. >> kroft: when harper lee wrote "to kill a mockingbird" 58 years ago in the early years of the civilhe country that remains sore today. the book has sold 40 million copies, spawned a classic movie, and was recently voted america's most-loved novel. it's about a small-town lawyer named atticus finch who is called upon to defend an innocent black man accused of raping a young white woman in rural alabama during the 1930s, and it raises issues that are still in the news every week. on december 13, the curtain will go up on an ambitious theatrical adaptation involving some of the most talented people on broadway. it is producing a lot of excitement and anticipation in new york, and even a bit of anxiety in the people who have accepted the challenge of doing it. the table is set now. the play is in previews, awaiting the culmination of a process that began two months ago. >> hi there! ( general chatter ) >> kroft: when thet arrived for the first day of rehearsals, some of them knew each other from workshops and read-throughs that began a year ago, but it was the first time they had been t

because it have harper lee's name on it. some publisher was good to publish it. and i think that the publisher at harper harpercollins have to do it. it was the biggest selling book. one of the most important significant books. and i think that their sense wasn't of the matter the fall or the problems harpercollins how to be the publisher of the book. that's all i can say. there are certain books that are known by their publishing companies. there are certain authors that are of ciliated -- affiliated. there are certain authors that are known with houses. you can't let that author go. that is a legacy. next gentleman in the second row. all of you had been talking about the written word whether it's a printed page we seem to be in an age of declining literacy certainly not tweeting but they're not writing. and they're looking at comic books or whatever. audible originals. what is the future of publishing have you seen publishing morphine or expanding into non- trance. that's actually what were all hoping for in many ways. the print book well live forever. i was tol

it is harper lee. she is first and foremost. but you're going to have to put the book down. we fou in the previews, we've done 25 previews prior t opening here, is that they will go with us. we lrned they will go with it, ntat can i can put it down. we can drag them the book even more. they come out of the play, loving the book even more. learned that in the last 25 shows. >> there was an interesting choice made to have the children's roles actually played by adults. and is that hard to get used to at first? >> it's a burden on the three actors that have to do it. bu we've been told, the audience has told us, within 30 seconds, that's gone. >> wow. >> and the performances of the three folks, you know, celia and will and gideon, they make the show, as far as i'm concerned. and it works. besides, you have aaron sorkin dialogue. you have pages of dialogue. find me a 9-year-old kid that can do that eight times a week. >> if they do the bad da bing thing you do. >> this book was written in the '30s. yolk about the relevance for today. think the audience will get that? >> i think

have called this our atticus finch moment, recalling the famous novel "to kill a mockingbird" by harper lee stephen: yes, he's saying that brett kavanaugh in this situation is the same as a black man accused of sexual assaulting a white woman in 1930's mississippi. and it makes sense. i mean, who can forget the dramatic courtroom scene? ( as gregory peck ): "ladies and gentleman, you're job here today is to determine the truth. does boofing mean farting? ( laughter and applause ) is it-- is it-- you must determine it. this is your job. a sacred honor. is it butt sex? or, as the prosecution would have you believe, is it butt- chugging? ( laughter ) we know it has something to do with the butt. in the name of god, do your duty." ( laughter ) we've got a great show for you tonight. lady gaga is here! ( cheers and applause ) but when we return, we introduce a brand-new segment. stick around. ( band playing "american woman" by lenny kravitz ) ♪ american woman stay away from me ♪ ♪ american woman mama let me be ♪ ♪ this is peggy. (vo) you do more than rescue pets when you share the love. you buil

in fact, it had the highest first week sales of any adult book since harper lee's..man" in 20-15. becoming" is currently also the number one book on amazon. it is expected to top the new york times best selling books list when that list is published wednesday. ( robin ) instagram says it is cracking down on "inauthentic" likes, follows, and comments from accounts that use third-party apps to falsely inflate popularity. the company said it built machine learning tools to help detect and remove fake popularity boosting and began using them monday.instagram said it's part of an effort to maintain an authentic social media platform. (robin) and here's a live look outside...from the sutro cam. (ácommercialá) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( robin ) if you thanksgiving dinner isn't enough for you. good news, an artisan ice cream brand is offering thanksgiving themed flavors. the flavors include roasted cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole and spiced goat cheese and pumpkin

me i was not there when the book was selected or published but i did become quite friendly with harper lee and actually gave her that her 80th birthday party in new york which is all she ever wanted the person she loved the most was her sister and really didn't need much more company. i had already left harper when when and watch man book was published and that was pre- quell to kill a mockingbird. . . . the publisher at harpercollins had to do that because in one ae but it was the biggest selling, one of the most important significant books, and i think their defense was no matter the faults or the problems, harpercollins had to be the publisher of the book. that's all i can say. i think it was a financial decision and also there are certain books that are known by their publishing companies and certain authors who aren't affiliated with or talking about thitalking aboutthis the other y friend sitting somewhere back there. there are certain authors that are known with houses and you just can't let them go. so it's the legacy and that's what has to be done. >> nex >> next question, the gen

i did become quite friendly with nell harper lee and gave her 80th birthday party in new york which is all she ever wanted. the person she loved most in the world as you probably all know was her there and she really didn't need much more company. i had heard the last harper when go tell it on the mountain -- watchmen and that was the prequel of "to kill a mockingbird." she had written a book before or so i believe. i thought to myself what i identify with their. it was said it was very successful, but it was said it was not nearly as good as mockingbird editorial story wise. it wasn't even cert -- it wasn't even determined that she actually wrote it. but i wondered what i would do. this is strictly from a business standpoint. somebody was going to publish that book because it had harper leaves name on it. some publisher was going to publish it and i think the publisher harpercollins had to do it because now had written one book. it was the biggest selling book of harpercollins. what one of the most important significant works. their sense was the just, no matter the problems, harperco

barnes and noble says there are more preorders for "becoming" than any other adult book since harper lee's being released today. and tomorrow on "cbs this morning," we'll bring you gayle's interview with mrs. obama. >> looking forward to that. she's got a lot planned for that interview. >>> christmas came early for one little boy at a veterans day celebration. ahead, the school assembly where he saw his dad for the first time in more than six months. [ applause ] >> these get me every time. we open up in the forest. i'm out in the wild eating my breakfast. and all of a sudden, raccoon come up and asked me, "are those bigger patties?" i said, "yep." wolf comes in and says, "wow, that's a lot of sausage." and we had a good laugh about that. (laughing) johnsonville breakfast sausage has 15% larger patties. fits on a biscuit. ♪ ♪ when i walked through a snowthat's when i knewtte, i had to quit. for real this time. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus intense craving relief. every great why, needs a great how. oh, mianother