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something special. oprah was the one in awe. >> look who is here miss oprah winfrey. >> i have admired from afar. there's food on the table. >> this amazing spread is from oprah's new food line from oh, that's good. >> this came from i've been instagraming photos of my garden, and vegetables it's a way to bring nutrition and access to everybody. >> so get a garden! that's organic. >> the food's not actually from her garden but inspired by it and just looking at the broccoli cheddar soup makes us hungry. >> oh, that's good not just saying that. you take
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>> i have not done that, wrinkle in time is more for our tequila set. >> are you making sure we have margaritas. >> i'm making sure they're watered down. >> how do you have time to do all this. you run a network. >> this is the best timeo of my life. >> you don't have a lot of stress. >> no i don't. >> how did you learn not to be stressed out. >> this is a perfect et moment, the reason why you're always stressed is because you want this moment to be something that it's not. so at any time you are feeling as though oh, i'm late, oh, i fleed to take that call, you just stop and accept this moment for what it is. >> now that she's got that 60 minutes gig. >> i want to know now are you going to get that interview with beyonce after her twins, everybody wants that first interview. >> you think i'm going to tell.
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>> oh, she's working on it. thank you so much for stopping by. >> thank you for letting me to sit at the table. >> you can come any time. >> you can join us for a meal any time. >> okay i'm going to take y'all up on that. y'all please don't forget about me i don't ask for much but i need to be there for that one too. our thanks to oprah for dropping by. let's talk when this foodie kate hudson with a new book all about entertaining. can be difficult and stressful during the holiday season but not for kate. we go in for holiday cooking in kate's home. welcome to my kitchen. >> in hollywood you're known a
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the hostest with the mostest. >> this is my favorite thing to do cooking, baking, entertaining. when i'm not doing it it's because i'm not happy in my life. >> the mom has one family rule they have to sit down to have dinner together at least once a week. >> i started to turn off the television and take away the ipads and phones it doesn't come without uh, mom, but those times are priceless. >> she is all about family traditions and favorite recipes. in her new book "pretty fun". >> let's talk about thanksgiving pie obsession. >> pie obsession you make nine pies. >> i started making pies when i was pregnant with ryder but then slowly making pies was something i really loved to do. >> her go to pie. >> an apple caramel pecan pie. going to put a
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pie. going to put it in the freezer. now going to masterbate your apples. >> what? masterbation my favorite work. this is going to go now in the oven and put your crumble on top. go crazy. have fun. my favorite part is the drizzle at the end of many caramel. >> so good. >> there you go. new pie in the house. >> hope they save some for us. it's not okay. let's talk about this family. gains chip and joanna. they may be ending their tv hit. but they're not slowing down. >> no actually they're open book about everything. starting with why they really ended their popular home improvement show. >> for me i always thought i'd rather be missed than somebody get tired.
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>> you're the number one show on the network i don't think people will get tired. >> what an encouragement. i appreciate it. are we number one. >> yes "fixer upper" is the number one show on hdtv and people were very upset when they announced it would end after season five. >> were you surprised about the reaction if the show is going away there has to be a concrete reason. >> there's so many things. even leading up it to it. i'm leaving, and made me look like i'm doing my own thing. that was just a big rumor that our marriage was on the rocks. that i was pregnant. funny, i guess people can just make stuff up. >> the reason for wrapping up the show to take time for themselves their four kids and business. >> is this the end of tv. >> i feel hopeful for whatever
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the ground in waco texas opening a new restaurant. we got to get on the ground and be big part of that as these things are still going. >> now chip is sharing the ups and downs of creating his new empire of his new book capital gain. >> what do people learn about your journey. >> it wasn't easy. lot of late nights. ton of hard work. even as we were bringing our family on this journey that was hard work. i wanted it to be authentic and sincere and i know this journey for us has been just that. >> the fact we got to go through this together, come out stronger i think is a real gift. >> man i love those guys. they also say they hope things will slow down because she haven't done what they want sit down and be quiet and just read a book. >> i know when you put on
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>> celebrating birthday this weekend. jodie foster celebrating turning 55. meg ryan 56. and allison denny 58. which wedding crasher actor was supposed to be part of the "ocean eleven" ensemble that is owen wilson who is 49 this weekend. happy birthday. >> monday. peak at new tv special as he brings 24 karat magic to the apollo theater. >> there's things we have to do now that we did not have to do when i was younger. >> our exclusive behind the scenes of her perfect new cover. monday on et. >> well we are almost out of time this weekend for all of the late breaking hollywood are new goes to our website etonline.com. before we go check out this new
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american doctors have raised nearly $100 million in aid and sent more than 100 members into rebel-held syria, including aleppo, where dr. attar worked. >> we'd find ourselves doing surgeries sometimes without anesthesia on people lying on gurneys in the hallway, because you're just so overstretched. still ahead, the push to bring self-driving cars to the big apple. is new york city ready?
