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Goldblum share their personal connection to the landmark and a special collaboration paying tribute to the new york icons. Special it the word. Its wednesday, november 27, 2019. Heres todays eyeopener. Two systems pummeling the u. S. With rain and snow and wind. Anxious to get home for thanksgiving. Millions of Holiday Travellers battle the elements. A mess. Airports, a huge issue, the wind. Flight in two hours, got to make it. Out of control wildfire. Heavy downpours could trigger mudslides. Burning under some of the toughest Fire Fighting conditions. A rock climber took a scary fall our el capitan. Happy to be mostly okay. The New York Times reporting the president knew about the whistleblowers complaint before he released aid to ukraine. Sheofs whats happening in polls . Everybody said, thats really [ bleep ]. The e. Coli outbreak blamed and romaine lettuce blamed on seven states. Sparking a massive fire at a Chemical Plant in east texas. Medical ecac saixs under way. All that. And papa johns turning heads. Over 40 pizza the last 30 days its not the same pizza. 40 to make sure . And all that matters. Your countrys stupidest tradition took place once again i. Hereby grant you a full and complete pardon. When he heard the news, Paul Manafort said [ gobbling sound ] on cbs this morning. Shock of the decadee in college basketball. Top branched duke stied with austin in overtime. Hes got it theyve got a timeout and dont use it yes the lummer jackes have done it. The biggest win in Program History captioning funded by cbs all the blue nan auk duke fans are grieving. In the fetal position but will feel better. Tony not at the able. Where is he . Top of the Empire State Building. Tony, going anywhere today for thanksgiving, might be a little tough for you to get around especially in the upper midwest and on the west coast. Its been snowing all night in minnesota and a powerful storm with Hurricane Force gusts pounding california and oregon. Well show you the worst conditions on that in a moment. First, lets go to the 86 floor of the Empire State Building here in new york city because tony depopal is there now. How does it look . Tony dokoupil. Reporter its beautiful up here. Man, it is beautiful. Im always reminded it is bigger and better in person than it could ever be in your memory. Like it doesnt fit in your mind. The sun is coming up over there. The buildings still sparkling and a golden glow and the building is looking better than in decades. Eave been all over this place. Amazing from top to bottom. Its offer popular views for 80 years of course but the views go the a little better, because workers finished a multimilliil dollar renovation opens for the public, drum roll, please, this morning. Today. Ahead we take you inside the xperience include be an Interactive Museum and concludes in the 102nd ob observatory floor above where i am here now. Cbs news climate and weather contributor give us a check of the weather. How are things looking for the parade . A concern. Because winds could gust close to around 40 miles an hour. Could be worst. Ive been here at negative 20, felt like. Tracking two systems across the country now. One across the great lakes. One on the west coast. Show you the graphics. Well go through. First storm zooming into the great lakes, heavy snow on the north side. Wind gusts around chicago today over 40 miles an hour. Big storm slamming into the west making its way towards the south. Talk about the great lakes low. Thats going to be moving east. Watch out for flight delays in chicago, although not really raining there now. Gusts over 40 miles an hour during the day today. That will slide to the east and to new york city tomorrow. We are concerned about the parade. I think winds will flirt with that criteria of around 34 miles an hour and probably as high as around 40 miles an hour or so. Concerned about that. On the west, a big storm slamming in likely to bring at least two feet of powder to the ski resorts. All i can do is dream about being at any one of those ski resorts in the west. A ton of powder. A great ski season. Not dreaming of anybodys condition. Ours here is fantastic. Beautiful. The Empire State Building has its own zip code its so big. The micro forecast is beautiful and getting more beautiful as the sun comes up. Couldnt be better up here. Thank you. For now back to you in studio 57. We got it. Hope Mother Nature is kind tomorrow for the parade. And balloons. Flanning year long. Thank you. Weather at ground level could bring misery for millions of thanksgiving travelers dealing with heavy snow in upper midwest. Holiday traffic jams and powerful winds that could disrupt flights. Snow blamed for at least one deadly crash and the storm moving now towards the northeast. Don dahler and kris van cleave watching travel trouble today. Don in minneapolis. Start with you. Good morning. How much snow do you expect there . Reporter good morning. Well, some areas are expecting up to a foot, but i think here in minneapolis, probably have about six inches. Really difficult to tell, though, because the wind keeps swirling. Ofthe snow around. Minneso minnesotans now to do deal with it. About 800 snow plows out clearing the way for buses and commuters but its caused a problem among a lot of people and Holiday Travel plans. This is the troubling view for thousands of drivers around the country. A near whiteout. Dozens of spinouts and the crashes reported across thousands of miles of interstates. Many of which were shut down for safety. Was here stranded, cant get to the locations where we can be with our families for thanksgiving. Reporter interstate 70 in eagle county, colorado, was shut down for hours after a tractortrailer jackknifed. Two other semis slammed into it. One of the drivers was killed. To understand a sense of the danger people face, we went with driving instructor jeff anderson. Were seeing a lot of people sliding off of roads and highways, why is that . They overcorrect. They forget i have to stay calm. Its human nature to run away from a problem, to hide, to close our eyes. We cant do that. We need to focus where are we going, keep our line of sight where it is we want to go, and thats how we get there. Reporter the storm slammed minnesota last night dumping upwards of ten inches of snow across the state. Go to the other side of the car and put your backpack in. Reporter the Devine Family in eden prairie made their escape just before the storm hit. Dont want to be caught in the roads and also the traffic. We figure that theres going to be a mass exodus. So were trying to get on the road before all of those other cheeseheads make their way to wisconsin. So reporter as the storm moves northeast, authorities are saying just take it slow, and be aware that these snowplows are out trying to clear. Give them wide berth. Also, you have to call ahead. Make sure no cancellations at airports and check on road closures. Its not the kind of storm you want to be stranded in. You dont. One of the