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music ] ♪ good morning to our viewers in the went west. it is monday, september 25th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." more than 200 nfl players and team oernz joined together in response to president trump's criticism. he says athletes who protest during the national anthem should be fired. james brown of the nfl today on cbs is here. a church usher is credite tor stopping a gunman who attacked eight people after sunday services in nashville. where the fbi has opened a civil rights investigation. and calls of help intensify in puerto rico. people are lined up at the
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sweltering airport. and we have two sheldons here today. but we begin with the look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. they are making a lot of money. i'm not begrudging anything but i'm saying they have to respect our flag. >> the nfl reacts to president trump. >> because of our position we get drug into -- >> i'm -- callingous players s.o.b.s. >> they have to the right to speak out. >> players have the right to free speech off the field. >> i could only imagine how hor fied they were. >> a deadly shooting outside of nashville. >> police say emanuel samson opened fire. >> we can't let acts like this interrupt our lives. the effort to dismantle obamacare may be on the ropes and the clock is ticking to reach a deal before the end of
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the month. >> officials in puerto rico are getting a clearer view of the destruction left behind by hurricane maria. >> the outer edges of hurricane maria were actually scraping the east coast of the united states. the death toll from tuesday's powerful earthquake in mexico continues to climb. >> a deadly after shock caused more damage. >> all of that -- >> and bikini clad partiers and then in walks bill nye the science guy. >> do you think this diagnosis has changed you. >> no. i said, wait a minute. you've been around a long time old man. you've had a great life, you've had a great experience. >> on "cbs this morning." >> that was blocked. the bears had it. the bears are going to get a touchdown out of this. >> the dumbest play goes to the bears marcus cooper, instead of cruising on in he slows up and gets striped from behind. >> that is just a bad play. >> it is a horrible play. >> this morning's eye opener is
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presented by toyota. let's go place. welcome to "cbs this morning." pro-football players are defying president trump after he told them not to protest during the national anthem. mr. trump's criticism led to side line demonstrations yesterday at stadiums across the country. >> more than 200 players kneeled, locked arms or sat out the program ritual. the president said on friday the protest is total disrespect of our heritage. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of [ bleep ] off the field right now. out. he's fired. he's fired! >> new england patriots owner bob kraft who gave trump a super bowl ring and contributed to his
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campaign said he was deeply disappointed. he said in a statement, our players are intelligent and thoughtful and care deeply about our community and i support their right to peacefully affect social change. demarco morgon is at met life stadium in new jersey home of the new york giants and jets. good morning. >> the acting owner christopher johnson linked arms with his players here yesterday. her brother, as the president's ambassador to gland and it seems the president's words only reignited the protest rather than silenced it. sunday's final nfl match-up between the redskins and raiders was played minutes from the white house. ♪ what so proudly we hail -- >> during the anthem, players joined arms or sat or knelt and even the owner dan snyder, a trump supporter, joined in. josh norman. o f the day, nobody is going to divide us.
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>> a muslim supporter and owner linked arms with his team, the jaguars and many players took a knee. >> we just got our first glimpse of what figures to be an eye opening day in the nfl. >> several miami dolphins wore shirts supporting colin kaepernick who began the protest last year to draw attention to racism and police brutality. on sunday the tennessee titans and most of the pittsburgh steelers stayed off the field during the anthem. pittsburgh lineman alejandro villa nouveau stood alone. >> we're not going to be disrespectful to the anthem so they chose thought to participate but some of them wouldn't accept the words of the president. >> the seahawks also stayed off the field. players said in a statement, we will not stand for the injustice that has plaqued people of color
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in this country. >> two anthem singers in nashville and in detroit knelt in solidarity. ♪ home of the brave >> while many nfl oernz have been supportive, there are many nascar executives that do not want their employees to protest the anthem. the owner richard petty said, quote, anybody that don't stand up for the anthem ought to be out of the country, period. charlie. >> marco, thanks. president trump is doubling down on his position after the nfl protest. this morning he tweeted, the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. it is about respect for our country, flag and national anthem. nfl must respect this. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. a bit of perspective. tax reform and health care and budget all face congratulationsal tests and very soon. north korea is a potential flash point and yet this weekend was
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all about the president's heated call to fire nfl players who protest racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem and that triggered more protest throughout the league. not once but twice on sunday -- >> they have to respect our flag and they have to respect our country. >> president trump amplified his criticism of those protesting during the national anthem. he set off the motion on saturday at a campaign rally in alabama. >> wouldn't you lover to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. he's fired. >> the majority of sloertz be viet and the president used a defense he's mounted for statues. >> that is a disrespect for our
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reta heritage and everything that we stand for. >> the next morning roger goodell called his comments divisive and demonstrated a lack of respect for the nfl. ♪ >> president trump watched some of the sunday games and took the protests as a personal win. >> i watched a little bit and i will say that there was tremendous solidarity for our flag and for our country. >> throughout the day the president slammed the nfl and protesting players on twitter calling the kneeling not acceptable and said that the games are boring. but football isn't the only sport whose players are unhappy with the president. basketball superstar lebron james called the president a bum on twitter. >> this guy that we've put in charge has taught -- tried to divide us once again. >> the president insisted none of this is about race. he also urked the nba by withdrawing the white house
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invitation to the golden state warriors citing their lack of enthusiasm by mr. trump. all is not lost. the pittsburgh penguins have accepted a white house invitation. >> major, thanks. in our next hour, james brown of the nfl today on cbs joins us with his reaction to the protest and the next steps for the league. tropical storm warning are in place in coastal north carolina because of hurricane maria. the category one storm is about 330 miles off the coast with winds of 75 miles per hour. the hurricane could deliver a storm surge to the outer banks as early as tomorrow. the storm is expected to start to move out to sea on thursday. more than a thousand people are stranded at puerto rico's main airport in sweltering conditions and more american citizens are still without power five days after the storm hit. at least 10 people were killed.
