Formerly known as cat stevens changed his name and address. Hes back now singing and sounding like his old self and talking this morning for the record with anthony mason. In his 38 years as cat stevens last toured the u. S. On thursday the singer now called yusuf returned. Are you testing the waters here . I want to do certain things before i leave this planet. One of them is to play again. Ahead on sunday morning, yusuf comes back. Osgood this morning well look at stunning exhibition of hot rocks. 12 floors above new yorks fifth avenue crowds have been gathering to see jewelry by the company verdura. 550carats. How many necklaces have had 550 carats. Ahead on sunday morning. Osgood james corden is a household name in britain who is about to become lot more familiar in american households. We learn when Mark Phillips sits him down for some questions and abs. You could he shared a bath with David Beckham. And charmed audiences in london and new york. But now hes leaving london and coming to america. To do this. Absolutely james corden star of stage, screen and late night tv coming up on sunday morning. Osgood and well tell you about hollywood legend sunday morning close of of chris i will d. Demille. Rita braver will preside. Hes known for making blockbusters like the Ten Commandments. But crease sill b. Demille had other goals, too. He always had an understanding of the persona he wanted to create. He was writing a role for himself. As hollywoods greatest director producer. Later on sunday morning, im ready for my close up, mr. Demille. Osgood Steve Hartman tells us latest what may be nations least loved Christmas Tree. David edelstein as pictures, well take measure of the christmas wreath. Here are the headlines for the 7th of december, 2014. Two hostages held by al qaeda militants have died after unsuccessful rescue mission. David martin reports from washington. The first attempt to rescue luke sommers ended in frustration. The second in his death. Two weeks ago american command owes stormed the hide out where sommers was held only to find he had been moved just days before. After that raid al qaeda released video of sommers threatened to execute him if its demands, never spelled out, were not met in three days. With the clock ticking down to the final 24 hours team of 40 u. S. Navy seals flew in to yemen and hiked to a large walled compound where sommers ever being held. As they approached the compound at that time 1 00 saturday morning something, perhaps a barking dog, gave the seals away. Video purporting to show the resulting firefight was posted on a jihadi website. In the middle of the fight a person was seen running to a building in the southeastern corner of the compound where sommers and another hostage, south african Pierre Korkie were imprisoned. By the time the seals got there they were bleeding from gunshot wounds. The seals rushed sommers and pore key to the osprey which flew to a ship off the coast of yemen. But one died enroute, the other on the operating table. For korkies family the loss was made all the more wrenching by the fact that he was to have been released today in return for money paid by the Charitable Organization for which he worked. bow half dozen other people were killed but no reports of casualties among the navy seals. Who came so close, Vice President biden said. For sunday morning this is david martin at the pentagon. Osgood six men held at the u. S. Military at guantanamo more than a decade were flow for resettlement. All us spent militants but were never charged. Chalk up another win for the g. O. P. , the 2014 mid term elections. In a runoff yesterday in louisiana bill cassidy defeated mary landrieu. That raises the majority to 54 seats. A typhoon battering the philippines mowed down trees and sent hundreds of thousands to shelters but no confirmed deaths. 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Osgood its been nearly two years since the disturbed young man opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut, killing 20 children and six adults. The teachers are beginning to tell stories of what they heard and saw trying to make sense of what happened in newtown wont happen elsewhere. Our cover story this morning is reported by jane pauley. Something like this rips you to your core. And we came back to school ripped to shreds but we came back to do what we could with these kids who we loved we got lucky enough to survive with. They were all working at Sandy Hook Elementary School on december 14, 2012. All four and all of the children in their care got out of the building safely. Im in classroom. Four only now are speaking about the impact of that terrible day. Abbey clements teaches second grade. Everybody took care of those kids the best that we knew how to in the insanity that was unfolding before us. Reading specialist Becky Virgalla was in a Conference Room near the front door. We