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>> you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> bill o'reilly ''s take on current events has made him the king of cable news. but it's america's past that's husband current concern. >> is it yellow, orange, red alert? >> it's a red alert. >> later on "sunday morning" looking forward and backward with bill o'reilly. >> osgood: speaking of history during this year of our in this casual park service we're following in the footsteps of some genuine trail blaze was. connor knighton will be our guide. >> they were the tree army. created to fight the unemployment during the great depression. >> arrive at the camp is now tough as a

>> over 45 0 camps are the boys of the civilian coni vision corps still being used. >> the legacy of the civilian coni vision corps ahead on sun day morning. >> weird al is the nickname. who delights. lee cowan will found out who he does it. no ♪ >> he has been making the sully seem simple for more than 0 years. ♪ and yet, the longer he parodies pop culture, the harder it gets. >> i can think of idea all day long but 8% are hoar able. >> the weirdly popular weird al 'said on "sunday morning."

>> hog wild has nothing to do with swine and everything to do with legendary american motorcycle that's cropping up very far from home. seth doane will take us for a ride. >> the harley davidson inspires, maybe it's the rumble of that engine. or those smooth lines. but if you you this the passion for these bikes is distinctly american, well, think again. hitting the road with a harley davidson club in china. ahead on "sunday morning." >> ben tray detakes us behind the brush. and country sing are, the spot that bears a familiar breakfast name, kellogg's. but first, headlines, the

of july. three students who attended universities in the united states are among the 28 people killed in bangladesh during friday's terror attack. ice says it was re-- ice says it was responsible. killed more than 0 people, many were children. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton was interviewed by the fbi yesterday about already use of private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. the in ii view which lasted more than three hours was not unexpected. no indication she will face prosecution. elie wuesel who survived the holocaust as a child and grew to become an author. he was 87. the statement president obama called hum a conscience for our world.

we'll have remembrance late are on sun day morning. and oscar woning film director white gold earl simino has died. he was known for "deer hunter" about the impact the vietnam has on a small town. and garrison keeler has signed off for the last time. he hosted the public row show for 42 years. 18,000 fans were at the hollywood bowl for friday's taping. now, the wet are. thunderstorms could threaten parts of the plains with wind and hail. expect very hot temperatures in the south. tomorrow, rain could dampen picnics in the southwest and section. east. everywhere else, bright and beautiful. enjoy the fireworks.

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>> osgood: you might say bill o'reilly is making history. writing one best seller after another. books that focus on the critical moments in history. he sat down with mo rocca to talk about his books, his show and his take on our times. >> erin b

he's a big history buff. he's got the paper to prove it. his collection of memorabilia includes letters from thomas jefferson. >> and it defines a jefferson's view of christianity. this is the only letter this i've ever seen that deals with his spiritual, he is considered a secular opinion. >> a letter written by paul revere. >> this is my oldest piece. 174 he's a printer. franklin got a lot of people in trouble because he's running around with all the ladies in london and paris. >> quite a collection but he can easily afford it. after all, bill o'reilly is indisputably the biggest name in cable news. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> every week night he

his perch as host of fox news' "o'reilly factor." >> i cannot contain evil. i never had writer's brock. but that's a rare thing for word to l do out that freely. a lot of talented people get stuck in there. >> not for the irish. have you been to ireland? the words come out and out. i have that barney, that gift, i use it. long past up to nor all americans to understand a isis is not going to stop killing. >> that gift has kept him on top of the ratings for 16 years. but current events aren't his only worry. your concern about young people's knowledge of history is it at a yellow, orange, red alert? >> it's a red alert. those of us brought up in the '60s, 50s, 70s we were taught that a country is valuable and you respect your

country. i don't, you don't even talk about your country. not in the public school hardly any more. >> owe rulely should know. after graduating from marist college in 1971 he took a job teaching history to high schoolers. >> what i did, i managed to get them interested in history. making the people real. say, george washington, he wasn't some old guy looking at you from the one dollar bill. he would beat the living daylights out of you. boom, the heads go up. >> he takes the same approach in his legends and lies tv dock could you drama. >>oi

george washington of virginia. >> we give you the story but with a heavy dose. >> history told with what he calls a novel flare has worked out very well. his last five books coauthored have all, well, made k ailling. >> killing patton, killing of the rising son. when will the killing stop? >> we have three more to deliver. all very turnover. >> which are they? >> i can't say. then somebody else writes it ahead of me. >> readers can't seem to get enough of the series. but -- >> if you look all the reviews for all of the books the worst books on the face of the earth. >> i wrote them. >> is it jealousy?

