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captioning funded by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, may 2nd, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." american bombers fly over the korean peninsula after president trump said he would be honored to meet with kim jong-un and china demands the immediate halt of a u.s. missile defense system operating in south korea. . a flooding disaster escalates in the central u.s. millions are under a state of emergency after deadly storms and a month of heavy rain. a warning after ten seconds of terror leaves passengers with broken bones and bruises, how climate change could double or triple the risk of dangerous air turbulence. >> we begin with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. does the president have a
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thing with these totalitarian leaders? >> those are the countries in the region that can be helpful as we move forward. >> president trump floats a meeting with north korea's kim jong-un. >> this isn't just a case of looking the other way on duterte or putin. this is an american president showing specific appreciation for their brutality. >> it's trying to bring the dictator to the table and get rid of the nukes. >> nobody is safe. who's safe. the guy has nuclear weapons. mayday rallies in some cities around the world turned combative. >> get out of the street. >> this is a historic flood. more heavy rain and flooding expected in the already water-logged central u.s. >> flash flooding is the biggest concern over the saturated ground. it's a disaster and we can save what we can. >> tragedy struck the heart of university of texas. >> in austin multiple people stabbed. >> one person is in custody. >> it's hard to feel safe to be quite honest.
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a neighborhood dispute in dallas turned into a shooting that left a paramedic critically injured. the suspected gunman was found dead. two men brutally fighting each other on board an al nippon airways flight. >> all that. >> they call it the super bowl of fashion. >> wild fashion on the red carpet at the met gala. >> look at my sexy hubby. >> needs a little help here. he can't get the weight off. superman takes care of it. he's pretty strong. >> and all that matters. >> it was the longest three hours of my life. >> jimmy kimmel took a break from the laughs last night to get personal. >> jimmy gets emotional about the medical crisis surrounding the birth of his newborn son. >> not only did he get a bad heart but he got my face. >> on "cbs this morning." >> you're saying to yourself, but wait, steven, when is donald trump going to weigh in on civil war history. >> president trump said he thinks the civil war could have been prevented. yeah. after hearing this john mccain said, trust me, i did everything
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i could. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump is keeping the world guessing over his plans on north korea's dictator and its nuclear arsenal. the president said in an interview he would be honored to meet dictator kim jong-un, quote, if it would be appropriate. later in the day, a white house spokesman said conditions are not there for a meeting. two u.s. strategic bombers flew a practice mission over south korea while the cia director visited the country's capital. >> a u.s. missile defense system is partially operational if south korea. china demanded overnight that it be removed. major garret is at the white house where the president will have another important conversation in just a few hours. major, good morning. >> good morning. that's right. president trump will speak by telephone to russian president vladimir putin just after noon
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eastern today. yesterday the president said he would be willing to meet face to face with north korea's dictator. that's something no sitting u.s. president has done. >> nobody is safe. i mean who's safe. the guy has nuclear weapons. >> reporter: in several interviews monday, president trump denounced north korea's nuclear program and pursued a ballistic missile technology. >> 28,000 troops on the line. and they're right there. and so nobody is safe. we're probably not safe over here. if he gets the long-range missiles we' ot safe either. >> reporter: north korea has not carried out a new nuclear test as some analysts fear. even so, dictator kim jong-un's government threatened to bolster its nuclear force to the maximum. with tensions high the president told bloomberg news he, quote, would absolutely negotiate with the north korean leader. adding, quote, i would be honored to do it. >> he's still a head of state. >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer rationalized why talking to kim, a ruthless leader who starved
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his own people and assassinated political rivals would be an honor. >> a diplomatic peace to this, but the bottom line the president will do what he has to do. >> reporter: the president discussed another conflict he says could have been averted. the civil war. >> i mean, had andrew jackson been later you wouldn't have had the civil war. >> reporter: mr. trump said in a radio interview that president andrew jackson, a slave owner, could have negotiated a deal over slavery and economics. >> he was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war and said there's no reason for this. >> reporter: jackson, who died 16 years before the start of the civil war, is seen by mr. trump as a populist inspiration, something he discussed with "face the nation" john dickerson. >> the picture of andrew jackson i put up, because they said his campaign and my campaign tended to mirror each other. >> reporter: if there is a theme here it's on many topic also the complexities of health care, the
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difficulties of the president or the underlying and unresolved issues at the heart of the civil war what president trump doesn't know or has learned on the job, appear to genuinely surprise him. norah? >> all right. major garret, thank you. congress goes to work this morning with no health care vote scheduled in the house. president trump says the newest obamacare replacement bill will protect patients with preexisting conditions and satisfy his supporters. >> they're going to give the greatest. these are the greatest people. we're going to have a great plan or i'm not signing it. >> vice president mike pence is leading the president's lob beying effort on capitol hill but some republicans are still backing away from the bill. nancy cordes is on capitol hill counting the potential votes. good morning. >> good morning. white house officials have said publicly they want to see a vote this week. they think they've got the votes but they must be looking at different numbers than republican leaders here on capitol hill and frankly, cbs news because right now, our unofficial whip count shows if
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they were to hold the vote today it most likely would fail. republican leaders can only afford to lose 22 of their own members and 20 have already confirmed to cbs news that they are against the current version of the health care bill and there are many more who are still undecided. and republican leaders are losing some members who would normally be loyal backers. congressman billy long of missouri surprised a lot of people. he comes from a lot of states -- from a state that went for president trump by 19 points, but he has changed his vote from yes to no. thanks to a new amendment that allows states to strip away protections for people with preexisting conditions. in a statement long said the macarthur amendment would make coverage for many people unaffordable and called that preexisting guarantee one of the few good things about obamacare. after announcing that he was switching his vote the congressman's office confirmed that he received a call from president trump himself, gayle, trying to get him to change his
