with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. i was sitting right next to him. he said it was a vicious primary, vicious campaign. he thinks that she and the clintons have suffered enough. >> donald trump relengths on his promise to prosecute hillary clinton. >> if you burn political capital on hillary you can't move forward with securing the border or tax reform. >> but you guys were the ones saying lock her up and now tonight it's a 180! days of the year. >> leave early. the traffic is no joke. >> snow and ice will impact 50 million people traveling by road or air. >> looks like wet places in chicago and minnesota and could have travel problems. >> police say johnthony walker was speeding when he crashed a school bus into a tree in chattanooga, tennessee. >> an officer in wayne state university shot twice in the head and in critical condition. police have no motive. >> the dow closed above 19,000 for the first time ever. >> where is your rally cap, mike? what about making america great again? >> video shows a rescue of a man minutes before it went off. >> >> all that. >> for the final time president obama awarded the medal of freedom to a distinguished group of american icons. >> everybody on this stage has touched me in a very powerful personal way. >> and all that matters. >> stephen colbert man t butterball help line and talking turkey. >> meat thermometer is saying it's at 188. >> 188? >> yeah. >> get out of there. it's going to blow. >> this week a shopping mall santa was removed from his job in florida after telling a child that hillary clinton is the only person on the naughty list. charles mother is saying, listen, i'm fine taking my child not stand for party and politics. announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. ? welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off. josh elliott of our streaming network cbsn is with us. more than and people are crowding into stations like washington's union station right now but most of the travelers will be on the road again. will drive this holiday. we go out to miami on interstate 95. that's one of the nation's busiest highways. okay, david. let's hear it. busiest highways. let's hear it, david. >> reporter: gayle, good morning. moving at 20 miles per hour on i-95 heading south toward miami and, look. it's gridlock any day of the week. but you factor in the busiest travel day of the year and why i settled in with a ways wing to the navigation app according to waze, if you're going to leave this morning, do so before 10:00 a.m. and try not to get on the road after 4:00 p.m. those are their travel tips. consider this, if you're in miami and were to get on the road at 5:00, if you had a three-hour drive to grandmother's house or maybe to see your mom and dad, you could because of the traffic jam that is expected. is expected. and on the drive home, you want to leave before sunday. here is some interesting stats for you. if you were to leave on sunday actually, which is not the best day, let's say you left on sunday. traffic jams jump 240% sunday. accidents go up 100%. the best day to leave is on friday but if you hate to leave on friday and you want extra discussion, leave on saturday. whatever you do, josh, don't leave sunday! >> wow. i want a little extra love, yes! maybe stick around until most of and get some extra love? >> extra love is good. >> love is great. millions of americans will be crowding the nation's airports today. here is a look at laguardia airport here in new york city. kris van cleave got inside the command center for one major airline at reagan national good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. so far, flights are moving better than david in that traffic. what we are hearing the morning wave of flights almost with no delays and 16 across the country and could change depending how the weather goes and the airlines are watching that very closely. we know lax and chicago and atlanta will be busy big delays. >> reporter: the tsa bracing for 3.7 million expected to fly for thanksgiving. are you ready for the challenge? >> it's going to be a big weekend. in fact, it's predicted to be one of the largest travel weekends in history. >> reporter: tsa administrator peter neving ger. >> you're likely to encounter a lot of people in the airports. our goal is keep you moving >> reporter: washington, d.c. passenger here hoped to beat the crowds entirelily leaving yesterday. >> i'm here two hours before for a domestic flight and i usually get here an hour before. >> reporter: for southwest, it will be the first time the airline has operated more than 4,000 flights in a day. >> this is our super bowl. we were on very high alert on everything that is going on. >> reporter: steve west runs southwest operations center and representatives from every aspect of the airline meteorologists to maintenance are in one room to troubleshoot. >> we can get off to a great into thursday, friday and saturday. in a network gets ahead and stays on schedule each day is set up for success. >> reporter: the tsa and airlines are saying if you're coming to the airport today lean towards getting to the airport and inside the terminal two hours early. give yourself that extra time. and while today will be one of the busiest days to fly, sunday and monday will actually be storm is moving east and could disrupt holiday travel. chief weather forecaster lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs is tracking the forecast. >> good morning. you talked about it at the top of the show. two systems. one from canada to the gulf of mexico a big front there. the second one a persistent low pressure center with bouts of snow around the pacific northwest. do today? take a look at the computes models. it's pushing to the east and by the time you get to 5:00 this afternoon, okay? a lot of folks hitting the road at that hour and front on top of shower and rain hours out there at 36 and as far as the low low pressure out west the bouts of rain continue and mountain snow continues as well. on thanksgiving, stop it right there. 