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Generations of children. Hey, listen, im from a kid show. We remember legendary puppeteer caroll spinney. And later, banding together. How a community is stepping up to help an officer in need. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The fbi now says its investigating the shooting rampage at the naval station in pensacola, florida on friday as an act of terrorism. The gunman, identified as a 21yearold Saudi Air Force officer, was shot and killed. The fbi says he carried out the attack with a legally purchased handgun. Three sailors were killed in the attack. A motorcade took their bodies back to the naval base today, and people lined streets to pay their respects. David begnaud is in pensacola tonight. We are as we do in most active shooter investigations, work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. Reporter the shooter was 21yearold Second Lieutenant in the royal Saudi Air Force, Mohammad Alshamrani. He was a naval flight officer in training here. There. Are a number of saudi students who were close to the shooter and continue to cooperate in this investigation. Their saudi Commanding Officer has restricted them to base, and the saudi government has pledged to fully cooperate with our investigation. Reporter the Associated Press has reported that the shooter held a dinner party days earlier where he watched mass shooting videos with three other saudi students. According to the ap, one of the three students who attended the dinner party recorded video outside the classroom building while the shooting was taking place. As much as i would love to answer any questions about the videos or any other presumption of information thats out there, my goal is not to continue the misinformation campaign. Its a very simple question that can help clear up any misinformation. Did somebody record the shooting as it happened . As you know, this is a navy base. There are several digital media. There are a lot of teams that are going on the ground there is a lot of review that still needs to go on as to what happened that day. If its misinformation please clear it up for us. Next question, please. Reporter her spokesman said next question. The fbi later told us this. There are multiple videos from base Security Surveillance video as well as video taken from a bystander outside the building after the shooting happened and after First Responders alived. The shooter appears to be harboring antiu. S. And extremist views. Ryan blackwell was one of those shot but will survive. He posted this video on facebook. Took some rounds. I saved some people in the process. And kind of still trying to piece everything together. Reporter the fbi made a point to tell us today there is no credible threat to the pensacola community, and they also said all of the International Students who train here at the base are accounted for as of tonight. Elaine . David, thank you. Democrats will present the evidence for impeaching President Trump on capitol hill tomorrow. The white house is sitting out the fight in the hearing room. Nicole killian has the latest. The case we have if presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat. Reporter a confident House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler hinted at what articles of impeachment the president could face later this week. Certainly abuse of power. It might be obstruction of congress and is not cooperating. Reporter Committee Members spent the weekend holed up behind closed doors in draft mode. Its not about the number of articles we have. We need to make it clear within those articles that there is a pattern of conduct here. Reporter lawmakers remain split whether to only focus on President Trumps july phone call with the ukrainian leader seeking to investigate his political rival or also include findings from the mueller report. I think we should focus on those issues that provide the greatest threat to the country. Reporter the House Intelligence Committee will add its presentation. He is so seemingly ashamed to come and defend his report. Reporter the white house is refusing to participate in the house proceedings. The president tweeting again sunday call it a hoax, insisting he is being denied due process. If they didnt keep moving the goalpost, i think we would absolutely participate because he did nothing wrong. Reporter mondays hearing comes as the justice departments internal watchdog releases a report on the origins of the russia investigation. The president says that will be a big story and he looks forward to it, while some of his allies hope it will divert attention from impeachment. Elaine . Thank you, nicole. Cbs news will have special coverage beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 6 00 a. M. Pacific. North korea is at it again with a new test at an old missile site. President trump shot back at kim jongun today in a tweet saying he has far too much to lose if he acts in a hostile way. Roxana saberi reports the test took place at a dismantled rocket launching site in the northwest part of the country. Reporter while kim jongun smiled for his countrys cameras at the opening of a new spa sunday, north koreas official news agency delivered a vague but menacing message, that a very important test took