travelers out on the road, our transportation correspondent kris van cleave in boston ready to face thanksgiving traffic from boston to d. C. Kris, are you sure you want to do this . Reporter no. I feel like i lost a bet. But were doing it. We and, you know, more than 49 million other americans are going to cram into vehicles, are going feel way too small by end of the journey and drive somewhere for thanksgiving. With all the weather out there, that trek to your thanksgiving dinner is going to be anything but easy. Giant thanksgiving storms are pummelling roads across the u. S. And snarling air travel with thousands of delays and cancelations. Its busy. Theres delays all over the screen. Reporter rain and wind will bear down on parts of the east and west coasts as traffic hits its peak this afternoon. More than tripling drive times in atlanta, new york, los angeles, houston, and boston. People should be extra careful. Reporter Massachusetts State Police have stepped up patrols. Lieutenant anthony deer knows thanksgiving means more cars, more traffic, and more accidents. Watch this vehicle here. This white one. Twice hes crossed over and jerked back. Just did it again . Yes. Reporter we spotted this suv swerving on the massachusetts turnpike. License, registration please. Reporter the driver glen holmes got a warning. He was heading to thanksgiving in connecticut. What was going on there . I was trying to adjust the volume on my audible. Reporter on the rails, this is amtraks busiest season. College student jada heinz is heading to old bridge, new jersey. Bostons really hectic to get home for thanksgiving. Reporter tsa expects a Record Number of flyers. 2. 7 million today alone. United airlines Ceo Oscar Munoz says planes will be fuller in part because of the granded 737 max. It is going to be a little patient and empathy goes a long way always. Reporter patience and empathy. Here is the look at our drive. About 440 miles between here at Copley Square in boston and washington, d. C. Now, weve got the truck all loaded up. We are going to be going mostly down interstate 95, which, of course, is the busiest and most congested freeway in the country. On a good day it should take seven to eight hours. You can check in throughout the day and see if its a travel dream or misery. Checking in throughout the day. Kris i think you won the bet, because, listen. Think of all the good friends youre going to meet along the way. Think about that. Reporter thats a great way to look at it, gayle. Were going to make all kind of new friends today. Yes. Youre welcome. Thank you, kris van cleave. See you tonight. Thanks a lot. An explosion at a Chemical Plant in texas prompted evacuations that stretched over half amile radius. Doorbell video shows the moment of the explosion. Witnesses say it was felt miles a away. Police say there is extensive damage throughout the city. The company that owns this plant says three people have minor injuries. The fire is still burning in port nasius, 85 miles east of houston. Michelle choy of khou reports khou, reporting from the scene. Reporter good morning. The sun has risen you can see the thick black smoke behind me. The plant where the explosion happened produces Chemical Petroleum products. Crews are on the ground monitoring air quality pip the exact cause is still under investigation. Video posted to social media shows how intense the flame was. People living in port neches heard a blast shortly after 1 00 a. M. The explosion blew out windows of homes several miles away. This part of texas is a major hub for oil and gas industries. The company that owns the plant says on its website it employs more than 200 people. Reporting for cbs news this morning. A new report could challenge one of the president s key defenses against impeachment. According to the New York Times the president released the ukraine aid hes accused of withholding for political gain only after he knew the issue was the subject of a whistleblower complaint. At a rally in florida last night the president once again slammed the impeachment process. Hes been invited to appear at a public hearing next week and the white house says theyre reviewing the invitation. Traveling with the president , in west palm beach, florida. What else are we learning . Reporter good morning anthony and good morning to everybody. Two new transcripts released yesterday from closeddoor testimonies and we learned that there was tension within that department that withheld u. S. Military aid to ukraine, and at that rowdy rally last night right here in florida, President Trump again insisted he has done nothing wrong. They take this perfect call, and they want to impeach your president. Reporter at a Campaign Rally in florida tuesday night, President Trump railed against the impeachment inquiry claiming it was falling flat with voters. You see whats happening in the polls . Everybody said, thats really bull [ bleep ] reporter new polls show support for impeachment at 50 , 43 are against. Those numbers which have remained steady since october suggest weeks of public hearings did little to change public opinion. That might change next week with a new round of hearings. The administration is reporter house judiciary chairman jerry nadler gave the president and his lawyers until sunday to decide if they will attend the hearing. So far the white house has refused to cooperate in the inquiry and blocked those in President Trumps inner circle from participating. Even though mr. Trump at one point tweeted he would actually like them to testify. Democrats say the white house froze u. S. Military aid to ukraine to pressure the country to investigate the bidens. Last week, sondland testified that i told him, quote, what do you want from ukraine . I said, i want nothing, this is a quote. I want no quid pro quo. Reporter President Trump made those remarks to his Eu Ambassador september 9th, but a new New York Times report says the president was briefed about the whistleblowers complaint in late august. So he would have already known there were concerns about a quid pro quo. Meanwhile, newly released transcripts from the only official to testify from the office that actually froze the aid revealed two white house officials resigned in part because of concerns about withholding it. In a new interview, President Trump distanced himself from rudy giuliani, denying he ever sent his personal attorney to ukraine to get dirt on the bidens on his behalf. Giuliani backed that claim telling cbs news the president never sent me to ukraine. However, the Eu Ambassador, gordon sondland, testified he worked with giuliani to pressure ukraine on those investigations because the president directed him to do so. Gayle . All right. Thank you so much. An elite professional climber is recovering this morning after a terrifying fall and rescue at Yosemite National park. Emily harrington was trying to scale el capitan which stands a towering 3,200 feet. Shes very lucky because she suffered only mine irinjury its and a mild concussion. We caught with her after