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border patrol leaves the agency just as mr. trump continues his promise for a wall. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. michelle macaluso reports from washington, dc. michelle, two big developments. >> reporter: president trump just wrapped up a speech in philadelphia before congressional republicans for their annual retreat. tensions are high between president trump and mexico over who should pay for the border wall along the u.s./mexico border. mr. trump told gop lawmakers today that the decision to cancel that scheduled meeting between the two countries was mutual. mexico's president enrique pena nieto canceled a scheduled meeting at the white house next week following president trump's tweets there is morning. mr. trump wrote: if mexico is unwilling to pay for the badly needed wall, then it would be
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better to cancel the upcoming meeting. in a tweet. >> reporter: last night the mexican president repeat his country's position it won't pay for the wall along the u.s./mexico border. he went on to say, mexico is willing to work with the u.s. to reach agreements that benefit both nations. the president says mexico unfairly benefits from the u.s. with the $60 billion trade deficit in its favor. he blames nafta for loss of jobs to mexico. protestors gave president trump a cold reception in philadelphia today. he addressed congressional republicans at their annual retreat. >> we're here now because tens of millions of americans have placed their hopes in us to transfer power from washington, dc and give it back to the people. >> reporter: later today mr. trump will order federal agencies to stop the flow of refugees into the united states
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until stricter screening measures are available. also today, the chief of border patrol mark morgan was asked to resign from his post. we are told that it wasn't because of the new administration but the new administration wanted to show that the border patrol was going in a new direction. >> thank you. a traffic alert in the santa cruz mountains. part of highway 17 closed in the area of redwood estates. traffic is being diverted as the chp investigates a shooting there. this is a live look from chopper 5 right now. officers say that they chased a robbery suspect from santa cruz county to this area of santa clara county. at this point it's unclear who fired the shots. we'll bring you updates on the situation as new information comes in. new at noon san francisco is ready for what's to come. that's what mayor ed lee said just minutes ago.
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in his state of the city address. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec was there and has more live. >> reporter: the speech just wrapped up and the mayor talked a lot about sort of framing today as a juxtaposition between the state of the city of san francisco and the politics across the rest of the country. mayor lee talked a lot about so- called san francisco values, civil rights, women's rights, disabled and gay rights, and how the city will continue to work to protect them all. [ indiscernible ] is also a big topic a concern for people in the city. [ loud background noise ] >> reporter: two new navigation centers the 4th and 5th in the city. one at sf general hospital, the other in soma. he talked about how laura's law is working well which mandates mental health treatment for the homeless and says the city install new needle deposit boxes for drug addicts. but the statement that got the biggest applause was when the
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mayor said san francisco will remain a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants despite what he calls cynical attacks from washington, d.c. >> our city's success stands against a backdrop of a vastly different america. the election last year and the fallout that continues has shaken our understanding of our country. well, i'm here with you today to say i'm confident that san francisco will lead the way for the entire nation. >> reporter: he also talked about the future of the sfpd, which has a new chief as of this week. the mayor wants full implementation of body cameras and he broached the controversial topic of tasers saying it's time to give officers an option between a baton and a gun. back out here live now at the hibernia bank building, this is at jones and market streets, this is where the mayor chose to give his speech. it's just been renovated and he
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says that it's really sort of a show of the resurgence of san francisco's grand boulevard market street and the tenderloin in general but if you have been around the tenderloin recently, you know, there's still plenty of work to be done ... live in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. for the second time in a week a car went into the alameda creek in niles canyon. today's accident happened around 5 a.m. on niles canyon road near palomares road. the driver fell asleep at the wheel. he woke up swerved to get back into his lane and lost control of the car. the man got out through the windshield. he was rushed to the hospital with minor injuries. crews are still looking for 18- year-old jayda jenkins, after her car plunged into the creek in the same area last saturday. her car was pulled out of the creek on tuesday but she was not inside. some of her clothes and personal items have been found. new clues in the search for the suspect who struck a santa clara police officer with his car door. investigators say that officers spotted a suspicious car
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outside a "24 hour fitness" on east arques avenue in sunnyvale. the suspect refuse to get out of the car so an officer grabbed him as he began to drive away. he ran alongside the car but eventually let go of the suspect to avoid being dragged. >> both car doors were open at the time he fled. so some evidence fell out of the car that was pertinent to the investigation. >> the officer was not seriously hurt. investigators say that the suspect has two misdemeanor warrants out for his arrest. right now uc regents are meeting to vote on raising tuition for the first time in 7 years. a proposal from uc president janet napolitano called to increase annual tuition and fees by more than $300 for the upcoming school year. critics say the hike would put too much of a financial burden on students and leave some to drop out of college. she said the increases are necessary to maintain a quality education for the nation's
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largest university system. more than 2 dozen protests are going on today including one in alameda against president trump's nominee for labor secretary. andrew puzder is the ceo of hardee as and carls junior. he is against minimum wage increases forcing job cuts. the confirmation hearing is next thursday. we know president trump's border wall would be a massive project taking several years to build. and now we are getting a look at the resources that will be needed to make it happen. here's cbs reporter manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: walling off the rio grande would require building on its floodplain. right now the river is running about 20 to 30 feet above normal. >> we have parts that border the river area. >> reporter: laredo mayor met with then candidate trump when he visited the city in 2015. on wednesday, he said erecting the wall around laredo was quote offensive. >> it serves as a negative psychological, um, impact on people that visit our city.