writing about -- does he have a phd? >> not just reviewers have had problems. in killing reagan, he claimed that the 181 assassination attempt may have led to a centered amen tall decline that worried senior aides enough to evaluate his very competency. >> do you stand by it that he was nearly removed from office under the 1th amendment? >> they were looking at him to see if further action had to be taken. he was given policy questions, rose to the occasion. >> the book drew a sharp review from george will. >> what are you laughing at? >> their on-air exchange was not friendly. >> and you are a hack.

the way you called george will a hack like -- hack. like that -- you really dug in on it how did you feel about that? >> it was an odds confrontation. you want "new york times." i can got 'em. >> he didn't have anything. he had nothing, i destroyed him. >> that kind of packs or bluster depending on your viewpoint that's made the 66-year-old o'reilly stand out so long. >> i've been doing this 20 years. i can't care what you think about me. i couldn't care less. >> you've said i never roll low had that gene about wanting to be locked. i can believe that. >> because you want to be liked. you are failing in that regard but you want to be liked. >> we're both on tv. >> it doesn't matter. i don't go home say can how many people like me. we have enormous

i believe if they watch me 0% of them respect me. that's what makes me happy. >> that tell it like it is style may remind you of another big personality who is a frequent guest. >> you know, if i listen to you, in all fairness, i was going to get nothing with this guy. >> all i'm saying. >> would you consider him a friend? >> you know, i would. i guess. i've known him a long time. we go to ball games. i'm not hanging with him. >> regret calling him -- i do regret because i you this it's a tremendous insult. >> he is a guy who has billions of dollars. and if you have billions of dollars you can say what you want. so ever since he's been two years old donald trump has pretty much said anything. >> that's something you're describing a spoiled brat.

he's got the resource where he can say anything he wants to say. kennedy was the same way. john kennedy did whatever he wanted to do and said whatever he wanted to say. did he not? >> what is the thing that donald trump has asked that made you cringe. >> i don't like the john mccain stuff. he's a -- >> he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> john mccain is a hero. he suffered greatly. >> what is something that hillary clinton said? >> i don't like her calling people mission song mist. >> i am not -- the islam phobia. >> >> i think it's cheap. >> over time bill o'reilly says his take on all politicians has changed.

>> do something. americans just want to you try. i've become more cynical because i know the players. and i know the motivations, i don't like it. >> you thought thought they were selfish from the beginning. >> i came up in the vietnam era when the sds, lbj how many can you -- i never bought that. but i felt that most of out elected officials have their folks in their sights. wanted to do the right thing. i no longer feel that. >> if the founding fathers were here today -- >> impressed by the fact that so many americans do so well. what they set up works. if you work hard, if you you're honest, and if you persevere, persevere, you'll get a break. i think they would be impressed that still hold today.

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second president. yes, the fourth was the day the continental congress approved the declaration largely written by thomas jefferson our future third president. but for john adams the true holiday was july 2nd, the day congress actual low voted for independence. made his case for the second in a let for his wife dated july 3th, 1776. 40 years ago today. >> i believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generation as the great anniversary festival, wrote. it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade with games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illumination from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more. and so our independence is celebrated on julyth. for the rest of husband life, john adams reputedly declined to

celebration. but in the end the fourth south him out. john adams died on july 4th, 1826, the very same day as thomas jefferson. on the 50th anniversary of the first of our glorious 4th,. after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. love at first taste. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? brookside. talk about delicious.