place yesterday here at the sohei satellite launching site. Experts say north korea likely tested a new type of rocket engine, a move that could signal pyongyang may soon resume tests of missiles that could hit the u. S. The announcement comes just days afth nth kea leader e of eff a breakthrough in deadlock diplomacy. He wants u. S. Sanctions lifted. But President Trump, who has met kim three times, most recently as they stepped over the boarder from south to north korea in june says pyongyang must denukelize first. I would be surprised if north korea argumented hostily. I have a very Good Relationship with kim jongun. I think we both want to keep it that way. Reporter north korea has already test launched a series of short to intermediate longrange missile earlier this year. This announcement takes pyongyang and washington one step closer to confrontation. Roxana saberi, cbs news, london. Prodemocracy protesters were back on the streets of hong kong today in big numbers. Hundreds of thousands turned out for the authorized march, meant to coincide with United Nations human rights day. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. To france now, where the government is vowing to press ahead with its sweeping reform of the countrys Pension System. That sparked outrage and new protests. Elaine cobb is in paris. Reporter protests in france turned violent this weekend as rioters again clashed with police. That followed a tense standoff last thursday as almost a Million People took part in demonstrations nationwide against sweeping reforms aimed at streamlining an unwieldy Pension System that is almost 3 billion in the red. Transport services were hit hardest, bringing the country to a stand still. The french Rail Authority warned the situation could get dangerous tomorrow and recommend travelers change their plans. The unions voted to continue the strike action through monday, and there are more nationwide demonstrations planned for tuesday. This is the weekend when the french traditionally start their christmas shopping, but store owners around the country and stall holders at Christmas Markets like this one are concerned they lose money if the strikes continue, if people cant get around. The strike is not good for us. For us, its very important, and i thought we would have many more people. Reporter many see these protests as a rejection of french president emmanuel macrons policies. He says the Pension Reforms will go ahead, despite the unrest. Elaine cobb, cbs news, paris. Northern california is drying out after getting swamped by a powerful storm. The storm flooded roads, stranding drivers and sent rocks sliding in the mud near big sur. In the sierras, it was snow, more than a foot of it in some areas. The storm is now swirling towards the great lakes, piling up snow along the way. A california man has been arrested after Authorities Say they found an arsenal weapons inside his home. Steve homoki faces possession of assault welles weapons and high capacity magazines. Reporter the disturbing videos were posted on youtube in september. Jams. Boom shoots nothing. Reporter Law Enforcement leaked the videos to this man, 30yearold steven homoki. The video shows him inside the sophia hotel in san diego with dozens of rounds of ammunition, aiming assault weapons and other weapons out the window. One down, more to go. Reporter pretending to shoot. You drop one mag. You pick up another, right . And you pick up another. Reporter Authorities Say an anonymous tip led them to homoki. On thursday he was arrested on weapons charges. I do not wish to cause harm to anybody. This is not an act of terrorism at all. Reporter during an exclusive jailhouse interview with san diego cbs affiliate, homoki called the videos a miniature art project. Kind of get into a mindset and booked a night for a hotel. Just want to relax, do something a little fun and different. But again, these were supposed to be just private videos. Reporter the videos were posted under the name Steven Anderson with captions like nothing the real and everything is fabricated for entertainment. Hopefully they can see it the way i do, that i do not wish to cause harm to anybody. Reporter Law Enforcement is praising the person who reported the videos for possibly preventing something worse. Homoki is expected in court monday. Elaine . Thank you. The devastated parents of a 12yearold girl who died by suicide are suing a California School district. They claim they might have prevented their daughters deat jamie yuccas has the story. I wish i knew she felt that alone. Reporter Madison Ogletree was just 12 years old when she texted a friend about being bullied and that she was contemplating suicide. Did you see anything like this coming . No, absolutely not. She was a happy kid. Reporter in a lawsuit her mother, Morgan Ogletree alleges on april 5th, madisons friend alerted a teacher who shared the suicide threat with the principal and vice principal. A counselor met with madison and promised to follow up. My husband and i werent contacted. We didnt even know that she saw the counselor. Reporter that according to the lawsuit violates the Yuba City School District policy on suicide prevention, which states whenever a staff member suspects or has knowledge of a students suicidal intentions, the