10:30 in the morning. lots of people watch the macy's rain and better bet later in the day on thanksgiving and pacific northwest that rain chance continues and continues into your day on sunday. we were talking about when is the best day to leave? rain showers around portland on sunday and new york city 47 and 65 atlanta and 78 in miami. happy holidays, everybody. >> thank you, lonnie. president-elect donald trump has filled another high level post. campaign source confirms that south carolina governor nikki haley has agreed to be u.s. ambassador to the nations. now haley is a first woman chosen for a cabinet level job in the new administration. in the republican primary, she endorsed marco rubio and criticized donald trump. the president-elect tweeted this months ago. the people of south carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley. mr. trump flew to florida last night no thanksgiving after on the record interview with reporters from "the new york times." chip reid shows us why some of his loudest supporters are unhappy with what he said. sitting down with the newspaper he has repeatedly called dishonest but on his way out, he called "the new york times" an american jewel! and that wasn't the only about-face he made yesterday. >> the failing "the new york times," and it is failing. >> reporter: despite what he called the newspaper, mr. trump was all smiles after a closed-door meeting with "the new york times" where reporters live tweeted nearly every minute exposing significant shifts in policy. >> if i win, i am instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> reporter: including his longstanding promise to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton's use of private e-mail servers at secretary of state. >> that would ab very good first step! that's a good first step. >> lock her up! >> reporter: one reporter tweeted that mr. trump said, i don't want to hurt the clintons. i really don't. she went through a lot and suffered greatly in many later, he added i think it would be very, very divisive for the country. >> a lot of it's a hoax. it's a hoax. >> reporter: he also seemed to change his tune on clim change from a hoax perpetrated by the chi chinese to a phenomenon linked to human activity. steve bannon is the head of breitbart in an interview with mother jones magazine last summer said we are the platform for the alt right. asked about the tuesday, mr. trump told "the times," i don't want to energize the group and disavow the group. >> i would bring back waterboardsing and bring back worse than waterboarding. >> reporter: that was trump on torture but yesterday he told "the times" he was surprised general james mattis didn't favor it leaving the door open for a change. mattis is one of a number leading cabinet contenders. the list includes former secretary of state and ben carson being considered for director of housing and urban development and he told fox he has been offered the job. >> one of the offers on the table. >> trump may get jared kushner involved in the peace process. he has been key in his outreach to the jewish communities. yesterday trump told times reporters he would love to be the one to iran/palestine feud. >> the blue chip index gained more than 76 points yesterday to reach that level. the nasdaq and s&p also set new records. the dow has picked up nearly 700 deadly tennessee school bus crash is focused on speed and the actions of the driver. dazed members of the chattanooga community are mourning the deaths of five children. they were kindergarten, a first grader and three fourth graders. the bus driver faces multiple charges. manuel bojorquez is outside the children's hospital in chattanooga where 12 students are still receiving treatment. good morning to you, >> reporter: six of the 12 students at this hospital remain in critical condition. doctors say that after monday's violent wreck, many of the chin treated here are were either too scared or dazed to spell their names or remember their own birthdays. all of this among reports that parents are previously complained about the bus driver. >> they say your baby is recalls the agony when she learned her 6-year-old daughter aria was one of the five children killed on board this elementary school bus. >> she wanted to be a doctor and now my baby can't be the doctor she wanted to be! >> reporter: the investigation into this deadly wreck has now turned to the bus driver, 24-year-old johnthony walker charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. police say walker was driving well over the 30-mile-per-hour p driver's license in april and was involved in a minor bus crash just two months ago. walker's mother says she spoke with him after the crash. >> he said, i love you, mom. i've been in an accident on the bus. and he said, mom, there are kids dead. i hope it's not my fault. >> reporter: the ntsb will examine the bus's black box to leading up to the crash and look into whether seat belts could have prevented death. >> the bus was not equipped with passenger seat belts. our mission is to understand not just what happened, but why it happened. >> reporter: only six states require seat belts on school buss. tennessee is not one of them. nationwide an estimated four children die every year in large school bus crashes. parents in this stunned community are struggling with