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news this morning. your local news update is 7:26. >> we'll see you again at noontime. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ] good morning to our viewers in the west. it's august 19th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." another night of chaos in missouri. two people shot and businesses burned but many protesters are now trying to end the violence. we're in ferguson. >> police in southern california today stopped a massive school shooting days before classes start. plus dramatically change cell phone bills. we begin with a look at today's eye opener your world in 90 seconds. >> with a canister and then it dropped at my feet and exploded. >> violence continues to flare in ferguson. >> at least two people were shot and more than 30 arrests.
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>> i am not going to let criminals define this neighborhood. >> president obama is sending eric holder to ferguson tomorrow. the fire is threatening homes near yosemite park. arrested two students who allegedly were planning a shooting at a south pasadena high school. >> i would never imagine something happening like that at our high school. >> benjamin netanyahu has ordered his military to strike gaza after reports that three rockets were fired into israel. >> kurdish and iraqi forces retake the mosul from isis. >> yeah baby. >> officially ushering in the new era of clippers basketball. >> do we have any clippers fans here? >> in mexico city hail was enough for people to shovel. it piled up to nearly two feet high. >> heroics on a highway in
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mississippi. grandma and baby girl trapped inside a burning car until a stranger came to the rescue. >> all that -- >> taylor swift, take it off is the single off her new album. >> rough night for the rookie. >> need to be smarter about that. >> and all that matters. >> this is "saturday night live"! >> legendary announcer don pardo has died. >> everything from snl to announcing "the price is right" and "jeopardy." >> i loved every minute of what i do. >> this is called the bruce willis hands free corn eating system. i love it. attaboy. yeah! suppertime! >> announcer: this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places.
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welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose and gayle king is off. jeff glor is here with us again. >> good to be back. >> good to have you here. street violence raged for hours last night in ferguson missouri. at least two people in the crowd of protesters were shot two businesses burned and four offices were injured by rocks or bottles and police arrested 4 eded 31 people. >> vladimir duthiers is in ferguson. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me you can see members of the missouri national guard. now, their presence along with the lifting of the midnight curfew had many hoping that the streets would be calm. demonstrators had clashed with the police in ferguson monday night the two marched together
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peacefully, until a small group of protesters instigated the start of monday's violence. charles borash told us the smaller group was working against the message of the crowd. >> we grabbed them caught them with the bottle in hand. >> protesters turned their backs, forming a human barricade to prevent the violent feud from reaching police who pulled back and formed their own line of defense. arrests were made with the help of protesters. but the flare-up led to an hours-long standoff between heavily armed police and demonstrators. many cleared out as the night dissolved into another scene of tear gas, rubber bullets and looting. >> i think they were listening over the radio and heard the screams of those officers who were under gunfire. i saw a car pull up and drop a
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gentleman off. shot in the hand. we can't have that. >> monday marked the first night without a curfew since the riots began. the curfew was lifted after the national guard was deployed to ferguson. many are angry. >> we should be able to walk our streets. we should be able to go to our stores without the threat of being killed in cold blood. we should have that right. this ain't no community. this is a hood. you want to know why i say hood? we don't feel safe in these streets. >> district officials we've spoken to are citing the continued unrest in the area. >> vlad thank you so much. attorney swren eric holder will go to ferguson tomorrow to meet with investigators and community leaders. president obama made na that announcement monday after a series of talks. the president is holding more meetings today.
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major garret joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. don't prejudge the case and don't use selective leaks to manipulate or inflame perceptions of the facts. the president vowed to keep an open mind and urged everyone in ferguson, missouri spend more time listening. >> let me call once again for us to seek some understanding rather than simply holler at each other. let's seek to heal rather than to wound each other. >> reporter: some in ferguson have, for days ignored the president's pleas. prompting this defense of law and order. >> i understand the passions and the anger that arise over the death of michael brown. giving in to that anger by looting or carrying guns and even attacking the police only serves to raise tensions and stir chaos. it undermines rather than
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advancing swrus. >> reporter: for the first time mr. obama described the chaos in ferguson in a broader context of race, upward mobility. >> too many communities arne the country where mistrust exists between local residents and law enforcement. in too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind sbeen only as objects of fear. >> reporter: the president also said it is time to reexamine the post 9/11 trend of equipping local police departments with military-style vehicles and military category. >> there is a big difference between our military and local law enforcements and we don't want those lines blurred. that would be contrary to our traditions. >> laid bare the nation's shared humanity. economic advisers. the president departs 1:00 pacific time for what remains his interrupted two-week martha
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vineyard vacation. >> nightly violence in ferguson we'll look at the local efforts to try to keep the peace ahead here on "cbs this morning." police in an upscale los angeles suburb said broke up a high school shooting plot just in time. under arrest two students accused of wanting to kill fellow students and faculty. john blackstone joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. reassuring parents and their 1,500 students this morning that the threat is over. but police say that if the planned assault had been carried out, the death toll could have been devastating. administrators at south pasadena high school said they received what they call a credible threat last thursday and alerted police. according to a statement from law enforcement officials, two male students were plotting to kill three of the school staff members and as many students as
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possible with firearms focusing on two unidentified students in particular. their motive police say? personal reasons. >> it's hard to swallow. >> reporter: police quickly set up surveillance on the two incoming seniors and started recording their conversations. no weapons were found when they searched their homes, but police confiscated computers, showing the two were researching a variety of weapons, rifles handguns, submachine guns even bombs. while one student was taken into custody without incident the other resisted but was captured when he tried to run away. >> if they've clearly arrested the evidence -- >> there's no word on exactly when the two plan to carry out their attack. the first day of school is still scheduled for thursday this week. >> pasadena police are planning a news conference for later today. school officials say psychologists and counselors
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will be on hand if students or employees feel they need the support. norah? >> thank you. 1300 homes and business ses were told to get out because of a fast-moving wildfire. the junction fire near oakhurst burned nearly 10 square miles in the popular tourist area. flames damaged at least eight buildings since monday. evacuation orders include all four hotels in oakhurst, the southern entrance to yosemite. another fire damaged or destroyed an unknown number of homes and another 200 are threatened. in iraq this morning government forces are fighting isis militant notice city of tikrit. it follows monday's retaking the mosul dam. that advance, president obama says prevent ss that could have killed thousands. atop the mosul dam where u.s.