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and some were criticizing president trump's lack of response. hillary clinton tweeted they should send the navy to help. we are at the airport with the growing humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: it is a sweat box in here. i there are probably about a thousand people in this terminal waiting to get a flight. most of them have tickets but some were told to leave to sleep in another terminal and now they got here and in the back of the line this morning. fanning themselves with cardboard and they've been doing it for more than 72 hours and even longer. >> it's just tough. it is constantly there is nowhere to lie down. >> reporter: san juan main airport looks like a shelter. hundreds slept on their suitcases. >> we have got very little money. we could just about scrape together one sandwich each per day. >> sue parker got more cash but as resources are running out, people are growing desperate.
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>> this is not enough. the gas is not enough. so everybody is fighting to get whatever. >> reporter: many are waiting in long lines to buy fuel at gas stations. in the hard hit region of toa baja hundreds of people have stood under a cell phone tower searching for a signal to let loved ones know they are okay. on the northern corner of the island officials worry this 90-year-old dam is in danger of breaching after maria dropped 50 inches of rain. 70,000 people were warned of flash flooding. >> along the river in isabel, you've evacuated everyone. >> yes. everyone. >> reporter: the mayor said a dam failure would be catastrophic for people living in his city of isabella and other towns that rely on this for drinking water. drinking water is so scarce in some areas people are been collecting it on the side of the road. in other places, it is
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everywhere. choking entire neighborhoods. carmen's home was destroyed. >> translator: it is not easy to start again, she said. i don't have anything. >> reporter: back here at the airport, it is becoming somewhat confrontational as people are yelling at the gate agents saying have been waiting for days with children. gayle here is one of the reasons so few commercial flights are able to get on the island. the hurricane destroyed one of the transmission towers reducing the radar that pilots need to fly in. and that is one reason so many of the people have been waiting to get off this island. >> david, thank you very much. the more you hear, the worse it is. i know people who still haven't heard from relatives in puerto rico and they are taking the no news is good news but they just can't get any kind of communication from there. >> there is a question about whether the pentagon should be sending additional resources to help people there. >> very scary situation. >> they made that point yesterday. thank you again, david begnaud reporting from puerto
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rico. a civil rights investigation into the shooting in nashville over the weekend. the suspect is 25-year-old emanuel samson. he is in police custody after shooting himself yesterday by accident. nashville place say he killed one woman in the parking lot and wounded several other people. he is a legal u.s. resident who came here from sudan back in 1996. church members are praising an usher who confronted the gunman. errol barnett is outside of the church of christ church in nashville with this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. authorities are still searching for a motive which drove samson to attack church-goers at this otherwise peaceful house of worship which witnesses say' te e n ed.path ordeastl began after 11:15 on sunday morning just as church services were being let out. >> we can only imagine the kind of kind of horror. >> reporter: police say he drove
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this blue suv to the church and left the engine running and got out to two pistols. his face partially covered with a mask. they say he shot and killed melanie smith, a 39-year-old mother of two. she was a caring woman who loved god according to her daughter brianna. >> everybody is looking for why, why, why. there is no understanding evil. there is no understanding hate. >> reporter: samson allegedly entered the church and walked down the aisle shooting as he moved and hitting and wounding the church pastor before he was confronted by a 22-year-old usher caleb engle. place say samson pistol-whipped him and accidentally shot himself during the scuffle and fell to the ground. >> this guy came up fighting with him. >> reporter: this witness who attended to the pastor's wounds said engle jumped in as samson continued to fire his weapon. >> he was shooting and then he was in the pulpit and shooting
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more. >> reporter: injured, engle went outside to his own to get his own registered gurn and then went back into the church to stand guard over the wounded shooter until the police arrived. >> mr. engle saved countless lives here today. he is at the end of the day, the hero in this. because we think this could have been much worse in terms of death. >> reporter: samson has been charged with one count of murder with additional charges pending. as for the man who attacked the gunman, well he issued a statement saying does not want to be labelled a hero. he said the true heroes in this story are the first responders, the police officers and the doctors who have helped and are helping those affected. >> thank you. the trump administration is placing tough new travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries. president trump's proclamation yesterday came on the same day his 90 day travel ban was set to expire. new rules will apply to the countries on the president's previous list, except for sudan,
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chad, north korea and venezuela have been added. the new restrictions put an in definite ban on visas to the united states. there are some exceptions by country and occupation. mr. trump tweeted last night, we will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet. our cbs news poll finds most americans do not report the last ditch republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare. 20% approve of the bill written by lindsey graham and bill cassidy. 52% disapprove. the poll also finds 85% believe insurance companies should be required to cover people with pre-existing conditions. nancy cordez is on capitol hill where several came out against the bill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and those defictions have all been killed this bill's prospects which is why graham and cassidy rushed out a new version of the bill last night, one they say delivered more funding to the states of some is of these gop holdouts. states like alaska, arizona and maine. but it is not clear that though
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move is going to sway these no votes like john mccain, who has said that the process was already too rushed or rand paul who believes that the bill is already too expensive. ted cruz of texas and susan collins of maine are also leaning no. thdisaid she's worried about ca prereme-existing conditions. so right there you have enough republicans to sink the bill. but graham and cassidy are going ahead with a planned hearing and a vote later in week on a bill that takes most obamacare funding and hands it over to the states to come up with their own plans, a move that a lot of republicans believe would give states more flexibility. but the time for changes and wheeling and dealing is really running out, gayle. because if republicans want to pass a health care bill in the senate with a simple majority, senate rules say they only have until saturday, after that they need 60 votes. >> boy, they have a lot of work
