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good morning. it's july 5th, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." like a grenade. that's how one person describes a major fireworks malfunction in california that left dozens hurt. and the battle for egypt isn't over. protesters are back on the streets. >> plus, new details on the parasailing crash that nearly killed two girls. their condition and what investigators say caused the disaster. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> oh. oh, my god. >> holy crap. that wasn't supposed to happen.
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>> yeah. >> a july 4th misfire in california. >> fireworks accidentally detonated. 20 people were injured. >> it happened in simi valley, 45 miles northwest of los angeles. >> it blew right in front of us. i felt the blast. they're calling it the friday of rejection. >> supporters have ousted mohamed morsi. >> they're trying to dismantle the brotherhood regime. >> police in san francisco arrest a man who a vehicle filled with explosives and firearms. the george zimmerman trial. >> crucial testimony about the controversial 911 calls saying it is her son's voice. >> simi valley on fire from illegal fireworks shot off by
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someone near by. >> a volcanic eruption, 60 flights cancelled. >> police are looking for a man that repelled down the brooklyn bridge. >> 237 years later this improbably experiment in the united states of america stands as the greatest nation on earth. >> on cbs this morning. >> it's like michael jordan winning another championship. >> no celebration dinner? >> absolutely not. welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie, norah, and gayle are off.
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did you have a great fourth? >> i didn't eat 69 hot dogs, i'll tell you that. >> it turned into a scary situation for a lot of folks in california. mayhem as pyrotechnics were fired into crowds. dozens were hurt. >> andrea, good morning. >> reporter: nancy, good morning to you. firefighters say 28 people were injured in this accident, including children. injuries range from broken bones to cuts and bruises from shrapnel, and now this morning everyone is asking how could this happen? >> oh. whoa. oh, my god. >> reporter: the accidental detonation rocked the local simi valley park just two minutes into the fireworks display, sending thousands of spectators scrambling for cover as rounds of projectile misfired into the crowds. >> within seconds the fireworks were right in our face.
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i have never been in the service, but it would probably be like a grenade going off right in front of me. >> reporter: officials canceled the event soon after the explosion and immediately began evacuation procedures. amid the commotion, emergency responders set up a triage center in the park to treat those who were hurt. a lot were injured by debris. >> a lot of people were transported in rescue ambulances but a chaotic scene out here. >> reporter: authorities have described the malfunction as an industrial accident and not foul play. but regardless of the play, it was certainly not the finale to this fourth of july celebration that anyone expected. >> it's tragic but the dangers are huge. we're dealing with explosive devices. i'm sure we have thousands of fireworks programs that went off without a hitch around the country but we had a couple that did not go well. >> reporter: this morning the
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bomb squad is still on the scene here trying to figure out exactly what went wrong and also explode those unexploded fireworks that were left unattended last night. anthony and nancy, back to you. >> thank you so much. dramatic developments in the last hour of cairo. >> the gunfire has broke out where morsi is being kept. clarrisa is in tahrir square. >> they're taking to the streets in what they call a day of rejection of the brotherhood. so nobody knows here whether or not anger will boil over.
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>> anger, confusion, disappointment. >> many in the crowd said they did not expect that morsi is no longer in power. that's my president. that's my president this man shouted. >> regard let of what happens, he is elected by half of the population. >> in anticipation of a violent backlash, there was a large military presence in participants of cairo where there have been clashes. some honked their horns in appreciation for the army. not all was friendly. supporters mobbed a vehicle, clashes followed.
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the new president gave his inaugural speech, promising that new elections were the only way forward, and extended a hand to the muslim brotherhood. >> people are taking to the streets. there is an increase in police and military presence and potential flash point areas and people are waiting to see if they will escalate or calm down so people can finally go back to their normal lives. thank you. the world is waiting to see what is next in egypt, and so is president obama. jan, how is the administration handling all of this. >> they're doing a high stakes high wire act here. they don't want to be seen as endorsing what i peers to be a military coup, but they don't
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want to support the ousted husband limb brotherhood backed leader. so the bottom line right now is the security in egypt, and a quick timeline set for the election. yesterday, the president met again with the members of his national security team. secretary of state john kerry, chuck hagel, they made calls to egyptian officials and u.s. partners in the region stressing a quick timeline for the next election. >> the u.s. promised more than $1 billion in aid. will they continue with that or use it as leverage. >> some members of congress are suggesting that aide should be cut off, but they see that aide as potentially leverage. there will be a price to pay that some of that money could be
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withheld if for example the country descends into violence and chaos, or if they don't quickly schedule the next election. >> thanks. the turmoil is reverberating in the oil market. it has jumped to $101 a barrel. we have michael with us, what is the likelihood that gas prices will be affected by this? >> they'll go up a little, but analysts don't expect them to go up a whole lot. you really have to get gas prices above their previous high for it to affect people's behavior, and right now that means gas prices are about $126 a barrel. >> job numbers came out better than expected, 195,000 jobs created in june, and may and april were bumped up from their
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original numbers as well. >> the economy is stronger than we thought. there is more confidence. the consumers hung in there, we spent money, but it is not translating into more spending or hering. maybe now they're starting to believe that the recovery is solidly under way. >> we were talking about this, laying the ground work for the hiring to begin. this is a healthy number, not a great number. >> you have to keep it in context, normally you see 300 or 400,000. this may be as good as it gets. we may have a month of it, but companies running very lean right now. they want to be sure they have the customers coming in and make sure they have sales on the bottom line. >> some analysts said as jobs go up, the stock market could go down. >> yes, so far it's not too bad.