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rockwell among his influences. ben tracy takes us behind the brush. >> in downtown los angeles, the sound of the city -- blend with the sound of soul. the artist is kadir nelson, you may not know who he is. but you'll find his work on the covers of magazines, albums and postage stamps then there are the children's books more than two dozen of them the subjects may vary but the team is unmistakable. >> as a young kid i didn't really see a lot of representation of african americans. i felt i had a selfie pointed responsibility that children who could go to

galleries, open their books and see images that looked like they will. and be proud of those images. >> images like shirley, the first black woman elected to congress. and baseball players from the negro league, also civil rights ago take vision harriet tubman. then there is this portrait of nelson mandela. his fist raised against apartheid. >> i like to subjects that are spiritually strong, internally strong. that's how i want to see myself. >> so within he was commissioned to create the cover for the 0th anniversary of the new yorker, nell on took the mascot and reimagined him as contemporary african american man. a modern day aristocrat. >> how old were you when you were drawing somethingik

>> that looks like it was from high school. >> since his parents always encouraged his talent but the inspiration actually came from a tv show. nelson was a big fan of "good times" and those paintings in the opening and closing credit. they were the work of ernie barns but passed off as the art of jj evans played by jimmy walker. >> i was five or six years old i can see african american artist on television who likes to draw and paint just like i do. ♪ he also idealized michael jackson, years later the phone rang. >> michael jackson called. and we spoke on the phone he told me how much he really likes the paintings. and he said, i want one.

i wanted to be big are. >> this was the result. finished after the superstar's death became the cover of jackson's album. nell sop's work is own by will smith, mike lee and debby allen. >> kadir speaks from a place of such quiet scream, i would say. >> quiet scream. >> i call it that because he's a quiet person. he's a general fell person. but his art is just screaming at you. it is begging you to go in and experience and feel. >> it was allen who convinced nelson to illustrate a chirp's book she wrote. >> ever since i was born and could see, everywhere i looked i saw dance. >> these aren't just any chirp's books, some of the few

depict children of color. >> a child opens a book and sees a face that looks like them they know that they matter. >> this is call stick ballers. nelson's paintings may look historical. he's been compared to norman rockwell. you'll reel lewd he's painting something that rarely if ever happened, black and white kid playing together in the 190s. >> it's follically that that could have happened. given the times. but great to imagine that it could have. this is what it could have looked like had things been different. >> there's nothing different kadir nelson can imagine doing with his life. because when that music starts to play and his subject, the late muhammad ali comes into focus his paint brush starts to sing. >> i'm proud that i get to do what i love every day. to express myself creatively,

it's a pretty good big. the best gig there is. >> osgood: next. on a roll. in shanghai.

coast guard nothing gets your heart racing like a harley davidson. and the enthusiasm for the harley extend far beyond our shores. seth doane has sent us a postcard from shanghai. >> those who love everything harley say the motorcycle embodies freedom and self expression. all seems oh, so certain. which makes this more low club so very different. meet harlow's shanghai chapter. yes, as in shanghai, china. you love the harlow davidson? >> of course, yeah. >> local lis zhoa is a harley davidson dealer and owner. >> you

heroes, always sat on the harlow davidson, right? >> so you were in china watching tv shows thinking i want to be one of those? his heroes cut across cultures. >> in chinese the name, the terminator. >> on this saturday morning the park can lot of his deal are ship was a buzz with activity and some of that terminator attitude. their club captain it might surprise you is an american,. >> lehrer: rice. seems the chinese have embraced the whole harley lifestyle. >> i'm amazed how well that translated. the whole thing, the tattoos, pony tails and all the clothes and gear they love it. >> rice, a businessman, has lived in china nor 24 years and has mandarin to prove it.

