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now at noon a body found in a popular bay area park, the police investigation just getting under way. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. the boated was found in san francisco's bernal heights. -- the body was found in san francisco's bernal heights. kpix 5's jackie ward reports. >> reporter: it's one of the last things would you expect to see when you take your -- -- it's one of the last things you
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would expect to see when you take your dog out for a morning walk, a man stabbed. >> i wouldn't think twice about issues up here so it's startling. it's a safe neighborhood. so real shocked. >> reporter: san francisco police say around 5:30 a.m., they got to bernal heights park and found a man the victim of a stabbing. once paramedics arrived, they treated the male victim and declared him dead. nothing about who this man is has been released. >> it's not an area that you would even consider this happening in. >> reporter: the sfpd homicide detail is investigating. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> police say they don't believe this is the missing uber driver piseth chhay. the 48-year-old father from san francisco disappeared on mother's day. bart's police chief was just officially sworn in and as kpix 5's jessica flores reports, the chief is narrowing down his top priorities.
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>> you're chief of police of the bay area rapid transit district. >> reporter: now officially chief carlos rojas on his first day on the job. [ applause ] >> reporter: he brings 27 years of policing experience to bart after running the santa ana police department. >> trying to be east of the weather it's a little colder than -- trying to get used to the weather. it's colder than southern california. >> reporter: he will have to figure out police recruitment, mob robberies and ticket cheats costing bart up to $25 million a year. >> we want to make sure that we have a strategy that is fair and equitable across the board but something that will accomplish the goal of making sure that everybody pays their fair share. >> reporter: he listened in as community members spoke at the bart board of directors today advocating for changes to the "use of force" policy. >> we need a language, minimum force, in the policy and the principle the preservation of live. >> reporter: johnson's nephew
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was oscar grant killed by bart police at the fruitvale bart station in 2009. >> i'm hopeful. i believe that the police chief has come in on a foundation of chief raines initiating to make progress and reform. >> reporter: chief rojas says among his top priorities building trust in the community. >> i have to get out there and really connect with the various, um, community groups and individuals within the community so they get to know not only myself as the police chief but also bart as a professional organization that it is. >> reporter: in oakland, jessica flores, kpix 5. >> trouble at tesla. the carmaker is facing questions about worker safety at its fremont factory. carter evans looks at employee claims and what tesla's reply is. >> the vehicle itself is an amazing, you know, accomplishment. >> reporter: it's how they get
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it built. >> what we have to go through to make it for them. >> reporter: these four workers say the assembly line in the factory of the future is behind the times when it comes to safety. what is the chief complaint here? injuries. injuries are the number one problem there. >> burned out, everybody in our area is. we are trying to run as hard as we can. >> reporter: this tesla body repair technician wants workers to unionize. on the advice of the united autoworkers union, he legally obtained three years as internal reports from the company. an independent analysis of the numbers found that in 2015 tesla's injury rate was 31% higher than the industry average. the rate of injuries that result away from work was double. >> i don't think it's reflective of where we are currently. >> reporter: the human resources director says safety improvements have already been made. he points to injure numbers from the 1st quarter of this
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year which tesla says are now 32% below the industry average. what do you make of these complaints and allegations that are out there? >> it's coming from a small number that is not really reflective of the environment that you see here. >> reporter: to prove it, tesla provided three managers who explained how the company brought in ergonomics experts and added an extra shift. >> putting in place [ indiscernible ] and made a huge difference in people's work- life balance. they are not straining all day every day. >> reporter: these workers say that's not enough with what's coming down the line. >> do you like the car? [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: the model 3 is being billed as an affordable electric car for the masses but making it means a massive production increase to tesla workers. you made 84,000 cars last year. this company is going to produce half million next year. how? >> that's a good question. >> they are in tremendous pressure to build.
