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>> 65? >> 63? >> 67! >> arnold schwarzenegger birthday. lisa kudrow 51. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, july 30th 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." a water main break sends millions of gallons gushing into the streets of los angeles. overnight israeli tanks shell a school in gaza as air strikes intensify. and jesse ventura talks with us about winning millions in a lawsuit against a navy s.e.a.l. and his widow. >> but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i just see water start pouring out. >> a broken water main floods the streets of los angeles. >> just staggering how much was coming out of there. >> a 93-year-old pipe birs sending a geyser of water 30
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feet into the air. >> a newly renovated pauley pavilion sustained significant damage. >> so crazy. i've never seen anything like this. another u.n. school was struck in gaza. at least 15 people were killed. >> this as the u.n. confirms a stockpile of missiles has been found in another one of its schools. >> severe flooding north of denver. residents being warn evidence possible mudslides. >> the wildfire burning in california's yosemite national park is only 34% contained. >> officials in the u.s. and europe are hoping a new round of economic sanctions will have a deep effect on russia. >> president obama has upped the ante. >> it does not have to be this way. this is a choice that russia and president putin in particular has made. >> two women in indiana narrowly escape death after being run over by a 100-car coal train. >> a scare at the phoenix airport. a sky west airlines jet as it was taxiing, an indicator light showed smoke on board. >> washington state, a dramatic rescue after a hiker tumbled
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down a steep embankment. the 25-year-old was hoisted to safety. >> all that -- >> justin bieber and actor orlando bloom apparently got into a little screaming and shoving match. >> get ready ping-pong lovers for an epic 41-shot rally. >> -- and all that matters -- >> a 5-year-old girl and you have a little brother and all of a sudden you realize that he's not going to be so little anymore. >> do you want to stay little forever? >> he's so cute. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> according to "the new york post" beyonce has started shopping for a new apaumtrtment without jay z. it doesn't necessarily mean she's a single lady but she was recently spotted with her hands up. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." as you wake up in the west we begin with a blow to california
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as it battles historic drought. this morning part of los angeles is suffering from too much water. an underground main two and a half feet wide blew open tuesday. water flooded the ucla campus and surround neighborhoods. >> fire crews rescued several people from their cars. teri okita is in westwood where there are questions about why it took so long to stop the flow. teri, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and good morning to viewers here in the west. the crater they're working on behind me is 15 feet wide. the water pressure blasting from the 93-year-old pipe was so powerful that it scattered huge chunks of pavement across one of the busiest roads in southern california. >> it is in the middle of sunset boulevard. >> reporter: in the space of more than four hours late tuesday, almost 10 million gallons of water from a highly pressurized main shot 30 feet in the air. the equivalent of three stories high. the water cascaded down sunset boulevard, rushing through the ucla campus turning stairs into
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water falls. >> so all of that water now going directly into pauley pavilion on the courtside level. >> reporter: the historic home for the ucla bruin basketball team was completely water logged. two years after undergoing a $136 million renovation. bulldozers were called in to create barriers and firefighters piled up sandbags but the damage had been done. the floodwaters were so swift that firefighters struggled to get in position. at its peak water was spewing at the rate of 75,000 gallons a minute. >> our water rescue team has had five rescues. >> reporter: the raft rescues took place when two parking structures filled with water and many car owners couldn't get their vehicles out in time. some were able to drive against the current, while others got stuck on nearby roads, almost completely covered by the muddy floodwaters. quinn halleck saw the ground
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open without warning. >> you could hear the crack of the cement and then just the roar of water as if you're at like a water park. >> reporter: outside officials shut down the pipe gradually to prevent a systemwide shock, while inside pauley pavilion, the mop-up began. >> we have some very old infrastructure that we are gradually replacing. >> unfortunately we lost a lot of water which is not ideal in the worst drought in the city's history. >> reporter: a los angeles water official defended the long delay in turning off the valve, saying we had to find the correct valve. closing off the wrong one would have left people without water. the loss in that break could have supplied more than 100,000 people with water for a day. as for sunset boulevard, it remains closed. in gaza this morning hamas is dismissing an israeli offer of a four-hour cease-fire. attacks overnight killed more than 60 palestinians. at least 15 of them died when
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israeli tank fire hit a u.n. school used as a shelter. that attack happened hours after u.n. workers found hidden missiles in a different school that was empty. israel claims hamas is hiding those weapons. barry petersen is in gaza city. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. well, if anything the israeli attacks seem to be intensifying. they say they have hit more than 4,000 targets since this war began, but it was hitting one target that left people here stunned. for the second time in a week shells plowed into a u.n. school where refugees chased from their homes by the fighting were crammed into classrooms believing that under the u.n.'s protection this was a safe haven. instead, it was a target. we were sleeping under the u.n.'s protection, this woman said. it is enough. have mercy. mercy, like medical supplies is in short supply here. but not mourning. that's never in short supply when metal tears through flesh. but last night the leader of the
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military wing of hamas, only his voice played out on palestinian tv, was unyielding. no cease-fire he said until israel ends its eight-year blockade of gaza and stops the war. this palestinian video was also played, showing hamas fighters shooting their way into an israeli guard post. israel reacted with consternation. israeli media reports say four israeli soldiers were killed and the military is now investigating how hamas fighters pulled this off. fighters who slipped back into the tunnel showing off captured israeli weapons. amid the ongoing attacks, children chased leaflets dropped today by israeli jets telling people to reveal tunnel locations. but if anything the mood here seems sadder but angrier. the palestinians are not animals, he says. we are people.
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the u.n. says it is angry that one of its vacant schools was used to store weapons. this happens again in an empty vacant school. meanwhile the palestinian ministry of health has issued an urgent call. it needs blood donations. russia's foreign ministry says it doesn't understand why president obama accuses russia of not helping the malaysia flight 17 investigation. the downing of that jet in ukraine is the main reason why the u.s. and european union tightened economic sanctions on russia tuesday. at a news conference senior white house correspondent bill plante had ask the president if the u.s. is turning back the clock. >> is this a new cold war, sir? >> no. it's not a new cold war. what it is is a very specific issue related to russia's unwillingness to recognize that ukraine can chart its own path. and i think that if you listen to president poroshenko if you listen to the ukrainian people they have consistently said they seek good relations with russia.