heard this loud noise i thought the roof was clapping. Very metallic sound. I just looked, what was that . A 20yearold gunman had blasted through the grass entry with you with a semi automatic rifle. Three people got up ran out in the hall we were ready to follow them out. I was three steps away from going out in the hall when my principal shouted back, shooter. Stay put. Police emergency, is this the shooting in newtown. Someone had called 911 on a phone linked to the school intercom. Which in the chaos was accidentally turned on. Do you have anybody with you right now . Do you have any children with you . I have no children, i have five adults. Ensuing gunfire could be heard in classrooms all over the school. What is going on . We hear something over the loud speaker sounds like a loud popping noise. The speaker was just wanted to climb up on the table underneath it and rip it down. I was scared. We were told to stay down, stay low. I had no idea where the shots were coming from. I tried to sing songs. We tried to read and many of us were shooter went in to two first grade classrooms. Carol wechslers second grade room was directly across the hall. For her there was no turning off the sounds only feet away. I havent told this story. Ever . I think this is a very difficult conversation to have. Just because of what it brings up to me. Five minutes, thats how long it took the gunman to fire 154 shots. The last to take his own life. When i gave my report to the police i said half hour, 45 minutes. Seemed to go on forever. I heard everyone of those 154 shots. Just wept on forever. Newtown, connecticut, mourned 20 children and six adults. A month later in a borrowed building in a nearby town sandy hook teachers faced the collateral damage. Children emotionally wounded. Jumping every time a book fell or a door slammed. How did your teaching change in january . It was incredibly challenging. We cared for them. Not just the academics but emotion family. The rest of the winter and spring was less about education i think combination of both. I was asked by one of the First Responders if i wanted to go in give a blessing. As i say, i looked in i could see the streams of blood that were coming from the corridor. Monseigneur robert weiss of the Catholic Church says the community is still healing. Professionals tell us, get through the first ten years you are going to see increase of marriage disruption and there have been. A number of separations and divorces. Going to see issue with abuse of alcohol and drugs, there have been. Youre going to see increase with Domestic Violence and there has been. Were all grieving in a very different way. That takes a lot of different places especially when it comes to anger. Where does that anger get directed. For 37 sandy hook teachers that anger has now tushed to activism. I go home, i do res son plans and i research gun violence. That gives me a purpose. In may they same together as Sandy Hook School educators for gun sense. I found the sunday before the shootings. At meeting last month Erica Lafferty was a guest speaker. Her mother, principal, was one of the shooters first victims. My mom would be so proud of you for standing up for what you guys know in your heart of hearts the right thing toe do. For myself i feel that at this point i have a responsibility to make sure that i at least try to do something. I look at the Young Children in School Every Day i think, i cant let them grow up in a society where this is acceptable. Is it i cant, because im a sandy hook survivor, does that make you responsible . I dont know if it makes me responsible, i just know that i dont want other people to go through what we went through. They say they want to close loopholes that allow online and private gun sales without background checks. 74 of nra supported universal background checks. Organization the nra emphatically does not. Were up against really big lobby but we know we can make a difference. Marion jacob works in the school library. Like when cigarettes got so much pressure all the laws were made against other Tobacco Companies and same thing with seatbelts and car safety. Not everyone wears seatbelt, that doesnt mean lets not have a law. Some of the gun proponents freed these laws somehow infringing on the rights. In reality, there are laws. They insist this is not a political issue. It has nothing to do with whether youre a democrat or a republican or independent. Its, do you want to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Is your husband a member of the nra . Yes. We have guns in a safe. My husband and kids like to hunt and do skeet shooting. Discussion is how can we prevent more gun violence not how do we take the guns away. A ban on high capacity magazines or assault weapons. They are less number of bullets in a bag seen in our case certainly could have been more survivors. Im going to ask a devils advocate question, no one here didnt wish they had a gun . I didnt think of that, no. Never thought of that. You know what, if there had been someone at the entrance door of the school with a gun they would have been dead, too. Theres a reason they call them assault weapons. Impossible barrage to survive from. We survived because we were lucky and because he was stopped for whatever reason before he could do more damage. The sandy hook educators dont want a legacy counted in children they helped keep safe december 14, 2012 in the kids they will help keep safe from here on. There have been nearly 100 shootings at american schools since our tragedy. Unacceptable number. 