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kris van cleave has more. >> reporter: mix millions of cars, pedestrians, bicyclists, delivery trucks -- and you get manhattan driving. at its best, unpredictable. at worst, chaos. for today's self-driving cars, that mixture might be too much. >> so this cop that's flagging traffic here, right now, that would confuse the current generation of self-driving cars? >> yeah, we're not there yet, because they're not -- the brain isn't as advanced to understand what that person is doing. >> reporter: we drove the city streets with brad sturtz from audi. he's been working on autonomous driving technology for over a decade. would the self-driving car of the future predict that guy was going to swing out into my lane?
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>> not predict but would have seen him edge over and backed off a little bit. >> reporter: he thinks it could be 2035 before self-driving cars are common in new york city. but governor cuomo wants autonomous vehicles to get a big apple test drive next year. mayor bill de blasio said, not so fast. >> i don't like it. i think it's a mistake. i think it creates a danger. >> reporter: self-driving cars use sensors to detect surroundings and are programmed to follow traffic laws. but a dense city environment might overwhelm the current technology. >> if it weren't for humans, autonomous vehicles would work perfectly. >> reporter: sam schwarts is the former new york city traffic commissioner. >> the two things autonomous vehicles have not figured out are what a pedestrian's about to do and what are bicycle riders about to do. >> reporter: this is one vision of how self-driving cars could work in manhattan. dedicated autonomous thoroughfale
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city and cutting across town, potentially allowing some roads to go unused and become green space. john myer from design firm edg entered the idea into a contest organized by new york city. >> getting the pedestrians and drivers out of the way allows you to achieve true efficiency. >> reporter: efficiency that will require time, upgraded infrastructure, smarter self-driving cars, and patience. in a city not known for it. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. when we return, the lunch club. we'll introduce you to high school students whose mission it is to make sure nobody feels socially isolated at school.
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today at uso.org. i am the founder and director of slam dunk for diabetes. slam dunk for diabetes is the only day basketball camp in the country and we provide the opportunity for children with pre-diabetes and type 1 and type 2 diabetes to get together, play ball and to learn to manage their diabetes. [olivia] when i first got to the camp, it wasn't like oh it's so sad, all the kids have diabetes, it wasn't that at all, it was happiness, it was kids laughing and running and playing and i wanted to be a part of that so much. [monica joyce] coming back year after year, what olivia learned is that she really isn't alone. [olivia] she created a world for diabetic kids to play and be normal and have fun and meet people and meet other kids that have diabetes. i can't thank her enough [monica joyce] i met olivia in 2004 and i said to people, stick around, olivia is going to set the world on fire one day.
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ample of what camp can do for children we end this evening with a return trip to a school where everyone finds nourishment at lunch time and it has nothing to do with the food. steve hartman has more from boca raton, florida. >> reporter: when the lunch bell rings at boca high in boca raton, florida, 3,400 kids spill into the courtyard and split into their social groups. but not everyone gets included. as we first reported last march, here at boca high and at schools across the country, someone always sits alone. >> it's not a good feeling. you're by yourself and that's something i don't want anybody to go through. >> reporter: dennis esteman is a haitian immigrant. when he came here in first grade he says he felt isolated. especially at lunch.
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forgotten that first grade feeling. >> to me it's like if we don't try and make that change, who's going to do it? >> reporter: with some friends, dennis started a club called we dine together. >> we dine -- >> together! >> we dine -- >> together! >> we dine -- >> together! >> reporter: their mission is to go into the courtyard at lunchtime, to make sure no one is starving for company. >> dennis. >> i'm new here. >> when did you first come here? >> reporter: for new kids especially the club is a godsend. >> gabriel. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: since it started last year, hundreds of friendships have formed. some very unlikely. >> you're probably meeting kids you never would meet on the football team. >> never. >> reporter: gene quit the football team, gave up the perks, just so he could spend more time with this club. >> i don't mind not getting a football scholarship. this is what i really want to do. >> reporter: imagine how different your teenage years would have been if the coolest kids in school all of a sudden decided you mattered. >> we get to kea
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>> reporter: it takes a lot of empathy to devote your lunch period to this. either that or firsthand experience. >> i went from coming from a school that i always had friends, to coming to where i had nobody. >> reporter: club member allie sealy transferred a few years ago. she says with no one to sit next to, lunch can be the most excruciating part of the day. >> it's really unfair. it's honestly an issue. meeting someone who actually cares and listens to what you have to say really makes a difference. that could happen at lunch. that could happen at our club. >> reporter: since we first told this story, dennis has graduated from high school, but not from this mission. >> start your own club at your school -- >> reporter: he's traveling the country opening we dine together chapters at other schools. 15 so far, with more than 100 slated for the new year. and if we're lucky, when he's done showing kids how to make outsiders feel accepted -- >> yeah, i'll be around tomorrow if you want to eat lunch
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together. >> reporter: -- he can teach the rest of us. steve hartman on the road in boca raton, florida. welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. millions of americans head back to work this morning after a holiday weekend that for most included turkey, football, parades, and shopping. there was black friday, small business saturday, and today is cyber monday. millions will be surfing the web, many of them at work searching for bargains. meg oliver has the story. >> reporter: workers at this fulfillment center outside new york city are on the front lines of the frantic holiday shopping season.