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allies are in control for now. >> reporter: we are standing right on top of the mosul dam. that is what provides electricity for much of northern iraq. there isn't much structural damage to the dam after the fight here but signs of what went on. kurdish soldiers tell us this is a burst-out tire that isis snipers were using as a smoke screen and we're finding lots of shells on the dam itself. now it is under control of kurdish soldiers. it took air cover from the united states. on the drive in here plenty of evidence of the battle that took place to retake this dam. car that is have been bombed out. isis vehicles we're told that had been hit. barely recognizable. whole buildings have been demolished and craters, presumably from air strikes. taking this dam is one thing. holding on to it is another. and kurdish forces are said they're going to need usair power in case isis intends to
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launch a counter attack. for "cbs this morning," i'm charlie d'agata on the mosul dam, iraq. to stop attacks on minorities in iraq. the international community should decide how to intervene. israel's military says gaza fired three rockets this morning, breaking a cease fire. minutes ago, israel responded with their own air strikes. violence had dwindled since israel pulled its soldiers back across the border earlier this month. the truce was set to expire later today. benjamin netanyahu just ordered his negotiators home after days there. the potential presidential candidate faces charges of abusing his power. january crawford is in studio 57 with the next step. jan, good morning. >> special prosecutor on perry's
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case expects the governor to turn himself in later this week he will be fingerprinted, get his mug shot taken. as you can imagine, perry and his new lawyer are fighting back. this is the video that led to texas governor rick perry's indictment. >> you've ruined my entire political career so that tomorrow morning say i was in drunk and jail all night. >> reporter: after travis county rosemary linburg was arrested in april for drunk driving perry, a republican, called on her to resign and then cut more than $7 million from her budget when she refused. last friday he was indicted on two felony charges trying to coerce her to quit. he called into shawn hannity's radio show. >> i intend to fight with everything i have to those who would erode our state's
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constitution politic constitution purely for political purposes. >> this is an outlandish prosecution. it will never stand. >> reporter: one of several prominent attorneys now representing perry. >> it is unprecedented, outside the bounds. i think that's why you see so many people who are not rick perry supporters who are democrats saying how wrong this indictment is. >> reporter: among those democrats is president obama's former adviser, david axelrod, who suggested the indictment was pretty sketchy in a tweet over the weekend. still, the criminal charge ss have dashed the hopes for a second presidential run. >> this is clearly not something that the campaign wanted at all. you want this knocked down. the last thing they want is a trial. >> perry is set to be arraigned
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in the next couple of days. he plans to visit three presidential battleground states in the next two weeks. >> not slowing down. >> thank you very much. nearly 1,100 lives could be saved every year on roads by cars that could talk to each other. v2v or vehicle-to-vehicle technology. how it could stop more than half a million crashes per year. jeff, good morning to you. >> good morning. a lot of the cars we drive already have the kind of technology that can help you avoid accidents. but vehicle-to-vehicle technology is expected to make the cars we drive even safer. car also literally transmit messages to each other. all you'll have to do is drive. car accidents kill more than 30,000 people every year. vehicles equipped with v2v are expected to save lives. on-board dedicated short-range radio devices would transmit messages about a vehicle's speed, brake status as well as
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direction. in this demonstration, two cars up, the driver is about to slam on his brakes. we can't see it but the car can. with the release of this 300-page national highway traffic safety administration report, the government is taking another step forward on a plan that, within three years, could mandate v2v in new cars at a cost of $300 per vehicle. v2v devices could work on actual roads with regular drivers confirming what the agency's deputy administrator, david friedman told us earlier this year. >> one of the things we've done already is put 3,000 vehicles on the road in ann arbor, michigan to make sure that the technology works in congestion in urban areas, in rural areas. >> there's concern about privacy, whether vehicles will record and track personal information. in addition, the center for auto
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safety safety, the greatest danger to drivers -- >> most accidents are single vehicle crashes. it's not a head-on crash between two vehicles that's the most common. >> reporter: some automakers like ford have already been studying and working on this technology. according to the government's own research there are automakers who are concerned that v2v exposes them to additional legal risks because they'll be relying on information from other vehicles that they do not control. norah? >> jeff, thanks. new number this is morning show a big spooi spike in victims of west africa's deadly ebola outbreak 1,229 people have been killed out of more than 2,200 infections. >> these updates come after david and nancy wrightbolt saw each other for the first time since the virus separated them. nancy being treated for the disease in isolation in atlanta,
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spent time in liberia. david says in a statement we both placed our hands on opposite sides of the glass, moved with tears to look at each other again. she was standing with her radiant smile, happy beyond words. >> good to hear. one of television's most famous voice sincere being remembered this morning. don pardo, iconic announcer, died monday. he was 96 years old and pardo spoke on a number of nbc broadcasts but is best remembered for one program, live from new york. >> it's "saturday night live"! >> for nearly 44 years, he was responsible for introducing many of the popular stars on the comedy sketch show. >> ladies and gentlemen, dean martin! >> a fixture on snl. over the course of his six decade long career he also
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served as the announcer of some of america's most popular programs. pardo's voice was first made famous with the original "price is right" in 1956. >> this is don pardo. >> in 1964, he went on to voice "jeopardy" for more than a decade until introducing the very first episode of "saturday night live" in 1975. >> nbc saturday night. >> he voiced the introductions for 38 seasons on snl, missing just one. he was heard for the last time in may. >> he was sbuktinducted into the hall of fame one of the highest honors. >> i always try to do my very best and i've loved every minute of what i do. >> he was such a nice man.
