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for gold, killing and displacing tens of thousands of native americans statewide and ravaging the redwoods for lumber. what happened to the land as a result? >> everything was extracted that was marketable. we've always had this really intricate relationship with the landscape, and we've hunted. we've fished. we've gathered. and those are all management tools. >> reporter: now generations later, 125 acres bordering redwood national and state park will be handed back to the yuroks. where we're sit right now just a few years ago was covered in asphalt? >> yes. >> reporter: they paved paradise. >> they paved paradise. >> reporter: paul ringgold is with the nonprofit save the red woods league. it purchased the land in 2013 from an old timber mill with the original goal of giving to it the national park service. >> we again the realize that perhaps a better alternative would be to transfer the land back to the yurok tribe. no one knows this land better. they have been stewarding this land since time immemorial. >> reporter: ringgold says that stewardship includes controlled
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burns to clear dead vegetation, a native practice once outlawed, be now recognized as essential in preventing catastrophic wildfires. >> indigenous populations have been using fire as a management tool. we'd like to see that kind of practice return. >> reporter: these redwoods are some of the most effective carbon storers on the planet. a single tree can remove up to 250 tons in its lifetime. that's the equivalent of removing nearly 200 cars from the road for an entire year. another forgotten jewel of the ecosystem here, salmon. the tribe is rebuilding a creek to restore its population. >> you have salmon who provide for humans, and they also provide for other animals. and when they spawn and die, they put nutrients back in the ground. everything has this balance and a reciprocal way. >> reporter: a balance that will come through the yurok's partnership with both save the red woods league and the national park service. >> we understand some of the mistakes we made as a federal
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government. and it's a chance to begin that healing with native tribes all across the united states. >> reporter: for national park service director chuck sams, the first native american to lead the agency, this partnership is personal. >> we've been writing our histories separately. there has been the native history and the american history. this is a chance to write history together. >> reporter: of the 431 parks managed by the national park service, 109 of them now have formal costewardship agreements with indigenous tribes, with 43 more on the way. >> i really hope it symbolizes a coming home of yurok people and really reconnecting with our landscape. >> reporter: returning hope and restoring balance in this land of giants. for "eye on america," jonathan vigliotti, oreck, california. overseas now. a tense calm has descend over much of syria after the overthrow of the assad dictatorship. imtiaz tyab paid a visit to the country's second largest city, aleppo, to see how residents
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there are coping with their new reality. >> reporter: a charred billboard of bashar al assad in the town's central square. even in defeat the long-time dictator looms large. across the street, an "i love aleppo" sign has been repainted in the colors of the revolutionary flag. once forbidden, now waved with pride following the rapid advance by rebel fighters who retook this city only two weeks ago, triggering the abrupt end of assad's brutal rule. like so much of syria, its second largest city remains deeply scarred by war. parts of its ancient marketplace or souk, a u.n. world heritage site, lies in ruins. at the height of the war, on his own people, bashar al assad ordered his warplanes to target this ancient and historic souk. all but obliterating it.
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and this is one of the few sections of the souk that remains, a reminder of what was and what could be rebuilt again. at this coffee shop, which has been in business at this very site for nearly 150 years, father and son fill orders as quickly as they can. khader told us he spent nearly a decade as a refugee in neighboring turkey. "when i returned to my country and saw the level of destruction and devastation, my heart was weeping," he says. "i hope that syria will be rebuilt better than before." it's a sentiment shared by many syrians who have deep concerns about hayat tahrir al sham. the islamist rebel group considered a terrorist organization by the u.s. and u.n. who are now in control of the capital, damascus. but students told us anyone is
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better than assad. "if we syrians are hand in hand, we will rebuild together," says khadijah. "when all the young syrians return home," says her cousin," that's when we will rebuild." officials from the incoming trump administration says, quote, the jury is still out on hts. so a verdict is held on whether the u.s. will recognize the group as a new government and offer desperately needed assistance, people here will continue to live among the ruins of their ancient city. but at least for now, they're free. free. imtiaz tyab, cbs news, aleppo. (singing) i'll be home for christmas. you can plan on me. please have snow
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did, but then take to it the very brink, where if i took it any further, it would fall off the cliff. >> time stop! >> i will take no refusal. >> reporter: that approach has led to some of the most influential films of all time. >> i love the smell of napalm in the morning. >> reporter: including apocalypse now. >> i don't know anything about human nature. i don't know anything about curiosity. >> the conversation, and of course the godfather trilogy. >> leave the gun. take the cannoli. >> reporter: to cap an illustrious career, the 85-year-old filmmaker is now a 2024 kennedy center honoree. born in detroit to an italian american family, he was raised in queens, new york, by more natalia and father carmine. >> i remember being taken as a 5-year-old to a control room up high where you can see the whole studio and see the orchestra,