principal or counselor shall then notify the students parents or guardians as soon as possible. I am an involved parent and my husband is an involved parent, and we had no idea. Reporter seven weeks after the initial text, the lawsuit claims that one or more of the persons who bullied madison urged her to commit suicide as late as may 23rd, 2019. That very next day, Madison Ogletree turned in her homework assignment and hanged herself. Do you think the school just blew this off and didnt think it was a real threat . I honestly do. She explicitly said that she wanted to commit suicide. All it takes is a phone call. Reporter our request for an interview with Yuba City School District officials was turned down. Madisons mother says she just wants other children to know there will be people who listen if they speak up. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, yuba city, california. For generations of sesame street lovers, it might be hard to believe that oscar the grouch and big bird were actually the same person. Yes, its true. Oh, an invitation to what . Caroll spinney gave life and voice to both big personalities. He was there from the start and for nearly 50 years. Today we learned the legendary puppeteer died at his connecticut home after a long illness. Caroll spinney was 85 years old. The cbs overnight [upbeat music] no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy . Thats because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. So, try febreze fabric refresher febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics bubbles popping and cleans them away as it dries. Use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. 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And yesterday, he became the last crewmember expected to be entered by navy divers inside the sunken battleship. In all, 1,177 men were killed on the arizona 78 years ago this weekend. Straight ahead, our treeclimbing correspondent explores how Climate Change is drivers just wont put their phones down. We need a solution. Introducing. Smartdogs. The first dogs trained to train humans. Stopping drivers from liking. Selfieing. And whatever this is. Available to the public. Never. Smartdogs are not the answer. But geico has a simple tip. Turn on do not disturb while driving mode. Brought to you by geico. Work so hard give it everything you got strength a lioness tough as a knot rocking the stage and we never gonna stop all strength, no sweat. Just in case you forgot all strength. No sweat secret. All strength. No sweat. The calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. Laundry isnt done until its done with downy. Tonight we are walking among giants, the huge sequoia groves of california that draw millions of tourists a year. They are also survivors, struggling with Climate Change. The sequoias need tremendous amounts of water every day, and as Jonathan Vigliotti shows us on our eye on earth, thats a big problem in a state plagued by drought. The forest estimates that about 130 Million Trees died in the state of california during this drought. Reporter 130 million . 130 million. Reporter from the lack of water . Yeah. Reporter tree ecologists Anthony Ambrose and wendy baxter have been working throughout that drought, which lasted from late 2010 to earlier this year. Theyve be analyzing the world famous monsters that survived, the giant sequoias, the largest living creatures on water. Weve mea uses up to a thousand gallons of water in a single day. If that water supply diminishes, there is going to be an impact on the trees eventually. Reporter since 2015, theyve been scaling trees like this one, 250 feet high in order to record the droughts impact on their health and growth. On this day that. Brought me along for the climb. I always love being up here. Reporter high above, ambrose got to work, downloading data from a science station they previously installed. The side branches need to be cut fairly close. Yes. Reporter while wendy gathered branch samples to be examined back in the lab this is my jack in the bean stock moment for real. Reporter but i eventually joined the pair in the deceptive safety of the trees canopy. What has your data that youve collected so far, what has the data told you . They arey by shutting down the little tiny pores in their leaves. Those tiny pores are also what allows them to absorb Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. Reporter it sounds like theyre shut down for business. Yeah that. Shut down. Reporter and thats troubling for two reasons. The less Carbon Dioxide trees capture and store, the more of the heattrapping gas stays in the atmosphere, fueling global warming. Also, the trees use Carbon Dioxide as food to grow. But climate is changing. So what does that mean for a tree like the sequoia that has very specific needs in order to survive the way that it has for so long . As it gets hotter, snow is going to melt earlier, and there is going to be less water available for these trees. And it may not be a place that they can continue to grow into the future. Reporter Jonathan Vigliotti, cbs news, Sequoia National park, california. Next, how an Alabama Community is banding together to help we end tonight in alabama, where a Police Officer battling cancer discovered something surprising