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>> the new sanctions target more russian banks. the u.s. and e.u. will also stop selling arms and energy technology to russia. the senate this morning is expected to reject a spending bill to handle a rush of illegal immigrants. house republican leaders are pitching a cheaper alternative and the white house is looking at ways to change immigration policy without congressional approval. cbs news political director john dickerson is in washington. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> what is the president likely to do? >> reporter: well he's likely to do as much as his lawyers will allow him to do. what the president is looking at is some way to take executive action to deal with the immigration problem. this is not going to be comprehensive immigration reform of the kind that we've heard about the last several years that will deal with those 11.5 million undocumented workers but it will be as much as he can do so it will be delaying some deportations perhaps or issuing some new kinds of work permits. the president has said he's been hemmed in by the limitations on
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his office before when it comes to immigration but now he's going to do as much as he possibly can. >> the word is john that the president may sign this executive action sometime after labor day. we've got did midterm elections. how do you think it will play in some of these key elections if the president is seen as granting work permits, saving 11 million immigrants from deportation. >> again, it will be a smaller portion but no matter how small the portion is there will be a big fight with republicans on this. this immigration question is obviously a hot button issue among conservative voters and you're right to focus on those dozen or so senate races. that's all about who controls the senate will republicans take control of it. it will rile up republicans not just because of the issue of immigration, but this is also a question they say of the president abusing power. depending on how far these executive actions go they'll say he's overstepping the bounds of his office which previously he said are what kept him from acting unilaterally here on the
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immigration question. >> john, we're beginning to hear some people around washington talk about the word "impeachment." where does that conversation go? >> reporter: well it started sort of in the grassroots and sarah palin has been sort of the most vocal person discussing it. the white house -- both the white house and democrats in particular have been talking about this. democrats have raised quite a lot of money from this just as republicans raised a lot of money on the threat of impeachment back in 2006. but john boehner, speaker of the house, has said this is not a serious thing and this is just the white house trying to raise money off of a political scandal. >> all right, john dickerson, thank you. in denver a witness says it looked like a monsoon blew through. a powerful storm dumped heavy rain on the area tuesday. drivers were stranded in high water. rahel solomon from kcnc is in denver where they could see more rain today. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning to our viewers
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in the west. heavy rain hail and thunderstorms pounded this area tuesday with some communities completely washed away. the situation is widespread with at one point almost the entire state being under a flash flood watch. the rain was relentless in colorado tuesday. some areas seeing a 2-inch downpour in just over 20 minutes. >> the rain and the hail was so loud. there was about that much water in the window well. it was like you were under water. >> reporter: reports of water more than two feet deep didn't keep drivers off the roads. this family needed to be rescued after their car became submerged. >> lucky we got down here on time because the car could have filled with more water. >> reporter: and this interstate turned into a lake as traffic in the mile high city slowed to a crawl. the water was strong enough to unleash this 600-foot-long mudslide. crews working through the night clearing the mess. no injuries were reported. and some of the hardest-hit areas, firefighters say they received nearly a dozen calls
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from drivers stuck in floodwaters. officials are warning people if they can't see the ground turn around. and this morning we have already seen heavy rain though it has been missing for the last several hours. emergency crews are on stand-by for any more threats of mudslides as we're expecting more rain later today. the flash flood lasts until later this afternoon. a wildfire in california's yosemite national park is still too dangerous for people to return home this morning. about 45 families are being kept away. crews are fighting from above in a battle that's claimed 5.5 square miles since saturday. this morning the fire is about 35% contained. a grim find inside an american military plane overseas is raising new security questions and concerns this morning. david martin is at the pentagon with the investigation. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the pentagon is trying to figure out how a young man managed to breach security and stow himself away aboard a u.s. military aircraft. the body was found sunday night
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in the wheel well of a c-130 transport, which had just landed in ramstein germany. the young man had lodged himself in a location where he could not be seen during normal preand post-flight checks. admiral john kirby. >> the decent was an adolescent black male possibly of african origin. the aircraft had just returned from supporting africa command operations with stops in a few countries. at this pointing it is unknown where or when the deceased swrd the landing gear wheel well. >> reporter: the flight originated in senegal flew east, stopping in mali and chad then north before returning to its home base in germany at the end of an eight-day journey. the pentagon said security at some of those airfields is not up to american standards, which raised the question -- >> aren't these aircraft supposed to be guarded at all times? >> well i think certainly that will all be part of the investigation. they're looking at security
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implications here for how a young man could get inside the wheel well of an air force aircraft. >> reporter: this appears to be the story of a young man desperately trying to escape to a better life. but what if he had been a terrorist loaded with explosives? suddenly that scenario doesn't seem so far-fetched. charlie. >> david thanks. american missionary groups are telling their aid workers to leave west africa this morning because of the deadliest ebola outbreak in history. the order came on the same day as dr. sheikh humarr khan. he contracted ebola while treating infected patients. the outbreak has killed nearly 700 people in four countries. an american doctor and health care worker are among those infected and receiving treatment. tanned skin is damaged skin and could cost you your life. that's the message in a new report from the acting u.s. surgeon general. rear admiral boris lushniak says
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there is a 200% jump in deadly skin cancer cases since the 1970s. he blames both indoor and outdoor tanning and now has a call to action plan in place. you should check your skin for new moles and use at least one ounce of sunscreen every two hours. doctors remind you to protect your kids because sun burns during childhood can increase the cancer risk as they grow up. this morning the insurance institute for highway safety is putting more cars to the test. for the first time small electric cars are being compared to other small vehicles. jeff pegues is in washington where the new results show a lot of room for improvement. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the results were not good for half of the cars tested. the ihs crashed 12 small cars like this one to mimic how the cars react in a crash. the side of the cars react in a crash if they hit a pole or a tree at 40 miles per hor. with more small cars on the