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it means the fed is more likely to raise interest rating earlier, and it's been a big reaction that means you could pay more for housing going forward. two former popes are cleared this morning for saint hood. a sick woman was cured while praying for him on the day in 2010. the vatican says pope francis has the power to grant sainthood without going through the normal process. the yarnell fire is 8 8% contained this morning. as carter evans reports, people gathered to pay tribute.
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>> thousands came last night to celebrate the fourth of july. >> help us celebrate the lives of our fallen brothers. >> but emotions are raw as the community struggles to reclaim a sense of normalcy. >> they were honored on an empty horse. >> the yarnell fire destroyed 129 structures. many know there is nothing to go home through. >> we drove through flames to get out of our prop. >> chuck saw burning embers on his roof as he was leaving. >> what will be there when you go back? >> a lot of memories.
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a lot of that. >> obermyers home was a half mile from where the hot shots were overrun. the medical examiner confirmed what many suspected, all 19 dies from burns and smoke inhalation. >> is there a feeling when you go back? >> there already is. the brush around them is part of my house. so there already is. >> and they will always be a part of your community. >> they are and they always will be a part. always. my house means nothing compared to them. >> it could take years to rebuild this community, but healing could take a lifetime. >> the mother of trayvon martin testified this morning in the trial of george zimmerman. they said their 17-year-old son,
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who can be heard calling for him on a 911 recording, when that call was played today, fulton was asked to identify the voice. >> ma'am, that screaming, or yelling, do you recognize that? >> yes. >> and who do you recognize that to be? >> that audio could hold the key for jurors if martin was a victim. his brother also listened to the tape, and he said he was shocked when he first heard it. >> there is in developments in the disappearance of madelene mccann. they say there is no proof that she is dead. charlie, good morning. >> good morning, british police
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say the parents of her are not among those potential suspects. they're not speaking to the media, but they see that as a huge step forward in finding out what happened and hope it will bring those responsible to justice. what happened to madelene mccann? she would be ten now. this computer generated image is what she might look like if she is still alive. now british police say there is every reason to believe she is. they upgraded a two-year review. >> in the last two years, the review told me there is no clear, definitive prove that madelene mccann is dead. so i believe there is a possibility that she is alive. >> there have been numerous reported sightens of mccann.
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from belgium, france, spain, morocco, and new zealand. it identifies 38 potential suspects, 12 of whom are british. >> madelene was nearly 4-years-old when she disappeared without a trace. originally named as suspects, kate and jerry mccann have campaigned tirelessly, begging for help, after investigations came out with nothing. the questions were finally asked by david cameron who ordered a review in 2011. after six years, the trail has gone cold, but you only have to look at the case of the three women found in a cleveland home
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where they were found after 10 years. police now have a renewed determination to find her. >> thank you, charlie. the president of south africa is denying reports that mandela is in a vegetative state. we have uncovered amateur video of him from 1998. he spoke then about death and dieing. >> i remain optimistic with my moral very high because i have lived my life. >> his wife saying mandela is sometimes uncomfortable, but seldom in pain. he has been in the hospital for a month fighting a lung
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infection. president obama carried a tradition honoring our troops. and on the south lawn of the white house, the president and first lady welcomed 1200 service members with a barb cue and a concert. >> you fought for our nation's beliefs to make the world a better and safer place. people in scattered corners of the world live in peace today, are free to write their own futures, because of you. >> in the past five years, 6,000 members of the armed forces have celebrated at the white house. the "new york times" reports on the resumé of edward snowden. he honed his hacking skills while working as an intelligence contractor. he transformed himself into a
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cyber security expert. good news for bay area commuters. trains will begin operating this afternoon. the transit system and workers will continue negotiations on a new contract. the old contract will remain in effect until next month. >> the seattle times says a man was arrested with bombs and m molotov cocktails in his truck. crystler is recalling nearly half a million vehicles because of a problem with an automatic head restraint function. >> and usa today says a volcano in mexico is forcing u.s. airls to cancel flights. it spews ash, steam, and rocks yesterday. so far nearly six,,
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the heat wave is over, much cooler temperatures coming our way, starting out with mostly sunny skies in san jose many of the valleys although the patchy fog moved in along the coastline and now spilling in inside the bay. we are going to see more fog in the coming days cooling down the temperatures. not only next to the coastline but all the way to the valleys. in fact, no triple digits today. you will see some 80s showing up inland, a lot of 60s and 70s inside the bay. and 60s toward the coast. cooler over the weekend. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by macy's.
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the owner of a parasailing company is finally talking about the horrific crash that nearly killed two teenage girls in florida. a fiancee who's fighting to keep his daughter who was adopted. it's going all the way to the supreme court. >> that mice daughter. i'm not abandoned her. i never wanted to give her away. the news is back on "cbs this morning." stay tuned for your local news. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by walmart. save money, live better.
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[ pause ] it is 7:26. i'm anne makovec. bart trains will be back in operation by 3:00 this afternoon. union leaders agreed last night to return to work while contract talks continue. if there is no deal in 30 days, the walkout might resume. a man and woman died in a house fire in richmond this morning, another critically injured. wiring in a converted garage may have started the fire about 3 a.m. some streets in downtown danville still closed this morning. several businesses were flooded when a water main broke yesterday afternoon. the leak is stopped. but there is still a very big mess to clean up. traffic and weather coming up. st end sunday, it's going out with a bang! through sunday, save on sleep train's most popular mattress sets.