31,000 americans die each year by guns. 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And radio quickly spread the word to the mainland, where cbs newsman john daly broke into the sunday morning broadcast of the new york philharmonic. We bring you a special news bulletin. The japanese have attacked pearl harbor, hawaii, president roosevelt has just announced. The very next day president Franklin Roosevelt appeared for a declaration of war. December 7th, 1941, a date will live in infamy. The United States of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan. Osgood pearl harbor game a rallying cry not just in words but in song as well. Within four years, the United States and its allies had defeated not just japan but germany as well. At a cost of more than 400,000 americans killed and nearly 700,000 wounded. And though germany and japan have long since become u. S. Allies, pearl harbor is not forgotten. 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The jeweler is marking 75th anniversary with a special exhibit and Norah Odonnell of cbs this morning has a sneak peak. Twelve floors above new yorks fifth avenue crowds have been gathering to see jewelry by the company verdura. Founded 75 years ago by a Sicilian Duke named full cody verdura, his client list is bold and refined. Luminaries by greta garbo. Verdura designed her watch and wore them her entire life. These bracelets were designed for Sarah Jessica parker, sophia copploa and whoopi goldberg. I was looking around, there was a beautiful moon stone bracelet. I realized they were shiny diamonds on it so i bought it. Was it the moon stones or diamonds that you liked . The moon stones. Verdura made amazing stuff. But verdura might never have made a single piece of jewelry if he had Fashion Designer coco which hall nod not become friends in the 12920s. Chanel had a lot of jewelry given to her by her lovers. How did he end up designing jewelry for her . He had no come pung shun telling her that she didnt look that good. Verdura started by breaking apart chanels jewelry. Then he took the stones and created designs inspired by the byzantine era. These were the original cuffs designed for coco chanel . You can see this shows a lot of wear. Did she wear one on each wrist like wonder woman. Coco chanel was in some ways the wonder woman for verdura. He said, she was the first person to ever take me seriously. If you have the chicest woman in the world as your show cause youll go far. In 1934 verdura went all the way to hollywood, lured by the glamour, style and one of this countrys most beloved songwriters. Coal porter suggested that the duke come to america. The parties at that time were several weeks not several days. Thats where they met. He said, europe is great but things are happening in the states. Knee key landrigan, president of the company, says verdura got work as kind of apprentice to a jeweler out. Its became the designer for the great stars of the day. His jewels appeared on Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcocks suspicion. And on Katharine Hepburn in holiday. Ever wonder what a star like tyrone power gets his wife for the holidays . He wanted to give his wife his heart gift wrapped for christmas. But instead of his heart he gave her rubies wrapped with diamonds. He did. What a nice guy. By 1940 with hollywood abuzz and the fashion elite calling, verdura left the west coast for new york. How did a lot of these east coast socialites, these welcome to know verdura and love verdura . It was a social story rather than about clamoring of a her his jewelry. But bloom oring they were. Including the alluring curbing sisters. They came by verduras wares, their husbands bought them for them. This is called the paley case. In 1942 when Barbara Babe Cushing mortimor became cbs founder bills second wife. She was the best dressed world in the world. Also verduras muse. The ring . Not the engagement ring. 22 carats and yellow diamond. The mounting is from his family. Remember, verdura was Sicilian Duke. His grandmother was princess, he grew up in circumstances that we cant even imagine today. But his jewelry was made in humble looking workshops. This one has been hand crafting verdura jewelry for 73 of the companys 75 years. We agreed to keep its location a secret for security reasons. They are artists. And history makes them invaluable. They had commission the diamonds. Particularly to ward landrigan. Head of the Jewelry Division for some 20 years. In 1984 he bought verdura six years after full dough deverduras death in london. What i did i went back to the old shops and talked to them. Many verdura clients prefer to remain anonymous. Shes a lovely tall woman and she said i want a nice aquamarine and diamond necklace. But their jewels speak for themselves. 