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the real world. company captioning funded by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, august 21st, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning. devastating wildfires in the west force a fifth town to evacuate. crews paused to remember the firefighters killed in the battle. hackers expose the private lives of ashley madison users. now they threaten to release more than just data. should your boss watch your every move at work? new technology is helping companies track everything employees do. we begin with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in noont seconds. >> there's more emotion in it
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when it's close to home. >> wildfires in washington force new evacuations. >> a silent procession of emergency vehicles roll through twisp, washington. >> there's a big difference between me and donald trump. i'm a proven conservative with a record. >> jeb bush aiming directly at trump. >> jeb bush is not going to win by trying to outtrump donald trump. >> an underground explosion in los angeles. >> four people suffered minor injuries. >> it knocked out power to nearby staple centers. >> hurricane danny. >> it's a small compact hurricane that's packing a punch. >> history being made today. for the first time women will graduate from rangers school. >> to look around at my peers and see they were sucking just as bad as i was kept me going.
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>> the florida woman made a court appearance the judge will never forget. >> all that -- >> there's bears in the pool. >> the startling find in a new jersey yard. >> they took my floaty. >> len turner, half court shot. >> and all that matters. >> michelle obama is leading a new campaign to encourage young people to do the unthinkable, eat things that grow. >> on cbs this morning. >> donald trump is so popular with voters because he's definitely not a puppet. >> all of that money going to >> puppets have way more realistic hair. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota.
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let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell and gayle king are off. clarissa ward and jeff glor are with us. we begin with the massive effort to contain wildfires in the west. firefighters are battling about 80 large fires. heat and drought conditions are feeding the flames. >> in washington, advancing fires forced a fifth town to evacuate. crews took a moment to remember the lives of three firefighters killed in the battle. danielle nottingham is in twisp near where the tragedy happened. >> reporter: good morning. there have now been 13 firefighters killed across the west during one of the most explosive wildfire seasons on record. we're starting to learn more about the three young men who lost their lives wednesday. as 3,000 firefighters in
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washington battled more than a dozen major wildfires across the state, the lives of three of their own were honored thursday. ambulances carrying the bodies of the deceased passed as fire crews paused along the sides of the road. >> these are people who were lost doing what firefighters do. which is to rush towards the fire rather than away. >> officials identified the firefighters kild near twisp. 31-year-old richard wheeler. 26-year-old andrew zajac and tom zbyszewski after their vehicle was involved in an accident near this road. they were caught by shifting winds and overrun by flames. >> the fire went straight up the hill. a lot of firefighters here real quick. the wind was blowing and just went up the hill. just did a 180 and started coming down. >> the news of their death stunned people who live in this town. >> it's really hard. it's not an easy thing.
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>> don is a baseball coach in twisp. his son went to school with one of the victims. >> these are kids putting their life on the line. not just here in california and oregon. arizona, all kinds of places. nobody is going to be able to replace these kids. >> reporter: one firefighter injured by the flames, 25-year-old daniel lyon, remains in critical condition at seattle's harbor view medical center with burns over 65% of his body. >> he can't speak. he's on a ventilator, but he did motion he knew we were there and could commune caugicate a littl. >> my son loved being a firefighter. he loved serving the community. >> reporter: three other firefighters were injured. they were treated and released. resources here are spread so thin the statee department of natural resources is asking
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citizens to donate their time and their equipment. they say the afters haoffers ha pouring in. one of the firefighters was 20-year-old tom zbyszewski. we spoke with his family. >> wish we could take that day back and not let him go to work. >> reporter: they are heartbroken after losing their only son. >> he was a great son. a wonderful son. >> tom zbyszewski was 20 years old, fighting fires to help pay his way through school. he was studying physics and chinese. >> he was fun and smart. >> cheerful and kind. and he was going to be -- >> and the light of our lives. >> the center of our lives. >> reporter: he was following in his parents' footsteps. richard is a former firefighter
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and jennifer works for the forest service. their son died trying to protect a community dear to his heart. >> being able to protect the homes of people he knew was an important thing to him. he loved this valley and the people that were here. this was his home. it will be a hard thing for the community to take in stride, losing him. >> reporter: president obama called zbyszewski and the other two fallen firefighters brave americans. >> he was considered a hero. >> he was always a hero to us. >> and we would rather have him not be a hero and home with us today. >> carter evans, cbs, los angeles. >> it's so heartbreaking. made me well up hearing that family. it's awful. >> you can't imagine their pain but you can sure feel it, can't you. we turn to politics. jeb bush is taking a more
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aggressive tone against donald trump. he was cam panning thursday in new hampshire. bash also took on reporters. he defended calling children of immigrants anchor babies. >> i don't. you give me a better term and i'll use it. it's commonly referred to that. i didn't use it as my own language. what we ought to do is protect -- you want to get to the policy? i think people born in this country ought to be american citizens. there's a big difference between donald trump and me. i'm a proven conservative with a record. i have been consistently pro life. he, until recently, was for partial birth abortion. i've never met a person that thought that was a good idea. >> john heilemann is with us.
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good morning. >> good morning. >> what do you think of jeb bush firing back? >> when they had their dueling town halls in new hampshire it was like technicolor trump, black and white bush. he's clearly frustrated but more important than him attacking truck is the way he's attacking trump. he's saying i'm conservative and there's lots of people in the republican party and base who don't think bush is conservative enough. he's taking on trump and trumpeting his own conservative credentials. >> is that getting any traction or hurting himself by terms like anchor babies? >> 24 hours in, it's hard to know. >> the anchor baby could be a big thing like trump's immigration plan which is pulling the party further to the right. could be a problem for the party in the general election. right now, donald trump as front-runner, how do i get to be the nominee.