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mind. >> nancy, thank you. millions under a state of emergency in the central u.s. after deadly storm triggered massive flooding. severe thunderstorms also pounded parts of western pennsylvania and new york state. downpours flooded streets and high winds and toppled trees. the storm system began this weekend and exploded over the plains with torrential rain, tornadoes and snow in the month of may. at least 17 people were killed in multiple states. dozens more were hurt. this morning flood warnings cover most of the state of missouri. michele miller is in pacific, that's outside of stainless steel st. louis where floodwaters from the meramec river closed part of an interstate. michele, good morning to you. >> good morning. the meramec river is a half mile behind me. along this street, yes, this is a street, and to give you an idea of just how fast these floodwaters are moving, this was dry land just three hours ago. people have been evacuated all along this river and these
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rising waters continue to threaten homes and businesses. three days of heavy downpours of inundated rivers across missouri forcing floodwaters to spill into cities across highways and through back yards. volunteers including governor eric bryson have been scrambling to prepare for the rising water. >> when we were warned that this weather was coming we went out and declared a state of emergency which allowed us to position swift water rescue teams around the state. those teams have conducted hundreds of operations literally saved hundreds of lives. >> reporter: state officials have shut down dozens of roads and bridges threatened by the flooding. currents were so powerful along the meramec river near st. louis, this entire steel bridge was swept away. images taken before and after the flooding throughout the state show the devastating impact. >> it happened so fast. once the water started coming in under the doors, i don't know if it was 15, 20 minutes, and it
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was thigh high in the house. >> reporter: in arkansas a two day search for two children switched from a rescue to a recovery effort. the pair were swept away from their mother in floodwaters on saturday, bringing their grandfather to tears. >> tore my heart out. >> reporter: the meramec river is expected to crest at near record flood levels within the next 24 hours. more rain is forecasted which is increasing the likelihood of flash flooding. >> thank you so much. mayday protests in support of workers rights turned violent in cities around the world. demonstrators in paris threw molotov cocktails at police. four officers were hurt. in the pacific northwest dozens of people were arrested yesterday during clashes with police. john blackstone shows us how a rally in oregon's largest city turned chaotic. >> reporter: police had to resort to so-called flash bangs to try to break up an unruly crowd in portland, oregon,
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monday. >> this is considered a riot. >> reporter: the city was forced to shut down its mayday march after the peaceful protests to support labor and immigration rights turned violent. >> we need to be disciplined. >> reporter: anarchists clashed with officers traring police vehicle -- trashing police vehicles and some businesses. in the washington state capital of olympia, police say dozens of people dressed in black hurled rocks and marbles, there were several arrests. >> this is a group that was focused as a group to really engage us and try to frankly assault officers. >> reporter: the protests were some of the many demonstrations that took place across the country from los angeles to chicago and new york. ♪ >> reporter: in perhaps a not so subtle nod to that now infamous pepsi commercial, some demonstrators offered police a can of pepsi. which in some cases wasn't so well received. >> get back. >> reporter: for the most part
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demonstrators came together peacefully hoping to keep attention on their primary cause. >> i'm here to fight for rights for workers, immigrants, everybody. everybody that works, the workings class, we need to be heard. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, john blackstone, san francisco. new questions surround the deadly shooting of a black teenager outside dallas. 15-year-old jordan edwards was shot and killed by an officer with a balch springs police department saturday after a house party. hundreds gathered to remember the high school freshman honor student who loved football. omar villafranca is at the balch springs police department with a police chief questions whether protocol was followed. omar, good morning. >> good morning. two balch springs police officers were responding to a teenage house party with under aged drinking when they heard gunshots. jordan edwards was leaving that party with four other teens when police tried to stop them. what happened next left a 15-year-old dead and a community wondering what went wrong.
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>> i'm saying after reviewing the video that i don't believe that it met our core values. >> reporter: police chief jonathan haber addressed the public after reviewing body camera footage of the shooting that killed 15-year-old jordan edwards. a police officer shot the passenger's side window of a car carrying edwards, his brother, and three others, as they left a party on saturday night. according to the dallas county medical examiner, edwards died from a rifle wound to the head. on monday, haber corrected earlier reports that the car backed up aggressively toward the police. >> in fact, according to the video that i've viewed the vehicle was moving forward as the officers approved. >> reporter: now that the chief has said the car was not moving backwards aggressively what needs to happen to that officer? >> that officer needs to be arrested. they have no reasonable explanation for the use of force. >> reporter: lee merit is representing the edwards' family and says no one in the car was cited for drinking. >> any weapons in the car? >> they did search the car for weapons. none were discovered.
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the kids don't have any history with weapons. no gun ownership, no run-ins with law enforcement before. >> reporter: merit says jordan was a freshman at mesquite high school, a kid in love with life who had just played his first year of football. jackson turner was his teammate. >> i remember just encouraged me all the time, just an encouraging person. just light the room up with that smile. just straight across his face. >> reporter: balch springs police says the officer who shot edwards has been with the department about six years and now on leave. the body cam footage has not been released to the public yet. >> thank you very much, omar. that investigation continues. an investigation is under way after one student was killed and several others hurt during a stabbing rampage at the university of texas. police say a junior stab four other students with a hunting knife on the austin campus. more than 20 people witnessed the attack near th campus gym. the suspect surrendered. the police chief says it's too early to discuss a motive.