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well, bart service is set to resume this afternoon. for right now, still no trains running for the morning commute. fortunately there's not much of a commute out there. a lot of people taking the long holiday weekend. muni no delay right now. caltrain regular service no delay there. and ac transit continues to step up their transbay bus service between the east bay and san francisco. quick look at your drive time. so far in the clear and the bay bridge no wait getting into the city. that is traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> we are seeing delays at sfo on arriving flights of over an hour and that because of low clouds and fog that have made a very nice return to many spots along the coastline and inside the bay. hey, some of that starting to stretch into some of the valleys too so you get the idea it will be a cooler day outside. some much-needed heat relief as that heat wave long gone now. temperatures topping out only in the 80s inland. 60s and 70s inside the bay. 60s coastside. cooler weather right through the weekend. slight warming come monday and tuesday then dropping off again on wednesday and thursday. ,,,,,,,,
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a huge fire in seattle last night, illegal fireworks are being blamed. 14 boots were destroyed. the total damage is estimated at $1.5 million. coming up this hour, an oklahoma man said it was one of the dumbest decisions he ever made, giving up parental rights before his daughter was even born. we'll look at where the case is heading today. >> new research shows that exercise can change our brains. dr. holly phillips will show us how ahead.
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we're learning more about what may have caused a freak parasailing accident in panama city. what the families and the company are saying about the accident. >> the best friends remain in critical condition after nearly losing their lives in an accident on monday. >> i cannot even express the outpours of prayers. >> the 17-year-old girls from indiana were on vacation when the cord connecting their parasail to the bode snapped free. this video captured their final minutes. they collided with near by power lines and crash landed on a
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parked suv today. >> both girls suffered severe cuts, head trauma, and fairchild had head surgery. >> at the speed they were going, i knew it would be traumatic. >> the florida fish and wild life conservation commission said a strong storm initiated problems that led to the crash. the owner said while we adhere to best practices, sudden weather conditions can and do occur. >> we just need everybody to keep praying for them. >> both girls are expected to recover. until then, all their families can do is wait for an explanation as to what caused such a scary accident. for cbs this morning, atlanta.
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>> a veteran is fighting to keep his 3-year-old daughter. we see what makes the case to unusual. >> reporter: at just three years old veronica has no sense of the emotional battle who should raise her. she lives in oklahoma with her biological father dusten brown and his wife robin. >> this child is very happy where she's at. i mean the way she acting around here, it's like we've had her from day one. >> reporter: veronica has lived with the browns for 18 months. before that it was this south carolina couple who first brought veronica home after her birth in 2009. they had plans to adopt her from her unmarried biological mother. brown had sent a text message and signed paperwork surrendering his parental rights but brown says he misunderstood
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and believed he was giving custody to her mother. >> that's my daughter. i'm not wanting to abandon her. i want to be around her the whole time. watch her grow up and make decisions. never once did i want to give her away. >> reporter: when he found out about the adoption plans he invoke a 1978 law that protecting native americans from being separated from their families and tribes. brown is cherokee. >> the only people who can give you your history, your ancestry, is your family, your tribe. what happening whenever they were growing up, what stories they were told by the elders. that's her history and that's how we were raised, knowing where we come from and how it began.
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>> a south carolina court sided with brown and ordered veronica be given to him, but last month the u.s. supreme court ruled 5-4 that the 1978 law did not apply in this case. just as samuel alito wrote brown abandoned the child before birth and never had custody of the child. when you hear that, what goes through your mind? >> i mean they can think what they want and say what they want but i never abandoned my child. >> but you said yes in that text message and you signed the paperwork before you left for iraq. >> right. and that was one of the dumbest decisions i made. >> reporter: but the justices also decided to leave the decision in the hands of a court. they declined our request for an
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interview but in a statement they said we're missing veronica like crazy and are anxious to see and talk to and hold her again. >> she's seen pictures on tv of them holding her and she'll say that's me but who are they. but to take her from me would devastate her, ruin her world. >> reporter: the court has the decide what's in her best interest, life with her biological fiancee or the couple that raised her for two years. elaine quijano, outside oklahoma. >> these cases are always so sad. >> so hard to watch. are you feeling anxious? new research says exercise can calm you down by changing your brain. that's next. >> on "cbs this morning saturday," should you pud a video on the dashboard of your car. they're popular in russia. what insurance companies think
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a moving scene. a veteran joined the boston pops on stage. he led the group in a performance of "shipping off to boston." >> these ooh cool. the crowd was into it too. we all know that exercise can lower anxiety, but how it does so remains a mystery. now, a new study may offer new clues into what happens in the brain. dr. holly phillips is with us. good morning. >> good morning. it's so interesting.
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exercise calms you down. >> yes. they took two groups of mice. one exercised quite a bit. the other was sedentary. at the end when they studied the brain they noticed both mice hat formed new brain cells but the mice that exercised had formed brain cells that released a transmitter called gaba that calms other cells. it's one of the transmitters we use when we take anti-anxiety medications. they help calm down the help and reduce anxiety. >> i'm so glad there's help for my brain. is this a temporary change basically is what happened here? >> exercise changes the brain permanently. this is important because it has lasting effects. you're less prone to experience anxiety symptoms. >> how often do you need to exercise?
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>> another study found 30 minutes four days a week and high-intensity exercise is really important and also we're always looking for natural alternatives. any time we can do something where we don't need to take a medication is a good thing. >> when you talk about high-intensity exercise, what do you mean? >> as with heart disease, we know you don't have to be a triathlete and work out very, very intensely to lift weights as long as you're doing some exercise to increase your heart rate. the harder you work out, in this study, the better it is. >> do they think someone on anti-depressants might be able to come off if they do regular exercise? >> it's hard to sort of predict because depending how severe
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their actual anxiety is, but it's very likely these results will translate very well into humans. we have suspected for a long time gaba would be involved and there's extra proof of that and other alternatives. meditation, hypnosis, acupuncture and natural medications out there that can also help. so it's possible the get off of the drug. >> another reason to exercise. >> it is. i feel guilty right now. you've got plenty of time today. dr. holly phillips, thank you so much for bei the heat wave is over, much cooler temperatures coming our way, starting out with mostly sunny skies in san jose many of the valleys although the patchy fog moved in along the coastline and now spilling in inside the bay. we are going to see more fog in the coming days cooling down the temperatures. not only next to the coastline but all the way to the valleys. in fact, no triple digits today. you will see some 80s showing up inland, a lot of 60s and 70s inside the bay. and 60s toward the coast. cooler over the weekend.
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on purchases of $299 or more take a look at this catch. during yesterday's game, he hit a foul ball pop-up that looks like it's headed for the stands but twins' first baseman chris par a lee makes a diving catch. >> baseball's american pastime is under assault not from a competing sport but from a tiny sport. don dahler looks at why it could be a real game-changer. >> reporter: the sounds of summer. most baseball bats are made of wood from the ash tree. >> we love archlt it's a wonderful wood, easy to work with and has made players for 129 years now.
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for five generations, bobby hiller rich's family has made the bat. >> what is it about it. >> it's got a wonderful weight. might not be the most dense wood, but it gives a wonderful sweet spot, a great sound. >> reporter: but within next decade that great sound could disappear from every ballpark in the nation because of this, the emerald ash bore beetle. it's killed hundreds of thousands of trees. the infestation has reached 20 states including pennsylvania where louisville slugger harvests most of its ash. are you concerned about it? >> we are absolutely concerncon >> reporter: are you stockpiling the wood? >> unfortunately when you cut it
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down, you've only got a few nos process it. it's a very, very scary situation. we hope we don't have to deal with it. >> reporter: there is a short-term pesticide treatment but it cost $3/00 per tree. if scientists can't find a permanent solution, this major tradition may be entering its final inning. don dale ler, cbs news, kentucky. >> what do you make bats with? >> maybe not quite as good. $300 a tree to kill a beetle. that's nasty. >> the yachts that hosted john f.k., winston churchill, and jacqueline kennedy onassis is up for sale. we'll show you how much it costs
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arson investigators are tryg to figure out what started a house fire that killed two people in ri good morning. i'm anne makovec with your headlines. arson investigators trying to figure out what started a house fire that killed two people in richmond. it broke out shortly before 3:00 this morning inside a converted garage on 21st street. a third person, the couple's son, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. bay area commuters have a reason to celebrate this morning. the bart strike ended last night at least for the next 30 days. trains will be back on track by 3 p.m. this afternoon. in the meantime, negotiations will continue and if there is no deal, the strike could start up again next month. and a fatal caltrain accident is causing major delays right now. traffic and weather up next. and harshness of bleach.
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good morning. we're following some breaking traffic news along the peninsula. in the last half hour, it's been a fatal caltrain accident involving a pedestrian. for a while all trains were halted near the atherton station but they just got the go-ahead to begin single- tracking. use the southbound track. so expect major delays right now between redwood city and menlo park. as anne said, bart service resumes at 3:00 this afternoon. muni and ac transit on time. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> it's a welcome sight. we have some fog making its way back onshore. that means our temperatures are going to really be cooling down today. fog over the bay as we speak filling in along the coastline. we'll see more of that in the coming dade even before the weekend. so only 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, cooler through saturday and sunday.
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it's 8:00 a.m. in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." thousands of people were ready for fireworks in the sky in seemmy, california. dozens of people were hurt. a revealing look at how the pace goes down hill with age. doctors say the problem could be in your nose. we'll talk to grammy winner amy grant. find out why she is getting back into music after a ten-year break. first, a look at today's eye opener at 8:00. this morning, everyone is asking the same question, how did this happen? >> the fourth of july fireworks
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show in california turned into mayhem last night. an accident sent pyrotechnics into a crowd of thousands here in cairo, mourners are taking to the streets. the mother of trayvon martin testified this morning, it is their 17-year-old son who can be heard calling for help in a 911 recording as he and zimmerman fought. pope john paul ii is being called for sainthood. >> it changes the brain permanently by changing the cells that are there. what is it that makes it a wonderful and great sound? president obama continued the white house tradition honoring our troops on
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independence day. we've got coast guards and we've got national guards. we love you too. i am anthony mason with nancy cordes. charlie rose, gayle king and norah o'donnell are off. a frightening scene at a fourth of july celebration in southern california. more than two dozen people were hurt when the pyrotechnics fired into the crowd. andrea fujii of our los angeles station is at the scene in simi valley. >> reporter: firefighters say 28 people were injured in this accident, including children. some have broken bones. everyone is asking the same question, how did this happen? the accidental detonation rocked the local simi valley park two minutes into the fireworks
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display. sending thousands of spectators scrambling for cover as rounds of projectiles misfired into the crowd. >> within seconds, the fireworks were right in our face. i have never been in the service but it would probably be like a grenade going off right in front of you. >> reporter: officials canceled the event soon after the explosion. immediately, began evacuation procedures amid the commotion. emergency responders set up a triage center in the park to treat those who had been hurt. authorities have described the malfunction as an industrial accident and not the result of foul play. regardless of the cause, it was certainly not the finale this fourth of july celebration anyone expected. >> the dangers are huge. we're dealing with explosive devices. >> reporter: this morning, police are still on the scene trying to piece together what went wrong. anthony and nancy? protests in egypt have turned violent this rng month. troops fired on supporters of
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ousted president, mohamed morsi. there are reports of death. the clashes are taking place near the facility where morsi is thought to be held. clarissa ward is in cairo. >> reporter: good morning. friday has wrapped up and morsi supporters are taking to the streets in what they are calling a day of rejection of the military takeover. they believe that the ousting of former president mohamed morsi was unconstitutional. they say they are willing to fight against it. now, they have said that they want these protests to remain peaceful. there is an increased military presence on the ground and potential flash points. there are real concerns that anger could boil over. there has been a crackdown on the muslim brotherhood. more than a dozen of its leaders arrested. month are than 200 other warrants for arrest issued. also, several pro-morsi television stations shut down. tensions are definitely high.
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people that support morsi feeling very emotional, feeling like they have been robbed of their constitutional rights for their president to finish his term. for "cbs this morning," clarissa ward, cairo. one of egypt's most prominent politicians is quoting one of america's most beloved baseball player. he tells "the new york times" it is deja vu all over again. that line made famous by yogi berra of the yankees. he says egypt has another chance to get democracy right. >> in washington, the first family welcomed 1200 service men and women to the white house for the fourth of july. there was a cookout on the south lawn with music. president obama thanked the troops and their families for their sacrifice and everyone watched the fireworks go off over the national mall. >> one of the world's most historic private yachts is up for sale, the asking price, $32
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million. the christina o belonged to air aries stotle onassis. where president kennedy first met winston churchill and princess grace at her wedding reception. other guests including frank sinatra, marilyn monroe and richard burton. >> maybe we could go in on it together, $15 million each. >> it is now 8:06. time to check your local weather. he time is now 8:06.,,
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♪ joey "jaws" chestnut has done it again, gorging his way into hotdog eating history. chestnut won his seventh consecutive nathan's hotdog eating contest. it is the fourth of july's tradition at brooklyn's coney island. he set a new world record scarfing down 69 hotdogs and buns in ten minutes. count it. that is more than 20,000 calories. chestnut says the hotdogs were really good. >> maybe one or two. >> ten days worth of eating in ten minutes. >> and probably 30 days worth of fat. plenty of roe teen. protein. >> if your fourth of july meal didn't taste as good as you hoped, it may not be the flavor
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of the food. it could have to do with your age. seth doane looks behind what's behind the bland taste in our mouth as we get older. >> reporter: arthur rosenthal loved the flavors he could create in the kitchen. these datas, when he cooks for his family, it is more of a test of his memory than his taste. >> when i first put a fork full in my mouth, i probably will be able to taste it. after a while, the taste dissipates. >> reporter: after a nasty cold when he couldn't taste at all, this 62-year-old decided to see ear, nose, and throat specialist dr. edmund pribitkin at thomas jefferson hospital. >> arthur came in because he perceived a loss of taste. actually, our sense of taste, our sense of flavor, is really more complex. it is mediated a lot by our sense of smell. >> the smell receptors are just
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hanging out there. >> reporter: sensory scientist marcia pelsha researches taste and smell. >> when you are eating, movements of your tongue and pallet push little puffs of air up to the receptors by the back way. >> reporter: the human mouth has 10,000 tastebuds clustered on the tongue, roof and the throat. all of the tiny receptor cells are responsible for sensing five basic tastes, sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami or savory. >> taste is our taste buds. smell, obviously, our nose and flavor is the combination of the two. >> exactly. there are three flavors. >> smell was demonstrated how important it is when it comes to recognizing flavor by using three different jelly beans, coffee, banana and licorice. >> without looking, take one in
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your hand, pinch your nostrils, don't look. put one in your mouth and begin chewing with your nostrils pinched and try and guess which one it is? >> i have no idea. >> what are you tasting? >> it just tastes sweet. it tastes sugary. >> before you swallow, let go and see if it is any easier. >> oh, my gosh, banana, really strong. >> when you pinch your nostrils, you prevent air from moving between your nose and mouth and you are just getting these taste components of flavor. >> the sweetness? >> the sweetness. >> while tastebuds are quite resilient, our ability to smell suffers when we age. as receptors in the nose are damaged through illness and everyday use. one study suggests a quarter of people over the age of 50 and nearly two-thirds of those over 80 have difficulty identifying common household odors.
