past and present. and in our series 100 german must reads we feature your hot i don't yon's extraordinary memoir an exclusive love in which she tries to ravel the history behind her grandparents' suicide. we start with the superstar of german composers and beethoven who will be in the spotlight in 2020 as we celebrate his 250th birthday and that means that his music will of course be everywhere as concerts and new recordings abound and in his hometown of ball on the board of quince talent is getting a jump on things with a new exhibition that correlates his musical works with key events in his life. germany has never celebrated a composer this way before to 250th anniversary of libby from beatles birth starting one year ahead of the actual date and nowhere more than in born germany the composer's hometown. he's director of the anniversary society and the b. to open house and we have a funding for more than 40000000 euros to celebrate beethoven german germany why. i think it gives the national attention and it's shows that we look at it as a festival of national importance to

nicholson, thank you so much for your time and insights. we appreciate it. thank you to measure i had yon center for hofede -- meidian center for hosting this event. greatly appreciate your time, round of applause, please, for general nicholson. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> this evening nbc news is reporting that the trump administration has rejected the house judiciary committee's invitation to take part in the impeachment proceedings against the president. in a letter to chairman jerrold nadler, white house counsel said in part, adopting articles of impeachment would be a reckless abuse of power and would constitute the most unjust, highly partisan and unconstitutional attempt at impeachment in our nation's history. and just a reminder, that monday c-span will have that house judiciary committee hearing where evidence will be presented in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against president trump. members plan to

sim yon doesn't live with his parents he only makes it home 3 times a year during school vacations here in the future ballet dancer has other things to think about. god. god. he gets a break from cramming math in english but ballet practice continues. to stay in shape even without the bar ready. i have to stretch at least an hour every day. yeah i sit on the floor and stand on my tiptoes. you're watching what i would push for what we should have be that everything seems to be so easy for him. he says then i sit on my heels i'm told i'm forward that stretches my feet. still play opinion myers we know ballet dancing is a very serious and difficult profession he told me. last night up here in that same young will have to work his whole life to maintain the level he achieves got when approaching it heath where. mystical caught the water of new ideas of a crystal garden what's important is not to skip a single day. once i didn't stretch my feet for a few days and afterward i heard so much. whoa what it can mean 2 of what it's his opportunity to get to know another world and maybe even t

# round yon virgin # mother and child # holy infant # so tender and mild # sleep in heavenly peace...# thank you, everybody. cheering and applause. i think he will enjoy his christmas this year. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. it looks like it will turn more u nsu btle towards it looks like it will turn more unsubtle towards the end of the week but this will bring a change, certainly to the temperatures. snow on the hills in the north, with blustery showers and further south it looks like we will see a bit of sunshine before turning wetter by the end of the week with milder air moving up from the continent. we have top and tail weather systems today. in between, a slice of dry and fine weather with some sunshine, albeit a little hazy. lots of showers spiralling around that area of low pressure. in scotland snow to the high ground, and even to the lower ground. a chilly day for most with temperatures in single figures, barely above two or three in fact for scotland and northern ireland. tonight the showers continue, easing down a little bit. we will see the rain

themselves that's the start of your memoir an exclusive love. over the next 180 pages i do yon tries to reconstruct her grandparents lives and their last day she tries to understand what drove them to suicide so many decades after they survived the holocaust. the death announcement printed in the danish newspaper which might well raise questions in the minds of outsiders because of their identical day of death said the cancer was there quite a lot that is the gentlest way of referring to the double suicide but is that the whole truth does not their death of love all suggest fear a woman's fear of being unloved alone a burden on others perhaps sick and frail herself some day and was there not also a considerable amount of aggression and behaving so far as her own children were concerned as if she were entirely alone in the world around the grandparents were somewhat of a mystery even to her she tries to imagine what it was like in 1940 when they met in budapest when her grandfather came home from the concentration camp and when her family fled communism to make a new start in denmark but

