>> save it, embrace it. >> reporter: uh-huh. >> but it's not about charlie brown or not charlie brown tree. it's about a beautiful christmas tree for the city. >> reporter: they really were going to get rid of it, until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall. public opinion changed and the mayor issued a stay of re-execution, if you will. >> we will keep this thing here. >> reporter: and that was the end of the story, or so i thought. >> i said, you know, we're saving this tree. we're going to do something with it. and we kind of kept it under wraps. >> reporter: luke schultz was on the crew that was supposed to mulch the tree after the holidays. but he didn't. >> i thought, there's just no way that we could run this tree through a chipper after everything is said and done. we can't let that happen. >> reporter: so with the help of some local voc-tech students, luke turn that paltry pine into quirky as the tree it came from. today, it sits in city hall, a reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and ugly, nothing more than attitude. steve hartman "on the road"

>> save it, embrace it. >> reporter: uh-huh. >> but it's not about charlie brown or not charlie brown tree. it's about a beautiful christmas tree for the city. >> reporter: they really were going to get rid of it, until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall. public opinion changed and the execution, if you will. >> we will keep this thing here. >> reporter: and that was the end of the story, or so i thought. >> i said, you know, we're saving this tree. we're going to do something with it. and we kind of kept it under wraps. >> reporter: luke schultz was on the crew that was supposed to mulch the tree after the holidays. but he didn't. >> i thought, there's just no way that we could run this tree through a chipper after everything is said and done. we can't let that happen. >> reporter: so with the help of some local voc-tech students, luke turn that paltry pine into a piece of art-- a bench as quirky as the tree it came from. today, it sits in city hall, a reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and ugly, nothing more than attitude. steve hartman "on the roa

but it's not about charlie brown or not charlie brown tree, it's about a beautiful christmas tree for>> reporter: they really were going to get rid of it. until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall. public opinion changed. and the mayor issued a stay of re-execution, if you will. >> we will keep this thing here. >> reporter: and that was the end of the story. or so i thought. >> i said we're going to do something with it. >> reporter: luke was on the crew that was supposed to mulch this tree after the holidays. but he didn't. >> i thought there was no way we were going to run it through a chipper. >> reporter: so luke turned that pull try pine into a piece of art. a bench as quirky as the tree it came from. today, it sits in city hall. a reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. and ugly, nothing more than attitude. steve hartman, on the road, in redding, pennsylvania. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> "star wars" continues to conquer the movie universe. for the third straight weekend, the film was number one at the box office. it's already

but it's not about charlie brown or not charlie brown tree, it's about a beautiful christmas tree for the city. >> reporter: they really were going to get rid of it. until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall. public opinion changed. and the mayor issued a stay of re-execution, if you will. >> we will keep this thing here. >> reporter: and that was the end of the story. or so i thought. >> i said we're save thing tree and we're going to do something with it. and we kept it kind of under wraps. >> reporter: luke was on the crew that was supposed to mulch this tree after the holidays. but he didn't. >> i thought there was no way we could run this tree through a chipper after everything that was said and done. we couldn't let that happen. >> reporter: so luke turned that poultry pine into a piece of art. a bench as quirky as the tree it came from. today, it sits in city hall. eye of the beholder. and ugly, nothing more than attitude. steve hartman, on the road, in redding, pennsylvania. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. when the engines failed on the plane

it's not about charlie brown or not charlie brown, it's about beautiful christmas tree for the city.ly were going to get rid of it. until the phones started ringing off the hook at city hall, public opinion changed and the mayor issued a stay of re-execution if you will. >> we will keep this here. >> that was the end of the story. or so i thought. >> we kept it under wraps. >> luke schulz was on the crew that was supposed to mulch the tree after the holidays. but he didn't. >> i thought there's just no way that we could run this tree through a chipper after everything was said and done. we can't let that happen. >> so with the help some of local vo-tech students, luke turned that paltry pine into a piece of art. a bench as quirky as the city it came from. today it sits in city hall, reminder the beauty is in the eye of the beholder and ugly, nothing more than attitude. >> osgood: next, remembering natalie cole. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: at the age of of 65. she will lickly be best remembered for her 1991 album that noted her voice with that of her father, the great nat king cole who di

. >> it's going down hike charlie brown and the -- like charlie browns and the broncos are winning. >> reporter: too much a orange and high ult altituded a -- altitude attitude what do you do to a new england fan. >> take their souls when they go to sleep and come and take their souls. >> reporter: but even in this massive bronco fan fromy you you will find something surprising. >> don't dislike be in i don't i appreciate fans. but, they are in the way of the super bowl and we are going. >> reporter: bronco fans as crazy as they might be many are actually. >> the patient. -- terrible and sort of charming. >> and we got done visiting kids and it's been a great day. >> reporter: makes it hard to hate you guys. this is like something new for us. >> how can you hate us. >> reporter: other than the supporting the wrong team they are not all that bad and theyknow it. >> i think that we are the nicest fans around. >> i think it's the altitude makes us loopy. >> it's really just like cheery and happy. >> reporter: whatever the reason it's not totally horrible to like your opponent. just don't

. >> i think charlie brown has a better tree than we do. >> everybody who took part in bringing this tree here should get fired. >> reporter: the tree is so ugly, the city decided to take it down before christmas. just so people wouldn't have to look at it anymore. workers removed the lights and the pretzel of bethlehem and made arrangements to bring in a new spruced up spruce. former city councilman francis acosta told me this was brown story. although the lesson had obviously eluded him. who was the moral of that story? >> being together. >> reporter: what did they do with the tree at the end? >> save it, embrace it. but it's not about charlie brown about a beautiful christmas tree for the city. >> reporter: they really were going to get rid of it. off the hook at city hall. public opinion changed. and the mayor issued a stay of re-execution, if you will. >> we will keep this thing here. >> reporter: and that was the end of the story. or so i thought. >> i said we're save thing tree and we're going to do something with it. and we kept it kind of under wraps. >> reporter: luke was o