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>> there is something called ol factory fatigue. >> reporter: dr. pribitkin diagnoses the smelling deficiencies with a simple scratch and sniff test. >> all done? >> reporter: he is trying to help rosenthal regain his sense of smell by having him take time each day to focus on specific scents, his cologne, coffee and what he cooks with. >> by acting with these odors in a specific way, you are probably regenerating the neurons selectively. it is fancy language but it means basically you are teaching your brain how to smell again. >> reporter: the ability to smell and taste can work as a warning to recognize spoiled food or even a gas leak. >> did i get everybody? >> reporter: for rosenthal, it is about enjoying the shrimp
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scampi again. a little improvement would be great. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," seth doane, philadelphia. >> that's a tough one, losing your sense of taste. i can't imagine. >> i know. that's interesting that you can train yourself to regain it, though. >> the brain again. look at that. >> up next, he was falsely convicted more than two decades ago for the mur of a rabbi. how did prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars. we will go inside the case with brooklyn d.a. coming up on "cbs this morning." let's play:
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many people in prison claim pob innocent. in brooklyn, new york, the district attorney's office has a special focus on correcting mistakes made by the criminal justice system. tomorrow "brooklyn d.a." looks at the case of david ranta. he spent 23 years in prison
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after being convicted of murder. >> you know, these boxes, each and every one of them are an individual who is claiming they are actually innocent. >> the integrity unit started taking cases towards the end of 2011. the raanta case was one of the first we started up on. >> february 8th, 1990, a very cold morning here in williamsburg, brooklyn, new york. and what started out as a botched attempted robbery of a jewelry carrier ended up with the senseless murder of a rabbi. >> when the robbery went bad, the gunman panicked and picked the first car that had an engine running, which happened to be the rabbi's car, shot him in the head, and then fled. >> the lead detective on the case became detective louis scarcella. >> through the course of the investigation, detective scarcella wes led to two
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individuals, both naming david ranta as the perpetrator of the crime. >> about six months after the crime took place, detective scarcella arrested him. >> he was convicted of murder. he was sentenced to 37 1/2 years to life in prison. >> when you first look at this case on its face, it's a very strong murder case, and yet when you peel back all the layers it kind of falls apart. >> one of the major witnesses who placed david ranta at the scene completely recanted his identification. this is a major issue. >> as i was walking in from the back somebody told me, oh, it's the guy with the long nose. >> he informed me that the detective who was running the lineup essentially told him who to pick, they told him pick the guy with the big nose. and slowly you start to get really, really worried that there were major problems with the way that this case was handled and that's a real terrible feeling to have. >> the evidence just was not
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sufficient to support the conviction. >> based on record made here today -- it's okay -- the defendant's motion to vacate the judgment of conviction is granted. [ applause ] sir, you are free to go. >> if you can imagine stepping out of a cage after close to 23 years and being reunited with three children, it's just a horribly gut-wrenching, emotional experience, and it remains that way. >> the day after his release, raanta suffered a massive heart attack. he's still recovering. prosecutors are reviewing 40 cases that detective scarcella worked on. you can see the full story tomorrow night on "brooklyn d.a." at 9:00, 8:00 central on "cbs this morning." >> show time. eric young is here in studio 57. he's a professional wrestler who
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a train hit and killed a pe near the atherton caltrain station. it happened about n service was it is 8:25. i'm anne makovec. our headlines this morning, a train hit and killed a person near the atherton caltrain station. it happened about an hour ago. train service was stopped in both directions. it is now resumed but limited. elizabeth will have more on the commute coming up. a house fire in richmond killed two people early this morning. it started in a converted garage on 21st street and their son is in critical condition. no word yet on the cause of the fire. but firefighters are looking into whether or not fireworks might have played a role. bart trains will hit the tracks by 3:00 this afternoon. union leaders agreed last night to return to work while contract talks continue. if there is no deal in 30 days,
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good morning. we're still closely watching these caltrain delays. there was a fatal accident on the tracks involving a pedestrian it happened about 7:15 this morning. so they have begun single- tracking it now between redwood city and menlo park.
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but both directions northbound and southbound are sharing the southbound track so in the meantime, expect major delays both directions while they continue to investigate. word of a new crash westbound 580 approaching north livermore avenue involving a big rig. one lane is blocked. so some slight slowing from first street. quick look outside over at the bay bridge, no delay getting into san francisco. everything looks good. and san mateo bridge similar story once again bart service resumes this afternoon at 3:00. how about all that fog showing up in some of the camera shots there? looks like temperatures going to really cool down across the board today. even some of the valleys looking toward mount diablo. how about that? some clouds there as the fog is stretching back onshore. cooler temperatures going to drop a good 10 to 20 degrees outside. highs much more reasonable in the 80s inland. you will see 60s and 70s in the bay and 60s and fog at the coast. cooler over the weekend. it's time to change the way we clean.
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♪ welcome back tbs t welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, amy grant started out as a christian music superstar and found more success in pop. she walked away from it all. now, she tells us why she is ready to come back. plus, how about some wine with that cheeseburger? one of the top wine sellers in the country will show us how to pair it with summer grilling. that's ahead. right now, time to show you some of this morning's headlines. the savannah morning news looks at more changes for celebrity chef, paula dean. she is cutting ties with her agent of more than a decade. he was instrumental in making dean a star on the food network. she is not saying why she parted ways the "los angeles times" says
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movie theaters and sleeping areas top the list of what travelers want at airports. that's according to a website survey. they would like to see parks, hair salons, libraries, man-made beaches and bicycles "the new york times" says the brian twins are on a roll in wimbledon. mike brian and bob brian are headed to the finals tomorrow. if they win, they will become the first men's double-team in the modern era to hold all four grand slam titles at once you might not think an adrenaline junkie would get his fix by fishing. that's only if you haven't seen how professional wrestler, eric young, fishes. he is the host of "off the hook, extreme catches" on animal planet. young has tried insane ways of reeling in sharks and fish, even jet skiing with a trident to spear the creatures. eric young, good morning. >> a trident? >> we were out for asian carp and that was made by a couple
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young guys. that was their idea of how to get rid of these invasive fish out of the illinois river. >> did you like fish before you started this? >> to most people, it was like sitting and relaxing. on the show, we are doing all kinds of extreme ways, sharks, power boards, free diving, alligators on rod and reel, crazy stuff. >> you are a professional wrestler. when you are not doing this show, which is more dangerous? >> they both have their elements of danger. we have a huge show tonight down in coney island where the cyclones play. a huge baseball event. >> what's been your favorite method of fishing you have done so far, extreme fishing? >> my favorite episode is the try dent, skiing for asian carp. that was one of my favorites, free diving for octopus in hawaii, which is your home state, you were saying earlier. >> i did some ohihi picking when
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i was younger. you did it in a very different way. >> i think that's probably the most dangerous thing i have done, opihi, the fish of death. every day, i got to be in hawaii. that can't be bad. >> you get to go to some pretty cool places. what is the most exotic place you have been so far? >> hawaii and baja, mexico for a week, in the sea of cortez, dolphins, marlin, the wildlife there, the weather is perfect. >> how did you get recruiteded to do this? >> i don't know. i need to write a book on how to improve your life. i'm a life coach. it was through wrestling and i play a funny character on the wrestling show in impact wrestling. they found me that way. they said, hey, do you want to do this fishing show? yep, i do. >> what's the biggest fish you have caught so far? >> this week, a nine-foot seven-gill shark in oregon. >> nine feet? >> probably over 300 pounds. they have the quickest bite radius. when you put the tail rope on
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them, we were doing stuff where you were tagging them. they don't know why they are in, way up in this bay. i'm part scientist as well. i don't have nigh lab coat with me. >> that must have been an adrenalin rush? >> holding on the tail of a shark of any size. >> what can people expect from season two? >> first and foremost, a fun television show if you have seen it. it is fun, funny, quick. if you want to sit down and have a good time, that's the best part. if you like people risking their lives for your entertainment, that's the show for you too. >> what have you found about the people who are the sort of extreme fishermen? are they nuts? >> they are, which is why i get along with them so well. right away, we usually get along really well with them. they are tenacious. all fishermen, they just will not give up. they are all really nice people. they accept me in right away. i'm kind of from the outside world.