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when that happens they try to ignore other important issues. >> that was carter evans reporting. tesla says production numbers do not come before the safety of its employees and it's built a line with ergonomics in mind. new at noon a federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that blocks president trump's travel ban. it's the first appeals court to rule on the revised travel ban. today's decision blocks the administration from suspending new visas for people from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen. the trump administration will appeal to the u.s. supreme court. president trump is in brussels attending his first nato summit since taking office. nato's 28-member states have agreed to join the coalition to fight isis. but the president says they are not doing enough. mr. trump who once called the organization obsolete wants additional nato forces to join the 8400 u.s. troops in afghanistan. meanwhile, differences remain over russia following a meeting with president trump the head of the european council saying
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the two still disagree on how to deal with russia. we'll have coverage of the nato summit. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" will be live from brussels at 5:30 here on kpix 5. there's new word today that former fbi director james comey may have been duped by a faulty intelligence report during his investigation of hillary clinton's private email server. seth lemon has the details from capitol hill. >> reporter: the fbi laid hands on a document in the spring of 2016 that implicated then attorney general loretta lynch was colluding with the clinton campaign to squash the investigation into her private email server. the document cited a reported email from lynch assuring the clinton campaign she wouldn't let the investigation get too far. that document was later deemed unreliable and possibly a fake product of russian intelligence as part of the kremlin's plan to plant fake news into the bloodstream of the election in order to discredit hillary clinton! >> they were extremely
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careless. >> reporter: but before it was discredited, director comey reportedly used the document as justification for going around lynch and publicly discussing the results of the fbi's investigation last july. >> our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> reporter: rod rosenstein, the current deputy attorney general, pointed to comey's decision to ignore the chain of command as reason for supporting president trump's decision to fire him. >> how and when did you first learn of this document? >> reporter: senator chuck grassley questioned comey about the document during a hearing earlier this month. >> what steps did the fbi take to determine whether attorney general lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what? >> i have to give you the same answer. i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> reporter: associates of comey said he made the best decision he could with the information he had. seth lemon for cbs news, capitol hill. we are getting new details
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in the concert terror attack in manchester. a libyan anti-terror official says the alleged bomber called his mother hours before the attack asking for her forgiveness. meanwhile, manchester police say they have made significant arrests so far in the attack but british authorities won't share further information with the united states because of leaks blamed on u.s. intelligence after photos showing remnants of the bomb made their way to the "new york times." >> i will make clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. >> president trump called the leaks deeply troubling and promised to get to the bottom of it. the "new york times" defended its publication of the photos saying they were neither graphic nor disrespectful to the victims. dozen of victims in the hospital got a visit from the queen. she described the terror attacks as very wicked. a lawmaker in montana has
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just been charged with misdemeanor assault for reportedly attacking a reporter last night during a special house election rally for candidate greg gianforte but there's no video. listen to the audio. >> the reporter claims that gianforte body slammed him when he was trying to get an interview. he was taken to the hospital for x-rays and gianforte will face a judge in june. outrage over a cell phone video online that shows a texas police officer punching a 14- year-old girl. [ screaming ] >> a san antonio officer is seen hitting the girl multiple times then a number of other officers forcefully detain her. this happened saturday night. the 8th grade girl, an honor
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roll student with no history of violence, was arrested and held in a detention center until monday afternoon. she was charged with assaulting an officer. the family says she was just trying to break up a fight. still ahead, you use them to count calories and steps but now a stanford study shows your fitness tracker is not as accurate as you think no matter what kind. >> we are touring never-before- seen areas of the winchester mystery house in san jose. coming up we'll take you there. >> from the kpix weather center, good afternoon, everyone. we have seen may gray and see this? i'm going to tell you why you only need to wear one sock today even though we have a cooldown. the weekend forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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take a look at this a 40- foot tree toppled over in san francisco hitting a house. it appeared to damage the outdoor staircase railing. it happened on the 1200 block of dolores street in noe valley. public works crews jumped into action cutting down that tall tree. no reports of any injuries. arborists will look into whether this was a case of root failure. new at noon the winchester mystery house is opening new doors as kpix 5's anne makovec reports, the san jose attraction now allowing visitors to view parts of the home that have never been seen before. reporter: it's a room known as the south witch's cap, one of 40 rooms in the winchester mystery house open to the public for the first time today. >> i know that there's several people who would love to hold a seance in here because it's such a concentrated energy. >> reporter: the third floor corridor is one of many areas of the house said to be "visited by ghosts." >> sometimes you will hear someone whisper your name and there's no one there. >> reporter: this is going the
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first time that tourists are actually allowed in the front door of the winchester mystery house. word is that sarah winchester didn't want anyone to see it because it wasn't furnished. >> there's a story about teddy roosevelt knocking on the door and she wouldn't let him in. >> reporter: in the north wing there are damages of remnants and artifacts of the great quake of '06. the mystery statehouse about to pique a lot more interest. it will be made into a film with helen mirren. >> this house is a manifestation of sarah winchester and i think in that sense, it's haunted. >> reporter: sarah was convinced she was haunted by the souls of those killed by the firearms that made her family rich. she constantly constructed and reconstructed the house's 160 rooms for 38 years supposedly to throw off the "spirits" and give herself places to hide. on our tour we saw a doorknob suddenly shaking. >> sarah, is that you? [ laughter ]