550 karats of aquamarine there. How many necklaces have 550 karats. Sounds just right for a fulco di verdura. Audiences go, wow. British are coming. Actor james corden. Later there was Something Different about him. Something magical. Something charming. Spectacular vision of cecil b. Demille. Osgood james corden is british actor of comic is coming to america in two very high profile ways. Mark phillips has some questions and answer. James corden on familiar territory of the National Theater in london. Hes a big deal here. Ever since his break out role ten years ago in the original production of the history boys which was later made in to a movie. Now some poetry of a more traditional sort. Corden was the tubby kid among the raucous students. Dont ails understand poetry. We had the stars the stage production drew full houses and won best play awards in london and on broadway. And since then james corden has pretty well cornered the market playing the rolllypolly amusing one. Youve got to keep hes written and acted in various hit tv shows. What are you doing . Just hanging out. His bumbling best friend act in a series called gavin and stacey made him a household name in britain if not a national institution. How popular is he . Try taking a quiet walk with him along the river. Is it wasnt for the history boys really i dont know if id had the confidence to they recognize you . I dont think that was for me, i think its more for the camera. It was for him all right. Yet the 36yearold corden is about to leave the comfortable confines of the london show biz scene and take the biggest risk of his career. Not once but twice. He stars in the soon to be released christmas megamovie musical into the woods as the every man baker caught in a fairy tale nightmare along with big names like johnny depp. What might be in your basket . And meryl streep. Its a big productiona huge investment. Were you surprised to be offered what is effectively the lead male part . Absolutely gobsmacked. Not that he hadnt had exactly that ambition since childhood. Corden says all he ever wanted to do was act. The ambition was to be the lead in a musical in west, in a london west end or broadway musical. Broadway was beyond anything i could have that felt out of reach. It was inconceivable to get to come to america. But, boy, is james corden ever coming to america now. And not just in the big holiday movie. This is his next gig. With Craig Ferguson leaving the cbs late late show in the coming postletterman late night game of musical chairs, guess who is going to take over this show. Why leave something you obviously love doing so much, the performing, the stage and film performing to be a late night tv host . I think i will be stimulated beyond anything ive ever done in my career. Here every day an hour of tv whether you like it or not theres another show tomorrow. And if i could have told my 12yearold self that at this stage in my life i would be offered one of these chairs, one of these five chairs, his head would explode. Corden has done talk tv before. Hes done a sportsbased jokey and jockey game show on british tv. Five, six, seven, eight. Hes very much of a part of the british sporty scene. His spoofs with National Sporting heroes like David Beckham have become a regular feature of Charity Fundraisers on the bbc. You can see there its this kind of odd balance stuff that he thinks he can translate to america, too. Humor, in the internet age, doesnt have the same National Barriers they once had. Theres a weird thing with us in britain that we would go, oh, will this work in america . No one in americas ever going, i wonder if this will work in britain. Things corden has done in britain have traveled very well to america. Its a tough one. Like history boys slapstick one man to governors was huge hit in london then in new york, too. Corden won the 2012 tony best actor award for his work. Thank you very much. You already feel new yorker . I feel great ability here, when you get to a new city and you know your favorite coffee house. On both sides of the water now, corden has that combination coveted by many, but earned by only a few. The critics love him and hes big box office. Some things that you do are critically acclaimed and no one ever sees them. And other things do you people really like and the critics take