The music ball rolling for some of musics top performers. This saturday december 7th, 2013. And welcome to the weekend. We also have a great lineup of guests in the house this morning, hes made more than 80 movies but his new one has the oscar buzz factory. Plus his rise to stardom is as unique as her style. Shes here to show us how her life has changed. Valerie june will perform in our saturday session. But first, hes finally free, the 85yearold american tourist and veteran of the korean war held captive in north korea since october, is now on his way home. Right now, Merrill Newman is on a flight to san francisco. Seth dome reports from beijing. Reporter freedom after 43 days. Merrill newman arrived at beijings airport today after a flight from north korea. Im very glad to be on my way home and i appreciate the tolerance that dprk government has given to me to be on my way. First thing, what would you like to do . Go home and see my wife. Reporter at the Newman Family home in pasadena california his son said the family briefly spoke with him while he was in beijing. Hes in excellent spirits and eager to be reunited with his family. Reporter newman, a u. S. Special forces soldier during the korean war more than 60 years ago, had returned to north korea as a tourist in october. He sought closure, according to family members. When he was about to deport on october 26th, he was pulled off of a plane and detained. Then, in november, newman appeared reading an apparently forced apology where he acknowledged alleged crimes against the north during the korean war. He had originally plan to travel on to south korea, where a group of veterans waited for him. We want to the airport to greet him not knowing he had been captured. These veterans whom cbs news spoke with in seoul, were anxious and worried about the americans hold. A former Korean Special forces soldier told us that he remembers newman as the american who came to oversee the training of their anticommunist gur ril la group. North koreans grind their teeth when they hear our name. I speculate he was kidnap because he mentioned our name. Vice president joe bide who was in south korea today, praised newmans release. Seth reporting. The Vice President said that the u. S. Is still working to free kenneth bea, hes been in a north korean prison since last year following his conviction for crimes against the state. His family released this statement following newmans release. We have been praying for him and are very happy that his family will have him at the head of their table for the holidays. Now to the ice storm stretching across the country. Ice, snow freezing rain and frigid temperatures are being blamed for at least 12 deaths. The storm stretches from texas to the midwest and northern new england. Hundreds of thousands are without power. Hundreds of flights have been delayed or canceled. Were in hardhit dallas. Good morning. Reporter good morning, anthony and vinita. This is the worst ice storm to hit this region in years, the rain and sleet have stopped here in the dallas area but the concern Going Forward today, and through the weekend, is the temperatures, the morning lows here are in the teens and that means anything that was slush before is now solid ice. Motorists throughout north texas are being warned to stay off roads for a third day. Four inches of ice and sleet. Mostly the overpasses lowlying areas around water has been frozen over. Reporter the problems go beyond the roads. This oak crashed into her home. We literally sleep right there. Right above us right there. If it had been a few feet over we would be at the emergency room right now. Reporter in louisville texas, at least 50 boats were damaged when a marina roof collapsed. At the height of the storm, nearly a quarter million homes and businesses lost power. Airlines flying in and out of dallas will spend the weekend trying to resume normal operations after having to cancel more than 1,000 flights, stranding some passengers. The same icy mix that caused troubles in texas is making life miserable in tulsa, oklahoma where snow piled up and so did the crashes. Its slow go and very treacherous. In arkansas some cars were encased in ice. Parts of the state saw lows approaching zero. Residents in tennessee were warned to expect many of the same problems that have hit other states as the storm moved further east. Here in dallas the ice has caused what was unthinkable to many in texas and that is the cancellation of High School Football playoffs sundays dallas marathon has also been canceled, that usually attracts 25,000 runners. Many had issues trying to get here. The temperatures arent expected to rise above freezing here until possibly tomorrow. Anthony and vinita . Thanks so much. For more on the arctic blast and how long it may last we go to ed curran of our chicago station. A storm that brought us snow and ice across the nation is moving very quickly. Moving off the east coast now, but its left behind a lot of snow and ice as you know. On the west coast, our next weathermaker is moving in bringing rain to colorado and heavy snow winter storm warning for areas of california nevada oregon and also in utah and parts of colorado the pink at the top of your screen there, wind chill warnings up in north dakota up to 45 degrees below zero this morning. The snow makes its way to the west. In the chicago area by the time we get to sunday afternoon and sunday evening and also in parts of pennsylvania and new york and that continues on its way as we move through monday, moves through the northeast, forecast highs for today, 9 below in billings, 30 in dallas where it ought to be in the upper 50s and only 18 in chicago, where the normal this time of the year should be up around 38 degrees. The snow and the ice in the middle of the country isnt going anywhere any time soon. Vinita . Now to the passing of Nelson Mandela, who died thursday night. At the age of 85. The nation is reeling from its former president passing. Prepare for an unprecedented goodbye. Were in johannesburg with more. Er. Debora patta is in johannesburg with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Well last night president president obama telephoned Nelson Mandelas widow to express his gratitude for the joy she brought to his life and for the shared commitment for a peaceful, fair and loving world. And a little of the love is being felled outside the home here, the mendlea home where South Africans continue to gather in numbers to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. People from every walk of life are using precious free time to honor madiba whether its time out from work down the road after morning prayers from the synagogue around the corner from the mandala suburb. Mandala made everyone feel special. To the whole country, to the whole world, Nelson Mandela was an icon, without him, our country could have ended up in flames. Using his attitude of peace and reconciliation he brought a different ethics to the country. The different ethnic groups together. Reporter and he changed the future of so many young people. Just seeing everyone here just a reminder that were going to be okay and its because of him and many people like him. Who gave up their lives, who gave up everything so that little black girls like me could dream. Reporter how proud he would have been to see how united this country is through his death. There will be many opportunities for South Africans to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela over the next week. Tomorrow has been declared a national day of prayer. And his body will lie in state for three days to allow for public viewing. Now we know that president barack obama will lead a u. S. President ial delegation to this country. But its not clear yet which