Formerly known as cat stevens changed his name and address. Hes back now singing and sounding like his old self and talking this morning for the record with anthony mason. In his 38 years as cat stevens last toured the u. S. On thursday the singer now called yusuf returned. Are you testing the waters here . I want to do certain things before i leave this planet. One of them is to play again. Ahead on sunday morning, yusuf comes back. Osgood this morning well look at stunning exhibition of hot rocks. 12 floors above new yorks fifth avenue crowds have been gathering to see jewelry by the company verdura. 550carats. How many necklaces have had 550 carats. Ahead on sunday morning. Osgood james corden is a household name in britain who is about to become lot more familiar in american households. We learn when Mark Phillips sits him down for some questions and abs. You could he shared a bath with David Beckham. And charmed audiences in london and new york. But now hes leaving london and coming to america. To do this. Absolutely james corden star of stage, screen and late night tv coming up on sunday morning. Osgood and well tell you about hollywood legend sunday morning close of of chris i will d. Demille. Rita braver will preside. Hes known for making blockbusters like the Ten Commandments. But crease sill b. Demille had other goals, too. He always had an understanding of the persona he wanted to create. He was writing a role for himself. As hollywoods greatest director producer. Later on sunday morning, im ready for my close up, mr. Demille. Osgood Steve Hartman tells us latest what may be nations least loved Christmas Tree. David edelstein as pictures, well take measure of the christmas wreath. Here are the headlines for the 7th of december, 2014. Two hostages held by al qaeda militants have died after unsuccessful rescue mission. David martin reports from washington. The first attempt to rescue luke sommers ended in frustration. The second in his death. Two weeks ago american command owes stormed the hide out where sommers was held only to find he had been moved just days before. After that raid al qaeda released video of sommers threatened to execute him if its demands, never spelled out, were not met in three days. With the clock ticking down to the final 24 hours team of 40 u. S. Navy seals flew in to yemen and hiked to a large walled compound where sommers ever being held. As they approached the compound at that time 1 00 saturday morning something, perhaps a barking dog, gave the seals away. Video purporting to show the resulting firefight was posted on a jihadi website. In the middle of the fight a person was seen running to a building in the southeastern corner of the compound where sommers and another hostage, south african Pierre Korkie were imprisoned. By the time the seals got there they were bleeding from gunshot wounds. The seals rushed sommers and pore key to the osprey which flew to a ship off the coast of yemen. But one died enroute, the other on the operating table. For korkies family the loss was made all the more wrenching by the fact that he was to have been released today in return for money paid by the Charitable Organization for which he worked. bow half dozen other people were killed but no reports of casualties among the navy seals. Who came so close, Vice President biden said. For sunday morning this is david martin at the pentagon. Osgood six men held at the u. S. Military at guantanamo more than a decade were flow for resettlement. All us spent militants but were never charged. Chalk up another win for the g. O. P. , the 2014 mid term elections. In a runoff yesterday in louisiana bill cassidy defeated mary landrieu. That raises the majority to 54 seats. A typhoon battering the philippines mowed down trees and sent hundreds of thousands to shelters but no confirmed deaths. Now to todays weather. Mild across much of the country, breezy and cooler in the northeast with wintery mix of snow falling across upper midwest. Week ahead, sunny and warm down south. While mid week storm will bring heavy rain and snow along the east coast. Something like this hits you to your core. Osgood ahead. Sandy hook, still healing. And the allure of verdura. ,,,,,,,,, osgood its been nearly two years since the disturbed young man opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut, killing 20 children and six adults. The teachers are beginning to tell stories of what they heard and saw trying to make sense of what happened in newtown wont happen elsewhere. Our cover story this morning is reported by jane pauley. Something like this rips you to your core. And we came back to school ripped to shreds but we came back to do what we could with these kids who we loved we got lucky enough to survive with. They were all working at Sandy Hook Elementary School on december 14, 2012. All four and all of the children in their care got out of the building safely. Im in classroom. Four only now are speaking about the impact of that terrible day. Abbey clements teaches second grade. Everybody took care of those kids the best that we knew how to in the insanity that was unfolding before us. Reading specialist Becky Virgalla was in a Conference Room near the front door. We heard this loud