think its terrible. Every now and then there is one thing they are truest definition, few and far between, where both critically and audiences go, wow. Cordens rise to stardom has been driven by his talent, no doubt, but also by his accessible working man looks. Long gone are you needing matinee idol looks. Of you will all those history boys corden wouldnt necessarily have been the one youd bet on to be where he is today. Now on the late late show hes about to take a leap of faith in to the heart of americans. A leap in to the unknown. But hes been willing to take leaps of faith in to the unknown before. The best thing i hope people can say about the show, i dont know what will happen tonight. I dont know what it will be tonight. And right now i dont know what it will be when it opens. Late night tv may never be the same. Oh osgood coming up the most famous reindeer of all. Needs long term relief. Eucerin calming creme. It soothes dry, itchy skin with a tripleacting formula. No wonder calm, comfortable skin starts with eucerin. Abe get in punch it let quicken loans help you save your money. With a mortgage thats engineered to amaze thanks, g. Osgood it happened just yesterday. The 50th anniversary of the debut of one of the most beloved of all Christmas Television specials. We refer to the inknittable rudolph the red nosed reindeer is here on cbs. The program is based on a childrens story and the song gene autrey made famous at christmastime back in 1949. Call me sam. The late burl ives narrates the story in the role of sam the snowman. Telling a sale of poor rudolph unable because of his bright red nose to join in any reindeer games. Stop calling me names. Rudolph the rednosed reindeer. Spoiler alert, after various plot twists and turns, rudolph with his nose so bright finally does energy to guide santas sleigh. Rudolph is the longest running christmas tv special of all. And hes not done yet. Hes back for his encore this coming tuesday night. Ahead ebola his mighty hand. Close up on director cecil b. Demille. Mr. Demille im ready for my close up. Here osgood that was Gloria Swanson in the 1950 film sunset boulevard with the line that is number seven on american film institutes list of greatest movie quotes. Speaking of a close up the time for says sill b. Demille now arrived. Here is rita braver. Come on work yourselves in to the emotion of such a scene. Watching its knight hood on a great cause. He was a very definition of a big time hollywood producer director in the first half of the 20th century. Making more than 70 movies in a rear that spanned 40 years, cecil b. Demille understood the magic of film. From intimate moments who are you, what are you doing here . To huge extravaganzas. Remember this day literally employing casts of thousands. Both on screen and behind the scenes. He was kind of like a modern day medici. He surrounded himself with the people that he thought had great drama and great talent and let them go. Cecil i cant Demille Presley is cecils granddaughter. When did you reagain to realize, oh, my, gosh, hes not just my grandfather, hes somebody. When i was born. She was moving win her grandmother a former actress and the grandfather she adored. He was delighted. As soon as i could dress myself he never took a trip without me. I went everywhere with him. Europe, everywhere. What a life. And now she has coauthored a huge book on demille hills career. There are story boards that he commissioned for each film. From a picture called the plainsman gary cooper. And sketch for costumes. And gorgeous publicity stills he had shot including these from the 1919 silent film male and female complete with Gloria Swanson posing with a very reluctant lion. Grand forth got mad, went down, grabbed the lions paws and pointed at the lion and said stay he turned around there was aonian standing there who looked at him said, you son of a pitch and walked off the set it was glorias father. The show man who could tame lions and everyone else had a personal story worthy of one of his own films. It seems like he was trying to make it as a producer in theater rather than film he wasnt very successful. Hed been an actor, too, even sung opera. Nothing seemed to work. He was here at age just this fifth wheel for everybody. It was so sad. Film historian mark vieira is cawauthor of the new book. He said he got a lucky break when two of his pals, jessie lasky and sam goldfish who later known as Samuel Goldwyn wanted to go in to the movie business they gave demille a small share in their enterprise to head west make a feature film called the squaw man. For 1914 very rary, i mean, controversial material. Thats because its the story of an english aristocrat who falls for a native american woman. The squaw man was a huge hit. And considered the first hollywood feature length film because demille shot the interior scenes in this building, now the hollywood