i'll tell you what they're like when i get back. >> reporter: the singer was 19-year-old robert plants friend, drummer john bonham, within weeks the four got together. what do you remember about those first rehearsals? >> just instant, this is fantastic. three four, and just whoa, the room just exploded. and it was just so powerful. it just locked together, it was something that was prut scary. >> reporter: led zeppelin was born. the band's debut album would spend 73 straight weeks on the charts, but the rock press was unimpressed. rolling stone magazine called itself indulgence and page, a writer of weak unimaginative songs. did that bother you? >> no, it mystified me. i thought do they mean us? >> and i think it just went over their heads. absolutely. it was way beyond them. >> reporter: but by the mid 70s led zeppelin was the most popular rock band in the world. in 1973 in cam pa, florida they played to more than 56,000 fans, breaking the beetles shea stadium record. >> good evening, it really was the biggest crowd ever assemble forward a single performance in place in the entire h

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cbs late show host david letterman is among tonight's recipients along with robert plant, john paul jones and jimmy page of led zeppelin, actor dustin hoffman, bluesman buddy guy and ballerina nationally mack rova it will be broadcast on december 26th right here on cbs. next up on tonight's "cbs evening news", they were in need following katrina. now they're the ones helping after sandy. >> jeff: a contributioned to superstorm sandy rebuilding effort is coming in the form of cash. as elaine quijano tells us tonight an invaluable contribution 6 time and skills is being made by out of town firefighters eager to repay a debt of gratitude. >> they had never met before. but ken rueter and david nick connected like old friends. >> i'm from new orleans, we hug people. >> a lot of happy memories here. >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: for 16 years rueter has worked as a dispatcher for new york city's fire department. >> how high did the water come. >> the water was up to about here. >> reporter: sandy's storm surge devastated the home his family has owned since 1987. david nick is a new orleans fir

he then travelled to england's midland where he found 19-year-old robert plant howling the blues.ds or situations. >> reporter: when did it get big? '69? >> it got big the minute we met. that's what it meant to us. it was just like, bang, what's that? ♪ >> i think going back to the first album there was so many colors and catch tunes and leads on it. ♪ ♪ dazed and confused ♪ >> reporter: when did the critics take notice? >> they didn't like us at all. i don't think they really understood what we were doing. >> reporter: did it keep getting better? >> for a long time, yeah. >> reporter: creatively? >> yes. >> we played bigger and bigger venues, which i must admit, i wasn't that keen on the really big venues because i always felt that you lost a lot of the subtlety in the band. ♪ there's a lady ♪ >> i don't think we ever imagined to supply the demand. ♪ and she's climbing the stairway to heaven ♪ >> people kept wanting to come and see us you know more and more and more in droves. that never stopped. >> tonight they broke the world record set by the beatles. ♪ >> i couldn't get over

john paul jones, jimmy page, and robert plant.heir songs are as epic as their more than 100 million records sold in the u.s. it's one kind of electric performance. this is another. the russian-born prima ballerina danced with the royal ballet. she performed during the kennedy center honors in 1981. now others will perform for her. >> chicago, thank you very much. i'll never leave. >> blues man buddy guy got a sendsoff for the honors. he went on to win six grammy awards. honoree dustin hoffman said when he grew up, movie stars didn't look like he did. more than 50 films later, he has two best actor oscars. honoree david letterman has more than 5,000 television broadcasts under his belt. he's being recognized for finding the humor in anything, even winning it honor. he talked about it on "the late show." >> when i stopped laughing, i was very excited. i'll tell you, because this is great for my family. they think i'm working at a jiffy lube in mexico. >> why not? >> reporter: people who cover the honors say there's more than comic r

he spent the evening at the kekennedy center hanging out with led zeppelin, robert plant, jimmy page. in thous and get something done. >> dana: boon and crockett annual dinner, 125th anniversary. at the museum of natural history. you have to visit if you can. the project manager refurbished a ma ma'am exhibit and two-year project and it's spectacular. bob, you like the five and i said i would bring you to see it. amazing. you could learn a lot. greatest thing about the wildlife and sportsmanship. >> bob: let's hear more about greg's book. >> greg: a lovely woman i met on tour. this is rachel's mother. rachel was the chick-fil-a clerk who was harassed by that jerk. showed incredible

and robert plant told me that they were loving this tribute, but we were kind of dreading. we know stairway to heaven is coming because he has seen it done so badly. and this treatment with the choir and strings, they really loved it. but we're making it a feature length documentary about her block. >> rose: oh yes, are you doing that now. >> the great cartoonist for "the washington post". >> five time pulitzer prize winner. and one of the really great journalists in addition to cartoons. so we're excited about that. >> rose: the president is standing, is up in the audience with the first lady. this president has been every year, has he not? >> yes. only on two occasions was the president not present. >> rose: any president not present. >> yeah. >> rose: and you see the artists surrounding the president. and then you see, which i think belies the notion that was suggested in a fun way, that this was david letterman's worst night because he hated this kind of thing. >> rose: right. >> for himself. >> rose: right. but you looked up there and that and you say a man who was lov

tomorrow we will hear from kennedy center honorees robert plant, jimmy page and john paul jones.lin. and you can watch "the kennedy center honors" this coming wednesday at 9:00/8:00 central here on cbs. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ . =dj >>> when we showed you this videoesterd >>> when we showed you this video yesterday of an eagle snatching a child, and now we know it close to 500 hours on the video. bird experts say they always knew the video was fake because golden eagles tend to avoid populated areas. i bought it hook line and sinker. i heard in their class if they got 100,000 views they'd get an "a." it's well over that. we should put a qualifier on it. i said it's clear. the bird took the kid. i was wrong. i bought it. >> i was concerned about it when i saw it the fact that the camera went to ground. that they were hiding something. >>> that does it for us. up next, your local news. see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." hackney with news headlines at 8:56. let hit an >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> good morning from the