about himself and his band of brothers. Here is mark strassman. You know why im stopping you . Officer jeff gulleys stomach aircraft in january pulled his life to a stop. You have stage 4 colon cancer. Reporter what was it like to hear that . Hits you in the gut. Reporter lieutenant danny reed says his fellow cops felt it in their gut too. It hits you hard when you hear Something Like this. One of your family members is sick. You feel like youre at home. Reporter the 50yearold cop put his faith in chemo, prayer and positive energy toward everyone. How has all this changed you . Its definitely got me closer to my maker. God looks after fools, police and babies. I qualify on two. Reporter gulley had tenhour Abdominal Surgery friday in kentucky. To pay for his family to make the trip, reed started selling blue wristbands for 5. Each one has gulleys badge number, 368. It represents police brotherhood. And that were thinking about him. He is not alone. Reporter hundreds of people in the community bought one. Youre kind of at a loss for words, you know. Somebody willing to do that much for you . So we raised 2,580 for you. Reporter what means more to gulley, its as though everyone discovered the person inside his uniform all along. Mark strassmann, cbs news, pleasant grove, alabama. And thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im elaine quijano. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The fbi says its investigating the shooting rampage at the naval station in pensacola on friday as an act of terrorism. The gunman identified as 21yearold Mohammad Alshamrani was shot and killed. The Saudi Air Force officer used a handgun that was purchased legally. Three sailors were killed in the attack. A motorcade took their bodies back to the navy base today, and people lined streets to pay their respects. David begnaud is in pensacola tonight. We are as we do in most active shooter investigations, work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism. Reporter the shooter was 21yearold Second Lieutenant in the royal Saudi Air Force, Mohammed Sayeed alshamrani. He was a naval flight officer in training here. There. There are a number of saudi students who were close to the shooter and continue to cooperate in this investigation. Their saudi Commanding Officer has restricted them to base, and the saudi government has pledged to fully cooperate with our investigation. Reporter the Associated Press has reported that the shooter held a dinner party days earlier where he watched mass shooting videos with three other saudi students. According to the ap, one of the three students who attended the dinner party recorded video outside the classroom building while the shooting was taking place. As much as i would love to answer any questions about the videos or any other presumption of information thats out there, my goal is not to continue the misinformation campaign. Its a very simple question that can help clear up any misinformation. Did somebody record the shooting as it happened . As you know, this is a navy base. There are several digital media. There are a lot of teams that are going on the ground there is a lot of review that still needs to go on as to what happened that day. If its misinformation please clear it up for us. Next question, please. Reporter her spokesman said next question. The fbi later told us this. There are multiple videos from base surt Security Surveillance, as well as video taken from a bystander outside the building after the attack happened and after First Responders arrived. The shooter appears to be harboring antu. S. And extremist views. Ryan blackwell was one of those who was shot but will survive. He posted this video on facebook. Took some rounds. I saved some people in the process. And kind of still trying to piece everything together. Reporter the fbi made a point to tell us today there is no credible threat to the pensacola community, and they also said all of the International Students who train here at the base are accounted for as of tonight. Elaine . David, thank you. Democrats will present the evidence for impeaching President Trump on capitol hill tomorrow. The white house is sitting out the fight in the hearing room. Nicole killian has the latest. The case we have if presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about three minutes flat. Reporter a confident house judiciary chairman Jerrold Nadler hinted at what articles of impeachment the president could face later this week. Certainly abuse of power. It might be obstruction of congress and is not cooperating. Reporter Committee Members spent the weekend holed up behind closed doors in draft mode. Its not about the number of articles we have. We need to make it clear within those articles that there is a pattern of conduct here. Reporter lawmakers remain split whether to only focus on President Trumps july phone call with ukraines leader seeking to investigate his political rival or also include findings from the mueller report. I think we should focus on those issues that provide the greatest threat to the country. Reporter the House Intelligence Committee will add present its evidence to the Judiciary Panel monday. Adam schiff is so bold to come out and talk about the president , but he is so seemingly ashamed to come and defend