noise i thought the roof was clapping. Very metallic sound. I just looked, what was that . A 20yearold gunman had blasted through the grass entry with you with a semi automatic rifle. Three people got up ran out in the hall we were ready to follow them out. I was three steps away from going out in the hall when my principal shouted back, shooter. Stay put. Police emergency, is this the shooting in newtown. Someone had called 911 on a phone linked to the school intercom. Which in the chaos was accidentally turned on. Do you have anybody with you right now . Do you have any children with you . I have no children, i have five adults. Ensuing gunfire could be heard in classrooms all over the school. What is going on . We hear something over the loud speaker sounds like a loud popping noise. The speaker was just wanted to climb up on the table underneath it and rip it down. I was scared. We were told to stay down, stay low. I had no idea where the shots were coming from. I tried to sing songs. We tried to read and many of us were shooter went in to two first grade classrooms. Carol wechslers second grade room was directly across the hall. For her there was no turning off the sounds only feet away. I havent told this story. Ever . I think this is a very difficult conversation to have. Just because of what it brings up to me. Five minutes, thats how long it took the gunman to fire 154 shots. The last to take his own life. When i gave my report to the police i said half hour, 45 minutes. Seemed to go on forever. I heard everyone of those 154 shots. Just wept on forever. Newtown, connecticut, mourned 20 children and six adults. A month later in a borrowed building in a nearby town sandy hook teachers faced the collateral damage. Children emotionally wounded. Jumping every time a book fell or a door slammed. How did your teaching change in january . It was incredibly challenging. We cared for them. Not just the academics but emotion family. The rest of the winter and spring was less about education i think combination of both. I was asked by one of the First Responders if i wanted to go in give a blessing. As i say, i looked in i could see the streams of blood that were coming from the corridor. Monseigneur robert weiss of the Catholic Church says the community is still healing. Professionals tell us, get through the first ten years you are going to see increase of marriage disruption and there have been. A number of separations and divorces. Going to see issue with abuse of alcohol and drugs, there have been. Youre going to see increase with Domestic Violence and there has been. Were all grieving in a very different way. That takes a lot of different places especially when it comes to anger. Where does that anger get directed. For 37 sandy hook teachers that anger has now tushed to activism. I go home, i do res son plans and i research gun violence. That gives me a purpose. In may they same together as Sandy Hook School educators for gun sense. I found the sunday before the shootings. At meeting last month Erica Lafferty was a guest speaker. Her mother, principal, was one of the shooters first victims. My mom would be so proud of you for standing up for what you guys know in your heart of hearts the right thing toe do. For myself i feel that at this point i have a responsibility to make sure that i at least try to do something. I look at the Young Children in School Every Day i think, i cant let them grow up in a society where this is acceptable. Is it i cant, because im a sandy hook survivor, does that make you responsible . I dont know if it makes me responsible, i just know that i dont want other people to go through what we went through. They say they want to close loopholes that allow online and private gun sales without background checks. 74 of nra supported universal background checks. Organization the nra emphatically does not. Were up against really big lobby but we know we can make a difference. Marion jacob works in the school library. Like when cigarettes got so much pressure all the laws were made against other Tobacco Companies and same thing with seatbelts and car safety. Not everyone wears seatbelt, that doesnt mean lets not have a law. Some of the gun proponents freed these laws somehow infringing on the rights. In reality, there are laws. They insist this is not a political issue. It has nothing to do with whether youre a democrat or a republican or independent. Its, do you want to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Is your husband a member of the nra . Yes. We have guns in a safe. My husband and kids like to hunt and do skeet shooting. Discussion is how can we prevent more gun violence not how do we take the guns away. A ban on high capacity magazines or assault weapons. They are less number of bullets in a bag seen in our case certainly could have been more survivors. Im going to ask a devils advocate question, no one here didnt wish they had a gun . I didnt think of that, no. Never thought of that. You know what, if there had been someone at the entrance door of the school with a gun they would have been dead, too. Theres a reason they call them assault weapons. Impossible barrage to survive from. We survived because we were lucky and because he was stopped for whatever reason before he could do more damage. The sandy hook educators dont want a legacy counted in children they helped keep safe december 14, 2012 in the kids they will help keep safe from here on. There have been nearly 100 shootings at american schools since our tragedy. Unacceptable number. 