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the civil war ended more than 150 years ago but fighting broke out at a confederate monument in new orleans. the city plans to move that statute of former confederate president jefferson davis. opponents of the plan have been holding a vigil to support the monument. witnesses say some protesters threw bottles overnight. others burned confederate flags. police finally moved everyone away from the statute. airline executives are being questioned on capitol hill right now after recent scandals over the way passengers are treated. representatives of four major u.s. carriers are testifying before the house transportation committee about their booking policies. after incidents like the forcible removal of a united passenger lawmakers drafted legislation to protect flyers. kris van cleave is on capitol hill. kris, good morning. >> good morning. the airlines have been racing to make reforms in the wake of those viral videos that have raised questions about how customers are treated. but today, its airline executives are being told to buckle up and brace for turbulence in the form of a
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grilling from the house transportation committee happening right now. >> i would like to again apologize to dr. dao, his family, to every person on that flight. >> reporter: united ceo oscar munoz is one of five airline executives summoned to capitol hill to explain his company's treatment of its passengers. weeks after dr. david dao was forcibly removed from his united flight by chicago aviation security officers dao reached a settlement with united. negative perception of the airline increased by 500% after that april 9th incident. 42% said united has a bad or very bad reputation. >> i was disturbed beyond belief by the video. >> reporter: democratic new jersey senators bob menendez and cory booker have a bill called the ticket act. one of several proposals drafted by lawmakers to review airline overselling practices and flyer rights. >> when you buy a plane ticket you do not surrender your entitlement to common decency. >> reporter: an american airlines executive is also in the hot seat after this video of
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a flight attendant losing it with a passenger went viral. >> there's no risk of losing their clients. if someone gets frustrated it's not like they can pick another provider. >> reporter: erik hansen with the u.s. travel association says customers are often held captive by one or two airlines. four carriers control about 70% of flight xansty in the u.s. and the travel association says 74 u.s. airports are serviced by only one airline. >> the airlines sometimes feel they don't need to provide customer service because travelers don't have a choice. >> reporter: now airline performance did improve last year and complaints went down. customer satisfaction went up hovered around a "c" grade. the trade association that represents the carriers tells "cbs this morning" the airlines are taking action to deliver a better experience for the 2.2 million customers that fly them and insists competition is alive and well in the airline industry. gayle? >> all right. thank you, kris. there was another confrontation on an airliner overnight. a violent passenger was pulled
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off an al nippon flight bound for los angeles. a flight broke out before takeoff from japan. a passenger captured the video of the men throwing punches at each other. witnesses say the passenger taken off appeared to be drunk. a of america and the alliance of motion picture and producers reached a compromise over pay increases and health coverage. a strike would immediately have affected late night shows saturday night live and scripted shows. the last writers strike in 2007 lasted for 100 days. it caused the -- cost the california economy an estimate 2ds billion. guild members must ratify the deal. the trump administration is defending guidelines for school lunches. the federal nutrition standards unveiled yesterday allow schools to serve fewer grains. pnonfat.can be used instead of
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the changes partially roll back healthy eating standards championed by michele obama. sonny perdue is delaying a mandate to lower sodium in lunches. >> we're not winding back any nutritional standards at all. we're giving professionals, the food service professionals, the flexibility to move as we get a healthy generation. >> now the changes will go into effect next school year. sexual harassment scandal at fox news cost the channel's copresident his job after other high-profile departures. ahead why bill shine's replacement is raising question,
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former vp joe biden shares closing arguments.. are expected this morning.. in the trial of the man accused of killing "sierra lamar." the 15-year-old went missing five years ago.. when she was on her way to school in morgan hill. if con good. it's 7:26. i'm kenny choi. closing arguments are expected this morning in the trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar. she went missing 5-year-old when the 15-year-old teen was on the way to school in morgan hill. if the convicted, antolin garcia-torres could get the death penalty. police are looking for gunman who killed a 15-year-old driver. he was targeted and didn't have a driver's license. stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a momen t. ,,,,,,
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and traffic is backed up to cottle. you can use 101 as an alternate. but we are tracking a crash there as well northbound 101 right at san tomas expressway. speeds under 10 miles per hour. use 280 as an alternate. bay bridge toll plaza, still pretty busy into downtown san francisco. heading out the door, it is such a mild start to your day. a few high, thin clouds. otherwise, numbers are in the high 50s and the low 60s. it's already 63 degrees in redwood city. check this out. warmer at the coast today. 73 in pacifica through moss beach into montara beach. otherwise up to the low 80s in santa cruz. check out san francisco. 81 degrees today. mid-80s oakland and peninsula. ,,
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. president trump thank you for coming on the show. >> i love your show. >> let's talk about north korea. are you afraid you might start a nuclear war? >> i was all set to do it. in fact, i was going to do it today. i was going to do it as we were sitting here. >> sir, do you understand the ramifications of a nuclear who who coast? >> no. [ laughter ] >> all of life would be wiped out. that would include your golf courses. >> i would not be happy. >> what's next, sir? what your planning. >> having some fun with john dickerson's interview with president trump. welcome back to "cbs this morning". he did a nice job in taking john's answers and putting in his own questions. >> more comedic purposes. >> that was all a big joke. we once again want to thank the
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white house staff for helping us with our spresecial broadcast. thank our staff too. very good job. our visit got even more interesting after we went off the air because look who showed up. >> you can see he starts waving at me. it was an off the record conversation about tissues and challenges that he faces at home or around the world and as always as reporters and journalists its sometimes you have off the record and on the record conversations and it was interesting to hear his perspective on a number of issues. >> he said at the top this has to be off the record and pushed away the microphone. >> interesting conversation covering a lot of issues having to do with the challenges he faces. >> he says he'll do a future interview coming up. lots to discuss. here's a look at some other stories making headlines this morning. the "new york times" says more money success set aside to
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protect president trump and his family. those costs have risen due in part to their extensive travel. about half goes to new york city and florida communities that protect the president and his homes. the washington globe reports on high lead levels in hundreds of massachusetts schools. 605 schools had one sample test above the state's regulatory limit. 995 had at least one sample with some amount of lead detected. school officials say they have taken steps to address this contamination. "u.s. news and world report" says the syrian government agent attacks before the attack in april that triggered u.s. missile strikes. human rights watch report says there were at least three other suspected chemical bombings leading up to the april 4th attack. the bombing in december and march killed 64 people and injured dozens.