. >> i think charlie brown has better tree than we do. the ugly christmas tree. >> osgood: the christmas tree that famously won reprieve in the year before last lives on in matter of speaking. steve hartman has the story. >> we have returned to reading, reports that the world's ugliest christmas tree has been somehow immortalized. you may remember back in 2014 this story -- sorry excuse of the confer was all the rage. i do mean rage. >> i think charlie brown has a better tree than we do. >> everybody that took part in bringing this tree here should get fired. >> the tree was so ugly the city decided to take it down before christmas. just so people wouldn't have to look at it any more. workers removed the lights and the pretzel of bethlehem or whatever it was. made arrangements to bring in a new spruced up spruce. >> a christmas tree is matter of sellz former city councilman told me this really was like story. obviously eluded him. >> what was the moral that have story? >> well the importance of christmas of being together. >> what did the

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. >> charlie brown tries to rob a bank. good grief. >>> we've seen kayaking videos but you ain't seen anything like this, i guarantee it. these four fellows are heading down the uncharted berryman river in papua, new guinea. this is new joke. >> so they don't know what's up ahead? >> not at all. no chance of rescue. and in some places, 4,000 feet of vertical cliffs either side. these guys are heading off on an adventure of a lifetime. >> absolutely stunning shots of these guys going down these waterfalls, an incredible view, like something out of "jurassic park." it's like a time travel video. but again, like i said, all uncharted. they don't quite know what they're going to face. you see moments when they're lowering kayaks down on ropes. they're camping on the river. you kind of see the damage their bodies are taking when you see the state of their feet. >> yuck. >> their hands, their feet are rubbed raw as they try to make their way down. it was such an incredible adventure that all four of them were nominated for the na

very far from virginia beach boulevard for a barricade situation around six o'clock last night charlie brown is live at the scene with new information elise wheeler lucy i'm very pleased and how

you ever watch charlie brown growin' up... wah-wah! (laughs) wah-wah! post... get!> but for real, it's supposed to be this utopia! everybody's gonna... >> yeah, you know what they... get rich... ...you know what they say in brooklyn to that? >> what? >> get the f*ák outta here! >> president obama's first date with the now first lady was a spike lee film. more on that next. you're watching talk to al jazeera - stay with us. >> i'm sarah hoye and this is talk to al jazeera. my guest this week is spike lee. >> well, speaking of your films, you know, a lot of them... lotta your feature films make... sports references. >> uh-huh (affirm). >> why? what's the connection? did you... did you wanna be a pro one day? >> the connection is this, both of my loves came from my parents. my mother was... loved... she was a cinephile. so, she took me to movies. my father's a jazz musician, he didn't... he hated movies. so, i was my mother's date. but my father loved sports. so, sports and film came from my parents. and growin' up i had the... a fleeting moment of maybe bein' in prof.

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starting to look a little charlie brown-ish. all right, guys, our eyewitness weather watchers are pumped. i have to tell you, cold air in place this morning. we've got folks really, really highly anticipating the first snowfall of the season. let's go ahead, take a look around, take a little tour here. lynn checks in with us at 21 degrees, nice cold air in place, for some snow to eventually fall, she is out in cherry hill. still clear sky. but she is like snow showers? so he can cited for it, i love it, we have couple of other reports coming in similar to that, 23 comes in to us from jason down in middletown, delaware, few more clouds already for him, but he is also echoing the words, going to be nice to see flurry or two, feeling, he mens seans, like 19 degrees. not heck of a loft winds, but it is enough it does become more noticeable, makes it feel chillier. eileen into the teens, currently, and she doesn't have much wind either under the clear sky. that's going to change with time. but she did mention there is some frost out

>> first of all, we are all charlie brown with the football. we know that lucy has pulled the football up repeatedly, but we know this time it will be different. she is going to keep the football down. neil: by the way, you're one of the most out of great reputations on the planet. you are a historian extraordinaire. for the purposes of this broadcast, one of the most well read figures is quoting charlie brown and lucy. continue. >> well, i am on your show. i want you to understand what i am saying. [laughter] neil: touchÉ. go ahead. >> there you go. there you go. but look, here is the reason. first of all we are addicted to poll numbers that we don't have any real votes except for a few absentee ballots around the country, no real votes have been cast in this race, but you think it's over. >> i am confused. because this is such a layered almost isn't in process, it is hard to gauge who will have the wherewithal, the patients, even the stomach to put in a long evening. you are going to be judging not on the base of passionate supporters who wou

what animated character's given name is norville rogers, shaggy from scooby doo or charley from charlie brown or boo boo bear? >> i am going to say, a a, shaggy. >> you are right. and you know what you get? you get $100 and you can buy four books and then you get a book. thank you. >> wow! >> and five books for you. >> hoda, you are shameless. >> and so i definitely would not have gotten that one at all. >> and i think that it was just guessing, wasn't it? >> yes, probably. >> and hoda, one more. >> and your name? >> amy. >> and you are from? >> evansville, indiana. >> and you have -- >> here is the question, in "despicable me 2," what are the color of the evil minions, red, blue, or purple? >> they are "a," red. >> oh, so sad, just one book for you. >> okay. >> yes, so we know it is purple. >> purple is the answer, and the producers picked purple, because it is on the opposite end of the color spectrum of yellow. >> we don't have time for one more, and i know hoda, she is going to give everybody a book over there. and give our love to stackable. he is no cartoon, but definitely a character.