event he will be attending. But by far the biggest public event will be that National Memorial service at a soccer stadium in soweto and ultimately Nelson Mandelas body will be flown to his ancestral village in qunu for a private burial on the 15th of december. Thank you. Joining us from johannesburg is john carlin the south africa correspondent of the london independent newspaper when mandala was freed from prison in 1990, hes the author two of books about mandalas life and times, including the one on which the film invictus was based. Good morning to you, john. Good morning. I had a chance to read your article yesterday in the uk it was beautiful. You talk a lot about the last time you saw Nelson Mandela four years ago. What was he like then . Yeah. Well it was almost exactly four years ago actually on the 8th of december, 2009. Just before the movie invictus was about to come out. I went to his home here in johannesburg. He was sitting at the end of this very long dining room table on his own. Eating his lunch. He a plate of minced meat. And the truth of the matter is is that he wasnt really very lucid. For most of the hour that i spent with him, he was enveloped in a sort of fog of old age. But there were two or three moments of fabulous clarity. That suddenly he would be a sage on a mountain top, who was sort of in a trance and suddenly sort of came out with a peace of wisdom. And what he suddenly said at one point was, my people, they thought i was a coward some of them. For talking to the whites for reconciling with white South Africans. But they were wrong and i was right. Because you see today we have peace. And in that little moment of lucidity, when he broke out of the fog into light, in a sense he shown a light on the sort of central achievement of his life. John, you were outside the prison gates the day mandala was released. What was it like that day . Well it was a bit of a zoo, if you want the honest answer the mass ranks of the worlds media were there in force, plus lots of South Africans onlookers. The best thing about that day was actually the moment when he came out. The image, which anyone was alive at the time or had the age to watch tv or see the images in the newspapers that image of mandala coming out in a very stately, dignified fashion, suddenly flashed that fabulous sort of 1,000volt smile and raised his fist into the air in triumph. It was an astonishing moment. And what was also fascinating is even though nels nelgs was a very famous name there had been a Worldwide Campaign for his release, no one had a clue what he looked like. No one really had any sense what sort of a person he would be. And it was only actually really the following day at his First Press Conference that finally, i think the world understood that they really were in the presence of greatness. Really a beautiful way to look back at his life, john carlin, thanks so much. In our next half hour president obamas tribute to Nelson Mandela during a lighting of the National Christmas tree and wyntoon marsalis. Chuck hagen made a surprise visit to u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Reassureing alleys. A cleareyed real and difficult engagement. Underscoring how difficult it is hagel toured a u. S. Navy ship keeping watch off iran. Margaret brennan has more. Reporter defense secretary chuck hagel climbed aboard a ship with a message a diplomatic breakthrough with iran doesnt change the threat level in the region or the u. S. Military presence. This region is is dangerous. Its combustible. Its unstable. But having a steady american hand in this region to help our allies and reassure our allies is really key. Reporter the ussponce is part of the nave fleet which defends american assets. This ship is the pentagons first command and staging base in the persian gulf. Its 120 miles off the coast of iran and its outfitted with small drone aircraft underwater drones and helicopters to hunt for mines. Its a reminder to the region that the u. S. Will use force if necessary. That force in the region includes 35,000 military personnel in the persian gulf alone. And an array of radar and Missile Defense capabilities plus a fleet of f22 fighter jets based in nearby qatar. Hagel highlighted those assets while trying to reassure nervous regional ailing lie sllies that the u. S. Is here to stay. This is not an exercise based on any folly. Be assured that the United States of america will not change any of its force posture or any of its force protection. Or any of its relationships with our partners here in the gulf. Reporter yet many of those allies question whether the Obama Administration is willing to even use all the military hardware that it has parked in irans backyard. For cbs this Morning Saturday margaret brennan, ba han. Contaminated tap water at a marine base is linked to birth defects and childhood cancers. The centers for Disease Control studied children born at camp lejeune between 1968 and 1985. That study found that babies were four high times higher to have birth defects. Wells at the base were closed in 1985. The latest check of the healthcare. Gov website shows 3. 7 Million People visited the site this past week. A spokeswoman says the number of duplicated or incorrect forms sent from the site to Insurance Companies has dropped to 10 . It had been at 25 . Consumers are being advised to doublecheck Online Interactions with their Insurance Companies. A spanishlanguage version is expected to go live today. Waulgt ended with big gains, the strongest jobs report in five years. Employers added 203,000 jobs in november and the Unemployment Rate fell to 7 nationwide. So what does that mean for the economy . Cbs news contributor and analyst melody hobson joins us from chicago. Good morning. Ive sort of covered all the good news was there any bad news in the latest report . There was a lot of good news in that report 203,000 jobs youve mentioned. The september and october numbers were revised up. The Unemployment Rate hit a fiveyear low at 7 . And where the jobs were coming from, that was great news. Construction professional services, manufacturing. Those are higherpaying jobs. Which is why we saw wages by the hour go up for the moth. And also the work week be a bit longer so if you look across the board, the news was very, very good. The markets, the dow rallied 200 points on this which is interesting, because in recent weeks, when theres been good news, the dow has tended to pull back. In part because its afraid that that will mean the fed will start pulling stimulus out of the economy. Why did the market go up yesterday, do you think . I think two things went on at once. Its been a pattern of good news being bad news. This was finally one where good news was actually good news. The market shook off a fiveday slump. And i think it was two factors. One, the unemployment report joined with the economic report that we got, and specifically the Third Quarter gdp Gross Domestic Product being revised up. Giving a sense of the economy. Economists thought that we grew 2. 8 in the Third Quarter. When in fact we grew 3. 