his report. Reporter the white house is refusing to participate in the house proceedings. The president tweeting again sunday call it a hoax, insisting he is being denied due process. If they didnt keep moving the goalpost, i think we would absolutely participate because he did nothing wrong. Reporter mondays hearing comes as the justice departmereleases a report on ths of the russia investigation. The president says that will be a big story and hes looking forward to it, while some of his allies hope it may divert attention from impeachment. Elaine . Thank you, nicole. Cbs news will have special coverage beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 6 00 a. M. Pacific. North korea is at it again with a new test at an old missile site. President trump shot back at kim jongun today in a tweet saying he has far too much to lose if he acts in a hostile way. Roxana saberi reports the test took place at a dismantled rocket launching site in the northwest part of the country. Reporter while kim jongun smiled for his countrys cameras at the opening of a new spa sunday, north koreas official news agency delivered a vague but menacing message, that a very important test took place yesterday here at the sohae satellite launching site. Experts say north korea likely tested a new type of rocket engine, a move that could signal pyongyang may soon resume tests of missiles that could hit the u. S. The announcement comes just days after the north Korean Leader warned washington it has until the end of the year to offer a breakthrough in deadlock diplomacy. He wants u. S. Sanctions lifted. But President Trump, who has met kim three times, most recently as they stepped over the boarder from south to north korea in june says pyongyang must denuclearize first. I would be surprised if north korea acted hostily. I have a very Good Relationship with kim jongun. I think we both want to keep it that way. Reporter north korea has already test launched a series of short to intermediate intermediate missiles this year. This announcement takes pyongyang and washington one step closer to confrontation. Roxana saberi, cbs news, london. Prodemocracy protesters were back on the streets of hong kong today in big numbers. Hundreds of thousands turned out for the authorized march, meant to coincide with United Nations human rights day. To france now, where the government is vowing to press ahead with its sweeping reform of the countrys Pension System. That sparked outrage and new protests. Elin cobb is in paris. Reporter protests in france turned violent this weekend as rioters again clashed with police. That followed a tense standoff last thursday as almost a Million People took part in demonstrations nationwide against sweeping reforms aimed at streamlining an unwieldy Pension System that is almost 3 billion in the red. Transport services were hit hardest, bringing the country to a stand still. The french Rail Authority warned the situation could get dangerous tomorrow and recommend travelers change their plans. The unions voted to continue the strike action through monday, and there are more nationwide demonstrations planned for tuesday. 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Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Im elaine quijano. Weve got a lot more to tell you about this morning, including the wall along the u. S. Southern border. Building that wall ones of President Trumps Campaign Promises in 2016. Three years later, the wall is finally taking shape, although only one mile at a time. Mireya villarreal has the story from donna, texas. Reporter take a look. This is the old wall that was built during the bush administration. If we walk about 20 feet over here, there is new construction, and i promise it is there behind all of that fog. And as you mentioned, this was a big Campaign Promise for President Trump. However, this wall is not going to stretch all along the southern border, and it is already facing some legal fights from local land owners. Whats the reality of illegal drug smuggling he eeciall in south texas . The reality is its all around you. Reporter Border Patrol sector chief rudy carsig is overseeing this stretch of border wall in the reagan valley just a half mile from the river. The goal, to stop illegal, human and drug smuggling. This administration has made it clear. They want to help us by giving us the tools we need to be more effective. Reporter is the wall the answer to everything . No, of course not. it can never be. A wall is not going to make an arrest. However, if you have a piece of tactical infrastructure in place, maybe that person is going to decide that im not going to cross in this location. Im going to go somewhere else. Reporter nine projects are funded in the valley for 109 miles of new wall, part of a larger almost 10 billion government effort to reinforce the border. But its not quite the concrete wall the president promised on the campaign trail in 2016. The windows, no nothing, precast concrete, going very high. Reporter the only concrete is on the bottom to keep floodwaters away from local land waters as the president continues to boast about the wallsificiveness and impending completion, there are still apparent cracks in the process. This social media video shows two men scaling a portion of refurbished wall in california. The United States government is abusing us. Reporter ray and his family have owned about 69 acres of land along the border for generations. They worry the government will take their property next. To them, the wall is a waste of money. How long do you fight . Were going fight as long as it takes. We know that its very difficult to fight the [ ] even when your car is clean, does it still smell stuffy or stale . Try febreze car. It eliminates stuffy car odors and leaves behind a fresh scent for up to 30 days. Try febreze car in a variety of scents including extra light. Until i found out what itst it actually was. Ed me. 