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>> we haven't seen that edge from jeb bush. has anyone succeeded attacking trump? >> so far everything thrown at trump, nobody has found crypt night for donald trump so far. it's 24 hours in. we don't know how this will affect trump. he's down in mobile, alabama, doing an event at a football sta stadium. they claim there will be 35,000 people. we should all road trip. >> it's like a college football -- >> right. the bush view is donald trump with 20% or 25% is in powerful shape in a field of 16 or 16 republicans. eventually it's going to be one on one and they think jeb bush will be the one on one against trump and that he's in a good position. >> bernie sanders filling stadiums as well. 28,000. and the e-mail controversy. where is it now? >> getting worse by the day for hillary clinton. as much for her as for some of
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the aides around her at the state department. the fbi investigation is getting more serious. more signs there were e-mails that were classified, either marked classified or should have been that were sent to her. nobody saying she sent them yet but that were sent to her and ended up on that home server of hers. that's against the law. now they are not just inve investigating the server. did they paraphrase top secret things and send those things to her server? it's everything about this, the way they've handled it, clumsy, evasive and the seriousness of the investigation gets more worrying for her politically. a generator explosion last night in los angeles hurt four people. the building was damaged and parts of the area lost power. ♪ the blackout briefly interrupted
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a shania twain concert at the staples center. we had so much fun in l.a. that we blew the power out. kim jong-un says his army is, in, quote, a quasistate of war against south korea. they are sparring after the south started broadcasting propaganda to the north for the first time in 11 years. both sides fired artillery across the border. in seoul, protesters burned photos of the north korean leader and his flag. more than 28,000 american troops are stationed in south korea. wall street opened lower after the stock market's worst day in 18 month ares. the dow and s&p each lost more than 2%. the nasdaq fell almost 3%. thursday's losses are tied to new concerns over china. the main stock index in shanghai dropped more than 4% and ended the week with a loss of more
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than 11%. a slowdown in chinese economy could lead to a worldwide recession. jimmy carter is fighting cancer with grace. he revealed thursday there's melanoma on his brain. >> i was pleasantly surprised that i didn't go into an attitude of despair or anger or anything like that. i was completely at ease as rosa would testify. but i'm very grateful for that part. i'm ready for anything. looking forward to a new adventure. >> in his home town of plains, georgia, campaign-like signs read jimmy carter for cancer survivor. he went through radiation thursday. it includes a drug approved just last year. david agoos leads the west side cancer center. tell us about jimmy carter's
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cancer and the treatment there. >> he had melanoma that starts in the skn and can spread elsewhere. it spread to four millimeter spots in the brain and liver and other places as well. several years ago this was a death sentence. now there's a remarkable new drug that takes the break off the immune system. they have a don't eat me signal on their surface. this blocks that and immune cells can come in and they have some dramatic responses that can last for years. >> what might this mean for jimmy carter? >> cancer could be a life sentence instead of a death sentence. by controlling the cancer in the brain with the targeted radiation therapy and the immunotherapy which is the drug i told you about, we can keep
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the cancer in check so he can go on benefiting society, which he's done over the last several decades. >> but he is 90 years old. does that impact his diagnosis? >> you have multiple whammies. he had three siblings with pancreatic cancer and a father die of pancreatic. melanoma and pancreatic can be linked genetically. there are several gene defects where people can inherit one or the other. that being said, i've treated patients over 90 with this drug and they treat it well and have a good quality of life. if he feels the drugs are causing more side effects than benefits, then he has the right to stop treatment. >> it does seem extraordinary a former president would hold a news conference like thus and be
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so open about his diagnosis. >> i think it's great. former presidents have no obligation. reagan handwrote a note saying i have alzheimer's. he's a hero and role model for patients to live with cancer rather than to die from cancer. >> dr. agus, thank you. a convicted killer on the run in northern new york is facing new charges. david sweat pleaded not guilty to three felonies. he's already serving life without parole. he and richard matt broke out in june with the help of joyce mitchell. sweat was captured near the canadian border. the website ashley madison is scrambling to deal with the release of more confidential material. it is double the information they released earlier this week. michelle miller shows us why
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it's become a concern for the pentagon. >> earlier this year ashley madison was said to be planning to take the company public. they are struggling just to stay private as they dive deeper into sensitive information. in their latest data dump, hackers calling themselves impact team appear to have taken aim at ashley madison's top executive. along with a trove of internal files they posted this message. hey, noel, you can admit it's real now. >> you can switch it to here. the statement came just days after hackers exposed cheating spouses around the world. >> if you're feeling a little naughty, let's go here. >> releasing 32 million members dating profiles. some of the names and addresses are fake.
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still around 15,000 e-mail addresses appear to trace back to u.s. government accounts. ash carter confirmed thursday that the pentagon is looking into some of the people on the list who used military addresses. >> of course it's an issue because conduct is very important, and we expect good conduct on the part of our people. >> ken zetta first revealed the hack. >> if this activity can be directly matched with real people in government and people who might hold sensitive access, that creates some motive for blackmail. traffic on its website dropped 40% in july when the hackers first threatened to release data. they claim the hackers are criminals who aponted themselves as judge, juror and executioner. the hackers say they are just
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exposing security flaws. >> it's going to be difficult for ashley madson to survive this. >> reporter: the breach should be a wake-up call for more than just cheating spouses. >> this is a warning shot for anyone with significant digital part of their business. >> and ashley madison says it's closed that unauthorized access point or all of them in fact, along with the fbi, canadian police are also investigating. ashley madison is a toronto-based company. >> michelle, thank you. emotions run high at the trial of a,,
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why the policy doesn't apply to them. >> and a reminder that and i good friday, everyone. it is 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening. a warehouse fire destroyed after a overnight fire at vallejo's mare island. the building housed alco metal around iron company. it spread to nearby vegetation. no word on the cause. today is the deadline for a developer to submit plans for coliseum a project in oakland including a new football stadium for the raiders. monday the nfl heard details of a plan to build a stadium near l.a. that would house both the raiders and the chargers. so far the nfl has not been impressed with any proposals coming tout of oakland. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.