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to do there. thank you, nancy. north korea is trying to convince other governments to condemn president trump for vowing to totally destroy his words the country in the speech. north korean state media said they call the president's threat an in tolerable insult. the foreign minister said the word, our rockets visit to the mainland inevitable all the more. and ben tracy is following the crisis from beijing. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is not clear to which government's north korea sent this letter but this does appear to be part of a new approach in which north korea is trying to use president trump's threats against him. and north korea is also using the president's remarks as prop granda. and over the weekend they staged a massive anti-american rally in pong yong and claimed that 100,000 people showed up. on the same day u.s. air force bombers flew off the northkorea east coast in a show of force
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designed to show the military options. this is the furthest north in the korean peninsula that u.s. war planes have flown so far this century. now meanwhile president trump continues to refer to kim jong-un as little rocket man. despite reports that the president's aides have warned him against personalizing this conflict. norah. >> ben tracy in beijing. thank you. and criminals and people with potential terrorism links could register a plane in the u.s. for just $5. ahead the boston globe spotlight shares the flaw in the faa registry of airplanes and how two jets in the 9/11 attack were listed as active years good morning it's a classic offshore flow the coast is clear my clear skies inland. currently down a 48 degrees in
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♪ mercy what will become of us ♪ one by one could we turn it around ♪ >> dave matthews kicked off the concert for charlottesville organizing last night's benefit and hired heather's mom on stage. her daughter killed last month, and some of the musicians joined nfl players in protest, too, and williams took a knee in his set, and stevie wonder knelt for america and two knees in prayer for our world. you talked to dave on your show. >> we talked on friday. they were remarkable in terms of the passion and the sering
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injustice. >> serious conversations in the country today. >> nice of them to do that concert. >> i think so too. welcome ba to "cbs this morning," angela merkel faces the difficult task of forming a new government this morning after being elected to a fourth term. the celebration over the win was tempered by the strong showing of a far right party. >> called the alternative for germany party and they received 13% of the vote with a nationalist anti-immigrant message. it is the first time in more than 50 years that a far right party will have seatings in germany's parliament. a look at this week's headlines. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner used a private e e-mail account for white house business. he received a respondent to fewer than 100 e-mails on his personal account between january and august. there is no indication that kushner shared any classified information on his privating
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the. washington post reports former president obama tried to give mark zuker berg a wakeup call about fake news on facebook. he said the problem would be worse in the next presidential race. zuckerberg said the messages were not widespread on facebook and there was no easy remedy. new york's daily news reports anthony weiner is scheduled to be sentenced today in a sexting scandal. faces 27 months in prison after transferring obscene material to a 15-year-old girl. former fbi director cited e-mails found on his laptop to justify reopening an investigation of hillary clinton. 60 minutes exposed a deep division that linger among americans nearly a year after the presidential election. in her debut last night as a 60 minutes special contributor,
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oprah winfrey traveled to michigan. in a portion you'll see only on "cbs this morning" winfrey spoke to one participant about speaking freely, finding common ground, and securing the border. >> the biggest thing we're losing in america and the biggest danger to the republic is we've lost the ability to debate freely. to sit down and have intense passionate rational debates, and you know what? people may have feelings hurt. we may not like each other when we're done, but when we stop having that ability, when we lose the ability to debate ideas, the republic is over. >> is there a way for us all to reach some kind of commonground? where all sides can be heard and that is possible? if we could do that at this table, why isn't it possible for congress? >> well, the thing is, if oprah, i want to sell you a bushel of
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apples for $20, but you want to pay $10. it does me no good, no, 20, and you're only willing to pay ten. we have to figure out how to get to 15 at some point. >> 12. >> fair enough. and that's what bothers me about congress. you got people here saying, no way ever, and you got people saying no way ever. when you have conversation, take the hot button issues off the table. look for the common denominator and work from there. >> we visited fourth generation farmer, and one of his orchards in grand rapids. what do you think of the discourse last night? >> i thought it was good. it was an interesting discussion. got to visit with a lot of people i would not normally interact with in day-to-day life. >> really? yeah in. >> it was eye opening. >> we were talking last night
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about whether or not congress gets you, whether the president gets you, do you think most of america gets what it takes to do what you do out here every day in. >> unfortunately, i believe vast majority of americans have no clue what it takes to do a lot of what we do out herement i mean, everything you see behind us, all the apples are hand picked. every apple in the united states is hand harvested. there's no machines for this. we depend on migrant labor, skilled migrant labor to do this. we have had over the years dozens of americans, domestic american citizens show up and say, yeah, i want to pick apples. they don't last through a day. >> how are the immigration laws going to affect you being able to get workers to do this? >> personally, i think we probably ought to let more people into the country at some point, but we have to have a handle on who is coming in, when they are coming in, where they are coming from, all these things. >> so if president trump was here right now, what would you advise him on immigration? >> i would advise the president to continue the path to securing
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the border, because we have to have a secure national border. >> mean building the wall? >> i think it does mean building a wall, but a wall, as he said in the campaign, a big beautiful door in it, or something to that effect. we need immigrant workers in the country for a variety of skills and positions, and we allow them to come in and fill jobs that we have here. >> boy, i really like that interview, and i really thought jeff gave an important perspective about people who are doing hard work on the front lines of agriculture and other things that run a business, picking apples by hand, so important. >> he showed understanding on both sides and seeking commonground. >> it was interesting to see all the passion around the table last night watching it, and i like what jeff also said that we have to be able to have passionate, rational conversation in this country, and so many times, we don't do that. it's anger, and you don't hear the other people speaking. >> 60 minutes looked at mccain's