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amazon has hired 120,000 seasonal employees across the country to meet the demand. conveyor belts have been running 24 hours a day to get packages delivered to online shoppers in time for the holidays. online black friday sales surpassed last year by more than 18%. and cyber monday, the speed of shopping is only expected to intensify. in 2016, amazon alone processed 64 million orders worldwide on cyber monday. that's 740 items per second. do you expect to break records on cyber monday? >> we certainly hope so. >> reporter: lori torgersen is a retail manager for amazon. >> nothing beats the convenience of shopping from the comfort of your own home or on the go with mobile phones. we're seeing mobile phone purchases increase, more than 70% of amazon customers purchased orders through mobile devices. >> reporter: consumers can expect keep discounts on items ranging from electronics and clothes to toys. advertisers are boasting sales up to 50% off the ticketed price. what does that mean for brick and mortar stores going forward?
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players in retail and there's room for a lot of winners. >> that's true. analysts say up to 90% of sales still happen in stores. >> so are more people shopping online or in stores? >> no, overall they're striking a balance. but one study found where you live sometimes determines where you shop. so for instance, rural and suburban consumers, they like to avoid shipping charges so they'll go to the store. as you know, city dwellers need a little help with the delivery, so they do shop a lot online. >> meg oliver, thanks so much. minnesota senator al franken says he is embarrassed and ashamed following accusations of inappropriate touching by four women. the democrat sat down with local minneapolis cbs station wcco. he also spoke with a local area newspaper and minnesota public radio. jamie yuccas reports from d.c. >> reporter: minnesota senator al franken says he was blind-sided by the accusations of four women who say he inappropriately touched them. >> i have a long way back to win
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minnesota. i've let the people down. i've let the people of minnesota down, i've let my friends and staff and supporters down, my family down. i've especially let down the people who have seen me as a champion for women. >> reporter: two women recently told "the huffington post" franken touched their buttocks during separate campaign events. in an interview with minnesota public radio, franken says the allegations are shocking to him. >> some women have said that i crossed a line, and for that i'm very sorry. and any number is too many. >> reporter: radio host leann tweeden accused franken of groping her while on a tour visiting u.s. troops in 2006. she said it happened while she was sleeping and only saw the picture later. tweeden claims franken also forcibly kissed her. >> he was getting assertive, we really need to rehearsis
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>> reporter: second accuser lindsay mins claims she was groped at the minnesota state fair in 2010. franken told minnesota public radio -- >> the worst part about this for me is that i am someone who -- i respect women. and i have given people a reason i guess to not -- to think i don't. >> reporter: franken says he will comply with an ethics investigation and he has no plans to resign. elaine, he will be back at work in the senate monday morning. >> jamie, thank you. the popular spa chain massage envy is facing accusations of sexual assault. an investigation by buzzfeed news found 180 women reported sexual assaults at massage envy franchises around the country, including claims that massage therapists groped their breasts and genitals or committed other explicit violations. massage envy told buzzfeed it would not be appropriate to respond to questions because of
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company has the most stringent, rigorous policies for hiring therapists. president trump weighed in again sunday on the controversial alabama senate race. the president has a busy week ahead as he returns to washington from his holiday weekend in florida. erroll barnett has the latest from mar-a-lago. >> reporter: as president trump ends his thanksgiving vacation he returns to a city reeling from a growing list of sexual misconduct allegations and a republican desire to finalize tax reform. michigan's john conyers announced he's stepping down as the top democrat on the house judiciary committee pending an ethics investigation into mltiple charges of sexual misconduct. saying in a statement he cannot in good conscience allow these charges to undermine his democratic colleagues. >> he's done a great deal to protect women. >> reporter: even after defending him on television, house minority leader nancy pelosi released her own statement acknowledging she requested the probe into conyers' behavr.