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it has been a fun experience. >> we all watched fishing shows when we were young. they were very sedate, very relaxing. fishing has kind of had this resurgence but in a very different way. >> it is definitely not your grandpa's fishing show. i think it is extreme sports and stuff like that. danger is a huge part of television now. that's great. i am getting paid to do stuff i would pay to do. we did cliff diving, ice bike racing and a bunch of other stuff this year on the show, season two. it is a great show. i am super proud of it. if you haven't watched it, tune in. you will not be disappointed. >> eric, thanks so much. off the hook sunday nights on animal planet she was known as the queen of christian pop.,,
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she sold 30 million albums she sold 30 million albums before taking a break from the music industry to spend more time at home. what brought amy grant back into the studio? we sat down with the singer/songwriter to talk about the things in life that matter most and how her first album in ten years came to be. >> i can't even believe i still get to do this. i just never dreamed it would last this long. >> singer-songwriter amy grant was just a teenager when she made her debut in christian music. her first album was sold only in christian bookstores but it sold over 50,000 copies in just a year. the queen of christian pop was grown. ♪ >> reporter: while grant went on to become the first artist to have a christian music record go platinum, she found even bigger success in the '80s and '90s with crossover hits like baby,
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baby and "that's what love is for." >> it's been ten years since your last new essentially recording of new music. why ten years? >> i have three teenagers who are now all in their 20s. they would have loved me to put out a record and be gone. >> they would have loved you to put out a record and be gone? >> get you out of the house. teenagers, oh, yeah. >> after six grammys and ten top 40s hits, the nashville native who is married to country star, vince gill, put the breaks on her three decade long career? >> the greatest feeling in the world is watching the older kids launch, really finding things they love doing. it is like planting trees and then all of the sudden you go, when did this thing go over my head and give me so much shade. this is fantastic. i find it -- i get the most excited not about what i'm doing but by what they are doing. >> grant's new album, how mercy
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looks from here, is dedicated to her mother. >> when it seemed like the songs that went together started coagulating, i was reminded of my mom's request. so that's why i dedicated the record to her. >> gloria grant died two years ago after a prolonged battle with dementia. >> i had gone to see her one night right before i packed a bag and got on the tour bus. i said, i've got to go sing, mom. she went, oh, you sing? i said, i do. i sing. i write songs too. she asked me questions, what kind of songs did i sing? would i sing a song for her? anyway, i was walking out the door. she called after me, hey, would you do me a favor? i said, yeah, what? she said, when you walk out on that stage, sing something that matters. what a great thing. you don't even have to be in your right mind to give good
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advice. >> right. ♪ >> reporter: grant recruited an impressive array of friends and personal personal personal heroes to record with you. >> i would think it would be pretty intimidating to ask james taylor to sing on your song? >> it would have to be the right song. i did ask him back in the '80s. he said i would love to. i sent it and he called back and said, this is not a very good song. i told him, you know that song, it is off the record. i hadn't listened to it since and never played it since. >> the title song, "how mercy looks from here" was inspired by a week's worth of events. >> i had a cousin killed in afghanistan, a friend of mine took his life when the nashville
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peak and on saturday, jenny, our older, jenny, was married to the love of her life, josh. i felt like tarzan swinging on a vine, from the high highs to the low lows. i think the learned how to refrain part-time in the con text of what is there to be gained here? there is always something to be gained. i think that that voice comes through in the song. >> a lovely lady and a lovely record. all of that, all of those things that have happened to her, you hear in it. >> why do you think she decided to come back after ten years? >> her kids are grown and she has some space again to do stuff. so many things happened to her, she just had songs come out. >> i love how she said her kids were now trees that gave her shade, so poetic. you can see why she is a successful singer/songwriter.
