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about the plan's details. thanks for joining us this makopvec... obamacare's replacement heads to the house floor this week and lawmakers are sounding off about it. thanks for joining us. i'm anne makovec. michelle and kenny have the afternoon off. house republicans have unveiled their replacement for the affordable care act. it offers tax credits and a
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restructure to the country's medicaid program. but reporter weijia jang says it's facing criticism. >> reporter: republicans unveiled a new bill that aimed to replace obamacare. this morning, president donald trump tweeted our wonderful new healthcare bill is now out for review and negotiations. obamacare is a complete and total disaster, is imploding fast! the gop proposal eliminates the individual mandate, employer mandate and most taxes. it's replaced with a massive expansion of health savings accounts and refundable tax credits for low and middle income americans who don't get coverage through their jobs ranging from $2,000 to $14,000 a year. it would keep portions of the affordable care act keeping protection for those with pre- existing conditions, dependent coverage until age 26 and wait until 2020 to roll back obamacare's medicaid expansion. >> we think the system that the house introduced last night
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actual provides more affordable healthcare for people so when they do get sick they can afford to go to the doctor. >> reporter: some 20 million previously uninsured americans gained coverage through obamacare. it's uncertain how many of them will be covered under the gop version or how much it will cost them. >> trump care is breathtakingly irresponsible. it shifts the cost and burdens from the rich to the poor and middle class designed to make america sick again. >> reporter: democrats say the bill will cause many to lose insurance and shift the cost of caring for them to state and hospital systems. weijia jang, cbs news, capitol hill. >> nancy pelosi appeared on "cbs this morning" to talk about the proposal. she called the plan an assault on universal healthcare. >> just when you think you have seen it all the republicans go to a more extreme place. this will make millions of people -- it's a question of
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10, 15, 20 million people off having health insurance. it will be the biggest transfer of wealth from low, middle income people to wealthy people in our it country. >> pelosi says if the republicans wanted to talk about how they could improve that he affordable care act, she says she could do that. but she says you can't pull the plug on what's already in place. the trump administration gearing up for legal challenges to the president's latest travel ban executive order. it removes iraq from the lives countries whose citizens are kept out. it also makes it clear that current visa holders from the named countries are exempt. the white house believes the clarified executive order will be able to withstand judicial scrutiny. at sfo, some opposition to the order was tough to ignore. demonstrators projected these images on the wall saying no, no wall. a twitter user named [ indiscernible ] posted these pictures last night. amazon is agreeing to help in a murder investigation. back in december, authorities
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in arizona filed search warrants to get information from an amazon echo speaker that may have been recording during a homicide. amazon vehemently fought against police saying it would be a violation of first amendment rights and it refused to provide any data but now the suspect in the case consented to the release of the information so the company is complying. new at noon, the rules of the road may be changing soon. a build-up would allow cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs making its way around the state capital. kpix 5's jackie ward spoke with assemblyman phil ting about his plans. >> reporter: everyone knows about the california roll. now, when you don't stop fully at a stop sign and treat it as a yield. phil ting who represents parts of san francisco and daly city is introducing a role to make that legal just for bicyclists. >> there's been a study by a uc- berkeley professor that this could move bikers off this
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street to more streets with stop signs. >> reporter: king says the longer a bicycle is at an intersection, the more likely they have to get hit by an oncoming vehicle. but what about pedestrians who waited for a car to stop and might not see a bicycle not stopping. >> no biker is going to challenge a car because they will lose so anytime a biker sees a car they will yield. but again, bikers and cars have to yield for pedestrians. but that doesn't change. >> reporter: under tinge's proposal this bill would still force bicyclists to stop at read lights and stresses they would only be allowed to go through a stop sign if it was safe. >> bikers going up hill, downhill, it doesn't matter. they have 20-year-old to pedestrians. >> reporter: opponents say it would encourage bad habits and leave too much up to discretion of bicyclist. jackie ward, kpix 5. idaho right now is the only state in the country with a law like this and according to a study in 2010, idaho did see a decline in bike related injuries once the law passed.
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another proposal to keep traffic moving in san francisco, the sfmta is expected to approve new guidelines to the commuter shuttle program later today to allow companies to use specific muni bus stops if they pay a fee but the companies must comply with rules that minimize the shuttle's impacts on transit lines. a suspect is still on the loose after an officer-involved shooting in richmond this morning. according to police, they spotted a man trying to break into a car on carlson boulevard. as they went in to arrest him, the suspect tried to run over an officer. police shot at him but he got away. two men will be back in court facing murder charges shooting after an off-duty police officer, who was not injured. no possible motive yet. more bay area headlines now. this morning, alameda county supervisors are meeting to discuss a mobile home rent ordinance. that proposal would allow for a 5% annual increase in mobile home park spaces.