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very thick fog and some heavy drizzle showing up along the coastline. those clouds will be clearing up as we look toward the afternoon. at least away from the beaches. out the door we go we've got a lot of clouds in your skies stretching well on shore. overlooking san jose now. by the afternoon, though, those clouds going to begin to move back toward the coastline but you can see that little low just kind of spinning off the coastline. that's deepened that marine layer. 60s at the beaches and some 80s still inland and next couple of days looks like warm things up on thursday and friday. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by the buypower card from capital one. your card is the key.
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and good morning everyone, 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. good to have you with us, here's the bay area right now. pilot of a small plane is confirmed dead after sheriff's deputies found the wreckage this morning in marin county. the search happened overnight in an area near point reyes and petaluma road. the faa says the beech craft with only the pilot on board flying out of brookings, oregon down to san carlos here in the bay area. a short time ago authorities confirmed the pilot died in the crash. the bomb squad blew up an apparent explosive device outside the san francisco federal building. someone reported a stick of dynamite in an suv near the courthouse on golden gate avenue last night. and it may have been someone trying to return or turning in that explosive. got traffic and your weather too. it's coming up right after the break. stay there.
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good morning, well here's what it looks like if you're heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been backed up to the maze for a while. for more than an hour. and check out that approach on the southeast shore freeway. much heavier than normal by at least 15, 20 minutes. it's because of an earlier crash and late running road work westbound 80 particularly heavy from richmond into berkeley. but it's still remaining slow to the macarthur maze and emeryville. a live look another the same sex marriage -- at the san mateo bridge now. that crash cleared to the shoulder, here's lawrence. very gray around much of the bay area, a look outside right now. from our mount vaca cam. enough so we've seen heavy drizzle along the coastline and low pressure deepening that marine layer that will help to keep the temperatures running below the average. 70s inside the bay and still some 80s for the valleys and 60s along the coastline. warming up though on thursday and friday. ♪
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♪ >> whoa whoa, whoa, hang on, hang on. >> the wrong direction. >> look at this a heart-stopping scene where a woman driving with her 1-year-old granddaughter tee boned a tractor trailer. a trucker captured the crash and the rescue on his dashboard camera. he used a fire extinguisher to push the flames away. others pulled the woman and child from the vehicle. the grandmother had a broken leg, but everyone is okay. >> wow. >> just wow. >> the truck driver says the passenger in his car was really like you're not going towards that, are you? and he said i have to help.
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and other people helped also. >> incredible all she had was a broken leg. welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie and gayle are off. sven nita nair and jeff glor are with us. good to have you here. coming up in this hour cell phone price wars are under way. mellody hobson is joining us in studio 57 with slashing deals and trying to steal customers. you now steve ballmer wouldn't stay quiet long about buying the l.a. clippers. this guy gets a little excited at times. a one-man cheerleading squad. first ben tracy is here. we begin with "the new york times" which says the u.s. has now destroyed all of syria's most dangerous chemical weapons, and this is now several weeks ahead of schedule. syria agreed to give up its stockpile last fall after it used sarin gas to kill 1,000 people in a damascus suburbs. the faa issued bans on u.s.
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flights over syria. eck treatmentists are equipped with anti-aircraft weapons. >> the "washington post" says more defense witnesses will take the stand today in the trial of bob mcdonnell and his wife. they called him mr. honest and the first lady was diva-ish. the mcdonnells allegedly accepted more than $150,000 in gifts and loans from a supporter. and this is interesting, when you read the testimony of all of these witnesses in the trial, they certainly seem to be going down the road of blaming the wife. >> the one that everyone is watching right now. >> exactly. and "time" magazine has a letter from trayvon martin's mother to the family of michael brown, the teenager killed by a missouri police officer. is he head it was a never ending pain unlike anything you could
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imagine. fulton went on to write, honor your son and his life, not the circumstances of his alleged transgressions. i've always said that trayvon was not perfect, but no one can convince you that michael deserved to be executed. night's chaos erupted in spite of efforts there to restore the peace. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. overnight, there were 31 arrests, two shootings and what the police commander here called a dangerous dynamic in the night. all that despite the best efforts of some protesters to keep the peace. ♪ >> reporter: as another night of uncertainty fell on ferguson monday, nearly 100 ministers marched in the hope of leading a path to peace. ♪ >> our goal is to speak some
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calmness, to take the heat out of the situation. to encourage people to wait while the wheels of justice move. >> reporter: tempers here ignited more than a week ago with the fatal shooting of 18-year-old michael brown. but a vast majority of protesters trying to take a different approach. ♪ >> reporter: last night, one woman armed demonstrators with roses to honor brown. >> make everybody come out here. don't be so mad or angry. >> reporter: as ferguson perched on the national stage. rapper nelly urged the crowd to stand down. the call for calm can be heard from the streets to the airwaves. >> all we want is peace in our street ares. ♪ >> reporter: deejay jowcol is
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known as the deejay for the town's listeners. >> we're not immune to what's happening. >> reporter: in between the latest hits. ♪ first things first ♪ >> reporter: the station opens phone lines. >> we are not broken. and we are mike brown. >> asking for peace in the streets. >> reporter: it also aired public service announcements trying to minimize the violence which he blames on a small minority. >> it's bad individuals taking advantage of the situation. and they're hijacking the message for what those out there have been doing for the past recent years. >> reporter: there's a general and genuine worry here that someone is going to get kill on the streets. captain ron johnson, the police commander here is now urging protesters the peaceful ones to demonstrate during the day and stay home at night. jeff. >> what comes next? the national guard comes in