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I want to clear something up. I dont get paid for this, do i . Just curious. Im used to getting paid. Reporter for the record, mel brooks did not get paid, but he still delivered the comedy just as he has been doing for nearly a full century, pretty much since day one. I knew from a very early age, i knew that comedy was my business. Comedy was my thing. It was me, because people would look down at my crib. I was only a few months old, and they would laugh. And i said thats it. Thats it. Thats what i want. When did you know that you were funny, that you could make people laugh . In school, i guess. My neck still hurts from being taken by the neck to the principals office, because i was terrible. Every time i would do my impression of boris karlov, the monster, james wales, fabulous monster, saying this word at the dinner table, antipastho. That was it. It was so great. The rest of the class would laugh. They didnt know why they were laughing. Weve all been laughing ever since. As a writer and director, mel has created some of the sharpest and irreverent comedies of all time. Blazing saddles, and later the same year young frankenstein. Go where fashion sits, putting on the ritz reporter plus history of the world part 1 the lord jehovah has given unto these 15 10, 10 commandments fat, fat reporter and of course the producers, which earned mel an oscar for best screenplay. Dont be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the nazi party. Reporter the story of a Broadway Musical about adolf hitler. We are only seeing figgy hitlers. Hitler made a very good living. Reporter only mel brooks could get away with having this bottle stopper in his home. Someone sent it to me. I get a lot of hitler paraphernalia, a lot of hitler stuff. Reporter born in 1926, mel is now 93 and as sharp as ever. Smarter than you look. Reporter and keenly observant. You could have been a star, but you wear glasses. So where are we going here, mel . Going down stairs . I want to show you something. Comedy is mel brooks life. Thats miracle worker. Reporter will always be her, Anne Bancroft. To the world, she was one of the great stage and screen actors of her generation, with astounding range. Wataterwater, water. It has a name. From the miracle worker which earned her an oscar to the graduate, playing Dustin Hoffmans married seductress, mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. But to mel, she was his soul mate. She always pushed me. She has always been an inspiration. She always believed i was talenteded. She believed in me right from the beginning, as a songwriter, a screenplay rather, whatever i wanted to do, she said i could do. On the surface they presented as a hollywood odd couple, but they had so much in common. Both group the children of immigrants. She was anne marno for a while. She was ana marie italiano. Italiano was her real name. She said i like bancroft. And brooks really liked bancroft long before the day they met. Lets go back to 1961. How did you meet her . 1961, february 5th. At a taping of a perry como tv schedule, anne was rehearsing. Mel, four years removed from his long run as a comedy writer for san ysidro caesars tv shows walked over with a friend to watch. And she ishite go and she has jet ahe most beautiful eyes and the most beautiful figure. And it was just like i said kismet, luck . What . Anyway, im in love. I im just struck by her. Im struck and im in love. She finishes the song. Its a rehearsal, so you can talk. And i scream out Anne Bancroft, i love you. She said who are you . I said im mel brooks. She said i got your record. I did a record with carl reiner. Then completely smitten, mel began to pursue her, rather relentlessly. Every night wherever she went, i would show up by the fourth or fifth time, id say its kismet. We just seem to be going she said bully. Its not kismet. She told her analyst, lets speed this process up. I met the right man. T justyse. S. Hapurpose. Id s. Mel andnn married in 1964. Their son max, a successful writer himself. He wrote world war z grew up in this house. What do you recall of what your parents were like together . My answer to that is i need some sort of context. I need to compare it to something else. And it was only later when i got out into the world i realized that most people are not as animated and most people are not as funny. Right here tk o bs. E must harve o been a good revie or it wouldnt be here. In 1983 they starred in to be or not to be which opens with an idea anne had, to sing a duet in another language. She learned that song in polish. She learned it. She taught