6 . A lot of that had to do with private companies stockpiling inventories. So people say well thats just a blip. Well see those Growth Numbers go down in the next quarter. And i say why would all the private companies be filling up their inventories if they didnt think things looked good. So the taper, the fed pulling back and Interest Rates rising is back there. But i think overall people see real economic strength. In 12 days the fed open Market Committee is going to meet. Theres talk about the possibility of bond purchasing being stepped down. Is that a possibility now . Is that what people are thinking on the heels of the report . I think its inevitable in 2014. I dont think well see anything come out of the next meeting. Think theyre going to wait and see what happens with congress and hopefully they get the budget and debt ceiling and all of those things tied up. Which caused a lot of trouble in the Third Quarter. But the Federal Reserve governors, like americans bankers, theyve been keeping rates super low, they said theyre going to start to pull back and one of their guideposts was 7 on unemployment. We hit that number. So it is inevitable in their january or march meeting that theyll signal to us that theyve started to taper as they call it. Melody one last thing. This time a year, a lot of people stop looking for work because of the holidays, obviously. Is this a good time to look for a job . Its interesting, it actually is. Most people dont think its the case. They say you know, you know its the holidays and things slow down. But its actually tends to be a very, very good time to look for work. Because people are planning toor their next year. And also there arent as many people out there looking for a job. Because so many people say, well, ill take the holidays off and restart during the new year. So i would strongly suggest if you are looking for a job, to keep pursuing one during these final weeks of the year. Melody hobson in chicago this morning, thank you so much. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines, the New York Times says the federal Railroad Administration has ordered the operators of this weeks deadly Train Derailment to have two people in place to operate trains at potentially dangerous sites. Four people were killed and 70 others injured when a train jumped the tracks in new york on sunday. The El Paso Times says the new Mexico State Police officer who fired shots at a minivan full of children back in october has been fired. Video from a Police Cruisers dashboard shows the officer shooting when a woman who was pullinged over for speeding and argued with an officer drove away. Montoya has 30 days to appeal. The the london telegraph says a powerful storm has prompted evacuations and flooded half a dozen communities along britains east coast. The hurricaneforce gusts kicked up the biggest tidal surge Northern Europe has seen in 60 years. Eight deaths are blamed on the surge. More exceptionally high tides are expected today. And the Seattle Times calls it a coup new yorks second baseman, Robinson Cano is about to become a seattle mariner. The 240 million, 10year contract equals that of Albert Pujols for the Third Largest in baseball history. It will be about 40 when this is over. 40 and very rich. Its about 22 minutes after the hour. Heres a look at the weather for your weekend. Coming up, a timely salute to Nelson Mandela, as president obama lights up the National Christmas tree in washington. Then a whale mystery in florida, dozens are stranded on a beech near the everglades details on the efforts to save them. Im Brandon Scott, backstage with ed sheeren at the grammy nominations, youre walking home with how many nominations . Two. Congratulations, more with ed coming up on cbs this morning. Stick around. 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Welcome to cbs this Morning Saturday, im anthony mason. And im venita meyer. The lighting of the Christmas Tree became the celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela. Senior White House Correspondent bill plant joins us with more on that. Reporter good morning, well washington has temporarily put aside its usual battles over health care and the budget to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela. But as you mentioned, there was one annual president ial tradition yesterday, which did not go unobserved. Three, two, one [ cheers and applause ] reporter president obama joined by his family pushed the button to bathe the National Christmas tree in a warm holiday glow. And later remembered the man he says has been a major inspiration. And this year we give a special measure of gratitude for Nelson Mandela a man who championed that generosity of spirit. In his life he blessed us with tremendous grace and unbelievable courage. And we are all privileged to live in a world touched by his goodness. Reporter despite a cold rain, crowds continued gathering before mandalas statue. In south africas Washington Embassy to mourn him. Former secretary of state, hillary clinton, met mandala a few years after he was released from prison. Mandala told many people that he had to learn to forgive, and he had to leave his anger behind when he walked out of prison. Reporter secretary of state john kerry was in tel aviv, working on an Israeli Palestinian solution when he paused to remember mandala. Madibas long walk to freedom gave new meaning to character and to courage, to forgiveness and to human dignity. And now that his long walk has ended, the example that he set for all of humanity lives on. Reporter the white house has said that president obama will travel to south africa next week, to take part in mandalas Memorial Services. And its a sign of mandalas importance as a world leader that mr. Obama will be joined by former president s george w. Bush and bill clinton and their wives. Anthony, venita . Bill plante at the white house this morning. The world remembers Nelson Mandela as a fighter for justice and a Great National leader. But mandala also understood the rich power of music. In tonights 48hour special, Nelson Mandela father of a nation jazz legend and cbs contributor, went wibtynton marsalis shows how music became an instrument of social change in south africa. Nelson mandelas lifelong fight for freedom in south africa had a secret weapon music. One of the masters of that music, and a man who knew Nelson Mandela is legendary horn man, Hugh Masekela. We got together to remember mandala and the music that propelled a peoples revolution. The story of Nelson Mandela jailed for such a long time. But what was the perception of mandala when he was in jail . Were you aware of him and what he had done . We all knew him from when we were children when he went to jail. He made one of the greatest speeches ever. This is something for which i am prepared to die. Freedom is a thing that i stand for and im prepared to die for it and then he disappeared for 27 years. Mandala went to prison. Musicians like Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba were forced into exile. South africa was probably the only country historically where music was a major catalyst for its freedom. In 1985 he was still incarcerated. He took the time to write you a letter on your birthday. I had this letter smuggled out of prison. Heres a guy who has been in jail for 20 years, but hes writing to me giving me encouragement. I just stood there and i said wow. And then i went to the piano and i started singing. Bring back Nelson Mandela bring him back home to soweto we want to see him walking down the street of south Africa Tomorrow my wife came to me and said when did you write that song . I dont know it. Pi said Nelson Mandela just sent it to me. Bring back Nelson Mandela bring him back homing to soweto by the late 1980s, the entire world tuned in to South Africans struggle. Free mandela we want freedom in south africa free Nelson Mandela through music, the cry for justice was heard by millions. Hugh masekela. When we did graceland with paul simon, we played to more than ten Million People who had never heard of south africa or apartheid before and it really grabbed the world. Bring back Nelson Mandela bring him back home to soweto i want to see him walking down the street with Winnie Mandala its the sight of Nelson Mandela walking strongly to freedom. The day he came out of jail and he came out like this, the whole world screamed. Africa so many people trying to put his life in context right now. I heard one historian say, he was south africas abraham lincoln. I love that analogy and it totally works. Cbs news will have much more on Nelson Mandela tonight in a special report Nelson Mandela father of a nation exploring the social cultural and political impact of his life on south africa and the world. Now heres a look at the weather for your weekend. 