>> how different is the riding experience itself here incline this from when you ride around utah or the us? >> i think riding in the u.s. is boring. china is quite exciting. >> riding here is like being all day motorcycle chase. >> no sooner had said it and we were off. seeing it. we departed shanghai along the east coast headed west into the country side for about 0 miles to the town of wuxi, near tai, lake. he let us hop op to get a sense. he actually played "born to be wild" unprompted. this scene was real change from where we first met rice. as the ceo of

called in chendgu. they make traditional chinese like or that's so potent in a inch it might be able to power one of those motorcycles. these bikes and, well, their engines, turn heads. rice spend every weekend possible riding his harley around china. it's an escape. >> i don't look like a ceo and i don't do e-mails or text messages. leave my phone and i go. >> not thinking about work may be priceless. but this hobby comes with a hefty cost. how many harley davidsons do you sell in a year? back at the dealership, he told us he only sells 300 annually. these big, gasoline powered motorcycles are banned in 200 cities in china. for a range of reasons. including pollu

back to the price tag. >> hundred thousand u.s. dollars. >> you'd have to spend almost a hundred thousand dollars dollars for this bike? to buy it, register it, get it on the road. >> initially import tax triple the cost. and just the license plate in shanghai can be $15,000. because registrations are limited. still, he says the thrill of the ride is worth it. he has a pilot's license to fly a plane gut he says this is like flying on the ground. >> osgood: coming up. trail blazers in our knicksal parks.

>> osgood: this morning a salute to the trail blazers who transformed our national parks decades ago. and to a new generation following in their footsteps. conor knighton does the honors. >> this year, as i've been

landscapes have been unbelievably different. but the landscaping a common thread. from deep beneath the earth's surface high a top volcano. walking through forewrist and resting on rocky ledges, whether i knew it or not i was seeing the work of the ccc. >> magnificent natural beauty of the american natural parks that have drawn this wealth of beauty. >> the civilian coni vision corps or ccc was created in 113 by president franklin roosevelt. >> this great nation will epicure us. >> the height of the great depression, millions of americans across the country

america's public lands needed some work. >> in creating this civilian conservation corps. >> he had pushed the emergency conservation work act. part of his new deal. >> will arrive at the camp -- five days after it was signed into law, 25,000 young men signed up to work for the ccc. the program would eventually employ three million americans. clearing trails, building bridges, and planting trees all across the country. >> they are paying their way and making important conservation to the health and happiness. >> not only did their job support them, it also supported their families back home. beca e

month. and he was allowed to keep $5 that have for himself and the other $5 was sent back home for his family. >> salie is a raker at shenandoah national park home of the one of the first ccc camps in the park service. >> this is one of two buildings that was built by the ccc as part of their camp. >> while the camps were meant to be temporary the ccc had a lasting impact. they built the park headquarters and its warehouse. the rocks lining famous skyline drive, those were all laid by the ccc. >> they were completely crucial to the development of the park. without them we probably wouldn't have the kind of park that woe have today. >> president roosevelt makes his first visit -- >> roosevelt himself paid a shrift, in august of 11 to publicize how well the program was doing. >> i wish

couple of months off from the white house come down here and live with them because i know i'd do it. they put on average of about 1 pound apiece since they got here and i'm trying to take off 12 pound. >> a job with the ccc meant three square meala a day, new clothes and new skills. >> got lot more out of it than just the daily work. because in the evenings they offered instruction and education and skills that they could use beyond the ccc. young men had gone through the eighth grade they actually gave them reading, writing and arithmetic. >> trademarks of the conservation core it. >> was franklin roosevelt's most popular new deal program. over the course of nine years the boys of the ccc planted close to three billion trees and built over 1,000 miles of trails.

put its resources into world war ii congress voted to defund the program. many of roosevelt's tree army shipped off to join the actual army. their work made the parks accessible. and years since all of that tourism has taken its toll. >> we have a lot of work to be done here. no shortage of work. we have a significant maintenance backlog across the national park service about $11-12 billion. >> a superintendent of mt. rainier national park. the park's carpentry shop was built by the ccc back in 1935. today, there's no shortage of work, just a shortage of workers. >> i would have loved the stimulus package with the great recession to have included bringing back the ccc. five

2009 when we needed it. >> secretary. interior knows of the new deal isn't likely. she's gone looking for money from companies eager to boost their environmental credit. >> i didn't expect to be in the fundraising business when i took this job. the reality is i have gone out asked businesses to help us out. private donors, companies and organizations and individuals to fund youth conservation corps crews around the country. >> it's an initiative called the 21st century conservation service corps a public-private partnership. sometimes, even refbishing old ccc buildings. the goal is to get 100,000 young people and veterans working by 2018. >> what i'm hearing and seeing how these young people have worked here have the

connection. >> have a great summer. working at rainier connection to the people who worked at this park before him. >> we just thought nature is beautiful, not people work hard to put in effort for people to be able to understand how great nature is. >> it's hard work that street still paying off. 8 years after fdr's most popular program.