roberts. >> i love the way you planted the rainbow flag proudly and firmly in nerdland today. about that too coming up. supreme court taking up marriage equality. why are some supporters actually a little worried about this. jim deminute being called the tea party's king make he shall. he's stepping by. plus what the threat of syria using bombs loaded with nerve gas, chemical weapons, what should the united states do? i'm talking with ambassador dennis ross about that. in office politics, alex talks to nis cal christophe with a tale of two receipts that will shock you. >> thanks, soec much. thomas. our favorite golden girl. olympic superstar gabrielle douglas joins us live. introducing zzzquil sleep-aid. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. because sleep is a beautiful thing. ♪ zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lo

plant. but his dreams took him into real estate, banks and eventually ownership of eight tv stations, all abc affiliates. he and his son roberto founded politico. tonight, my personal thoughts and all of our thoughts at abc go to barbara and the whole family as we salute joe allbritton. >>> and finally here, it is our made in america christmas, as "world news" issues a challenge to everyone to tell us something great you are buying this holiday, made right here at home. you've already answered the call with some amazing ideas and our made in america champion, david muir, is here to tell us what they are. >> reporter: tonight, in every corner of the country, viewers on the hunt. >> we're in. >> i'm in. >> we're in. >> we're in! >> are you? >> reporter: it's part of his homework. >> i'm a seventh grader at crestville middle school. >> reporter: his entire class. >> we're in! >> reporter: pastor bill at grace presbyterian church in ohio, with a divine idea. >> now, i'm in. what about you? >> we're in! >> reporter: viewers discovering there are great american finds, if you just look. >> hi, david. >> reporter: this is linda from

roberts who found people behaving badly. >> you're right it's "people behaving badly" real bad >> this is all that's left of a tree that was planted 5 years ago just broken bulbs and lights, oh and a small hole in the ground what use to be here in the front yard was a 7 foot tall norfolk pine tree no make that three trees one died of natural causes, another was cut down by vandals >> this is wants left of the trunk from last year >> yes it was cut down with a saw .and now this year >> they folded it over repeatedly until it snapped off >> tree number three which was decorated for the holidays was stolen, dragged over this fence and stuffed in a getaway car "allegedly" the tree wasn't just any tree .it was a it was planted in memory of their grandson who died of cancer when he was 19 now to the average person this would probably take the air of christmas sorta like this deflated santa clause >> the fact that they just came in my yard and took it theres no there nothing right about that at all even the neighbors are outraged >> a christmas tree i think that terrible like he said he could have knocked on the door and he would have bo

roberts who found people behaving badly. >> you are correct, these are bad, people being very bad. >> these are what is left of what was it planteds just a couple of years ago. there was a 7, north pole pine. actually, there were three trees. nor falk your faul theft >> they completely twisted the trunk until it broke off. but it was not just any norfolk pine this was planted in memory of their son that dies of cancer that ...christmas tree was taken. >> how many christmas trees you bought for people? >> probably at least 1000. >> and as you can see this woman is up set but not for the reason the you would think >> there is $40 left in a plain, white envelope and they did not knock on the door. >> they are not going to put this towards the trees. >> we are going to donate it is towards the zero plant cancer children's hospital said the cancer center. -- we are going to donate this towards the oakland can serv childr cancer children's hospital. if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e-mail us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test driv

roberts who found people behaving badly. >> you're right it's "people behaving badly" real bad this is all that's left of a tree that was planted5 years ago just broken bulbs and lights, oh and a small hole in the ground what use to be here in the front yard was a 7 foot tall norfolk pine tree no make that three trees one died of natural causes, another was cut down by vandals >> this is wants left of the trunk from last year >> yes it was cut down with a saw .and now this year >> they folded it over repeatedly until it snapped off >> tree number three which was decorated for the holidays was stolen, dragged over this fence and stuffed in a getaway car "allegedly" the tree wasn't just any tree .it was a it was planted in memory of their grandson who died of cancer when he was 19 now to the average person this would probably take the air of christmas sorta like this deflated santa clause >> the fact that they just came in my yard and took it theres no there nothing right about that at all >> even the neighbors are outraged >> a christmas tree i think that terrible like he said he could have knocked on the door and he would have

plants. just this month alone the epa has enacted rules that will cost businesses billions of dollars in regulation. that's why some may be saying good riddance. let's bring in roberttas. isn't that harsh? listen, you don't have to agree with her. she had her vision and she went for it. what's wrong with that? >> i think it's not harsh at all. this has been one of the most activist administrators in the obama administration. she comes in in 2009. immediately she gets to work on cap and trade. it fails in the senate. since republicans took over the house in 2010, she has not had a lot of success. >> isn't that what she was supposed to do. couldn't you say there was by the election of barack obama a mandate on climate change and environmental reform. >> i disagree. i think ms. jackson would disagree. one of the reasons she's leaving if you read her statement, she seems disappointed that her green agenda has not come to fruition in the obama administration. the president has been focused on the jobs and the economy trying to win election. she's gone after coal and angered a lot of businesses for her regulatory posture. a lot of people on wall street will be happy to s