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individual's legacy, she wrote, it is not a license for harassment." >> we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat. >> reporter: president trump, who last week defended republican senate candidate roy moore against multiple sexual assault allegations he faces, repeated that stance on twitter today. moore's opponent doug jones would be a disaster, reminding his followers he initially backed moore's primary opponent. some republicans like senator lindsey graham fear the president's position is risky. >> what i would tell president trump, if you think winning with roy moore is going to be easy for the republican party, you're mistaken. >> reporter: the senate's number three republican, john thune. >> if roy moore wins and comes into the senate in january, there's going to immediately be an ethics investigation which is going to be a cloud he'll be operating in, it will be a distraction for us and our agenda. >> reporter: the department of justice announced it backs president trump's authority in naming budget director nick
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mulvaney as acting head of a government's consumer finance watchdog agency. this despite the cfpb's outgoing director naming his own replacement on friday. democratic senator elizabeth warren said the president is creating chaos and supports this dispute being settled in the courts. >> erroll barnett, thank you. still no claim of % responsibility for friday's massacre at an egyptian mosque but isis is suspected. militants attacked worshippers during friday prayers at a mosque in northern sinai, killing 305 people and wounding more than 100. most of the victims were sufi muslims considered by isis to be heretics. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.
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this is the "cbs overnight news." songwriter noel gallagher and his brother liam sold over 70 million albums as part of the british pop band oasis. but the brothers never got along and the band broke up in 2009. noel has been writing songs for his new band, birds, and invited anthony mason to his hometown in england for a chat. >> reporter: two and a half years. that's all it took for the british band oasis. one moment, noel gallagher was unemployed. the next, he was on top of the world. ♪ ♪
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>> it all happened incredibly quickly. >> it's insane. that trajectory, from nothing to we were the biggest band in the world, it was brief but we were there. it was kind of like breathtaking, really. ♪ maybe i don't really want to know ♪ >> reporter: oasis' 1994 album "definitely maybe" was then the fastest-selling debut in british history. their follow-up "what's the story morning glory" sold 22 million copies. and produced the worldwide smash "wonder wall." ♪ i don't believe that anybody feels the way i do ♪ ♪ about you now >> reporter: when the band sold out two nights at nebworth englan
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people applied for the 250,000 tickets. ♪ someday you will find >> why do you think it happened? >> timing. nirvana, the grunge thing had come to its natural end. and the scene was set for something. you know, it happened to be us. the people don't know what they want until you give to it them. >> what did you give to them? >> songs, melodies, attitude. and a kind of irreverence. ♪ so sally can wait >> reporter: noel and younger brother liam fought from the start. liam, the lead singer, was all sneer and swagger. noel, the songwriter, was the band's svengali. it was a combustible collaboration.
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as much as you and liam have bickered over the years, could you have been successful without each other? >> no chance. no way. i wouldn't have got anywhere without him, he wouldn't have got anywhere without me, simple as that. >> reporter: the gallagher brothers came out of manchester, england. the gritty city george orwell once called the belly and guts of the nation. >> this is where we're from. it is extremely working class. >> reporter: on an unseasonably lovely manchester day -- >> i was kind of thinking you might get the manchester experience, which is sideways rain. >> reporter: gallagher took us to the playing fields of his youth. >> these were all bowling greens. we used to sit in there and take drugs and listen to music on little tiny [ bleep ] tape recorders. and do a bit of growing up.
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>> reporter: his musical education started at sifters record store, name checked in the song "shaker maker." ♪ >> yeah, i used to be in there all the time. >> you picked up a guitar at 13, is that right? >> yeah, early teenager, yeah. it was -- nobody quite knows why the guitar was in the house, because i'm not from a musical family. >> right. >> reporter: the gallaghers' mother, peggy, worked in a school and biscuit factory. their father, who left when noel was a teenager, was alcoholic and abusive. you said something to the effect of, your father effectively beat the talent into you. >> a good line, wasn't it? >> yeah. what did you mean? >> it gave me the drive to make something of myself. i think i definitely withdrew into myself, into my own world, as a reaction to that.