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camp survivor elue wues,l died in new york. born in 1928 what is now romania he was just 15 years old when he and his family were seized by the nazis sent to auschwitz. never shall i forget the first night he wrote, turned my life into one long night. transferred, now 16-year-old was among prisoners freed by allied force in april 194568 to late for his parents and one of his three sisters. came the burden he described years later in a cbs interview. >> every survivor had a question. >> osgood: was to devote his life to fighting intolerance. showing that no one every

holocaust. dozens of books for the foundation, championed the cause of isreal. in 1986 he was awarded nobel peace prize. his message is one of peace and human dignity. he was 87.

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>> osgood: steve hartman with a look in r in progress with a place that hasn't seen much progress unmany years. >> highland park, michigan, next to detroit. has all the makings of a ghost town. this was the library.

much of the town just plain was. fortunately one man's wasteland is another woman's blank slate. >> i just felt that it was a space to build and do things on. >> run through your brach ground in urban planning? >> i don't have anything in urban planning except for sitting on this porch conjuring up. look all this space. >> meet shamayim harris. this one time school administrator is now architect of the most unlikely redevelopment project. she set up a nonprofit. got donations. started reversing the decline on her block. >> are you paying all these people? >> well, a couple of them. most are volunteers. >> she embrace everything one. she truce to uplift everyone. >> this is just some of her army. >> when she

knows who to call. that's why ma ma shs so amazing. she plans to put a park and after school homework house here. basketball, volleyball and tennis courts here. a greenhouse and cafe in this old garage. and much more. >> going to see this whole block looking like some of the suburban blocks. that's what you're going to see. >> she's driven to do all this partly for her community and partly as tribute to her son, jakobi was. he was killed by hit and run driver. he was two. still very much in her heart and on her shoulder. >> go mommy, go, he says that. >> he keeps whispering. >> all the time. >> terrible twos? >> i know. won't take no for an answer. that's my boy.

>> first phase which includes jakobi park will be done by fall. the rest of her plan will follow. eventually if she has her way this whole town will be reborn. >> i want it to be something, you can do it. >> take it from a bubbling fountain of living proof. >> osgood: still to come. >> my career started after the death of an 8 track. >> osgood: sunday morning with weird al yankovic. later. independence day at the movies.

your home can be perfect.re, even when life isn't. the neighbor's back. oh, no. this is my husband, gibby! i wanted to show him your furniture! i like it! you wanna come in? oh no. that would be weird! the 4th of july sale is happening now. havertys.

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>> osgood: or sunday morning theme "ablassen" performed by the truly incomparable weird al yankovic. as lee cowan shows us in this sunday profile. ♪ >> there's nothing quite as weirdly entertaining as a weird al yankovic convert. ♪ spans sport tin foil hats, weird al wigs, some even cradle weird al balloon character. after 30 years of performing, weird al

as ever. still holding a fun house mirror up to america's top 40 hits. ♪ he's been at this long enough that he started out making fun of pop culture. he's now firmly a part of it. ♪ we caught up with him back stage at nashville's grand ole opry house near the beginning of his summer long 80 city tour. >> i bet some stage fright. if you lose that you lose a little bit of your edge. but once i step out on stage i feel that wave coming from the fans then it all goes away and it's just fun.

this is the curt cobain wig. ♪ your hat and the beard. famous michael jackson parody, fat, he has to put on a few pound as well. >> i put on the glosses. that's the effect, yeah. michael jackson was one of his earliest fans. al's version of "beat it" was almost as popular as the original. ♪ and who could forget

madonna's like a virgin. ♪ >> i think people would be surprised how much effort goes into these songs. >> i do on streets over it. i spend weeks, some times months working on one ridiculous song. >> it's pretty easy for some of these to be mean spirited. but generally they don't. >> i don't want to have fun at the artist's expense. i want them to be in on the joke. ♪ >> it's gentle humor, i guess. but i don't think that means it's any less funny or less valid. ♪ >> lowellly he can spare d

but out of respect, he usually asks for an artist's permission. most consider it sincerest form of not re. with you sometimes the answer is no. like when he asked paul mccartney about one song in particular. >> i wanted to do a parody of live and let die called chicken pot pie. and because paul is a strict vegetarian, i prefer not about eating chicken because that goes against my belief. the whole chorus is chicken squawking, i couldn't make tofu pot pie note note. >> his most rebound album his 14th by the way debuted at number one on the billboard 200. that's unheard of for a comedy album. at 56, weird al is remarkably normal in his weird per so. that he lives with his

16 years, suzanne, and his daughter, nina. >> my career started after the death of an 8 track. not quite. >> his path to weirdness started in lynwood, california, subject subject of los angeles where al grew up. music wasn't his first love it was actually school. >> i started kindergarten a year early, i started high school when i was 12, graduated when i was 16 as valedictorian. when i write a song like white and near de. ♪ that comes from personal experience. there's a lot of personal experience that goes into that ♪ >> adding to his nerd mystique, was his passion for that accordion. came into his life via door to door salesman, parents bought him lessons on the spot. >> they thought, who wouldn't want to learn how to

accordion. every party that you go to you'll be a one-man band. you'll be so popular. imagine how popular in high school account ladies. chick magnet, are you kidding me. >> in college, he planned on being an architect. but he also worked at the college radio station, that's where alfred matthew yankovic became weird al. >> i'm not sure who called me weird al. they were calling me my freshman year, that was -- that's just weird al. not exactly a compliment. not at the time. but derogatory. eye take this on. this is going to be empowering thing. i'm going to own my weirdness. fly my freak flag. >> he started writing lyrics for fun. sent a few to a radio program. started playing songs on the air. >> the first song that was bona

bologna. ♪ >> the timing was perfect. mtv had just gone on the air. they needed content. even weird al content. ♪ >> and all of a sudden i was being pointed out on the street, being stared at, which is something i never really had experienced in my life up to that time. >> cobbled a band together that could replicate mega hits to a tee. jim has been with him since 1981. john has been with him since the days of "another one rides the bus u. >> you feel like you get the respect you

>> much more. >> it's evolved over the years. we didn't get a whole lot of respect we were considered like comedy band. >> back in 198, opening for the band missing persons they were almost laughed out of the santa monica auditorium. the curtain went up, as soon as they saw me with the accordion liar that i can, get off the stage! >> i don't know if he knew what it meant to be booed off the stage. he just stayed. >> i was walking back to my car in the parking lot, teenage kid came up to me and said, are you weird al? i said, yeah. he goes, you success! like, oh, the perfect button to the evening, thank you so much. >> are you ready to polka! ♪ opinions have concernly changed over the years. now he's made the

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teaming up this time not with tony the tiger but superstar dessert chef christina tosi a judge on the master chef tv series. >> you're a crazy, cereal fanatic? >> yes. i have like this insane love affair with cereal. >> at her new york bakery called milk bar, tosi mixes corn flakes into her chocolate chip cookies. >> taking the every day ordinary and twisting it. >> her job at the kellogg's cafe to add a twist to those bowls of cereal. like here, with her berry au lait. >> super simple. four ingredients. >> yep. it let's you skip the coffee drinking by adding coffee right in with the cereal. >> i'm not sure i'd do i

