Where spirit is tryinigge compl flyers, their seats are uncomfortable. They bring us along as they try to change that. Hi, welcome. Reporter spirit, an airline known for rock bottom fares wanted to start with a clean slate, a brandnew empty airplane. With its future lined up neatly in rows inside a detroit hangar, the work begins. It will take up to more than ten spirit employees more than 12 hours to get all 182 seats loaded into the plane, slotted into the right spot and locked into place. If the goal was to find the perfect seat for spirit, do you think you did wit these . I think this is an amazing seat for spirit. Reporter they spent more than a year finetuning the new cabin with particular emphasis on the seats. They have memory foam, a curved back, opening up more usable leg room while increasing the amount of prerecline. The rows are still just 28 inch ace part, but the airline says the curved design has freed up two inches of usable space, and theyve added a real tray table. Oh, and that middle seat, it grew an extra inch, now 18 inches wide. People are going to see this story and go this is all just an excuse to shrink the space and cram more people on planes. That is not what were doing. The number of seats are still at 182. What did change is the livable space in the seat. So from a guest perspective, we wanted to make sure that they felt that they had a more comfortable time in the seat. Reporter for an airline, new seats are a multimilliondollar undertaking. Theyre typically lighter, which saves fuel and thus the airline money, but the feel has to be right. Believe it or not, airlines actually want us to be comfortable. Reporter industry analyst. The seat is the moment of truth. If the seat is a bad seat, if the customer isnt comfortable, theyre going to remember that and they wont choose that air. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate reporter spirits new seats take flight as the faa is under pressure from congress. Critics worry the findings could lead to even more cramped cabins. We think that the Airline Industry is looking at that report as a green light to cram even more consumers into ever smaller seats. Morning. Reporter we flew with Alaska Airlines frequent flyers over californias bay area for a sneak peek of alaskas new cabin. The only rows that got closer together on this new plane were in first class. The new seats are intended to feel a bit like a luxury car. Jetblue has spent years working on its new cabin. The leisure carrier also went with the curved back seat with memory foam. The distance stays the same, but because the seats themselves take up less space, jetblue can add up to 12 more seats. Its incredibly important we get this right because aircraft carriers fly for a long time. We put a lot of time into designing what we think is the perfect seat. The truth is the perfect airline seat probably varies by airline. But for spirit, these seats are already in one plane out there flying customers. Every new plane will have them. It will take the rest of the year for the fleet to get what spirit hopes is their perfect seat. When Islamic State militants overran much of iraq and syria, they targeted anything christian. Church, monasteries were destroyed and worshipers were sent fleeing for their lives. Charlie dagata paid a visit to one ancient and isolated monastery that managed to survive the carnage. Reporter with each twist and turn of the mountain road, we climb away from the reality of this warravaged region and into the past to a place of worship founded almost 1400 years ago. The roban hormuz monastery, carved into and out of the very rock on which it rests, this ancient temple to christianity one of the oldest of its kind in the world, overlooks the vast plains of northern iraq. Its namesake, roban hormuz lived as a hirmt for almost 30 years, living in a network of caves that push deep into the mountainside. Over time, more monks made the pilgrimage, settling too in its lab ribt. The cavedwelling monks are now long gone. But we did bump into some iraqi history students breathing new life into this ancient stone. Christians are an important part of the community here in iraqi kurdistan, she said. Theyve been here for thousands of years. Over the centuries, this place has been more than a house of worship. Its been a sanctuary, a safe place in a region thats had more than its fair share of upheaval. The mongols, the kurds, the ottomans, the turks all overran this territory at one point or another, yet it somehow survived. But the biggest threat came in modern times. When isis rampaged throughout this region in 2014, the islamic extremists targeted anything to do with christianity. Churches that stood for centuries ruined in a merit of seconds. When isis overran nearby mosul, tens of thousands of terrified christians fled, escaping to christian towns in this region until isis got so close they evacuated from here too. At one point, the terrorist group was just a tenminute drive away from the christian town of al qash that sits at the base of a mountain. Here praying to your god means planning for the worst. That armed bodyguard follows the priest everywhere. Something the monasterys head monk knows all too well. He was in the nearby city of mosul when isis suddenly invaded five years ago. What do you think isis would have done if they reached this place . Wherever they saw a cross, they smashed it, he said. They erased any traces of christianity. Even the virgin mary. There used to be a statue of her. They chopped the head off and left the rest of the statue standing there. If they reached here, he said, they would certainly have destroyed this monastery. Before the u. S. 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Thats why im here, to show you how to use the seal properly. Reporter are you wondering does tupperware still exist . Do they even have those parties anymore . The answer is an emphatic yes. Hi so does anyone else want wine . Reporter but the parties are a lot more fun now. You guys, check them out. We have metal for the microwave. Go what . Weve also got our silicone molds now. Reporter at least the one karen brown threw last sunday outside charlotte, North Carolina was. Literally, ive been int the upper wear my whole life. My mom promoted to tupperware manager right before she gave birth to me. Reporter burped . Yep. The bowl that burped began it thi tiny rim on the container expands out so the narrow groove fits into it. When you snap the two together and burp them, air is locked out. Freshness is locked in. Reporter earl tupper had paint can lids in mind when he invented the tupperware seal just after world war ii. This is tupperware. Reporter believe it or not, lightweight, unbreakable plastic containers were revolutionary then. Unfortunately, too revolutionary. At first, nobody bought tupperware. Tupperware, in order to be fully appreciated must be demonstrated. Reporter enter brownie wise, who sold so much tupperware by demonstrating the products to groups of friends that earl tupper hired her and turned her loose to transform the whole business of home sales. Brownie wise with some of the nations foremost sales authorities. Reporter she was a superstar, the first woman on the cover of business week. A glamorous role model for the army of women, and it was mostly women. 19 of them had sales over 1,000. Reporter who made money, even supported their families as the stayathome moms their husbands expected them to remain. Brownie wise built their confidence and rewarded their success. As peggy receives the grand prize of the tupperware treasureama. Reporter it was womens empowerment by stealth. Tupperware brands runs according to her playbook to this day, which is good and bad. The stock price has tanked. The ceo just quit. The company has opened a holiday popup shop in a trendy part of new york city. In spite of a worldwide sales force of more than three million in more than 80 countries, the challenge is reaching people who buy cheaper containers in the supermarket and think of tupperware as yesterday if they think of tupperware at all. They dont know how to find us. And thats the first question anyone asks us. Reporter asha gupta is head of marketing and strategy for tupperware. Why should they buy tupperware instead of this aisle of stuff in the supermarket . Once they start using our progress, realize the worth of it. The products themselves last a very, very long time. Youre not taking my tupperware. Reporter and dont you dare walk off. My tupperware is my tupperware. Reporter with somebody elses tupperware. I will come hunt you down and get my tupperware back. Reporter tha people of a certain age are prone to take the occasional cat nap, and some of those same people take their naps surrounded by cats. Steve hartman has the story of the most famous cat napper in green bay, wisconsin. Reporter the safe haven pet sanctuary has been blessed. Blessed with one of americas most helpful volunteers. A true godsend. Want some treats . I think its absolutely amazing. Reporter elizabeth feldhaasen runs the place. It feels almost divine in a way. Yeah, were very lucky he walked in here. Reporter the savior of the cat rescue is a brother of the st. Norbert abbey in green bay, wisconsin named terry lauerman. Ive always been a cat bless touched by creation. Youre such a sweetie. Reporter a couple of years ago, this 76yearold retired teacher started coming in to brush the cats. But his mission quickly evolved. It just happens reporter now on every visit as terry settles into one of the many comfy couches here, he starts feeling the effects of all this meowatonin and becomes catatonic. You sleep on the job. Yeah, thats exactly it. Reporter is this volunteer work . There is no salary involved. Reporter i know. I was stressing the work part. Well, you cant have much expectation for someone who is volunteering here. Reporter but there is more to his naps than meets the shuteye. By dozing off so comfortably, terry has actually done more for this cat rescue than any conscious volunteer ever could. It started when thecu posting pictures of terrys cat naps, and he went viral. Were you surprised by the fame . Oh, god, pet and brush cats and fall asleep. B world famousr doing this . Reporter world famous and a calendar guy. Even has his mug o a local coffee blend. For safe haven, brother terry has turned out to be marketing manna from heaven. How much have you raised because of him . Near 100,000. Reporter a guy sleeping can have that kind of impact . I wish i could fall asleep and make 100,000. Reporter the money allows the rescue, which caters to special needs cats to expand its reach. Good kitty. Reporter terry says it just goes the show that changing the world can be a lot eas than when you retire, you can do all kinds of neat things. Find something and do it. Reporter ill sleep on that. Yeah. Reporter steve hartman, on the road in green bay, wisconsin. And that is the overnight news for this friday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back a little later for the morning news and of course cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im mola lenghi. Its friday, december 27th, 2019. This is the cbs morning news. Winter white. Parts of the southwest look like a snowcovered wonderland, but the weather is wreaking havoc on traffic. The system is heading east. A medical emergency. What went wrong . And deadly plane crash in kazakhstan. 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