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syrian u.n. mission has not commented on the allegations. the san diego union tribune reports a deadly shooting at a pool party was not racially motivated. the shooting on sunday at a san diego apartment complex wounded six african-americans and one hispanic. one person died. police say the gunman who is white was distraught over a break up with his girlfriend. the shooter was killed by officers. variety reports netflix plans to air more warnings. the show about a high school girl who commits suicide has raised concern since its debut. the streaming service stepped up warnings about the content and suicide prevention could start this week. "the washington post" reports on the resignation of fox news executive bill shine amidx news.
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we will all miss him. jericka duncan is outside of fox news headquarters in new york. good morning. >> reporter: for years bill shine was the right-hand man of roger ailes, a former fox chairman who was forced out in july amid sexual harassment allegations. now some have said that shine enabled that misconduct that fox, an accusation that shine denied. he got his start here at fox as a producer for sean hannity. now that shine is out, hannity is in the spotlight. after bill shine stepped down all eyes turned to sean hannity. >> i want to welcome all of our friends from the all left propaganda media. i kind of suspect may be tuning in tonight. >> reporter: last week hannity tweeted that's the total end of the fnc as we know it. on monday the network denied reports its biggest remaining
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star was following shine out the door. >> all the lies you heard about me are not true. >> it's a demoralized newsroom right now. >> reporter: viert managing editor says shine's proximity to fox's sexual harassment scandal caused his downfall. >> what the allegations are in this case is that he helped roger ailes cover it up. he helped protect some of their top folks like bill o'reilly. >> abhorrent racist behavior at fox news. >> reporter: an attorney who filed a race discrimination suit against shine and other executives said in a statement, while long overdue, we are pleased that 21st century fox has taken a step in the right direction. >> hello. >> reporter: on monday diane falzone hit fox with another lawsuit based on discrimination. she wrote about her infer untility due to endometriosis. that revelations detracted from
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her sex appeal and made her less desirable in the eyes of fox executives who order her off the air. two fox news veterans were tapped to replace her. >> talk now is that will there be even more change? will sheb in there for the long haul? can she turn around the culture. >> reporter: "cbs this morning" reached out to fox for a comment regarding the diana falzone lawsuit. we have not received a comment back. the network denies any racial discrimination claims. as for bill shine, fox says he'll be here for another few weeks to help with the transition. >> dallas a $100 million lawsuit after a festival in the bahamas.
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kawada. several passengers suffered broken bones after their plane encountered severe turbulence. video shows people injured on the floor of the aeroflot plane yesterday shortly before the boeing 777 landed in thailand. 27 were hurt. the airline confirms the incident was the result of clear air turbulence the most difficult type to debt. transatlantic turbulence could become up to three times worse in the coming decades. mark strassman is at dallas-ft. worth airport with those concerns. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for near rows flyers nothing about this research is reassuring. clear air turbulence strikes without warning and because of climate change could get worse. the sudden drop came without warning, anyone not strapped down was shot towards the ceiling then slammed against the aircraft floor. video of the aftermath showed
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the plane scattered with debris. severe turbulence can be terrifying for unsuspecting passengers as it was in this boeing 777 bound for jakarta last year. unlike conventional turbulence that occurs when planes fly near weather systems clear air turbulence happens without the presence of clouds. making it nearly impossible for pilots to detect until it's too late. dr. paul williams is an atmospheric scientist at the university of reading in england. >> the amount of swear turbulence which is enough to hospitalize people can double or even as much as triple by the end of this century on transatlanticing flight routes because of climate change. >> reporter: rising carbon dioxide levels could destabilize the fast-moving air currents of the transatlantic jet stream, an area that currently sees up to 3,000 flights a day. they predict 149% spike in
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severe air turbulence along with longer travel times, increased delays and inevitably higher ticket prices. >> very distressing to pilots because they have no indication or very little indication that turbulence is sitting out there and that the plane is just about to hit it. >> reporter: aerospace engineer pat anderson took us inside a flight senator to give us the pilot's perspective. >> this turbulence is very manageable. the auto pilot can fly the plane. >> minor turbulence. how much more significant than light turbulence? >> potential for things to go sideways and slide off your table. a little uncomfortable. >> severe turbulence how challenging for the pilot >> severe turbulence by definition the pilot is challenged in trying to fly tampa international airport. the pilot may be doing things to mitigate that turbulence. one thing to get out of it. >> with extreme turbulence what's going on >> when you get to the point of saying extreme you're worried
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about being in a situation where the airplane is in jeopardy. >> severe turbulence is a true test of a pilot and his skill and ability to adapt. >> it is. the pilot -- >> severe turbulence just caused us a problem. >> modern airliners are designed to with stand all kinds of turbulence but experts warn that even airplanes have a breaking point. >> assuming this, again the thesis is right, now near rows will air carriers be about the integrate of the airplanes. >> that's something that has to be checked as the happens. airplanes don't have infinite life. they have some limit. if we see more turbulence that's going to be drawn in closer. >> reporter: more americans who fly turbulence poses the greatest safety risk. last year the faa investigated 44 injuries connected to turbulence. that was up more than double from the year before. i fly multiple times a week and i would say i've noticed it.