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strike. he launches one to left center! see you later! way up there. a walk and a blast. >> michael taylor of the washington nationals smashed the longest home run in the major leagues this san in colorado last night. it traveled 493 feet. that tied up the game at two runs apiece. the rockies came back to beat washington, 3-2. >> not bad. in colorado where the ball travels a little farther, but, still, impressive. welcome back to "cbs this morning." an intense day of testimony in the prep school sexual assault trial.
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the evidence that defense attorneys say proves the teen's encounter was consensual. it's graduation day for the first women to complete the army range ranger training. time to show you some of the headlines around the globe. "the washington post" reports doubt over treatment for the earliest stage of breast cancer. they tracked more than 100,000 women diagnosed with dcis. it found aggressive intervention does not affect the survival rate if the women are alive ten years later. treatment beyond a lumpectomy did not improve survival. the ability of mammograms may lead to unnecessary treatment. netflix facing a backlash for excludeing workers in its dvd division from a new baby
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benefit. it will give up to a year of paid leave to most of its employees when they become new parents. there are three urging them to extend it to those in the dvd service. they have about 450 employees. the guardian reports on the prime minister of greece calling for new elections. tsipras resigned. pentagon.com reports on a ban on drones in philadelphia air space during the pope's visit next month. temporary restrictions will be in place for unmanned aircraft. it is to provide a safe and secure environment for the pope's visit september 26th and 27th. "usa today" reports on july being the earth's hottest month ever. the average global temperature last month was nearly 62 degrees. that's about 1.5 degrees above
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the 20th century average for july. a noaa scientist says this year will likely be the hottest on record. the young woman accuse iing another of sexual assault calls herself a survive. anna werner has more. >> reporter: good morning. 19-year-old owen labre is abused of raping the freshman girl just two days before he graduated from the elite school. yesterday that girl left the courtroom sobbing after an intense cross-examination that lasted nearly 90 minutes. >> you told us yesterday you went up to the roof initially. >> yes. >> owen listened as his attorney jay carney grilled his 16-year-old accuser about the alleged rape. courtroom cameras do not show her on the stand.
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she admitted she helped him remove some of her clothing and also laughed at times during her encounter because she was nervous and afraid. >> would it be fair to say that he couldn't know that you were uncomfortable because you were laughing? >> no. >> that's not fair to say? >> that is not fair to say, no. >> you're sure about that? >> i am very sure about that right now. >> carney asked why her account to police days after was cloudy. >> why were you cloudy? >> she paused to answer seeking the words and then suddenly burst into tears. i was raped. i was violated in so many ways. of course i was traumatized. >> the trial has cast appall over the elite new england boarding school and revealed a once secret tradition known as the senior salute where senior boys often arrange to meet with
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younger female students before graduation. carney says e-mail exchanges prove their encounter was consensual. >> i think the jury has enough information now to make a decision. >> there's always nonblame for those who are accused of committing the crime. >> reporter: laura dunn, a spokesperson for the girl's family said the girl wouldn't have taken the stand if she wasn't tell'ing the truth. >> sitting in court and having to be exposed to very vulgar questions at times. nobody would do this unless there was a reason they were already harmed and this is what was necessary for justice. >> reporter: after nearly three days on the stand, the girl released a statement last night which read, i can now say that i am a survivor. the trial is resuming monday and owen is expected to testify. his attorney says on wednesday. charlie? >> anna, thanks.
