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Career. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I dont know how many more people are left in there. We have no idea. We have no idea how many people were in that building. Were expecting the worst and hoping for the best. The search continues for victims of a fire that killed doeses in california. The entire wall was on fire. My brother a victory for protesters, the u. S. Army corps of engineers is refusing to let the dakota pipeline cross the missouri river. In italy the countrys Prime Minister is resigning after voters rejected reforms. President elect donald trump is making no apologies for his telephone conversation with the leader of taiwan. Does this signal a change in policy . Or was it just a phone call . It was just a phone call at this point. Trump tweeted that he had actually won the popular vote if you deduct the millions who voted illegally. It doesnt matter. He won the election. The midwest saw the first measurable snow of the season. Temperatures dropping as much as 40 degrees in some places. Its so pretty out. In san antonio, the nose gear collapsed on a United Airlines flight there could be multiple all that. Tiger woods is back. It wasnt a sterling showing. But he had his moments. For me to get back out here and play it really did feel good. Wilson throwing and its graham for the touchdown. The panthers are about done. And all that matters. The last eight years the white house has given us a leader who is passionate, intelligent, and dignified. The biggest Standing Ovations at the Kennedy Center honors was for president obama. Sir, i dont know why you stood up, i was talking about michelle. On cbs this morning. President elect donald trump began what hes calling a thank you tour of the country. Trump holding victory rallies in all the places that helped get him elected like ohio, pennsylvania, russia, the fbi, wikileaks and hillarys Campaign Head quarters. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off so josh elliott of our streaming network cbsn is with us. As you walk up in the west, investigators have stopped searching for victims of the deadly oakland warehouse fire. The fire started on friday during a Late Night Dance Party the building containing art studios may have been an illegal home for does rns of people. Now officials are worried it may collapse. In the past hour officials raised the death toll to at least 36 people. Theyve identified eleven of the victims but so far have only released seven names. The victims are as young as 17. Carter evans is at the scene in oakland where a criminal investigation is under way. Carter, good morning. Good morning. They stopped the Recovery Efforts just after midnight when they saw one of the buildings walls leaning in. Now, so far workers have sifted through about 70 of the debris in the building, and they are certain there are more victims inside. We now know that as flames engulfed this oakland Arts Collective friday night dozens of people were trapped inside. We absolutely believe that the number of fire fatalities will increase. Reporter one survivor says their fire extinguishers were virtually useless. It would have been like trying to put out like a bonfire with a water pistol. Like we tried and at some point we were then just trying to get people out of the space. Reporter many did not make it out alimp. And many may still be inside the burned out building. We found three groups together. Six grouped together. Four grouped together. What does that tell you . We are looking at bodies on top of each other. The presumption is from the second floor fall. So they couldnt even get out of the second floor . It does not appear that they were able to get out of the second floor. Reporter video posted from inside shows a party going on just before the fire broke out. The warehouse had been converted into an eclectic live work space for artists known as the ghost ship. This is whats left. Officials say they came to inspect the property last month. All that i know is that we were not able to gain access to the interior of the building. Reporter matt door says he lift at the artist collect it for the past two years and helped host fridays event. Did you ever see any inspectors visit there . No. No. And if there were we would have let them in reporter who do you think should be health responsible. Ultimately it should fall on the property holder. Theyre the ones that gave us a space with messed up electricity. With no sprinkler system. Reporter oakland mayor libby schaaf. What about the owner of this building . We assume that there are going to be many, many questions. We have a team of City Employees to pull out every record that we have concerning this building, that is being done right now. Reporter we reached out to the buildings owner for comment but have not heard back. Her daughter told the l. A. Times they thought the building was only used as an art collective. The city says it was never permitted as a residence, and was under investigation. Carter, thanks. We spoke earlier this morning with battalion chief Melinda Drayton of the oakland Fire Department. Good morning. Chief, let me ask you first how is your community dealing with this massive loss of life . The community is reeling. Its been a really long weekend. A lot of raw emotions. Everybodys still scrambling for information. There seems to be, you know, less than a few degrees of separation in a city of over 400,000. Everyappears to know somebody that knows somebody. It feels very small town. You were inside the warehouse. Can you describe the scene . I guess yesterday when i went in to the building before we had started the recovery, it is a large warehouse space, and if you can imagine, a roof, a second floor, and a mezzanine all collapsing into the main floor with a huge fire load and massive amount of stuff. Just on top of everything. In small mounds, in large mounds, in some cases reaching almost to the rooftops. And other areas. You could see, you know, halfway through. Chief, can you tell us about the status of the recovery effort. And the challenge of it. We are challenged with making sure that we are not missing anything, so it is an arduous, slow process. Once we move debris and determine that there is no body, we are able to move forward, but the minute we find a body all operations stop until that body has been extricated, and managed by the Coroners Office, and given the green light to continue with our rescue or recovery operation. Do you expect to find more bodies . Absolutely. Do you have any idea how many people were inside the building . No. Were getting conflicting reports. We know that there was a list of approximately 200. We have a report thats unconfirmed of just shy of 100 people in the building. And at this point we still have members of our community that are