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yesterday. nothing changes overnight, what does happen next? >> right. and as they were saying overnight, that if some of these agitators last night were from out of town new york and california, and were arrested. >> and we'll keep watching that of course. and a big shake-up on the cell phone industry on friday. sprint will launch a new share pricing plan for 100 bucks a month. you can get up to ten lines of unlimited talk and texting. customers will get $350 bucks for switching to sprint. verizon is fighting back 60 bucks a month with unlimited tox and text. cbs contributor mellody hobson is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> if any industry was set for a shake-up, maybe this was this. why is sprint doing this now? >> they are trying to stop the bleeding there's no question about it. in the last two quarters they've
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lost 2.8 million subscribers. they saw their market share drop this year. they know they have to offer a compelling package of data. budget friendly and making it very easy for people to switch. they've got to turn it around. >> a new ceo, right? >> new ceo, boliviaen billionaire. entrepreneur. he lives in miami. he'll have to transition to kansas city. we'll see how that goes. it will be the first time since he'll be running a public company, we'll see how that goes. >> i think it means so much that he's being described as a street fighter. someone to get in there and give the deals that they're looking for. it it seems that everyone is taking a page out of t-mobile's phone deals. >> i absolutely agree. they also know this is going to be war and the consumer is going
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to win because it's going to be an honest race for market share. and they're going to go after each other. and by bringing in this new ceo, i think sprint is saying we're ready to go but they have to do more than just play defense. they're going to have to play some offense as well to really turn this story around. but at the end of the day, the consumer is going to be in the cat bird seat as these telecoms fight it out for market share. >> bottom line it means better prices for us? >> better prices for sure. i talked to a telecom executive yesterday he said because of what verizon and sprint have done watch for at&t and t-mobile to follow. but the big question is how are they going to price this later. the question will be how will they charge us for add-ons later, in order to try to make up for these lost profits. >> oh how i wish this happened to the airline industry. thank
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the nba's new season doesn't tip off for more than two months but in los angeles, it's already game on. former microsoft ceo introduced or thrust himself on clippers fans monday. he finally took control of the team after the donald sterling nightmare. ben tracy is back with the sports tycoon. >> steve ballmer replaces donald sterling as the owner of the
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clippers after sterling was banned from the league for making racist comments. as for ballmer's style, well nobody will accuse him for lacking in enthusiasm for his new team. >> do we have any clippers fans here? i can't hear you! >> reporter: steve ballmer sounded less like the billionaire owner of a pro sports team and more like a pro wrestler. the new clippers boss enthusiasm enthusiasmically addressed the crowd. >> we're going to keep on coming and coming and coming. hard core baby nothing gets in our way. keep coming hard core! >> reporter: the 58-year-old ballmer is worth an estimated $258 billion. promising a trophy known as the larry. >> i've got it but it's a long
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day. these guys bust their butt for you one more time. >> reporter: in an event normally reserved for team stars such as blake griffin and chris paul clippers head coach doc rivers who helped navigate through the controversy said this rally was for another guy. >> today is not about even us. today is about this other guy, all right. that just happens to have $2 billion in his pockets. >> reporter: ballmer is known as an eccentric billionaire and the former head of microsoft. he historically has a penchant for this type of expression. >> come on! we're vilified! >> reporter: for $2 billion, he bought an nba team that gives second bills to the l.a. lakers
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not just second billing in their home arena but in their home city. >> great people, making the point of view committing excellence, being bold. those thing, i think, work for winners. and that's what we want to be. >> see, he doesn't scream all the time. ballmer told fans to call him steve. he even yelled out his e-mail address. then he made the promise that he's not going to move the clippers to his hometown of seattle. he said his style is fitting for los angeles. >> how long did that go on at that level? >> he went on for a half hour talking to these folks. and this lik very thick fog and some heavy drizzle showing up along the coastline. those clouds will be clearing up as we look toward the afternoon. at least away from the beaches. out the door we go we've got a lot of clouds in your skies stretching well on shore. overlooking san jose now. by the afternoon, though, those clouds going to begin to move back toward the coastline but you can see that little low just kind of spinning off the coastline.
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that's deepened that marine layer. 60s at the beaches 70s inside the bay. and some 80s still inland and next couple of days, looks like warm things up on thursday and friday. he introduced the most important people in the world, but all charlie rose needs this morning is a towel. ♪ >> let's do it! >> whoo! >> charlie and barkley. he took barkley, there, too, for the ice bucket challenge. that's next on "cbs this morning." you're finally here. long way from the sandlot. first game in the majors? you don't know "aarp". because this family is enjoying a cross-country baseball stadium trip they planned online at aarp travel. it's where your journey begins with inspiration, planning, booking, and hot travel tips from real pros. if you don't think seize the trip when you think aarp then you don't know "aarp". find more surprising possibilities and get to know us at aarp.org/possibilities.
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♪ the ice bucket challenge is still going strong this morning. huge donations are pouring in for research to stop lou gehrig's disease. as we showed you yesterday, i accepted the challenge. and gayle also got her drenching done. that left one man high and dry until now. >> i accept the challenge of nancy o'dell. and i challenge for a very good cause. sam, paul needham and evette davis. let's do it! >> and charlie brought his cute dog barkley along. that's why he's got the leash on. and barkley was licking up all the water. you can see there.
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he's a great dog. joined in the cause. >> as chris noted a random stranger in central park asked for the honor. >> yes to dump the water. >> you won because i could see the ice chunks in yours. >> i'm told there was definitely ice in charlie's bucket they were just walking around central park and it melted a bit. $15 million for als, let's keep it going. >> have fun. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. just another way we put members first because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. nationwide is on your side. [laughs] again! again! when we're having this much fun, why quit? and bounty has no quit in it either.