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fight against aggressive brain cancer. he shared his experience of receiving a diagnosis earlier in summer. >> what did they tell you about the prognosis? >> they said that it's very serious. that the prognosis is very, very serious. some say 3%. some say 14%. you know, it's -- it's a very poor prognosis, so i just said, i understand, now we're going to do what we can, get the best doctors we can find, and do the best we can. and at the same time, celebrate with gratitude a life well-lived. >> senator mccain said he's more energetic and engaged since the diagnosis. he said he got to do everything he can to serve the country while he's able to do so. he really got to me last night, i have to say. he had so much grace and composure, and knowing -- he said whatever time i have left,
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because nobody really knows, he talked a lot about how great his life has been and all the things accomplished. he said he's not done yet. >> no. >> with that attitude, he has a future. >> watching that last night, his mother, robertamc cane is still alive in her 100s. >> wow. great longevity in the family. >> great genes. >> tough as nails. the system for registering an airplane in the united states is less secure than getting a driver's license. ahead, the boston globe's spotlight investigation how people with potential links to terrorism can easily register a plane. we invite you to sub vibe to the cbs this morning podcast, get the news of the day, extended interviews, and podcast originals. itunes and apple podcast app. you're watching "cbs this morning" we'll be right back. ipod and ipod apps. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. art? that idea... ...we borrowed from the experts.
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plane's real owner and whether the plane is in operation. the boston globe's spotlight fellow spent a year investigating a system that the paper says can be exploited by drug international politicians. the team reports they found people with links to t derupror whleorr o appearr co to hold ac licenses to fly the planes. we spoke to reporters who broke the story at reagan national airport outside washington, d.c. of course, chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the stories are in the boston globe today, and what they found really raises some questions about how the faa handles information regarding airplanes and who flies them. one in six private aircraft in the united states are registered through means the legal make it very hard, even for law enforcement, to determine who owns an airplane. it's a system the boston globe's spotlight team found is appealing to bad actors like drug runners flying this american registered plane shot down by the venezuelan air
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force. >> there's layers of secrets to register the aircraft, and they are attractive to drug dealers, criminals, politicians, and ties to terrorism. >> reporter: they are the spotlight fellows who reported the story. >> helps them hide, conceal their activities, and they have when they register their airplane with the u.s. flag, it's, like, getting a u.s. stamp of approval. >> reporter: they found an apt kuwaited system less secure than getting your driver's license. >> you have to have a bill of sale. the baill of sale says kelly sod the plane to jamie, you fill out the form, and that's it. >> at the dmv, it's a birth certificate, a power bill. the cost of recommendation steering a plane is $5, the price the faa said was mandated in congress in 1964. >> if they do not see themself as an active policemen of the registry so information comes in, they make sure the information is there, but they
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don't vet the information. they are operating on the honor system of people recommendation steering aircrafts and own pilot's licenses to say, i am a u.s. citizen, you know, i live here. if they have bad intentions or ill-intent for the use of the license or, you know, certification of a plane, they can lie, and the faa says that they are not going to vet. they do not check. >> reporter: faa acknowledges they do not vet records because they don't have the resources to determine accuracy of registration.ubmitted for the globe found two planes used in the 9/11 attacks were listed as active until 2005. the faa did not cancel the registration of a cargo plane that crashed in krchicago in 19 until 27 years later. two pilots were convicted of flying an airliner drunk. they had valid licenses, but the
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faa said they could not fly because they lack a current medical ser tiff cat or five people with potential ties to terror, listed as having active licenses. this mechanic currently servings rs y35ea showed up in the registry as a valid license holding. despite what the data base showed, the license was revoked in 2015. you can find the story online at globe.com/secretsinthesky. the faa told us in a statement they have a team that investigates fraudulent aircraft recommendation stra registrations and constantly working to strengthen the integrity of the information. they are developing a plan to significantly upgrade and modernize the aircraft registration process. >> kris, thanks. air bnb revolutionized the industry, and ahead, the company's ceo is here with how he's transforming the sightseeing business. plus, with the game on the
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♪ heregoo what's the scenario ♪ >> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, september 25th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, the nfl today's james brown on the next step for the league's players after their protest during the national anthem, and what tom brady just said about the president's meant this morning. plus, jim carsons with "big bang theory" is in the theater with iain armitage. first here is the opener at 8:00. >> pro football players define president trump after he told them not to protest during the national anthem. >> reporter: seems the president's words only reignited the protest. tax reform, health care, the budget, all face severe congressional test, yet this weekend what all about the
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president's heated call to fire nfl players. >> more than 1,000 people are stranded at puerto rico's main airport in sweltering conditions. most of the territory's 3.4 million american citizens are still without power. >> authorities are still searching for a motive which drove samson to attack church goers at this otherwise peaceful house of worship which witnesses say he attended in the past. >> north korea's trying to convince other governments to condemn president trump. this does appear to be part of a new approach in which north korea is trying to use president trump's threats against him too bad he wasn't on the team. a nutty situation in owe mayo when a squirrel stole the show at a college football game. >> he might do it! he's going to do it. oh, my goodness, buddy, do it, do it! touchdown! oh, man, he's my favorite squirrel. this morning's eye opener at 8:00 is presented by liberty mutual insurance.
