Sorry that altschul will report our cover story. Hoping to spend your new year doing a little exploring . This duo might have just the travel guide for you. Some of my Favorite Places look mundane but in fact have this incredible story. Discovering the worlds weird and wonderful places, ahead this sunday morning. Whitaker the story of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher the mother highway daughter hollywood stars that died just one day apart this past week touched people all over the world. And that definitely includes our mo rocco. I have a delicious surprise. Debbie reynolds of one of hollywoods brightest and most enduring stars. I just feel that you dont give up. And if you get a blow, you go on. What the hell are you doing . Somebody has to save our skins. Carrie fisher was one of the generations brightest stand keenest observers. What i say is if my life wasnt funny it would just be few. Ahead this sunday morning, remembering mother and daughter, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. Whitaker were saying hail and farewell to many another notable this new years morning. Jane pulley will be doing the honors. We are the music makers. And we are the dreamers of the dreams. They made us laugh. And sing. Tonight im going to party like its 1999. Helped us dream. Whos the greatest . And changed our world. That view is tremendous ahead, hail and farewell. Whitaker life does go on, of course, thanks in no small part to the local doctor of whom it can truly be said, he delivers. Martha teichner will have his story. Yeah this is what a thousand people look like. Now try to imagine ten times as many. Thats how many babies the man all these people are here to celebrate has delivered in charlottesville, virginia. I didnt pick you. You guys picked me. You chose me to be part of your family and to be part of your most special event of having a baby. Ahead this sunday morning, what happened when he said, enough is stuff. Whitaker Steve Hartman has the story of a hug that put a mans life back on track. Conor knighton reflects on a year on the trail. And all through the morning, well be taking stock of the year gone by. First, here are the headlines for this first sunday of the new year. January 1, 2017. Police in istanbul are searching for a gunman who opened fire during a new years celebration. 39 people were killed, scores injured. Elizabeth palmer reports. In the early hours of the morning Turkish Police launched a manhunt for the attacker. As ambulances took away the wounded and the dead. One of the swangiest nightclubs popular with tourists. And between 5600 people had been ringing in the new year when a footage appears to show a man opened fire first outside the club and then inside shooting into the crowd. I dont know. At the moment say theyre looking for one gunman who managed to escape. The nightclubs owner told the turkish newspaper he had added extra security at the club after u. S. Intelligence warned ten days ago that there was the risk of an attack. For sunday morning im elizabeth palmer. Whitaker here at home the new year dawned with more than a million revelers in new york time square. Fireworks atop the space needle sparked a small fire that was quickly extinguished. President elect trump said last night hes still not convinced the russians were behind the seiber medaling in the november election. Mr. Trump says, he has information horse dont know. Actor William Christopher has died in pasadena, california. He was best known for playing the friendly father mull pay me on tvs mash he was 84. This year hes College Football championship will be rematch, clemson and alabama. Yesterday the tide beat washington 247 in the peach bowl. Clemson pounded ohio state 310 in the fiesta bowl. Now, todays wet. Cold but clear across the heartland. Soaking rain in the south. Snow from the Pacific Northwest to the rockies. In the week ahead, arctic air will sweep across the nation making for a frigid start to 2017. Bundle up. ,,,,,,,,, whitaker its the mysterious name of guide to some of the worlds most unusual places. Atlas obscure a. Our cover story is reported by sorry that altschul. Josh foer and bile an thuras can usually be found looking for an adventure. Without any light. But today, they are just looking for 134 peace and quiet. On the other side. They have come to the right place. You cant hear everything. Minor sound. Like as clear. Used to test the volume of a wide range of products, this room at the lab in minnesota is about 16 times quieter than the silence at your local library. All right, gentlemen. Which makes it the quietest place on earth. We could hear each other swallow across the room. Hear your eyebrows moving. Hear your scalp go like after that experience it changes your perception of the world. You think about your own body and sound totally differently. Which is exactly their mission. To make people think about the world differently. The worlds quietest room is just one of more than 600 obscure and unique spots featured in their new book Atlas Obscura, an explorers guide to the worlds hidden wonders. That makes you feel like the world is a bigger, weirder, more wonderful place than you imagined. The book is an offshoot of their website, founded in 2009, its an online encyclopedia of weird and wondrous places that gets more than five million visitors each month. We always joke that, the eiffel tower could never be in Atlas Obscura but theres a little room at the top that was built stand secret place to entertain, yes. That Atlas Obscura. But it was the websites vast network of use thats right submitted many of the books most aweinspiring destinations. One that is surprising to you . They come in every day. I remember the first time somebody submitted the the gates of hell in the middle of the turkmenistan desert. The giant flaming hole in the ground that was created through an accident in 