vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> i'm picking one up for me. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," bishop t.j. jakes reflects on the decline of the number of americans who believe in god. we talk with trail blazing actress rita moreno as she receives a kennedy center honor, plus celebrating 20 years of pixar movies. that's "the cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm jamie yuccas.

vinita nair shows us why it's a huge success. >> oh, no, we'll have to start all over! 2-year-olds, hudson cowen is not a big fan of naptime. >> that is one of the biggest issues for parents is how do i get the child to go to sleep? >> reporter: that's why his mom, bailey gaddis, is eager to try a book that soothes a child into slumber. >> i'm going to tell you a story that can make you feel very sleepy. >> reporter: it's called "the rabbit who wants to fall asleep." the yawns are written into the stoerd. the characters have names like the heavy-eyed owl and the sleepy snail. there are even notes for when you should read slowly. >> allow yourself to fall asleep. >> reporter: it worked on hudson. it's worked on so many kids that it's become an amazon best-seller in the u.s. and five other countries. that is rare for any book, let alone one that started out self-published with illustrations drawn by a friend. swedish author and behavioral scientist carl johan erlin says watching his mom sleep in the car. >> i woke her up and i told her, i've got this great idea. i've got

i'm vinita nair.francis this morning is leading the faithful in celebrations of christmas day. >> buon natale. >> thousands crowded in st. peter's square at the vatican. he prayed for peace in a world with war, poverty and extremist attacks. just ahead we'll take a look at the pope's monumental year. >>> emergency decorations are in place in three southern states rocked by violent weather. a massive storm system across the southeast and midwest spawned at least 34 tornadoes in eight states since wednesday. at least 14 people died. manuel is in mississippi. he shows us the chaotic scene. >> reporter: mississippi was hardest hit seeing at least a dozen tornados in the outbreak. parts of the community of holly springs are in shambles. from the air, the path of destruction is clear. >> i told my wife, run and get in the shower, in the tub. >> reporter: his home was a total loss. >> i looked up, the roof was blowing off the house. >> reporter: governor phil bryant says he will ask president obama to declar

vinita nair shows why it's a huge success. >> oh, no, we'll have to start all over. >> reporter: like most 2-year-olds hudson is not a big fan of nap time. >> that's one of the biggest issues for parents is how do i get a child to go to sleep. >> reporter: that's why his mom bailey was eager to troy a book that -- try a book that eases a child into slumber. >> i'm going to tell you the story that can make you feel very sleepy. >> reporter: it's called the rabbit who wants to fall asleep. story. the characters have names like the heavy-eyed owl and the sleepy snail. there are even notes for when you should read slowly. >> allow yourself to fall asleep. hudson. it's worked on so many kids that it's become an amazon best-seller in the u.s. and five other countries. alone one that started out self-publish with illustrations drawn by a friend. swedish author and behavioral scientist carl johann earlen said he came up with the idea watching his mom sleep in the car. >> i woke her up. idea. we've got to write this down. we started to look for paper >> reporter: how did you test it? >> i went

tonight vinita nair reports even more sites have tested positive and now there's a federal health investigation. >> reporter: 300 residents of north saint louis county crowded into a local gym last week, anxious about what they would hear. soil near their local creek was contaminated by improperly stored nuclear weapons waste in the 1960s and 70s, and people have been getting sick. the army corps of engineers delivered the latest test results. >> seven additional parcels that have been identified. >> reporter: those seven new areas of low-level nuclear contamination were discovered as crews tested the creek this summer. the new sites include four commercial properties and three homes. add in the five sites already slated for cleanup, and that is 12 places around the creek with contamination. >> they found the tumor, about >> reporter: last fall, angela powers lost her nine-year-old grandchild jordan to a brain tumor that is rare in children. >> if it came from this, wow, we want some answers because it's making me angry. she was my only grandchild. >> there it is right there. >> reporter: it wa

tonight vinita nair reports even more sites have tested positive and now there's a federal health investigation. >> reporter: 300 residents of north saint louis county crowded into a local gym last week, anxious about what they would hear. soil near their local creek was contaminated by improperly stored nuclear weapons waste in the 1960s and 70s, and people have been getting sick. the army corps of engineers delivered the latest test results. >> seven additional parcels that have been identified. >> reporter: those seven new areas of low-level nuclear contamination were discovered as crews tested the creek this summer. the new sites include four commercial properties and three homes. add in the five sites already slated for cleanup, and that is 12 places around the creek with contamination. >> they found the tumor, about the size of a golf ball. >> reporter: last fall, angela powers lost her nine-year-old grandchild jordan to a brain tumor that is rare in children. >> if it came from this, wow, we want some answers because it's making me angry. she was my only grandchild. >> there it is right