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a little over a week ago on friday april 21st my wife molly gave birth to a boy, baby boy, his name is william. >> fighting through tears late night host jimmy kimmel revealed his newborn son suffers from a heart defect. >> we put the baby in children's hops in los angeles and on monday morning the doctor opened his chest and fixed one of the two defects of his heart. he did some kind of magic that i couldn't even begin to explain. he opened the valve and the operation was a success. longest three hours of my life. [ cheers and applause ] so this kid this is what he looked like on monday. but this is what he looked like yesterday.% [ applause ] poor kid not only got a bad heart he got my face.
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on a pedestrian and bicycle safety plan for the one- mile stretch of market street from "octavia" to stro. it is 7:56. i'm kenny choi. this afternoon, the san francisco mta votes on a pedestrian and bicycle safety plan for the one-mile stretch of market street from octavia to castro. it follows two pedestrian deaths this week near lake merced and by the on-ramp on octavia and market. santa rosa city council votes tonight on an emergency ban on the outdoor growing of marijuana. odor complaints and concerns about crime are driving the possible ban. stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,
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blocked and traffic slows below 25 miles an hour. if you are making your way further north over to the san mateo bridge, we are tracking some slowdowns for drivers making their way out of hayward on over to foster city. you can expect a 30-minute right. the rest of your ride heading throughout the bay area still in the red for drivers along the eastshore freeway. and 880. that's a check of your traffic but let's check the forecast now with roberta. >> take a look at the weather conditions. according to our live transamerica pyramid looking south towards the pyramid this morning, blue skies a few high, thin cirrus clouds. temperatures very mild as you get ready to kick-start tuesday, san jose and santa rosa, it's 60 in oakland. later today bright sunshine a northwest wind 10 to 20 late day numbers 73 in pacifica to the mid-80s around the bay and peninsula. ,,,,,,,,
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♪,,,,,,, good morning to our viewers in the west. it's tuesday, may 2nd, 2017 and welcome back to "cbs this morning." former federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and astro fizzist neil degrass tyson are in studio c7. we're expanding your mind. ahead the impact of the trump economic plan and the meaning of the universe. all in ten minutes. but first here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> the president said he would be willing to meet face-to-face with north korea's dictator something no sitting u.s. president has done. >> white house officials said publicly they want to see a vote this week. they say they've got the votes. >> people have been evacuated all along this river, and these rising waters continue to threaten homes and businesses.
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>> may day protests turned violent in cities around the world. demonstrators in paris threw molotov cocktails at police. investigation is under way after one student was killed and several others hurt during a stabbing ram page at the university of texas. the airlines have been racing to make reforms in the wake of those viral videos, but today, airline executives are being told to buckle up and brace for turbulence in the form of a grilling from the house transportation committee. right on the heels of the unicorn frap chino, starbucks is at it again, this time with a new dragon frappuchino. just to be clear you're paying $4 for a cup of attention. that's all it is. it is made with have nil labean, berry swirl and the remains of people who died drinking the unicorn frappuchino. >> i'm charlie dagata with gayle king and norah o'donnell.
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president trump plans a phone call with russian president vladimir putin. they are likely to discuss the civil war and other topics, it will be their third phone conversation since president trump took office. >> in an interview the president said he would be "honored to meet with kim jong-un under the right circumstances." the white house said later conditions are not there. kim joins a list of authoritarian world leaders that the president has spoken highly about recently. >> at a young age' sumd power. lot of people i'm sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else, and he was able to do it, so obviously he's a pretty smart cookie. he's have an be, very tough on that drug problem, but he has a massive drug problem. >> do you think he -- >> he's very popular in the philippines. he has a very high approval rating in the philippines but he's very popular in the philippines. i look forward to meeting him.
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>> we are very much behind president al sisi. he's done a fantastic job in a difficult situation. >> putin iskiller. >> we got a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? >> sean spicer said the president's building an effective coalition in asia to get real results. >> no american president has ever met with the north korean leader. >> um-hum. congress could vote tomorrow on a $1 trillion spending deal to keep the government running through september. mick mill vaughny calls it a solid bill for the administration. the compromise does not include any money for president trump's border wall and also increases defense spending, less than the president wanted, so mulvaney expects him to sign the bill thursday or friday. democrats say the deal is a wenner to for them. chuck schumer said he expects similar cooperation on next year's budget. millions of people in the country's mid section are facing
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a flood emergency. several thunderstorms pounded the midwest and south for several days. downpours triggered flooding. flood warnings cover most of missouri. michelle miller is in pacific outside st. louis near the swollen merrimack river. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the merrimack river just a half mile behind me along this street, yes, this is a street, expe is expected to crest in the next 24 hours. heavy downpours inundated much of the state over the last three days. missouri officials have shut down dozens of roads and bridges, currents were so powerful along one stretch of the merrimack, this entire steel bridge was swept away. the governor has declared a state of emergency here. we know of three flood-related deaths here in missouri. one of the major highways which served this area interstate 44, was shut down overnight. it will remain closed until this
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threat is over. we do know rain is forecasted for tonight, which should increase the likelihood of flash flooding. norah? >> all right, michelle, thank you so much. astrophysicist provides us with a guidebook for space and time and in our green room with the questions we need to answer. plus his favorite planet, aside from earth. >> ooh. >> pluto? >> it has a ring. it has a ring. that's a big clue. >> aturn. >> there you go. you get an "a" norah in the class. >> i'm well,,,,
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ben bernanke served eight years from 2006 as chairman of the federal reserve. he set monetary policy during the worst of the great recession. he chronicles the economic crisis and its aftermath in his memoir "the courage to act." the book is out in paperback today. he left the fed three years ago and is now a distinguished fellow in residence at the brookings institution. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> to listen to the trump administration, a lot of their tax reform, a lot of their budgeting and furlt is based on economic growth.