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and there was a wheel. if you turned to it the left, you didn't hear any of the music. and that was the fist time i realized that picture and sound are not necessarily connected. >> reporter: rather than apply to yale's prestigious drama school, he followed the pull of hollywood to attend film school at ucla. >> i had no money. i had no car. i had no girlfriend. i had nothing. and i was at school. and i noticed this ad that roger corman is looking for a assistant who has a knowledge of russian. >> you don't speak russian. >> i know. but i saw -- i mean, i didn't worry about that. ♪ look to the rainbow ♪ >> reporter: after graduating, warner brothers hired him to direct finnian's rainbow." >> all real americans love the sting of battle. >> two years later in 1970, his adapted screenplay for "patton"
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earned him his first academy award, the same year he signed on to direct and cowrote "the godfather." he was 29 years old. >> i really was an italian american. so although i didn't know gangsters, i knew to the detail of what life was like in that kind of household. >> i want you to take us to the moment that you went to talk to marlon brando about potentially playing vito. >> well, i was ordered by the head of the studio that i couldn't even mention brando. he had forbade me. and finally said all right, you can have brando, but number one, he has to do the movie for nothing. no fee. number two, he has to shoot a screen test. number three, he has to put up a million dollar bond that he won't cause any trouble on the picture. so i said i accept! >> reporter: but then, the young director had to convince one of the biggest stars in hollywood to accept. but like coppola, brando was more than prepared for what would become the role of a lifetime.
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>> i remember he took his hair, and he put shoe polish on it and put it in a big bun so he made it sort of black. i remember he said, well, he was shot in the throat. in the book he is shot. he would talk like -- i said what the hell are the people on the phone think? >> and then they will fear you. >> reporter: stunned by brando's transformation, the studio dropped all conditions. >> the winner is francis ford coppola. >> reporter: coppola received the oscar nomination for best director and won for best adapted screenplay. >> nothing good can stay. >> reporter: he went on to the outsiders and rumble fish featuring his nephew, nicolas cage. one of many in the coppola family who have pursued successful careers in the arts. >> i'm now more concerned there is going to be a earth here that's going to sustain itself. >> show me the future. >> reporter: that concern is explored in his latest film megalopolis released earlier this year. its premise has been percolating
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for decades. >> art has the obligation to help illuminate your life. so films that don't illuminate contemporary life are missing something very important that should be in movies. >> hold on. >> reporter: but his legacy, he hopes, transcends the silver screen. what do you want people to say when they consider the totality of who francis ford coppola is? >> i think someone who loved his human family, but not just my immediate family, the entire human family. that's who i am. i am the one who loves everybody. >> and you can watch the 47th annual kennedy center honors this sunday, december 22nd at 8:30 p.m. eastern right here on cbs and streaming on paramount+. "cbs news roundup" will be right back.
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overseas, it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in on the streets of london, especially on special mailboxes. tina kraus reports. ♪ >> reporter: there's a flurry of festivity unfolding across the uk, with close-knit groups of volunteers putting their hands together to deliver holiday cheer. you get a real kick out of this. >> oh, we do. we do out of life anyhow. we're very positive people, i think. >> reporter: they're dressing up
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britain's iconic red mailboxes with hundreds of dazzling designs. >> they're absolutely gorgeous. >> reporter: it's a creative craze catching on in dozens of cities, colorful toppers weaving threads of cheer into everyday life. why choose the famous red mailboxes to put these on? >> i think it's because they've got a lovely lip to them. so you can attach them. it's like a hat, isn't it? it's like you're putting a hat on them. >> reporter: they wear hundreds of different hats, depending on the occasion. >> i just think it's magic for children to come along and look at it. >> reporter: always dressed to impress, especially when it's for the royal family. >> because normally you'd be at home knitting crochet maybe for family, maybe for friends, maybe for a charity. but where would you get a chance to make the king, the queen, a horse. >> reporter: the year-round fun culminates around christmas as another twinkling topper is carefully put in place. >> hold it tight, jo. >> reporter: what do you think of the topper? >> i like the christmas tree and the presents, because they're
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different shapes and sizes. >> reporter: giving the gift of wonder in a world that can always use a little more magic. tina kraus, cbs news, london. >> and that's the spirit. ♪ that's today's "cbs news roundup." for some of you, the news continues. for others, tune in later for "cbs mornings," and follow us online any time at cbsnews.com. reporting from the cbs broadcast center in new york city, i'm shanelle kaul. ♪
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hello and thanks so much for staying up with us. i'm shanelle kaul in new york, and here are the top stories on "cbs news roundup." the man accused of killing the unitedhealthcare ceo is charged with murder as an act of terrorism. police in madison, wisconsin are piecing together the motive in a school shooting that took the lives of a teacher and a teenaged school student. and ukraine strikes back saying it has assassinated a top russian general in moscow. a manhattan grand jury has now indicted the 26-year-old suspect accused of shooting and killing unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. charges against luigi mangione include first-degree murder and killing as an act of terrorism. mangione is being held in pennsylvania, but may be moved
