and learned beethoven's sonata in just three weeks.he first time she heard him play, she thought it was her husband in the other room. is that jacob? oh, my gosh. >> reporter: turns out, jacob has a photographic memory. his music teacher says he is able to master songs in just one class that most children take a month to learn. >> handel. >> reporter: he recently auditioned for the national musicians guild. a performance his dad says he nailed, right away. >> he had to learn ten classical pieces, by memory. and he did. he did great. exceeded the expectations. >> reporter: move over beethoven. this pint-sized pianist, is here to play. >> i said, who is that handsome guy? he said, me. he has a good sense. we're happy to have jacob here in the studio. along with parents, tina and willie. we were talking before the show. you were saying not long ago, your son was diagnosed with high-functioning autism. and that playing the piano has helped. >> definitely. he definitely expresses himself. he is an outlet for him. sometimes i notice he'll pl

you should say, i want to listen to some beethoven.ion of your pollution in restaurants. pollution in restaurants. there are certain places i want go to because they play music so loud. >> other places they should not play it at all. even worse is screens. you get on an airplane and there is a screen. you get in a taxicab, and there is a screen. i think it's going to have a tremendous affect on our brain. those those bright colors do something to your brain in a way that i don't think is going to be desirable. historyhave 100 years of electric light. you would say, we might as well go to sleep. now you have all these things .linking i pollution and your pollution r- eye pollution and ea pollution. >> i am going to add that. you said music ought to be a collective. when you were a kid, -- to be elective. when you were a kid, what did you listen to? >> i had an aunt who went to spain and brought home flamenco records. it was what we called gypsy music, although they like to be called roma. it was terrific music. he used to bring a lot of

my favorite is "bob marley does beethoven." hey, hey. keep your eyes on the road. what's the difference ? i can't see anything in this snowstorm. - you mean you can't see as well as you normally can ? - no. i mean i can't see anything ! just kidding. look, katherine. darling. how about if we set up some sort of communication system ? knock once if the answer is yes and twice if it's no. okay ? that was fantastic ! you said yes ! she said yes. - that is wonderful. - oh, you have no idea. - your father called to say he will be a little late. - okay. and i think you should know, there are many cars pulling up to the front of the cafe. oh, no. oh, no. i will be going now. katherine, guess what ? good news. my family's here. isn't that great ? isn't that fantastic ? so, you think now might be a good time to come out ? how are we doing calli ? i don't know about you but i could use something to eat. - when are we going to get to the airport ? - relax, man. as my father used to say "if we are meant to get someplace, then we will get there." hopefully, in this lifetime. wa

and they will be performing some known pieces by beethoven. >> yes. >> but also other music. >> oh, yes. the program feature not only the familiar pieces but also original composition from the shenwin production. they combine beauty of the chinese melodies. the exquisite beauty with the grand dios power of the symphony orchestra. the chinese music perform on five notes. and this music is usually a major scale which is 7 notes. but combine them together, it is music is exceptional. >> there is instruments that we as americans may not be familiar with. >> for example, you probably saw the 4,000 year also called the chinese bowing. and different various percussions. this is a musical experience. one night only. >> one night only. 8:00. concert hall . there are tickets still available. we welcome you to washington and thank you for sharing your music with us. >>> let's go to howard and get the forecast. >> absolutely stunning out here after that very chilly start. turning out to be a beautiful day. the mold spors are the culpret. i'll be make and talk about the weekend. maybe trouble in the

. >> bach, beethoven, mozart. it doesn't belong to europe. it doesn't belong to america. they belong to all world. and i want afghan kids to have access to the musical heritage of the world. >> and that's how the afghan youth orchestra was born. kids who never heard music before, or had to listen to it in secret, are now learning to be musicians. and they're learning to be world travelers, as well. their music program has been so successful that some of the afghani musicians were invited to come to the u.s. to put on a major concert with american students. we'll tell you about that when "teen kids news" returns. we'll be right back. >> we're continuing our coverage of what may be called a musical miracle -- visiting teens from afghanistan getting the chance to play music side by side with american high-school students. as daniella reports, while these young musicians from two countries started off worlds apart, they quickly came together while preparing for a very special musical performance. >> for these afghan kids, coming to america is a dream come true, but the nightm

. >> bach, beethoven, mozart. it doesn't belong to europe. it doesn't belong to america. they belong to all world. and i want afghan kids to have access to the musical heritage of the world. >> and that's how the afghan youth orchestra was born. kids who never heard music before, or had to listen to it in secret, are now learning to be musicians. and they're learning to be world travelers, as well. their music program has been so successful that some of the afghani musicians were invited to come to the u.s. to put on a major concert with american students. we'll tell you about that when "teen kids news" returns. we'll be right back. >> 3...2...1... zero...ignition... and lift-off! >> nasa is on its way back to the moon, but this time with no astronauts. robotic spacecraft ladee's mission is to explore the moon's dust and lunar atmosphere. >> and the reason we'd like to investigate that is that there's a handful of missions going back to the moon over the next decade or so, and we want to understand it before we go and disturb it. >> scientists are also trying to find answ