how to explain this tragic news to their children. >> w there's no words. >> reporter: walker does not have a criminal history and, this morning, tests for alcohol or drugs in his system are still pending. the company that hired him, durham school services, said it is cooperating with investigators, but did not address our questions about reports that parents had complained about walker. charlie? >> thank you. the french foreign minister government of waging total war on rebel held areas. a girl was drug out of the rubble yesterday. activists say this week's attack in eastern aleppo have killed nearly 150 civilians. monitors inside syria say rebels are stopping families from fleeing aleppo. some of america's best and brightest citizens have been awarded the presidential medal of freedom. president obama gave america's highest civilian h people yesterday at the white house. they include big names from movie, sports, tv, music, and business. jan crawford shows us how the president paid tribute to all of the honorees. jan, good morning. what a ceremony it was yesterday. >> reporter: it really was. this ceremony, gayle, is always just a truly joyful day for the president. you know, a chance for the commander in chief to honor the people who have inspired him and us for decades. >> this is a particularly >> reporter: from redford to ross to the boss. the 21 rye accept yents ecipient and diversity. >> everybody on this stage has touched me in a very powerful personal way. >> reporter: this was president obama's final opportunity to honor americans for their contributions to the u.s. and the world. tom hanks was acknowledged for more than his oscar winning gratitude, son. >> he has been an accidental witness to history. he has championed our veterans and supported space exploration and the truth is tom has always saved his best abdul-jabbar and abdul-jabbar wasn't just an mvp on the basketball court. >> when a sport changes its rules to make it harder just for you, you are really good! >> to me, it means i must have done something good in my lifetime or inspired a few people. >> reporter: an emotional ellen degeneres was acknowledged for her courage coming out almost two decade ago. >> what an incredible burden that was to bear, to risk your career like that. people don't do that very often. >> reporter: it wasn't coming out but getting in. she tweeted they haven't let me into the white house yet because i ? baby we were born to run ? >> reporter: as for bruce springsteen, obama had to admit -- >> i am the president. he is the boss. >> reporter: also among the honorees, actress cicely tyson and an architect geary and mia linand just retired dodgers announcer vin scully. never could be accused of for a lifetime minute a can challenge and also at the white house tuesday was robert de niro and bill and melinda gates. president obama has given out more medals of freedom than any other president. >> what a class! >> what a great class. >> made me so proud. didn't it make you proud when you see the talent? >> the president said if you look behind me, it's an example why we are the greatest >> and suggested they all cbs news investigation uncovered a hidden hazard in many vehicles. >> ahead, how congress is demanding action to upgrade a 50-year-old safety standard that could put children inning danger. >> on "cbs this morning." the news is back in the morning right here on "cbs this listerine? kills 99% of bad breath germs. this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth. just ask listerine? users. the very people we studied in the study of bold. people who are statistically more likely to stand up to a bully. do a yoga handstand. and be in a magician's act. listerine? kills 99% of bad breath germs so you can feel 100% in life. bring out the bold?. go to boldpercent.com to join the bold percent so basically we have two production options... hey guys, i gotta call you back. 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"usa today" says a texas judge blocked a rule that on would expand overtime pay and affects 4 million workers nationwide. the rule would require time and a half pay if lockers logged it was due to start next month. 21 states are fighting to overturn the obama administration's rule. "the new york times" says that facebook has created a censorship tool to gain access to china's lucrative market. workers at facebook say the company has designed software to block posts from news appearing in people's newsfeed in geographic areas but so far not used. there is no indication that facebook has offered this software to authorities in china. the reports on the perm nantz losing of a waterslide for a boy who was killed this past summer at schlitterbahn water park. the slide will be torn down when the investigation is complete. the son that died was a the son of a kansas lawmaker. a plane with mike pence was carrying him last month when it york's laguardia. federal investigators say the plane floated nearly halfway down the runway before landing. no one was hurt. >> i remember he came here first that morning. he was right here. "the washington post" says that donald trump's charity admits to violating a ban on so-called self-dealing. th from mr. trump did not respond to questions for comments about this. president-elect trump tells "the new york times" that government conflict of interest laws will not apply to him as president. he said under the law, he has no obligation to cut ties with his businesses. he also said the trump name, quote, is certainly a hotter brand than it was before. anna werner is outside of trump tower in new york city where the president-elect's outlook on his well, mr. trump, as we know, has business interests around