ghent altarpiece painted by who placed and yon fan i love the 15th century flemish school it's had a turbulent history having been forged pillaged censored dismembered and very nearly destroyed by fire all 2 panels have remained missing after 934 theft but the rest of the altar is getting a fresh look and that's because for 7 years now a team of art restorers has been hard. work to restore it to its original 1432 glory. and they've been carefully removing layers of dirt that have accumulated over the centuries as well as touch ups of later painters for instance half of the central panel known as the adoration of the mystic land was repainted in the 1950 s. now the restoration has revealed brilliant colors and many tiny details that were hidden for decades. pieces due to go back on display in its original location in time for next year's celebrations honoring the fun i think and of course his legacy well another big event coming up in 2020 so do stay tuned that's all for now though so until next time all the best from us here in berlin troops and the. conflicts with sebastian. china's

their governing partners the social democrats now a bit of a bore yon's and saskia esque and want to renegotiate their coalition deal of focus more on social justice and policies. norbit volta boy celebrate their win more than 50 percent of social democrats voted for them as the new leaders of germany's oldest political party the s.p.d. standing side by side with the candidates they ran against in a show of solidarity what goes into our lives it's our you know all social democrats that's something we really learned during regional conferences and this provides an important conversation for a lot lies ahead except i have to unite this party and invite our rivals to work together in the end it was just like the. vice chancellor made the final ballots after making clear they wanted to maintain the governing grand coalition with nickles conservatives like the winners the defeated you emphasized the need for unity. the i believe the s.p.d. has made a decision means new party leadership everyone should get behind. volta boy that must still be confirmed as a party conference next weekend bo

-- >> reporter: singing his favorite christmas carol. ♪ round yon virgin mother and child ♪ >> yes, i'm all right. thank you. >> reporter: this christmas, terrence says he won't be alone. a reminder small acts of kindness can be the biggest gift. ♪ sleep in heavenly peace >> reporter: roxana saberi, cbs news, london. >> that was so sweet. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," anna werner tells us about a social security scam that involves robo calls and offers tips on how to protect your money. >>> plus, the controversy over former kentucky governor matt bevins issuing hundreds of pardons and commutations before leaving office. we'll speak to one mother who was given no warning that her daughter's rapist was pardoned. >>> and in our series, "a more perfect union," we'll meet two people who forged an unlikely friendship and made medical history. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm wendy gillette. have a great day. ♪ >>> live from the cbs bay area

is bright # round yon virgin # mother and child # holy infant # so tender and mild # sleep in heavenly peace...# thank you, everybody. cheering and applause. i think he will enjoy his christmas this year. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. it looks like it will turn more u nsu btle towards it looks like it will turn more unsubtle towards the end

across the country katia lupus over yon al-jazeera russia's parliament has resubmitted ability ends domestic violence that failed to pass 3 years ago but m.p.'s pushing for the law are facing threats from conservatives and religious groups so it wasn't as a story from. reported her husband's abuse weeks before her death police said santo way saying so gay a policeman himself could only be fined and she would jeopardize his career when she asked for a divorce her husband stabbed her 50 staff and times. the child went to wake up his mom in the morning and found her with her throat sliced open covered didn't blood and her eyes half closed that's how he described it himself the fact that sergei has a child was considered a so soft circumstance isn't an absurd situation he killed this child's mother he left this child alone with the body of his mom. there are no official statistics but hundreds or even thousands of russian women are murdered by their husbands every year those who managed to escape can go to a crisis center but they are only 15 government sponsored centers nationwide. lit

of small robotic drones that carry people hither and yon across los angeles. >> host: you spent time with mayor garcetti and you talked about the lumix and what they are planning to do for that ti time. >> guest: yeah. they have a lot of big projects they hope to get in gear by 2028 for the olympics but i think the big thing is in the thing the los angeles is people are really fed up more than ever with traffic in los angeles and they are so fed up that they decided to tax themselves raising gas taxes to fund public transit. i think the hope for many of them is if we fund public transit many of the people who will leave the roads and it will move ins will move faster. >> host: with these billions of dollars that are being spent in los angeles are they being spent on smart transportation or just more roads and more vehicles? >> guest: they are not being spent on more roads and more vehicles. they are being spent on a dramatic expansion of the metro system and more buses and more electric buses and they are looking at -- they are looking at los angeles as this test fed for all kinds of