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can you imagine having a city with a huge wall there, um, it's not very inviting. it's very divisive. >> reporter: the nearly 2,000 mile long southern border is already protected by almost 700 miles of fencing. it costs more than $2 billion to build. for vast stretches it is an imposing metal barrier but other sections don't stop people. and where it abruptly ends it's easy enough to go around it. the president wants to replace that hodgepodge fencing with a concrete wall spanning the entire border. he said his plan will cost 8 to $12 billion. analysts peg the figure at 15 to $40 billion. critics say that money is better spent on more technology, equipment and manpower. >> what you need on the border to ensure security is more border patrol agents. >> reporter: as for the proposed wall, the mayor of
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laredo believes it sends the wrong message when it comes to trade with mexico which is vital to border communities like his. laredo he says does more than $200 billion worth of trade with people on this side of the border. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, [ non-english name ] , mexico. >> president trump has pledged to hire 5,000 additional border agents pending congressional funding. still ahead a big change coming to one airline. the tech convenience you won't find on board soon. >> plus, he caught a wave and wasn't the only one. a young surfer gets unexpected company out of the water. >> from the kpix weather center, good afternoon, everybody. we have a treat for you. let's hop on board chopper 5. we're flying high above lexington reservoir which is actually an artificial lake on the los gatos creek near los gatos in the south bay. it is the reservoir in the foothills of the santa cruz mountains. and there's so much fun hiking
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ylan" -- maker of the epi- pen -- is speaking out in an exclusive interview with c- b-s news. c-e-o d the chief of pharmaceutical giant mylan maker of the epipen is speaking out with cbs news. the ceo was called to testify before congress last year about the huge price increase for the life-saving allergy medicine to $600. after the controversy, the company cut the list price of generic epipens to $300. she says she wants to take on the entire healthcare system and the high cost of drugs. >> you're talking about pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, wholesalers, pharmacy retailers, asking for transparency. i mean, that's inviting more controversy. >> look, i'm inviting change. and like i said, that can be
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it's not always popular and disruption is difficult. it's difficult to get your way through that. what i realized and what i went through this summer, epipen was a window into a broken system. and what i have conveyed and i believe the discussion continues to validate, this isn't an epipen problem this is a healthcare problem. >> you can see more of the interview with the ceo tomorrow on "cbs this morning." checking in on wall street now, the dow is up about 30 points. and it's still over that 20,000 mark. broad new guidelines governing chemicals in the products it sells at target. they will push suppliers to list ingredients in everything from perfume to household goods. they also include the removal of certain chemicals used in everyday products and flame retardants from textiles. maybe a sign of the tech times, american airlines says
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that there will be no seat back screens on its new boeing 737 jets set to be delivered later this year because most passengers now have their own devices. their free streaming library and new satellite internet service will be available on board. bound to happen. people losing their apple airpod earbuds. now to help find them, apple is adding a find my airpod feature to its "find my iphone" app. it will track down the $160 headphones to tell you their location and blast sound so you can find them. tributes are pouring in for tv legend mary tyler moore. the 80-year-old actress died yesterday. her big career break came in 1961 on the dick van dyke show before her breakthrough sitcom the "mary tyler moore show." the co-stars are paying their respects on twitter. van dyke tweeting this morning, saying, quote, she was just the best. and carl reiner saying, quote, sheilas forever as long as there's television. and cbs will air a one-hour
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special tonight called mary tyler moore: love is all around. it starts at 9:00 right here on kpix 5. ♪[ music ] ah, she was so great. time for a check of our weather now with roberta. >> good afternoon, everybody. we do have that high surf advisory still remaining in place. but look how gorgeous it is at ocean beach at this early hour. you can see by the traces in the sand we have high tide earlier this morning. we are on our way. we're working our way towards low tide at 4:43. with the clear blue skies, temperatures in the 50s. it's cool. it's only 50 degrees in livermore after bottoming out this morning right around 34 degrees. santa rosa is at 53. we have 50s across the board. see that huge ridge of high pressure out over the open water, keeping a huge storm way out over the open waters. this is a very oppressive area of low pressure. it's banging up against the ridge of high pressure not bringing us rain.