the man once known as america's dad vinita nair. >> as he left this district courthouse, a different man, visibly frail, seemingly broken, so far removed from the energetic comic that once brought laughter to millions. >> now he's accused of the ultimate violation of an almost parental-like relationship. a mentoring relationship. >> reporter: he's scheduled to appear in court again on january 14th. >> stand and up tell the truth. finally face your consequences like a man. we're standing in truth. you stand in truth. i'm ryan smith in elkins park, pennsylvania. >>> next, this couple gave up more than modern conveniences to live the victorian life. but why? take us inside their world. huh. introducing centrum vitamints. a brand new multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. with a full spectrum of essential nutrients... surprisingly smooth, refreshingly cool. i see you found the vitamints. new centrum vitamints. a delicious new way to get your multivitamins. star light star bright, the first star i see tonight i wish i may, i wish i might, have the wish i wish tonight the lincoln wish list ev

vinita nair has the story. >> tickets went on sale for 56 shows thursday, many in huge arenas that seathousands of fans. adele's team went to great lengths to keep tickets out of the hands of so-called secondary sellers who buy at retail then jack up prices. tickets are showing up on sites like stubhub for thousands of dollars. ♪ hello it's me >> reporter: adele is the reigning queen of heartbreak. now many fans feel her pain. after trying to buy tickets on the phone and online for hours thursday, some received this message instead. no seats available. ♪ hello from the other side i must have brought us down to size ♪ >> reporter: memes like this made the rounds on social media. hello from the ticket line. i've clicked refresh a thousand times. ♪ at least i can say that i've tried ♪ >> people were upset. they were weeping big adele tears while listening to adele music and trying to buy adele tickets. >> reporter: her new album "25" has sold more than 5 million copies and is the top seller of 2015. the tour sold out and almost immediately tickets were posted on sites like stubhub, premium

off but anthony maven and vason and vinita nair are here. >>> a new poll shows more voters prefer donald trump than his three strongest rivals combined. the poll finds trump has 39% support and ted cruz is second with 18% and followed by ben carson and marco rubio at 10%. chris christie is fifth at 5%. >> the poll came out as trump defended using a rude worgar and only meant that clinton was beaten badly. major garrett in washington has reaction from both campaigns. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday, clinton brushed off trump's latest verbal barrage and described him as a bully and dangerous one at that she said who is proposed to ban all muslims from america has to inspire isis recruitments. >> his big theory and blustering and his bullying have become his campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton in an interview with "the des moines register." was not surprised by donald trump's questionable use of this vulgar yiddish term. on the trail, clinton, instead, opted to attack trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. and his unfiltered campaign style. >> it

i'm anthony mason with vinita nair and kristine johnson of our wcbs station in new york.harlie and gayle are off and norah o'donnell is on assignment. >>> a woman is in custody this morning after police say she appeared to deliberately ram her crowd into a crowd on the las vegas strip. one person died and nearly 40 others are hurt. police say the woman had a 3-year-old inside her car. >> it happened near the paris hotel and casino. john blackstone is in las vegas with reaction. >> reporter: in a moment of horror, the driver of this car barreled through a busy las vegas sidewalk. witnesses say she had a toddler with her. >> people bouncing off the front of the car. you could hear it. the windshield was smashed at this point and she ran on the sidewalk and people trying to get the child out of the back seat and she accelerated again and kept mowing everyone down. >> reporter: emergency responder force to set up a triage center. the vegas strip was partially shut down. one person is dead and at least six more are in stable condition. >> she went up off these trees onto the s

i'm anthony mason with vinita nair. a devastating start to christmas weekend. at least eight people are dead after violent storms ripped through the south and midwest. nearly 50 million americans could face more severe storms today. tornadoes, yesterday, ripped through at least five states. >> at least 20 twisters have been reported. the storms left at least 40 people hurt and two others are still unaccounted for. weather channel meteorologist mike sidell is in mississippi. >> reporter: more than a dozen twisters touched down on wednesday and one a long track tornado on the ground for more than 150 miles for three hours cutting a path across mississippi and parts of tennessee and through holly springs, damaging at least ten homes. this a total loss and windows blown out and trees up and down highway 7 and huge stands of trees knocked down. get this. this is the foundation and the front wall blown forward toward the home. just imagine the intensity of the wind. survey crews will be out here from the weather service to figure out how strong this twister was. fort

vinita nair went for a taste. >> reporter: in racine, wisconsin, the holidays are all about the kringle certain skill involved in making the wisconsin state pastry. good lord, that's a lot of dough. it takes lots of this. to make the dough flaky. then you have to do this, again and again, to make the 36 layers. does everybody do this much by hand? >> as far as i know. now nobody at all does. i think we're the last ones. >> reporter: for four generations, benson's bakery has been mastering the technique. >> you can see the layers. >> reporter: when the benson family opened its bakery 81 years ago, they followed the danish tradition of a pretzel shaped pastry. its popularity quickly earned racine the nickname kringleville. complete with a kringle queen and kringle inspired polka. originally the danish pastry had an almond filling with raisins. now ben, jr. and his son, ben iii, make close to 30 flavors. >> my grandpa, until he died, would say, just keep the quality and you'll be here forever. i'm still here. >> reporter: not far from benson's is this danish bakery, family run since 1949.