ramparts we watched ♪
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>> she saiulgive mmoime to really express these words and let them linger a little longer. so instead of "o say can you see," it was say. can. you. see. two, three. >> reporter: minor took the version to the florida orchestra which was tapped to accompany houston at the game. they took notice of the tempo change right away. >> everybody was a little taken aback, a little like what is this, it's so different. >> reporter: it was mary corbett's second year with the orchestra as a violinist. >> we play it before every concert, so we just have it memorized. so when we played this new arrangement, everybody was like, oh, what's this? >> reporter: houston later recorded the vocals in l.a., minutes after hearing the accompaniment for the first time. >> she listened, nodding her
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head, and then after hearing it one time, she said, "okay, i got it." >> reporter: just once? >> one time. >> reporter: "the star-spangled banner" is not an easy song to sing. >> the range of it is really tr bau it starts low, but it ends up high. ♪ o say ♪ you know? and the next thing with "rockets red glare" ♪ and the rockets' ♪ >> you have to have that passion in there. >> reporter: but the nfl was concerned about houston's version. >> i think they thought it was too different to into the super bowl. we're at war, people will hear is and say that's not my national anthem. >> reporter: separation desert storm had just begun in the middle east. nfl executives asked whitney's manager, her father, john houston, to get her to change the performance. but minor pushed back. >> i said to john houston, either i'm doing this, or you have to call whitney and say that you're going to pull me off of it because this is what i
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believe is the best representation that will give her wings to fly. ♪ o say does that star spangled banner ♪ >> reporter: whitney's version won out. and she didn't just fly, she soared. >> whitney houston is the gold standard for me. her version was everything and more. ♪ >> reporter: r&b singer jazmine sullivan has the job this year to perform the national anthem with country star eric church. the first super bowl duet in 15 years. >> the pressure is definitely on. but i love whitney. hopefully her spirit will be over everything that happens. ♪ >> reporter: and corbett, who saw it all unfold from just feet away says whitney's version is the
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definitive version. >> it was a time of re feeling just so proud to be an american. you can see me just beaming ear-to-ear. it was the most exciting performance of my entire career. definitely. >> she always said that was one of the most special moments in her life. it really changed the tone of the national anthem and the meaning behind it. >> reporter: when you hear that performance now, how do you feel? >> every molecule in my body is tingling and filled with gratitude, with emotion. you know, she's my sister, and i miss her every day. ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ [ cheers ]
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this morning we remember britain's captain sir tom moore who became a hero in his 100th year on earth. london's newspapers are leading the tribute to the world war ii he died on monday, less than a year after he caught the public's attention and affection by walking around his yard to raise money to fight the coronavirus. charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: taken away by the very virus he rallied the nation and the world against. captain sir thomas moore had no idea in those first few steps in his back yard he was stepping on to the world stage. the world war ii veteran aimed at 100 laps for his 100th birthday, maybe raise 1,000 pounds, roughly $1,200, for embattled workers of britain's national health service.
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going global changed that.me $45 million. what did that money mean for the men and women of the nhs? >> those funds have gone to the length and breadth of the uk. it's gone to every nhs charity in the country. >> reporter: he got a spitfire fly pass for his birthday and personal messages from pop stars to royalty. got 125,000 birthday cards this year. how many did you get last year? do you remember? >> maybe five or six. or seven. >> reporter: he was awarded an honorary promotion to colonel, then the notion of knighthood. how do you like the sound of sir tom? >> it was rather nice to be called sir thomas moore. but it isn't going to happen.>>. the queen made a rare
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self-quarantine exception to make captain tom a knight of the realm. his motto became the title of his book, "tomorrow will be a good day," for many, tomorrow will be a sad day in a world without captain sir thomas moore in it. tomorrow will be a good day, he said every time we spoke. it's who he was. he was full of warmth and kindness and optimism. he was a ray of light through the darkest of times. >> a true hero, and that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you, the news k coues. for others check back for "cbs this morning" and follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from the nation's capital, i'm jeff pegues. bsng n
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a new shot of hope. another vaccine is showing promise against the coronavirus, but there's a major concern delaying its arrival in the u.s. defend or rebuke? house gop members face a vote today over congresswoman marjorie taylor-greene. what's at stake for the controversial lawmaker. super bowl countdown. the chiefs and the bucs square off on sunday. the final pandemic preparations the final pandemic preparations before the big game. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we're going to begin with possible

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