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rikki klieman has prosecuted sexual assault cases and has defended rape suspects in court. good morning. >> morning. >> give us some sense of how you think this defense attorney and what he is doing. >> first of all, you have to understand jay carney is one of the better defense attorneys in the country. it's all about the opening statement. you never get a second chance to make a first impression. jay carney made an opening statement that was powerful and dignified. so did the jury decide in his opening that he is the arbiter of trust? he is the carrier of truth? if they decided that in the opening, then he is entitled to be harsh with her, difficult with her and in many ways to make her cry because he believes she is lying. however, if in that opening statement the jurors decide that
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he is not the trustworthy one, that the government is trustworthy, then they will resent him for his cross-examination of her. >> how can a juror not be moved by this woman's testimony? >> it was painful lyn fuful lis that. >> it is very painful listening to that. even with a camera in court you can't really feel the visceral reaction. these jurors are another going to believe her or not. we ged another added factor. jay carney said his client is going to testify. then they get to decide do they believe him or not? this young woman has either been a true rape victim who was totally traumatized by something she could not control and, therefore, eventually made a complaint. and i do say eventually. it takes her five days to go to the police. and it's only after their sexual
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encounter has been posted by someone else on social media. but she's either a true victim or she looks like she's coached and rehearsed. only the jury can make that determination. >> what does it look like to you? >> i can't answer that because i'm not watching her. she takes advantage if you think she is lying of the situation of being able to emote. or your heart goes out to her and you say this is terrible. how do we tell the truth? we learn to tell the truth by the other evidence. there are a slew of e-mail exchanges between these two people. and you have very friendly e-mail exchanges. he calls her a gem. she answers back, basically you are, too. these are e-mails after the encounter, before the encounter. she admits in her own testimony
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that she didn't really want to disappoint him. she didn't want to feel embarrassed or inexperienced. so this is a real test in the end for do they believe him or her. topless women could be dragging times square to the bottom. up next will part of the world famous tourist spot be ripped up. if you are headed to work, set your dvr to watch "cbs this morning" any time. we'll be right back. with the pain and swelling of my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... ordinary objects often seemed... intimidating. doing something simple... meant enduring a lot of pain. if ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. orencia works differently
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♪ new york's mayor this morning finds nothing amusing about the topless women posing for pictures in times square. the area is known as a crossroads of the world. millions of tourists visit each year. critics say they harass tourists
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for tips and are ruining the family friendly landmark and overshadow elmo and the naked cowboy. also naked, right? >> only in times square. >> vinita nair is in times square. good morning. >> good morning. while toplessness is illegal in los angeles and los angeles county, here in new york, it is legal and that includes right here in times square. it was meant to protect breastfeeding moms and artists look ing looking looking to freedom of expression. they practically are naked. with children nearby they strip down to bikini bottoms and feathers. >> we have rights as humans. >> nypd chief of department says they are a nuance because they
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cause congestion as they roam the streets. >> you want people feeling they are in a safe place. they can enjoy their time in new york city. >> new york's governor andrew cuomo said the topless women and the costume characters who get into fights reminded him of times square's seedy past twlen was known for peep shows and drug pushers. >> you have some fear this kind of activity could take times square out of that family friendly destination? >> times square 1983 certainly not the same place in 2015. it's a much safer place. >> there's going to be interest in times square. >> mayor bill de blasio set up an exploratory force. one option, ripping up the pedestrian plaza where the women work for tips. >> a lot of people are very uncommon with it.
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this is not appropriate in the middle of the public square. >> attempts to regulate it can be difficult because toplessness is a right in new york state. >> to the fact that new york can legitimately outlaw the harassment whourt going after whatever message these women may be conveying. i think they can do that and not have any constitutional problem. >> many visitors to times square already home to the naked cowboy seem unfazed. >> i like the naked cowboy. >> doesn't bother me. the naked body. it's not bad. >> even in a g-rated times square, women in g-strings are still allowed for now. these signs are somewhat new. they are just a reminder they don't have to tip these people. after that task force, they say they are expecting to have some proposals for october.
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good morning. delays continue along 880 this afternoon. now cleared out of lanes northbound near 92. red sensors so speeds under 25 miles per hour in some spots. south 880 slow anyway as you work your way towards the bridge near fremont. bridge itself san mateo bridge sluggish westbound working your way towards foster city. northbound 880 in oakland seeing some delays as you work your way towards the maze. and the bay bridge metering lights are on. seeing some brake lights off the eastshore freeway now. and the altamont pass continues to be a busy ride this morning, brian. >> all righty, gianna. we are starting out with mostly cloudy skies around the bay area. we'll give way to sunshine later. some places the sub already has come out. -- the sun has already come out. 63 livermore. 62 san jose. here's what's happening. low clouds along the shoreline this morning. it will be in the low 80s inland today. san francisco though just 66. 80 for santa rosa. 80 for san jose. ,,,,,,,,
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♪ ,,,,,,,, good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, august 21st, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including a best-selling chirp's bedtime book. a top sleep expert explains the psychology behind the story behind the rabbit. first here is a look at today's "eye opener at 8." >> there have now been 13 firefighters killed across the west during one of the most explosive seasons on record. >> the bush view is eventually it will be one-on-one and they think jeb bush will be the one-on-one and if he's against trump, trump. >> the generator in the basement of a 19-story high-rise.