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became my world, you know what i mean? i've never written a song about it, which is fascinating. >> why do you think that is. >> i don't know. i've never been to see a therapist. till today. >> reporter: by the early '90s, noel had moved into an apartment in downtown manchester. >> i haven't been in here since the day that i left. >> reporter: where he wrote all of oasis' first album. >> i wrote "rock 'n' roll star" in this room on an electric guitar with the amp, with the guy underneath me banging on the floor with a brush handle. you know, the first line is "i live my life in the city." it's kind of like, this is it. ♪ >> musically, how would you describe your chemistry with liam? >> i think that was the strength the band was my songs and his thing, whatever that thing is.
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so 99.9% of the population see him as one thing. i see him as another. because i'm his brother, you know what i mean? >> what do you see him as? >> what do i see him as? [ bleep ] pain in the ass. >> reporter: their fights were epic. one notorious battle recorded after liam was arrested for being drunk was released as a single and made the british charts. >> if you think rock 'n' roll i is getting arrested and all that -- >> no, rock 'n' roll is about being yourself -- >> it's not, rock 'n' roll is about music, music, music. it's not about you, it's not about me. >> reporter: after seven albums that went to number one in britain, noel quit the band in 2009. >> and i know that annoys people. fans in particular. but it's not about them.
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that i pay them, i pay them. >> do you talk to each other now? >> no, there's too much been said. >> is it beyond repair? >> for me it is, yeah. no, we got personal. and he kind of brought my wife and kids into it very publicly. and i'm kind of like, okay, if you want to go there, be prepared to take the [ bleep ] to the grave. okay? that sounds callous and cold. but that's who i am, i'm afraid. ♪ be my doll be my baby doll >> reporter: he has his own band, the high-flying birds. they just released their third album, "who built the moon." the late beatles producer george martin once called noel gallagher the finest songwriter of his generation. but he admits his lyrics at times are a mystery even to him. do you know what champagne supernova means? >> no idea.
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faster than a cannonball. what? >> reporter: gallagher sang it on his last tour. >> i'm thinking, what is this song about? and then i stop, there's a guy and he had his shirt in one hand and his fist clenched and he was crying his eyes out. and i was like, that's what it means. i'm not sure songs need to have literal meanings. i don't know. they're part of people's lives. crest glamorous white whitestrips are the only ada-accepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. and they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. it says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. this. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together.
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how much would you pay for a rolex once owned by the late actor paul newman? even if you have $18 million, you're too late. serena altshul reports. >> reporter: a little over a week ago at the phillips auction house in new york city, a trove of 50 wristwatches was up for sale. but the star of the show, with its own special room and a high-tech security system, was a certain rolex. auctioneer aurel bach. >> this is to many the holy grail. it's something that started an entire movement. >> reporter: for decades, actor paul newman wore this rolex cosmograph daytona.
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he took up auto racing while filming the 1969 film "winning." in which he starred alongside his wife joanne woodward. she gave her husband a watch to celebrate his new hobby inscribed with a hidden message. >> here, beautifully engraved on the back, it reads, "drive carefully, me." me being joanne. >> reporter: the rolex cosmograph daytona wasn't a bestseller when it debuted in 1963. but worn on the wrist of paul newman, it became the epitome of cool. in fact, it became known as the paul newman watch. but after the star's death in 2008, the watch that started it all seemed to have vanished. >> i was about 15 years old, at a racetrack -- >> reporter: enter james cox, who met newman in the late '70s. >> i l c
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paul was racing. i spotted paul sitting after he had just gotten off the track with his car. he just gestures for me to come under this barrier to get a better photo of the car. >> reporter: the story takes another turn a few years later, when at college cox met a girl named nell potts. >> i think the first time i saw her at school, i'm standing in her driveway, she comes in, she's driving in her car, she pulls the u-brake and spins the car around and pops out of the door, she's got a six-pack of st. pauli girl. wow, i want to get to know her. >> that girl's for me. >> reporter: what he didn't know was that nell potts was a stage name. and only later when they were dating d did he learn her real name. nell newman. he also got to know her father. >> one summer i offered to rebuild this tree house that was kind of a classic feature on the family property. ended up being just paul and i.
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house during the day, he would often come over at the end of the night and just check on my progress. he comes over one day and says, james, you know what time it is? no, i'm not wearing a watch. he says, well. he takes his rolex off. if you remember to wind this, it tells great time, and hands it to me. then he proceeded to show me how to wind it and took a little time with me. >> reporter: for years, cox wore the watch even after he and nell newman broke up. until he discovered the rolex had taken on a legendary life of its own. which is why he decided to sell the watch, in part to benefit the charitable foundation of his lifelong friend, nell newman. >> i have a commission bid at $1 million -- >> reporter: buyers from around the world got their chance to bid on the paul newman watch. >> $13 million. $15 million. >> reporter: final price? $17.8 million.
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