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plans to build a cement factory on the south side of vallejo have been killed. local crowds came out last night to oppose the proposal to develop the old general mills flour mill. after public comment it was killed. vote today on google's expand plan to build a campus on 18 acres on north shoreline boulevard. city council wants the company to pay for the rate to use 1200 spots in the shoreline amphitheater as temporary parking. more about the recovery of a plane crash survivor. the woman was aboard a cessna with family and friends going back to san jose. crystal cruz spoke with her husband. >> i'm terrified that she won't make it. but i'm putting all my faith in god and i think she is going to -- i believe she is going to pull through and we are going to have her home. >> reporter: it's been a week
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since richard pierce's wife stacey of 20 years boarded her parents' plain home from riverside to san jose in bad weather. >> all day i told my wife, please take a commercial flight home. and she said no. we'll be fine. >> reporter: the plane was seen on camera falling from the sky crashing into two homes killing stacey's mother, stepfather and family friend 22-year-old adine farelas. another friend and stacey survived. stacey's legs were amputated. she is not talking yet. >> her face is beautiful. her back and rear are burned and getting skin grafts tomorrow. and she lost her legs. >> reporter: together, richard and stacey have four children. she doesn't remember the crash. but her husband filled her in just a little. >> i said, honey you were in a crash. you're going to be fine. when the kids walked in, she was excited and the bells and whistles went off. >> reporter: richard hasn't
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told his wife that her parents died in the crash out here. stacey's 83-year-old stepfather with decades of experience piloted that plane. >> he is a great pilot. can't be them. this wouldn't happen to us. i have flown with them many, many times. he is very focused. >> reporter: the group was heading home from stacey's daughter, brook's cheer competition. brook has flown on the plane many times but this time there was too much luggage on board so brook took a bus home with her team. >> i'm just blessed. >> reporter: brook said she won the cheer competition and her mom was there to see it. the family now raising funds and haste "go fund me" page that we have put on our website. i'm crystal cruz in riverside, kpix 5. there is one group of people already benefiting from the trump presidency. ♪[ music ] >> late night comedians. how presidential punch lines are boosting viewership. >> after a harrowing week alone in the woods a blind dog finds
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her family again. how she made it home next. >> it's been a very interesting morning. we have been noticing rain and snow and increasing clouds. we'll talk about what you can expect where you live on the other side of this brief time- out. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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catastrophic flood in san jose. today state and federal representatives are visiting homes affected by last month's catastrophic flooding in san jose. authorities are estimating that flood caused more than $50 million in damage to private property. more than 500 homes were damaged. so far, a flood victim's relief fund has raised more than $6 million to help those impacted. this comes as the city just hired a new leader to oversee its emergency management
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program. the city is facing a lot of scrutiny for failing to warn or evacuate residents before raging floodwaters destroyed their homes. a happy ending for a blind dog and her family lost in the santa cruz mountains for eight days. the 12-year-old labrador named sage is a fighter. she survived a tour monday at loss of both eyes. -- she survived a tumor and loss of both eyes. she got lost in the woods. a firefighter rescued her. >> she was just waiting for us. dan came along. >> sage definitely taught me a lesson of hope and a lesson of never to give up. it's something we train to do all the time. >> dan turned down the $1,000 reward for finding sage. and this saturday her having a party for her return raising funds for the santa cruz county animal shelter. well, could it be the new
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answer to soaring housing costs? san francisco startup says it can print a home in a single day. the construction team just put up this one in russia. it is a circular concrete building 400 square feet and costs $10,000 to print. inside is a kitchen, bathroom, windows and partitions. the company says it's affordable and durable. not bad. ♪[ music ] our weather also not bad comparatively speaking. >> it depends where you are. we have had scatter rained in the north bay. thinked picture -- we had some scattered rain showers in the north bay. i had this picture sent in from a winery in the north bay and they had snow flurries. this was yesterday. and boy, isn't that dramatic? when is the last time you have seen snow on the vineyards in the north bay? so today, we're still picking up light snow in the mount st. helena area. there you have that little pink on your screen and also when you see the shades of green
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that is light rain, yellow moderate rainfall that's just pushing out of clearlake. and then we have a lot of virga that's been evaporating before it hits the ground but i am getting word that we are picking up some light rain showers in the east bay around haywood boulevard this afternoon pushing east. and spotty hit-and-miss scattered showers around the peninsula outside of sfo. and so far no reports of any local airport delays. so all this activity according to our live hi-def doppler radar originates to the north sagging gently to the south and check out the scene right now. this is mount vaca under a mostly cloudy sky. we started off with clear conditions and watch the clouds increase as the day wore on. we are currently in the 50s. the winds have been under 10 miles per hour. will pick up out of the north 5 to 15 later today. weather watcher saying hey it's humid out there. 54. so says dana at novato and it's all associated with that right there again. weak disturbance across the pacific northwest banging up against the northwestern corner
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of the state of california. the dirty ridge of high pressure is allowing the clouds to slip in. tomorrow a few clouds, thursday the sunniest day for all of us and the warmest coming up. travel wise we are into the 50s in the central portion of the state. 43 in the high sierra. we have great skiing and boarding for your wednesday. temperatures in the bay area today 50s and low 60s. that breeze up to 15. sundown at 6:09. temperatures across the bay area going up tomorrow, thursday and friday back into the 70s. >> oh, 73 on thursday? >> so we have a little bit of everything. thank you. let's take a live look at the big board this afternoon. the dow is down about 12 points. we know you've been putting it off but if you are ready to start thinking about your taxes, our consumerwatch team is here answering your tax questions live on our facebook page there. there's consumerwatch reporter julie watts gathering tax periods of time from the irs
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and h & r block to help you navigate from noon to two p.m. go there are or call us at 888- 5-helps-u. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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tomorrow night. the theme: "game changers". 20 former castaways will be
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the show, which was "survivor" returns for another season here on cbs, tomorrow night. the theme, game changers. 20 former cast aways will be returning to the show, which was filmed in fiji. this time rules are change. if there is a tie in the vote, it immediately goes to a tie breaker. jeff probst talk about the shake-up. >> just designed to kind of throw a wrench into the works of people's strategies and see what happens. it's one of the best parts of "survivor" is that our audience is so much a part of the journey and building the show that we try new things and if they work, we do it again and they say don't, we get rid of it. >> watch tomorrow night's show right here on kpix 5 at 8 p.m. it will be the 500th episode president trump is a frequent target of late night comics. no one has benefited more than cbs' stephen colbert whose show is now number one.
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a story on how comics are benefiting from presidential punch lines. >> big news today out of the kremlin. i'm sorry, i misread that. white house. >> reporter: stephen colbert throug millions of viewers beating the leader nbc tonight show. over on cbs. >> the short sharp shock of a trump presidency has sparked a new america fitness craze. >> reporter: another has doubled her viewership. ratings have also reportedly been climbing for two hbo hosts, bill maher and don al liver. >> it's weird. you have been objectively nice to vladimir putin than merle street. >> reporter: a "los angeles times" writer says. >> the shows that are doing well are the ones that are the most political. >> reporter: according to him, jimmy fallon who hasn't been as critical of the president is
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down 18% in the last year. david letterman often had mr. trump as a guest on his show. >> [ indiscernible china. >> reporter: in an interview he said he would have treated trump differently than fallon. i can only tell you what i would have done in that situation. i would have gone to work on trump. >> obamacare is a disaster and i actually do have a replacement plan, okay? >> reporter: "saturday night live" has been especially hard on the president. >> it's called the affordable care act. >> reporter: prompting him to call it, quote, unwatchable. >> bad boys, what you gonna do? >> reporter: but it's february 11 show lampooning in trump and his top aide. >> not going to be ignored. >> reporter: kellyanne conway and sean spicer. >> 80% of the people in chicago have been murdered!!! and are dead!! >> reporter: with snls most watched episode in six years. [ screaming ] >> conservatives will say that these shows are a liberal bias because of their treatment of
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our president and in the past george w. bush. they also love to ridicule bill and hill. and after all, they are democrats. from inside the ed sullivan cathedraller, cbs news, new york. >> of course, you can watch the late night with stephen colbert monday through friday right here at 11:30 p.m. it is the funny looking lettuce with the funny name. today's fresh grocer tony tantillo is shopping for radicchio. >> reporter: i love doing tips like this on some fun vegetables. yellow radicchio. everybody likes the red one. now there's yellow not like chicory, milder and very beautiful. when you combine it together with the other radicchio, what a beautiful sad. add a little olive oil, salt and pepper, balsamic vinegar, that's it. when you buy it, make sure it's a little yellow all the way around and little red marks
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where it's been cut no browning. in the refrigerator. never wash it before you store it. always wash it before you enjoy it. it's very mild. shelf life is only three to five days at the most. yellow radicchio in the market. when you combine them with the red in a salad, oh, is that beautiful? and i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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what all workplaces could soon be required to provide... that d more at five new rights for women are being debated today in san francisco. what all workplaces could soon be required to provide. that story and a lot more
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coming up at 5:00. and we have a reminder. our consumerwatch team right now live answering your tax questions on our facebook page. consumerwatch reporter julie watts has gathered experts from the irs and h & r blocks to navigate tax time. go to facebook live or call cbssf.com. ♪[ music ]
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[ truck beeping ] >> coco: your father has every right to be cautious, especially when it comes to my sister and grandma. i should go. goodbye, r.j. >> r.j.: goodbye. >> coco: r.j.! >> saul: coco will be fine. >> sally: she was adamant. she will not spy on forrester. >> saul: well, that's where we get creative. >> sally: you're talking about planting a spying device on my sister. >> saul: oh, no, that was shirley's idea. i just bought the camera. >> sally: all right. look, i said t m

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