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Simply put its naturally delicious. Did you get chips for the party . Nope. [ ding ] cheese plate . Cheese plate. No, i made something better. You used the oven . Boom. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. Make the holidays pop. [ male announcer ] when you feel good, no one is immune. Emergenc has more vitamin c than 10 oranges plus other antioxidants and electrolytes to help you come down with a serious case of healthy. Emergenc. Making healthy contagious. Time for morning rounds our look at the top medical news of the week. Joining us are cbs news chief medical correspondent, dr. John and cbs news contributor dr. Holly phillips. The center force Disease Control says the rate of twin birth is up 76 over three decades, in many cases its a result of fertility treatments. Now some specialists involved in socalled miracle babies are proposing new guidelines. They recommend just one baby at a time. John, why are the multiple births a problem here . And what are they recommending . Well the problem is when you have multiple births you have increased risk of dangerous side effects, complications to the mother and the child. With twins, five times increased risk of pro maturity and the new recommendations are saying if youre under 35, were going to put in one embryo and 35 to 40 up to two to three. I was surprised by the cdcs number of 46 of babies born with ivf are multiples, it seems so high. If it has been going on for decades, why new guidelines now . The society is recognize were putting too many embryos in and were having too many multiple births, over the past 15 years the numb has come down. Theres new techniques where we can test an embryo to see which ones will take. Now can you get just as much success putting in only one as putting in two. What if youre a woman who is paying a lot of money for ivf and now you might need to pay for embryo testing as well . Thats an issue. I think what the Insurance Companies willing be coming around to is to say the insurance is worth it its worth it to pay the 4,000 because its so expensive, it could be 80,000 more to have twins for example, 100,000 than 20,000 for an average singleton pregnancy. Also this week. Some new information about a controversial question can you be overweight but still be healthy . An article published in the an nals of internal medicine says no. This is a large study, it looked at data from more than 60,000 patients over the course of 60 years. Now weve long known that being overweight or obese raises risk factors for Heart Disease like high Blood Pressure high cholesterol and diabetes what this study found was that even if you dont have those risk factors, just being overweight or obese still raises your risk of having a heart attack a stroke or dying prematurely. So you know how we often say, its not the number on the scale, its how healthy you are, the study shows, its both. What about the people who say no, i guess the term is im benign obesity, that would be my classification. Whats the bottom line for them . The bottom line is its all about diet and all about exercise, and not just how you feel on whether or not you think that youre healthy. Its really about getting to a healthy number on the scale. Because there may be other things that can cause problems. Whether its inflammation, theres something that happens just with being overweight that raises our risk factor for illness. Certainly affects a lot of people. Were heading into flu season and doctors at columbia universitys school of Public Health have come up with a new way to predict when and where the flu is likely to hit. Theyre combining data from google with reports from the cdc and say theyll be able to forecast flu outbreaks in specific locations up to nine weeks in advance. The information will be available on a new website. It could help Public Health officials direct vaccines to cities that need them before people get sick. Finally the New York Daily News reports that beyonce and jayz are going vegan. But only for a few weeks. The cumming is staying off meat and Dairy Products until christmas. Jayz calls the plantbased diet a spiritual and physical cleanse. What do you think of this . I worry about what happens after the third week right . I dont love the idea of a cleanse in general because its sort of implies i can eat whatever i want i can just you know, make my system all full of all kinds of junk and then im going to hose it out. I dont think thats a good philosophy. I think you should be leaning towards a healthy diet all the time. I think veganism can be a good diet. I was a vegan for nine years. I love jayz and beyonce, im not impressed that theyre doing it for three weeks. Ultimately i dont see it as a cleanse, i see it as a loiflg focusing on a plantbased diet. I do think there are Health Benefits to having more vegetables, more fruits. One thing jayz said is he started with breakfast, he found it made him feel better. He said ill transition to doing it throughout the whole day. I think you know were born we live, we die. And then in that whole middle part, you know, you can sort of try to be healthy, you can enjoy yourself. And so its not like you have to have this twoweek prepared try to enjoy yourself everything in mod indication including excess this time of year enjoy yourself every now and then have a plantbased diet in general lean towards it it doesnt mean you cant have other things also. All right. Up next, the struggle to save the whales, scientists in florida face the mystery of why dozens of pilot whales are stranding themselves in the everglades. Youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Every day were working to be an Even Better Company and to keep our commitments. And weve made a big commitment to america. 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Scientists gathered tissue samples to try to determine why the whales beached themselves. We are going to want to take ever every organ that you can, skin blubber. Teeth. Reporter they say the whales appear to not have eaten, but results of tissue analysis wont be available for weeks or months. Biologists say the whaelgs seen friday were moving more slowly with less energy. The big worry for rescuers now, that the whales may be too sick or exhausted to return to the open seas that are their home. For cbs this Morning Saturday, anna werner Everglades National park. I hate seeing those whales up on the beach, so sad. She mentioned theyre sick theyre tired, they could be dehydrated. It makes it even harder to get to water. Half the nation is battling an arctic blast thats making roads icy and keeping planes grounded. Well have the latest, youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. 