heritage museum. When demille worked here, it was little more than that barn . It was a barn with horses and a carriage. Demille didnt care, he put hollywood on the map. The Little Film Company he helped start would eventually morph in to paramount. And he began turning out scores of films, along the way making himself a major celebrity. The bravado, the gutto, the power, the control of every aspect that was the image that he was going to be the hollywood director, it tuck. Quiet were trying to take a scene here. You people chat like a lot of monkeys. Was there something if you looked at it you knew it was a demille movie . His characters had feelings that real people would have. The story had to be grounded in real emotions. Though demille introduced new lighting and camera techniques as in the Ten Commandments the critics didnt always love his work. But the fans did. In 1925 despite his years of success paramount fired cecil b. Demille. He said, they ticked me out. He was very unhappy about this for the rest of his life. He was down, but not out. Making his own films as well as some for gmm. Then as the era of talkies began, paramount invited him back. My friend and i are philosophers. In 1932 demille released the sign of the cross. I see you in my dreams. The film has a dance scene so sensual it provoked a call from hollywood censor will hayes. Will called him said, what are you going to do about that. Grandfather said, now listen to me very carefully because you might want to repeat it. Not a damn thing. The film was considered a masterpiece. And demille who grew up on bible stories would frequently return to religious themes, his way. As in the 1949 blockbuster sampson and delilah. Too many lies between us. You still see me. His vision of the bible seemed to be kind of very sexy vision of the bible. Well, the bibles sexy. Children of all ages it was a film about the circus the greatest show on earth that in 1953 won could hill his first best pick for academy award. He also got honorary oscar in 1950 for his pioneering film work. He had been so successful by then, did it matter to get these . To be recognized by your peers thats everything. He was very moved. Its his next movie that may be his best remembered. Stand still and the technicolor version of the Ten Commandments released in 1956 with Charlton Heston as moses. Showcased pioneering special effects. And has become an american classic. It was demilles last film. On location in egypt he suffered a heart attack. His health declined and in 1959 his death made headlines around the world. He once said a man is no better than what he leaves behind. By that measure, cecil b. Demille was quite a man. Osgood still to come. I think Charlie Brown has better tree than we do. Osgood out on a limb. And later singer cat stevens next life. Deciding between buying bread and health care is much tougher. Healthy pa is now here to help, with namebrand Health Insurance for the cost of a few basic groceries. If youre uninsured, call or apply online today. Osgood Christmas Trees are almost always beautiful. But occasionally theres one that needs to be seriously spruced up. Here is Steve Hartman. In the heart of one of the poorest cities in america we found one of the saddest Christmas Trees of all time. Looming 50 feet above downtown reading, pennsylvania, the tree seemed to most, to be more suited for mulch than mayorment. I think Charlie Brown has better tree than we do. Everybody should get fired. For what its worth this wasnt the citys first choice. Crews were supposed to get a nice one from a farm. But when they went to cut it down the ground was too wet. Instead of just waiting for a drier day, they drove here to a local ballpark. Took this pine from behind home plate and struck out big time. If there was a squirrel looking for a place to live in the winter it wont even go to the tree. The city decided to take it down just so people wouldnt have to look at it any more. Workers removed the lights and pet sell is off. Made arrangements to bring in a new spruced up spruce. Most were glad to see it coming down. But not everyone. It sends the wrong message. Jeff waltman is on the reading city council. None of us we took out everything that was imperfect in our city it would be empty. The guy made a good point. But was point that failed to resonate with fellow City Council Member francis acosta. A Christmas Tree is matter of celebration. Told me this really is just like that tree at the Charlie Brown story. It has become a laughing stock. There for must go. What was the moral that have story . They what did they do to the tree. Embrace it. Its not about Charlie Brown or not Charlie Brown a beautiful Christmas Tree. As crews continued dismantling the tree, even as new one arrived the councilmen kept debating. Thats when a Little Christmas miracle happened. A stay of reexecution if you will. We will give this it was all the National Publicity that allowed city leaders to see the true meaning of christmas. Marketing. People here from new jersey, new york, spending their money in our beautiful city. Oh, chris has tree. Christmas tree. 