the world. now the question is what will he do to separate his businesses from government? "the new york times" reporters quoted mr. trump as saying when it comes to conflicts of interest, the law favors him and that the president can't have a conflict of interest. but this law professor says that's not true. >> well, he is wrong because the president has an obligation act in all things for america first in his words. >> reporter: brian quinn is from boston college. >> when there is the prospect, even the likelihood that his private business interests can affect his decision making, then it's hard for citizens to really believe in all things he is acting for america first and not for his own personal interests. >> reporter: donald trump's interests and businesses span 59 properties in at least 12 other towers to golf courses to hotels. the organization has said management of his businesses will transfer to his children when he becomes president and on "60 minutes" he said his company is his priority. >> i don't think about hotel occupisy. >> reporter: but his transition activities have raised question. the president-elect was photographed at trump tower last week with three of his indian business partners while the trump camp later claimed it wasn't a exchange of hellos, it drew attention in india. >> it wasn't received much like the way it was here. >> reporter: an indian foreign policy expert with the brookings institution. >> it increased the visibility of the trump projects and eased indian partners within the india media. >> reporter: and ivanka trump's presence at the meeting with xi to this man at the end of a call between the argentina leader and mr. trump last week. the trump team didn't return our request for a comment. "the new york times" reporters said mr. trump told them on tuesday if it were up to some people, i would never, ever see my daughter yvonivanka again. quinn says removing conflicts from mr. trump means separating himself from his businesses. >> merely turning over management of the businesses whilhe interest in all of them is not going to be sufficient to allay any sort of conflict. every dollar that gets invested or spent or raised by the business through sales is a dollar that goes into his pocket or some portion of it goes into his pocket even if his children are managing the business. >> reporter: now as we have said before, conflict of interest laws that affect other government employees do not apply to the president or vice president. that law professor says the constitution does set limits on other compensation above his usual pay but the only people who can take action on that are members of congress through impeachment processes and in this case the members of congress as they control the congress. >> the most expensive destroyer ever built for the u.s. navy has broken down. the brand-new "uss zumwalt" reportedly lost propulsion yesterday in the panama canal and panama. our david martin was on board that warship last month in maryland before it was put into service. the ship was headed to its home port in san diego when it broke down. the crew reportedly saw water intrusion in a mechanical system podcast app. morning." we will be right back. certainti. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. tell your doctor if you've had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. i am ready to be cured. are you ready? ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. it's target's electronics doorbusters! you guys are hot, and you ?u...hdtv?, you look great! well i mean... everything looks amazing on you, you are 4k! doors open thursday 6pm. hpaste? i'm afraid it's bad for my teeth. try crest 3d white. crest 3d white diamond strong toothpaste and rinse... ...gently whiten... ...and fortify weak spots. use together for 2 times stronger enamel. crest 3d white. ? i can do this job in my sleep better than some people can do awake. i just want to make sure this brain stays in hyperdrive. hey we hear you. that's why aarp created staying sharp. it's more than brain games. it's a personalized, 360 approach to brain health. with assessments and tools that can help you keep your brain sharp. if you don't think "this is right for me" when you think aarp, then you don't know "aarp." 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[ gunshot ] >> looks good. looks good. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and josh elliott. nora is off. weather could be a major problem traveling for the thanksgiving holiday. two major storm systems would deliver everything from snow and ice to thunderstorms. one stretches across the middle of the country, the other is hitting the pacific northwest. >> more than 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more this holiday weekend. of those, more than three and a half million are likely to fly. >> many more people, nearly 90% are in fact driving to their thanksgiving destinations. the country's highways and interstates will be busy today and sunday. aaa says will be on the road. david is braving the traffic in miami and in south florida, more than two million people are expected to be driving for this holiday. david, good morning to you once again my friend. >> reporter: good morning to you, sir. since we last saw you an hour ago, brighter and slower. we're moving at eight miles per hour. we're about five miles from miami and the estimated arrival time is 20 minutes. pretty backed up. wave, this is the worst time to travel. worst day of the year. and they site increase in accidents, road hazards, and traffic jams. more than 43 million americans are going to drive for this holiday. now aaa expects to assist more than 370,000 motor riss this thanksgiving. so to the extent that you can get a quick check of your car before heading out, it will help. improvements in the economy and gas prices being some of the lowest they've been in nearly a decade, are partlyhy around 43 million people are going to be road tripping it this weekend. and here's a little bit of trivia for you. the state that's paying the most for gas right now as of today, which one is it? hawaii. it'd be nice to be there, wouldn't it? and the state paying the cheapest, oklahoma. gayle. happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving to you too david, are you in a self-driving car or someone driving you around? >> reporter: oh no, i have -- i thanksgiving. and if i'm lucky, he might cook too. >> tell the camera person to pan over so we can see. tell him to pan over. they want to see jack. there we go. jack. >> television debut. eyes on the road. >> thank you guys. thank you very much, safe travels to you. >> you bet. president-elect trump said this morning he will name south carolina governor nick kentucky haley to be u.s. ambassador. in the statement he said haley will be a great le she met with the president-elect last week. and seemed to overcome their differences during the primary campaign. haley endorsed senator marco rubio and was openly critical of some of donald trump's proposals. in march he tweeted this, if people of south carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley. >> others came to light when they met with "new york times" reporters. he said he could instruct to get a special prosecutor to investigate hillary clinton. yesterday, he said he wants to hurt the clintons. and after promising to cancel the paris climate accords, he's going to and i quote, take a look at it. >> the largest retailers are gearing up for black friday. one of the busiest shopping days of the year. but dozens of stores are taking a stand against opening on thanksgiving day. costco, home depot, nordstrom, and t.j.maxx are among those closed. target will be open on thanksgiving at 6:00 p.m. and for the first time ever, t retailer will offer 15% off nearly everything online and in stores from sunday through cyber monday. brian cornell, welcome back to the table. >> good to be back. >> illuminate why some choose not to and why some choose to stay open. >> charlie, we've spent a lot of time talking to our guests, the shoppers who come to target, and we listen to them carefully and they told us, they enjoy the experience. so we'll open up at 6:00 p.m., and we expect the same experience this year. >> from 6:00 p.m. to when? >> it'll be all night long. it's a big event. we see families turn out. we see brothers and sisters kind of reuniting in our stores. so we try to meet their needs. >> other than high volume shopping and what they does to your bottom line, is it a time at thanksgiving to in a sense to test out to be able to see if you can penetrate the online market that amazon does so >> well, the online components really important to us. we've been investing to years to build out our capabilities. celebration of a great store experience and a great digital experience. bring those together during the holidays is critically important. >> how important has cyber monday become with this new initiative? it is part to what it's meant. >> it's a big event. and taking a different approach this year. we've combined both a store experience and a digital monday. 15% off on basically our entire stock to drive more attention to both of our customers and to get people in. >> here's the thing they say about target, is it still okay to say that? >> it is. >> you go into your store, brian, and i'm going to spend $25 and walk out 2 or $300 later. don't you hate when that happens? >> i love when it happens. >> it happens a lot. and i'm wondering, you're to downtown areas to college campuses. >> we're following the consumer. what we're seeing across the skrnt consumers moving back to senators whether it's here in new york on philadelphia, boston, chicago, so we're just simply following the consumer. and as we talk to them, they said one of the things they'd love to see is a target in many their neighborhood. and these are really neighborhood stores. we opened up here in tribeca in manhattan, just earlfully october. the store has been an incredible that are there, sometimes go in a week. i was there two weeks ago and i talked to one of our guests. and since we opened, been there three times. we've only been opened far couple of days. coming back again and again. >> and again. >> is it a long uphill battle to compete online with amazon? >> charlie, we don't think it is. we think physical stores still matter. as we sit here today, we think about retail in the u.s. 90% of the business i done in a physical store. now, most consumers, they're starting with a smart phone in their hand, that's how they decide where to shop. it's where their shopping lists are held. they still like the physical experience. so we need to do both. we need to make sure we have a compelling reason to come to our stores and when you're there, make it easy and inspiring, and make sure you can shop online and pick up in one of our stores. that's where the smaller urban stores are really important. you can order online, and the same day. when you want to do. >> is there an advantage to shopping on thanksgiving as opposed to coming on friday? i'm thinking about about your employees. we should say you're going to be working too. >> bill out there in stores. >> is there an advantage thanksgiving day, better deal, or just the experience you're there thanksgiving day? >> we've had some great deals for this big thanksgiving and black friday weekend. for the first time ever, we'll offer a 50 inch, 4k tv for over $250. there's >> 50. >> made by whom? >> that's a good question. made by whom. >> great quality, 4k, and we want to add excitement. we to want make sure it's an exciting experience and people love to shop. they turn out. so i'll be out there. our leadership team will be out in stores. i really appreciate the fact that our team members want to work on thanksgiving. >> what allowances are made for them? >> they get time and a half for those days. it's a fun experience. we do a great job. it's really when target's at it's best. it's when we really shine and it's why i'm so proud of the brand and the team. they get fired up. they want to offer a great experience. and we get great feedback from the shopper. again says we love coming to target. they do come in with one item in mind. >> yes. >> and keep shopping. >> i know. >> some consumer reporters make the argument that the bargains on black friday are not as big as they expect. >> charlie, better. kind of offers we're bringing on apple products, on -- >> you know what i mean? >> we bring great value. we know this is -- >> you're saying what you are seeing on black friday are really significant bargains that you cannot find the week before or the week after. >> they are sensational deals. >> and everything in the store. 15% -- >> on sunday and monday it is. both in store and online. >> 15%. >> both store and -- >> one of everything. >> for me? >> anything apple's nice. i wear size 10, 10 and a half shoe. >> question help you. >> brian, always good see you. >> have a great holiday. >> the day before thanksgiving. >> and he will be working at the store. good see you. many families will serve up the holiday staples with a side of anxiety. >> it's almost time to carve the turkey. dig into those mashed potatoes, try that pumpkin pie, but are you ready for election talk this thanksgiving? i'm mo rocco, and coming up this morning, how you can make it through the holiday if you're sitting at a politically divided dinner table. charlie has got a good idea. listen up. >> go ahead, charlie. >> you have a contest and you say to somebody if you can find purchasing. if they can find you at a target store, they get an extra 10% off and you'll have some identification you're the guy! do you agree to this? >> i think it's a great idea. >> find brian cornell! >> it was free! >> we should get a tight shot of brian's face so people know this is what he looks like! that is great! >> he'll be at a number of stores. >> i will be on thanksgiving day. >> thanks to you and your empls. it a recipe for health problems? dr. david agus is in the toyota green room to explain how turkey with all of the trimmings and dessert and drink may all affect your body. our resident cartoonist liza o'donnell is here. she recently drew all of this. it's all ahead of the big day tomorrow. photos to listen to the stories behind these images. >> i like that idea. mastering irresistibly smooth. the lindor truffle ... from the lindt master chocolatiers. hard outer shell... smooth, luscious center. unwrap. unwind. with the lindor truffle. from the lindt master chocolatiers. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. harvoni is a simple treatment regimen that's been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. tell your doctor if you've had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. i am ready to put hep c behind me. are you ready? ,, ? ? as we prepare to chow down this thanksgiving, we are taking a look at the science of and drinks and the trimmings. a typical holiday meal could top 4,500 calories! that is more than twice the average daily recommended total. the dinner could contain nearly 3 1/2 times the suggested fat and equals to three sticks of butter. our dr. david agus joins us to tell us about this downer. i think this is a thing of beauty. you're saying think about this before you indulge. >> gayle? da is pretty wild. something that makes u.s. hungry and leptin saying we are full. we eat more because of that. but that science is important because what happens is as your stomach gets sxanexpanded assit the stomach and it could push up and you can get acid reflux and indigestion and that is what you feel. be okay? >> yeah. i'm not here to say how much you should eat, charlie. >> how big is your stomach? >> your stomach is four cups. when you eat more and more your stomach gets expanded and the key is at some point to stop. within two hours of a meal, thanksgiving, 400% increase of heart attacks. you shunt blood elsewhere to the body and that sin restricts blood to the heart. >> you can't pick it up early which is to say fasting. laying off -- >> or saving room. >> yeah. no saving room. >> no. >> don't eat on wednesday so you can eat on thursday. >> a myth that doesn't work. eat breakfast. drink water before you eat and plan activity and running around at thanksgiving. don't do within an hour or two after the meal. or two to be degraded in your stomach. when you're eating a large meal you're talking five, six hours. when you exercise after that it shunts blood from your stomach and why you get nauseous. >> if you eat half of that, is that okay? what is so wrong with one day indulging? when you think about it. >> listen. the big scheme of things nothing is wrong as long as it's not too much. if you look at the data, our lowest weight in the country is in october. starting in novemb, at thanksgiving, there is a rise in weight until around january 1. then it takes five months on average for the country to get back to where they started! so if you practice a little bit of moderation these five weeks it will pay off significantly in the long run. >> what about if you eat half of that? >> we are looking for half! >> you have this half and you have this half. much turkey. there is more of it in cheese -- >> david agus, thank you. >> thank you. >> you want to get diverted this holiday weekend? who doesn't? the overnight plane trouble that left passengers stuck on this snowy tarmac. you're watching "cbs this listerine? kills 99% of bad breath germs for a 100% fresh mouth. feeling 100% means you feel bold enough to... ...assist a magician... ...or dance. listerine?. bring out the bold? 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"the sacramento bee" reports on the rescue of a cat that spent 90 days on top of an electric pole. the cat needed food and water. the cat is named fat boy. i'm wondering why it took them nine days saying we better get fat boy. >> not so britain's "guardian" reports on a solid gold surprise. a man in france covered gold bar and coins in a house he inherited from a deceased relative. about 5,000 pieces of gold hidden from furniture to piles of linen. he recently sold the gold for $3.5 million! a lot of gold! david pogue has to get our lives in line and not a day too soon. it's essential tips and shortcuts that no one bothers to tell you about beating the system. this is his third book and "the new york times" best selling series. he offers some 200 tips that could help all of us. david pogue, welcome. i want to get to the gift card tips. oftentimes a gift card and lovely gift but i may not want to use it but things to do with it? >> world's biggest scam. i give you a 50 dollar gift card and maybe it's a store you don't use so according to to consumer reports twenty of us never use it. websites are gift card exchanges called card cash.com and card pool.com where they will buy your unused gift card for ka cash so for maybe 70% of the face value. that is a. cards can then go buy the cards that other people have turned in. so get hundred dollar itunes gift card for 85 bucks. >> you had gap, incumbent republic and old navy never pay full price. if you do, you're a sucker! you said a sucker! we do that all the time! >> they are openwned by the sam mothership company. usually tied to the holidays they mark the entire store off 40%! 40% is a lot! so credit card you get 20% off and you get $5 off for every hundred dollars you spend. if you look into the very basics of these things, especially look for the 40% sales every couple of months you'll find you'll never pay the markup price. >> you're not a fan of extended warranties either? >> no. consumer reports have been shown it's a waste of your money unless it's a mobile thing like a phone. but refrigerators and stuff, no. >> this time of year we think there are things right now perhaps we should avoid? >> there are big deals coming up on black friday. my tip there is black friday.com. a round site that rounds up all of the story's offers for friday. >> it tells you where you can find them or evaluate them? >> just list them to help you prepare. which stores are going to stand in line for and which ones have deals. >> you said most americans have huge credit card debt but that is also something that we can take care of kind -- specific kind of credit card? >> if you have credit card debt. >> 9,600 you said? >> the average american is 9,600 in debt on your credit card. the main thing to know you can call the credit card company and ask them to lower on the rate. if you explain to them that you have a plan to pay it off, i'm getting a new job, i'm working harder. by september i'll have it taken care of, can you help me out? they will help you out. >> just asking? >> just ask. spend money on things, spend money on experiences. i think that is such a good note on this holiday weekend. >> that is what science says. the best use of your money is not on object which gives you a terry spike on happiness but on experiences you remember. >> like travel? >> travel, cooking class, things like that that you'll always remember and it's a part of you. >> is it fear as much as anything when we sit down to talk about finances? and so we make bad decisions? >> i guess it depends on how afraid of you are of current situation. my point in the book is that we leave money on the table everywhere we go. people say time is money. mine is inspiration is money. if you know starbucks goes unlimited coffee and refills for 50 cents each all day long, you can ask for it. >> do not fall for the 99 cent everything is priced at $49.99. that is $50. let's not kid ourselves. >> david poguee another winner. it's "basics money." thanksgiving can stress the strongest family bonds. >> what we don't want at this table is anyone building a wall of mashed potatoes to divide this family. >> absolutely. but we can agree to disagree on certain things. there a lot of tension out there right now. if you're planning a family get together a new service i think you should know about. >> using your phone you can use a professional moderator to manage your meals like wolf blitzer and megyn kelly. >> he should build a wall. they are coming across by the millions. >> hillary should be -- >> she won the popular vote. >> no one can get away with this! >> if we could just please get back to the original question. could someone please pass the salt? that is funny. ellen degeneres with help from wolf blitzer. a record high 77% of america thinks the united states is divided on the most important values. some families are sure to find themselves split on different ends of the political spectrum. mo rocca found one of those famlies and talked with them about the election results in a dry run of a thanksgiving dinner. this should be good, mo. >> good 42-year-old victor is from philadelphia and voted for hillary clinton. his mother, 66-year-old fran bauer, lives in ocean county, new jersey, and voted for donald trump. this family ordinarily does not talk about politics but this campaign and election were different and that is add ago whole other thick layer of stress to this thanksgiving. how are holiday meetinals for y family? >> particularly pretty calm because we avoid any stressful. we are in an unusual situation which my wife and i tend to vote democrat and everybody that comes to my house votes republican. >> reporter: you're outnumbered. will you gloat a little bit? >> i won't do that. a verse in the bible says work at piece and edification and that is me. >> reporter: you're taking a very new testament approach? >> yes. >> reporter: but if you're pushed, you can go old testament on that? >> i can! my husband and i have researched a lot about the clintons and hillary and no way were we going to invite -- vote for her. >> reporter: alex carter, columbia law professor and professional mediator joined us at the thanksgiving table to mediate. >> are you recommendingolitics the conversation? >> mo, this is a very unusual anybody set a blanket rule if it doesn't work for their family. >> victor, you have two children. >> we have two children. the other side of this is i worry about teaching them a bad lesson which is that, you know, we, as a family, can't get together and have a level-headed conversation about important topics without it going off the rails. >> reporter: so why don't we venture gingerly into a discussion about the election? >> sure. >> reporter: so i'll start. boy. that was kind of a surprise trump took wisconsin! >> when trump took pennsylvania, i knew it was all over. >> my daughter, she is pro-trump. you know? she was very happy and i talked with her and i didn't talk to victor about it because i knew who he veted for and i didn't want to say, yea, trump won! >> well, that was very kind of you. >> fran, what is one thing you would like victor to know? >> well, that trump wasn't my much before the election because we were so tired of hearing it. and, you know, the way he talks, trump, he comes across sometimes in a very arrogant way! but i knew i couldn't vote for hillary clinton so that is why i voted for trump. >> reporter: what do you want to say right now? >> she doesn't like listening to donald trump but now she has four years of listening to donald trump. >> i know. it's true. >> i would also say that i my vote was a vote against donald trump. >> reporter: they share that then that they hate the other candidate? >> yes. the only thing i would say is i, as a christian, i'm praying that he surrounds himself with good advisers. >> she just brought religion into this now! we started with politics and she brought religion in. >> we are ready for the trifecta. i feel if somebody insults the food, we will have completed the mission. >> reporter: your response? >> well, i think as far as on the same page, actually. i just have a hard time connecting donald trump to anything referabling christianity. >> both of you have a strong christian faith in common. it's just where that faith leads you politically that is different. >> j>> reporter: back to politics. we asked fran and victor to try a conversation about an issue that dominate the campaign trail. >>, idea to build a wall between mexico and the united states? >> there needs to be better control in keeping illegal immigrants out. i'm not saying that the wall is the best way. but there does need to be something. >> it should come in legally as our ancestors did. >> i agree. >> and as your wife's parents did. >> my wife's parents were born in india. >> reporter: the immigration >> we don't want at this table is anyone building a wall of mashed potatoes to divide this family. >> right, absolutely. but we can agree to disagree on certain things. >> reporter: seems like always an effort and comes naturally to find common ground. >> it does. it makes me wonder, mo, whether you all will be the mediators on thanksgiving. >> i think the real solution here is ban your sister f dinner. we have established some ground rules so i think it's probably time to invite the rest of the family in. who is everyone voting for in 2020? according to our mediator, if you're in a house divided, make a game plan ahead of time and if things get heated, remember, we are family. blood is thicker than water. and it stains! you don't want to get it all over the table cloth! >> it does. they were pretty civil, considering what i expect will i know. fireworks. i think they were way too civilized but it's good for their live. >> i think it's good to set ground rules and really a smart thing to do. >> family dysfunction will be specific. ahead, the four-legged friends providing travelers with much-needed stress relief. you're watching "cbs this morning." ? joy to the world ? ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ? under pressure ? >> syracuse international airport in new york is giving holiday travelers some canine comfort. they teamed up with a nonprofit organization this week to bring therapy pooches to stressed out passengers. the dogs are going to actually be back next month to help the rest of the holiday travel season. terrific stuff there. >> good idea. >> that is it it for us. tune into the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley tonight and we will see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." happy thanksgiving. >> happy thanksgiving eve. take it easy.,, ,, ,, ? to me the holidays are special, it's family traditions and of course great food. with all the things we could worry about turkey shouldn't be one of them. 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