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>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and nor o'donnell. one puerto rican said hoim set the territory back decades. most of the 3.5 million americans there still do not have power. officials say electricity will not be restored for a while. >> at least ten are killed and that number is expect to rise. flooding is still a problem in some places. puerto rico's governor is asking the pentagon for more help. our david begnaud is at the san juan airport. he says more than 1,000 people are waiting to leave in sweltering conditions. no one is handing outr water there, and some have been fwaiting for dfour days. it is cooler outside though, but people don't want to lose their place in line. so they're not leaving. commercial flights are slowly beginning to take off. president trump is still telling nfl sideline protesters they are wrong. he tweeted this morning that kneeling has nothing to do with race. it is respect for our country, flag and national anthem.
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nfl players join pregame protests yesterday from london to los angeles. it was a response to the president saying players should be fired for kneeling during the anthem. the demonstration started last year to protest police brutality and racism. >> many teams locked arms in a show of unity. more than 200 knelt or sat during the anthem. only six players protested a week ago before the president's comments. tom brady was one of those locking arms and spoke about the president's comments in a radio lyer htae ire disin saidag and isought it was just deiv just wivant to support my teammates. >> cbs news special correspondent james brown is host of the "nfl today" on cbs. he joins us from washington. j.b., good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah and gail. >> tell us what you saw as you watched and what you thought as you watched this weekend.
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>> what i saw was an example of togetherness. i mean football is the ultimate team sport, so i saw owners, the commissioner, nfl p.a. director, and players all in unison, not necessarily agreeing with the method some of the players are taking but certainly an effort to hear what they're saying, charlie, and it is not anti-flag, it is more pro the issues that have been well-documented and long-standing and trying to find a solution together. anc ls nghink, james, that's message about how this originally started. that it didn't start as a campaign against the country or patriotism. >> gayle, not at all. again, we talked about the kind of issues that are systemic, that are long-standing and well-documented, in communities of color especially in terms of racial inequality. these players, by the way, gayle, aren't just making a statement. most of these players have been actively engaged in trying to improve the fabric of those
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communities with their actions and with their dollars. so certainly they're to be commended in that regard. >> well, this started with colin kaepernick over a year ago, and many people didn't support him at that time publicly. why do you think now it is different after president trump's words? >> well, i think -- and i have yet to talk to colin kaepernick so let me be clear about that, but from what he said before in the early days of this in 2016 is that he wanted to raise the level of awareness and try to engage civil dialogue amongst not a whom homogenous group of people, diverse, to try to deal with the problems. unfortunately because of the rancor and public vitriol that has been spewed out it is in the public consciousness and people are having dialogue to find out what the answer. >> some say they appreciate the players' right to protest but it shouldn't come during the national anthem. what do you make of that?
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>> reporter: you know, norah, i completely understand how some see only the flag and what it stands for and think it is an affront to those in law enforcement and military. it is not anti-any of those things. it is mo prorehathe t are. i think to the degree the old expression, can we reason together, sit down to hear one another. that's what we're seeing when we look at people like arthur blank, ownership like arthur blank, like steven ross with the miami dolphins, pete carroll, coach of thehawk you can disagree without being disagreeable in the manner in which they're going about it. >> where is colin kaepernick a year later? >> still from a visible standpoint unemployed as far as the nfl is concerned. that's another whole issue. charlie, one thing i have to give him credit for, even though i might choose a different course of action myself, the fact of the matter is he has
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committed. he put his money where his mouth is, nearly a million dollars for community efforts to be a bridge builder and he is personally doing it. he is not someone living comfortably off his money. he is on the front lines and involved. >> many would like to see him play again. thank you very much, james brown. >> thank you, guys. airbnb has changed the way millions find a place to see. the company's founder and ceo brian chuskey is in our green room. and there's his mom and his ter. all there. hi, mom. ahead, how the companyinryo t tg good morning from our studios in san francisco. a classic offshore flow in the coast is clear. currently down to 48 degrees in santa rosa, 50 throughout the tri-valley,
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valued at more than $30 billion. it features more than three million listings around the world. they're now expanding to include online restaurant reservations and local sightseeing opportunities called experiences. the company is announcing more than 150 new experiences today in new york city. brian chesky is cofounder and ceo of airbnb. brian, good morning. >> thank you for having me again. >> so explain what experiences is and how that essentially complements your current business model. >> we realize when people travel they want to have a great experience. we realized what if we can power local people, including local new yorkers, to share a two to three-hour guided activity, from bee keeping on a roof to horseback riding in queens to a concert in someone's living room. basically if you have a passion, you could share it with another person, and we think when you travel rather than just going to see a site you could have a really cool experience. >> first of all, who knew there was horseback riding in queens? >> i didn't know either. >> so you weren't a hugely
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successful company. you decided we wanted to take it to the next level. >> well, our company took us so our community did. our community where we have four million homes, millions of hosts, and they were offering their homes but they started coming to us saying we would like to offer more. we said more like what? some people said, i would give people a tour of the city or make them dinner, and beforena of showed us a path forward. >> so they provided all of the experiences, in other words you didn't go out seeking the experiences? >> no, no. primarily people just came to us. we have tens of thousands of people who came to us and applied and said, we want to offer experiences for people. somebody might be a cook and they say, i want to be able to create food in someone's home. we have a guy named dave in seattle and he has a wolf conservation and he said, i would like to give people a tour of woods and i have these wolves and you can hike with the wolves. dave is now making $200,000 a year hiking with wolves. so this is actually an amazing
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opportunity economically. >> don't you think this is fascinating that people came to you and said, "we want to do more?" >> yes. >> when i did airbnb in st. bartz, the owner left champagne and all of these instructions. i was amazed by their hospitality for total strangers. >> our community kind of proved a lot of people wrong, that people are fundamentally really kind. when we have this idea, people said, "this will never work, strangers will never stay in a stranger's home." i totally get why people said that, but 200 million people later i think it is pretty clear people not only want to connect with others, they want to share more than just their home. they want to share great experiences. >> let's talk about the spanks how are you doing in terms of international expansion? >> china is going really well. as far as we can tell, we are the largest home sharing company in all of china, and we have nearly 100,000 homes in china. we've had millions of people in china use airbnb, all over the world. >> do you have chinese competitors?
