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For years Adam Goldberg, a classical pianist who teaches music at a school in Queens, New York, struggled to break through to his students who have serious learning disabilities, such as autism, until he started using instruments virtually anyone can play: an iPad. The P177Q iPad Band is more than just a musical collective; the experience has helped students speak and communicate who never had before. Tracy Smith reports.
In the 1980s first lady Nancy Reagan launched the idea of selling White House Christmas ornaments. But then the White House Historical Association started honoring each president, sequentially, beginning with a dove copied from the weather vane at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Rita Braver examines the history of this White House tradition, and checks out this year's ornament, honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Four months after Tropical Storm Harvey flooded Beaumont, Texas, hundreds are still virtually homeless for the holidays. Which is why Secret Santa - an anonymous businessman who travels the country each year giving out hundred-dollar bills to random strangers - made Beaumont his first stop this year, deputizing Beaumont police officers as elves to share some needed Christmas cheer. Steve Hartman reports.
On the streets of Beijing, just about the time Jack Frost starts nipping at your nose, you can smell the chestnuts roasting on open fires, as many street corner vendors do a brisk business. Ben Tracy reports.
The 1977 John Travolta movie captured the disco era like no other film. Michelle Miller pays a visit to Tony Manero's old neighborhood - Bensonhurst, in Brooklyn, N.Y. - where "Saturday Night Fever" was set, and talks with Oscar-winning costume designer Patrizia von Brandenstein, who came up with Travolta's iconic disco suit.
Seth Doane sits down with the Oscar-winning actor, who made a big impression in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," and who now has a small part (literally!) in the sci-fi comedy "Downsizing," about humans who are miniaturized. Waltz is also taking his love of music to the opera stage, directing an Antwerp production of Verdi's "Falstaff."
It's that time of year! David Pogue, disguised as a jolly man in red, emerges from the fireplace to deliver some gift suggestions for those on your list who love gadgets.
On December 17, 1969, 21 million households tuned in to "The Tonight Show" to watch novelty singer Tiny Tim ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips") marry Miss Vicki. Jane Pauley reports.
Inspired by YouTube unboxing videos, L.O.L. Surprise takes the act of unwrapping to a new level. John Blackstone reports on the unorthodox methods that went into creating and marketing this year's hottest toy.
"Alternative facts," "fake news," bogus medical claims, conspiracies and "truthiness" - examples of an aversion to facts and science that some Americans cling to, and which dogs our political and social discourse today. Author and radio host Kurt Andersen ("Fantasyland") talks about why it's important to remember Senator Daniel Moynihan's famous quote, "You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts."