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good morning, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. the pilot of a maul plane is dead after crashing in marin county. the pilot reported engine trouble at about 9:30 last night an a flight from oregon to san carlos. the wreckage was found near petaluma road. protesters returned to the port of oakland today and been blocking the ship partly owned by the israeli government. longshoremen will not unload the ship. a new wire is burning near -- fire is burning yosemite narcotic park. last night -- national park. at least two people have been injured. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment.
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good morning, as if the dry on the east shore wasn't bad enough, now another accident is just past gilman and it's pretty much solid from hercules right now on the westbound lanes. this is an accident involving a motorcycle. at least one lane is blocked and once you get past gilman it looks better. ling into em industry -- heading into emeryville. coming out of half-moon bay. eastbound 92 approaching highway 35 an accident there. that is traffic. here's lawrence. and a lot of clouds and some very damp conditions probably contributing to some of the crashes outside. as we've seen some drizzle developing along the coastline very heavy there. even some puddles on the roadways and low pressure spinning off the coastline. that's deepened that marine layer this afternoon a little sunshine and a few clouds 70s in the bray and 80s through the valleys and 60s and patchy fog out toward the coast.
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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it's tuesday, august 19th 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including the rising cost of raising a child. we will show you why it's getting harder to pay the price, but first a look at today's "eye-opener at 8:00.." >> the national guard had many hoping the streets of ferguson would remain calm. >> and president obama has a message for everybody involved don't prejudge the case. >> if an assault could have been carried out, the death toll could have been devastating. kurdish forces needs air
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power for isis. breaking a cease-fire. israel responded with their own air strikes. >> vehicle to vehicle technology is expected to make the cars we drive safer, and cars transmit messages to each other and all you have to do is drive. >> in the last quarter, they lost 2.8 million subscribers. >> and then not staying quiet about buying the l.a. clippers. >> let's do it! >> the dallas cowboys already sent their season ticket holders playoff tickets, and the cleveland browns have sent their season ticket holders apologies.
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there's no school after another night of rioting, and some officers came under heavy gunfire. >> they arrested 31 people overnight and four officers were hurt and gunshots wounded two other people. and many people want to stop the response to the shooting ten days ago. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here now at the command center where the national guard has been deployed. can you see some of the members behind me. it was hoped their presence and the lifting of the midnight curfew would bring piece to ferguson but it turned violent monday night. we saw a group of people walking with police but a small pocket showed up looking to disrupt the peace, and they formed a barricade, and as the officers pulled back they formed their own line of defense, and this
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led to a standoff between those demonstrators and the heavy armed police followed by what we have seen all along for the last several days smoke bombs, riots, and tear-gas. and the captain urged protesters to gather during daytime hours and feels that would prevent instigators from working in the darkness. >> thank you. opening statements are set in the trial of a texas man accused of shooting a drunk driver to death. he saw the driver hit and kill his two sons. now the father from houston could spend the rest of his life in prison. the case is dividing a small town. >> many questions remain over exactly what happened the night of the accident. but david's family insists he is not a murderer. >> accusing a man of doing
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something they are only speculating, it's not right, not fair. >> in december of 2012 he and his sons 12-year-old david junior and kale ub were driving down the road when they ran out of gas and they got out to push and then car plowed into them. test later showed that the driver had a blood alcohol concentration level twice the legal limit and both boys died. >> i have to keep hope and faith, and pray tporp day that i do get to see them again. >> prosecutors allege after the crash he went into his house and retrieved a gun and shot the driver once in the head and bullets similar to the one that killed him was found in the home, and the weapon was never
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found. his lawyer said he was very optimistic about his client's chances. >> i look forward to presenting this case in front of a jury. >> he doesn't own a gun, nor was gunshot residue found on his clothes. they say following the crash he was trying to do everything he could to keep his sons alive. they have now taken to facebook to decry what they see as an unjust prosecution, and others say the 20-year-old that became a father two months before the accident deserved justice, too. this morning we have a new way to measure the cost of living. commerce department number shows how much $100 is worth in each state. your money goes the further in mississippi where a c-note is worth the equivalent of $115.08, and arkansas missouri and
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alabama are next on the list 100 bucks gets you the least in new york hawaii and washington, d.c. where your benjamin is worth $84.60. and an incomplete pass during the pre-season game and then he threw something else suggesting the redskins are, shall we say, number one, keeping up foreign relations, if you will. he did apologize. >> i get words exchanged with me throughout the entirety of the game every game week after week, and should have been smarter. it was a monday night football game and the cameras were probably solidly on me and need to be smarter about that. >> cleveland coach said it was
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unacceptable. >> that's poor sportsmanship, right? >> yes. >> just checking. and then celebrating a big win at the world series. the jackie robinson west squad advanced, but the biggest hit may have been the touching speech given by the losing coach. >> it's okay to cry, because we're not going to play baseball together anymore, but we are going to be friends forever, okay? friends forever, and the little league careers ended on the most positive note there could ever be. there is only going to be one team that is going to walk out of here guys the world series champions, only one, okay? only one. we got down to the nitty gritty and we are one of the best teams in the world -- think about that
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>> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 sponsored by panera bread. bread. introducing new flat bread sandwiches in three bold flavors. raising a child is getting a lot more expensive. lots of c-notes. we will look at the areas seeing the biggest jumps. good morning jill. >> good morning. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." that's ahead on "cbs this morning."