19 0s. Closer to home they found an organ unlike any youve heard before, tennessee virginias Great Stalacpipe organ. This guy took an entire cave, attached little mall lets to different stalactite to play notes. When he plays the organ the entire cave was played. You can still go and they still play the cave for you. The blinking, what does that mean . Josh and dylan discover many of the sites themselves. While exploring south america in 2010, they walked across one of the last incan grass bridges. And they hiked to the top of gocta falls. Peruvian waterfall wasnt even on any maps unfill 2006 when it was measured and found to be third tallest in the world. Talk to villagers, what they said, we knew it was amazing, knew it was beautiful, didnt have any sense that it could be that amazing relative to Everything Else that might exist in the world. In a way, thats like the lesson of Atlas Obscura. What are the wonders all around us that we dont take the time to acknowledge and celebrate. What are the waterfalls that were missing. They are betting that by highlighting those wonders, they will prove that the world is still full of surprises. Everybodys curious about the world. Sometimes they just need a little spur to actually go out and explore. And hopefully we are giving people that spur. Whitaker next. 2016. A look back. Whitaker we all lived through quite a year through 2016. Here is a look back month by month. What do we want . Whitaker in january, michigan declared a state of emergency in the city of flint. A switch in the citys water supply caused lead to leech from old pipes. February saw the death of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia at age 79. Today i am nominating chief judge Republican Controlled Senate declined to academy on president obamas nomination of judge Merrick Garland as the success or. In march isis claimed responsibility for back to back bombings tap the Brussels Airport and subway that killed 32 people. On april 21st, Queen Elizabeth marked her 90th birthday, although the full scale public celebration wasnt held until june. In may, nasa announced its kepler space telescope had discovered 1284 new planets in distant solar systems. That brings the total number of discovered planets to more than 3200. June saw the mass shooting at the pulse nightclub in orlando. I dont know where my son is. No one can tell me where my shonn s. Gunman owe march mateen shot and killed 489 people and wounded 53 others before dying in that shootout with police. In july, a hot air balloon caught fire after hitting power lines and crashed in texas, killing all 16 people on board. It is really hot today. This past august checked in as the hottest august on record. The National Oceanic and another months fear rick Administration Says the average worldwide temperature was one and 2 3rds Degrees Higher than 20th century average. Were extremely fortunate and grateful that nobody was killed. In september, a bomb exploded on a busy new york city street, injuring 29 people. Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami an afghanborn u. S. Citizen was arrested after a shootout with police in new jersey. In october, Hurricane Matthew struck the southeastern coast from florida to north carolina, forcing tan estimated two million evacuations and killing at least 26 people. November brought Donald Trumps defeat of Hillary Clinton in the President Shall election. He won a clear victory in the Electoral College while losing the popular vote by almost 2. 9 million votes. While in december a fire at an oakland, california, warehouse filled with cluttered artists studios killed 36 people. Whitaker next, special deliveries. I dont want to put life on hold because of a headache. Thats why i use excedrin. It has two pain fighters plus a booster and for some, headache relief starts in just 15 minutes. Now moments lost to headaches are moments gained with excedrin. [heartbeat] mom washed our clothes. Credibility as handymen. One wash with tide pods and were right back where we started. We look like catalogue models who trusts a clean handyman anyway . We cant look this good dinge is the dirt the bargain detergent cant get to. Tide pods can. Whats the best way to get v8 or a fancy juice store . S . Ready, go hi, juice universe . One large rutabaga, with eggplant. Done thats not fair. Glad i had a v8. The original way to fuel your day. Whitaker he delivers. At least a busy virginia doctor did delivered before calling it quits at midnight 68 just how busy was he . Martha teichner will show us. Counting down, Jessica Turner was number 23. When she arrived at Sentara MarthaJefferson Hospital in charlottesville, virginia, around 8 p. M. Are you okay walking. She was met by her obstetrician, dr. Edward wolanski. I need the chair. Following this delivery you. Want to try pushing with the next contraction, well see what happens. He will have 22 left. Tell her to push, she can do it. You got it. He would go out with the old year. Come on, youre almost done, promise. No more deliveries after december 31. All right, beautiful. Oh, my, god. Jessica turner giving birth to a girl at 9 18 on october 4th. So our familys complete. Got my boy and my girl. Do you have a name. This is jaelle. Wolanski delivered her 19 month old son, too. Well, thats your sister. Take care of her, man. When turner and her husband discovered that he was retiring from the obstetrics part of his practice, they panicked momentarily. Please, lord, let him just us this one favor deliver this baby. Have you any idea how many babies youve delivered . Well, i know its over 10,000 but i cant tell you. You heard right. More than 10,000 babies. I think i try to look at it say, if we take all these 10,000 put them in a stadium think how many people that would be. The little town that i came from had 10,000 people. Im thinking, oh, my, good, thats how i look at that number. He delivered