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>> this could mean that cancer can be a life sentence instead of a death sentence. >> ashley madison is struggling just to stay private as hackers dive deeper into sensitive information. he's accused of raping the then 15-year-old freshman girl. >> she's either a true victim or she looks like she's coached and rehearsed. only the jury can make that determination. >> what does it look like to you? >> it's quite a conundrum. topless is illegal here. >> nice place to visit occasionally. another reason why i typically veer around it. >> buzzfeed is going to get into the movie business. so make sure to check out next summer's blockbuster "the ave. van jers" versus 14 cats that look like hitler. >> i'm charlie ward with
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clarissa word and jeff glor. this morning wildfires in the west have forced a total evacuation of a fifth town. about 80 large fires are burning in western states. nearly 29,000 firefighters are involved in the battle. some of the most dangerous fires are in washington state. >> high winds have made fighting the fires more challenging. temperatures today will top 90 degrees. firefighters paused yesterday to honor the lives of three men killed battling the flames near the washington town of tris twisp. former president jimmy carter calls his battle against melanoma in his brain a new adventure. >> i've had a wonderful life. thousands of friends, and i've had an exciting and adventurous gratifying existence. so i was surprisingly at ease. much more so than my wife was. >> mr. carter's wife rosalyn
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attended his news conference wednesday. he also reflected on the darkest moments of his presidency. >> i wish i sent more hole kep coppers to get the hostages. we would have rescued them and i would have been re-elected. >> his treatment includes radiation and drug approved just last year. we're learning that the first two female army rangers are tougher than some of the men they train with. the two women are graduating in a ceremony right now. one of their instructors says they do not quit and they do not complain. david martin is at the national infantry museum outside ft. benning, georgia. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning two women are putting the coveted ranger tab on their uniforms, a symbol they have passed the army's toughest course. >> over the past six decades, 77,000 men have made it through ranger school and now two women. lieutenant shaye haver and
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captain kristen griest have proved they can do it, too. >> we can hand things physically and mentally the same as men. >> first of all, congratulations to all of you. but i'd like to ask the two women how does it feel to be the first? >> graduating with these guys next to me and the 90-plus other ranger students that will graduate tomorrow probably will be one of the highlights of my life. >> the six male rangers who joined them for a press conference at ft. benning, georgia, admitted they had been skeptical at first, but the women proved themselves in the field. >> these two females have showed themselves that they can serve by my side at any time. i know i can trust them, and i hope that they can trust me. >> reporter: one male ranger said he couldn't have made it if shaye haver hadn't helped him carry some of his gear. >> she was the only one to volunteer to carry the weight. i probably wouldn't be sitting
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here right now if it wasn't for shaye. >> he couldn't get anyone in his squad to carry a heavy weapon until griest stepped forward. >> out of nine guys, i'm too broken, too tired. she took it with almost excitement. i thought she was crazy. she was just motivated. >> reporter: claims by critics that standards may have been lowered to accommodate the woman. >> no woman i know wanted to go to ranger school if they changed the standards. >> reporter: one woman, a mother of two, is still going through the course, and more are expected to begin in november. >> wow, amazing, inspiring women. what an exciting achievement. >> you could become part of the cast of "star wars." ahead, how to land a role on this hidden set thanks to the secret cinema jetta experience,,
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a bedtime book is a runaway bestseller. next is this the secret to getting your kids to sleep. plus whether it's a form of hypnosis. that's next on "cbs this morning." rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic, this is humira.
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♪ >> there's bears in the pool. >> i know. >> that is awesome. we love this video. summertime fun for a family of bears in a back yard pool in new jersey. >> i don't want this. >> picking up a mat from the pool, swimming around on a surfboard. the home oerns and their kids watched the bears enjoying their dip. the kids seemed a little
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worried. are the bears' claws going to deflate the pool? one would think, right? so cool. in our "morning rounds," can a story about a bunny bring relief for parents with sleepless kids. a sweet dish psychologist's book, "the rabbit who wants to fall asleep" is number one on amazon's bestseller list. but is it a magical cure or just a tall tale? dr. carol ash is director of sleep medicine at meridian health in new jersey. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. >> this is particularly relevant for me. i have a 5-year-old and a 2-month-old. we're always interested in singing them off to sleep as soon as they can get there. really interesting. the book includes lines like this "i'm going down to visit uncle yawn, said roger rabbit, because he'll help me fall asleep now. how do you make yourself fall asleep? these are subliminal messages or overt messages in the book.
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>> i have to admit i thought it was fascinating the way the psychologist put this book tok. there are a lot of books that help you fall asleep. there are books instructional about how to fall asleep. but this psychologist did several things. as you're suggesting, he used variations in tone and also scripted in a special way that allows the brain to receive information differently and so changes learning. >> when i'm reading with my son, i'm having him pick out certain words. he's bolding these words and those are the words he should focus on. >> the 2-month-old or 5-year-old. >> the 2-month-old isn't reading quite yet. it's interesting the words you choose to focus on, right sf. >> absolutely. he encourages parents to yawn with your child. you know yawning signals sleepiness, but also yawning lights the part of the brain
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associated with empathy. these seem like sickle things, but sleep is such an important part of what we need to be doing for our health. >> what about people who are saying this is like hypnosis, said the man who is no longer getting sleep? is this hypnosis? >> that term usually describes somebody who is in a state where you can suggest them to do certain things and change their behaviors, but this is really more hypnotic, in that it allows the natural process of sleep to occur in a way that it's suggestive. i wouldn't say it's a form of hypnosis, per se, but i think it's a really new way of putting these things together and also include relaxation therapy. it's proven by evidence-based medicine to be a tool to help people fall asleep. >> what's ha? >> you start with your toes and relax those muscles and go all the way up, gradually going through different muscle groups, all the way to your head. most people don't realize the
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tone of their muscles and how the brain is receiving that information. and that tone, if it's tense, can stop you from drifting off to sleep. >> what age should you start doing this? >> it's never too early. once behaviors are formed, they're hard to change. we know that much of the debate about health care can be prevented -- >> you're not a fan of ereaders putting kids to sleep? >> that light can interfere. you really want to get the electronics out of the room. best to stick with a cardboard book. are loud restaurants making a sound business decision? done daler is in new york city. >> reporter: some of the hottest eateries in the country are trying to cut through the noise by creating some of their own. we'll put them to the test and tell you why one prominent food critic is giving them an earful. that's coming up on "cbs this morning." g up on "cbs this morning."
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it won't be long now as the signs go up, the countdown continues for stephen colbert's debut as host of the "late show" on cbs. people were busy last night putting up the sign on broadway down the street from the theater. his debut is september 8th.