the fall along with her boyfriend. Nikki battiste shows the incredible fight for survival. The worst definitely went through my head quite a bit, and i was really afraid. Reporter Emily Harrington knows the risks, but the fivetime u. S. Sport climbing champion slipped and fell about 40 feet while attempting to climb yosemites danger el capitan with only a rope for safety. I hit some things on the way down and got pretty banged up. Reporter harringtons team found her collapsed on a ledge in freezing temperatures. They worked on immobilizing her spine while trying to keep her conscious. A search and rescue crew got to them within 90 minutes to rush harrington to the hospital. It got really scary for a while. Starting to imagine what the rest of our lives might look like. Reporter the veteran climber also credits her climbing partner alex honold for helping rescue her. In 2017, honold became the first person to climb el capitan without a safety rope. Harrington had free climbed the mountain in six days back in 2015. This time she was trying to reach its peak in less than 24 hours. Just last year, two experienced climbers plunged to their deaths while scaling el capitan. This routes very, very challenging. Its really the top less than 1 of climbers can even attempt this route. Reporter professional mountain guide john cadrowski it says preparing for the highrisk climbs takes years. The mindset that goes into the climb, the planning that goes into the climb, all the details probably saved her life. Reporter harrington says the fall isnt going to stop her from trying to conquer the 3,200foot climb once again. Obviously climbing is inherently dangerous and risky, and we take risks when we do it. And im still going to do that. Reporter for cbs this morning, im nikki battiste. So glad emilys okay. I was going to say, im glad shes okay. Doesnt sound like shes changing her mind about trying nope. The boyfriend adrian was here and they always say its dangerous, they know it, but they love doing it. Black friday can be a boom time for scammers on line. Ahead, some of the warning signs to watch out for. Orce good morning. An active weather pattern as we head through the day looking at scattered showers. Could see an isolated thunderstorm with brief heavy downpours or even small hail. That is possible, but also catching some sunshine, as well. Along the coast upper 40s. Low 5os for the bay. Mid 50s inland. A cool day all across the bay area. A few showers for tomorrow. A break on friday. More wet weather into the weekend. Ahead well go back to tonight at the newly transformed Empire State Building. Were headed down to the 80th floor to see the final piece of this massive renovation. Ahead on cbs this morning, what visitors can learn about the world around them on their way to that amazing view. Everybody get new deals all day during amazons black friday sale. Low prices and Free Shipping on millions of items. Needs somebody to love the fun starts november 28. If you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. Ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. Humira can help stop the clock. 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Showers and isolated thunderstorms. Lets get right to it and give you a closer look especially zooming into San Francisco. You can see the light rain pushing into San Francisco, san bruno and along the bay bridge. Along the coast. Half moon bay getting light to moderate rain across wad side, as well as down through mill pea tis and san jose and sunny vail. Scattered showers through the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms are possible, but also catching some sunshine. It is going to be a cool day across the bay area and a few showers for thanksgiving. Ic building gets all of its colors. Ding gets all of its i wore the right coat today. Cbs this morning on top of the Empire State Building is sponsored by welcome back to cbs this morning, and welcome back to the Empire State Building. Were here on the newly renovated 80th floor. These kiosks are part of the new experience for visitors. Workers just put the finishing touches on a massive 165 million renovation project. And of course we got an early look at it. Visitors will now go from one bank of elevators to another, making their way up to the worldfamous observatory. Before they get there, the 80th floor, this floor, now gives them something very cool to do on their way to that view. Welcome to the 80th floor reporter after four years and 165 million, the final piece of the Visitor Experience is now complete. We were there as workers put the finishing touches on the 80th floor. And now on the 80th floor, its about discovering new york city. Reporter the first thing youll notice, something visitors simply cant get enough of the view. Previously reserved for the Observation Decks above. The windows were covered over. This is the first time that our visitors get a chance to see new york city on the 80th floor. Reporter and you can also explore other tourist destinations from one of the citys most famous. Kid friendly. Ill be a tournist my own city. With touchscreen kiosks to help plan a trip and download the itinerary to their smartphones. Can i go to one of these in my living room . On the walls, a maurl, a reproduction of the city scape drawn from memory by artist Steven Wilshire after only a chopper ride over manhattan. Before we only gave people two experiences, the line and the view. Reporter the buildings ceo says now is the time to move this depressionera marvel into the modern age. One, two, three, smile reporter the new Visitors Center experience begins with an Interactive Museum doubling as a history lesson. People used to race to get to the top. And now they actually want to soak everything up. Reporter and ends on the allglass 102ndfloor observatory. Providing soaring views of new york city. This is a special spot. We want people to experience the peace and tranquility of being up here. Reporter and oh, did we mention, all of this opens to the public today, this morning. Lets talk about price for a second. To experience all the innovations, it will cost you at least 58. But if youre satisfied to go only as high as the 86th floor observatory, that ticket starts at about 38. Not a bad deal there. Its less than 50 cents a floor. For now, back to gayle and anthony in studio 57. Hope youre stacking your quarters and getting ready to come on down. I think i thank you, tony. I do think its money well spent. The day we were there, its nice to see the people that come from all over the world just to be there. Makes you very proud. You hear so many languages. A big stack of quarters to get this there. Yes. As tony said, every time you go, that view feels new. It really does. Its so special. Coming up, if youre shopping on line for the holiday deals this weekend, beware of scams. Ahead, the latest tricks from con artists that are fooling millions of people. Youre watching cbs this morning. Introducing even more value from fidelity. Fidelity now has zero commissions for online u. S. 