yon's and saskia s k n are critical of the political partnership they have new demands on the minimum wage pensions and the climate that they want to be met. in the us. this is not possible if this is blocked then the party conference will have to think about how to overcome these differences for policy is the most important thing and that is what will decide whether this coalition has a future there is in the s.p.d. want to prevent that party debate from happening. this was all about a person no change in the s.p.d. and it doesn't necessarily mean that the party is going to reefing his policies. the trade unions are urging the s.p.d. not to abandon the grand coalition is. this country is in great need of modernization and we need an ambitious program of investment that is something this government must tackle in the 2nd half of its tenure. next week the social democrats will decide which of their demands will be tied to the survival of the grand coalition. football now and. continue to be the surprise leaders of the bonus league after beating freiburg for 2 on match day number 13 str

ischinger. india and few yon's i did. since the ukraine crisis that is since 2014 thanks we've seen a massive increase in but say incidents. 4 and fortunately these of not lead to a real confrontation so far. for the food solution these incidents have taken place over the north sea the baltic sea and the blacks if they've involved western and russian more ships and really terrier craft sleeping on the decision military grade . these russian aircraft over the north sea were filmed by the british royal air force. more and more nato aircraft are taking part in interception missions including one just airplanes. germany is making a substantial contribution to nato is program to help protect the baltic states. but such busy skies are not without risk. to n.z. for. imagine what would happen if for example a russian military aircraft crossed the border there by accident or deliberately and was shot down by a western or american forces like. there's a big danger such an incident could lead to an escalation that quickly spirals out of control and if. so the tensions present here in europe toda

since the election. other countries have lost many trillion yons of dollars. we're by far the largest economy in the world. and that was going to change for many years they were saying that was going to change. we were going to go to number two during this presidency. that was years ago. and i guess that -- the wrong president got elected from the standpoint that they're a lot of people very unhappy about it. so they wish -- they certainly think it was the wrong president. they would have rather have had somebody else because they're not number one. we're number one. we're so far ahead that people can't even believe it. so we've had tremendous success. we've had it to. this has been a great group of cabinet members and the member in the administration have done a really good job. it was just reported that we added another 266,000 jobs in november. and we've also had very favorable numbers outside of the 266th including some of the past numbers that have been corrected in a very positive way also. so we have 266,000 jobs. plus, we've created seven million jobs. unemployment is at the l

appreciate it. thank you to measure i had yon center for hofede meidian center for hosting this event. greatly appreciate your time, round of applause, please, for general nicholson.

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appreciate it. thank you to measure i had yon center for hofede -- meidian center for hosting this event. greatly appreciate your time, round of applause, please, for general nicholson. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> this evening nbc news is reporting that the trump administration has rejected the house judiciary committee's invitation to take part in the impeachment proceedings against the president. in a letter to chairman jerrold nadler, white house counsel said in part, adopting articles of impeachment would be a reckless abuse of power and would constitute the most unjust, highly partisan and

architect of the iraq war. yon bolton, national security adviser. tweeted today making references to this reminds him of 1979. we need to take strong action against iran and went from an administration that was looking to really have diplomacy in the region bring everybody in to the fold of the international order to suddenly the united states launching those rhetorical bombs and iran is reacting accordingly. >> kevin, i'm reminded of mike flynn, the national security adviser short time talking to reporters from the white house podium and the press room early in 2017 saying iran, you're on notice. >> right. >> this is escalating now for sometime. >> it has. look. i'm going to bring caution to the discussion against connecting to anything in the past and reminding readers and viewers to the last few months. iraq is in turmoil as the reporters saying fighting for an identity and new leadership. it's wrong to talk about iran and iraq or the iraq government or american interests or the pfm militias as giant blocs. since the end of the iraq war and since as the isis war wound down what is happ

clinton impeachment on opposite sides of the aisle, yon different committees. i just want to gauge all of you as you saw the speaker hedge on whether she's sending over the articles, what was your reaction? good idea? >> personally, no. i thought it interjected another layer of politics. if you're in the middle and you're still trying to figure out, is this thing for real, is it not for real, is it just political, for me this just drips and looks like more politics. i'm trying to shape the narrative i want you to believe in. they would have been better off do the impeachment, make the vote, send the articles, and then they can make any comments they want of what it looks like, but for nancy pelosi to hold them back until we have some leverage. >> i disagree with mike. i think nancy pelosi is smarter than we're giving her credit for. i think it's strategic and i think she's trying to get some leverage in a process where the judiciary chairman, graham and the leader mcconnell have been clear they're not going to be impartial jurors, that they want this over, they don't want to have w