31,000 americans die each year by guns. What is it going to take . We have to have that confrontation. We have to be ready to have that argument. We interrupt this program to bring you a special news osgood next, a fay of infamy. And last but not least, the High Performance gti. Looks like were gonna need a bigger podium. The Volkswagen Golf family. Motor trends 2015 cars of the year. Up to 27 more brush movements. Patented Sonic Technology with get healthier gums in two weeks. Innovation and you Philips Sonicare save when you give Philips Sonicare this holiday season. You cant breathe through your nose, suddenly, youre a mouth breather. A mouth breather well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. 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Sinking or damaging 21 ships, including the battleship arizona which exploded and sank with the loss of more than 1100 lives. In all, more than 2400 americans died in the attack. And radio quickly spread the word to the mainland, where cbs newsman john daly broke into the sunday morning broadcast of the new york philharmonic. We bring you a special news bulletin. The japanese have attacked pearl harbor, hawaii, president roosevelt has just announced. The very next day president Franklin Roosevelt appeared for a declaration of war. December 7th, 1941, a date will live in infamy. The United States of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan. Osgood pearl harbor game a rallying cry not just in words but in song as well. Within four years, the United States and its allies had defeated not just japan but germany as well. At a cost of more than 400,000 americans killed and nearly 700,000 wounded. And though germany and japan have long since become u. S. Allies, pearl harbor is not forgotten. Today as in years past, those americans lives lost are being remembered in a ceremony on the grounds of the naval base overlooking the uss arizona memorial. Coming up, verdura. Jeweler to the stars. Thank you for being my hero and my dad. Military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa Auto Insurance could be one of them. If youre a current or former military member or their family, get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. Before fii kept on top i was onof things. I was a doer. Then the chronic, widespread pain slowed me down. My doctor and i agreed that moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. He also prescribed lyrica. Fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. Lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. For some patients, lyrica significantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. 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These cuffs are the ones wore by coco chanel made for her by verdura. The jeweler is marking 75th anniversary with a special exhibit and Norah Odonnell of cbs this morning has a sneak peak. Twelve floors above new yorks fifth avenue crowds have been gathering to see jewelry by the company verdura. Founded 75 years ago by a Sicilian Duke named full cody verdura, his client list is bold and refined. Luminaries by greta garbo. Verdura designed her watch and wore them her entire life. These bracelets were designed for Sarah Jessica parker, sophia copploa and whoopi goldberg. I was looking around, there was a beautiful moon stone bracelet. I realized they were shiny diamonds on it so i bought it. Was it the moon stones or diamonds that you liked . The moon stones. Verdura made amazing stuff. But verdura might never have made a single piece of jewelry if he had Fashion Designer coco which hall nod not become friends in the 12920s. Chanel had a lot of jewelry given to her by her lovers. How did he end up designing jewelry for her . He had no come pung shun telling her that she didnt look that good. Verdura started by breaking apart chanels jewelry. Then he took the stones and created designs inspired by the byzantine era. These were the original cuffs designed for coco chanel . You can see this shows a lot of wear. Did she wear one on each wrist like wonder woman. Coco chanel was in some ways the wonder woman for verdura. He said, she was the first person to ever take me seriously. If you have the chicest woman in the world as your show cause youll go far. In 1934 verdura went all the way to hollywood, lured by the glamour, style and one of this countrys most beloved songwriters. Coal porter suggested that the duke come to america. The parties at that time were several weeks not several days. Thats where they met. He said, europe is great but things are happening in the states. Knee key landrigan, president of the company, says verdura got work as kind of apprentice to a jeweler out. Its became the designer for the great stars of the day. His jewels appeared on Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcocks suspicion. And on Katharine Hepburn in holiday. Ever wonder what a star like tyrone power gets his wife