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they say they will get a 3.2 annual economic growth rate. is that achievable and sustainable? >> first, we want to do whatever we can to increase growth, pause growth has not been enough. but there are a lot of headwinds. we've got pretty slow growth in our labor force, pretty slow growth in productivity. so in order to get growth up, it's going to have to go a lot. >> achieve annuable and sustain? >> parorobably not. not unless we get lucky. >> you write that donald trump shocked the world. those are your words, by defeating hillary clinton with his dystopian assessment of the u.s. economy. what was dystopian about it? >> well, in some ways it was odd because in many ways the u.s. economy is doing pretty well. we've created 16 million jobs since 2009, the unemployment rate went from 10% down to 4.5%. housing market is coming back, lots of things are positive. and yet, mr. trump won the election by talking about 42%
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unemployment and things like that. so it wasn't accurate. there's not 42% unemployment, but he was right there are some people being left behind. >> you write about that and talk about some consequential anythilonger term trends in the united states. increasing income and wealth equality. specifically the employment of men in this country. >> right. inequality. since the last 30, 35 years, the income distribution has been spreading out, more people at the top, fewer in the middle, more at the bottom. you mentioned participation, which means that you've got a lot of young men between ages 25 to 54. in the past they would have been working at a regular job, but today about 12% of those men are not working or even looking for work, so those kinds of trends which are very long standing, they're not recent, have left behind a lot of people. that's the kind of concern that donald trump tapped into. >> you write this too, his
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ideological influence are diverse and sometimes contradictory. he just recently released his tax reform plan. are you encouraged by what you see? >> it's a complicated political situation because he's got on the one hand traditional republicans who are anti-deficit, pro free trade, for example. then you've got populists who are, for example, against free trade. so he's got these different, you know, trains of thought going on. >> at the same time, yeah. are you encouraged by what you see? >> well, it's pretty early. i wrote in my book that i thought that the markets got really excited after the election, expecting rapid changes in fiscal policy, regulation, so on. i wrote in my book that i thought because of these different political influences and the fact that even within the republican party there was a lot of disagreement, i argued it would take a long time for this stuff to be put in place. i think it's quite early yet. there's not a whole lot in place at this point. >> in terms of regulation, would it be good to bring glass
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stegall back? >> it separated commercial banks, ordinary lending banks from investment banks which invest in markets and so on. it's become kid of a symbol of the financial crisis but i don't think it really had much to do with the crisis, because you had regular commercial banks getting into trouble making bad loans and you had investment banks getting into trouble in the markets. putting them together, taking them apart, didn't make that much difference. >> what's the best thing to do to deal with income inequality and the plight of the middle class, is it simply economic growth? >> economic growth is important. since it doesn't lift all boats equally, it's not enough. what we're missing in the country is enough upward mobility. if you were born in the bottom quarter of the income distribution, if you are a lower working class person or you have single parent family, those kind of problems, it's much harder for you to get up to the professional upper levels of our society. so what we need is a whole raft of things, including pre-k
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intervention, better schooling, apprenticeships, stronger college programs, a whole variety of things to get people better trained. >> you and i spoke when your book first came out and i really like this afterward. i think it explains so much. one of the things you talk about, trump, the president, has promised to bring back manufacturing and mining jobs to make america great. is that realistic to bring back those jobs? >> new york cio, it's not reali. there's a lot of reasons why coal mining is declining. we have cheap natural gas and many other things going on. so it's better instead of trying to go back to the past and reproduce 1960s assembly lines, it would be much better to build the industries of the future, services, technology, finance, the whole range of things that we do do well. >> and you talk about how that change is really what's upsetting the electorate, this change of how the economy has to change. >> people miss what they had, but you have to look forward and
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look for the opportunities in the future. >> thanks, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for joining us us. the spacecraft is diving where no mission has gone before, into the area between saturn and its rings. ahead kneel neil degrasse tyson explains. and could the new broadway musical snag a tony nomination for josh grobin and the rest of the cast? we'll bring you the announcement of this year's nominees. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. we'll be right back. ♪,,,,,,,,,,,,
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♪ after winning applause for a successful first plunge last week nasa's cassini spacecraft will connect another drive between is a turns and its rings this afternoon. it gave scientist a close look at saturn's atmosphere. astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson says saturn is his favorite planet. i guessed it. his newest book is "astro physics for people in a hurry." it's a primer for an understanding of our universe. good morning. >> thanks for having me back. >> tell us about this. >> cassini has been up there for
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a dozen years orbiting saturn. can't last forever. time to finish out its mission. to do this it will be taking death spirals, is what it is. >> what will we learn >> for the first time we ever sent a spacecraft through the rings. initially there's some concerns about particles that can damage it. it survived. we'll do it until september when it takes its final plunge into the atmosphere. >> we encourage people to look at the sky and ponder what cosmic truth lies undiscovered before us. ponder for us. >> well what i try to do, i try to collect some of the most mind blowing science in this volume. so there's things you heard about, read about, you reported on. dark matter. dark energy. multi-verse.