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roads, consumers want to know if they are save. of the dozen cars tested by the insurance institute for highway safety, only one of them earned a good rating in the small overlap front crash test. the mini cooper. iihs's joe nolan conducted the research. >> this space is for you, the driver. and you want that space to be well maintained in a crash, even a severe crash. this space up in the fronting is sacrificial. this is designed to absorb energy absorb crash forces and do it in a way that doesn't impinge on you. >> reporter: the electric powered chevrolet vote earned an acceptable rating in the test. but according to the iihs other small cars didn't adequately protect the driver. the fiat 500-l, the nissan juke
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the electric powered nissan leaf were all poor performers. at the bottom of the list was the mazda 5. the iihs says the car struggled because of a host of structural and restraint system problems. >> your occupant compartment is there to protect you. in these vehicles the compartment itself collapses from the forces of the crash. >> reporter: in response to the poor showing, mazda told us its vehicle received the institute's top rating of good in the frontal moderate overlap and roof strength test while the kriester group says the fiat 500-l continues to offer a high level of protection. nissan says it's proud of the juke and leaf's rating in other iihs tests. they also tested the batteries in those electric-powered cars. they say they did not find any fire-related issues in the batteries for the chevy volt as well as the nissan leaf. norah. >> all right, jeff thank you. passengers and beach goers are safe this morning after
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another small plane ended up on the florida coast. the pilot felt the engine stop so he touched ground on a crowded miami beach. the four people in the single engine plane are fine. no one on the beach was hurt. on sunday a small plane crashed on a beach near sarasota killing a dad and his 9-year-old daughter who were on the ground. and it is 7:19. ahead on "cbs this morning" jesse ventura's big legal victory. he some low clouds and fog settling in around a good parted of the bay area, though starting to break up. i think by the afternoon, going to become hot in spots. still, as we take you out towards san jose, you can see some of the clouds there in the distance. we have seen some monsoonal clouds again moving on through even bringing some scattered light showers into the north bay this morning and some thunderstorms toward the central valley and the sierra nevada. this afternoon, though, this will be the hottest day of the week up in the 90s inland, 70s and 80s in the bay and 60s toward the coastline.
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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, it is a wednesday, 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening around the bay area right now. firefighters in oakland battled a two-alarm blaze at 47th and melrose. no word on how it started or if anyone was injured. a number of people were evacuated. crews are battling two wildfires in northern california. a wildfire in the western side of yosemite national park now 34% contained. the fire up in the sierra foothills south of placerville 85% contained. the minimum wage in something could reach $15 an hour by july of 2018. yesterday the board of supervisors with the backing of mayor lee unanimously voted to put the issue on the upcoming november ballot. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.
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a vehicle fire in oakland causing problems eastbound 580. edwards off-ramp shut down. main lines a little busy, as well. things are busy as well as you work your way 580 near 24. and the bay bridge still stacked up metering lights on backed up into the maze as well as the approaches to the bay bridge. and slow-and-go on the eastshore freeway commute getting a bit better at the altamont pass. >> the fog looking thicker around the bay area this morning. if you are headed out the door, the clouds surging further onshore today. you can see nice sea of fog out there right now. some sunshine up above. and we are going to see plenty of that sun into the afternoon but the monsoonal clouds still moving in the sierra nevada. some thunderstorms up there, as well. light sprinkles in the north bay early this morning temperatures by the afternoon should be in the 90s inland. 70s and 80s inside the bay. 60s and low 70s out toward the coastline. safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. that's why they have lots of ways
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i don't want him to grow up. that you want him to stay little forever? >> yeah. he's so cute. >> because he's so cute and it makes you cry? >> yeah. i don't want him to die when i'm a hundred. >> oh the baby's face. >> isn't that the cutest thing you have ever seen?hundred. >> oh, the baby's face. >> isn't that the cutest thing you have ever seen?
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>> that video has gone viral. viewed by more than 1.5 times in the last two days. >> i don't know what's cuter, guys. the way she's crying or the little expression on her brother's face. >> i know. >> may they always -- what a treasure. >> how dwloung think this relationship will last? >> about 6 or 7 and they start to turn. >> so nice. >> enjoy it while it lasts. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour former minnesota governor jesse ventura is standing by to join us. he was awarded $2 million in a defamation suit against a deceased navy s.e.a.l. and his widow. while he felt the need to defend his reputation. plus this is no hollywood stunt. two women tried to outrun a train on a narrow bridge. the train was a lot faster. see why they're out of danger. that's ahead. there's an investigation into forensic errors. the fbi and justice didn't
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started the review two years ago. they came under criticism after they stalled for a year. microscopic hair matches might have led to hundreds of wrong convictions. smith got into trouble while kmejt on the nfl's suspension of running back ray rice. rice was charged following an alleged assault of his then fiancee. he seemed to suggest that women should make sure not to provoke the attack. he offered an on air apology on monday. >> to say my response is wrong was an understatement. to say i'm sorry doesn't do the matter justice to be quite honest but i do sincerely apologize. >> he said this was the most egregious mistake of his career. in florida they say watch out for flesh-eating bacteria.
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people who swim with open wounds or have a weak immune system are the most vulnerable. there have been five cases last year. two of them have been deadly. >> yikes. cena says twitter is improving its ability the grow. the social networking giant said more users and more tweets led to a growth. investors pushed shares up 26% yesterday. and "the washington times" says a mother in florida was arrested for letting her 7-year-old son walk half a mile to the park alone. nicole gainey was charged with child neglect. she plans to fight the charges. jesse ventura is celebrating a courtroom win this morning. we'll talk with former governor in just a moment. a minnesota jury decided tuesday that a fellow navy s.e.a.l.
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damaged jesse ventura's reputation. >> chris kyle was the deadliest sniper. he wrote in his 2012 book that he punched out a celebrity in a california bar back in 2006. he said he was running his mouth about the iraq war. kyle said the man took a swing at him and after that scruff face ended up on the floor but in promotional floors he identified the man he slugged as jesse ventura. and he said you know we deserve to lose a few guys. >> jesse said that? >> yeah. >> ventura was in town for a navy graduation but said the incident never happen. in 2012 shortly after the book was published he filed a defamation lawsuit against the author. kyle was shot and killed by a fellow veteran on a texas gun range in 2013 but the
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high-profile lawsuit continued. in videotaped testimony taken before his death, kyle said his story was accurate. the federal jury deliberated for six days and on tuesday awarded ventura close to $2 million. his attorney said the case was about ventura's reputation. >> it is a victory in a sense that the jury did tell the world chris kyle's story is a lie and it was a fabrication. >> former governor ventura joins us from minneapolis with an interview you'll only see on "cbs this morning." good morning. >> good morning. >> why pursue this lawsuit? >> well you pursue a lawsuit for the truth. i would have been a big-time loser had i not pursued the lawsuit pause in the lawsuit, the whole story was fabricated. i was accused of treason which in the military is the death penalty. i would thank would inspire
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anyone to seek the truth. the bottom line is that's all that happened. let's be clear on something. taya kyle had all of her attorney fees paid by insurance. did not. i incurred 2 1/2 years of lawyer fees that i have to pay to clear my name and she had insurance paying everything for her. >> some suggest, jesse, that you may have damaged your reputation by pursuing a lawsuit against the widow. >> well if seeking the truth damages you, then we live in a pretty sorry world, don't we when the truth can hurt you and the truth came out. it never occurred. that's all i sought from it. and i'm already damaged. i can't go to a s.e.a.l. reunion anymore. that was the one place where i always felt safe. i can't go there anymore. i'd be looking over my shoulder now wondering who's going to come after me next.
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so don't think i come oust this unscathed. all i wanted to do was clear my name and it has nothing to do with the widow or anything like that. it was me against an insurance company. >> mrs. kyle also said jesse, the truth is the truth. she doesn't think you're telling the truth. she said she's never out of this fight. do you have any plans to reach out to her? >> no, i don't. you're not supposed to talk to the other side. you know she can say what she wants. there wasn't one witness that saw me get hit. >> does it bother you that you might have won the case but you were certainly getting hammered in dours of public opinion? >> i'm not getting hammered in the court of public opinion. people are walking up to me every day and shanking my hand. there's no -- how am i getting hammered in the court of public opinion? because i sought the truth. the truth gets you hammered in the court of opinion? if the true doesn't that i'll accept it.
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i believe in the truth and i still do "today." >> go ahead. >> chris cylekyle was a navy s.e.a.l. >> soo was i. >> he has a wife and two children, 9-year-old and 11-year-old. the state has to pay out over a million dollars in fees. what are you going do with the money? >> pay my lawyers. again, like i said i didn't have an insurance company paying the freight for me. i had to pay my own. you know it's unfortunate, but the jury rendered that decision. jesse ventura did not rep der how and why the money would be paid. that came from a jury not from me. so if you're going to question the money, question the jury. they made that decision. governor jesse ventura did not. >> you were in a bar with chris kyle and you did get in an argument, correct? >> no we did not. no we did not. i have no recollection of chris
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kyle until june 2012 at the first settlement prehearing. did i meet him. probably. we have pictures out there. i posed for picture. there's no hostility whatever in the photos that we submitted in court and pictures the next day of me. i'm on blood thinners. if i get hit i bleed. i can't shave with bladed razor. i have to use election conservative. you're telling me this guy -- and i'm 255 pounds -- there wouldn't have been a mark on me and knock med down? i sthoinch. >> why do you think chris kyle said this? >> it sells. it's called a sea story. it happens all the time. one sailor lies to another sailor. that second sailor tells the story three or four times and all of a sudden it's the truth. they were drunk, drinking heavily and it was a story that
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happened in another bar and erupted six years later. >> do you plan to take further question? >> i plan to visit harper collins. they published the book and did no due diligence to find out if the story was true. >> all right. governor jesse ventura, thank you so much. >> thank you. ahead, two women trap odden a tall bridge face a train barreling town the tracks. how they survive. that's next on "cbs this morning."
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train rumbling down the track. dean reynolds has a story of their quick thinking and survival. >> reporter: initially it might have seemed like a bright idea to these two women. 80 feet abackove the creek with only the narrow rail bed to walk on. what could go wrong. what did go wrong is that a 14,000-ton train traveling from bloomington to indianapolis began to cross the bridge at the same time. >> 80 feet off the ground to the point with they were. if they had jumped. if that hadn't killed them it would have severely injured them. >> reporter: with no time to spare the women made a split-second decision, diving in between the tracks with the 100-car train passing on tom of them. >> you have the wood cross ties holding things in place. from that is seven inches and from the top of the rail to the bottom of the plow here maybe 4 inches. so you're talking 10 11 inches
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at most. >> the women survived by laying flush with the train tracks where the 10 inches of space barely separated them. >> the train was only moving 25 mile as hour and it stook took about a thousand feet for that train to stop. >> after clearing the bridge and the two women the train finally came to a stop. the two fled the scene but were later identified by their license plate. they're likely to be charged with criminal trespassing. for "cbs this morning," dean reynolds, chicago. >> we have video of this because trains have video on the front? is that what happens? >> that's what happened in this particular case. there was a train in the engineer. the engineer had a train in this area. what i think is so strange is why would you take a walk on a train track that's 80 feet up with nowhere to go. somebody's looking out for them. that's crazy. >> that's something you would
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do, is it? >> is that on y some low clouds and fog settling in around a good part of the bay area, though starting to break up. i think by the afternoon, going to become hot in spots. still, as we take you out towards san jose, you can see some of the clouds there in the distance. we have seen some monsoonal clouds again moving on through even bringing some scattered light showers into the north bay this morning and some thunderstorms toward the central valley and the sierra nevada. this afternoon, though, this will be the hottest day of the week up in the 90s inland, 70s and 80s in the bay and 60s toward the coastline. . we're used to seeing handsome faces in "gq" magazine but we'll show you the true beauty behind this image. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. she's a unicorn... ...and a pegasus. and why is she strapped to the roof of my rav4?
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modernization plan at the good morning, everybody. it is 7:56. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening around the bay area right now. richmond city council approved a modernization plan of chevron refinery late last night. hundreds attended the council meeting before the vote. chevron agreed to spend millions on community investment and safety upgrades at their refinery. raymond "shrimp boy" chow will be arraigned later today. he is one of 28 people charged in the corruption case that involves the state senator leland yee. chow faces new racketeering charges amid new allegation of drug running and money laundering. 18 people including eight children all forced to evacuate after this fire in the east oakland area this morning. the fire started at a home on 47th and milrose avenue around
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good morning. i'm gianna franco from the traffic center. and let look at conditions along 237. getting word of an accident westbound near great america parkway. slow north 101 through san jose. northbound 280 also starting to see some delays as you work your way through san jose. gets better on 280 as you head towards the peninsula. bay bridge still stacked up, metering lights are on. lawrence? >> all right. a lot of clouds out there now. we have some monsoonal clouds sweeping through the state. some showers and some thunderstorms in the high country and the central valley. looks like throughout the day we are going to see things clear out nicely.
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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, july 30th 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including a new study that shows when it coming to dieting, timing is everything. but first, here's a look at today's eye opener at 8:00. >> the water pressure blasting from the 93-year-old pipe was so powerful. >> it scattered huge chunks of pavement. >> the water started coming down on to the ucla campus. >> i drove my car right through there, and it almost washed away. >> if anything the israeli attacks seemed to be intensifying. >> heavy rain, hail and thunderstorms pounded this area tuesday with some communities completely washed away. >> the pentagon is trying to
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figure out how a young man managed to breach security and stou himself aboard a military aircraft. >> the ihs crashed 12 small cars. the results were not good for half of the cars tested. >> i was accused of treason, which in the military ends in the death penalty. i think that would be enough to inspire anyone to seek the truth. >> two women barely escaped with their lives after getting caught on an indiana railway tresz el. >> vince gully is coming back. >> not only are players happy, but so are dodger fans. >> is that cutest thing you have ever seen? >> today's eye opener at 8:00 is presented by comfort inn. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. this morning, los angeles is still addressing the damage from a giant water main break. people want to know why it took four hours to turn off the flow.
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up to 10 million gallons of water flooded the area including the ucla campus. >> the city's famous basketball arena was hard hit. officials still don't know why a 30-inch pipe under sunset boulevard broke. it cut a hole in the pavement 15 feet wide. a spokesman for israel's military says a cease-fire is now under way. hamas calls it propaganda because some areas are left out. israel's military says hamas militants shot first, firing mortars from near that school. on tuesday u.n. workers found missiles hidden inside an empty gaza school. speaker john boehner's lawsuit threat against president obama could become a reality today. house lawmakers are expected to vote on whether to allow the suit. >> democrats are using the lawsuit debate to raise campaign
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cash. and now the white house says it's worried with about impeachment. nancy cordis is on capitol hill where the gop is backing away from my mention of that idea. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well democrats argue if republicans are willing to sue the president, who's to say they won't get a step further and try to impeach him. it turns out that is a message that gets democratic donors to open their wallets like almost nothing else. . >> listen it's all a scam started by democrats at the white house. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner insisted again yesterday he isn't interested in impeachment. >> we have no plans to impeach the president. >> reporter: but the white house press secretary wasn't convinced. >> i suspect that there may be members of the republican conference that didn't receive the memo. >> reporter: and the senate's top democrat brought it up too. >> republicans are spending their time talking about impeachment and suing the
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president. this is -- this is a degree higher than absurdity, and i don't know what that is. >> reporter: there are some republicans who have openly mused about impeachment. michigan's kerry bentivolio said impeachment would be a dream come true. >> ask some of them. sue him, impeach him. really? really? for what? >> reporter: but most republicans have ruled it out, including some of the president's harshest critics. >> i don't think that will happen. i think the president would like to see congress bring about impeachment against him because i think he sees it politically that would help his party. >> a resolution impeaching william jefferson clinton, president of the united states -- >> reporter: when president clinton was impeached in 1998 republicans experienced a backlash losing seats in the
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house and later their majority in the senate. democrats have sent out a slew of fundraising e-mails warning supports that republicans might give it a try with mr. obama. on monday alone, the democratic congressional campaign committee raised $1 million. >> this is in fact a defining contrast between democrats and republicans. and we will run on it. >> reporter: and so voters will probably be hearing a lot about impeachment all through the august break when democrats are campaigning in their home districts, just like republicans will be talking about suing the president, which is catnip to their base. although, if both sides were being honest they would admit neither initiative is likely to go anywhere. >> all right. nancy, thank you. and this morning, you'll find a new face inside the pages of "gq" magazine. it's one you won't see in the movies but still has an incredible story to tell. 39-year-old richard norris modeled for the feature story this month about his ground breaking face transplant.
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norris was 22 years old when he lost his nose, jaw, teeth, and tongue after a shotgun incident. he lived with his parents for 15 years embarrassed to show his disfigured face in public. about two years ago, doctors at the university of maryland medical center performed the most extensive face transplant in history. norris' chance for survival was at 50%. and look at this now. he has a girlfriend. he enjoys fly fishing and is raising awareness for organ donation. >> so glad he's sharing his story and to see what technology and medicine can do. nice. >> good for the people of university of maryland. >> yeah. a new report this morning might have you second guessing before chowing down at your favorite restaurants. the center for science in the public interest claims many meals from certain chains are loaded with calories sodium
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and fat. it says one of the worst choices is red robin's monster meal. the word monster meal might be a clue. anything that says monster means not so great. the burger steak fries a salted caramel shake will set you back 3500 calories. that's like having seven double cheeseburgers from mcdonald's, plus a quart of soda. for a sweet treat, the cheesecake factory offered a bruleed french toast. and the big hook up platter from joe's crab shack gives you 7600 milligrams of sodium. paramedic, anyone? the cheesecake factory and red robin say they offer plenty of healthy options. if you choose a fatty mcfat option, they say, it's on you. >> i need a lipitor just listening to that. >> i know. ahead on "cbs this morning," some girls start trying to lose weight when they're only 7 years
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in our morning rounds about half of teenage girls say they recently tried to lose weight. now research from florida state university finds that girls who start dieting earlier are more likely to be obese and have other health problems later on. dr. diane hess is a pediatrician and dietary specialist. that seems counterintuitive that if you start early it's going to cause problems later on. you're saying let's take the word diet out of our vocabulary. >> whenever kids come to my office, i like to talk about healthy lifestyle, healthy nutrition. if a mother or parent throws out the word diet i say, let's not
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use the word diet. that's temporary, a quick fix. that's what these kids have in their head. they see these commercials, these before and after photos. i think really talking about being healthy on the inside. >> why does it start causing problems if you diet or eat healthy earlier? >> i think in this study, they're focusing on duotwo groups of children. probably the girls having body image issues. they start early dieting. they have this ideal that unattainable and do things like purging and taking laxatives and following fad diets. then they have the other group of kids who are overweight. they think if they do these diets, you know, if i go on extreme low-carb or low this or low that i'll lose my weight and be fine. we know from those studies that anybody who does any kind of these extreme diets, they gain their weight back and more. it's a cycle. >> this is an alarming but
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important study because i think many parents, mothers and fathers, hear this and say, i have a teenager who may be dieting now. this suggests they're going to have probleming for a lifetime. what should a parent do? >> well, i think it should be an open discussion with your child. say, i understand you want to eat healthy, we could do it as a family. let's not do anything extreme. do you want a gym membership? do you want to join the y? do you want to go walking after dinner. i think a healthy discussion and preparing the meals together not sneak behind your parents' backs to do things. i think parents have to be aware of what their kids are doing. even with boys who want to do wrestling. they sometimes do extreme dieting to lose weight. there's all different -- kids are savvy. >> what about parents' behavior? >> they have to model. i was talking earlier that some of my parents that i take care of, they have eating disorders themselves, and their kids mimic what they do. so they want to be on a diet like their mom. >> and if you're a parent and you look at your kids how do you know for sure they've crossed the line?
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>> extreme weight loss things with girls like skin changes, hair falling out with anorexia. if you see the clothes are falling of them low energy level or going to the gym for a very long time like two or three hours at a time hiding wrappers in their book bags under their mattresses. there's all different signs. >> thank you, dr. diane hess. nice to see you again. and ahead, ben tracy shows is us how one company creates almost anything from practically nothing. how could that be? >> that's right. we all know climate change is a big problem. this red plastic chair could be part of the solution. we'll show you how coming up on "cbs this morning." ncer: "cbs morning rounds" sponsored by citracal maximum. highly soluble, easily absorbed. our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. easily absorbed calcium plus d. beauty is bone deep. thank you daddy for defending our country. thank you for your sacrifice
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a new warning about one of the great challenges of our time. a white house report says failing to cut carbon pollution could cost the u.s. economy $150 billion a year. ben tracy shows us a company that thinks it may have solve add big part of the problem. ben, good morning. >> good morning, guys. part of the pollution problem is plastic, but this plastic chair i'm sitting in was actually made out of pollution that would otherwise seep the atmosphere. it's one way to get rid of the carbon emissions created by the plastics industry every year. this building in costa mesa
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california, looks unremarkable. what's happening inside sounds unreal. so that's plastic that was literally made out of thin air. >> we would be breathing this right now. >> mark harama is the ceo of new technologies. he sees both sides of the climate debate. >> we have people on one side who say if we react, i it's going to cost the economy. they're not wrong. on the other side we have people who say it's a huge problem and we need to do something about it. 245i're not wrong either. the problem is they haven't been able to find something that works for both sides. >> reporter: the 32-year-old has found a way to do something. he's found a way to make plastic out of emissions rather than with fossil fuel and oil. he's found a way to do it cheaper. he's been working on it for 11 years when he started the company with his friend kenton
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kimmel in his parents' garage. >> the think that was missing is no one knew how to do it cost-effectively. >> i imagine you had a lot of doubters. what were people telling you? >> i don't thinkky repeat quotes. >> a lot of you're blank crazy? >> yeah, things like that. >> they're fed into this 50-foot tall reactor in new life california. baunldle of enzymes strips out the carbon and oxygen and rearranges it into a substance called aircarbon. it is then melted down and cooled inside these tubes and sliced into thee plastic pell lots that can be molded into anything. >> like bird food. >> or a disruptive technology that's going to change the world. >> one
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at a recent "fortune magazine" event michael dell announced he'll be using the plastic to wrap his computers. dan cameron, a physicist at berkeley says it's whether they can grow the business enough to disrupt the $80 billion plastics injury. >> if you can capture car button out of the air and do it over long periods of time. you not only get the product but you've reduced the and of greenhouse gases in the air and that ice something that companies and governments around the world pay for today. >> herrema says a big break through has made it ten times more efficient and that will help them grow. >> a lot of people ask how do you do that. we don't tell that. >> that's one of the secrets? >> that's one of the secrets.
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>> he hopes that secret is also a solution we can hold in our hands. >> this case would have been otherwise floating through the air. you're responsible. you pulled the carbon out of the air. >> i know this sounds like mack inthan science. you each get a cell phone case. that's for norah, charlie. i got them in charlie's favorite color. it's very hard to read. it says pulled from the air for norah o'donnell, charlie rose, gayle king. that would otherwise be up in the air and we'd be breathing it. >> it seems like a disruptive technology. >> do they get any tax incentives for doing this? >> no. they say they're not necessarily doing it for the environment. they just think this is a cost-effective way to make plastic. >> it's of benefit. >> exactly. >> thank you, ben. her books have sold more than 25 million companies.
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author diana your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, it's 8:25. i'm for news headlines. firefighters in oakland battled a two-alarm blaze at a home on 47th and melrose avenue. no word on how it started or if anyone was injured. also crews are making more progress battling two wildfires in northern california. a wildfire on the western side of yosemite national park is now 34% contained. and a fire in the sierra foothills south of placerville is 85% contained. the minimum wage in san francisco could reach $15 an hour by july of 2018. yesterday, the board of supervisors with the backing of mayor lee unanimously voted to put the issue on the november ballot. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. $197 mattress sale
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good morning. as you head out, delays 680 northbound accident at north valley. slow in both directions. westbound 24 pretty busy through walnut creek. elsewhere 92 westbound as you work your way towards foster city some brake lights. overall about 20 minutes between 880 and 101. eastbound no delays. golden gate bridge extra volume on the southbound side of 101 as you approach the bridge. but across the span traffic moving into san francisco at some nice speeds westbound 80
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eastshore freeway still recovering from earlier delays. but getting better. we are still seeing a bit of a backup approaching the bay bridge. altamont pass slow and go. westbound 580 stays sluggish towards 680. and a live look at the bridge, meet are still on. that's traffic here's lawrence. >> and we have seen more clouds around the bay area this morning. some low clouds and fog surging further onshore, a little dense fog approaching the coastline into san francisco. we have some of that thick fog outside, as well. now, i think as we head throughout the day today we are going to see a whole lot of sunshine. still some monsoonal clouds lingering in our skies and continuing over the sierra nevada some thunderstorms there. we even have had scattered light rain in the north bay early on this morning. this afternoon hot, temperatures into the upper 90s in the hottest spots inland. about 97 in livermore. 89 in napa. 71 in san francisco. but a pretty good breeze by the afternoon. and that breeze will continue and intensify the next few days bringing with it more low clouds and fog. and some cooler temperatures into the weekend. every mercedes-benz is made with the highest level of enginee
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour he makes it his mission to come face to face with great white sharks. yep. biologist taylor chapel does this on purpose. there he is. hello, taylor chapel. that's a good thing. we'll show you what he learned when he attached a high-tech camera to a shark's fin. >> also in studio 57 author diana gabaldon. and hewitt make its way to the screen after it was published. that's ahead. our partners at cnet says the hilton will allow guests to
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when i was rubbing her back the baby shot out. it fell into the water real quick and i took it out. >> the baby named libby is doing fine. 6 pounds 7 ounces soaking wet. >> i love that. the baby shot out. >> the "sydney morning herald" recalled a poster for the new teenage mutant ninja movie. it showdown the shells moving from a burning skyscraper. the link to 9/11 triggered intend backlash on social media. paramount says combines tij and release date was a mistake. and a former boy band out of synch. it caught you they're
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releasing a new n synch album tomorrow. #theycare. they follow adventures around the chapel getting smacked in the chin by a shark's fin. he's a shark specialist. good morning. you're a shark specialist. >> yeah. >> what did you learn?
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>> they're amazing creatures. the cameras are giving us insight to be on board with them. wi want to know what they're doing when they're not around us. so that's w these cameras and tags enable us to do is follow the shark, see what it sees and recommend experience the ocean as they do. >> what are they doing and what do you see? >> they spend a lot of time swimming as you can imagine. you know a lot of times they're cruising along the bottom. they're just really -- you know they're part of that system, part of that ecosystem. so they're looking around for prey they're looking for other sharks, that kind of thing. you can imagine what we found -- they're not hunting and eating all the time. >> do they develop relationships? >> i don't know if we can pick anything like that out. they definitely develop a relationship with their food you know. >> do they recognize other sharks? >> they do.
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they do recognize other sharks. they're keenly aware of kwhaefr's around them. they recognize sharks, other animals. >> i wondered, too, if they had emotion. can they tell the difference between a seal and a human being for instance. you were saying at one point in the video the seal is like an all-you-can-eat buffet. do they know the difference whether it's me or a seal. >> because you don't want to be a buf faye. >> i don't want to be part of somebody's all-you-can-eat buffet. >> that's the amazing thing. woe can be doing research and there can be 15 sharks. you can see guys if the lineup just down the way and those sharks are able to discern what's food, what's not. i surf. i go out in the water after i
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work with sharks. >> you get a lift out of the water. the video is amazing. lift out of the water, lift somebody and go back in the water. >> something not somebody. >> you all, everybody o than crew practically risked their life to get this shot. >> for us it's a cot benefit. everything you do you weigh the risk and the outcome. for us it worked out. we got this amazing footage amazing data. >> what's the most amazing thing about them? >> everything. that's -- i don't think your show is long enough. >> give me the top two? >> the top two that they are these incredible predators and it goes back to your question. they are discerning. they're able to pick out what's food, what's not and exist in these oceans in a way that's just -- it really is amazing. it's amazing to see them. >> we talk a lot about sharns on
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this program but what does the health of the sharks tell us about the health of the ocean? >> sharks are sort of the september knell of the ocean. they're the top of the food chain so they give us an idea what a healthy system is. on the west coast it's like a blew serengeti. white sharks are your lion. they tell you how healthy are oeft r ef of your system is. it's a good indication that you have all the other populations. >> how are the oceans on the west coast? >> right now we're doing well. have a lot of protective things. we do well to protect our sharks. >> i tell you this. until i saw a video i never saw a sharp-tailed -- the way that guy moves and the way he propels himself, that's fascinating. >> i got a close -- >> he hit you. >> yeah. you get a sense of how --
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>> be glad i'm not your mother or girlfriend or sister because i'm be on you all the time. that's amazing. taylor chapple is his name. the program is called "die trying" and they almost do. the authors said they tried and tried and tried and finally they said they got it right. we'll
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people go out of their minds for "outlander," the wildly popular first book in diane gabaldon's first book. mysteriously swept back in time to 17 h 3 and into the arms of a smoking hot scottish warrior. >> ah, yes. >> yes, sam, yes. more than 25 million copies of the book have been sold. it's a series that mixes fantasy, history, and romance is being aired for tv. >> we'll be waiting. we go. >> i'm not going with you.
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>> yes, you are. >> are you going to cut my throat if i don't? >> i went, but you don't look that heavy. now, if you won't walk i shah pick you up and throw you over my shoulder. do you want me to do that? >> yes, i do. they join us at the table. congratulations and william. let's start with you, diana, since it all started from your words. you said this is the first time that an adaptation did not want to make you burst into flames. did you think they couldn't do it? >> i thought they could. >> you were very nervous about the process. >> for 20-odd years people have been trying to make a two-hour mirror of that book but it's impossible. i read scripts by very well known screen writers and some made me burst into flames.