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Look for it in the white box. Mas trees, 1200 delivered to chicagos navy pier. The coast guard cutter mackinaw left last month from cheboygan, michigan for the trip down to the windy city. The tradition dates back to the 19th century when the german tradition for decorating trees for christmas was just catching on in the u. S. In the early 1900s, herman was dubbed captain santa. Speaking of holg dayiday traditions were here in the green room talking about cocktails, have you ever wondered why certain cocktails, why we have them during the holidays . This is called a popo punch, a tiki version of a punch. It comes from an indian word panch which means five five ingredients. Stay with us, youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday and weve got punch the numbers on the show are amazing, i know you were doing the hula over there. When you got the number ha did you think . Did you even think this was possible in e did you think this was possible on cable tv . We were surprised. We didnt think it would do a number like that. Its a big fat historic number. We thought the show was building on season four and there was ay is sendo of interest. When you saw the show the people creeped me out when i looked at it. It seemed so creepy to watch. Did you think this could be a hit . When we looked at it i personally went to a bunch of comic bookstores and looked at the way it was and i thought really . Zombies . They are icky and gooey and scary and everyone had enthusiasm and they were of course absolutely right and the zombies looked go good but if you watched a little bit of it the characters become what the zombies are. It is somewhat and sometimes heart breaking and wonderful characters. It all goes down. This follows the hits of breaking bad and mad men. What do you think of the Television Executive is finding a really strong home on cable . It does seem that there is a change in the wind. That serialized dramas particularly on our channel and other channels. Stars capture the attention of the world and its in part because of technology. Echnology. Yes you did. Yes you did. No i didnt. No i didnt. Yes you did. Yes you did. No i didnt. No i didnt. Yes you did. Did not. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. Get an 8 piece meal, any recipe with a dozen cookies baked inrestaurant. The kfc festive feast. Thats a lot for just 19. 99 today tastes so good. Welcome back to cbs this Morning Saturday, im anthony mason. And im vinita nair. Coming up this half hour it was the big show before the biggest show. Nomgnys for the 2014 Grammy Awards were announced last night on cbs. Well take a look at who made the cut and who didnt. Then like santa, they only come around this time of year holiday cocktails. From eggnog to hotted toy yed to hot toddys and even been a great actor toor a long time and now some think bruce dern might win an oscar for his latest movie nebraska. Korean war veteran Merrill Newman who was detained for more than a month by north korea is a free man. The first stop on his journey back home was beijing. Seth jones joins us now. Reporter thats right, he made a brief layover here in beijing on his way home to visit his family in california. The north korean official state News Agency Says he was released on humanitarian grounds, after having apologized for alleged crimes committed back during the korean war more than 60 years ago. He spoke briefly with reporters gathered at the airport here in beijing earlier today. Im very glad to be on my way home. I appreciate the tolerance that the dprk government has given to me to be on my way. What do you want to do first thing . Go home and see my wife. As tourists excuse me missing that Merrill Newman had travelled to north korea as a tourist in early october. His family said he was seeking closure, and then he was said to travel on to south korea to meet with a group of troops there, veteran there is who told us they were waiting at the airport and were incredibly nervous when he did not show up. Merrill newman had been a trainer to those troops during the korean war as part of an anticommunist Guerilla Group that was loathed in north korea. Vice President Joe Biden was traveling in the region and praised the release of newman and used it as an opportunity to call for the release of yet another american kenneth bae still being helgd in north korea. Anthony and vinita . Thanks. To the huge ice and snowstorm thats being blamed for 12 deaths. The ice, snow freezing rain and frigid temperatures stretch from texas to the midwest and new england. Leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Highway travel is treacherous in many places, hundreds of flights have been delayed or canceled. Man welg bohorquez is in hardhit dallas. Reporter good morning, this city is at a virtual standstill this morning. The rain and sleet have ended. But temperatures are below freezing, and that means there is a layer of ice on almost everything here. Up to four inches of ice and sleet have led to treacherous driving conditions on the roads in the dallasfort worth area. Schools closed friday as well as some businesses. At one point, a quartermillion homes and businesses lost power. But the storm has affected this entire region. Trucks jackknifed along an interstate in tulsa, oklahoma where they are also digging out from several inches of snow. The icy mix now threatens to leave similar problems in places like tennessee, as it moves east. A band stretches from the ohio river valley to new england. Now officials, transportation officials here in north texas have focused on keeping overpasses and bridges like these you see right here, open. They have been successful this morning. But traffic of course is moving very slowly. The frigid conditions expected to remain through the weekend here. Temperatures will not rise above freezing until possibly tomorrow. Thats when the dallas marathon was supposed to take place. Attracting 25,000 runners. But it has been canceled due to weather. Anthony and vinita . Thank you. Lets get more now on the storm system and whats likely to happen over the weekend. Meteorologist ed curran is in our chicago station, wbbn. Well if theres anything good to be said about the storm system, is that its moved along at a quick pace. And now this morning, its moving off to the east coast and it will soon be just a memory. On the west coast, we see our next weathermaker thats been bringing rains to Central California and bringing snows to the mountains as well. Thats why we have winter storm warnings set up for part of california, and oregon and parts of nevada and also utah and colorado. And at the top of the screen the pink are wind chill warnings. North dakota could see wind chills dip as far as 45 below zero this morning. The snow progresses westward through the day today. And into tomorrow by afternoon its in the chicago area. And tomorrow night, starts to move in through pennsylvania and new york. And on monday through the northeast. Look at the highs for today, 9 below in billings 30 degrees the high in dallas where you should be in the upper 50s this time of year. 18 in chicago. Where 38 is the normal high for today. So those areas in the middle of the country with snow and ice are going to see that snow and ice stay in place for now. Vinita. To our other top story. Mourning in south africa anden of the world for Nelson Mandela who died at the age of 95. Deborah pratta is in johannesburg with more. Good morning. Well from the outside, you would be forgiven for thinking that this tenday mourning period in south africa is a celebration. Singing, dancing, people from all walks of life. Weve seen waitresses laying wreaths, people from a nearby synagogue came to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela. This is a man who had a profound impact on the lives of so many. Children who never knew Nelson Mandela when he was president , are determined to be part of the outpouring of the love here. Parents walk with kids on their shoulders, pushing strollers. These children live in a south africa that is fundamentally different to the racially divided one that their parents experienced. Now there are many ways that South Africans can participate in this mourning period. There are books of remembrance that can be signed. Tomorrow has been declared a national day of prayer. And then the big public event will be the