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>> we have a couple of chinese competitors. >> because uber had a difficult experience, as you know. >> i think it was -- absolutely. a lot of american companies struggled in china. i think one difference in airbnb is we're a travel company. if a person in china wants to travel around the world and stay in paris, they're not going to use a local site. our global community has given us a leg up. >> you stayed on top of things. there was a little kerfluffle about airbnb a while back and you hired eric holder. when white supremacists wanted to rent an apartment, you stepped in. tell us about what you're trying to do. >> about a year and a half ago we started to notice discrimination on our platform. that's in opposition to our mission. we hired eric holder, and he helped us create a non-discrimination policy. when you sign up for airbnb you have to sign a community
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commitment that says you will not discriminate against people including allowing people of all background in their home. we noticed white sremaups st for one of their rallies and we prevented them. >> another reason your mom and dad are here today are very proud. your mom said she thought it was off the wall when they heard the idea, your dad was praising you for the idea. they thought they were going to work in art and here you are. >> here i am. >> congrats. good to have you at the table, brian chesky. exactly six decades ago today the little rock nine made history. a new documentary that focuses on inequality in the classroom. it has caught the attention of a famous director. she and the film's director talked to our brianna golodryga about that. >> it spoke to my film in a way, and we're trying to deconstruct the truths that are supposed to
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be evident that are actually falsehoods. >> ahead, why they say there's still intense segregation in schools. you're watching "cbs this morning." we always appreciate that. we'll be right back. ense segregation in schools. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. we'll be right back. how do they make starburst taste so juicy? they use wicked small fighter jets to shoot the juiciness into every starburst. [ pilot ] it's about to get juicy. whoo! i feel so aliii... [ female announcer ] starburst. unexplainably juicy. do i use ...one that'sthat wgood for my teeth? .. now i don't have to choose! from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy.
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competition for wounded veterans. he mads he first public appearance with his girlfriend meghan markle. everyone was very excited to see them together. markel lives in toronto. the couple . >> good morning. more than 500 athletes from 17 different countries competing in 12 events. overseeing all of it, one prince. at saturday's opening ceremony prince harry sat next to first lady melania trump. his girlfriend meghan markle sat four rows away. they're getting star power but it's the athletes who are competing onnen the field in toronto like u.s. air force master sergeant ben seekell.
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>> i'm going to have put my first foot forward. >> sergeant his canine charlie came upon a land mine. he lost his leg. >> the only thing to to is get up and go. >> reporter: still on active tutti, sergeant seekell is looking to add to the stlee he won last year. >> my expectations for myself are high and i'm not willing to walk away from the field with anything less than goal. >> reporter: sebastiana lopez arellano is also looking for gold. >> i don't care what those boys do. what are they going to do.
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flip me? >> she flipped her motorcycle. she lost her right leg. >> i was in a coma for 36 days or something. when i woke up, i was so happy. we us like, oh, cool. i'm alive, because i thought i died. >> so many come from literally off the couch. >> reporter: aaron moffett is their coach. >> we don't want them to be active one day a year but active 365 days a year. >> reporter: we're standing at a square in front of city hall that includes two tennis courts. norah, the invictus games run through saturday. >> jeff glor in toronto. so glad to see you there. exercise and sports can help you heal many things. ahead, how sheldon cooper
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became the star of the b will move back to the courthouse in oakland. good morning it's 8:25 am. starting today felony arraignments in alameda county will move back to oakland. the move from dublin to oakland will ensure that more families without cars and access to their relatives court appearances. city leaders in lafayette will consider a way to handle the rising cost of rental housing. the meeting is open to the public and is set to begin at 5:30 pm at the lafayette library. traffic and weather in just a moment.