my whole town. Do you know the next steps . Wolanskis wife cindy runs his office. Call it a mom and pop operation. Wolanski is a solo practitioner, a rarity in todays medical landscape. You feel the baby move . Yes. He sees these women from start to finish. Just show me where that discomfort is when youre having it. No hand off to a stranger at the hospital. Ill measure here. Hes been with my family a long time. He delivered me and my sister. My mom was a patient of his. He delivered both of brett bakers other children. Thank you. I tell him, he was the first person to touch you guys, hold you guys, gave you to me. Good deal. It is the relationship he develops with each of his patients that explains their intense devotion, especially when things go wrong. The first time we met him, actually, we were in the throe San Francisco of a miscarriage, our first, pretty emotional. He immediately showed a lot of compassion and care. Which gave Mary Elizabeth stand kasu luzar the confidence to try again through three more miscarriages. Everybody here has always been so welcoming. They know us. They know our story. Were not just nameless faces when we walk through the door. Wolanski figures hes handled four to 5,000 miscarriages in his more than 30year career. Is the flip side of that incredible joy that you experience, are you crushed . Are you heartbroken . Absolutely. Yeah. Its very painful sometimes. Just part of life. He eventually delivered the luzars daughter, adele, now four and a half. And gave in when they begged him to stay on to deliver their next child. He is as much a part of the pregnancy and delivery as our family. As for helen cohoon, her third pregnancy was actually planned around him. We found out dr. Wolanski was retiring from that side of things we got straight to it, trying to get pregnant so we could sneak in. What . Now or never. Your baby will be the last . It is the honor of honors. At the start of his career, dr. Wolanski tried group practice, but pretty quickly decided solo practice was more satisfying. Its harder. Definitely harder. You have to be able 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Somebody calls you at 3 00 in the morning says theyre in labor you dont have to look for a chart you know who they are, you know what the situation is. What is the largest number of births that youve had to juggle in the same time . I did ten deliveries in probably eight hours once. Luckily hes one of those people who only needs three or four hours of sleep a night. Which means somehow he manages to spend time with cindy and their two grown sons. And to ride his harley. And just another hobby i wanted to pick up. Tend his bee. And come on. Run. He took up running marathons at 50. Now, at 60, hes run 25. So, when his patients wanted to pay tribute to the doctor they consider family, holding a twomile charity run in his name was a no brainer. Thanks for your amazing commitment to our community and to our excellent care of moms and babies and families. [ cheering and applause ] here was the largest gathering of wolanski babies and hire parents ever. Thank you. This is what dr. Wolanski treasures. And will miss. Did you walk or run today . I walked. Good to be out here. Thank you this is not about me at all. Its about you. I didnt pick you. You guys picked me. You chose me to be part of your family and be part of your most special event of having a baby. At the end of the run, minutes after this picture was taken, brett baker went into labor and dr. Wolanski delivered her second boy. Then, he had 13 deliveries left. By the time marry elizabeth luzar gave birth to a second daughter on november 18 the count was down to nine. Good to see you. And helen cohoon, she was indeed last. The honor of honors. Helen, here you go. That was that. Just like a movie with a happy ending. This is freyja louise wolanski cohoon. Did you catch that name . Freyja louise wolanski cohoon. This is dr. Wolanski. A fitting tribute to a moment sweet and sad. That is nice to do this together. I appreciate that. At the same time. Nice job. Whitaker a year that spoke volumes. A look at 2016s best sellers, next. Mone hundredts thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. Again so i can lift even the most demanding weight. Take care of all your most important parts with centrum. Now verified non gmo and gluten free. Somebody has to save our skin. Whitaker larger than life. ,,,,,, if you go from know been on the rote and you meet anyone you know, its me whitaker Debbie Reynolds is unstoppable, yes, unsinkable in the 1964 film the unsinkable molly brown in the end it took nothing less than the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher to bring her down. Mo rocca has an appreciation times two. Somehow both shocking and poignant. Ed to fisher said about his mothers passing she wanted to be with carrie. Debbie and carrie lived right next door to each other. Our rita braver paid them a visit back in 2004. What did you think when your mother said, im buying the house down the driveway . I tried to litigate. She called me. Mother, the man just died. And i said, should i go to the funeral . No, you should buy the house. But a good part of what made them so captivating as a pair, was what seemed to be their differences. Would you please tell me what the this awful thing i did to you . Dramatized in carries thinly veiled novel turned movie postcards from the edge. Remember my 17th Birthday Party when you lifted your skirt up . I did not lift my skirt. It twirled up. You werent wearing any underwear. Well if you only knew debbie and carrie from their screen work. Youd think that they were from different well gal taxis. Some rescue. Each epitomized her generation. What the hell are you doing . Somebody has to save our skins . I have a delicious surprise. All i do is dream of you Debbie Reynolds was one of the brightest stars during holly