how come you never made the turn like sam cook, you know ♪ she was only 16 ♪. >> only 16 ♪ ♪. >> i can too. >> stephen: all right. but you know what, i'm glad you said that. when sam was offered, when he was asked to cross over, the blind boys were at the same studio, the same day and the same time. we were also offered a chance to cross over but we turned it down. >> stephen: why? >> well, we were dedicated to gospel music and we were, when we started out we said we weren't going to turn back and that's what we've been doing for all these years. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: as a blind person is racism particularly ridiculous to you because you can't tell what race anybody is? >> well, let me say this, now. i can-- i can tell, i can tell. >> stephen: you can tell. all right, let's test you, let's test you. nobody tell him. what race do you think i am, and i'll give you a hint, i enjoy the columns of richard cohen. >> i'm to the going to tell you. >> stephen: all right, then i guess i'll never know. well, jimmy carter, will you please sing a song for us with the blind boys of alaba

sam cook is live in the newsroom this morning with the camping and scrambling that's replacing the cooking thanksgiving day. >> it just gets earlier and earlier in the season. best buy stores, they are not even opening until 6:00 tonight. but there are people camping out right now. i want it show you what it looks like outside the pleasant hills store. a lot of tents but they are all still sleeping. they didn't want to talk this morning. perhaps saving their energy for shopping. no waiting for black friday at kmart stores. their doors opened at 6 a.m. we caught up with some of the early birds in concord. >> just got off work, came straight here. >> we got here at 5:15 and we got the 7-inch tablets. we got four of those. and then like four dvd players. >> i just like to be out here in the hustle and bustle of it really. >> we heard from one of our viewers in pinole where there is a long line outside the kmart. here is a photo they sent to us. that store also was supposed to open at 6:00 this morning, but we hear there are technical difficulties. shoppers out there not very happy. we will se

sam sifton. last year you deep fried a turkey for us. >> and no one got hurt. >> we have to unfortunately wrap it here. i direct everybody to this book, thanksgiving and how to cookch is a great primer, great read by sam sifton about thanksgiving. >> follow me on twitter-of- recipe featured bon appetit five years ago and still a fail-safe. >> bring it back, we'll post it on our website. thank you to my fabulous friends here at the table. "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade-proud to be ranked "best overall client experience." life's an adventure and it always has been. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to

cook your food. in order to reduce. we know that heat destroys the sam nell thlmonella bacteria. ook the food. is it going to as spicy? we have to wait and see. but it's a huge concern. >> the highest rates of the salmonella are found in root seasonings such as ginger. next were the fruit spice, pepper, mustard. the lowest levels are in bark or flour spices which is like cinnamon and saffron. should people be favoring certain types of spices over others? >> the one actually i think -- you're 100% right. the one that made the top list was black pepper and red pepper from india. and to my surprise, basil and oregano. i don't think we should change the way we cook. we should find out where the origin of these is. and, again, i don't want to make a statement that anything that's coming from india and mexico is contaminated but be careful. >> and mccormicks, why is a spice company, biggest one in the united states, emphasizes they have a lot of safety procedures in place and they're not implicated at all. we're talking about imported spices here. >> absolutely. >> so interesting. >> yo

cooked? >> pardoned. >> fair enough. >> i'm with sam on the poor taste in music on both of them. with team popcorn. i'm a fan of the proud strut walk. >> i'm with popcorn. we had a conversation about this earlier. caramel is very fancy. >> how do they go through paparazzi training? >> i suspect -- i know this. >> you do? >> yes, i do. this is where my time at the white house will actually come in handy. the way they've traditionally done, this they have the turkey, there's children, there's the press, there's adults, all kinds of noise. >> so this is a legit thing. >> they've literally had problems in the past with the turkey going crazy. so they literally prepare the turkey for -- they also don't really invite too many kids anymore. >> over the course of the day, they'll have a few cameras, more cameras, more people. >> you know when players practice with the sounds of the fans in the stands. >> i'd like to know why the white house is holding so much information about these turkeys. what do they know about benghazi? what did they know about obama care and what did they know it?

sam. addisam. we're a couple. he talks to me about feelings, he's amazing in bed, he cooks for me--food. yeah, he's perfect. her. addisam. i can't just ignore-- say something shrinky then. (chuckles)

>> sam, you didn't know the cake boss could cook, right?inach, parmesan, the mayo, okay. and mix that up. and we put it into a casserole dish, right? and you bake it in the oven at about 3:50 for about 20 minutes, it cooks nice and crispy. >> yours is chunkier. i love it. i'm in love. >> it's so easy to do. and then, when it comes to my favorite, okay, because you know what? i am the cake boss. there's a lot of desserts -- >> the cupcakes. >> these are cocktail cupcakes. pina colada. margarita. daiquiri. they have a little booze in there. >> oh, wow. wow. >> well, at the end of the day, you know what? you just want your party to kind of -- if you have a cocktail party, what do you make? cocktail cupcakes. >> the pork sliders, all of the recipes on goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! we'll be right back. when ouwe goword. she said hert (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew what? (announcer) the subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) motor

cooking. >> i am indeed. >>> we have a lot of weather to get to. and samuel j. all bundled up in philadelphia after a very long night. sam, happy thanksgiving, my friend. >> happy thanksgiving, josh. happy thanksgiving to everybody in new york and all over america. it is a hard-fought, gorgeously cool thanksgiving. we had a big storm system try to make a mess of this day. let's get to the boards and show you what's going on with that thing. look at the departing snow, rain and ice, as the low pulls up a little to the north here. and you can see that colder air spinning in a little behind it. did we get snow? you bet we did. about 35% of the nation is covered with snow. that's the earliest, the most we've had so early in the season, in about ten years. look how much snow is down on the ground because of that storm system moving through. wind gusts, 63-mile-per-hour to 64-mile-per-hour, from massachusetts to long island. rhode island had a 59-mile-per-hour wind gust. and look at the cold air that's gone to the deep south this morning. good morning, atlanta. 22 is the way that windchill is this morning. tallahassee, feels l