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good old-fashioned american values. >> dad, i need $300. >> hillary, your cousin's here. >> hi. dad, i need $300. >> that's a lot of money, hillary. what for? i need a new hat. >> for what? >> probably her head. >> well, as they as they proved on "the"the fresh prince of bel-air" raising a child could be pricey. it's a nearly 2% jump from 2012. good morning. >> anybody that has kids knows this is true but why has it gotten harder? >> well, 245,000, and a lot of it is housing costs, 30% attributed to housing, and there is food and education and child care -- i am really preaching to
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the choir to the parents and you know all the expenses and they do add up and what is remarkable as the expenses have increased there are some areas that have gone up way more than others, and health care doubles and we notice the child care costs up dramatically as well. >> are those long-term trends continuing on that same path? >> they are long-term trends we have seen, because as you look at health care we know those costs have been up dramatically but as we go to 1960 we go back and we say what was the cost of health care then it has doubled now and then we look at the child care costs, which have gone up from 2% back in 1960 and get this it's now 18%, so that's why if you look at today's dollars the cost of raising a kid in the 1960s, it was 20% less than today, and part of the problem and the struggle people are articulating is that household income as been
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dropping. >> yeah that's about since 2000 right, household income has dropped 6%. so people feel like they are not getting ahead and falling behind and it's true they are making less money and everything costs more. >> that's exactly right. i think that this is the notion of the unrest that you feel below the surface, where people say okay there was a terrible economy and we are in the recovery, why don't i feel better? because your median household income is frozen and as you say, down 5.9% since the year 2000. >> i think it's not surprising that geography plays such a big role in how much you feel this. >> yeah there's a difference between urban and rural, because the housing is different. if we go into the urban areas, urban northeast, the most expensive area and then the urban west and midwest and then
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the south. again, these numbers, they are staggering for most families. if you are really worried about it, start crunching the numbers early and don't let money diswade you from having kids. >> yeah. coming up what do you think your boss would say if you came in telling them you just came from rave? we will take you to a workout that is more like a morning dance party. that's next on "cbs this morning." one. your card is the key. ing's "cbs this morning" is sponsored by the buypower card. your card is the key. "i'm 16 and just got my first car" feeling. presenting the buypower card from capital one. redeem earnings toward part or even all of a new chevrolet, buick, gmc or cadillac - with no limits. so every time you use it
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♪ well, a way to jump-start your morning, go to a dance party. elaine quijano is here with the new fitness craze some call a rave. alution. we caught up with those 00 who spent nearly three hours trying to get a boost of energy without any drinking or drugs. ♪ >> reporter: it's a blur of technicolor aspect and sweat. the music is thumping and the
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spandex is firmly in place. it's 7:00 a.m. in brooklyn. and this isn't the leftover party from the night before. it's a new day. and this is a spectacle known as morning glory. >> everyone has such energy. a great way to start your day. >> reporter: this is what organizers call conscious clubbing. it's a sober rave. there are no drugs, no alcohol. just good vibes. >> people are really warm. there's a really good vibe going on there. >> raving in a different way. >> reporter: the chief new york glory agent. she calls this monthly breakfast time dance part a rave-alution. >> we're doing it without alcohol. >> reporter: for a $20 entras fee, these people get their exercise through dance, get their center during yoga sessions and get their knots out
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in one of the events massage station all before work. >> people come here in the morning and they go out through the day and it's for everyone around them. >> reporter: it's another way to wake up and get the blood flowing. men and women working out the stress downstairsing in this boxing ring. it's cardio in full force. >> it's a great way to work out in the morning without thinking you're working out. you're just dancing. like perfect cardio. >> reporter: the morning gloridom agenda is to boost spirits, smoothies and freshly ground coffee. anna simpson said for her, this experience is like a new york mardi gras. >> i'm going to go back in the boxing ring and do some kicks. and threat all loose, and maybe do some yoga afterward, and then i have a massage appointment before 9:00. i've got to wrap this up.
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>> reporter: morning gloriville is growing. it's growing. it started in london last spring. parties like this have launched in four cities across four continents. for those accustomed to the typical after-hours dance scene, this is the rave. >> some of have a dark edge and this is all happiness. >> normally i don't wake up until way later. this way i feel productive. >> reporter: the new york producer said the warmth she sees comes from a mindful movement. does it work? ask nan. ask anna. >> i feel free i feel happy, i feel, yeah baby give it to me! >> give it to me! >> yeah nothing out with the morning glory, right. >> absolutely not. >> she's pretty pumped up. >> she is pumped up yeah. >> well i'm all for morning exercise. it's cardio. when you get right down to it it's good cardio. >> elaine thanks so much.
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she carries a badge, a gun hi everyone, good tuesday morning, it's 8:25. i'm frank mallicoat. here's some of the headlines we have at this hour. the pilot of a small plane is confirmed dead after sheriff's deputies found the wreckage this morning in marin county. the search happened overnight in an area near petaluma road. the faa says the single engine beech craft with only the pilot on board flying to san carlos here in the bay area. the pilot did die in that crash authorities confirm. and the bomb squad blew up an apparent explosive device right outside the san francisco federal building. someone reported a stick of dynamite in an suv near the courthouse on golden gate avenue last night. it may have been someone turning that explosive in. got your traffic and got your weather too. right after the break.
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good morning, it's been a busy morning on the roads. a lot of accidents, the roads are a little damp outside still and so a lot of the drive times are also just longer than normal. including 880. we're seeing the delays from 238 all the way out to your downtown oakland exits. a live look snapshot near the oakland coliseum and a drive time nearly 35 minutes between 238 and the maze. and a live look at the bay
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bridge toll plaza. it has been stacked up through the maze for a while. all the approaches are very slow. westbound 580 beyond the 24 interchange and look at the east shore freeway. a couple of different accidents now. on the east shore, some in berkeley and another one in richmond and anyway big delays right now out of hercules. that's the latest kcbs traffic. the forecast with lawrence now. a lot of fog out there right now. delays at sfo of over an hour on arriving flights due to low clouds and fog. some heavy drizzle out along the coastline too. the fog very deep now. annoyer open will have spinning -- an area of low pressure is deepening the marine layer. temperatures this afternoon 60s at the beaches with the patchy fog and inside the bay we'll find a little more sunshine with some 60s and 70s. and still some mild 80s as you head well inland. next couple of days we'll keep the temperatures down but starting to warm up on thursday and friday. looking like a very nice weekend ahead.