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time now is 8:27 am and we are tracking delays on many of the bridges. here's a live look at the golden gate. no reports of accidents or stalls that you can see the headlights heading into san francisco a bit sluggish. same for the san rafael bridge a 13 minute ride from richmond parkway. east shore freeway jampacked in the red looking at about a 45 minute commute from highway 4 to the main -- the maze. give yourself some time. we continue to see delays for the san mateo bridge under a 40 minute ride from eight ab to
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101. -- 880 to 101. let's head to san jose where life weather camera suggest clear skies with a little bit of a haze. air quality deteriorating as the week progresses due to the impending many heat wave. here's an offshore flow continue each day through the week. the airports with no delays for 50 degrees in santa rosa after bottoming out at 47 degrees. 53 oakland, san francisco 58. we do have a red flag warning through wednesday it will be warm and dry all this week. the potential for fire danger will increase each day. 80s at the beaches today, 80s throughout the bay, low 90s
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♪ ♪ welco b meto tk bs"chis loo green room. jim parsons is in there. young sheldon and older sheldon. the idea of jim parsons he said let's move it. >> having some peanut butter, first. >> yeah. >> he goes, well, we like it when people eat something. hello, jim parsons! >> peanut butter. >> they both join us at the table. right now some of the headlines from around the globe. politico reports president trump said his administration is looking into tom price's use of private planes.
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a politico investigation revealed more than 400,000 was spent on charted jets if are the health and human secretaries for may. on saturday price said he would stop using private aircraft pending the review. the indiana star said the indiana university freshman was left behind on a school trip and accidentally locked in a cave for 60 hours. 19-year-old lucas was on a trip inside sullivan cave. he became separated from 12 others. they didn't know he was still in the cave when they padlocked the entrance. he was rescued after club membe members realized he was missing. >> it took them a couple of days. if we went out together and one was missing, i would know it right away. >> i know. he's already. usa today hurricane maria halted drug manufacturing in puerto rico. it raises the prospect of
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shortages. last year pharmaceuticals made up 72% of puerto rico's im -- exports. us a today reports on a ranking the most and lease available majors. the most valuable geological and geophysical engineering. pharmaceutical sciences and administration. topping the list, petroleum engineering. the least valuable composition, rhetoric, miscellaneous, fine arts. >> i was philosophy major. i wonder where it was. probably toward the bottom. >> i was in psychology. that comes in handy. the "washington post" reports on a study if you want to stay strong as you age find a purpose. older adults with a solid sense of purpose tend to retain strong
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hand grips and walking speeds. they're less likely to develop alzheimer's, heart attacks, or strokes. seniors with a sense of purpose are likely to live longer. 60 years ago today nine black students entered an all white high school in little rock, arkansas. >> the national guard to maintain. they will not act as integratio >> the new movie expores educational inequality that took place in the united states sixng >> good morning. charlie, education reform is an important issue in this country. and the director that have film is sonia. her directial debut caught the eye of production backing -- she likens teaches us to the critically acclaimed film "13" that highlights the racial inequity of mass incarceration. we sat down with the film makers in harlem, new york.
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>> one of the few countries in the world that systemically and deliberately spends less money to educate poor children than affluent children. >> it's not true that education is equal in this country. because still very intense segregation hap'speninge all kinds of forms. all over this country. so what i loved about our film and what she did, i think it spoke to my film in a way, and we're trying to deconstruct the truth are supposed to be evident are actually falsehoods. vails pulled over an ugliness that america hasn't deal with. >> teach us all explores schools around the country. at least 75 percent of students are at the same race. >> millions of black and latino kids will go through public education system that does not educate them. >> the film says children living in poverty continue to suffer. >> my mom makes about $9,000 a
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year. there's five of us. you can imagine what we have to go through to survive. >> in the segregated school they tend to get far fewer resources. and very importantly less experienced teachers. aside from parents, everyone knows that the teachers are the most influence. why do you think the country isn't doing more to promote good teachers and give them better raises? we are serious about social progress in this country. teachers would be paid like lawyers and doctors and we would be not just sort of paying them service to teachers. what we're seeing we're seeing a wide spread disenfranchisement. >> you have children saying i have a quarter. is that enough to buy a book at the book fair? and you want to cry. and so you dig in your wallet and you give them $10 because you want them to have a book! >> so ava is it more of a race issue in this country or is it
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an income inequality issue in this country? a mix of both? >> techblt they go hand and hand. you know, class in this country has been conflated with race. you know, with brown versus the board of education. race is protected. it's a loophole. race is protected but class was never protected. you know that black people and brown people are poor in this country. you say race doesn't matter if you know they're poor. you don't have to serve that part of it. you think it's a given that a kid should go to school and get an education where they live. >> is that the environment that kids should be raised in. it's not like a pretty good safe environment. >> what is the solution? >> i think sort of that idea, again, that we were, you know, a lot of people said we're not racist. now we're at a point it's not enough to say i'm not a racist. you have to say i'm anti-racism. you need to take that stance. for me it's going to come back to the students and that's the connection with the little rock nine who were teens when they
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took their stand and they showed unbelievable courage. >> an important film. and the film teach us all is available on netflix today. we talk about hirp segregated schools. the average family income is $15,000 at these schools at public schools versus $50,000 in the more integrated schools. you see the ine equities that starts at a young age. >> it's a big difference and it's great they're pointing it out. i can't wait. >> yeah. >> she won the lottery. >> yeah. i think she's right. thanks. all right. fans of the big bang theory will soon know more about childhood of sheldon cooper. actor jim parsons and ian are here to preview the new precall to the big bang theory and what they've learned from each other. they're both quite funny. in person
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>> that's the beloved and brutally honest sheldon cooper from the "big bang theory." jim parsons brought sheldon t he's behind the camera of a new show called "young sheldon." it introduces us to him as a child. 9 years old sheldon goes on the first day of high school. >> oh, dear. >> yeah. >> that boy has exposed tattoo. >> he does. >> i wonder if he knows that's in violation of the dress code? >> speaking of which, how about we lose the bow tie. >> why? >> look around, honey. none of the other kids are wearing one. please trust mommy. i'll tell you what, you take it off, and this weekend i'll take
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you to radio shack. >> he wants to go to radio shack! we're pleased to welcome jim and ian to studio 57. >> i was going to say you earlier asked me to think of three words that were, like, were funny. >> three lines. >> yes. >> from the pilot. i have four. >> okay. go ahead. >> thank goodness. >> give me three lines. go ahead. >> first of all, that girl's blouse is die -- i can see her brassire. >> mom, when should i be expecting your testicles? your favorite. >> that's my favorite. >> third, we have perhaps -- sorry perhaps i'll start a fad. >> yeah. we saw that one. >> let me think. >> we'll go to jim. >> jim, this was your idea. you said wouldn't it be fun to show sheldon before?
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what did you think we're on to something here? >> we were trying to think of me and my production anything related to we can take a show out about and we were going with my nephew. that was my first thing. he's a 10-year-old -- 11 now in texas. he's very smart. and as we started talking about it it's describing a young sheldon. or it could be. i checked in with chuck, first of all, i thought -- if he has any interest in this, i should talk to him about it. i didn't think he would. i really thought -- i was like they would have thought of this before. it's like they've been building the material for it for a decade. we've had about dote of antedote about young shell don we talked about. but they jumped at it. and what they've done with it is really miraculous, in my opinion. it's its show. it's its own memory play. it's an origin story. >> i las vegas how you don't refer to yourself as old sheldon. >> what do i call yourself?
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>> big sheldon. >> oh, yeah! >> that's the nicest thing i'll say about myself today. big not old. >> i thought of the fourth one. >> think, monkey, think. ian, when you started big littl. but what did you think when you got this character? >> oh, my goodness. i was so happy and excited that it was, like, i was just -- it came sort of as a total shock. i thought, oh, yeah, i get to do another addition. i was at my grandma's over christmas. i barely even memorized it. and i was just, like, my mom filming it was probably the best thing about it, like, and then i got a call back. so i was, like, oh, well that's pretty good. so i went in and i did it a i j
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>> you or your mom? >> well, you see, it doesn't exactly run in the family because my mom is not an actress, but my dad is an actor. >> you just saw him this weekend. >> i did. i saw him in "hamilton." he's a theater actor. and i act in tv shows and stuff. i did, actually, do a thing -- it was like -- wa it edworkshop. >> there's a thing that is sokul about the role, jim. his character you're not just putting sheldon's words in his mouth. >> no. it's not like you're trying to do adult words for the little boy. >> no. but that was -- we've been talking about a lot it is its own character. >> yeah. in the some way that -- what you're seeing is sheldon how he became what we see in the adult show. and so this is kind of its own creature that he's portraying
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here. and there are overlaps but there's also, like, we watch and discover things like comic books. we watch him discover things like his clothes will change style as he goes through this. and i don't know, it's like all the things you associate with sheldon now you see how they got there from him. >> yeah. >> and what is it like, jim, we're not used to seeing you in front of the camera. to have this additional role as a producer. >> i'm very mediocre at it. very mediocre. >> that isn't true. >> not true. >> there's nothing about you mediocre. >> it's very strange. it's taken a lot getting used to talking to another actor. >> like giving direction? >> sort of. i mean, you know, i've just never been comfortable giving another actor direction. and i don't know what makes any other actor tick, necessarily, and i don't want to break it. you know, so -- or him. but he's -- ian is very smart.
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>> i'm fragile but not that fragile. >> you're flexible and resilient. >> pliable. >> yes. ian is easy to talk to. >> this takes place in 1989. you were not alive 1998. what was something you learned about the '80s from doing the show? >> first of all, the clothing sort of took me by surprise. because you have a lot of things that could be considered totally outdated and really weird today. and stuff like that. >> no cell phones. >> yeah. no cell phones. >> you had the huge old huge things whatever they are. >> big bang is coming, too. it ended with you proposing. >> that's right. >> we'll find out did she say yes. >> in real life you have gotten married. >> i did. >> congratulations! >> thank you. what took you so long to make honest men out of each other?
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you were dating a long time. >> almost 15 years now. i think it was just when we first got together and it was a real thing between us and we knew it was probably long lasting. marriage wasn't a possibility. >> right. >> and we went on so long even once it was it was like we're happy. then we said what the hell. let's have a party. >> what the hell. congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. such a great show. >> congratulations. >> "young sheldon" you can see it tonight. along with the "big bang theory." right here on cbs. >> more on our pod cast on itunes. on itunes.
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love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. right now in oakland, an investigation is underway - after two police officers were injured in a crash. it happened on international boulevard around 4-am - as officers in an s-u-v were rushing to back-up good morning it's 8:55 am. in oakland an investigation underway after two place officers injured in a crash. it happened on international boulevard around 4:00 am it happened as the two officers were rushing to backup an officer that had pulled over a car. a campus protest when on s week never materialized. there was a handful of arrests. after 66 million years california officially has a state dinosaur. the fossils have been around and were found, the governor
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from 238 toward the bay. tracking an accident south bound 880, over one hour commute from 238 to 237. the coast is clear. we have in offshore flow which means today at the beach temperature near 80 degrees. the visibility is unlimited at this hour. temperatures 59 in santa rosa, 65 san jose. today we have the red flag warning in effect through wednesday. warmer tomorrow through thursday with extremely dry weather as humidity goes down and the temperature goes up. 83 in san francisco we should be at 70. d-80ous the bay. check out the beach temperature
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