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>> can't wait. if you're dining out this weekend, options are unlimited. there are 1 million eateries. they employ 14 million people. but some residents are turning up more than the heat. owners believe it is time to make some noise. don dahler is at centina in new york city and he shows us the battle of the dishing out decibels. don, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. we're a little bit early at centina's for the breakfast rush. diversity, quality, creativity, all of those are the hallmarks of the eating foody culture. and while a lot of the best chefs are creating tons of buzz, so are their restaurants, literally. it's 7:30 wednesday night in new york city. drinks are flowing. food rushing out of the kitchen. and the dining room buzzing. >> is this your guys' first time
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here? music to his ears. >> restaurants are an opportunity for me to pay, create music. >> reporter: he prides himself on creating the perfect atmosphere. >> if i can look and see somebody bobbing their head to a song that's playing while we're serving them an incredible salmon tartar with a sweet cord bredetto, yeah, that's really cool to me. >> reporter: crowds are flowing at a restaurant for a good meal and a hip environment. the one thing they might not be able to enjoy is conversation. >> we've got 45 people in a room with 600 square feet. >> reporter: even if you had a dinner party at home and that many people at the dinner table it would be loud. >> hell, yeah. i've never had 34 people in my home for a dinner party and if i did, i'm sure my neighbor would complain. >> reporter: the idea is to create a party atmosphere in a lot of these places. >> reporter: restaurant critic adam platt has reluctantly
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listened to this transition over his 15-year career with "new york" magazine. >> the fancy old-fashioned fancy restaurant with a hushed sort of darkened little parlor, now it's really the exact opposite. the siren. the noise attracts people like, you know, moths to a flame. >> reporter: here's a thought. if you can hear the restaurant from the street, the people inside are having a good time. but for platt who works in these environments, it's becoming an occupational hazard. >> i already have hearing loss. >> do you feel like sometimes you need some earplugs to go do your job? >> even the chefs are a little astonished. >> reporter: so what caused this noise resolution. about a decade ago, platt says, kitchen culture charged into the dining room. bars became larger and place for people to congregate and as rents increased restaurants
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removed the thrills, stripping away objects that absorbed sound because they were expensive to clean. results -- >> there are no rub rugs, no tabling cloths, wood. we're essentially in an elaborate noise box. >> reporter: in a relatively unscientific way we tested it out using a decibel app on our smartphone. the decibel was anywhere from the mid 80s into the mid 90s, a jackhammer pounding away. owners say they're simply giving people what they want and despite the possibility of hearing loss, americans agree. dining out more than ever, breaking through the white noise to still connect. >> you can't come to a restaurant and be alone. this is something that brings people together and it's something that continues to encourage social interaction, and i love that.
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>> reporter: of course, it's going to surprise no one to know anger over loud restaurants breaks down along generational lines. there are quite a few older people who pine for the days of the murmuring conversation and young people would probably think that's the most boring dinner ever. clarissa. >> you travel around the world. you lived london. is it true in those cities as well? >> it's true. clearly i'm an old fogey. i find it incredibly distracting if you can't have a conversation. >> and how close they sit together. i enjoy sitting around a round table. are we going to get the salmon tartar with the corn in the green room? >> as soon as we get the music. >> thank you so much, don dahler. bosses are finding new ways to track your ever move. will it make you more productive or paranoid? that's ahead after your local
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news. your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, i'm maria medina. it is now 8:25. a warehouse is destroyed after an overnight fire on vallejo's mare island. the building housed alco metals and iron company. the fire also spread to nearby vegetation. no word on the cause. today is the deadline for developers to submit plans for coliseum city. a project in oakland that would include a new football stadium for the raiders. monday the nfl heard details of plans to build a stadium near l.a. for the raiders and san diego chargers. so far the nfl isn't impressed with proposals in oakland. coming up on "cbs this morning" an experience you need to see to believe. go inside the theater where the audience is brought into the
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good morning. let's start off with bart delays in daly city. ten-minute delays in the east bay direction over to the freeways northbound 280 right at 85. accident now in the clear stages but still sluggish approaching the scene. everything is off to the right side of the roadway. north 280, 101, 680, 285, 18 minutes now seeing delays along 101 and guadalupe parkway this morning through the south bay.
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westbound 580 eden canyon an accident stuck in lanes. backed up anyway as you work your way coming away from 680. it's busy out of the livermore valley. altamont pass. sluggish conditions westbound. san mateo bridge looking better in both directions. northbound 880 in oakland still slow and the bay bridge metering lights are on looks like traffic is dissipating. brian. good morning to you, we are starting out with low clouds at the shoreline and have a look at the view from the top of mount vaca in solano county above the marine layer, which you can see sneaking up right to lower slopes of that. it will all burn back to the shoreline later in the day. 63 in concord and 60 in san francisco. low pressure deepening the marine layer slow to clear today but then plenty of sunshine this afternoon. to sum it up, clouds and drizzle early. just low 80s inland and it will be mild through the weekend. forecast highs for the day, 66 in the city. 83 for livermore. 84 at fairfield. napa 78. san jose today 80. san jose today 80. the extended forecast,
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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, if you think the boss is looking over your shoulder now, just wait. digital expert nick thompson is in our green room. he shows how companies are taking the next step in tracking your work day from the moment you walk in the door. . plus, surrounded by star wars. the sci-fi legend is leaping off the big screen, and you can be right in the middle of it, but only if you know where to look. we'll help you use the force. that's ahead. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" has an
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update on the investigation of worker abuse at nail salons. state investigators conducting sweeps are finding violations that range from health and safety issues to underpaying workers. one group of investigators in new york has issued more than 2,400 violations since may. michigan's grand haven tribune reports on two surfers caught up in rip currents in lake michigan. the girls, ages 13 and 14, were pulled from the lake yesterday after people saw them struggling. one was not breathing. she was taken to the hospital where her condition improved to stable. "usa today" reports on workplace satisfaction among tech workers. it turns out they may earn big salaries but are not happier. that's according to a survey, only 19% said they were very happy at work. only 36% saw an opportunity for professional growth. time reports on a growing