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♪ hello, whale. >> oh my gosh. >> a whale watching trip paid off for some boaters off british columbia. new video shows a humpback hanging out with sailors more than an hour. the company who owns the touring company have never seen anything in its nine years. that's gorgeous. i would love to do that. >> i had a chance to do that this summer. they have no fear. they sense you're there and they just come right up to the boat. >> because you're a lot bigger than they are. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour a pregnant police officer knows her limits. she says it's time to go on desk
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duty. but the city she works for is standing in her way, she says. plus fake names, hundreds of mail it's all part of the job, bon appetit. two of their top editors are in our green room revealing the best restaurants. ben tracy is here again. good morning, guys. we're going to quinn with "the philadelphia inquirer" hoping for a visit from the pope. the world meeting of families in philly takes place in september 2015. the pope might also touch down in new york and washington, d.c. where he's been invited to address a joint session of congress. >> i thought it was interesting, the pope said he'd been invitedpy said maybe the three cities together the vatican won't confirm. but that's hopeful. yawning. we all do a lot of yawning here in the morning. "the wall street journal" has the real reason why we yawn.
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researchers say stress and anxiety make our brain hot. so yawning keeps the brain cool and working at its peak efficiency. and yawning involves animals to keep a group alert. "the boston globe" said mcdonald's is trying to shake its reputation for serving cheap and unhealthy food. a chef created a meal using ingredients from the menu. this included kung pao chicken using chicken mcnuggets. >> it's interesting, though, you keep seeing people push for local produce and meat without antibiotics, and now they have to realize they have to change the restaurants. "sports illustrated" shows us a bizarre statue of basketball legend kobe bryant.
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it's on display in taiwan. the lakers star is naked. he's struggling with a giant snake that is over his achilles tendon. problems with achilles benched bryant for ten days. variety has taylor swift's brand-new single. it's from her first official pop album. the song is called "shake it off." ♪ ♪ shake it off shake it off whoo-hoo ♪ >> that new album is called "1989." that's the year taylor was born. is he shed "shake it off" is about her haters but she's
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pretty confident shaking off her country roots as well. choices. to go out on the streets pregnant or stay at home with no money. that's the rights of expectant moms battling for their workplace. >> reporter: officer lyndi trischler who has been patrolling the streets of florence kentucky for 2 1/2 years is now pregnant. trischler said when she was five months' pregnant those two-hour shifts became physically demanding. >> we have to wear bulletproof vests. it was really constrictive and i had a hard time breathing. >> reporter: during her first pregnancy last year trischler's department allowed her to take a
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desk job. >> it seemed to work well last time. i didn't have reason to think it would be different. >> reporter: but florence has since issued a memo say is it would no longer allow light duty. the legal advocacy group, a better balance has filed a federal charge of discrimination on her behalf. arguing that the policy discriminates against pregnant women. >> it's already stressful, i feel like being pregnant. on top of that i'm worried about insurance and how i'm going to pay my bills. >> reporter: in a statement for cbs news, an attorney for the city said in regard to the complaint, we do not agree with it but we respect the officer's right to bring it and we will defend it. trischler's former police officers have donated 160 hours of their own personal paid time off. she now has six weeks before those checking run out.
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rikki klieman is with us this morning. hello, rikki. >> hello. >> so many men and women are wondering what will happen to a case like this. do you think she has a case? >> i do think she has a case. and i think she has a case because the language of the policy that the city of florence kentucky has is just so basically overbroad. what they're saying anyone any city employee who is not getting injured are and getting a disability on the job, well we're not going to give you any kind of modified duty. we are not going to accommodate you. so i say when i look at this from a lawyer's perspective, that that's against the americans with disabilities act. let's take pregnancy out of the equation. and simply say, well if you get injured and you develop a disability at home that's recognized under the americans with disabilities act, well we can't put you on light duty. so on its face i say the policy won't work. then let's look at her
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situation. this is a situation where they're saying okay we'll accommodate people who get injured on the job. but we're not going to let someone similarly situationed who is a pregnant woman come to work and go on modified duty. so on its face and as a rule doesn't fly. >> it strikes people as cruel and nonaccommodating for a pregnant women. i think what everyone wants to know what protections exist for pregnant women under lot? >> there are a number. there are several good lawyers out there representing this lawyer from kentucky. it's part of an advocacy group. we have the americans with disabilities act. we also have the pregnancy discrimination act. and now very eventually the eeoc the equal employment opportunity commission has come up with guidelines. and what those guidelines are
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basically saying is you cannot just say to a pregnant woman, you have to either give up your child. or give up your job. >> okay. but the number of these pregnancy discrimination cases is up. and actually the supreme court is going to take up a case this year. peggy young versus u.p.s. a similar instance sort of right? >> similar, but different. bus i think that the peggy young case is very very important because the high court will speak. now, we have to remember too, that the high court will be the law of the land. but what happened with peggy young was peggy young's case was brought long before the americans with disabilities ability was amended. so we may get off on a sidelight about her narrow case. and it may not become as precedential as we like. if it becomes precedential for pregnant women who want to work.
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♪ "bon appetit"'s restaurant editor andrew milton travels the country. he eats out 250 nights a year and still stays trim. he's here to reveal best new restaurants also with him editor in chief, adam rapoport. >> good morning. >> what do you use to decide the best restaurants? >> first, we're looking for the whole package, lighting ambience, food. when you go out to eat, it's more than just eating out. it's your night out, it's got to be more than just the food. >> didn't i read that you like map out 30 cities and go in anonymously so no one knows who you are and you can get an unbiased look? >> yeah, it's a year-round
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process, i travel three to four months pretty hard core just ask my wife. i always have to buy her a nice gift when i get back. i make up fake names, bo dunwoody which would be my porn name, apparently. i always want them to spell it wright. >> the x-rated version of -- >> yeah. >> number one new restaurant on the list is -- >> drum roll -- >> -- is a restaurant in washington, d.c., rose's luxury. >> i said where? >> bearic's row. it used to be a rough neighborhood, up and coming. they do the most amazing fried chicken. boneless fried chicken.line starts at 5:30 in the afternoon. >> no reservations. >> no reservations. >> did you wait in line? >> yeah i got there -- i was going to have a drink at the bar
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next door. i got there at 5:00 and i thought, well, i'm not having that drink because there's a line of 20 outside. you can get in. the game-changer is the hospitality side of it. we got away from it and it became all about the chef. and they're in the business of making people happy. sometimes, they've forgotten that. >> especially rose's they do such a good job. the waiters and waitresses always give you a little something. they're remembering you. the waiter is telling you how to eat your dish. and then no no that's how the chef serves it. it got to be a little haughty like you were lucky to be there. >> you mentioned not being laugt haughty. a food truck made the list. >> a food truck, first time ever. >> a food truck? >> tycoon in austin texas.
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literally in the back of the bar. you pick up your lone star tall beer and go in the back and order from this food truck. thai food. some of the most fireiest stuff i've had. you're eating out of these paper boats almost. the beef panacure you'll remember for a long time. in a good way. >> i want to make sure we get to these restaurants. what about new york? >> yes, a restaurant calls estela which is kind of mediterranean. the mad genius is the chef there. >> i think it's the most thoughtful one going right now. every dish inspires you. it's simple and delicious. from the food truck, the notion of days of white tablecloths and flowers, that's not there anymore. it's all about the food and
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ambience. and a lot more affordable places now. >> so many different entry points on how to eat. >> any l.a. restaurants? >> a food restaurant in downtown l.a., grand central market. it's been there since 1917. recently went with new vendors coming in. it's that mix of old and new. there's a restaurant called eggslut. which has the most outrageous egg sandwich you've ever had. >> and the mexican joint, chinese, it's very l.a. something for everyone. >> we've got to go really quick one, do you guys veto one? >> i veto a restaurant. it's andrew's list. i respect that. he's a wonderful writer with great opinions. >> i will say that restaurant is very successful in multiple locations. >> thanks for bringing us samples too, guys.
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>> this is from tycoon by the way. if you want to learn about these top restaurants go to cbsthismorning.com. we're going to eat, right? this ad may be the best at being the worse. >> pants food -- >> get yourself an outfit. >> the commercial is burning up the internet for all the wrong reasons. that is next. and tomorrow only on "cbs this morning," golf great phil mickelson. see how he's helping our troops and their families. i'm hoping he's going to have -- i'm going to see him this afternoon. >> you are? >> can i go? >> you know what it's all about you. absolutely, you can come. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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some proof this morning that there may not be a such thing as bad publicity. for st. joseph's mall in st. jo's missouri. >> getting back to school. >> haircuts. >> backpacks, come get your backpacks? >> pants. >> get yourself an outfit. >> denim. >> boots and pants boots and pants. >> the commercial has more than 800,000 views online. we're not sure why. producer tells "cbs this morning" he made it for just 300 bucks. and the mall is loving the attention. >> i don't think i'm going to replay that one today. >> all right. that does it for us. be sure to tune
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good tuesday morning everyone, it's 8:55. time for some news headlines, i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening the pilot of a plane is dead after crashing in paren county. the pilot reported some engine trouble about 9:30 last night on a flight out of oregon down to san carlos leer in the bay area. the wreckage was found near petaluma road in marin county. protesters angry about israeli military action in gaza reasoned to the port of oakland again today. they've been locking a ship partially owned by the israeli government. the long shoremen will not up -- unload that ship. a new wildfire started near oak hurst yesterday afternoon. at last night phone calls went out to some 13,000 homes and businesses teaing people to evacuate. at least two people have been injured. dewey wet weather up their way lawrence. this morning a lot of drizzle around the bay area
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this morning. we have seen low clouds and fog well on shore but a deep enough marine layer some drizzle this morning. looking back towards san francisco, from oakland a strong sea breeze blowing as well. slow burnoff with the clouds and you can see the area of low pressure spinning around the clouds just off the coastline. yeah keep the temperatures down. some 60s and 70s inside the bay and 80s and still warm inside the valleys but 60s with the fog continuing along the coastline. the temperatures stay down for one more day and then high pressure begins to nudge its way back here on thursday and friday. to warm us up as we get ready for the weekend. we are going to check out the kcbs traffic when we come back. geic helping people save money for over 75 years. they've really stood the test of time. much like these majestic rocky mountains. which must be named after the... that would be rocky the flying squirrel, mr. gecko sir. obviously! ahh come on bullwinkle they're named after... ...first president george rockington! that doesn't even make any sense...mr...uhh...winkle.
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good morning, if you are a b.a.r.t. rider right now major delays out of millbrae and all being caused by a power outage. so the latest tweet from kcbs is that the delays the biggest delays right now are out of millbrae in the richmond direction on the richmond line. they're working to restore service. in the meantime, caltrain will be honoring b.a.r.t. tickets between millbrae and san francisco. again major b.a.r.t. delays out of millbrae to richmond. a live look at the bay bridge. it's been a very rough morning for commuters trying to get out of the east bay coming into san francisco. it's still backed up to the maze and i want to show what you the afros look like. 24 is very heavy still from lafayette. east shore freeway 580 and 880 all seeing delays.
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