it to me. She drilled it. She drilled me every day until i could actually do it in polish with her. I didnt even notice you got her in parenthesis up there. I still have her in parenthes parenthesis. She began to like it. Anne with was him during Blazing Saddles, mels bold comedy about a black sheriff in a racist western town. Do you think Blazing Saddles would succeed today . Could it get made too far wity . H the use of the word, with cowboys sitting around the camp farting. The movie is outrageous. And a lot of people, you cant blame them for saying it never should be made, its terrible. But thats what i do. Make. E the things that nobody ts telu abou e stofed today . L, f me theyre e too strict about whats in bad taste and whats in good taste. I think mf, the mf word, its purposeful. It has grit. It has truth, truth and grit. And you cant you cant shower people with truth and grit if youre going to be careful about stepping out of the lines. You got to step outside the lines. And i think that the Political Correctness is too im sorry to say, its too politically correct. She made some very good pictures with some very good directors. This one is meza meza. Mel conti tnuo hithnkin tking back to his wife here she is making some money doing actually a beer commercial. It was not a good beer. They were inseparable for 41 years, until anne died of cancer in 2005. She was 73. Yeah, i think my dad is at a time in his life when hes looking back on all he has achieved and its no small truth that much of his achievements are because of my mother. My fathers the first one to tell you that she saved him. Can you see it . 14 years after her death, mel wants annes legacy celebrated, and he wants it seen. I just thought before i die id like to see a couple of her movies put together in a box set. There is a lot of great stuff here. If you get an advance, you can got it for 59 bucks. When it hits the streets in a couple of month, its 80. You want to save a couple of bucks and see the greatest performance from the greatest actress ever . 59 buck, amazon. A pitch for eight Anne Bancroft movies, from the funny man who knew her best. She could be the leading lady or an aidedecamp. She could help people or quietly on the side pushing them. She could be on stage and a star of somethin she wa for years now weve been following the story of a secret santa who brings christmas cheer to people he doesnt even know. Steve hartman found him again this Holiday Season on the road. Good morning. How you doing . Reporter to many passengers, this was like boarding a bus. Today im working for secret santa. Reporter to crazy town. Somebody said secret santa. I said what . Is this a dream or someg . Th drea m. Ep its real. Reporter these were real elves working for the real secret santa. Merry christmas. Reporter secret santa is an anonymous wealthy businessman who every year travels the country giving out 100, 200, sometimes 300 to random strangers. Its impossible. This is impossible. It is possible. Its true. Reporter he usually finds his targets in thrift stores. Thank you so much. Reporter but this year im secret santa. Reporter secret santa recruited some elves from the Milwaukee County Transit System to do at least some of his giving. Were here because of you. Reporter he chose the milwaukee drivers becauseppinhe ey bus to fetch a pair of lost childrens shoe, helping a t cross the street, orur restlcuing a child wandering alone, there is a real culture of kindness here, which secret santa says makes them perfect accomplices. Were going to be on the biggest sleigh weve ever had, and the magic is going to be like gold dust flying across the city. Im working for secret santa, and you are the luckiest people in the world. Reporter and the rest of eth y rdaeporter five different drivers gave out thousands of dollars of 100 dollar bills. Thank you, thank you reporter no doubt the money was appreciated. But as always, this was about so much more than money. A benjamin cant buy this much euphoria. No. What overwhelmed most people was the unconditional kindness. Happy holidays. Reporter and as for the drivers who rarely get hugs, it affected them almost as much as the passenger. It was a great experience. Its going to stick with me the rest of my life. It was awesome to be a part of something to big. If you ever feel down, if you ever feel a little depressed and you want to solve your problem, go out and do something kind for somebody, because when you do that, youre uplifting yourself. Give me a hug. Reporter the next stop, best holiday er. And thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you, tew ushe ns a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new york city, im elaine quijano. Its monday, december 9th, 2019. This is the cbs morning news. Possible act of terror. Federal investigators release new information about the gunman in the deadly shooting at the Pensacola Naval base. The white house will have no part in todays impeachment hearing as the Judiciary Committee could vote on articles of impeachment this week. How the partisan fight is getting uglier. No no, no, no, no, no. And deadly eruption. People are missing after a volcano popular with tourists volcano popular with tourists suddenly erupts. Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio n