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5 news this morning. your next local update at 7:26. have a great day. happy tuesday. ♪[ music ] good morning. it is tuesday, september 5, 2017. welcome to cbs this thorng. florida declares a state of emergency ahead of hurricane irma. it is now a monster category 5 storm that is barrelling towards the united states. >> the trump administration is expected to announce this morning that it will phase out daca. the it is now up to congress to replace that program that lets nearly 1 million young immigrants avoid deportation. and north korea, reportedly starts moven an intercontinental missile towards a launch pad overnight.
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plus starbucks is making a big difference with couples out children. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye openinger. your world in 90 seconds. >> literally looks like a destructive buzz saw. this is the real deal for the u.s. and virgin islands. it's a powerful category 5 hurricane. the u.s. preps for hurricane irma. >> states of emergency are in effect in puerto rico and florida. >> flooding rain, damaging winds and seas. >> i think we can actually get this done in the next six months. >> southern general jeff sessions is expected to announce the end of a program protecting the immigrants brought to the united states illegally. >> it's a tragic moment. >> the world is responding to north korea's nuclear tests, and its claimed possess a hydrogen bomb. >> his abusive use of missiles
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show he is begging for law. >> an extraordinarily long to do list. they also have to pass hurricane hash harvey relief. >> firefighters battling wildfires across the west. >> revel people were hurt after a car plowed into a block party in philadelphia. the driver says her breaks failed. >> jb martinez has done it again. >> arizona diamond backs players joins a rare list, the 18 player in history to homer four times in a single game. >> jd, stands for just dingers. >> and all that matters. le. >> the human crisis is far from over. >> even when the road is tough. when they are burdened by so much, texans have a way to continue to smile. >> some coaches can only hope they get et team work displayed.
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>> the labor day tradition, baseball does a trick shot in the pool. >> this morning's identify opener is presented by toiyota. let's go places. >> welcome to cbs this morning. we're very policed to have jeff join us. >> we're very policed to have you. >> hello. >> can i just say this, charlie, i was in the hamptons this weekend. wasn't about harvey, irma, daca. it's when it charlie rose coming back. here he is. did you have a good time? >> i did. it's nice to be back. i'm refreshed and ready to go. >> great to have you here. >> as the gulf coast cleans up millions of m americans are looking ahead to another
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potential disaster, hurricane irma was just upgraded to a category 5 storm. and now packs maximum sustained winds of 175 miles an hour. florida's governor declared a state of emergency ahead of a potential impact. >> the storm could strike islands in the eastern caribbean tonight. forecasters say it could turn north this weekend heading for florida or the carolinas. the good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. i'm standing in the brickle neighborhood near downtown miami. duringed storm last month, this area flooded after heavy rains. in fact, this is what it looked like here on august 1st. as hurricane irma may have its sights set on the u.s., people in florida are preparing for the worst. people in south florida are emptying store shelves, and packing their cars with water. >> it's not good for you, it's
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not good for the stress. you have to do it early, as early as you can. >> monday, hurricane hunters 0 flew through the storm for the first time. >> we will know more as the week progresses what kind of a threat it really poses to miami dade county. >> carlos him innez is watching hurricane irma closely. >> the storm surge is really the thing that kill the the most people. so that's what we're worried about. >> storm surge is when the sea level rises during intense storms pushing water ashore leading to flooding. a recent study found florida has 2.7 million properties at risk, the most in the u.s. miami beach averages about four feet above sea level and fights flooding at high tide on a regular basis. last month, heavy rain turned the city streets into rivers. the anti-pumps failed. the city has ordered backup
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generators but the mayor warned the pumps may not be enough. >> these were designed for normal rain and sea level rise. they will be helpful but they're not designed for hurricanes. >> irma now at category 5, but for some perspective, it's been more than 100 years since two category 4 hurricanes have made landfall in the u.s. in the same year. with harvey fresh on everyone's minds, of the concern in miami is if it makes land full it could be disaster trous. >> pictures from space show the size of hurricane irma. meteorologist jeff jame miss son is tracking it. >> we're watching a monster category 5 irma turn toward the northeastern kriebian maximum winds at 170 miles an hour. it will continue to work west towards o
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towards puerto rico. and then forecast to still be a major murk as it approached the united states. our computer models have been very consistent about moving that storm northwest and following a very similar tract to the hurricane center. the american model brings that storm toward the florida keys coming up by sunday morning. the by sunday afternoon the european model on a similar track. the east east bracing. >> in about one hour attorney general jeff sessions is expepgtded to announce the end of a program protecting nearly 800,000 immigrants brought to the united states illegally as children. cbs news confirms president trump plans to let the daca program finish. it allows young immigrants to obtain work permit the and avoid deportation. margaret is at the white house, good morning. >>reporter: good morning. well the president is expected
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to gradually wind down daca, but not immediately rescind permits or deport the recipients. instead, he'll urge congress to craft new laws which begins yet another public fight over whether young undocumented immigrants should get legal protections. >> it is impacting all of us here, right? >> these are the children who have made america great. >>reporter: activists outside the white house monday urged president trump to uphold legal protections for children whose parents illegally entered the country. >> these are children who have grown up in in country. >> reporter: president trump has struggled with the decision even praising the young immigrants known as d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> we love the d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> reporter: prominent lawmakers from both parties encourage him not to immediately end 9 program but attorneys general from other states threaten to sue.
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they argue that daca is the result of presidential overreach by president obama who created it through executive action in 2012. candidate trump promised to shut it down. >> i will immediately terminate president obama's illegal executive order on immigration. >>reporter: but as president, mr. trump said he was reconsidering. >> the daca situation is a very, very difficult thing for me. because i love these kids. i love kids. repo >> reporter: she could be departed. the. >> this has affected the lives of 800,000 people like my cousin, like myself. like many other people who have grown up here who are feeling really scared e really anxious. >>reporter: attorney general jeff sessions considers the dock ta program to be unconstitutional. within the next hour, he is expected to explain the trump trump administration's decision and how it will be enforced.
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meanwhile, the attorneys general, the states of new york and washington have already threatened to file suit to defend daca in court. >> good morning. that's right. even before hurricane harvey hit, congress was facing a very daunting september agenda. they need to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government. two things that can be pretty controversial with conservatives. and on top of that they've got this new request from the white house. more than $7 billion essentially a down payment on relief funding for hurricane victims in texas. now, that funding has a lot of support from both sides. so congressional leaders are thinking we'll roll it into a bill to raise the debt ceiling, the thought being the texas aid
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will make it harder for anyone to vote no on the larger bill. republican leaders are hoping to get all of this out of the way quickly without a fight, because what they really want to focus on this fall is tax reform. dramatically lowering the corporate rate and individual rates too. a chance for what you might call a republican do-over after the parties' plan to repeal obamacare fell apart this summer. all of this is sure to come up when congressional leaders meet with the president at the white house later today. jeff. >> thank very much. a new north korean missile test could be imminent. a report this morning says they are moving what appears to be an int intercontinental ballistic missile towards a launch pad. the united states is pushing for the strongest possible sanctions over the sixth and largest nuclear test on sunday. they could ta target its oil supply. the u.n. security counsel held an emergency meeting.
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ben tracy is in seoul where concern is growing. >>reporter: so south korea does want to see tougherer tang shns on north korea and that's in part because they're trying to avoid a military conflict here, which would almost certainly involve horrific loss of life here in seoul, which is less than 35 miles from the north korean border. the but just the prospect of a war here on the peninsula has sork looking for more powerful weapons. for the second day in a row it showed off firepower. now it's the navy conducting life fire drills off the country's east coast. south korean's president and president trump spoke on the phone and argued to lift restriction that is will allow seoul to increase the explosive power of its missiles and to buy billions more in u.s.-made weapons. >> the stakes could not be higher.
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>>. >> reporter:on monday she urge the diplomacy but warned it is thin. >> he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants. we don't want it now. but our country's patience is not unlimited. >>reporter: a u.s. intelligence official tells cbs news that north korea's underground blast sunday was a test of an advanced nuclear device but the u.s. government has not said whether it was a hydrogen bomb, as north korea claims. it also has not verified whether the war head in these pictures released by north korea is the real thing or a model. >> how would north korea use these? >> daniel is an expert on the program. he doesn't think the regime will provo launch an unprovoked attack. >> waking up one morning deciding i'm going to fire off a hydrogen bomb for the u.s. just for kicks, why would you waste
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your time. just blow it up on yourselves. >> reporter: he just described them as gift packages to the united states. he promised there will be more if the u.s. keeps provoking north korea. charlie? >> ben tracy in seoul. thanks. retired admiral was vice chairman from 2011 to 2015 and also led the military command responsible for prevent lgs air attacks an north america. he's our homeland security analyst. he joins us from den skrer. good morning. >> good morning and welcome back, charlie. >> thank you so much. pleased to have you as part of the team. >> let me begin with whether you think north korea is begging for war. >> no i don't think they're actually begging for war. i think that was a rhetorical device used. i think he's looking for some sort of nuclear deter rent that
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will allow and protect his regime. >> can we allow that to happen? for him to have that kind of nuclear deterrence that will protect his regime? >> i think that cat is sort of out of the bag. the goals should be to prevent use of it and proliferation of a nuclear weapon. i think kim jong-un in the last week or so has taken a couple steps further down the road to demonstrate he is working very diligently towards having that. >> admiral, how would you assess where the crisis is now? a lot of experts have been surprised that the capabilities they have. the are we keeping up and how concerned should americans be today? >> well first of all, is this is not all that much of a surprise. the timing was sort of looking through a glass darkly. we didn't know exactly when they were going to occur but we did know they were going to happen. i don't think americans should be panicking over this at all. we have a very good nuclear deter rent, even though kim
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jong-un will probably never give up his nuclear weapons, he will not use them as long as his regime is not perceived to be at risk. i would encourage everybody take a deep breath. >> how can you be sure he will never use them? >> he's been acting fairly rationally. the reason would be as jim mattis pointed out in a very calm and measured manner. it would be suicide. he would face a strong retaliatory response. >> as many have pointed out, sometimes they wars happen by mistake. just get stumbled into. agreeing that is there are times when he seems to act rational. admiral, a lot of folks think china is the key to all this. what approach should the trump administration be taking right now? >> china clearly is an important player. they have a lot of control over whether economic sanctions will actually work against north korea. i think it's very important we have good quiet diplomacy with
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china. the worst thing we could do is put them on the spot publicly but i think we need to be very firm with them privately and get them to back sanctions not only publicly in the union security counsel but put the teeth in them. >> thanks. >> welcome to the team. harvey is now blamed for at least 63 deaths, more than 50,000 storm victims are staying in government-funded hotel rooms. fema says more than half a million families requested disaster assistance already and some homes may be under water for up to a month. michele miller is in one houston neighborhood where people are trying to cope. good morning. >>reporter: good morning. tens of thousands of houstonians have done this, pulled out an entire lifetime of their belongings and trashed it on the front lawns, a toxic breeding
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ground for all kinds of diseases. now now they're concerned about the psychological distress that goes along with losing so much. piles of debris in yards across houston are filled with furniture, insulation and carpeting. but look closer you'll also find more intimate items. >> the 8-year-old that track tractor is important how emotionally challenging is that? >> this doctor is the executive director of the public health. >> really encouraging everybody to use as much proek shn as possible. 0 we don't know what was in it. >> while his biggest concerns are illnesses collecting in the water and air, he's also worried about people's mental health. >> thank you so much. this person moved into a hoe it h. tell after her home flooded. she stays the sound of water running through her woman's air
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conditioner terrifies her. >> i was crying. i said oh, my god it's raining again. and every time to the window to see if there's water. she's looking to those next door for comfort. >> neighbors looking out for neighbors. he says that connection with the community is critical to overcoming harvey's devastation. >> how big of an issue will mental illness be? >> it's going to be devastating. there's so much we don't know about how this has impacted people. that's my concern is the silent part of this is what people don't recognize. the doctor says many of the people we spoke with showed signs of posttraumatic stress. the cdc did a survey after katrina and found that 25% of house holds in new orleans had someone in it who needed some form of mental health counseling. fewer than 2% actually got any. >> thank you. flames shoot out of an engine in
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this plane headed to new york. ahead, what caused this overnight scare. first
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the wildfire burning in the foothills is about 10 percent contained. so far, it's bu good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. in gilroy, the wildfire burning in the foothills is about 10% contained. so far, it's burned about 100 acres. cal fire crews have established a containment line and have air support to keep the fire from spreading. the clock is ticking for state lawmakers. today a few big bills are up for discussion like affordable housing, a water bond and whether california should become a sanctuary state. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ah, dinner.
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westbound 80 at carlson boulevard. the crash now cleared to the shoulder. but it is definitely causing a backup. here's a live look. you can see that accident over on the left side of your screen there. that's on the shoulder. traffic backed up beyond san pablo dam road. and we are tracking about a 45- minute ride from highway 4 over to the maze. here's a live look at 580. this is right near cutting boulevard. 25 minutes from marina bay parkway over to the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> we are looking at high clouds along the bay right now. not seeing that haze necessarily. this is cloud cover. it makes great conditions this morning and cooler conditions. look at that. down to the upper 60s for san francisco and livermore. oakland 65 degrees. here's what we're also experiencing. some onshore flow west winds coming through helping cool things off. air quality moderate. there's a little bit of a storm to the west of us and that's where we're getting those high clouds. temperatures going to be cooling today through the weekend.
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flames shot out of one of this aircraft's engine shortly after it take off in tokyo overnight. the boeing 777 hit a bird.ht and officials believe the 737 hit a bird and it was sted d here for new york. the pilot immediately requested an emergency landing. landed t we're happy to tell you they hurt.y landed the jet at the airport. el t of the 238 people on board as hurt. that has to be scary. you feel the thud and then you see the flames? ment. >> they get back down fast. >> and everybody is a-ok. > better to happen there than tlanticantic. backu're right about that. welcome to "cbs this morning."
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nora is out. charlie is black -- charlie is back. >> >> not black but maybe. so maybe in your dreams. nevlie is back. owm sorry. >> you never know. >> you never know. glade all connected some kind of way. >> jeff glor is here. >> thank you. >> good to have you here. c continue, more communities outside portland, oregon are aing told to evacuate because f the fast spreading wildfire. and the burning in the columbia river forge. >> one of dozens burning across the west. record high temperatures and strong winds are fueling fires in eight states. gettighters are getting an fper hand against the largest historre in los angeles city history. it has destroyed four homes and many evacuees returning back to their houses. >> a look at some other headlines. a utah hospital is kanging its policies after a nurse was
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arrested for doing her job. the university hospital says police would only be allowed to pitalact with hospital administrators and not nurses. police body camera video shows the detective dragging and rresting the nurse after she refused to let officers draw blood from an unconscious patient. >> that video is very tough to watch. our north carolina affiliate wncn reports a funeral is held or a raleigh woman whose husband is accused of her mother. her husband, matthew, is a master, charged with murder and kkes his first court appearance oday. he told 911 he believed he medled his wife and said he woke to find her stabbed to death. he blamed taking too much cough atdicine. s chemicalat that tough medicine ess. illion poual companies released 1 million pounds of extra air pollutants one week after harvey
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hits. across the texas gulfcoast. the company said harvey triggered flaring leaks and chemical discharges. >> hurricane harvey left thousands in south texas without safe drinking water. at least 47 shut down. 171 systems have current boil water notices. houston is not on that list despite significant flooding in one of its water plants. >> to show you how houston keeps its water safe. we want to welcome our new correspond. there she is. houston is her hometown. good morning and welcome to you. i would imagine this feels kind of personal to you. >> reporter: it is very personal. first of all, good morning to you and everyone there in the studio. i'm honored to be joining the cbs team. of course, recording here from houston hits close to home. submerged in these waters some 2,000 feet behind me is a disabled sewage treatment plant.
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residents in this area have been advised to conserve as much water as possible and cbs news has learned that the houston drinking water system itself was fir hours away from failure. for the first time houston officials are revealing just how close they came to a potential drinking water crisis. harvey flooded the northeast n planturification plant last week. the machines that kept its water filters clean were themselves under water. >> the filters are the lifeblood t. the plant. nothing ose filtration, there's nothing you can do. >> reporter: drew nolle is the you inies isn't director. at the peek of crisis were you in engineer mode or prayer mode? survivor > in prayer mode and survivor mode. huge b're ramping back up. >> reporter: saying it shutting down would have been a huge blow time to the city already in crisis.
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>> for the city of houston and buy moreon, this plant simply could not fail. >> reporter: to buy more time for the filters. molly and his team flashed how much water the pump was pumping out. >> reporter: how high did it ct? b all the way up. ood therter: they brought aqua barriers and pumps to get the e hadwater out. without them -- >> we would have had to shut the at allown. >> reporter: that's the phone call the mayor wanted to avoid ormallycosts. >> reporter: the plant is functioning normally again help tock provide clean water to 2.2 >> million customers. >> i exactly had somebody come out and drill the hole. n> reporter: not everyone in ingn houston area gets drinking water from the city. some, like leo ramirez and adriana betancourt, rely on private wells. >> this was our kitchen. >> reporter: their house was under 3 feet of floodwater, a slew of countless toxins and pollutants. they allowed "cbs this morning" and the county health department they to test their well water.
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both results suggest the presence of fecal matter. >> there is some form of e.coli as well as other bacteria. what does this tell you about going forward and rebuilding? >> this is our house. we're going to rebuild. try to keep moving forward. >> reporter: now, starting today, harris county health officials will be setting up testing facilities throughout the area where people who rely on their own wells can submit samples to be tested. if they come back contaminated officials will be working with them how to decontaminate that water through chlorine. the mayor of this city urges people to turn from well water to city water if possible. >> most of us look at these videos but we don't have a personal connection, we just think they're heartbreaking and tragic and very sad. because it is your hometown i heard you made it back to your old neighborhood. what are people there saying as
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the cleanup gets under way. >> reporter: yeah, i did. it was heartbreaking. as a houstonian, i'm proud of this city and i expected the worst when i arrived sunday and still pockets deeply under water and hurt like this one. so much of the city has already revived. i brought my 5-year-old son along with me. he saw the neighborhood where i grew up. streets were dry and people were waving at us. i had time to take him to the zoo before i went out shooting yesterday. the zoo is open and the city, as the mayor says, is open for business. >> i heard that's amazing to a lot of people. come if you have a conference. we are open and we want your business at this time. hard to believe looking at those pictures but you said it's open and ready. >> reporter: it's open and ready. the streets are patrolling. there isn't much looting and violence and the city has come together and still needs a lot of aid. >> thank you very much, bianna.
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for some couples finding a job that offers benefits to cover infertility could be the difference between having children or not. 1 in 8 couples in the united states has trouble getting tregt and their fertility treatments can cost tens of thousands of dollars. you might expect a tech company or big bank to offer treatments like in vitro fertilization. but starbucks also offers a perk, even for part-time baristas. 85% of the company's employees serve coffee and are female. the business behind the benefit. anna, good morning. >> good morning. people go to starbucks for a coffee, pumpkin spiced latte and
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now fertility treatments? some women are taking jobs there and hope that becoming a bar rhys street will help get them a baby. >> it was the darkest time of my life. our marriage -- excuse me -- our marriage took a hit. >> reporter: they desperately wanted children but four years into their marriage it seemed shannon couldn't get pregnant. >> you go through your life hearing you grow up get married, you have kids. it doesn't happen. you don't understand why is my body not doing it. why isn't the medicine working? why can't i give my husband a child. >> reporter: you felt responsible? >> absolutely. >> reporter: what did all that do to your marriage? >> two years ago exactly this time was probably the first time i've ever heard the word divorce. that's where starbucks came in. >> reporter: yes, she said
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starbucks. because she learned the company offered an unusual benefit. coverage for in vitro fertilization. on average ivf costs $20,000 per cycle with most couples going through two to three rounds before getting pregnant. >> reporter: did it sound right to you that starbucks would have this coverage? >> no. you think barista, you think 18-year-old working to go through school, not a 27-year-old woman trying to have a baby. >> reporter: yet starbucks covers $20,000 for ivf and related medication for all eligible employees. that includes part-time baristas who make on average around $10,000 a year. >> now we've added so many things. >> reporter: starbucks executive, lucy helm. >> it's part of who we are. if you work here and put in the time you get the benefits that make you a full partner. >> reporter: do you hear feedback from the people that work for you about this? >> it is really important to everyone and i think it's something we're all very very
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proud of. people fall in love with working for our company once they become a partner here. >> reporter: business professor craig garthway with kelloggs school of management say it's not just about making employees happy. >> in the end starbucks is a for traded public company not out of the good ovens their heart, part of how to attract and retain talent and advertise to their customers they are quote unquote a good company, one you want to spend a certain amount of money buying coffee at when you could get that coffee potentially cheaper somewhere else. >> there has to be a business case for wanting to keep the same people other than being a nice place to work. >> absolutely. no question in today's retail world in which fewer people are out and about shopping, places have to be a destination. yeah. of course it's a business case for bringing in more customers because they increasingly have that connection with who we are and who serves them. >> reporter: not everyone is
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happy with the company's wages and benefits. thousands have signed a petition online started by barista complaining about understaffing and low morale. >> can i get a grande iced coffee? >> reporter: but shannon among the happiest of starbucks baristas, ivf gave them not one baby but -- >> two little babies, 2 little heartbeats. >> reporter: but two. >> this is cassidy and reggie. >> reporter: at six weeks old made their first visit to starbucks. >> we miss you here. >> i'll probably be back soon. >> reporter: what will you tell your kids about starbucks when they're old enough to understand? >> they will know that's how it came about. if it wasn't for mommy going to make coffee they wouldn't be here. >> reporter: now, shannon supports other hopeful barista moms around the country and have a facebook page called starbucks
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ivf mommas. >> want to be moms and moms may take over the starbuckss. >> they might. i hope so. they'd be hard workers. they're working for something. >> starbucks says it doesn't know how many women are doing this. for shannon and nic after insurance only paid $2300 out-of-pocket. after getting pregnant last year, she left starbucks for another job and says come this fall she'd like to go back and they need the health benefits for the family and she and nic want to have more kids. women put themselves at risk to stop a drunk driver, capturing it on video and how it came to a dramatic end.
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deputies and one former deputy with alameda county are scheduled to be arraigned. good morning, it's 7:56. i'm kenny choi. today three deputies and one former deputy with alameda county are scheduled to be arraigned. authorities believe that the guards allowed an inmate to throw human waste at others housed in the santa rita jail's maximum security unit. san francisco supervisors are expected to vote today on a citywide flavored tobacco ban. they can repeal it that was approved back in june or put the law on the june ballot. stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. ♪ ♪ wow! nice outfit.
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you can see speeds are in the red. northbound 101 from hellyer to san antonio avenue, 70 minutes, that's over an hour drive, the crash 101 near mckee road. and it looks like it still has at least one lane blocked. traffic is heavy. here's a live look at 101 near north first street. as you head a little first north along 101, here's a live look near hills day boulevard heading through san mateo. it's 28 minutes from woodside to sfo all due to an accident. we are still tracking it along 101 at kehoe. that's now been cleared to the shoulder. let's check in with neda on the forecast. much clearer skies out there today, not the hazy smokey conditions we have been dealing with. instead, a beautiful look here at the transamerica tower. you can see the high clouds creeping in to cool our temperatures off. low 70s in concord and livermore upper 60s for san francisco. and our winds coming out of the west helping cool things down even more. and clear things up. air quality in the moderate range. there's that little storm
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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, september 5th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." hurricane irma gets upgraded. it is now packing a 175-mile-an-hour punch. amtrak's new president/ceo is in studio 57. he talks about his first challenge in improving american train travel. first here's today's eye opener at 8. >> if irma makes land fall, it could also be disastrous. >> the monster category 5 irma,
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maximum sustained winds at 175 miles an hour. >> the president is expected to gradually wind down daca. instead he will urge congress to craft new laws. >> congress is returning after its recess even before hurricane harvey, congress is facing a very daunting septa enda. they need to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government. >> i would encourage everybody, take a deep breath and let this play its course. >> how can you be sure he would never use them? >> as jim mattis pointed out, it would be suicide. >> charlie is black. charlie is back. >> not black but maybe. >> maybe in your dreams. charlie is back. charlie is back. i'm sorry. cameraman covering a pga event. see, right through his legs. >> how about that dexterity? that is the move of the week. >> pretty clever. >> and you thought these players handled the pressure of the
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moment. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and jeff glor. norah is off. hurricane irma is a category 5 storm that could reach florida by the end of the weekend. satellite images show just how big irma is. >> its maximum sustained winds now exceed 175 miles per hour, hitting 180. irma is expected to hit the leeward islands overnight, then head for the virgin islands and puerto rico. under a hurricane warning there. governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency throughout florida. manuel bojorquez is in miami. >> reporter: increasing the urgency to prepare here in south florida. people are already stocking up on food and supplies to protect their homes. yesterday, hurricane hunters flew into the heart of the storm and data from the trip indicated irma would continue to strengthen and, indeed, it has.
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storm surge is one of irma's biggest potential threats. florida has more vulnerable homes to storm surge than any other state. look at this. recent study found the total reconstruction costs from a category 4 or 5 hurricane would top $400 billion in the worst case scenario. miami dealt with flooding just a few weeks ago, just from a heavy rainstorm that hit this area. flooded over this street near downpound miami. of course, the big concern here is what a hurricane would do. >> manuel, thank you. attorney general jeff sessions is announcing right now the end of federal protection for the young undocumented immigrants called dreamers. president trump is phasing out the obama era deferred action for childhood arrival program known as daca, 800,000 immigrants who illegally arrived
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in this country as children from deportation. the president will leave the future of the program up to congress. they return from break today with a long to-do list. >> very long. hurricane harvey relief bill and over the next few weeks, they have to vote on the debt ceiling, approve spending bills to keep the government open and reauthorize the national flood insurance program and the faa. >> cbs news contributor ed o'keefe is a contributor for "the washington post." >> good to see you guy. >> very long to-do list. >> daca, harvey, budget ceiling, tax reform, potentially health care again, to start. >> yeah. and all sorts of other factors that could muck that up. russia investigation going. you wonder if lawmakers are trying to make hay with what the president was doing last month about charlottesville, all sorts of things. big ones, obviously, of course, money. keeping the government open, raising the debt limit. >> daca, is there a legislative
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solution possible? >> there are several legislative solutions sit tlg, ready to be considered as soon as congress gets its act together to deal with it. with six months, they may now finally be compelled to do it. >> talking about daca, it's not little kids. people hear the word dreamers and think of young children. >> yeah. >> this could greatly affect the work economy and
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daca has been rescinded. that decision has been made. he was talking about the decision to install daca in 2012 by then president obama. he called it a disrespect for the legislative process. of course, with daca, we have been talking about this for many weeks now, more than 200,000 californians will be impacted by this decision. and the u.s. does stand to lose $460 billion from the national gross domestic product. we are going to keep on top of this and bring you more after this break. and also, at noon later today.
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anderson joins us once again at the table. good morning to you, mr. anderson. last time you were here as president of delta. now they brought you out of retirement for the trains. >> i'm very fortunate. >> what, you didn't have -- and you're not getting paid to do this. you came out why? >> to serve, because amtrak is an iconic brand in america and it provides an essential service to many communities and, of course, in the northeast corridor, it's critical to people getting to work every day. >> controversy -- go ahead. >> will we ever have the quality of trains they have in japan and other places in europe? >> we're challenged in that regard because by and large our passenger trains run on the freight rail networks. in countries like japan and france, they have dedicated high-speed, much straighter
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tracks that are built for a very different passenger experience. and we haven't allocated or made the public policy decision in our country except for the acela in the northeast corridor to make those sort of investments. >> in japan they go 200 miles an hour. here they go 150 miles an hour. do you see that changing? >> not in the near term unless we make the infrastructure investments to support high speed rail. as you think about how the demographic of our country is changing from what it was 100 years ago to people moving to urban areas and very concentrated urban corridors, number one. number two, the growth of ride sharing where people don't own cars and use ride sharing, more and more mass transit and commuter trains should play a more important role in how we live in urban areas. >> what do you consider your imperative? >> first imperative is to get
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the infrastructure fixed and the work we did at penn station shows amtrak can do this. we have a lot of investment to make in the northeast corridor. second we need to clean up our trains, run them on time, fix the interiors of our trains and grow our services in the regions that provide the highest levels of service to the communities around the country. >> what kind of window are you looking at? how monumental is that? you took delta from a small southern interior to what some feel is the biggest u.s. airline. amtrak is in a lot of trouble. penn station has been in a lot of trouble. how long does that take if you think you can turn it around, how long does it take to do that? >> it's a multi-year effort. part of the planning process with our board is to lay out what those plans are, long-term fleet plan, long-term engineering plan and, of course, the gateway project here in new york. >> ten years, 20 years?
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>> it took ten years at delta. so it will be a multi-year project, let me put it that way. >> in making the switch from planes to trains, was it a learning curve for you? you had no rail experience. did you look in the mirror and say i can can do this or were you a little concerned? >> well, you're always concerned when you don't know the subject matter. >> exactly. >> so it's a lot of homework. >> how do you move people from one place to another? >> it's capital intensive, market business. safety is important, i am fortunate. i have a co-ceo who also came out of retirement on a volunteer basis. >> how did they convince you guys to do it? >> well, i wanted to serve in some capacity. >> okay. >> so tell me about this in terms of the future. is there technology happening that might be -- dramatically change the way transportation works in america?
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>> well, if you think about -- well, the thing we could do, if we could just get our train speeds up and operate more nonstop service in very densely populated urban quarters it would be a great service to the travel iing public in america. think about what ocela has done. we're in the verge of putting a new system in place. >> what is the new ocela system? >> we're under construction on replacing the current fleet with 28 new ocela train sets that will increase the capacity about 40% and allow us to do half hourly service from washington, d.c. to new york and new york to boston on the hour. >> there was also talk that they're going to make the space between the seats shorter. could you please make sure they don't do that? >> we're not going to make the space between the seats shorter. that was an idea that -- >> we heard that rumor.
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>> we talked about doing it because one of the questions we had was making it more affordable. the thing about much what we do at amtrak, our average fare is $80. and on the commuter rails, it's even less than $10 on average. but the bottom line is that we want to make it affordable and useable for people. the great advantage is there's no middle seats, tons of leg room. our coach on amtrak is much, much better than first class on an airline. >> you're not going to change the seat spacing? >> no. >> are you going to privatize it? >> the question is, you can't really privatize it. pieces of it have to be subsidized. you could privatize if you wanted the pieces that are profitable but that wouldn't make a lot of sense. this is basic infrastructure. we subsidize -- i think the subsidy last year for highways was $45 billion. the subsidy for aviation was $16
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billion. when you think about what we do and what sort of fundamental to public policy, it's to fund infrastructure. >> richard anderson, so far, so good. the summer of hell did not happen here in new york city. >> we did a good job thanks to our partners at long island railroad and jersey transit. we'll talk to the actors from american assassin. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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paying for parking is going paperless. ahead, how a new app lets people automatically pay parking fees when they pull into a lot. your local the city posted an online survey 0-percent of pe good morning, it's 8:25. i'm kenny choi. the city of benicia will vote on whether or not to legalize marijuana. the city posted an online survey and found nearly 60% of the residents say that both medical and retail pot sales should be permitted. the city council meets tonight at 7:00. a ceremony is planned this morning to celebrate a milestone at the moscone convention center in san francisco. the second phase at the complex is now complete. the third phase is scheduled to be finished late next year. > sti ck around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment.
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slow ride for your tuesday morning commute. we continue to track delays and a new crash along 101 right near hellyer. it has one lane blocked. here's a live look you 101 near north first street. traffic in the northbound direction 64-minute ride from hellyer to san antonio. continues to be sluggish through san mateo, 101 at hills day. about 25 minutes from woodside road up to sfo. we are dealing with a new crash along southbound 280 right near highway 92. traffic is around 45 miles per hour in that stretch. and along 880, heading through oakland, oh, it's a tough day heading in the northbound direction. you have about a 45-minute
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commute for drivers making their way from 238 on up towards the maze. the eastshore freeway has not let up. we continue to see that slow ride as you make your way to the bay bridge toll plaza still over an hour commute from highway 4 into san francisco. at least there are clear skies out there not so much clear roads but we are seeing clearing of that nasty air the smoky air we have experience pd several days is now saying good- bye that's because we have winds coming from the west. clearing the air cooling things off. look at the mount vaca cam. you can see how fast those clouds are moving over the rolling hills pointing towards lake curry. can't see it because of the clouds. cool temperatures now in the 60s. 70 livermore. here's that little storm system to the left of us. it's just a small low pressure system. remnants of lidia. afternoon showers yesterday, very light rain from this. and today, bringing us some cooler air, cloudy skies.
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here's look at our high temperatures. 89 livermore, 87 for you in concord and 79 degrees in oakland. cooler weather pattern is in store for the rest of the week as we drop down into the low 80s inland.
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welcome back to ♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." nora is off. charlie is back. and jeff is with us at the table. >> good to be here. good to have you back. >> great to be here. >> move over to the green room. >> and he looks good. you got a little tan. >> i did. >> i lost 15 pounds. >> you look healthy, too. >> let's go to the green room. guess who is there? one of these guys is a best-selling author who was written a book about china who is -- [ laughter ] and hello dylan o'brian! they are here to talk about their movie. happy to have you here.
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and we're proud to announce this morning that cbs is joining several other networks for a fund-raiser to benefit victims of hurricane harvey. a one-hour special telethon will air next week called "hand in hand" a benefit for hurricane harvey relief featuring norah o'donnell, as you know she was on the ground in houston last week covering harvey. she'll join celebrities like george clooney, julia roberts, beyoncè, and opera. you can watch it next tuesday at 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. central on cbs. stream live on facebook and twitter. time for the morning headlines. "washington post" reports some national park icons are threatened by wild fires. a fire in montana's glacier national park forced evacuations of a scenic back country tour spot. last week a house in the area was threatened. the hotel is 103 years old.
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a fire is burning outside yosemite national park. it has scorched a grove of giant sequoia trees. so far it hasn't killed any of the trees. paper tickets are on the way out of here when it comes to paying for a parking space. the new app eliminates the need for picking up a paper ticket when you arrive or wait in line to pay when you leave. i like the idea of this. smart parking program is poplar at a mall in los angeles where an app automatically charges the parking fee to your credit card. the atlanta journal reports on a study showing the u.s. could save billions of every year by letting kids sleep in. the study said starting school after 8:30 a.m., would save $9 billion a year. one benefit would be more well-rested students doing better in schools, says. it would earn more throughout their lives. another advantage would be fewer traffic accidents involving tired teens. and news week reports on the possible discovery of a monster
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black hole that appears to be 100,000 times bigger than the sub. it's near the center of the milky way. these types of black holes could have explained how larger black holes were formed. that could offer insight into the origin of our galaxy. rising tensions with north korea have put a new spotlight on asia. one big issue is how china's growing ambition and military power would impact u.s. influence in the region. east asia expert richard mcgregor explores the complex dynamics in a new book called "asia's reckoning." >> the chief said the region's complicated history sheds light on diplomatic challenges. as the power has grown, china has begun building a regional order with beijing at the center in place of washington. the battle lines are clear. richard, good morning. >> good morning. >> you suggest in the region beijing says the united states
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is there by choice. it choses to be there while china is there by geographic call reality. meaning that's how they see their role as superior to the u.s. >>well, their geopolitical fact in asia. as you said the u.s. is there by choice. i think china wants to make the u.s. to be going up and up slowly. not rapidly. they don't want the u.s. to leave quickly. over time china naturally wants to dominate asia. it wants to be the power, if you like. and ultimately replace the u.s. but not in a way we might see happening in the at moment. >> which begs the question, is there anything the united states can do to stop that? >> well, i think over time the u.s. would have to share power. not with, you know -- the chinese economy collapse is something like that. if there was a terrible upheaval inside china that would change the equation. over time, there's not much the u.s. can do to maintain the past
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70 years. >> one of the main factors here, if not the main factor, is the relationship between china and japan. which, it thrives between the two countries economically but politically it's been tense for years since world war ii or before that. how does the relationship between china and japan play into the future and how does it affect the u.s.? >> well, in the big picture, if you think about it, east asia is, you know, a bit -- had a fantastic economic growth over the last 70 years. it's been an economic success. it's been a political failure. the korean civil wars never been solved. the chinese civil war has never been solved. china and japan have worse relationships now than for decades. and if china and japan have decades it means the u.s. there. the u.s. is japan's treaty ally. and if they come to blows, that's the entire global economy goes through these three countries. that's a gig deal. >> you call it the geopolitical
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version of reservoir dog which is i think is an interesting visual. pointing guns at each other and blaming each other. >> yeah. they're all in different ways dependent on each other, threatening each other. it sounds odd -- >> trade with each other. >> they're interdependent in a highly sort of valuable way, in many respects but increasingly volatile. >> speaking of an issue we've been talking about this morning and recently, which is north korea and china's influence. are there circumstances in which china might say to north korea you've got to stop this and we're part of the u.s. effort to get you to stop it? >> the problem is they've kind of been saying that for a long time. >> but not doing it. >> no, they haven't done it. the problem with china, china has enormous economic leverage over north korea. it's the kind of leverage if they use, could come back against them, you know, north korea collapsed. if north korea fell into the arms of south korea, then china would have the u.s. ally on its
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border. and china made the choice, so far, no matter how crazy north korea has got, you know, keeping them there is better than having them, you know, as part of the u.s. ally. >> there's some people in the trump administration who believe that we ought to declare internationalist economic war against china. because of the economic war they have declared against us. in terms of what they do with respect to tech companies and other people to participate in the chinese economy >>well, the u.s. should take on china on a number of props. particularly on the issue of technology and technology transport. the idea of economic wall is something more, you know, beyond that. and, you know, i think, you know, i think there's a lot to say for mr. trump calling china a little bit off balance, as he did at the start of the administration. if mr. trump is putting his own white house off balance, putting the u.s. off balance at the same time he can't do much with china. with china you need a long-term,
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three or four decade long strategy to sort of push back against their own economic nationalism. that's what the u.s. does not have at the moment. >> they practice economic nationalism. >> absolutely. he appeared to cultivate a relationship in the beginning when he invited president xi jinping to visit him and seemed to have taken a turn. >> he's taken many turns. he's taken many turns on north korea and china. he said xi jinping is a terrific guy. he may be a terrific guy but that's not the point. >> we have the congress coming up. how crucial is it and what will it decide for china? >> well, will see xi jinping, barring any major -- to consolidate his power. not just five years but ten years. and it will, i guess, you know, embolden him further internationally. you know, once he's in complete charge of the public bureau standing committee. in other words, he could see
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china settle down a will believe the. >> xi jinping the most consequential chinese leader since. >> -- asia's reckoning on sale today. cia super agent is coming to the big screen. "american assassin" and why it is so relevant today. there they are.
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isn't that good music? the world met fictional cia agent back in 1999 by a series of novels, and mow the character is coming to the big screen. the movie american assassin is based on the new york times best selling book of the very same name. o'brien is a cia black ones recruit. he's on a mission to stop a mysterious operative played by kitsch from starting a world war. >> where is he? >> i don't know what you're talking about.
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>> where is he? he outside? >> oh, the movie's distributed by cbs films, which is a division of cbs corporation. dylan o'brien and taylor kitsch join us at the table. we welcome you. i asked what they wanted me to say about the movie and they said just say how wonderful we are in it. >> drive that home as much as you can. >> you're both playing badass killers on opposite sides. dylan for you and taylor for you, this meant what for you? what were you trying to -- >> well, i think what's so different from other films as well like this -- >> a big difference from friday night lights. >> a tiny bit. even though he is from texas. but it's how personal that triangle is with keeton's
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character coming through that program ten years earlier and having the same motive of going through that and making a difference and serving his country to being jaded through the trauma like mitch went through as well and how each character deals with that trauma so differently. >> well, because you start out very motivated. there's a reason why you got involved in this. >> yeah, that was -- and my favorite thing about the character, i mean i really am honored to play him. i feel like there's so much trauma there as taylor said and he kind of represents the path that mitch can go down in a way. i just always felt like it was really emotional, really compelling and that it was a really believable arc for a character. >> it was interesting too to see michael keeton. the scenes between you guys -- >> he's in the movie. >> a couple scenes. >> dylan has quite a sense of
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humor. i was talking about michael keeton and he was like what did he play? >> a very dry sense of humor. >> up and coming actor, you know, we took him under our wing and see what happens. >> show him the ropes a little bit. >> what did you learn from him? >> nothing. >> yeah. >> actually became way worse. >> better question, what did you teach him? >> no, for me, it was a big reason to sign on. i have one like long scene with him that's a pretty rare memorable scene and you know, he's just a gamer, still has great energy, just improve, i think you become really motivated that day. >> you both doing all your own stunts? >> as much as the studio will allow us. but there is stuff that -- >> there's a lot of stunt work -- this thing on the speedboat and it went on for a very long period of time. >> it's a big deal now the stunts. tom cruise was hurt on the set.
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there was a death on the scene of dead pool 2 so it's been a topic of discussion. i wonder when you guys are figuring out what you're going to do, how do you process that? >> you have to go about it in a meticulous way. it's easy on set to kind of get lost in that kind of world of make believe in a way and you have to remember that things are still real and you know, you've just got to -- everybody has to do their part and everybody has to vet everything when you're trying to do something that is dangerous and not forget that you know, it can be dangerous and people can get hurt. >> have you been hurt? >> have i been hurt? >> yeah. >> yes, i have. yeah. did you know that information or did you not? >> so you're prompting me. oh. yeah, yeah, no, i -- i had a pretty bad on set accident myself so you know, i've seen how it can go wrong and yeah, just going forward i just think it's still -- it can't be happening anymore, you know? >> and it's also very timely.
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all the intrigue about how the government works i also thought was interesting, taylor. put your water down. >> no, i thought you were going to have a long -- i just -- it's not going anywhere. this -- this terrorism and everything that's going on, these events and so i think that's really a big part of this movie, but more importantly, what we wanted to deal with was just to ground it and not overdramatize it and understand that this is way more personal to begin with between these three guys and that was a huge part even talking script and these guys, their relationship together or lack there of. >> and mitch's widow came to the set as well. >> yeah, it's an honor for all of us to finally be able to bring this to life and i think it just warms her heart and she's so support supportive abo.
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>> i smell a sequel. just saying. dylan o'brien and taylor kitsch, thank you. coming up next, the college baseball team showing off you could say their basketball skills, that labor day trick shot that made a big old splash. you're watching "cbs this morning." fety."
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♪ >> so this is charlie and i in the pool yesterday. it was -- we were so good. we were all over. gayle was cheering us on. the university of louisville baseball team has -- look at these skills. they do this every year, a dozen
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players seemlessly pass the ball around, they end up making it many the basket in the end. >> that does it for us. we'll see you
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right now in gilroy - crews are trying to crush a wildfire that's burned 100 acres in the foothills. it's now about 35-percent c good morning, it's 8:55. i'm kenny choi. right now in gilroy, crews are trying to put out a wildfire that burned 100 acres in the foothills. it's 35% contained. cal fire crews have established a containment line and have air support to keep the fire from spreading. >> later today in san carlos the city will decide the fate of over a dozen eucalyptus trees. they may preserve the historic trees. the next two weeks will be interesting in sacramento. this year's legislative session comes to an end this month. state lawmakers are dealing with issues like affordable housing, a water bond and
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whether california should become a sanctuary state. we'll have weather and traffic and weather in just a moment.
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we're tracking an accident on 101 in the north bay. this is in the southbound direction right near san pedro road. we have one lane blocked and traffic backed up beyond highway 37. right now your travel time from rowland boulevard to 580 is
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about 40 minutes in that southbound direction. golden gate bridge a little sluggish as you make your way southbound into san francisco. san mateo bridge that's been a tough ride out of hayward to foster city. 36 minutes. and we continue to see major slowdowns along 880 heading through oakland in that northbound direction 48 minutes between 238 and the maze. neda. >> taking a look at the transamerica pyramid clear out there, blue skies, not gray. we are just seeing some high clouds just off the coast from a little storm system the remnants of lidia that's now moved on out of here. 74 already in concord, livermore 74, as well. and here's the west wind helping clear out the skies. six-mile-per-hour winds in half moon bay. calm in most places except fairfield and vallejo breezier later on today. our quality moderate no longer "spare the air" alerts. things have definitely cleared up and cooled down. ♪
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wayne: (imitating chewbacca) you got the car! - holy cow! wayne: you got the big deal! you won, now dance! ooh! cat gray's over there jamming the tunes. vamos a aruba! let's play smash for cash. - go big or go home! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady! wayne: what's up? hey, america. welcome to "let's make a deal." i'm wayne brady. thank you so much for tuning in. this is our collegiate episode, it's our college episode. everyone in this audience, i think mostly, they are all representing a college from across this great country. they've come from all their institutions of higher learning to make deals with us today. who wants to make a deal?

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