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The intimacy im looking for. Its not matter of making money for proving something that i can play the big halls just want to get closer to my audience. Thats the buzz for me. Teal me about your stage here. Well, this is like weve transported this station everywhere we go now. This is the peace train station. Weve got this stage. Were just waiting for this train to arrive. Its all to do with the message. The station door seemed like a portal to the 1970s. When he walked through it to a thunderous ovation thursday night. Cat stevens was back. Under a different name. But sounding like hed never left. Moon shadow, moon shadow this is a relatively brief tour two. Months . Yeah. Are you kind of testing the waters here . Yeah, in some way it is. In another way its part of my ticking the little boxes. I want to do certain things before i leave this planet. One of them is to play usa again. Its like coming home. Back to my first heartbeat. My musical journey. Born Steven Georgiou to a greek father and swedish mother, cat stevens his stage name, was 18 when he released his first album. He broke through in the u. S. In the 70s scoring nine straight gold or platinum albums. But the singer started looking for a higher purpose in his life. During this his last tour in the u. S. In 1976, he was already studying the koran, a year later he would convert to islam and in 1979 turned his back on his music career. Did you have any regret . The only regret i had was in the way saying goodbye to a lot of the people that wanted me to hang around and keep singing. But i had a life to get on with. He changed his name is yusuf islam and changed his clothes. And would not pick up a guitar again until 2003 when his son brought one home. There were some people in the muslim world who were uncomfortable with you picking up the guitar again. Thats true. An isolated opinion, which is very loud. That doesnt agree with music or frivolity generally entertainment world. Thats the kind of silence those people who perhaps think Something Else the religious boundaries. Nothing like that. Civilization was probably first to introduce the guitar as a popular instrument. At 66 yusuf has a new album out. His journey back to music has been gradual. First singing, then recording, now touring. And cat, the name he pushed away, he has embraced again. Im happy now to see that name alongside yusuf, its me. For awhile that wasnt true, though. For awhile i was trying to get as far away from my past as possible. And thats a natural thing when a person, you know, converts or embraces religion. They dont want to know anything else. So theres a point where you have to come to a balance. And thank god, ive come to that balance today. And so im able to be a reflection of my western upbringing and my lifestyle and also my faith as a muslim. There need to be more bridges . Sure. Do you want to be one of those bridges . Im naturally a bridge. Yeah, thats my job. Morning has broken like the first morning the road has changed since cat stevens first went on tour in 1967. You toured with jimmy hendrix, Englebert Humperdinck and the walker brothers. In one fantastic show. It was my induction if you like in to the life on the road with all these other groups. Jimmy hendrix being one of them, starting fires on the stage and me in the back room drinking port and brandy with englebert. Thats not his lifestyle any more. The married father of five made light when he was inducted in to the rock and roll hall of fame. And considering that the judges have actually voted for someone who doesnt drink, doesnt smoke and only sleeps with his wife, i say very brave decision. And strangely outrageously, rock and roll. Peace yusuf who lives in london and dubai called his induction a kind of peace making. Only a decade earlier hed been denied entry to the u. S. When his name mysteriously appeared on a watch list. When Something Like that happens do you feel you personally get tarred by it . I wreck on media played kind of a rather nonpolitical role in creating my image. I think that its time that people listen to my words and what comes from my heart rather than what other people say about me. Thats one of the other reasons why im here now to sing. Welllllllll, not when your travel rewards card makes it so hard to get a seat using your miles. Thats their game. The flights you want are blacked out. Or they ask for some ridiculous number of miles. Honestly, its time to switch to the venture card from capital one. With venture, use your miles on any airline, any flight, any time. No blackout dates. And with every purchase, youll earn unlimited double miles. From now on, no ones taking your seat away. Whats in your wallet . From now on, no ones taking your seat away. Walgreens knows the holidays are full of surprises. 