Memorial Service at the soccer stadium in soweto culminating in a private family burial at Nelson Mandelas ancestral vilgage in qunu. Thank you. For more on Nelson Mandela and his legacy, we turn to South African journalist, tim modese who interviewed mandala several times in his career. He joins us from johannesburg, good morning to you. Good morning to you, vinita. Tim tell me, this is a huge legacy, obviously. How has south africa lived up to it . Well i think with stops and starts here and there. But the ideal that mandala stood for is still very paramount. Very prominent in south africa. Thats why you see so many young people going out there to celebrate his life. Because what mandala sacrificed his life for is what were all experiencing now in south africa, the freedoms the democracy that we have. And probably something that around the world people might be wondering why the country is in such deep mourning. But yet celebrating, its because hes identified with the freedoms that were enjoying now. Tim we all know that the public mandala of course. But you met him, interviewed him. What was he like in person . Mandala was an extremely confident man. Very engaging. Quite relaxed and would make any person in any station of life feel quite comfortable in his presence. In the words of the american president , bill clinton as he said and ill always remember this he said Nelson Mandela would make you feel like the best you can be on your worst day. So engaging and spending timing with Nelson Mandela would always make you feel much, much more bigger and more important than you truly are, i think. A lot of people have written about the african philosophy about human kindness. And a lot of people say that Nelson Mandela was really the personification of it. Tell us about that what exactly is this philosophy . Well the philosophy is that you are because of other people that you are by extending your humanity to others then you experience your own humanity. And in fact i recall something that he said, i asked him a question and he said, you know the best way of enjoying happiness in your life is by always going out of your way to extend happiness to others. So he was an engaging person. Was not dealing with people and life only in official terms or from position of authority or stature. But was a very personable person. And many many ordinary South Africans who bumped into mandala, would spare a moment or so to talk with them engage with them. For that matter whenever he spoke about matters of state on television or in Public Events he would speak from the experience of the people. So to a large extent you know every person in south africa regards him as a family member. Not just the person the president , mandala. But mandala, an individual who personifies what the south African Spirit is all about. Or should be about. Tim modise in Johannesburg South africa thank you for being with us this morning. Tonight on cbs, a special report Nelson Mandela father of a nation. Cbs news takes you into the life of a man hoe changed south africa and the world. Dont miss it tonight on cbs. Its about ten minutes after the hour. And now heres a look at the weather for your weekend. Announcer this weather segment sponsored by asthma. Com. Up next it was a great show and now we know whos in the running for the 2014 Grammy Awards whos in whos out, coming up. My asthmas under control. I get out a lot. Except when its too cold. Like the last three weekends. Asthma doesnt affect my job. You missed the meeting again last week it doesnt affect my family. Your coughing woke me up again. I wish youd take me to the park. I dont use my rescue inhaler a lot. Depends on what you mean by a lot. Coping with asthma isnt controlling it. Test your level of control at asthma. Com then talk to your doctor. There may be more you could do for your asthma. Tada whoa. Showtime. Agh theres me theres me theres me boom. 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Nominees were announced last night. Here on cbs. And a show packed with great music and Brandon Scott is there. Reporter it was billed as the countdown to musics biggest night. Reporter the biggest performance, earth, wind and fire together with robin thicke. They brought down the house, with thickes megahit, blurred lines. Robin thicke blurred lines. Right. The crowd was moving. That was a moving crowd, they loved that song. The song was nominated for record of the year. Along with radio favorite royal by lord a new zealand singer who scored four grammy nods in her u. S. Debut. After rap duo, macklemore and ryan lewis grabbed the stage, they earned seven nominations apiece. Its beyond anything we could have expected. Its incredible. The nights Biggest Surprise came when arsenio hall announced the nominees for best new artist. Ed sheeren. You walked in here not expecting to walk home with a nomination. No, no, i wasnt. When i started it seemged like an unachievable feat. Im very happy. Noticeably absent drake. Who racked up five nominations, he was scheduled to perform, but dropped out at the last minute. That left more time for double hominy, katy perry, on stage in canada and beamed in via satellite. And grammy favorite taylor swift offered a performance as well, shedding her country Sweetheart Image in front of an australian crowd. Strutting toward her nomination for album of the year. Well find out who takes home grammy gold at the end of january, during nour live concert. For cbs this Morning Saturday, Brandon Scott, los angeles. What do we think of the grammy nominations . Any surprises, any snubs . Joining us is the editor of billboard magazine, joe levy. It was a big night for macklemore and joe lewis, seven nominations, three in the four major categories and a young rapper out of los angeles, seven nominations for him. A big moment. Who are people talking about . Sara borealis you can see her in shock. This is an album only knew one song from. Thats not even a big hit. It was a song called brave which was nominated in the pop category. It was a huge look for her and people were genuinely surprised. Lets talk about who got snubbed. Noticeably not getting an award or nomination is Justin Timberlake. No actually Justin Timberlake got seven nominations, heres why you didnt see them. In none of the major categories justin is the biggestselling artist this year. Hes released a record this year that have sold the most. And yet his album is not nominated in album of the year. Mirrors a huge song on the radio. Not in any of the major categories, so although he has seven nominations, its not in album of the year record of the year, song of the year. Im shocked. Im struck by the fact that weve got lord. A year ago we never heard of her. She got four nominations. Mackle llemore and lewis, a year ago, we had never heard of them. Audiences are embracing these artists. Lord put a song online. It became a big hit. Shes fantastic, up in many of the major categories not best new artist but record and song of the year for her song royals and macklemore and ryan lewis, this is exactly the artist that the grammys love theyre new, fresh, a youngsounding hip hop kind of pop thing. Theyve got very important messages in their songs. It seems like a lot of people were nominated had a lot of commercial appeal. Which in years past necessarily these people werent selling a ton of albums but winning awards. There are Great Stories out of the grammys. But grammy nominations have often recognized commercial success in the past. Because thats where the audience is. However, there are bigselling artists, one direction, theyve had three number one albums on the billboard charts in two years. Zero nominations last night. No respect. Why is that . Well thats a pop group and to some people theyre a boy band. And i think that this is something where we want to see artistic accomplishment recognized as well. And some people dont consider them to be that accomplished in that area. Who do you think is a big winner on grammy night. I think macklemore and ryan lewis should bring a suitcase to this ceremony. Theyre going to take home many awards. Put it on your calendar it will be on sunday january 26th here on cbs. Up next enjoying the holidays so far . Well drink to that. Perfect holiday cocktails and where they came from, youre watching cbs this Morning Saturday. Pick up the paper pick up the bags. Clean up the bows and the ribbons and tags. Whoevers first is the first to play, with the good things that we got today. Thats my kind of holiday. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts you may be muddling through allergies. Try zyrtec® liquid gels. Nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. Zyrtec®. Love the air. 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Lets get into the spirit of the holiday by getting into the spirits of the holidays eggnog hot toddys and punch. Ray isle is the executive editor for food and wine magazine. Great to be here thanks. This is a lousy deal. Ive got water. Weve got a whole array of drinks, the first is classic champagne. This is the variation on a champagne cocktail. Which is a drink that came around in the early, late 1800s, early 1900s, a south side royale. Kind of a matchup of a south side. Which is gin, lime and mint and champagne to go with it. How did champagne become the drink of celebrations . It started out, it was popular in russia with the czars, thats the origin of cristal and the bubbles made it feel festive and exciting. And it kept rolling and the champagne sellers are incredible marketers. I feel like the glass itself is selling bracelebratory. This is more potent. This has gin in it, too. Speaking of potent, lets move on to the classic holiday punch. Punch has been popular, punch was enormously popular in the 1600s and 1700s, it fell out of favor and theres been this resurgence of interest just in the past four or five years. Especially with cocktail guides and so on this is a punch called a popo punch. Kind of a tiki variation on a classic punch. Very tropical. Tropical. Its deceptive. It doesnt taste like theres any alcohol in there. Really. Its from a bartender who has a bar in new york city. For cocktail guide which we publish every year. We get sort of cocktail recipes from around the country. This is one of them. Thats delicious. Really good. A terrific recipe. It goes down easy. I like it a lot. You need five straws im sorry. This is mulled wine. A hot spiced wine. Spicing wine goes back to the egyptian empire. It goes back to 3500 bc. When they started spicing wine it was to cover up the fact that the wine was horrible. So you dump spices in it and it moved north, you got warmer. This is tweaked with a little bit of kirsch a cherry liquer. That was the big part of the spicing of wine was to give it medicinal aspects of it. Lets talk about the hot toddy. As we realized in our meeting, i think Everybody Knows what a hot toddy is but nobody knows whats in it. The classic is bourbon, lemon, honey and water. Thats sort of what its become. Honestly, it can be kind of anything that involves an alcohol, a sweet thing, a hot liquid, usually tea, it could be just hot water, you know and this version actually has rum, a little bit of cream de cacao. And its a classic sort of warm yourself up in the winter feel cozy and weve got to get the eggnog quickly here. A quick question who decided to mix eggs and liquor . It goes back a long way. Eggnog stock came from an english drink called passet in the 18th century. I saw it coming. I couldnt avoid it. I went for the spoon. This is a sticky Toffee Pudding eggnog. We want to tell people where to get the cocktail recipes, head to our website. Popo punch it my favorite. You . I like them all. Coming up, actor bruce dern. I was watching thanksgiving and i thought isnt will fairlg such a great guy, he must have relatives in north dakota. And i thought, promotion. How effective do you think this is . Clearly its working. I think it is were talking about it and its reaching us through all the ways that we consume media normally. You know were a star, will fairlg,errell who do this incentive epic marketing campaign. Hes a writer on the Film Producer on the film and hes amazing at it. Hes so believable. Is there a down side to too much promotion, in this case do you think . I think there would be if it werent funny and if he werent so good at it. But he does have the ability to stay in character for 30 minutes on a news segment for an entire booksigning. I dont hear anybody saying enough with the will ferrell, that could happen. But so far, its great. I was stunned to learn that the Dodge Durango commercials began airing in october, that the sales of their new suv have increased 59 . So this is not just benefitting the movie. Dodge durango made out big here. And its sort of a risk if you think about it for a company like chrysler to enlist this character to promote their cars. They a tribute, an 80 increase in online traffic to their site since the ads have begun airing. The secret to their success in october was ron burgundy. Yes you did. Yes you did. No i didnt. No i didnt. Yes you did. Yes you did. No i didnt. No i didnt. Yes you did. Did not. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. Get an 8 piece meal, any recipe with a dozen cookies baked inrestaurant. The kfc festive feast. Thats a lot for just 19. 99 today tastes so good. The guitar was at the heart of a Pivotal Moment in american music. When bob dylan plugged in at the 1965 newport folk festival he was booed for going electric. How times change. That fender strato caster is now the most valuable guitar on the planet. It sold for a record 965,000 at auction yesterday. Welcome back to cbs this Morning Saturday, im vinita nair. And im anthony mason. Bruce dern is known for playing unforgettable characters. More recently in monster and django unchained. Hes getting a lot of buzz for his new film nebraska. Going to lincoln, the last thing i do. I dont care what you people think. List ton me you didnt win anything. Its a complete scam. You got to stop this okay. Im running out of time. You dont even have a suitcase. Im not staying there. Dad, i cant let you go. Its none of your business. Yes, it is im your son. Then why dont you take me. I cant just drop everything and drive to lincoln, nebraska. What else you got going on . That performance has already earned him best actor honors from the Cannes Film Festival and the National Board of reiew. Bruce dern good morning. Good morning, sir. First of all, congratulations, best actor, how is that feeling, to get this kind of reception . I think the best thing about it all and maybe the whole trip of nebraska for me has been that the folks seem to be coming together and kind of saying well, bruce dern can play. And thats all thats been about for me. From the very beginning, you know. Rather than one individual performance, i would just like them to know that i can play. And if you make an allstar team, thats fabulous. But you know how many people do we know that were on teams that never made the playoffs . Right. Bruce, you have had a long career. It is Something Like 80 films, countless tv shows. I read you said this is all a marathon. Its not a sprint. No. How did you feel about getting this role. When you first saw the script what struck me is theres not a lot of dialogue for your character. Well, what struck me was if you get a script from Alexander Payne, and you get kind of a role, you have to do it. And its a privilege. And when i began, i knew i had to get out of