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Theyre good enough to trick you like the one that tricked a Massachusetts Woman who says she never thought shed fall for Something Like this. I looked up my sneakers, hoka search. Reporter Maureen Lamie said the site offered discounts so she ordered a pair for the bargain of 0 80. I thought it was a hoka store. Reporter that was until she checked her bank account where she found two debit card withdrawals. One of the price of the sneaker and one was another price. They came from china. Reporter two darys later, te fraudsters made two more withdrawals which totaled about 350. Lamie fell victim to a scam website. And this holiday season, there will be more. You definitely should not be feel if you fall for Something Like this. This happens to millions of people. Reporter bree fowler at kuconsumer reports writes abo Digital Security and scammers. So what are the new pitches this time around . Its a lot of charities. Getting people to give. Its great sales, rockbottom prices. And then, you know, getting people to go to a site that looks just like what you think is the actual site. Reporter like that fake hoka site lamie visited where our deeper dive showed some tipoffs. Reviews that are actually for coats, not shoes. And an email for a supposed Customer Service site which an Online Reviews people called fake. Fowler showed us a delivery failure notification hoax. Look at the email here. This is not a legitimate fedex validator app dot asia. Thats the biggest red flag ever. Reporter this 25 gift card offer for itunes says download all. Thats a very bad idea. Never click on attachments. Never download things. Theyre very good at what they do. Reporter steve ginty with Cybersecurity Company risk i. Q. Says they want your personal information like debtity card numbers. He suggests using systems like apple pay, venmo, or paypal for purchase. You dont have to enter the credit card information at time of checkout. And therefore, the actors cant get access to that information because its a secure transaction. Reporter lamie got most of her money back, but shes still out 80. Instead of shoes, what showed up in the mail from china a cheap knockoff gucci scarf she never asked for. And i feel bad for people like if theyre going out shopping for their kids, its me, its sneakers, its okay. I mean, people like who maybe theyre buying their kids their christmas presents and then they dont get them. I mean, thats even worse. Its pretty pathetic. Reporter hoka told us it has a team that combs the internet for unauthorized websites and tries to do everything in its power to protect the consumer. Lamie says her bank credited her debit card for three of the four charges, but wouldnt credit her the initial charge for the sneakers. I guess they felt that was technically an approved transaction. She got a cheap looking gucci scarf. She didnt want. That she didnt want. Anna, isnt it a good rule of thumb, never enter your credit card for something you yourself are ordering. I like the tip, instead of shoching and using your credit card, which including me tends to do, use a site with amazon thats preentered so you click. Or use paypal, venmo, one of the services that have the payment. And so youre using a third party so the people youre buying from arent seeing that credit card. A very good tip. Thank you. I always try to do a Little Research and follow the follow the website and see yeah, you should try to go to research, go to google, try to find the authentic website. Really look at the website name. Its a tipoff. All right. Thanks. Lets go back to tony at the Empire State Building for a preview of whats wh of what watch. Reporter you never know who youll run into, i ran into vlad. Whats going on, santa ana youve got skyscraper stories. 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And a reminder, of course, you can watch the thanksgiving day parade right here on cbs tomorrow morning. I hope you will because ill be there. Youll be there. Little teddy ill have a baby strapped to my chest. What was your favorite float . I think spiderman for sure. Smierd man. Spiderman. A salute to the people keeping those balloons grounded, keeping us safe. King kong, remember him . He climbed up there. Famously scaled the Empire State Building in the classic 1933 movie. Take a look. Five decades later, king kong returned for another climb that went a little haywire. Organizers hope to put a giant inflatable kong on the spire to make the 50th anniversary. Technical dplichs caused minimum wage glitches caused major problems. Charles osgood reported on it in 1983. Listen. Some people thought it looked like a colossal potato sack. Maybe a plastic garbage bag. Other thought looked like a huge boxing glove. Nobody thought it looked like king kong. There were several more attempts and weather delays. But six days later, kong finally inflated, and once again took his place atop the Empire State Building love it. Also love charles osgoods voice. Such a great broadcaster. And guess what king kongs roar was based on . Theres going to be a quiz later for jeff goldblum. Lions and tigers recorded at the zoo here in new york and played backwards. That is how they got the roar. My favorite story is fay ray, the actress in the classic, was told shes going to be starring with the tallest, darkest leading man in hoolgd. She thought it was in hollywood. She thought it was clark gable. Theyre like, nope, not clark gable. Thats great. First on cbs this morning, Linmanuel Miranda shot his brandnew music video at the Empire State Building. The Tony Awardwinning actor and would composer calls it his love letter to new york city. It is set to his original song cheering for me now. Take a look at this. Im just Getting Started times of the essence i cant say ive made it but id never trade it the video teaches a new music to lights show, and it will kick off the opening of the newly redesigned 80th floor. We were there with Linmanuel Miranda when he explored the new observatory. He told us what the building means to new york. Take a listen. Its sort of one of those things that makes new york great. We come to new york from all over the world because its not like anywhere else in the world. This is the beacon smack dab in the middle of it. We can get behind that, right . The. Absolutely. We deal with a lot of stuff in new york city, but the city is a knockout. Theres a heck of a reward. Its true. Hes about the only per coming up next, jeff goldblum. Well be right back. Rer skin th. In fact, tremfya® was proven superior to humira® in providing significantly clearer skin. Tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. 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It is wednesday, november 27th, 2019, the day before thanksgiving and welcome back and im gayle king. A few surprises in the basement. Im going down there. Im anthony mason. Jeff gold boom tells us had you new york inspired his music. And im tony dokoupil. This morning we climb higher and compare the view here to some of the worlds other famous skyscrapers. But first here is todays oeye opener. It is snowing all note in minnesota and Hurricane Force ghosts. Tracking two systems across the country. One of them across the great lakes and one on the west coast. Some areas are expecting up to a foot but it is difficult to tell because this wind keeps spiraling the snow around. With all of the weather out there. That trek to your thanksgiving dinner is going to be anything but easy. The plant where this explosion happened produced petroleum products. Two transcripts were released yesterday. Welcome back to the Empire State Building. Were here on the newly renovated 80th floor. Workers just put the finishing touches on a massive 165 million renovation project. This video captures the spirit of thanksgiving. Maybe more than any video ive ever seen. Great. First time frying a turkey. Stay inside. Get inside right now. Oh, my god. As every thanksgiving emotion rolls up into one. He said that with love. Get inside. The family gettogethers. Welcome back to cbs this morning. There is tony at the Empire State Building. Well head back to tony in a minute but we begin with a thanksgiving getaway. Millions of americans have to deal with the weather along with the crowds of course. One powerful storm is bringing heavy snow to the upper midwest and rain farther east. A second storm is hitting the west with rain, snow and damaging winds. Thanksgiving day will bring strong winds to the northeast with gusts that could reach 40 Miles Per Hour right here in north kor in new york city. The balloons in the thanksgiving day parade will not fly if the wind is that strong. Millions of people will be here so lets hope they could get the floats up. But today is historic for one of new york citys famous landmarks. Minutes ago visitors started streaming in and only on cbs this morning, i like whether we can say that and ill say it again only on cbs this morning a firsthand look at the 80th floor, part of the 165 million makeover. Tony dokoupil joins us from the famous observatory in the world. I see morning, the daylight has come. Reporter the daylight has come. Day break is here. One of the most sunny views in the world is right here and were the only constant in this world is change. Buildings pop up on the skyline and renovations here to this building but the one thing that never changes and remained the same since 1931 when this building opens nearly 90 years ago is the sense of awe when you look out of the windows and over this ledge. The governor back in 1931, Franklin Roosevelt flocked here and in awe and tickets back then cost 1 for adults and we were talking about price earlier, that is about the same price as today. So not a big change even though there is a major improvement in the experience to get here. Millions have followed the gove governor there including Queen Elizabeth and a rodeo star with his horse and brides and grooms. This is a very romantic spot. The couple to marry here chose the skyscraper because, get this, it is the nearest place to heaven they could find. I have to agree. Coming up, well take you to where the visitors couldnt go and uncover some of the secrets of the Empire State Building, they will be secrets no more. Until then back to you guys in studio 57. We look forward to that. Thank you so much. And also, anthony, nobody i know is rushing to get to heaven. You might as well go to the Empire State Building. Nice to get close but not all we have much more news ahead including a soaring tribute to the empire state from the first youth poet laureate. We wild. We want. We stunt. We strive. We hustle. We hungry. We run free. Here we come. We one country. We adensy. We begun the task of building a tower together. All right. Amanda gorman and musician jon batiste shows us how the empire state connects to the highest aspirations. Youre watching cbs this morning. We thank you for that. Well be right back. A lot will happen in your life. Wrinkles just wont. Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repairs dermproven retinol works so fast, it takes only one week to reveal younger looking skin. Neutrogena® good lunch . Amazin toyota. Lets go places. You have power over pain, so the whole world looks different. The unbeatable strength of advil. What pain . [vacuum]. At 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. Most stores are open thanksgiving, 6pm to midnight. Reopening friday at 7am. With extended hours saturday and sunday. Yes for less. And you find their favorite hero. At a price that makes you the hero . Yes thats yes for less. Yes with hot holiday toys for all ages, ross is your toy destination. It feels even better when you find it for less. At ross. Yes for less. This morning as part of our exclusive behindthescenes look at the Empire State Building renovations we decided to show you the wonders of this iconic tower. Each of us got to visit a special part of the building that most visitors never see. So lets take you on that journey. Well go down to uncover secrets from dozens of feet underground to way up on the 104th 1 2 floor. New york welcome to the Empire State Building. Killer view. It is always amazed me they built this in a year. Without the technology that we have today. Exactly. It was a financial loser for the city for a long time. But it didnt become iconic until the second half of the 20th century. You could imagine working on this as it was going up. With no harness. Im scared of hik of heigh but this is so spectacular. Hey. These are our tour guides. Good to see you. So i hear we all have different assignments. Were going to look at lighting. Are you game. Im all over it. Lets go. And were going down below. You got it. And where are we going. Were going where no visitor goes, you will to the 104th floor, two levels above the 102 floor. Is it safe . For you and i it is. Lets go. Were going to take the last elevate to the 102 floor but after that we have some ladders to climb. I can handle it. Unlike you i have a fear of heights so instead of going up, were going down with dana snyder, below ground. Anthony, i hear you. That is more my speed because im thinking, tony, i got bad knees so my ladder climbing days are over. I have to tell you, it is pretty easy in sneakers. Not bad at all. So how about instead of climbing ladders we take a look at the lighting control room. I like how youre thinking mr. Malkin. When did you first start lighting the building . So there have been all sorts of different lights on the building but the bottom line is that serious lighting didnt take place with colors until the bicentennial. Who gets to decide the color . We get far more requests for lighting than we have days in the year and there is a committee and applications come in and people could apply on the website. Because i thought because you were ceo of the building that youre sitting there going ill decide who gets a lighting but it doesnt work like that. No. I have a lot of other things to do. Dont take this the wrong way, tony, when i walked into the room i was surprised by the simplicity of the room. I expected lights, camera and action. Even the wizard of oz had a bunch of leverers in the end. What color would you like it to be. Are you serious . Do you think well see tony . Still working on getting there. Still rethinking your voice . No. Think of the view. Well dana and i made it to the river level of the Empire State Building but it doesnt look like a river. There is not a Running River in the Empire State Building but it is built above ancient waterways that run throughout manhattan on a rainy or snowy day the river might seep up further. When we drain down the system we get a foot or two of water in here still but it used to be far more than it is now as you could see the water has been five or six feet. You call this the wind tunnel. Yes. Why . Was engineered to bring in fresh air, outside air and cold air through the wind tunnel and to supply the lower levels of the building before we had any kind of airconditioning, the Empire State Building built in 1931, it is a historically preserved building and yet now today it is one of the most efficient buildings in the country. So whats up tony, have you made it up there yet . Getting close. Hello. You may think the Empire State Building has 102 floors but there is another secret floor, 103rd. And that is where vip visitors go. But were going higher than that. Were going to step outside where well were going there today. It will be 104 maybe, give or take. 104 1 2. Take that vip celebrities. Oh, wow im at the same level as that helicopter right there. Wow on a clear day you could see five states, 80 miles in all directions. Im getting a fluttery feeling just being up here. This is unbelievable. Wow were at the base of the foot of the tv radio and the antennas at 1453 feet elevation. This was originally built as a mooring mass and the concept was they were going to dock here but the truth was they built the mast so that the claim to be the tallest building at the time and outdo the building over there. And were looking down on that building. This is a win for the Empire State Building. Where are we . Were on the 81 floor and all of the colors behind us are from the lights that blow up from the 81 up to the 86 floor. Could i play with the lights . You sure could. Okay. Detrick make it orange, please. Lets go for green. How about a little purple . And last, my favorite color, yellow. That is so cool. Fantastic, huh. Just amazing. Tony, i think i see you. My view is not into bad either. But one more request for detrick. Detrick, can you make it blue and yellow for cbs this morning . Of course he can. That looks good, tony. Bravo, detrick, bravo. Anthony, what is your like . I dont know. Ive seen better. New york bravo. We did that together. Great job. Detrick is the guy with the long hair controlling the panel but tony dokoupil, i would have needed a pair of i was getting wobbly. Tony dough co, what a great i was getting nervous. And then when we opened the hatch and there was a guy standing there with a dog leash and that was supposed to hook to my waist, nothing between me and 1400 feet straight down with that little teeny leash. But speaking of the new york state of mind and that new york attitude, the Chrysler Building which you could see behind me, that used to be the tallest building in the world. Briefly anyway. And then it was surpassed by the Empire State Building which built that spire as you heard just to beat the Chrysler Building. A Little New York attitude for you there. A little dig at the Chrysler Building. I could look down on it from here all of the years later. And coming up, were taking you all around the world to see how the Empire State Building stacks up against other iconic towers. I have to tell you, this view, i dont think its beatable. Youre watching cbs this morning. Happy thanksgiving. Empire state building, one the stallest structure on once the talle s in new york city and other countries figured out ways to take construction to even greater heights. So some of his cbs news colleagues from around the world tried to one up him. Greetings from the willis tower in chicago which sands 275 feet higher than the tip of the Empire State Building. Tony, you may have the Observation Deck, but we have the ledge. And this is not for the faint of heart. This glass box extends four feet from the 103rd floor of the willis tower. Thats 1,353 feet above the windy city, and i dare you to look down. Hello from across the pond in london, england. I am hovering in this helicopter at the same height as the Empire State Building which is around 450 feet taller than that building right over there. That is the shard. An impressive building which is covered in 11,000 individual panels of glass. There is essentially a vertical city. You have a hotel, you have restaurants, you have bars, you have shops, all topped off by this 72nd floor sightseeing deck. Ni hao from southern china. For truly heavenly views, youve got to head east. Nine of the top ten tallest buildings are right here in asia including that. This is the finance center in shenzhen. At 1,965 feet, its the worlds fourth tallest building. Its also 511 feet higher than the Empire State Building. It translate to safe and well, how you wish you might feel after looking all the way down back to earth. Bon jour from paris. The city of lights sets the standards for great sights at great heights. I am standing on the iconic eiffel tower which is celebrating its 130th birthday this year. Some people braving the cold and the rain to capture some of these views here today. You know, this building was the tallest building for a staggering 41 years before the Chrysler Building came on to the scene in 1930. And then just one year later, another building took over that title. And tony, you are standing right on top of it. Back to you. I sure am. And you know, there are other buildings out there in the world that may be a little bit good morning. 25. Im gianna franco. Were still dealing with wet weather. Mary will have more in a minute but as far as traffic goes it is busy in some spots. We have slow conditions on that southbound side of looks like 101 there at silver. We have an accident there before sister cities boulevard. It is blocking at least the left lane. Stalled vehicle slowing you down there. Give yourself extra time. This is good news. Safe to say Holiday Light up the bay bridge. If youre getting where you need to go for the holiday, youre already there or give yourself extra time this afternoon because busy conditions before the evening ride. 13 minute drive time from 680 to 580. We have reports of a crash westbound at Pleasant Hill road blocking the two right lanes but once past that youre free flowing to 58 of the pretty much at the limit 880 a little southbound into fremont. Mary. Tracking the scattered showers this morning. We have seen isolated thunderstorms and heavy downpours and small hail and lightning strikes. As we go through the day, that unsettled weather will continue as the low pressure system sticks around for us. Light rain over the bay bridge, across daly city, hayward, san mateo through and light to moderate rain. Your weather headlines. Scattered showers this afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms possible but also catching some sunshine and a few showers for thanksgiving. There we go with the extended forecast. Active weather pattern for sure. The van gogh. To harrison, the wine collection. To craig, this rock. I leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. That you do everything to preserve and protect them. With love, california. The reason were playing a tina song, you will hear that in a second. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Tony is at the Empire State Building. First, anthony will start us off. This caught my eye because of our stop the stigma broadcast on mental health. A top nfl player is speaking out about his own mental illness. He says he is not alone in the league. On sunday, Brandon Brooks was forced to leave sundays game against the seahawks in the First Quarter after he had an anxiety attack. Yesterday, he spoke to reporters about the incident. Were not supposed to have emotions. Were supposed to play, do what we are told and things like that. At the end of the day, were people. We are humaning inbeings. You never know who you might help, including yourself. Two weeks ago, he signed a four year 56. 2 Million Contract extension that made him the highest paid guard. He said the pressure of living up to that contract triggered his latest anxiety attack. He said its i always want to be perfect in what i do and im not perfect. Its not good enough. Sometimes that really just weighs on you. Anthony, bravo for him to speak up. Its so important. He said, im not embarrassed. The only thing im upset about is when my team needed me, i want able to be out there. He is not ashamed of what he is so glad he is talking about it. Its a show of strength. What do you have . Tina turner. Thats why you heard the music. Tina turner celebrated a big birthday. Which one . She turned 80. Clearly, shes feeling good about it. She recorded a special message. I look great. I feel good. Ive gone through some very serious sicknesses that im overcoming. Its like having a Second Chance at life. Im happy to be an 80yearold woman. Were happy for you, miss tina. Missy elliott and cher honored her career earlier this month. Turner attended Opening Night of tina, the musical review. She was escorted on the red carpet by oprah here in new york city. She had a kidney transplant. Her son took her life. She fell and had bruising and broken bones. To see her at 80 to say i look good, how great she can say that. I love to see her say that. Shes a national treasure. She is. I love everything about her. Lets go back to tony. He is on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. Whats your pick . I dont have a pick. I have more of a find. Were here inside the observatory. We are joined by a special guest. One with strong new york city ties. Introduce yourself. My name, ladies and gentlemen, is jeff goldblum. I do have some ties to new york city. I love new york city. I love it, too. I want to give people a rundown of your resume. You ready . See if you remember these. He starred in popular hollywood movies like jurassic park, you might remember him shirtless, the fly. Independence day. Its right here in the big apple where he got his start at 17 years old. He left pittsburgh to study acting at new yorks famed neighborhood playhouse. Famed before you got there or after . Before. I think you helped make it more famous. Soon after, you had a broadway debut in the Tony Award Winning musical two gentlemen of verona. Its a shakespeare play. We made a musical out of it. It was a big hit. My first job. First job. How does acting compare acting in a broadway play compare to what you are doing now . A new show you are doing what were doing, where you walk around, you look at stuff, you report on things. A little bit. You do it so well. I sit at your feet. You are masterful. Im doing the show. I like this show. How does it compare . I dont know. You play yourself in this. Yes, i am. Just like you. Its fun. Its on disney plus. We did 12 of them, already three have been streamed. Did you see any of them . Denim and ice cream. Coming out friday. I saw it early. Pittsburgh has fantastic ice cream, you growing up there. We reference it in the show. Have you been to pittsburgh . I have. There was a place called eisley. There was a top ten place. I made a trip there. What flavor . Probably Chocolate Chip Cookie dough. Whats the most interesting thing you have learned . We did a pools episode. You were in a sensory deprivation tank. I also did for that episode, we went to raging waters. I had never been to a water park. We went to the Nasa Neutral Buoyancy Lab in houston, texas, where they have the biggest pool anywhere. At the bottom is a replica of the International Space station. Itraintrainees, women. Went for six hours in their space suit to simulate weightlessness to do their work. Put on fins and snorkel and went in with them. I talked to astronauts who had been up there. One told me a very interesting thing. Listen. Everybody who has been up there for four or five months, only men, not women who have been up there, but the men come back with something wrong with their right eye. Not left eye. But always their right eye that it does Something Like that. Its waving. They have no idea whats going on. We learned a lot of interesting stuff. Nat geo is the producer. The world is full of mysteries. We have much to do. You said a mouthful. We should do a show together. I want to ask you something. This is a big mystery. We did a poll. We asked americans something. We say, whats your Favorite Music . 7 of americans surveyed by cbs news, 7 said, jazz. You play jazz. Whats your pitch . Cbs news, you cant argue with cbs news. This is what the people are saying. The people are saying. I have my ear to what the people are saying. I like that jazz music. People who come to our shows like it. Theres some is that you . That is me. We play a kind of music that is 50s, 60s blue note that we put out. Its called i shouldnt be telling you this. Its fun. Its like what jazz was originally in some quarters, fun and romantic and social music and dance music. We have singers on this album like fiona apple and miley cyrus and gregory porter. Its really fun. I dont know if you were watching earlier. We teased a quiz were going to do. Since you know the world. I love any quiz. Question number one. You ready . No. Im not ready. I will get it. How long does it take to wash all 6,000 windows here on the Empire State Building . I would say all 6,000 windows. How many people on the team . I had the same question. I didnt get an answer. Im presuming about two. Im thinking two. Two guys to do 6,000 windows. I would not what was the second one . Four weeks, four months, four years. Lets say a month. Four months. When they get to the end, they go back to the beginning. Question