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effort to left jon stewart host a presidential debate. his fans launched a petition shortly after stewart left "the daily show." they want the commission on presidential debates to consider letting stewart moderate the debate. the debate had more than 140,000 signatures. rolling stone shows the surge of deez nuts in presidential polls, the stage name of 15-year-old brady olson, a farm boy from iowa. this is from the statement of candidacy from the website. none official polls show he received nearly 10% of the vote in a potential match-up with donald trump and hillary clinton. >> i do love that story. britain's "the guardian" reports on plans for a high-rise swimming pool. developers say the sky pool would be the first of its kind in the world. it would be suspended more than 100 feet in the air and built between two luxury apartment buildings. the pool would be transparent. the illusive street artist
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banksy is taking things down a notch this morning, introducing us to dismalland, a so-called bemusement park in eng lapped. there's a decrepit castle, refugees on a boat and a woman bombarded by seagulls. he says he's not taking a swipe at disney with the macabre works. the display runs through late september. >> some companies this morning are starting to monitor their employees more closely than ever. a recent "new york times" article highlights the technology allowing your performance to be tracked in realtime. cbs news contributor nicholas thompson is editor of "the new yorker" magazine's website, newyorker.com. this gives me the heebie jeebies. explain the technology here. how does this work? >> there's lot of technology goin . what companies are doing is tracking their employees, when
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they come in, when they leave, when they take breaks. a lot of companies are tracking employees through apps on their phone. when they leave, they can be aware of where they go. if they're in sales, that can be helpful, for other people it can be creepy. some people are tracking all the sites they visit on their browsers, every stroke as they type it in. other companies are having realtime feedback on employees. at amazon, if you want to say something about one of your employees and send it to a manager, either praise or criticism, you can immediately do that. there's constant monitoring all the time. >> tracking it mostly through the phone. they're not putting a chip behind my ear. >> it's through your employee badge. nobody has gone there. in due course, once the technology exists, it will be used. >> what do you think is okay and what's too far? >> what's okay is trying to improve efficiency and trying to set goals for a company and have your employees meet them and to not go beyond the boundaries which your employees are comfortable. if you do things that they don't know about, that problem crosses
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a line. if you do things that depress morale, that's bad for you. clearly there can be benefits for a company, for an organization in doing this to a certain degree. it's making sure you do it in the right moderation. >> nothing wrong with finding out if somebody's in the building, is there? >> why not just call them? >> it's a lot simpler. you can say this project took longer than expected. why did it take longer? it took longer than expected because all of these people were coming in late, leaving early and taking big breaks or playing fantasy football on their computers all day. what's changing in the american economy is machines and robots taking away jobs. what humans can do best is think creatively. think outside of the box. think things that machines and robots can't think. to do that you need space and flexibility. there are companies going in the other direction. netflix says you can take
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whatever vacation you want whenever you want. google has very relaxed policies on how you spend your time. they try to encourage daydreaming. what you need to do if you're a boss is have certain restrictions, but also let people think. >> give them space. >> is it working? what are the results for these companies? >> well, i think a lot of bosses would say it's working great! we' improved our productivity. it's working faster and better than it used to. on the other hand, as we've seen with amazon, some of this can lead to unhappiness. managers may not know this. it's complicated. it's mixed. it can't give you a straight answer on that. it's a fascinating, fascinating change. >> if you allow one employee to comment on the other, should the person who is being commented on have an opportunity to respond? >> the issue there is you won't get as honest feedback if you allow that to happen. if somebody knows there has been a comment and they know it came in the context of this meeting,
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they may be able to track it back. that's really up to the company. i think realtime commenting and allowing people to do that probably encourages a little too much internal competition and sniping and probably isn't healthy. >> where does it stop? you just keep going back and forth. >> yeah. >> ahead charlie d'agata takes us to a galaxy not so far away. >> there's a good reason i'm dressed as hans solo. just like everybody else here, i'm part of the set. this is secret cinema, a movie experience with a difference. it will reveal almost,,
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>> we meet again at last. the circle is now complete. when i left you, i was but -- now i am a master. >> only a master of evil. >> the lightsaber battle between darth vader and o.b. juan kenobi. fans can already get their fix and become a living part of the story. charlie d'agata takes us inside the secret cinema hidden somewhere in london. >> do your pledge your
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allegiance to the alliance? >> i do. >> please come in. >> we were given strict instructions that we wouldn't be allowed to enter this secret world without going under cover ourselv ourselves. >> thank you. >> and now i'm ready. >> inside a mystery location we can't reveal, we're transported to a galaxy far, far away. luke skywalker's home planet, a world brought to life by secret cinema founder fabian wriggle. >> we wanted the audience to feel what it feels like to be luke skywalker take present the farm and thrust into this quest. >> secret cinema is part movie cinema, part amusement set and part wrap-around theater. its production of "the empire
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strikes back" spread across an 18-acre set is the company's most ambitious project yet. >> how true is this to the set? >> this is really true. this is the back streets of tatuin. here you have aliens following you, all kinds of people trying to steal stuff from you. >> the whole idea is to make this set come alive. the audience isn't just encouraged to play their roll, it's expected, interacting with the actors and becoming part of the performance. >> you're not the target, but if you get in my way, you're dead. >> keeping the venue a secret is part of wriggle's mission to wow the audience, recapture the magic at a time when going to the movies wasn't a trip to a soulless multiplex, but an experience in itself. >> how did we get into this mess? >> reporter: the idea was born at the time when wriggle went to a movie on his own at 11 years old. >> suddenly instead of just
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watching the film, i felt like i was inside the film. i realized as a child there's no difference between the fiction and the reality. i think everything is growing up to be a little too strange and too dull. >> reporter: previous productions include "back to the future," turning a dis used patch of ground in london to a 1955 hill valley, marty mcfly through time and space complete with a time traveling del lorian. then as now, audience members were told to get into character, not just costumes. >> what i'm interested in is the idea that there is no stage, no catwalk, no performance for the audience. it's all one. >> blurring the lines between reality and fiction, actors and audience, iconic movie scenes aren't staged. they just happen. >> these aren't the droids you're looking for.