philadelphia where i quit college. I had to go to new york. I had to try and become a member of the Actors Studio and work for kazan. Now the kids want to work for Alexander Payne. Or quentin tarantino. Its the same kind of a feeling as i had with mr. Kazan. And its very challenging. But at the same time he gives you fabulous teammates. It works on the paper when he gave me the script. Theres, ive invented a lot of stuff to keep characters alive in my career. Embroidered, if you will. I didnt have to do any of that in this movie. It was all on the script. When we go in the house and theres a scene where i say, this is my room and my old house. And the wife says you know this is where woodys little brother david died and will my son says to me do you remember that, dad . And the line thats written is i was there. I was there. Who says stuff like that . But this guy has it in his script already. You dont have to come up with that stuff. And thats just, my daughter laura, did a series called enlightened. Thats enlightenment. You know . Its been wonderful so far. It feels good that people the biggest thing is im trying to get people to go out and see the movie. Because were kind of like the little engine that could with all the movies that are out there. You were saying, bruce, that you actually saw the script for the first time ten years ago. Yeah. But it took that long to get the movie made in part because Alexander Payne wanted to make it in black and white. That was the Biggest Issue he a problem with. And brad gray and adam goodman and paramount understood they had a lot, to make his vision. But all along everybody said no . Other studios and stuff. And even paramount, and a couple things happened for him, the descendants did very well and the movie with the little dog and the black and white movie the artist had just won an academy award. So they lightened up a little bit. They saw you know there are certain directors, you just let them make their movies terrence malleck, quentin, Alexander Payne and alexander does it very well. Youve had a lot of great roelgs. You said this was the role of a lifetime. Apart from this part whats your favorite . I dont look back well. Ive always felt an actor is only as good as his next movie. So im not really good at that. Im proud, i only made one movie i wasnt totally proud of. But you got 85 people go out there somewhere, for ten weeks or eight weeks, to make a movie. And its teamwork. I was always a runner i was never in a team sport. I missed that. Movies are the ultimate teamwork. And what was the one movie you arent proud of . Won ton ton, the dog. It starred art Carney Madelyn Khan and it was about making a dog a movie star. You more than made up for it with this film. Now for a final look at the weather, for your weekend. Up next a riot on tv and in the kitchen. And her cooking is literally beyond measure, chef nadia g joins us. Im gonna do this. No. No. No. Im gonna beat you this time yes. laughing yes he he. Nadia g has been called the julia child of the next generation. Her hit show on the cooking change began as a threeminute web series it draws a huge audience and became the first online lifestyle brand to successfully make the transition to primetime tv. Nadia also wrote the bestselling cookbook nadia gs bitchin kitchen cooking for trouble. Welcome. Thank you for the introduction what do we have here . Weve a beautiful fillet mignon. Maple balsamic sweet, tangy glaze thats awesome on steak, chicken, whatever. I love you way you describe food. Walk me through the drink next. So here we this is a wild morning. This is a pink grapefruit mojito. What i love about this drink. What i love about cooking in general is breaking down the foods into its raw elements. A mojito has herbs, citrus and sugar. Why not play around with that. Instead of lime i used pink grapefruit. Instead of sugar i used maple and instead of mint i use sclant cilantro. You started out doing comedy on the web, right . Uhhuh. How did food get into it . I grew up with a crazy, wild italian family that was completely foodobsessed. But i never considered food a, you know a career. It was just more of a necessity. I loved to eat i love to cook. What i did with my time was create sketch comedy. And then finally one day i said to myself why not meld my two passions, and create bitchin kitchen. The kitchen is a space where we have a laugh we have the best conversations. So its a very natural mix. A lot of people have done what youve done, in the sense that they started something online. But very few have transitioned it into primetime television. Did you understand the power of the web you think in some ways before people did, in terms of branding yourself . Absolutely. When the internet came around in the late 90s, i was like, this is it. This is going to be it. And what i did was created a website started making sketches. And back in the day. It wasnt so easy. Today you just upload your stuff to youtube. Back then, there was no youtube. Had you to have your own server and know a little about the interweb in order to succeed. I thought ive always been a webbie from day one. And its so exciting to kind of finally see the timings catch up. And you know, it really is taking over. Most of us are still trying to catch up to the timings. You also sing on your show which i love. And if you could be any one thing, would you be a singer a comedienne, a cook . You have to be all three . Exactly. Why not be all three . You know you can kind of mix it all up and it tastes even better. One of the things i love about the way that you cook. And one of the things we talked about when we were introducing you is you dont believe in measurements and youve said that you used to measure everything and it didnt work out as well. Yeah, i mean my mother was an amazing cook she would make this sauce and id be like all right. Theres some garlic in there, it never, no matter how much i tried, like whipping out the recipe books, trying to replicate the flavor of my moms sauce, because my mom never had any recipes, through finding recipes, via books and stuff. It never quite tasted the same. And its when i threw the recipe book away and actually started tasting and touching and you know, a dash of this a mix of that. Thats when it came together. Theres a certain element of witchcraft, a little bit of love in there. Thats the missing thing. So witchcraft thats very inspiring, witchcraft. Where do you draw that from you think . I would say, you know food is, it really is kind of a magical thing, you know the way you can connect over it. The way you can manipulate with it. You know theres no end to what food can do. Well your enthusiasm is captivating, i can see why youve drawn such an internet presence. And we wish you the best of luck. We should ask you as youre signing, if you can share the meal with anybody, who would it be . Chris farley. Chris farley. Nadia g, thank you and for more on nadia g and the dish, head to our website. Up next in our saturday session she wowed critics and audiences alike in britain and shes about to do the same here at home. Valerie june joins us next. [ male announcer ] coughequence 5. The sleepless night. [ coughing ] [ crying ] sorry. [ male announcer ] new robitussin dm max nighttime. Fast, powerful cough relief that helps you sleep like a baby. Robitussin nighttime. Dont suffer the coughequences. [ male announcer ] over time youve come to realize. [ starter ] ready [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] its less of a race. Yeah [ male announcer ] and more of a journey. Keep going strong. And as you look for a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Expect the same kind of commitment you demand of yourself. 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