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>> reporter: nope. just a construction worker because parts of the home are still under renovation. so guests coming through this area will have to wear what they call bump caps because it's so low, easy to hit your head. >> whoo! yeah! [ applause ] >> reporter: but with this ribbon cutting today, all are welcome to see most of the mysterious house that sarah winchester built. in san jose, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> the movie on the winchester mystery house comes out next february. calorie counting can help some lose weight but those popular fitness trackers could sabotage your results. a new study looked at 7 of the top fitness tracker brands. it found that none of them measure the amount of calories burned accurately. but six of the 7 trackers did accurately monitor heart rate. some margin of error is to be expected but it should be lower
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than what researchers found. >> time now to check the forecast with roberta. >> looks like i have to take back that christmas gift you gave me, kenny! [ laughter ] >> what do you think? a little bit of a breeze there. you can see the flag on the fly. we have a small craft advisory in effect for the bay waters and we have a whole lot of clouds out there. we take you to sfo seeing a little bit of a blue sky. it's right over there. that's only blue sky we have seen all day at the airport. currently we are in the 50s and 60s. it's obviously the sun is shining. livermore and san jose both at 68 degrees. i have been wait to hear from dana our faithful weather watcher in novato. she is reporting 65 degrees. she has mostly cloudy skies. she is saying hey, it's overcast but really bright. so she is going outside to work in the yard. thanks for checking in, dana! always appreciate hearing from you and checking out your weather conditions in the north bay. satellite and radar suggests right there, that's a shield of
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clouds. the marine layer is so deep about 3,000 feet deep expansive. and look at the winds, 22 san francisco clocking in at 22 in oakland. 21 around the peninsula. 13 san ramon valley. 16 fairfield. it's breezy and brisk. temperatures are where they should for this time of the year but quite the contrast from what we have been experiencing monday through wednesday with our temperatures in the 80s and 90s. tomorrow same drill and then over the weekend we'll gradually warm up with lots of sunshine on memorial day. away from the coast. area of low pressure, weak disturbance below freezing through the bay area hanging on to the cooler air mass into the bay area. here's your thursday night. tonight, the clouds move back onshore and spread inland locally. again, deeper towards the sacramento valley. then watch what happens as we start to approach your saturday. there's mourning and then bam! earlier burnoff just in time for the holiday weekend.
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futurecast shows high pressure building in and warming for the weekend. around state today: >> i thought i had only one sock to wear. did you ever come up with one sock in the laundry? >> all the time. >> this is missing childs day national missing childs day think about that when you're missing one sock think about the missing kids across the country and across the world actually. so what we want to you do is go on your social media site and do hashtag #rockonesock. and just gives awareness and solidarity to all the families throughout that are missing a loved one. ♪[ music ] ,,,, who are these people?
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the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california
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and do your thing.
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he is like a father to many black men he mentors in san francisco. sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: high school graduate isaiah bryant will study international business and japanese at san francisco state university. he owes a debt of thanks to gregory collins. >> our relationship is very much priceless in so much. he kind of just taught me things about being a man that i don't think i would have ever gone had i never been in this program. >> reporter: mr. collins is the executive director of san francisco achievers, an 8-year-
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old nonprofit that equips underserved high school students, especially black men, for college and successful careers. >> every day i get a new story. someone calls me and says, greg this person just got shot. this person is about to drop out of school. okay, this needs to change. >> reporter: san francisco achievers has reached more than 400 students through mentorships internships, leadership training and scholarships totaling nearly $2 million. >> i want them to be able to stand on their own two feet and be proud and say yes, i accomplished this. >> good afternoon, gentlemen. >> reporter: a cornerstone of the program, giving teens support on campus. collins has expanded its workshops at wallenberg and burton high schools teaching life skills like money management. >> investing into the stock market. that's how you become a shareholder. >> reporter: for students like emanuel hudson, collins is a role model. as a leader and listener. >> he likes to hear what i have to say. [ applause ] >> reporter: in the end, students can become high
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achievers like isaiah, who received a scholarship from the nonprofit. >> it's unlocking infinite doors for me. >> thank you for helping me get through this day. >> reporter: so for preparing young men for college and career success, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to gregory collins. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> the jefferson awards selection committee meets again soon. nominate your hero online at cbssf.com/hero. we'll be right back.
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so remember it's hashtag rock one sock day. >> i hear you both did earlier today. >> we did. ♪[ music ]
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♪ [ insects chirping ] >> zende: here. so tell me exactly what the doctor said. >> nicole: i may have a condition called secondary infertility. >> zende: you already had a kid, nicole. i mean, how could that be possible? >> nicole: i know. i said the same thing. >> zende: so, it's very obvious that she is wrong. the doctor's wrong. there's no way you're not -- [ scoffs ] it's ridiculous. and tonight, we're gonna prove

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