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but it's churning up the surf. so we have a high surf advisory up to 20 feet to 25 feet. here's what you need to know. we have blue skies and a few clouds in the system over the waters. we'll have clear cold conditions tonight and rain in the forecast next wednesday. it was mostly cloudy this morning. around the central valley no fog temperatures into the 50s. it's now 28 on its way up to 33 in the high sierra. we have a few flurries on the fly and, in fact, today, no accumulation really anticipated. but after this system moves out, we're talking about sunshine for friday all the way through the weekend for boarding and skiing plans. it's going to be incredible! layers and layers of powder! all right. high pressure looking ahead in command for our weather too for the weekend. wait until you see that seven- day forecast. today numbers in the 50s, sundown at 5:27. it cools off quickly overnight talking about numbers into the 30s for the most part. a few 40s next to the bay of
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water. here's your extended forecast. we have sunshine for the first time this year both days over the weekend. it happens to be the last weekend of the year, as well. and then rain returns on wednesday. you see that on monday? it's a gorgeous day, 63 sounds like a heat wave, don't you think? >> yeah. >> i heard the cough. i'll back you up on that. [ coughing ] >> i'm with you. [ laughter ] it was a huge thrill for a young surfer. he just shared a wave with a shark. ten-year-old eden was riding a wave north of sydney, australia when his dad snapped a picture of a great white shark just below the surface. >> i was shocked. but i wasn't too scared, like, because it just happens and if i was on the wave and i sawty probably would have freaked out and fell off. i was lucky i didn't fall off.
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sharon chin and allen martin co- emceed the event. there are 55 total winners. 6 silver medal winners are up for consideration for a national award. and we have last night's entire ceremony posted online at cbssf.com. using technology to create positive change might sound like a lofty goal but it's being done every day by a nonprofit high-tech company on the peninsula and the woman leading it is making sure that more content is being made available in more ways to more people. as allen martin reports, she is this week's jefferson award winner reporter: kevin leone's computer setup might be typical for a 15-year-old. but what he uses it for certainly is not. >> what was the trail of tears in 1835? >> reporter: his computer and a program called "bookshare" help him see and hear books. >> before i hated reading. it took forever for me to read the stuff. i could comprehend it but it just took forever. >> reporter: at 6, kevin had an organic brain injury that affected his vision. >> for us we know we need to grow. >> reporter: betsy beaumon is president of a silicon valley nonprofit that developed
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"bookshare". >> i talk to parents who say i remember a time when i would be cooking dinner and at the same time, reading my son his textbook. >> reporter: started in 2002, "bookshare" is now the largest library of digitally accessible books in the world. since coming to benetech in 2009 she guided "bookshare"'s growth from 30,000 members to more than 300,000. from 20,000 digitally accessible books to more than half a million. and "bookshare" is entirely free. after selling two tech startups, betsy knew her next chapter was going to be different. >> how do i take all this that i have learned and all these things i have been able to do in high-tech and apply them to communities around the world that have needs that really can be benefited by tech plus really good implementation? >> reporter: especially rewarding when people like kevin replace an obstacle with an opportunity. >> it's free and it's
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accessible. >> reporter: so for giving the visually impaired and physically challenged the equal opportunity to read and enjoy books, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to betsy beaumon. allen martin, kpix 5. to nominate your own local hero for a jefferson award, go to cbssf.com/hero. we'll be right back. parents. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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it's right by a park but it has no stop sign! kpix 5's julie watts answers r call in today a dangerous bay area intersection is concerning parents by a park but it has no stop sign. kpix 5's julie watts answers their call in today's consumerwatch. we'll have that and mo tonight at 5:00. that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. enjoy the sun but it is chilly out, right? >> it is. breezy. >> enjoy it. ,,
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♪ >> thomas: i take it liam's happy you're back. >> steffy: we both are. >> thomas: good. >> steffy: hey, when i was packing, i couldn't find my blue enamel saucepan. you can only get it in paris. what? well, it's rent. i'm assuming you pay dad rent. i was there for the last month, so i just thought maybe you... >> thomas: yeah, yeah. i guess while i was in new york visiting my son, uh, in a house full of women that no longer wanted me there. you have to know this is three times too much. >> steffy: i-i -- how am i supposed to know that? i don't know. i'm sorry. >> thomas: i don't know. maybe by asking. that's a good start. or maybe you just want to show off your c.e.o. buying power or remind me that when promotions were handed out, i was passed over.
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