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with 16 hours to deal, it's a much more feasible proposition than trying to squish it into two. i was thrilled by that and much more so by ron's reputation and even more so by meeting him and his partner. >> the producer. >> the producer, yes. >> it's incredible 20 years ago you wrote "outlander" and now your eighth book "written in my own blood." what's the inspiration for your first book? >> you'll laugh. it was that i wanted to write a book to learn how to write a novel. i was a research professor, knew my way around the library and i was looking for a time and place to set it. i had seen an old "dr. who" book. i thought you have to start somewhere. >> you decided to write a book
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so you could learn to write a novel. >> yes, exactly. that's the best way. >> and were the two of you familiar with the sooergs,eries, katarina? you go first. >> no, i hadn't heard about it until i got the audition. then when i learned they wanted to tift, i called up my local bookstore and they had one copy left and i said i'll be there in five minutes. as i was buying the book he said you know they're going to make a movie oucht this book. i thought it was a good omen. >> you're irish. >> yes. >> teamed one a scotsman. >> terribly difficult job but yes, i am. >> was your hair always like that? you look like a scottish warrior. very sexy. >> thank you very much. yes, i would come back here any time you want. no. it was a great prospect. i had to put on a bit of weight
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and grow out my hair. i'm really enjoying it. >> had you read any of the books? >> no. i did the same as katarina. i went online. i was a huge battle star ga lakt khafan and star war fan. >> people always maim comparisons to "game of thrones." >> externally it's a well financed beautifully run show extensive, spectacular and based on a huge and fairly popular chain of books so to speak. >> "game of thrones" is not historical fiction but it's fiction and involved warriors and stuff. don't you think that's helped in some ways in london. ing your show? >> of course. showing that you can base a long running series of shows based on the books and not only be based on the book bus paralleling the world of the books. it dwivs extra dimension to the fan os the book and the show
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itself and we hope lit draw in other people to the books. >> there's so many fans of the book, sam and katrina, and they have preconceiving ideas about what the people should look like, what jamie should look like. i think they did all right. were you worried about whether you would be able to live up to people's fantasies? >> i've been waiting for this to come out for 20 years. we didn't want to mess it up. but everyone on the show is a fan of the books. we've tried to stay as authentic and as close to the books as possible. i think we've done that. >> do you wear a lot of kilts? >> i do. they're breezy. i was going to wear them today. >> do you wear them the way they're supposed to? >> like a true scotsman. >> i can't see underneath when i'm at home. >> you never know.
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>> good for you. >> diana, are there a lot of steamy sex scenes in this. >> yeah. it's a story of people who are not only attracted to each other, forced to be married, but then, you know, remain married for quite a long time. as i said originally it's not a romance. romance are over when the courtship is over. this is a story of people who share their lives for 50 years old and sex is a part of that. >> katrina what about this nurse. >> it's such a dream role to play. she's such a strong intelligent woman. i'm researching that time period. it's incredible. my grandmother was a nurse in the second world war, so i have an emotional link to that and i read about the nurs there on the front lines and you realize the strength of people in that time and what they went through and how they were able to just pick themselves up and constantly move forward and think that's something that clair does. >> thanks to all of you.d gail
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around all day. i follow you on instagram. this is too funny. that's next on "cbs this morning." >> it's not a mystery. >> it's not a
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so here's a question. have you ever had a stupid moment with two os in your life? i had one yesterday. i put it on instagram. at a meeting i just discovered i was wearing my dress backward all day. and adam says -- he's the creator -- i was wondering why it looked strange on "cbs this morning." i wore it all day long. >> it looked beautiful. >> so now i'm thinking maybe
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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. it's 8:55. time for some news headlines. richmond city council approves a modernization plan at the chevron refinery. hundreds attended last night's council meeting. chevron is going to spend millions on upgrades and community investments. raymond "shrimp boy" chow will be arraigned today. he is one of the 28 people charged in the corruption case involving state senator leland yee. chow faces new racketeering charges amid allegations every drug running and money laundering. also, 18 people including eight children were forced to evacuate after a fire in east oakland this morning. the fire started at a home on 47th and melrose avenue around 3:30 this morning. flames quickly spread to a
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second building. we are going to check in lawrence for a look at the weather. >> we have more low clouds and fog and the bay area this morning. it's going to break up and leave lots of sunshine behind. today actually going to be the hottest day of the week. looking good into san jose although you see a couple of clouds in the distance. more sunshine on the way today. some monsoonal clouds continuing in the sierra nevada. but i think the monsoon going to slide east. we are going to clear out skies and less muggy, too. temperatures hot inland today, though, 95 concord, 97 livermore, about 86 in san jose, and 71 and breezy into san francisco. next couple of days, we'll slowly cool down the temperatures a few more clouds coming our way too, but back to normal over the weekend. we are going to check out your "kcbs traffic" when we come back.
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good morning bart delays at west oakland. 10- to 15-minute delay in the sfo and millbrae directions. mass transit is right on time this morning. checking the roads, bay bridge still busy. metering lights are on but a bit of an improvement from earlier this morning where we had an accident north 880 though really stacked up this morning. you're seeing almost a 30- minute delay from 238 to the maze on the northbound side. southbound gets busy near hayward. golden gate bridge not bad. clear out of marin county, no delays to report. and westbound san mateo bridge seeing a few brake lights towards foster city. no delays eastbound. have a wonderful day!
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wayne: real money. jonathan: it's a trip to europe! wayne: you're freaking out oh my god, you're freaking out! - the curtain! - i'm going to go for the big deal of the day! - let's make a deal, baby, let's make a deal, yeah! jonathan: it's time for “let's make a deal.” now, here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady! wayne: hey, everybody, welcome to “let's make a deal.” i'm wayne brady. let's do what we do. three people let's make a deal! in the green shirt stand right down there for me. dorothy, come with me. and with the big blue head with the big blue head. hey, welcome stand right there for me. stand right next to her, dorothy. adam, stand next to her. welcome to the show, everybody sit down, please.

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