she says it all raises questions of fraud with electronic voting machines that demonstrates the need for a count of the actual paper ballots. voting rights attorney john bonafaze is helping to drive the recount effort. >> if we don't ever look at the ballots and we don't ever verify the vote, why should we expect that public trust? >> reporter: what do you say to people who say donald trump won fair and square. you need to let it go and get over it? >> i'm engaged in this process as a small democrat. i believe in the democratic process and i believe we ought to verify the vote, regardless of who the winner was declared on election night. it may turn out it doesn't change the turnout of the election but it's a healthy process for us to engage in as a democracy. >> what about hillary clinton? no comment from her camp.

but with no decision made, he approached stein instead. the only comment from president-elect donald trump's team was a tweet from kellyanne conway saying, look who can't accept the election results. referring to clinton supporters. anna werner, cbs news, new york. in france today, police are searching for a man who fatally stabbed a woman at a home for retired catholic missionaries. the attack happened thursday night in a small southern village. security forces safely evacuated ri the attacker's motive and identity is not known. police are not saying if there is a connection to extremists. security at religious sites in france has been increased since a series of attacks by islamic militants. the u.s. military has suffered its first combat death in syria. a member of the special operations forces died thursday in northern syria. the pentagon says the victim was killed by an improvised explosive device. about 300 troops are in syria to help train arab and kurdish

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"the sacramento bee" reports on a mom missing for more than three weeks, found alive by a passing freeway driver. police believe 34-year-old sherri papini was abducted while jogging near reading, california, on november 2nd. now she told police that she was bound with restraints and then released. papini described her captors as two armed women who were still on the run. the associated press reports on a breach on the personal information of more than 135,000 their names, social security numbers and other information was stolen from a contractor's laptop. investigators don't know who accessed the data. there is no evidence the information has been misused. "the washington post" says hundreds of fbi documents about the unsolved db cooper hijacking will be released. online magazine true ink will publish hundreds of documents featuring interviews. the man known as db cooper took

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rendition was the longest in memory, but the crowd in her hometown roared its approval. on the cbs "moneywatch" now. snagging the best deals on black friday. and would you buy a cartier watch from walmart? jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. u.s. markets are open this morning. but close early after a strong week on wall street. the dow climbed 59 points on wednesday to an all-time high before the thanksgiving holiday. the s&p closed up one point and also setting a new record. the nasdaq, though, lost about five points. many shoppers are out right now shopping for black friday deals and experts say they should be in luck. nerd wallet says retailers reserve lower than usual prices for the day after thanksgiving. the same report says reports out before black friday not likely as good as the ones you can find today. you don't always think of walmart when you think of luxury

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cities across the country are seeing a backlash against new taxes on streaming video. local governments are trying to make up for lost revenue when people cut the cord from their cable companies and switch to services like netflix and hulu. carter evans has more. >> this tax doesn't make sense. this is just money grabbing and all i got to say. >> reporter: the pasadena city council has been taking heat for weeks, after announcing a 9.4% tax on streaming video, calling it a utility. so it can be taxed like water and electricity. >> my constituents do not want this tax. >> even if it's a couple of bucks to help out the city?

>> reporter: tyrone hampton says the designed tax was designed to make up lost tax revenue for people getting ridof cable tv and home phones. >> i read it multiple times and was like, when did this happen? >> reporter: it happened when pasadena voters modernized a law in 2008 to tax cell phones, like land lines, and never thinking it could be applied to video streaming. 41 california cities now have similar laws. >> folks are going to wake up and see tax line items on their netflix and hulu bills and they are not going to be happy. >> reporter: the internet association director robert callahan believes cities could be violating federal law because the government doesn't allow tax on the internet. >> utilities are electricity and water and sewer and all sorts of other types of actual utilities. websites and apps don't fit that mold whatsoever. >> reporter: that hasn't stopped cash-strapped cities across the country. chicago is currently being sued for charging a 9% tax on video streaming.

to downloads to help close a 1.3 billion dollar budget gap. and now in the face of stiff opposition, pasadena has put its new tax plan on hold. >> where do we stop? you know? is it hulu, is it netflix, is it pandora? every time you stream music in your car? where do we actually stop? >> reporter: cities in california still haven't started collecting the controversial and unpopular tax. and when they do, they will likely end up in court. carter evans, cbs news, los angele coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a preview of the holiday movie season. i'm anne-marie green.

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? ? here's the story of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls ? >> oh, yeah. so great. >> here is another look at this morning's top stories. we are remembering the life and career of florence henderson who died last night. she played the always smiling mom of "the brady bunch." the show was a hit in the '70s and was revived later in shows and movies. henderson was 82. donald trump paused his transition to the white house for a thanksgiving dinner in florida. republicans are at odds over whether mitt romney should be secretary of state. meanwhile, mr. trump is following up on a campaign pledge to stop an air-conditioning company from moving a plant to mexico. the company acknowledged it is in talks with the trump administration. well, it is one of the country's richest cities. thousands have no place to stay,

john blackstone reports on an effort to make their lives just a little more manageable. >> reporter: the latest count of homeless in los angeles shows the city has more than 43,000 people living on the streets. on skid row in downtown los angeles, make-shift dwellings spread from block after block. few outsiders regularly walk these forbidding streets, but raquel beard has. >> people are dying every day here. th just out of control. property thefts are through the roof. >> reporter: she worked with the association of business owners in the skid row area who are being overwhelmed by the homeless. >> and there's no community outcry about that. >> reporter: because other people don't see it? >> out of sight, out of mind, let's just keep it there. >> reporter: but skid row also a has those struggling to make better lives. they are helped at a warehouse called the bin. with nowhere to live, debra parra got a bin here to keep

guard. >> i utilize stuff here. depending what job i'm doing. >> reporter: this makes it a little easier? >> oh, sure does. a lot easier. >> we have a waiting list. >> reporter: mark is the ceo of the corporation that runs the bin. what does this represent? >> this represents the personal belongings and the life history of about 1,500 residents of the skid row area. >> reporter: users must check in at least once a week. >> glass in there? >> reporter: toothbrush? >> toothbrush. yeah. >> reporter: val has been living on the streets for 15 years, got a measure of safety when he got a bin. >> so whatever they find is there, they keep it and take it and move on. >> reporter: the bins provide order and often chaotic lives. >> when i come out and i roll out the bins, i'm treating it as a service to them. >> reporter: demetrius reed knows the bin from both sides. he was homeless until the job here helped him get a place to live. >> it kind of adds a little

latest plan to help the homeless the city is looking to add thousands more bins, which can provide a modest step toward life off the street. john blackstone, cbs news, los angeles. >> a great idea. that is the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching.

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