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it's all there. i try to tie a bow on at the end with a cosmic perspective where such as the image of saturn, one of those images portrayed earth in between -- that's a cosmic perspective. >> this is the thing -- >> the more we learn more likely we're going to finds some kind of life. >> that's driving a lot of people's ambition as we look into space especially in the search for exo planets. i have a chapter called exo planet earth. you think about earth as if there were aliens trying to figure out if there was life on this planet when viewed from a distance. this gives you insight what our challenges are >> you're a rock star in your world neil. you got 7 million twitter followers. >> i wake up every morning and wonder how that's possible. >> universe is under no obligation to make stoins but you say it's important to know physical laws it can give you confidence and power. you tale simple story about hot
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chocolate. >> pasadena, california, i like hot chocolate. i order hot chocolate with whipped cream of course. i don't see any whipped cream. the waiter says yeah we put whipped cream on it it sank to the bottom. i said, no, unless laws of physics of the universe were different in your restaurant, no whipped cream on there. i'll show you. he brings back and puts in a doll l dollop and bobs once or twice -- >> you're that guy. >> don't try to tell me. >> he should have known? >> so here's something that's a little counter intuitive, thick heavy cream is lighter than milk. so that's why it floats. >> you leave us with this more bacteria live and work in one centimeter of your colon than the people ever been born. i don't know why i need to know
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that. >> perspective doesn't have to come from the universe it can come from chemistry and biology. cosmic perspective puts us in our place in the universe. people can think that means you feel low. this comment about the bacteria in your gut, if you think you're at the top of the evolutionary ladder and in charge ask those bacteria. they are thriving, as far as they are concerned you're a dark anoero b ic vessel of fecal matter. if you get them upset you'll know. >> i never thought of you as dark fecal matter. >> me neither. >> that's where they thrive. it's a way to say no you're not in charge as much as you think you are. >> neil, you have your first telescope and locked in it and saw what. >> at a planetarium at age 9. at age 12 i had my first
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telescope. i saw saturn for the first time. it has rings. you can see them. and the moons. you come back subsequent nights the moon is in orbit. this is an endless frontier. i was attracted by how much we didn't know more than how much we do know. and that's where the wonder and the mystery gets fulfilled and served. >> speaking to that, what's the most important discovery to be made in your world? >> so, the james webb space telescope a follow on the hubble telescope. we got missions lined up just to take care of this. >> now you run the place. >> yeah. >> that's cool. >> thank you very much. princess charlotte is celebrating her 2nd birthday today. ahead the new photo taken by her mom the duchess of
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up after a car crashed right through the front window last night. the villa good morning. it's 8:25. i'm kenny choi. a santa rosa pet store is boarded up after a car crashed right through the front window last night. village pets and supply is part of a strip mall at montgomery drive. the fire department tweeted out these photos of the damage, we're told that no one was injured. weekday rides are now a lot more scenic for some east bay cyclists. starting today, the 2.2-mile bike path on the eastern span of the bay bridge is open 7 days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for anyone who wants to bike, walk or run. stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,
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good morning. time now 8:27. here's your traffic update. we are tracking mass transit delays in and out of san jose. caltrain running about 20 minutes behind. this all stems from the diridon station due to a switching problem. also, train number 310 out of redwood city canceled due to a generator problem. also tracking a stalled vehicle that's blocking one lane and this is on the san mateo bridge at the high-rise. expect delays out of hayward to foster city. and we do have a live look at the san mateo bridge. it's a little crowded. everyone in good congestion pricing making their way westbound. about a 30-minute ride over to
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foster city. that's a check of your traffic. roberta? >> what amazing view, jaclyn, this morning. looking towards telegraph hill coit tower pioneer park, lots of blue skies. boy, isn't that gorgeous? our temperatures are very mild. another view, this one from sutro tower looking due for the towards sausalito and tiburon over the golden gate bridge. 58 degrees san francisco to 66 san jose to the south. santa rosa to the north. and smack in between, 50s in san francisco. later today our numbers will span from the 70s at the beaches including ocean beach and the sunset district. low 80s in san francisco to mid- 80s due east in oakland berkeley and alameda. mid-80s also common around the peninsula. colma, all the way into foster city. and 90s away from the bay of water. here's your extended forecast. northwest winds 10 to 20 miles per hour today ushering the pollen around so pollen count is high. lowering tomorrow although it's equally as warm to hot. the big cooldown begins on thursday. we turn cloudy and cooler on
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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning". that's the cast of "dear evan hansen". a great show, one up more 18 musicals vying for a tony nom nights. we'll bring you the announcement from lincoln center. time to show you this moaning's headlines. variety reports oliver stone interviewed vladimir putin for a documentary. he interviewed him more than a dozen times over two years. last time was in february. stone got a chance to ask putin
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about meddling in the u.s. election. it will debut june 12th on showtime. the washington journal reports college enrollment is near a record high. last year more than 69% of high school graduates between the ages of 16 and 24 headed to college. that's near the high back in 2009 when it was just over coll education. "baltimore sun" says an orioles star reported racist taunts by fans in boston. outfielder adam jones said he was called the n-word last night. one fan threw a bag of peanuts at him. he said that warrant as tougher penalty than just ejection from the ballpark. orioles won the game 5-2. >> people sore rude. >> i think so.