what you want to do you're going to manage yon is now an emergency room doctor in switzerland i don't consider my condition as a major issue. and not a flu mine and for a start on the 1st part i'm a man i'm trying to be a good doctor and trying to be a good husband and father and a lover and i have short arms and that's it and if people have problems it's accepting me or i have problems to interact with me because i have short arms it's very pro-gun it's not mine after years of waiting suffering and fighting for compensation canadian victims of the little mind are finally getting the help they need from the federal government yesterday the health minister said survivors of the drug will receive lifelong pensions individuals can now start feeling comfortable about their future they know they have a. amount of money coming in every year that can support them and help them. i don't know what your lives are like sometimes life can really be rough on people i understand that i get it i've been in real life alvin law is a motivational speaker who's influenced audiences in north americ

night # all is calm, all is bright, # all is calm, all is bright, # round yon version, mother and child. # holy infant so tender and mild. sleep in heavenly peace. # sleep in heavenly peace. thank you, everybody. cheering and applause. are you are you all right? it has done me in, that. the amazing thing about that... what touches me is that all those people can make someone touches me is that all those people can make someone feel very, very special, and why not? we can all do that. we will hear about the amazing number of people who have signed up to volunteer as well. thank you, everybody. that is just fantastic. can you speak? here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. it does restore your faith in it does restore yourfaith in human kindness, doesn't it? we are looking ata kindness, doesn't it? we are looking at a chilly start today, the risk of ice on untreated services, but the temperature will rise slowly. damages below average for this time of year and the second half of the week, above average. it will turn windy and we will see some fog at times. this morning we

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♪ ♪ round yon virgi mother and child ♪ [ drilling ] ♪ holy infant so >> hey hey! what the - hey, stop, stop. what the hell are you doing? >> yeah, i'm sorry, it's just that fixing this light was next on my list >> i asked you to leave. okay, are you kidding me can you choose another room to do this work in? >> yeah. no, fair point sorry about that [ laughter ] i'll see what i can do you carry on don't mind me. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: come on. it's so fun. that is so fun kacey musgraves, everybody "the kacey musgraves christmas show" premieres november 29th on amazon prime video. kacey is performing a holiday song for us after the break. stick around, it's going to be great. [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ hurry in for up to seventy five percent off storewide. and one day only, this thursday, all jeans are fifty percent off! only at old navy! and ah mother nature sure doesn't cut any corners when she paints a morning like that. and we know there is no shortcut to quality. and that's why we use nothing but the very best sausage that money can buy. paint yourself a bea

or yon phone, especially your iphone, it says it's from apple because your phone just matches it to whatever the incoming number is. >> luckily i did hang up on them and i called apple and said i just got this call and apple care said we have no idea what you're talking about. >> right and that's actually what apple says to do. hang up if you're not expecting a call don't answer it. hang up and let us know what it is they are asking for you. >> are the feds doing anything to stop these calls because i spoke to somebody else who actually went through with it, they take your credit card. they try to sell you this protectionist pretty advanced. >> they are pretty aggressive about it and the feds have done a lot of things over the past year or so they've been doing a lot of work on these robocalls the house passed legislation just in the past couple weeks, 417-3 so maybe there's callers included. >> i actually feel like that's bipartisan. does everyone agree it's a menace. >> everybody agrees it's a menace. they are trying to give more teeth to the fcc and the ftc, so they have the abil

college choirjust for you. # silent night, holy night. # all is calm, all is bright. # round yon virgin, mother, mother and child. # holy infant so tenderand mild. # sleep in mother and child. # holy infant so tender and mild. # sleep in heavenly peace. # sleep in heavenly peace. # you need an illustration of the impact ofjust a moment in time of someone getting a bit of attention like that, it shows. lovely. details of organisations offering information and support with loneliness are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000 564 756. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. polling stations will open across the capital within the next half an hour. it means some schools will be closed with pupils having an extra day off. for their parents that's meant having to find childcare at short notice. and some christmas events, like concerts and nativities, have had to be rearranged. my mum and dad were supposed to come for the evening performance, but