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to new yor city to face the new felony charges as soon as thursday. cbs' lilia luciano has more. >> reporter: luigi mangione is facing 11 charges in new york in connection with the murder of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson two weeks ago. among them, first-degree murder in the furtherance of terrorism. can you describe just how rare it is for your office to charge with first-degree murder? >> they are reserved for the most abhorrent conduct, killing a police officer, serial killing, and the terrorism is one subsection of that. >> reporter: rikki klieman is a criminal defense attorney. >> this charge of murder in the first degree under these circumstances as an act of terrorism is highly unusual. what you have is an action that is designed to coerce and intimidate the civilian population. >> reporter: mangione was arrested at a mcdonald's in altoona, pennsylvania last
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monday. police there say he had a ghost gun that new york investigators claim matches shell casings found at the crime scene. mangione is being represent beside i high profile prosecutor turned defense attorney karen friedman agnifilo. before she was representing mangione, agnifilo discussed a potential defense strategy. >> it looks to me, there might be a not guilty by reason of insanity defense that they're thinking about because the evidence is going to be so overwhelming that he did what he did. >> reporter: do you see insanity as a wise defense? >> the only viable defense in this case is an insanity defense. >> reporter: the district attorney also said that when the nypd reached out the mangione's mother regarding a missing person's report that she had filed with the san francisco police department days before the shooting, that she didn't say she believed the person and the images of the person of interest was her son, but that it might be something she could see him doing.
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lilia luciano, cbs news, new york. investigators say identifying a motive is a top priority following monday's deadly shooting at a private christian school in madison, wisconsin. two students remain in critical condition while another student and a teacher were killed. cbs' ian lee has more on this from madison. >> reporter: mourners gather to remember the student and teacher killed in the school shooting that has shaken the city of madison and the nation. earlier, police chief shon barnes said determineling the motive in the shooting at abundant life christian school is a top priority. >> at this time, it appears that the motive was a combination of factors. we're talking to students to understand whether bullying was one of those multiple factors. >> reporter: investigators acknowledged a document that has been circulating online. but they have not confirmed if it was written by the 15-year-old suspected shooter, a student at the school. >> we cannot verify the document.
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we ask that you not share the document or spread any information that may be false. our department will provide an update on this document when we can. >> reporter: after being reunited with their families monday, students described what they saw. norah, a second grader said she heard a teacher screaming for help. >> i was really scare and i was really sad. >> reporter: her father waited hours to be reunited with her and her brother, who is also a student there. >> seeing 10, 12, 15 ambulances really scared me, thinking that one of my children might be the one. >> reporter: in the aftermath, police say they found the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and recovered a 9 millimeter handgun. investigators are making a public appeal for information after searching the shooter's home. ian lee, cbs news, madison, wisconsin. ukraine said on tuesday it eliminated one of russia's top military commanders who was accused of overseeing the use of chemical weapons
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lieutenant general igor kirillov was killed outside a moscow apartment building with a bomb hidden inside an electric scooter. the u.s. says it had no prior knowledge of the attack. cbs' cbs' haley ott as more. >> reporter: calm on the streets of moscow as lieutenant general igor kirillov and his aide leave the apartment building. then an explosion. captured in this dash cam video by the door, killing the head of russia's chemical weapons unit and his assistant. it's the highest profile assassination of a russian military official outside the battlefield since the start of the war in ukraine. russian authorities have called it terrorism, pledging retaliation. ukrainian security sources said it was a special operation they carried out against a legitimate target. kirillov has been sanctioned over his use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in ukraine, and only yesterday was charged
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in absentia there, with ukrainian security services saying they recorded nearly 5,000 uses of chemical weapons by russia since the war began. for russians far way from the front line, the attack in the heart of moscow brings the battle uncomfortably close. "it was very scary and not typical for around here," one woman says. >> everything that shifts the war closer to ordinary russians helps ukraine. so the fact that this is carried out in moscow, in the capital of russia itself is just another indication that russia cannot pretend to its people forever that the war is not going to come home to them. >> reporter: haley ott, cbs news, london. rescue teams are digging for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck the tiny pacific island nation of vanuatu. at least 14 people are now dead. cbs' zahara sand has dramatic video showing the quake as it hit.
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this is the moment when a deadly earthquake shook the capital city of vanuatu in the south pacific. the 7.3 magnitude quake has left a trail of destruction. there is definitely some people in there, hopefully still alive. >> reporter: crushing vehicles, triggering landslides and collapsing building, including the ground floor of the u.s. embassy. >> it's a stronger quake than i've ever experienced in my 21 years living in vanuatu. and i've seen quite a few. >> reporter: vanuatu sits in a region prone to quakes. yet the scale of this one certainly has left the nation shaken. zahar sand, cbs news, london. when "cbs news roundup" continues, we'll look at the debate over fluoride in america's drinking water. [male narrator] a waterfall made of fire. goats that defy gravity. a turning point in history.
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♪ this is "cbs news roundup." i'm shanelle kaul in new york. robert f. kennedy jr. continues to make the rounds on capitol hill, trying to convince senators to support his nomination for secretary of health and human services. among kennedy's controversial positions over the years, his call to remove fluoride from america's drinking water. that's jump-started a debate that many thought had been settled decades ago. cbs' meg oliver looks at the concerns and benefits of fluoridation. >> good morning. >> reporter: zoe smith was just 4 years old when she had surgery to extract her four front teeth. mom eva said smith had a healthy diet, but didn't use toothpaste with fluoride when brushing. >> they just started to decay about a year and a half, two years in. and there was nothing it seemed that we could do. >> reporter: children with developmental disabilities like smith are more susceptible to
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dental problems for a variety of reasons. she also lives in a town without fluoride in the water. >> we see incredibly high rates of tooth decay. >> reporter: dr. mary beth giacona is a pediatric dentist at rutgers school of dentistry in newark. she says having fluoride in water is one of the tools that can help prevent cavities. >> our patients are not getting any fluoridated water. fluoridating water can prevent up to 40% of tooth decay. >> reporter: as of 2022 roughly three quarters of americans on public water systems drink fluoridated water. new jersey ranks second to last on the list. tip eustace is the executive director of the north jersey water supply commission. his job is to take minerals out of drinking water and said we shouldn't be putting more in. >> the better idea is to provide toothpaste, toothbrushes, neonatal and prenatal vitamins. because that's the specific
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target audience that they're looking for. >> reporter: robert f. kennedy jr., president-elect trump's pick for hhs secretary has claimed fluoride is associated with cancer and iq loss. >> i think fluoride is a poison. >> reporter: the cdc has called fluoridation of drinking water one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century. >> i was a product of the fluoride generation. born in the 70s, and i have no cavities. so for teeth, i'm thinking that that's probably fluoride is a good thing. >> reporter: and something that will be up for debate. meg oliver, cbs news, newark, meg oliver, cbs news, newark, new jersey. the holidays are a time for making lists. but the most special list of all is the list of children with critical illnesses who are waiting for you to grant their wishes. 5-year-old brantley knows what it's like to wait for hope. he has spent his holidays in the hospital listening to beeping monitors instead of jingle bells. any time he's in a room, he'll make you smile.
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a lot of people can't tell from the outside that he has a heart condition. brantley's wish was to see snow for the very first time. so make-a-wish brought him and his family to their own winter wonderland. snowmans are my favorite. but for every wish we grant, three more children like brantley are waiting for someone just like you. call or go online right now. for $20 a month, just 67 cents a day, you can grant wishes for waiting kids. brantley went from imagining a snowman to building one. his wish snowballed into a life changing holiday experience. this is so cool. call or go online right now. the wishes you grant today can replace sadness with joy and be a turning point in a child's recovery. every 20 minutes, another child is diagnosed
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david pogue comes back down the chimney, channeling his inner techno claus with some last-minute christmas gift ideas. >> reporter: a fun little factoid. your fireplace smokes. there is such a thing as a chimney sweep, folks. in any case, hi. it is i, techno claus, invading your homes and yet breaking no laws. i come with ideas for your gift giving plans. all tech stuff, all cool, all your friends will be fans. the joy of the holidays never gets old. the food, not so much. it gets old and gets mold.
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with this in your fridge, purifying the air, it eats the bacteria, floating in there. on average, 12 more days of shelf life you'll see. less waste, less expense, that's a win-win to me. you enter your bedroom to rest and destress. you empty your pockets and oy, what a mess. what you need is a catch-all, a gorgeous home base that rounds up your doodads in one central place. it charges your phone and your pods and your watch. it's made of fine linen. identical it top-notch. i travel outdoors through the cold and the storm. it sometimes gets challenging just staying warm. my secret you likely won't guess at a glance. you're looking right at 'em.
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they're self-heating pants. three levels of heat and the lining's first class. there's eight heated pads. one just for your tukus. a lighter is better than match, i guess. the neck reaches farther. there is less of a mess. the problem is the gas. it will run out one day. so what do you do? throw the whole thing away. but this one's forever. it lights up as shown. electric, rechargeable, just like your phone. it's great for your candles, your camping, your grills. and all of this goodness for eight dollar bills. i see lots of homes in the course of my work, and some of them have an incredible perk. self-opening curtains. too pricey, you grouse?
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well, this number brings them to anyone's house. it clips on a rod or a rail, it's your choice. controlled with an app on a schedule or by voice. alexa, open the curtains. two places is rude to turn on a bright light. in bed next to someone and flying at night. behold the solution, a triumph of tech. a rechargeable light that you wear on your neck. three colors, three brightnesses, wonderfully cheap for working or fixing or letting her sleep. remember the segway a few years ago?
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self balancing transport like mall cops, you know? well here's it's descendant, the 9 bot s-2. you steer it and drive just by leading. it's true. it whisks you along 20 miles on a charge, like 10 miles an hour uphills living large. okay, it's no jaguar, but still very nice. like segways of old for a tenth of the price. and so for this holiday time, there's your list. i hope you've enjoyed this small shopping assist. the reindeer are antsy, i'm hearing them prance, plus i should get back, got to charge up my pants. ♪. >> that was our david pogue dressed up in his finest santa
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emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. and who doesn't love a good throwback? ♪♪ now with vitamin d for the dark days of winter. eggnog is a holiday tradition in many homes this time of year. meg oliver paid a visit to one of the oldest eggnog factories in all the land. >> reporter: in the heart of the gritty streets of philadelphia sits an unassuming building that has remained virtually unchanged for more than 80 years. inside charles jacquin's distillery, the recipe for their
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old school dutch eggnog hasn't changed either. >> it's our biggest item. and it's our number one or number two eggnog in america. >> reporter: the origins of eggnog dates back to medieval british times. when the drink made its way to the colonies, it became the eggnog we know today. >> the quintessential holiday drink. i don't drink eggnog every day, but definitely during the holidays, my family and i will drink a bottle. >> reporter: jacquin's eggnog journey began four decades ago with a trip to ireland to learn how to make irish cream, the company's desire to branch out from cordials and an untapped market. in 1981, they introduced alcoholic eggnog commercially to the nation. ceo jon cooper says the secret to their success is simple. what makes it different? >> besides the alcohol? it's just the basic ingredients. it's the cream. that's locally sourced. it's the eggs.
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we don't use egg powder. it's our proprietary blend of brandy, of bourbon and rum. and sugar of course. >> same recipe since 1981. never changed it? >> haven't changed it. >> reporter: during peak season they produce more than 2,000 cases of eggnog and ships to all states and military bases. they're the oldest cordial producer and serves up more than 140 products from union forge vodka to blackberry brandy. the business started in new york city, but on the heels of prohibition, the cooper family bought it in 1933 and moved it to philadelphia, where it remains the cornerstone of the community. what does this company mean to you? >> well, it's my legacy. but not just my legacy for my family, but really for the families that have worked here. >> reporter: a family business made up of families from the
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neighborhood like amy clipner. how many family members have worked here? >> my dad, my nephew, my aunts, my cousins. >> reporter: everybody? >> everybody. i feel at home here. >> i've been here 25 years. >> reporter: it's also home for jim logan. he worked his way up from stacking cases to plant manager. >> so even before working here as a kid growing up around the corner, as a kid who went to school right down the street close to these buildings, for me, and i think i can speak for others that are in the neighborhood, the buildings mean a little bit more than just a booze plant. >> reporter: jacquinn's might be like its best-selling eggnog, simple but spirited. >> cheers. happy holidays. >> happy holidays. >> reporter: that was meg oliver
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