buck mason's profits have soared in the past year. they even built a physical store 20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> i slept on someone's couch to give me the opportunity to own my own business. that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: still less than 20% of americans participated in the new sharing economy but growing fastest with adults under 45 who are rethinking the value of ownership. jim? >> anthony mason, thank you very didn't go as planned. >>> california's governor jerry brown has presented the actor robert downey, jr. with a christmas gift-- a pardon. downey spent more than a year in prison on drug charges starting in 1999. the pardon doesn't erase downey's conviction, but does restore his right to vote. performed, the last thing you might expect from a nativity scene is an ad-lib. but watch this goat in dallas jump right into the manger. the show, of course, went on after the actors regained their composure. now to the sound of pure happiness -- that's a 6-week-old polar bear cub getting a checkup at

buck mason's profits have soared in the past year. eric has even built a physical store 20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> i had to sleep on somebody's couch so that i could -- which gave me an opportunity to own my own business, you know? i mean, that's a no-brainer. >> still less than 20% of americans have participated in the new sharing economy, but it's growing fastest with adults under 45 who are rethinking the value of ownership. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. airbnb. >>> coming up in sports, can the oakland raiders hold on for what could be the final football matchup in the northern california city? we'll show you the highlights ahead. aspartame free diet pepsi. just one sip [ahh] and you're in love. it's a really big deal. and with fever, mom knows it needs a big solution: an antiviral. don't kid around with the flu, call your doctor within the first 48 hours of symptoms and ask about prescription tamiflu. attack the flu virus at its source with tamiflu, an antiviral that helps stop r it from s

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buck mason's profits have soared over the past year. they even built a physical store 20 feet from the apartment that helped make it all possible. >> had to sleep on somebody's couch which gave me an opportunity to own my own business. you know? i'd take that every day. that's a no-brainer. >> reporter: still less than 20% of americans have participated in the new sharing economy. but it's growing fastest with adults under 45 who are rethinking the value of ownership. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> boy, i wish i'd had that idea. >>> many letters sent to santa this year wound up in north pole, alaska. behind the house is a workshop where many letters are kept. you see a lot that will say dear santa, please leave presents and take my brother. >> take your brother? no! the letters ask for doitoys and clothes. many asked santa for a place to live and one boy asked santa to take care of his mother. so sweet. thanks for watching "cbs this i'm jamie yucas. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning" on this christmas day. i hope you got ever

. >> reporter: when friends eric and sasha launched their online clothing company buck mason in 2013, they rarely had any money to pull it off. >> we had no experience with raising money from investors. >> reporter: they both poured in all of their savings and quit their day jobs to focus on the company. this left them more time to plan but less cash to get by. >> i came to sasha with this out and just slept on your couch. >> reporter: he listed his l.a. apartment on air bnb. in less than four months he made the $15,000 they needed to kickstart their business. >> when you start a business your most important asset is time. this freed up the time that it would take to earn that income and that became the price tag on that. >> reporter: there are now 17 bill dollar companies in the share economy where resources are sold daily from person to person. last year 155 million guests slept in an air bnb. that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxis. and over the next ten years, the share economy will be worth an estimated $335 billion, 22 times what it's wor

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reporter: when friends erik schnakenberg and sasha koehn launched their online clothing company buck mason in 2013, they barely had enough money to pull it off. >> we had really no experience raising capital from outside investors, so the thing we knew how to do is be scrappy. >> reporter: they both poured in all their savings and quit their day jobs to focus on the company. this left them more time to plan but less cash to get by. >> i just slept on the couch. >> reporter: schnakenberg listed his l.a. apartment on airbnb and in less than four months made the $15,000 they needed to kick start their business. >> when you start a business your most important asset is time. this basically freed up the time it would take to earn the income and a you can't put a price tag on that. >> reporter: there are shared economy where retailers are sold person to person. 155 million guests slept in an airbnb last year, 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxies. and over the next ten years, the "share economy" will be worth 22 times more than what its is now. profits have s

. >> reporter: when friends eric and sasha cohen launched their online clothing company, buck mason, in 2013, they barely had enough money to pull it off. >> we had really no experience with, like, raising capital from outside investors. so the thing that we only knew how to do is be scrappy. >> reporter: they both poured in all of their savings and quit their day jobs to focus on the compy. but less cash to get by. kblo >> i came to sasha with this idea, like, what if i represent rent my place out and just slept on your couch? >> reporr: eric listed his l.a. apartment on airbnb. in less than four months, they /q raised the money they needed to kick start their business. >> this basically also freed up the time that it would take to earn that income, and that you can't put a price tag on that. >> reporter: there are now 17 billion-dollar companies in the share economy where resources are sold daily from person to person. last year, 155 million guests slept in an airbnb. that's 22% more than hilton hotels. uber gets more business travelers than taxis. and over the next ten years, the

bucks a month to use the lanes. there is a public meeting at george mason high school. the commonwealth transportation board is expected to make a final decision soon. >>> if you're a redskins fan and didn't stay up to watch the game, little warning, not going to want to watch the dvr today. >> and good! >> oh, my goodness. unbelievable. the decisive play, a field goal that put the cowboys ahead with less than ten seconds to go. it was the cowboys first win this season where tony romo hasn't played quarterback. the skins lost at home for the second time this year. they're still in first place, though, but tied with the eagles and giants now. players looking ahead to sunday when they take on the bears. but, man, a tough loss last night. >> 54-yard field goal. >> he's got ice water in his veins to stick that thing through at the end there. >> wow. >>> a traffic stop left him fighting for his life. now the mentor of a montgomery county police officer is talking about his passion for the job as he recovers from that accident. >>> a cold start to the day as you look live at

bucks a month to use the lanes. public meeting at 6:00 tonight at george mason high school. the commonwealth transportation board is expected to make a final decision on those i-66 tolls coming up soon. >>> the time is just about 4:31 on tuesday morning. >> after that nice day yesterday, do not be fooled. you're going to need the coat early this morning. we'll check in with chuck. >> yes, indeed, you'll need your winter jacket outside first thing. shedable layers are back in fashion once again. 27 now in martinburg. 34 in leesburg. 41 in leonard town, maryland. planning out your day, sun is not up until 7:14. 45 with localized foggy spots this morning. not a lot of big impact from the fog, though. mid to upper 40s by noon and mid-50s coming our way this afternoon. so beautiful, dry day today. no umbrellas needed. and a nice low impact on the roads. green lights from the weather department today, just some pockets of fog first thing this morning and sunshine delays on your way home. those are the kind of delays we like. whether the kind of delays we have, let's go to traffic.

bucks a month to use the lanes. a public meeting at 6:00 tonight at george mason high school. the commonwealth transportation board expected to make a final decision on those tolls. >>> tolls are one way to get around the traffic, but you also got to deal with the weather. >>> if you plan on driving early this morning, going to be a quick, cold walk to the car. >> temperatures back down to the 30s this morning. 36 winchester and lorh and lura. upper 20s in the panhandle of west virginia. seasonably colder early this morning. cold but dry this morning. temperatures mid-30s on the way in to work and school and mid-50s on the way home. plenty of sunshine today, sun goes down before 5:00. any weather slowdowns, nothing today or tomorrow. little risk of a sprinkle or drizzle coming in tomorrow night. more about that coming up in ten minutes. for now, it is traffic time. here is mellissa mollet. >>> first crash of the morning, centerville, left lane and shoulder getting by. you can see here in the camera, that crash activity in the center of the roadway and causing delays back towar