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As rita braver discovered during a visit in 2008, helping out wreath makers has been tradition at californias boys republic since 1923. Providing productive and rewarding work for troubled teens. And though christmas wreaths were originally fashioned from evergreens, that doesnt mean they have to be made from every greens forever. Shop around a bit and you can find wreaths made from just about anything imaginable. Take this wreath of beer cans bill geist once made, please. Holiday wreath. Its a good thing. You can buy wreath for just about any price imaginable. Right up to this diamond and rudystudded wreath offered by a british luxury website last christmas for a year 2. 8 Million Pounds about 4. A million. Still for many folks simple wreath of greenery mains the gold standard. Plucked from trees in the forest, or shrubs on the heath, theres nothing so merry as a christmas wreath. Osgood coming up. Scare tactics. 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Monday, Prince William and his wife kate attend a basketball game in new york between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the brooklyn nets. Tuesday sees the first meeting of the ferguson, Missouri City council since a grand jury declined to bring an indictment against then Police OfficerDarren Wilson for the shooting death of michael brown. On wednesday Time Magazine announces its person of the year. Pope francis was last years honoree. Thursday is angry birds day, the fifth anniversary of the launch of the smart phone game app which according to one estimate consumes 200 million minutes of player Time Worldwide every day. Friday is the day for the ninth annual billboard women in music luncheon in new york honoring the contribution of women to the music industry. And on saturday, two video works by the oscar winning director of 12 years a slave steve mcqueen, go on view at amsterdams stedilijk museum. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Our critic David Edelstein has some holiday movies, scariest first. Here we are midst of the holiday movie season, oscar bait everywhere and much more to come on Christmas Day and even so even so i mostly want to talk about the babadook. Wait, whats that pronunciation . Babadooz thats it. So what is it. This thing, this movie . A phenomenally terrifying australian horror picture the debut feature of director Jennifer Kent which william friedkin, who directed the ex other cyst called the stairiest film he has ever seen. Not too shabby. But more than scary, its seriously scary. The greatest horror story center not on monsters from without but from within, the ones who spring from our fear, our guilty, our resentment, our rage. In this case, its from a widowed mother named amelia played by amazingly vivid essie davis. Shes lonely, exhausted, hard up, under pressure, much of it from her son, sam, played by noah, a bright sweet kid but more and more unmanageable. And the babadook . Hes a boogie man out of a twisted bedtime story, literally out of it. The babadook hes around. It doesnt take long to realize that Jennifer Kent is less interested in the ghoul itself than a mind in crisis, the mind of a mother who has come to despise her child. No, thats too simple. She loves him more than anything. But theres a place, deep, deep, deep down, where there lives something bad. What else to see. Well, Reese Witherspoon is in the grand tradition of heroes who embark on long wilderness walks to purge themselves of sin, grief or just the bad parts of civilization in the spunky adaptation of Cheryl Strayeds wild. Your majesty doesnt go for refills. Refills come to her. And moses is back and Christian Bale in exodus gods and kings commitment confirms that whatever else it is, the story of the hebrews flight from egypt in the wake of horrormovie worthy plagues is a ripping good yarn. As the holidays approach, ill have lot more movies to talk about. Osgood critic David Edelstein. Now to Bob Schieffer in washington for look whats ahead on face the nation. Good morning, bob. Schieffer good morning, charles. Well have the new York City Police commissioner bill bratton and president of the naacr Cornell William brooks. Osgood well be watching. Next week here on sunday morning. Artist Margaret Mead a closer look. Mom . Dad . Big uncle wayne . Nut. Hot chocolate. Green tea. Uh, decaf, cuz. Wow. Im dying for an herbal tea. The all new keurig 2. 0. Thats all i crave. E thats where this comes in. Only nicorette gum has patented dualcoated technology for great taste. Plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. And that helps put my craving in its place. 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