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>> he can go about his business. >> he can go about his business. >> reporter: there is a dark side. building it doesn't come cheap. ticket prices verge on the astronomical, about $115. but where else do fans get a ring size sheet to the showdown? the screenings are drawing more rebels, mercenaries and storm troopers than you can shake a lightsaber out, audience of over 100,000. as for when secret cinema pops up in the states? well, telling would spoil the surprise. >> we want to hopefully create a mystery and build up the anticipation. we'll launch in the u.s. in a secret city sometime in the next six months. >> reporter: keeping secrets is why we aren't allowed to reveal the climax of the show either. you can only feel the course
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firsthand. for "cbs this morning," charlie d'agata, london. >> are you going to go, jeff? >> it's unreal. the world that george lucas has created, the universe, it just goes beyond. incredible, right. >> and this is not being made by george lucas. >> but people who have picked up that mantle and the new movie coming out. >> a great franchise. >> you can go to secretcinema.org to get clues on where they're coming in the u.s. tomorrow on "cbs this morning saturday," the party where swing is still king. where jazz lovers are bringing the roaring '20s back in style. that's tomorrow. ,,,,,,
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tonight on the "cbs evening news." look at the week we've had. it's terrific. >> these are people we lost which is what firefighters do, rushed toward the fire rather than running away. >> that was pure fire running up the hill. >> you can see what's left behind of the homes. >> police have released that footage of the suspect they say is the bomber. >> it really was a departure from what we've heard from clinton in recent weeks. >> nobody talked to me about it other than you. >> owen labrie was accused of raping then 15-year-old freshman girl. >> i was raped. >> mr. trump, are you batman? >> i am batman. >> i apologize. we left the helicopter at home. >> jimmy carter says the cancer has gone to the brain. >> addyi is the first of its
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kind. >> for women's sexual desire. >> phenomenal talent in major championship. >> i didn't expect that i was going to cry. >> are you going to miss your mom? >> no. ⌞> no? oh, don't cry. ♪ brown sugar how come you taste so good ♪ >> keep going. the dancing is good. ♪ >> my jaw is just like -- >> look at those soles. >> charlie likes black people, i'm here to say. >> he joins us from the iowa state fairgrounds. he joins us from the iowa state fair grounds. see what i have to go through? is that okay, clarissa? does it meet your approval? >> i'm never getting invited back. >> you have to put on your
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thinking cap and be analytical. >> i can tell you're a party guy. i can tell. >> well, you know. >> you know they're here. you just can't jolly well find them. oh, look. >> wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. ♪ straight out of compton >> yeah, we're in the movies. >> we exercise first amendment as far as i'm concerned. >> what did you tell him to do? >> i just wanted him to show people the real me. i didn't want to give it to him. i wanted him to earn it. ♪ making love >> that video was so hot i had to go take a shower. charlie would like to know when the celibacy is going to end. >> i remain and always will be walter blunt. >> at the moment charlie is competing for the most mentioned on our show. >> yes, that's true. talk about your bedroom scenes. >> i was terrified. >> not confident in your body?
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good morning, it is 8:55. time for news headlines. a suspicious fire burns a fourplex in west oakland early this morning. the fire at 16th and center streets began just before 3 a.m. 5 people were displaced but no one was hurt. and a warehouse is destroyed after an overnight fire on vallejo's mare island. the building housed alco metal and iron company. the fire spread to nearby vegetation. no word on the cause. drones are becoming a problem and now the state of california is offering a way for people to report potential dangers. the statewide hotline has been activated to call investigators about reckless drone use. good morning, maria and to you, as well. with low overit's a little bit of fog and drizzle near the shoreline this morning, kind of typical late summer forecast in the bay area believe it or not
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the golden gate bridge is out there somewhere. can't see it. this is why. low pressure is off the pacific northwest. it's keeping the marine layer fairly deep and that's producing some drizzle along the shoreline. so we'll have clouds early and then mild inland with low to mid-80s inland and mid-60s near the shoreline. sfo, clouds and drizzle early. just low 80s inland and it will remain mild right through the weekend and the forecast for the high temperatures today, 66 in the city. 77 for san rafael. concord 72 degrees. san jose 80 degrees. 75 in fremont. extended forecast calling for fog and low clouds in the early- morning hours right through the weekend and into next week. and numbers remain in the low 70s right around the bay. that's weather. traffic and weather in just a moment. aying golden by managing your energy use... which means managing water too, sfx: rawr especially during a drought. learn to save water, energy and money
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good morning. northbound 280 at saratoga. we have an accident in lanes causing a busy ride as you work your way through the south bay. northbound we'll see delays out of san jose towards the peninsula, as well. that accident cleared. 101 also busy, as well. so pack your patience through there this morning. westbound 580 eden canyon got a wreck stuck in lanes. slow in both directions also reports of an accident just past the 680 dublin interchange. westbound 580 a struggle all morning improving a bit. [female anno during mattress price wars at sleep train,
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