. # all is calm, all is bright. # round yon virgin, mother and child. you all right? all right, thank you. # holy infant so tender and mild. # sleep in heavenly peace.# details of organisations offering information and support with loneliness are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time, to hear recorded information on 08000 564 756. now it's time for a look at the weather. we have got some rain moving eastwards a cross we have got some rain moving eastwards across the uk. it is going to feel quite cold at times with temperatures three to eight celsius. grey skies in london this morning before the rain arrived. we have snow across the northern hills of scotla nd snow across the northern hills of scotland and northern england. you can see from the satellite this moving on from the west. bringing heavy rain this afternoon particularly across the south of england and we still have a bit of snow to come over the pennines, the north york moors into the southern uplands. a few wintry showers over the higher ground of scotland but brighter skies and eventually som

. [ "silent night" plays ] ♪ silent night ♪ holy night ♪ all is calm ♪ all is bright ♪ round yon virgin ♪ mother and child ♪ holy infant ♪ so tender and mild ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ silent night ♪ holy night ♪ shepherds quake ♪ at the sight ♪ glories stream ♪ from heaven afar ♪ heavenly hosts ♪ sing alleluia ♪ christ the savior is born ♪ christ the savior is born ♪ silent night ♪ holy night ♪ son of god ♪ love's pure light ♪ radiant beams ♪ from thy holy face ♪ with dawn of redeeming grace ♪ ♪ jesus lord ♪ at thy birth ♪ jesus lord ♪ at thy birth thank you so much for being a part of this special service, and i hope christmas takes on new meaning for you. there is such great joy in this celebration because when we celebrate the birth of jesus, we're celebrating the new things that can be born into our lives. it's a time when we discover that faith can be born anew within us. it's a time when we discover that hope can be renewed within us. it's a time when the love of god becomes real for us, and when we

south africa. yon w.h.o. doesn't love a favorite -- pajama. >> i don't like uniforms for christmas morning. >> we do. how about this -- ugly christmas sweaters? yay or nay? >> nay. >> nay. >> i say yay. joe, come over quickly, come -- like, this is my idea of an ugly christmas sweater, but i like it. joe say hi to everybody. thank you, joe. i like it. >> i think it's great -- >> how do we feel about fruitcake? yay or nay? >> yay -- >> nay. eggnog -- >> definitely yay. figgy pudding? i don't know what that is. >> like a tasty -- i think i know what it is. >> and real or fake christmas trees? >> real. >> real. >> always real. >> real. >> always real. not worth the money saving on that one. >> i like a real. i like the smell. >> i like the smell. >> the flavor -- not flavor, scent. that's what i'm looking for. >>> one of our favorite moments of christmas day is introducing you to our team here at "cbs this morning." that is ahead. >> best crew in morning tv. ♪ a lot's changed since you were here. it's called the internet. i'm gonna hit start now, ok? >>> it's not just the three of u

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night ♪ all is calm, all is bright ♪ round yon virgin, mother and child ♪ ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪ ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪ silent night, holy night ♪ shepherds quake at the sight afar ♪ ♪ heavenly hosts sing hallelujah ♪ ♪ christ the savior is born ♪ christ the savior is born [cheers and applause] >> happy holidays. >> when you're looking at each other and singing, i'm going to cry. the holidays, what is it like for you at home? what are you doing? >> my family comes from all over the country and descends upon our home and we cook and have a lot of a lot of fun. >> we keep the leftovers. >> tamron: to family members ask you to sing songs? >> when we were little my sister and i would play piano but now we just host. >> tamron: we are so proud, history making mother-daughter duo lachanze and celia, congratulations. lachanze is in "a christmas carol" until january 5th, celia is in "jagged little pill". both are on broadway. thank you. up next, for my fashion designer series, there is update, denzel we will be right back. ♪

night, holy night # all is calm, all is bright...# # round yon virgin # mother and child if you are going to be alone this christmas, to speak out, because as that has shown, there are people who wa nt to that has shown, there are people who want to be with you. shoppers are being warned about the dangers of buying cheap christmas tree lights through online marketplaces such as amazon and ebay. an investigation by the consumer group which found that almost half the products it tested could cause a fire or electric shock. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. a christmas nightmare. this is what the consumer group which? found could happen when fairy lights sold online don't meet uk safety standards. half of the products they tested caused melting circuit boards and electric shocks. when we're decorating the christmas tree, most of us are probably thinking about what looks prettiest. but all these lights that were found to be faulty came from third—party sellers on online marketplaces, which makes it extremely difficult to know exactly what you're getting, because it's

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