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"the washington post" reports on first daughter ivanka trump's new book. "women who work." she writes about her insight. she wrote before the election she writes this, i always feel better if, at the end of the harrie d-day i simply turn off my device, go into my kids' room and just watch them sleep. lot of us feel that way. we hope you'll come back to have a more serious conversation about tissues and what you're doing and your father is doing. >> and her husband. >> u.s. today says tyson food plans to stop using antibiotics in its chicken products by year's end. the company is pondsing to sponsorshiper demands for natural foods. some tyson rivals and fast food chains have already eliminated
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antibiotics. britain's telegraph has a new look at princess charlotte on her 2nd birthday. her parents released this photo of charlotte taken by her mom last month. the 2-year-old surveyly seen in public but will have a job later to do this month. she will be a brides wade when kate's sister gets married on may 20th. >> that's nice. she looks like her brother and her dad. >> i thought the same thing. >> very cute little girl. a big year on the broadway stage and we're excited this morning to bring you
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that was very nice. right back to us. actor play wright and cbs morning contributor jamie wax joins us at the table. hello. last year hamilton dominated 16 nominations. do you think it's better when there's not a dominant play >> i've been here at the table with you for four years now. i spend my life working in the theater. this is one of the most exciting broadway seasons ever. last year was the year of hamilton. it was a dominant force. this year there's so much good stuff in revivals, in musical, in new american plays. there's really a lot to go around and i think the awards and nomination rebe flekt that. >> "dear evan hansen". >> a great show. it's really kinds of a wonderful thing. a show without real stars as producers define them. and it's just -- just took off. it's captured the imagination of
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traditional theater goers but young people every where. original broadway cast album that has done well on the charts. kids in mississippi and oklahoma are listening to this music. and we reported on some of the negative presentations of teen suicide and the media. this is a really incredible show in a way that it's touching lives and allowing young people to talking to their families. >> i wish they weren't competing. two great performances. great comic. "natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812" is leading with 12 nominations this year. "dear evan hansen" next with nine. >> and "jitney". "little can creative team and cast. only one of that cycle that has
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not played broadway before. i'm glad to see it recognized because it's one of the plays that has closed. >> good to see one before the broadway show, before the broadway, tonys. what would that one be? >> i would have to see "dear evan hansen" or "natasha, pierre and the great comet of 1812". >> thank you. we will learn this year's winners at the 71st annual tony awards. tony winning actor kevin spacey is the host. watch it june 11th at 8:00, 7:00 central. >> an inside look at gala where celebrities put fashion in the spotlight. >> reporter: met gala is unlike than any other. the stars align here on the red carpet or in this case the ivory and blue carpet. coming up we'll take you behind-the-scenes as design,,,,,
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>> anybody you're looking forward seeing in there? >> everybody. >> gwyneth paltrow attended her first met gala after for you years. not making it this year kanye west but kim kardashian surprised everyone with an understated look. also not in attendance donald trump and his wife. they haven't attended for years. they were regulars for years. and donald trump proposed to his wife on the night of the met. >> one of the most fascinating red carpets. i may not understand what i'm looking at but interesting to see what they decided to do. >> you should see the people that have to carry the dresses up. >> caroline kennedy stepped way out of line. >> she looked amazing. massive chain reaction crash at a bike race sends riders flying all over the place.
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0. >> caller: all it takes one is bicyclists to take down a crowd. video shows how she sparked a chain reaction pileup involving 15 other racers. yikes. some flew right in the air, flipped over the handle bars. no word on the condition of the riders. let me just say thanks again to all the people that helped yesterday at the white house including our own staff. it does take a village. >> that does it for us.
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right now, san francisco police are looking for the gunman who shot a 15-year-old while the boy was driving on owe. good morning, it's 8:55. i'm kenny choi. right now, san francisco police are looking for the gunman who shot a 15-year-old while the boy was driving on sunset boulevard near golden gate park. it happened around noon yesterday. a 16-year-old passenger also survived the shooting. closing arguments are expected this morning in the trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar. the 15-year-old went missing 5 years ago when she was on her way to school in morgan hill. if convicted, antolin garcia- torres could face the death penalty. and weekday rides are now a lot more scenic for some east bay cyclists. starting today, the 2.2-mile bike path on the eastern span of the bay bridge is open 7 days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for anyone who wants to bike, walk or run. stick around; we'll have
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good morning. 8:57. here is your traffic update. bart trains are not stopping at a san francisco station the glen park station all due to police activity. so please be aware of that. we're also tracking delays over at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have an accident on the lower deck heading east as you head out of that tunnel there treasure island we have one lane blocked and at the bay
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bridge toll plaza, we continue to see those delays building for drivers. it's a slow ride across the upper deck into downtown san francisco. that's a check of your traffic. let's check the forecast now with roberta. >> a little bit of haze out there but a lot of blue skies. good morning, everybody. take a look outside right now. it is so mild! it is so beautiful! look at that visibility. past the golden gate bridge into tiburon and sausalito where the air temperature now is high 50s and low 60s. it's already 70 in san jose. and 72 degrees in santa rosa. everybody has been asking me about the pollen. the count is not really off the chart. i have seen it higher. it's the northwest wind 10 to 20 that ushers the oakland, ash, grasses around make you sneeze and wheeze so another bad day for allergy sufferers. today's temperatures with the wind up to 20, 70s at the beaches, 80s bayside, 90s inland. ,,,,,,
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