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opportunity. >> a little bit of marketing stunt? >> really? i'm shocked. the quick answer is, of course it's a marketing stunt. it will be a great success and great help for kellogg. absolutely. >> kellogg's associate marketing director says there's some truth to that. >> the challenge and the opportunity for us to more than 90% of people in america have cereal in their subpoena boards. they are simply eating it less often. >> but just because it's good marketing doesn't mean kellogg's wanted it to look and feel like something flakey. why they approached anthony. >> how do you make cereal cafe authentic? >> like any other product. you tap into the history. >> he's better known for running new york's famous per se restaurant. when he was asked to oversee the cereal cafe he admits, he had to

tasted like. >> i had a bowl of froot loops. i remember fight can my sister for the prize. >> he built nostalgia the cafe. everything is packaged to go. the milk obviously separate so that you don't open up a bowl of mush. >> when someone suggests adding pistachios to your frosted flakes, rice crispies with matcha, maybe it won't sound so crazy after all. >> i want people to walk away, i'm going to try that. that's what i want them to walk away with. >> osgood: anthony mason introduces us to country's maren

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♪ >> osgood: introducing maren morris. eight tease mer side is just one of her songs that has country music fans taking notice. anthony mason has her story. ♪ >> back in february, maren morris was warming up for perhaps the biggest day of her young career. >> i just try to be really mindful and gracious of all of these moments. this is a big one. >> that morning, the then 25-year-old texan had just turned in her major label, debut album. >> it's done. >> that night, with her parents in house, she was making her firs

nashville's famed ryman auditorium on the heels of her break out hit single, my church. ♪ morris album, hero, went straight to number one on billboard country chart. a striking turn around for singer who only four years ago had turned her back on performing. maren morris was 10 whe she started singing in arlington, texas, when her parents ran a hair salon. haar first performance was at the white elephant saloon. >> i remember the whole saloon hushed. i never quite kicked that bug. >> as a teenager she played the texas circuit,

kacey muss graves. show self released several albums but after a decade of performing she hit a wall and quit the stage. >> i was a little fed up with myself. and i wanted to make a change. i had never lived anywhere else besides texas. i just want to be a bet are something. >> like you were trying to provoke something. >> i was trying to scare myself a little bit. >> at 21 she packed up a u-haul and moved to nashville to become a songwriter. >> what was the scariest part about coming here? >> i moved into like a craig lust house. i didn't know who the roommates were. it was terrifying. it was cheap. that house is condemned now. i don't know how my mom let me out of the car honestly. she pulled up she was like, what the hell is this? >> but she quickly found a job with awn p lusher on nashville's music row. within six

recorded a song she wrote wrote called "last turn home u. >> what was it luke to hear that? >> it was very emotional. you never forget. >> what happened that took you back to the stage? >> i think it was a confidence thing. i didn't have for those few years. i had to find my way back home to who i was. i remember turning songs in to my publisher i'd get the same e-mails, maren, i love to song, but i don't know who to send this to because it has you written all over it. >> she started to find her own voice. >> everything changed when i wrote "my church." and that was the day i realized, i'm not sending this to anybody. >> the song came to her on a

>> i was trying to find santa monica i just headed west, wherever that would take me. finally hit the water. i remember seeing the ocean, just sound track for this cathartic moment in my live. i just remember thinking to myself, this is like church to me. >> no knee church" became her first gold record at london's 02 arena earlier this year, she heard fans sing the words along with her for the first time. >> that the a big arena. >> it's big, yeah. it was sold out. every single corn are of that stadium was singing along. >> she was still in shock when she watched a video afterwards back stage. >> i'm going to cry.

happened. >> where you did your writing? >> yeah a. lot of songs i've written with cowriters in here. and it's just tucked away in east nashville. >> she cowrote with producer and her new single. inspired by something a girlfriend said about a boyfriend. >> she really only liked him for his car. she says, this '80s mercedes. i sort of stopped listening, because my writer brain turned on. >> '80s mercedes now racing up the country chart. at 26 maren morris may need more than ha sports car to keep up with her skyrocketing career. >> this is all bucket list stuff that i had on my mind that never d

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>> john: today on "face the nation", attacks and president politics at home. people dead after an attack at a restaurant in bangladesh and an airplane in turkey. republican senators john mccain, and lindsey graham join us to discuss the u.s. response and choices facing the next president. plus, hillary clinton sat down for three and a half hours with the fbi yesterday to talk about her private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> bill clinton had a chance meeting with attorney general lorette lynch put them on the defensive. >> just happened to be at the airport. >> john: w