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♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ ♪ blast from the past. a 1984 commercial for reunite. it helped change how americans think about wine. christi christi
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christina mariani is the co-founder and the granddaughter of the founder. whose idea was it to bring it over? >> my father, john mariani. he wanted to see americans really enjoying more wine and drinking less bern drinking less beverages during the 60s. he had spent time in italy and knew of a great wine called lambrusco. a fun, light, refreshing style with some good advertising, he was able to bring it to the u.s. >> he convinced americans that wine is not just something for a special occasion. you can have it with a cookout. you can have it on a thursday. >> wine is food. a lot of people think it should be cellared and aged for a long time. no. today is the moment. every days a good day to celebrate. a great day to open a bottle of wine whether it it is a serious wine or a fun-loving wine. >> you are third generation in the family business, which
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started in 1919 in greenwich village. >> in greenwich village. my grandfather actually started the company. he was there and he was the head of the household for pope pious 11th. the only woman to have moved within the vatican walls. a neat story. he raised her and came back to america and started a small importing house in 1919 in greenwich village. >> so tell us what you brought with you today on friday. >> well, delicious different wines. we have a variety because it is summertime. still, fourth of july weekend, carrying over the festivities. so we've been in the wine business a long time. we also brought some wines from our tuscan state. it is a beautiful estate that my father and my uncle built in the 1970s from scratch. what we brought here today, all light, fun, refreshing wines. we have our san angelo pinot
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grigio. >> this one on the right. >> the first right one. >> why is this a good wine for summer? >> because it has got beautiful crispness, no oak, 100% pinot ree grigio, you get a little more tropp i cal fruit and roundness. it is light and crisp and has a goodrichness because of the tuscan style. >> what would it go well with? >> sea food, shrimp, octopus, something that eric would have caught, alligators, a little wild turtle. some good olive oil from tuscan any on it. >> this now? >> this is our chenancy rose'. to get a little hint of red wine added for color. that little bit of red is meant
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to give you a little bit of cherry, strawberry. you can get rose's that can be very sweet. this one is dry and crisp. >> some people prefer red wine. in the summer, is there a particular kind of red wine you want to look for? >> red wines that could be chilled, that aren't going to be so heavy. this is a really fun, unique, love at first sip wine called rosa rigali. >> it is carbonated. >> it has a spritz. it is made from proketo. >> it is a little sweet. >> quite sweet. >> serve it chilled. while it is sweet, it has this high acidity that wakes you up. >> very quickly. tell us about how much we would be playing. >> the san angelo is about $12, $10. the rosa gale is about $19.
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>> christina mariani, thanks for bringing the wine in. >> that does did for us. have a great weekend, everybody! thanks for being with us. >> see you later. we're devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you will ever meet. >> the hot shots killed here from all from this area. >> it is the deadliest fire involving wild land firefighters in 80 years. >> the yarnell fire is now 45% contained. >> i never really worried. they were trained. >> they were the best. >> they were the best of the best. >> egypt is waking up to a new and uncertain era after yesterday's military coup. >> today, egypt has a new president and mohamed morsi is under house arrest. >> the crucial part of president obama's health care law will not kick in on january 1st. >> as far as anyone is aware,
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snowden is still holed up waiting for a country to grant his asylum. >> nelson mandela is on the president's schedule. >> he weighs heavily on our heart. >> a big day for lady liberty. eight months after the tiny island was devastated by superstorm sandy, the iconic statue is reopening to the public. >> this statue represents the idea of welcome. >> that is our morocco on the run. you go, mo. >> he is reaching a state of 25 miles an hour on this video. >> i'm trying to read that at 25 miles an hour. >> that's awesome. >> his marlon brando imitation. >> how many films do you do a year? >> i don't know. it depends, maybe three. too much. >> you have got a big picture of
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a double hamburger here. it might be a big mac. it looks like to me. i have had one before, i know gayle has too. the unhealthiest restaurant meal in the country. >> it is more transfat than you should eat in one week. >> i am thinking a salad might be a good idea. >> hey, myron. >> i'm good. you know a barbecue is good when? >> when your friends don't get sick after they eat it. >> happy fourth to you too! ♪ ♪
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makovec... it's the news commuters have been waiting for... bart tr will return to three th good morning, it is 5 minutes before 9:00. i'm anne makovec. it is the news commuters have been waiting for. bart trains will return to the tracks by 3:00 this afternoon. union leaders agreed last night to return to work while contract talks continue. but they are warning if there is no deal in 30 days, there may be another walkout planned. two people were killed in a richmond house fire early this morning. their son is in the hospital in critical condition. the fire started in a converted garage. arson investigators don't know yet what started it. and a train hit and killed a person this morning near the atherton caltrain station on the peninsula. that happened just after 7 a.m. trains were stopped for about an hour, but have now resumed. elizabeth will have more on the commute in the area coming up.
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first here's lawrence with the forecast. >> big cooldown, anne. the temperatures really going to drop outside as we're seeing a strong sea breeze kicking in carrying with it some low clouds and fog. isn't that a nice sight to see after those 7 days of triple- digit temperatures showing up in the valleys? we'll continue to cool off not only today and night weekend as well as the low clouds and fog going to continue to roll onshore. temperatures today much more comfortable. only in the 80s inland. we'll see 60s and 70s inside the bay and 60s at the coastline. next couple of days we'll keep those temperatures down and warming up on monday and tuesday. your "timesaver traffic" is coming up next. ,, ,,,,,,,,
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lysol. mission for health. good morning. we're now watching an injury crash in petaluma. northbound 101 involving a limo one lane block. delays in both directions. an earlier fatal caltrain accident still causing major delays for caltrain riders single-tracking near the atherton stop. 101 looks okay if you're hitting the roads. also, you may have just heard anne makovec mention bart service set to resume at 3:00 this afternoon. great news for commuters. muni on regular service this morning no delays. and ac transit once again stepping up their transbay bus service. ,,,,,,,,
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