unaccounted for, and victims at our Family Resource center still looking for loved ones. Our best to all of you in your community there. Battalion chief Melinda Drayton, thank you so much. Meanwhile we are learning more about the victims. The seven people name so far by oakland officials range from 22 to 35 years old Mireya Villareal spoke with the father of one victim and shes at a memorial close to where the fire broke out. Mireya, good morning. Good morning. It has been more than 48 hours since the fire and as the number of vick tips continues to grow, so do memorials just like this one. Strangers, family and friends coming by to leave candles and flours, notes of love and support for the victims. Wers, n support for the victims. Sorting through the rubble, firefighters removed debris to look for victims. Nearby family and friends searched for answers. Sharon west has known micah his entire life and said the 28yearold was performing that night. We havent heard from him through any social media or phone call. I dont know how many people are left in there. Reporter the Alameda County Sheriffs Department says a large portion of the building still needs to be searched. We have no idea how many people were in that building. We dont even know how many people got out of that building. Reporter family members have been asked to preserve items like brushes and colmes to help identify the dead through dna. This tragedy has hit very close to home for our agency. One of our deputies that we work with, lost his son in this fire. Reporter the victims are musicians, artists and students. 23yearold Donna Kellogg was a barista and studying for a degree in culinary arts in oakland according to the San Francisco chronicle. 35yearold travis hough was a member of the oakland electronic band ghost of lightning on facebook his aunt wrote there are no words for this loss. I just cant help feeling so badly for my son. Reporter randy wittenauer needed to speak about his son chase. The 32yearold was bartending and county officials confirmed his death sunday night. Randy said raising chases stepbrother wont be easy. Every time i see liam chase is going to pop right into my mind. It feels so painful right now. In the end maybe it will be a blessing. The Alameda County Sheriffs Department has positively identified eleven victims but they have been in contact with dozens more, delivering them the heartbreaking news of what has happened. The Coroners Office also continues to work on this, as well. Trying to identify the bodies in any way they can. It is a painstaking process that will take several days. Mireya, thank you. In our next half hour, David Begnaud explores just how the fire in the warehouse spread so quickly, and youll hear from someone who escaped the flames. Again, that is straight ahead. On cbs this morning. The Company Building the Dakota Access pipeline is striking back after the army corps of engineers rejected part of the pipeline route. It said the Obama Administration abandoned the rule of law in favor of currying favor with the narrow and extreme political constituencies. Omar villafranca is near cannon ball, north dakota, with the next steps for the pipelines supporters, and opponents. Omar, good morning. Good morning. The eviction deadline was set for today. Thousands of native americans and environmentalists camped out here were getting ready for the harsh north dakota winter. Some of the protests here have turned violent, but when they heard about the pipeline construction stopping, they celebrated. Thousands danced, hugged, and played instruments. Following sunday afternoons decision. We can spend this winter with our families. We still have to remain peaceful. Thats what helps us win. Reporter the army corps of engineers is denying an easement allowing the fourstate Dakota Access pipeline to cross under a portion of the missouri river, approximately a mile upstream from the res servation. The river is the Standing Rock siouxs source for drinking water. In a statement the army corps said theyre now considering a different pipeline crossing further north. For months, thousands of protesters camped out near the site with no plans to leave, despite freezing temperatures. And clashes with Law Enforcement that led to more than 500 arrests. Energy transfer partners, the Company Building the pipeline, released a statement late sunday calling the decision purely political. They said they have done nothing but play by the rules, and fully expect to complete construction of the pipeline without any additional rerouting. Nothing this administration has done today changes that in any way. The people that came, and they saved their homes. Reporter for tribal member jumping buffalo the ruling is an emotional victory. This is my land. Everyone thats left. Were all from here. Doesnt matter what part of the country youre from, youre welcome here. This fight may not be over. President elect trump voiced his support for the pipeline on friday, and could reverse the army corps of engineers decision in his new administration. Weve reached out to mr. Trumps Transition Team but have not heard back. Omar, thank you. President elect trump is shaking up u. S. Foreign policy more than a month before he takes office. His phone call with taiwans president touched off something of a weekend diplomatic firestorm with china. And broke decades of president ial protocol. Mr. Trump was defiant last night on twitter. He questioned china about currency devaluation, trade deals with the u. S. And military expansion into the South China Sea. Major garrett looks at the mixed signals from the president elect. A bit of back story. The u. S. Government has for four decades followed a socalled onechina policy that means recognizing taiwan through defense contracts and informal contacts but not as a separate government with its own diplomatic standing. When mr. Trump accepted a call from taiwans president some thought this may have been an inadvertent mistake but we have learned the trump Transition Team spent some time arranging this call in hoping it would signal its willingness to challenge china to diplomatic, economically and in the South China Sea. This was a twominute congratulatory call. Reporter Reince Priebus tried to downplay the president elects decision to take the call from taiwans president. Something no elected american leader has done since 1979 when diplomatic relations were severed in favor of stronger relations with mainland china. This is not a massive deviation of our policy. But President Trump has made it clear that hes going to work with china, prc, to make sure that we have a better deal, that we have better trade agreements. Reporter the United States still maintains defense contracts with taiwan and late friday trump tweeted this. Interesting how the u. S. Sells taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but i should not accept a congratulatory call . Mr. Trumps decision to speak to taiwan costs more light on his search for secretary of state. Others have emerged, including former ambassador to china, jon huntsman, democratic West Virginia senator joe manchin, and exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson. Early sunday trump touched his attention to a domestic success. The deal announced with carrier to save some 800 jobs from going to mexico. Again via twitter, the president elect issued a warning to companies thinking of taking their business elsewhere. Any business that leaves our country for another country fires its employees, builds a new factory or plan in the other country and then thinks it will sell its product back into the u. S. He wrote is wrong. The saga over secretary of state is likely to continue for days as no consensus has emerged within mr. Trumps inner circle. The Transition Team announced this morning that ben carson has been nominated secretary of housing and urban development. Skharly . Italys Prime Minister matteo renzi says hes resigning after the crushing defeat of a referendum. The head line reads no triumphs, renzi leaves. The vote against political reform may be another sign of rising antiestablishment sentiment in europe. Seth doane is outside the Prime Ministers residence in rome. Seth, good morning. Good morning. This was a stunning loss for matteo renzi in just the latest in a string of populist upsets but the Prime Minister says the people had spoken and he would turn in his resignation to italys president today. Italian Prime Minister matteo renzi wanted voters to choose c which would decrease bureaucracy. His case wasnt convincing enough. I have lost he said and i say it out loud although with a lump in my throat. Renzis personalized the constitutional referendum early on which charlie rose asked him about on 60 minutes. Its become a vote about you, and thats not good. Yes. This is what my mistake in the first days of election campaign. I understand the mistake. Reporter the opposition celebrated the news, one of the loudest no voices was the populist five stars movement. This vote here in italy continues this antiestablishment mood weve seen in the u. S. And elsewhere here in europe . Yes, sir. Reporter we ask a University Professor about this shock to the system. In general uncertainty is something that democracy doesnt like. Also the degree of uncertainty. Reporter and this crisis comes at a time of high unemployment and significant debt issues here in italy. Across europe, other antiestablishment parties are watching this vote with elections coming up in france, and then down the road in germany. Norah . Huge implications seth doane in rome thank you so much. Aleppo, syria, faces a fight to the bitter end ahead were on the road where refugees young and old have to dodge explosions to escape to a safe area. ,. Good morning. From our kpix San Francisco studios, we have areas of dense fog. Visibility the issue. Coast is not clear, partly cloudy today. Temperatures into the 30s, 40s, and even 50s around the rim of the bay. 52 in mountain view. Later today with the clouds, we have numbers into the 50s, turning downright windy, 20 to 30 late day, into the 50s, rain late thursdaym. Movie stars and music greats fill the Kennedy Center last night. Ahead, how they celebrated the chiefment of some americas greatest performers. The news is back in the morning right here on cbs this morning. I use whats already inside me to reach my goals. So i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating whats within me with onceweekly trulicity. Trulicity is not insulin. It helps activate my body to do what its supposed to do release its own insulin. Trulicity responds when my blood sugar rises. I take it once a week, and it works 24 7. It comes in an easytouse pen and i may even lose a little weight. Trulicity is a onceweekly injectable prescription medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. It should be used along with diet and exercise. 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Firefighters had to stop Recovery Efforts overnight because it looked like part of the roof was going to collapse. Fire officials believe the fire was started towards the back of the building. We have a complete investigation at cbssf. Com. Coming up on cbs, protestors celebrate a decision to reject part of the dakota pipeline. Traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,. 7 27. Lets head to san pablo. Weve had a lot of problems on westbound 80. We have a crash to report westbound 80 before san pablo dan road. Its a multivehicle crash involving three cars and a motorcycle. That traffics backed up to rodeo and youre moving in the area at ninemilesanhour. Youre moving into emory, where it will take you 21 minutes. Winds other increase. Good morning. Isnt that pretty me . Beautiful view there. Temperature wise, raining with pockets of dense fog. Partly to mostly cloudy skies, struggling to reach 60 in rio vista. Cloud cover tuesday rain Late Wednesday through thursday. ,,,, here is the reason, actually, that donald tweets so much. Does he it to distract the media from his business conflicts and all of the very scary people in his cabinet. Oh, that does make sense. Very clever, sir. Actually, thats not why i do what i do. I do it because my brain is dead. Saturday night live opened again this weekend with a shot the president elect trump. The target this time was his love for twitter and retweeting. Well, it all got metta when mr. Trump fired back with a tweet. While the show was still live. Thats right. He called snl unwatchable and said alec baldwins impersonation of him cant get any worse, sad. Alec baldwin said release your tax returns and ill stop. The third time the president elect has hit back at snls skit sketches about him. What do you think . I dont know. A lot of tweeting back and forth. Sometimes its just good to have a conversation . Just watch the program and just enjoy it or not. Or not watch it. But the very definition of metta to be sure. Charlie, you were on the way back from italy. I missed all this. Welcome back to cbs this morning. This half hour, building inspectors knew the shous that burned in oakland was a dangerous place. How the flames spread through the building so quickly even though firefighters responded in just minutes. Plus the dangerous escape from syrias war zone. We are inside aleppo with civilians fleeing the fighting between rebels and regime forces. How the families and children displaced by the war is coping. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. Usa today says 6 inches of snow fell yesterday in chicago and the storm brushed iowa and wisconsin. The icy blast will start today in the northwest. Temperatures could fall 20 degrees below normal in most of the lower 48 states. Knoxvilles new sentinel says the death toll from the gatlinburg wildfires climbed to at least 14. 1700 structures were damaged or destroyed last week. 134 people were injured. The fires are less than half contained. The times in new orleans says they want after questioning and faces no charges. The Washington Post reports a strange explanation from a man accused of firing an Assault Rifle in a d. C. Restaurant. Edgar welch of North Carolina told police he was investigating a fake story that was spread during the president ial race. The storm claimed Hillary Clinton and her campaign chief ran a child sex ring from the restaurant. Welch is charged with assault and police say no injuries were reported. The New York Times has Prime Minister abe will be the first sitting japanese leader to visit pearl harbor. The Prime Minister will join president obama at the hawaii naval base after christmas. They will remember the victims of japans attack on the base 75 could be charged criminally. David, thanks. The United States and russia begin talks this week on the fighting in aleppo, syria. Russians foreign minister says he expects a deal to withdraw forces from the city. Russianbacked air strikes in southwestern syria over the weekend killed more than 70 people. Debora patta is in aleppo where Government Troops moved further overnight into rebelheld neighborhoods. Reporter good morning. Fight to take back aleppo is intensifying. A syrian army general tells us it is a fight to the bitter and enif opposition fighters refuse to leave, they face inevitable death. This is the road civilians had to take on foot to cross over into governmentheld aleppo. They were fleeing the barrage of art tillery and air strikes hitting their neighborhoods. Smoke billows in the distance. Another one has been hit. Omar fled down that same road with her five grandchildren. Their father was killed two months ago by a bomb. We were terrified, she told us. We just wanted the bombs to stop. They now share a room. Its safe for now. But her grandchildren constantly ask where their father is. So many children in this camp have Horror Stories to tell. Aide workers drive to make life more baeshl for them by encouraging them to yell songs at the top of their voices to relieve the stress. But erasing the memories of four years of suffering is not going to be so easy. This woman should know. She is 100 years old and deaf. Poor syria, poor syria, she cries, my heart is broken for syria. She never imagined her final years would be spent like this. With the syrian and Russian Forces bombing day and night, we can expect many more civilians like the ones we have spoken to to attempt the dangerous crossing from the rebelheld east to the governmentcontrolled side. Debora patta for cbs this morning, aleppo. Here is the situation. Its changing pretty quickly in aleppo. How many times can you say tragedy . The heartbreak, it never stops. 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We know at least 36 people were killed in the blaze. The red cross has set up a Family Assistance Center at 12th street in oakland to help anyone looking for a loved one. You can call 5102382181. In the next half hour of cbs this morning, studio 57 will be addressing president elect Donald Trumps Foreign Policy. An hour ago. D ill make the cocoa. Get a great offer on the car of your grownup dreams at the mercedesbenz winter event. Its the look on their faces that makes it all worthwhile. But hurry, these offers end soon. Thank you santa good morning it is 7 57 am lets take a look at your bay area whether. We have a bart delay on the base point line between orinda in both directions. That is a 10 to 15 minute delay. Atrain and muni multivehicle crash has been cleared. In the crockett area youre moving a 14 miles per hour. Expect delays the marin county. It is a beautiful sunrise. We have a thin veil of high clouds. With an approaching cold front that will pull in cooler conditions. Temperature wise it is 38 degrees. Pockets of fog and center rosa. Low 40s in San Francisco. Most notably the winds was increased out of the north and northwest. 20 to 30 miles per hour. Temperatures struggling to reach 60 degrees. Co conditions on tuesday. Into your thursday. , good morning to our viewers in the west. It is monday, december 5th, 2016. Welcome back to cbs this morning. More real news ahead, including Donald Trumps phone call with taiwans president , and how it is changing americas relations with china. Political scientist ann bremmer is with us. First, here is todays eye opener at 8 00. Workers sifted through about 70 of the debris in the building and theyre certain there are more victims inside. Right across the street is the oakland Fire Department. Notes of love and support for the victims. Some of the protests here have turned violent, but when they heard about the pipeline construction stopping, they celebrated. Trump Transition Team. A stunning loss for renzi, but said the people had spoken. Each has given so much to america and the world. Tonight, in a small way, we give back. Brady end zone, hogan what a catch tom brady has now become the nfls all time winningest quarterback with 201 career wins. That is special. Im charlie rose with Norah Odonnell and josh elliott. Gayle is off. The search inside a burned out oakland, california, warehouse is suspended this morning. Officials are worried it may collapse. A criminal investigation is under way into what caused the devastating fire during a friday night dance party. At least 36 people were killed. Most victims are believed to be in their 20s and 30s. Police have identified 11 victims, but only know the names of seven. The youngest was 17. The building nicknamed ghost ship was last permitted for use as a warehouse, but had been converted into a living space for artists. The landlords daughter reportedly says they didnt know people were living there. The warehouse had few exits and was filled with wood. There was no sprinkler system. We spoke to one of the organizers of fridays event who describes how quickly the flames grew. Once i could see the flames from the front door, thats when i knew it was i had an idea of how severe, but when the Fire Department came back out without anybody, that was really an intense moment. The fire remains under investigation. President elect trump is blasting china after his phone call with the president of taiwan caused a weekend uproar. Mr. Trump went on twitter last night, attacking china over the value of its currency. Taxing u. S. Products and its military buildup in the South China Sea. Fridays phone call was the first between taiwans president and any american leader since 1979. China said just this morning the one china policy recognizing chinese sovereignty over taiwan is the most sensitive issue between the u. S. And china. Ian bremmer is here to talk about trump, taiwan and china. Welcome. Thank you. So it is reported that they thought long and hard about doing this. So it was intentional. Is that your reading of it . My reading is there are few people in the Transition Team around trump that have been talking to the taiwanese for some time and love the idea of reaching out. I dont believe that trump had the sense personally that by having a phone call as president elect with the taiwanese president he was setting policy. We saw that reaction should somebody have pointed that out to him. Depends what they were trying to accomplish. On economics, the team ideologically agrees with each other, get along pretty well. On Foreign Policy the question is, what is the impact of it . Sgli thi. I think the impact is significant. To the extent there is a red line with the United States, it is taiwan and the nationalist government in taiwan. This will start the u. S. china relationship off in a much more contentious manner. The fact that trump followed it up with a series of tweets that talks about currency manipulation, South China Sea military expansion, you know, these are all, you know, red rags for problematic u. S. china relationship. I dont have a problem with a tough line against china, if it is well thought through. But i was just in asia, as you know, when you go talk to the singaporean Prime Minister or other allies in the region, they see the Trans Pacific partnership has failed. They dont see trump at all as someone who say strong and consistent ally for them. So the United States could be picking a fight with china. Our allies havent been brought into this one bit. All right, whether it was out of ignorance or some plan to send a message to china, what is the downside diplomatically . What could be the repercussions . If there is one thing in Foreign Policy you need to get right as the president today, it is the u. S. china relationship, the most important bilateral relationship in the world. And, you know, if were not working well with them, and our allies dont like dont think were consistent, theyre all going to be tilting towards china. Look, the world that we have evolved over the past decade is one where american corporations feel like they can actually do a lot of business in all these countries. That gets harder. China is the leading trade partner for every single country in asia, not the United States anymore. The negotiating environment is getting harder. Another way to send a message to china is about the u. S. Relationship with japan. Sure. What do we see there with the Trump Administration . I think with abe getting on a plane, flying over, giving him a golf club, different than merkel saying we want to make sure the values are good, the strongest u. S. Ally in the world under a Trump Administration may well be shinzo abes japan. That by itself isnt going to get you what it used to. Lets put it that way. You also tweeted this, Silver Lining from trump taiwan call and resulting furor. More likely he appoints a capable, experienced secretary of state. What do you make of the list in this context . The fact that giuliani, who is clearly who trump wanted in the early days, but they recognized he just doesnt have the capacity to do the job, they have expanded the list, looking for other people. Thats not the way trump likes to run his red rose ceremony on, sort of, reality contestants for secretary of state, the four finalists should be the four finalists. The new people hes talking to are pretty competent and coherent. Talk about jon huntsman, david petraeus. Whatever you think about them, these are people with real life experience, treated seriously when they travel outside the us us. My impression is before this incident that our allies in the pacific wanted us to stand up to china. Because they feared the encroachment of china. Thats true. One way they wanted us to stand up to china wasnt just militarily, it was the most important multilateral trade deal that the United States tried to set up for decades, the Trans Pacific partnership, which trump reiterated hes out, day one, wants nothing to do with it. So literally every american ally in asia, including mr. Abe put big Political Capital on the line to get tpp done. In the case of abe, he doesnt have any internal opposition. Either within his party or outside, he can come to the u. S. , talk to trump, doesnt even mention it is a problem for him. For every other ally like south korea, the point is that it is much harder for them to say, oh, it is no big deal that trump isnt Going Forward with a really big strategic deal that was going to allow us to be more in line with the United States. Thanks. Ian bremmebremmer, thank you much. Two churches with a complicated past are trying to bridge a divide. I think that was my first consciousness. Their members are using words and actions to understand their differences. Our series, a more perfect unio, announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by hepc hope. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by hepc hope. James taylor said he was just waiting to beed james taylor says he was just waiting to be named the Kennedy Center honoree. I often did wonder if they would ever tap me for it. Youre, like, hello, james taylor here. Hello. I thought suddenly i might i sing fire and rain. Remember me . You got a friend . Ahead, what this years honor means to him after a career that began with something he considers a bunch of good luck. A great interview. Youre watching cbs this morning. A great north carolinian. Morning. And hes from North Carolina. My sweethearts gone sayonara. This scarf all thats left to remem. 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In georgia, there are two pastors in the city of macon who are trying to heal the racial divide by bringing their churches together. It is sunday morning in macon, georgia, First Baptist church is making a joyful noise. Just around the corner, First Baptist church of christ is starting its worship. Like many churches in america, the difference between the two is pretty much black and white. Most people are familiar with what dr. Martin luther king jr. Said, that the most segregated hour in america is worship hour. Is that still the case . The reality is yes, it still is. I think so, but i also think that we wouldnt worry so much about that one hour a week of being divided if we werent so divided the other hours of the week. Pastor scott bigson and james goalsbee met two years ago and decided it was time for their congregations to get to know each other. Because not only do their churches share a name, but they share a history. What is the name of your church . First Baptist Church of christ. And started when . 1826. And whats the name of your church . Christ Baptist Church, 1826. 1826. Yes. There can only be one church. We came out of that church. In 1826, there was only one First Baptist church in macon. White slave owners worshipped in the front, with their slaves in the back. But by 1845, Church Records show that the slaves outnumbered their owners 2 to 1. So a separate church for the blacks was formed. Thats First Baptist church, the one i pastor. You pastor. And yours . First Baptist Church of christ, where i pastor. You have been just around the corner from each other for how long . Since 1887. And how often have you, prior to these meetings, interacted one with another . Maybe once or twice. After the tragic murders at a Charleston Church last year, the two pastors got their two churches together for a series of meetings to talk about race and its impact on their community. We were the only nonaftro American People in the room. On this night, Church Members met to break bread and walls that have separated them for years. One door that said colored and one door that said white. I think that was my first consciousness. For three hours, they shared funny stories and sad ones too. And by the end of the night, the two congregations grew closer. We talk ed to members of both churches the next day. Im wondering how much objection, apprehension there may have been on those who heard about this but didnt want to participate. I did hear conversation about how the conversations would go, and the fear of saying the wrong thing. Im going to use the word more apprehensive than negativity. One thing that you learned from this series togetherness. Lets stay together. To listen, to the other side, so to speak, and hear about their perceptions and their ideas about what is going on before. I learned respect, unity and reconciliation from First Baptist of christ. I learned how forgiving our friends from First Baptist can be. Ive learned the importance of sharing experiences and engaging in positive dialogue. Series has taught me that despite what the world is telling us right now, that this kind of conversation is possible. How are you . And it only took two pastors to travel a few hundred yards it begin to heal the divide. Pastors dickinson and goalsbee and their congregations are hoping to build on the series of conversations, no question both churches are planning the next steps to continue to grow closer and understand each other a little better. I love this story so much. Seems like these two congregations wanted this to happen. Like it has been bubbling under the surface for so long and the deeper they pull back the layers they see how much uniformity there is between the two congregations. Thank you. By the way new slim. Yeah. Mr. Slim. Rapidly disappearing. I wish 53 pounds. How do you feel . Like you now, great. You look great. You look great. Charlie gets to talk to just about everyone. 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I think the proper way to do this is not to make profit the Main Objective of Business Investment and all activities. But to make, establish, or recognize as a main goal of business often lifting people out of poverty. The point of the conference was figure out a way that the church and the private sector can Work Together to do issues for the poor. The death toll of fridays devastating fire in oakland is now at 36. Recovery workers had to halt good morning, it is 8 25. The death toll of fridays fire in oakland is at 36. Recovery workers had to halt search efforts for fears the walls would collapse. The cause is still unknown, investigators determined it started in the back of the building, under the upstairs dance floor directly. In the next half hour, tv executive and host, andy cohen is in studio 57 to discuss his latest book. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in a moment. ,,,,, good morning, is it monday yet . Lets look at our bay area morning commute at 8 27, heading to santa clara we have a car fire on southbound 101 before Great America parkway blocking the right lane there and we do have crews out there trying to fix the situation but as you can see, traffic is backed up all the way down 101 and you are moving just 19 miles an hour. Lets move to the san mateo bridge across the span taking 25 mints between 8 80 and 101. Emmitts freeway looking bad on the northbound side 238 to the maze will take you a long 38 minutes. Mass transit, pittsburgh bay point line delayed 10 minutes. No, you didnt. You did not say is it monday yet . I am saying is it friday yet . Morning, everybody. We have increasing cloud cover, the scene looking towards the Golden Gate Bridge. You can tell the flag is not on the fly right there but winds increasing 2030. Right now 30s santa rosa, 48 in liver more, partly to mostly cloudy sky, temperatures in the 50s today. Struggling to 60. Turning windy as well. Lets walk you through the week ahead. Colder tomorrow due to the cold front clouding us up. We will have rain showers returning right hoar to the bay area by wens here to the bay area by wednesday night. Soggy thursday. Cloudy friday and by the weekend the sun will poke through the cloud cover, temperatures slowly rise. 50 and low 60. Make it a great day. ,,,, were giving beignets away at the world famous cafe du monde. If youre near jackson square, in the french quarter, drop on by. You can stop by and cafe du monde, were going to be there all morning. Please send some home. I love them so much. Lots to get to on cbs this morning. Coming up, this half hour, talk show host andy cohen used to be an intern here at cbs news. There he is. Thats true. It worked out for him. Hes in our toyota green room, he has new pages from his diary. See why hes getting more personal with readers in this new book. It is a great read. James taylor reflects on his long career that earned him a Kennedy Center honor. How sitting at home and doing nothing helped him create his first new music. He told me in 13 years. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the groeb. Britains telegraph reports bob dillon provided his speech for the nobel prize ceremony. It is unclear who will read it, because he will not. He was awarded this years nobel for literature. He said weeks ago he would not attend the banquet in stockholm. Time. Com says eating nut maze prevent major diseases. Researchers analyze 29 studies. People who ate about a handful per day of any type of nuts had nearly 30 lower heart disease. Thats compared to those who didnt eat nuts. They also had a 15 lower risk of cancer and 22 lower risk of premature death from any cause. Lets hope it is the same for beignets. Andy cohen started in television, right here, at cbs news. You see him there. He started as an intern in 1989, spent ten years here. Telling stories. Went on to become the brains behind the real housewives franchise among other things and has his very own late night show, watch what happens live and the New York Times bestselling author just put out his third book, superficial, more adventures from the andy cohen diaries. It is good to have you back. Great to see you. Great to see you guys. Is everyone at home aware that charlie is wearing black sneakers . Oh, yes. This is his i love them. Fashion forward. I love it. And being in europe and walking a lot around nothing better. This is a trend setter. Look at the man. Look at his flexibility. Amazing flexibility. It is distracting, charlie. You know, i had to get to bed last night, the pages kept turning. Interesting thing, again, i know youre not you now know this, the diary is a personal endeavor, and yet here it is for us again. Yes. It is my second book of diaries, i was inspired by the Andy Warhol Diaries that came out after he died. After i turned in my last diary, i can kept going and kept going for two years. I said, im going to put everything in this and edit it out later. And i didnt wind up editing a lot of things out. What do you do, when you get home at night . I get home at night, i sit down and write, sometimes just notes, sometimes ill tell a story, depending what kind of mood im in. And how creative im feeling and i kind of fill in the blanks every two weeks when im on an airplane. Do you write about depression or yes. You write about that . Exactly, yeah. Like a roller coaster. Only one mood. First of all, im so impressed you keep a diary. And, yeah, because i wonder how you find time. I know how busy you are. It is also a streami ining consciousness. It is a page turner, well written, i think. It is very funny. And i stopped writing the diary found it kind of emotionally and existentially exhausting reporting on the details of my life for publication for three years straight. Maybe ill do it again. You take back nothing . No. I mean, i got i have to stand by everything i put in there. But, you know, your life, and your job, youre surrounded by really interesting, creative fun people. You talk about loneliness and finding a new love in this book. I do. I absolutely do. There were moments where, you know, you come home and the noise stops and the lights are off and youre, like, wow, this is is this all there is . And i talk about that in the book. There was a tough moment too, with brazilian Andy Sandberg where his relationship with you made its way to his father before he really had a chance to talk about his sexuality. You said that when you found out, it made you cry. Yeah. It made me upset. I was seeing someone and someone from the press found out, which i dont think is very newsworthy, and they called his father, they found the phone number and it just became this kind of thing and i just thought, wow, i never realized that that could be a repercussion of going out with me. Charlie would understand that. There is one person you know that i dont know at all and i would love to know. The pope. No, i know him. Okay. Cher. Cher. Oh, my gosh, cher and i have a great texting relationship that is a that is a through line through the book. And she oh. And all and she i went on lipsynch battle and texted her, doing a cher song and she gave me advice. I started a radio challenge on sirius radio andy and i went on this crusade to get cher to do a radio show including going to her house to convince her. And i sat down and she said, do you want me to say no now or do you want me to pitch me first . Like, let me pitch you first. Thats not quite her so bad. Really early. What is the story about y sitting in the anchor chair when you were here . When i was an intern at cbs this morning back in 1989, i was once i went i wanted to be on tv, i wanted to there you are. There i am. Look at that old computer on the seventh floor, i wanted to tell my mom, i wanted her to see me on tv, so i go back in the studio 47, i believe it is. Cronkite studio. Cronkite studio. And dan was there. And i went and i just sat in someones chair with the newspaper to read. And they and i got kicked out by bill owens, who is now at 60 minutes. When is it going to be live with kelly and andy . I dont think thats going to happen because it is live with andy at 11 00 every night on bravo. And so, you know, we all how long is your contract up . How long is my contract up . Im tied up would you love to do it . I love anything with kelly. She makes everyone better. And so but i like doing my own show. It couldnt be a greater incarnation of me, this show. And the best shows. The best shows are things that are an incarnation of the person who hosted. I totally agree. I love it. It is an exact expression of me every night at 11 00 on bravo. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Congratulations on superficial. Thanks. Superficial, more adventures from the andy cohen diaries is on sale now. James taylor has sold more than 100 million records. Ahead, the Kennedy Center honoree remembers his early days in music and how, sunny days i thought would never end seen lonely times when i could not find a friend but i always thought id see you again wow look who that is is that is gayle who joined president obama in a singalong at last nights Kennedy Center honors in washington. This years honorees were celebrated for their contributions to American Culture and we will feature all of them on cbs this morning the next few weeks. We begin today with five time grammy winner james taylor. He has sold more than 100 million records in his career. But his first number one album came just last year. No one can tell me that im doing wrong reporter away from the bright lights and crowded arenas, james taylor spends most days in the serenity of the berkshires. Do you stay up here in the winter with all of the snow . Yeah. We have been up here for the past dozen years. Maybe 13, 14 years. Reporter most of the songs for his latest album, before this world, recorded in this home studio. Reporter this was your first collection, 13 years. Yeah. It has been a long time. Reporter the music was always there. Taylor only needed the time to reach it. Takes a couple of days of empty time before ideas start to show up. Reporter what is empty time . There used to be this thing called boredom and it doesnt exist any more but it turns out a lot of things got done when you were bored. Growing up in North Carolina, you know, we had a lot of empty time. In my mind im going to carolina you see yourself as one thing or toanother and pretend youre songwriter and then you are. Reporter take me back to james taylor. I had been in new york with this band in new york named the flying machine, for lack of a better name. It turned out there was another flying machine that was doing better than we were, so, you know, this flying machine crashed and burned. I went back down to North Carolina to lick my wounds. I had a heroin habit. I weighed about, you know, 89 pounds and looked like a deck chair in a high wind. My dad came in. He heard my voice on the phone and he said, you stay there, james. Im going to come get you. He and my brother hugh drove up the coast and moved all of my meager belongings back down to North Carolina. I sat around there for about six months. And talked my folks into buying me a ticket to go to london and to visit a friend of mine over there. You were the first artist, right, to sign with the beatles label . Uhhuh. It was it was an amazing stroke of good luck. And it got that first album, you know, for all of its rough edges and faults, it got that first album recorded. It got me noticed a little bit. Something in the way she moved the early reviews, described as you were the first superstar of the 70s. It was called the first breath of fresh air. Reporter sweet baby james delivered his first top ten hit. Ive seen fire and ive seen rain ive seen sunny days that i thought would never end reporter the next year, he landed on on the cover of Time Magazine as the face of new rock. That really was got peoples attention, particularly my family and my friends, and my, you know, the culture at large. Time magazine was still a really big deal and yeah, that was that was a big change. Good night moonlight ladies reporter one of the writers described your look as a cowboy of jesus. When you look at those pictures. At least people are more creative than i know. Reporter and youre a songwriter. Yeah. Reporter how does that description strike you . Youre in a bar and you see all of the pictures, you know . Yeah. I dont know. I thought i was trying to look like george harrison. And you need some love and care reporter nearly all of taylors songs are personal and heartfelt reflections. Nothing was going right reporter but his first and only single to top billboards top 100 was written hi by his friend carole king. We talked about you got a friend. She said he showed me the confidence. He completely mentored me as a performer. Really beautiful tribute. Thats a lovely thing to say. Yeah. Carole was a huge talent. She is genuine. She genuine. Reporter youve sold a hundred million records. Thats ive heard that figure bounced about. Thats hard to believe. Its a lot of records. Reporter yeah. And lots of grammys. And now the Kennedy Center honors. James, we salute you. We love you. And we want you to know in all of us, youve got a friend. Reporter what does it mean to you . Ive been part of this event so many times in the past. I often did wonder whether or not that they would ever tap me for it. Reporter youre like, hello, james taylor here. Hello i thought, suddenly reporter ive seen fire and rain thats right. Remember me . You got a friend . Yeah. I want to stop and thank you baby reporter of course, im honored. Im very glad, as it turns out, that i get to do it in the company of my favorite president barack obama. People, in general, when they hear about the Kennedy Center honors, that really seems to get peoples attention. So it gives me i think it has given me a certain amount of how sweet it is to be loved by you oh, wow i know youve known him for a while. He is just a gem. Such a pleasure to talk with. I love the family. I love him. I worked for his father briefly one summer. They are a wonderful family. His father was the dean of the medical school at the university of North Carolina. They had a house at Marthas Vineyard which was a big deal. Used to be something called boredom. You can hear an extended conversation and my conversation with james taylor on the cbs this morning podcast on itunes and watch the 29th edition of the kennedy honors on tuesday, december 27th,,,,,,,,, great show and g as a supervisor at pg e, its my job to protect public safety, keeping the power lines clear, while also protecting the environment. The Natural World is a beautiful thing, the work that we do helps us protect it. Public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach our customers about the best type of trees to plant around the power lines. We want to keep the power on for our customers. We want to keep our community safe. This is our community, this is where we live. We need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. Together, were building a better california. Heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. The death toll of fridays devastating fire in oakland is now at 36. Good morning, it is 8 55. The death toll of fried aefs devastate fridays devastating fire in oakland is now at 36. Recovery workers had to halt search efforts for fear the walls would collapse. Investigators likely say they know where the fire started. It appears to be the back of the building, if we imagine where the artist collective was on the first floor, potentially during the concert the dance floor was just above. The cause is under investigation. The red cross set up a Family Assistance Center in oakland. You can head there in person or call. Here is roberta with the forecast. Thank you, good morning, everybody. This is the view looking out this morning at mostly cloudy skies. We have noticed clouds on the increase and have been noticing areas of fog and temperatures in the 30s in santa rosa, satellite and radar does suggest we will cloud over completely today, all associate would an approaching cold front that will drag in some cooler temperatures as well. As far as todays numbers are concerned, a a raw day along the immediate shore in the 50s, same around the rim of the bay into the peninsula, under 60 inland. Northwest winds increase to 30 miles an hour this afternoon. Remaining cool and cloudy tuesday, rain overnight wednesday through thursday. Rocky, along for the ride with traffic, next. Good morning, it is monday, 8 58, lets look at the bay area commute right now, starting with marine commute, slow southbound 101 due to an earlier crash there and it is from nev ado to paralindo driving just 15 miles an hour, to the Golden Gate Bridge from 580 to the golden gate toll plaza will take 19 minutes. Lets move over to a light bay bridge toll plaza, mesa downtown, a quick 16 minutes and then your commute across the span of the san mateo bridge will take a little longer at 27 minutes between 880 and 101. Have a great day. Wayne hey, booboo mama got some money oh giggling jonathan its a trip to Miami Tiffany come on, guys wayne you won a car jonathan ho ho wayne whoo lets get that big deal, baby, whoo jonathan its time for lets make a deal. Now heres tvs big dealer, wayne brady wayne welcome everybody to lets make a deal. Im wayne brady, thanks for tuning in. Three people, lets go, three people, i need something sweet. Gumballs, come on, gumballs. The banana, the banana, the banana, come on. And the golfer, kenneth. Everybody else have a seat. Lets get things started. Hey, kenneth, how you doing, youre going to let audrey stand right between the two of you. Everybody else, welcome to the show, hey, janelle. Hello, wayne, nice to meet you, im a big fan