number two. Shake it off. Question two. Is everyone ready . This building here where we are is about 1,400 feet tall. How much does it weigh . Come on. You are asking the wrong guy. Let me guess. Multiple choice on this . No. Take a shot at it. How much does this building weigh . I havent the vaguest idea. Lets say 30 tons. I have no idea. 365,000 tons. What . It blows my mind. Holy lets toss it back to anthony and gayle. Do the toss. I will take manhattan, the bronx and staten island. Jeff goldblum, whats your favorite new york song . I was thinking about a bunch of them this morning. There was one from a jerry lewis and dean martin movie that goes like this. Every street, a boulevard in old new york i like that one. Jeff goldblum, we like you. You will get a kick out of this. Last week when we were planning the show, tony said, im so albumed i bummed i will miss jeff goldblum. I always wanted to talk to him. Thats what i said. Then he gets you all to himself. That was nice. I miss you. Im glad i talked to you. Its a pleasure to talk to you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We turn to another piano maestro. He gets to sit with you at your feet. You are masterful. I like that. I will never forget that. Mr. Masterful. Put that in the promos. Thank you, jeff goldblum. Thank you for coming to play with us today. We turn to another piano maestro, John Bastiste and his attribute ult to the Empire State Building with the first he couldve just been the middle class kid who made good. But Mike Bloomberg became the guy who did good. After building a business that created thousands of jobs he took charge of a city still reeling from 9 11 a threeterm mayor who helped bring it back from the ashes bringing jobs and thousands of Affordable Housing units with it. After witnessing the terrible toll of gun violence. He helped create a movement to protect families across america. And stood up to the coal lobby and this administration to protect this planet from climate change. And now, hes taking on. Him. To rebuild a country and restore faith in the dream that defines us. Where the wealthy will pay more in taxes and the middle class get their fair share. Everyone without Health Insurance can get it and everyone who likes theirs keep it. And where jobs wont just help you get by, but get ahead. And on all those things Mike Blomberg intends to make good. Jobs creator. Leader. Problem solver. Mike bloomberg for president. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. It was our honor. For nearly 90 years now, the Empire State Building has stood as not only a symbol of the skyline of new york but also a symbol of American Ingenuity and determination. In honor of the soaring towers creators, the nations first youth poet laureate, amanda gorman, headed to the Observation Deck with pianist jon batiste, also musical directory at the late show with stephen colbert. Heres their performance of the republic rising, an original composition created for this special broadcast. Steel spears through vapor, the tower taper like a childs pencil. This a peak of progress and potential built when the big apple had to grapple with the great depression. But in that time of dire stakes, this empire state still desired to scrape the sky. And when the cloudhigh building glows, it shows in all its concrete and steel that a real country can still heal, can seek an ideal of opportunity and unbroken hope. All the possibilities that this pen of a tower wrote here. Here into the screams of subway, here where theres dreams of someday, here the melting pot where geniuses jive to jazz and hurry nonstop to hiphop on chopped up street blocks we bebop. We wild, we want, we stunt. We strive, we hustle, we hungry, we run free. Here we come, we one country, we aint done, see. Weve gone the task of building a tower together. Not stacked with steel or stone but heart and home. We hone a nation thats a myriad like manhattan on each block youll find the black, the latin, the indigenous, the religious, lovers beyond the labels, the disabled community, foreigners into joiners on each corner of this land. In this cacophony of a country. We reach down long hands that we all might stand together where we belong. Like king kong we mount a tower and pound our chest, blessed with power we do not rest. We do not weaken, we are the skyscraper, we are the breakon or spine steel spire straight in this time of higher dire stakes. Let there fire wake as to the faith before our eyes. But if the public doesnt require hate to rise, global, grant us your tired, youre your aching. We will not fail so we will not fall, we are move by the call of this closs is of a tall staple. That proves that when you only include the few, you only injure all people. But when we retire our gates, we build up anew the entire united states. To an empire to inspire the great. Wow. Goosebumps, amanda. Now we know why shes a youth poet laureate. I like a cacophony of a country. Our country we aint done, see. Wow. I like we do not rest, we do not weaken, we are the skyscraper, we are the beacon. Very nicely done. Yeah. I like i like that all of it was dedicated as a tribute to the tower but also the men and women that built this tower. Many of them are anonymous. Five of them gave their life in the creation of this building. 250,000 jobs created in the process of going 1,400 feet in the air. That was a worthy tribute. And jon batiste. Lets not forget the music he did. Well be back with more from the Empire State Building. Stay with us. Take it higher indeed. Before we go, lets go back one more time to the Empire State Building and say goodbye to tony and, of course, that view. Wish you all a happy thanksgiving. Good family, good food. The familiys not so great, how about great friends . We care about you. Yeah. And also, gayle, from this vantage point, you got to take in perspective. You can see whats important say yes for less to gifts storewide. At 20 to 60 off Department Store prices. Most stores are open thanksgiving, 6pm to midnight. Reopening friday at 7am. 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No delays. Quiet out of the south bay. Youre clear as you work into san mateo. Mary. Tracking scattered showers this morning on high def doppler. Lets get right to it. The locations still getting that wet weather this morning. So from at least palo alto, across the peninsula, woodside and into the south bay, looking at light to moderate rain from sunny vail. An isolated thunderstorm is possible with brief heavy downpours and small hail, so unsettled weather for sure, but also catching some sun. Were starting to sea the clouds break up in spots already. Accrual afternoon across the bay area and a few showers possible for thanksgiving. There we go with our temperatures. 53 for a high in concord. 52 oakland, san jose. 51 San Francisco. Its time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. You can adjust your comfort on both sides your sleep number setting. Can it help keep us asleep . 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