if you want a body like kate hudson or heidi plume, today is yor day.an bo buff like beethoven, thisour day. business for pets, yes, it's a date. >> hey, gang, congratulations, you made it to friday. here's what we do. our staff numbering in the thousands, hike the world in search of the cool stories everyone is talking about. oh, good, that i had're back. and we picked the top five. >> and i'm matt gallant at number five. the much valued new iphone 5 is in stores today. did you know that a guy camped out for 15 days waiting for it? girlfriend, we're guessing no. iphones? nope, cancel your weekend plans. demand is so favorish, they're amping up production to meet demand. this kid is not impressed. >> i guess you're just going to have to get used to it. >> hey, kid, you're not alone. mrksz iley cyrus said i'm not going to update. it's beautiful, but going to take some tting used to. amber riley, digging the new update. well, she is on dancing with the stars. number 2, colorado can take on homes, but not pets. no pets left behind is the national guard motto regarding one of the highest

as the beethoven tradition with the just clothing sparks back into life. and online with world news and comment this is r.t. . un security council's permanent members have finally agreed on a draft resolution that would reduce syria of its chemical weapons and document imposes a legally binding obligations on all parties of the syrian conflict all the penalties for noncompliance will not be automatic is on the way the details of an agreement being seen as a landmark diplomatic breakthrough. that attack and rest ambassador to the u.n. has said that the council could vote on friday on this resolution the five permanent members of the u.n. security council reached an agreement on thursday over the wording of binding and forcible text to eliminate syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons now the resolution doesn't allow for immediate chapter seven action of the u.n. charter which allows for military and nonmilitary action in case of noncompliance but would need to be reviewed and put to a vote if that becomes the case here foreign minister sergei lavrov is a go

we've got stuff like mozart on this playlist and beethoven's owed to joy which makes you sit up straightrama -- what should they listen to? >> they're lucky. they can listen to rock and pop, sounds that motivate you, excite you. often they have a faster tempo and they have a driving chorus that might make you sit up and make you tables on myself. >> okay. >> i don't know. it's a theme, i can't deny it. >> well >>> this airline flight was not superstitious. it happened yesterday on friday 13th. it was flight 666, the devil's number, some believe. >> and the destination, hell helsinki, finland, but the air flight went off without a hitch and landed safely in hel. >> they must have had fun with that. welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm -- >> anthony mason. >> and i'm vinita nair. >>> cbs news travel editor peter greenberg joins us from los angeles with his top river cruises in the u.s. europe, and asia. peter, good morning. >> good morning to you. >> sweerch problems with ocean cruises. is that why people are turning to river cruises? >> there is a growth segment. one cruise line vi

he's the start of the 1992 "beethoven" charles grogin. >> it was a special skill. >> are you thinkingf like that air flight? >> basketball. >> and soccer and football. >> and air bud 2, golden receiver. >> you foe this. >> so why am i telling you all of this? because we were all sitting around here at world headquarters, we realized we had to do something about this weekend show about the latest posturing on obamacare and the debt ceiling and the other stuff you heard of 28,000 times by now. none of it is unimportant what congress does and doesn't do and all these issues does matter. it's also kind of repetitive. it can get a little boring. so we decided at least for this woke, we're going to take a break and turn this tweak's show into a game show. our panelists will play. we got a grand prize, exciting bonus round. cheesy music and an authentic microphone from the golden age of the tv game show. stay right there. when we come back, we will play what we call quiz masters 2000. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supe

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(gasps) even the composer ludwig van beethoven wasn't a huge success right away.t desk. and there are other famous people who had tough starts, like... here. i'm giving you half a star for the opening of this show. one star is usually the lowest you can get, but i made an exception. you're wrong. this opening was great. but the show will be even better. i promise. oh, just start it already. neil gaiman: "what you seek will be found. "trust ghosts. "trust those that you have helped "to help you in their turn. "trust dreams. trust your heart and trust your story." he writes novels and comics and movies and poetry. is there anything that neil gaiman doesn't write? i've never written a cookbook. hmm. might be fun to try. oh! (giggles) sorry. not to worry. what's your name? sue ellen. are you a writer, sue ellen? um, well, kind of. i keep a journal, and there are some stories in there. but i really like drawing and doodling, too. so... i don't know what that makes me. it makes you very creative. ever try your hand at a graphic novel? no. what's a "graphic novel"? it's

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song: 'beethoven' (music playing) paul o'neil: i was always fascinated by beethoven.d as the greatest piano player in the world by the likes of mozart. by the time he was 25, he realized he was going completely deaf. (singing) ♪and in the dark he sits alone. to watch his final hours bleeding.♪ paul o'neil: and if he had just crawled into a corner and given up on life, nobody would have judged him harshly. but instead he went on, you know, to write some of the greatest music that has ever been created, but that he himself would never hear. so i'm like, okay, how do i capture this? song: requiem (the fifth) (music playing) paul o'neil: i knew that the night that he died was one of the largest lightning storms in the history of vienna. so i'm thinking, okay here you have this legendary composer dying all alone and more alone than you and i could ever imagine being because he couldn't hear the comfort of the human voice. it's approaching midnight. the ghosts within that room would have been so cool 'cause he knew mozart, you know, he knew haydn, he was a contemporary of n