watching kpix5 watching kpix5. your next local update at 7:26. have a great day. cbs this morning comes up next. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, october 23rd, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." police in tampa are urgently searching for this man in this surveillance video. they believe he could have information about a potential serial killer connected to three murders. army sergeant bowe bergdahl sentencing trial starts today. the army deserter faces life in prison. in a new interview, he claims the taliban treated him better as a prisoner than the u.s. army. plus, bill o'reilly denounces a report that he agreed to pay $32 million to settle a sexual harassment claim. fox news confirmed it knew about the settlement when it signed o'reilly to a new contract. and khizr kh an n, the gold

star father, is here today in studio 57. he tells why he ly he believes . but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> we just want justice. he won't get away with it. >> tampa hunt for a possible serial killer. a florida community is on edge after three murders. >> my kids are scared. they have to be locked up in the house. >> the fate of bowe bergdahl is in the hands of a judge. the sentencing hearing begins and it's expected to be dramatic. >> do you worry this bickering gets in the way of your agenda? >> no, it gets people to do what they're supposed to be doing. >> you've been on the receiving end of several of those attacks. >> i refuse to get diverted off on the various comments that may be made at one time or another. >> the heat is on across southern california. temperatures expected to top 100 degrees. >> we're going to crush records throughout the entire area. >> officials surveying the damage in oklahoma after storms

brought damage and hail, wind, tornados. >> this is crazy. >> the government imposed direct control of catalonia. >> leaders call for civil disobedien disobedience. >> all that. >> the president's dog answering the call of nature in the middle of a meeting. >> atlanta relived the nightmare that was super bowl li. >> the patriots pretty much dominate the game. >> and all that matters. >> five former u.s. presidents sharing the stage, all to raise money for hurricane relief. >> the heart of america is greater than our problems. >> on "cbs this morning." >> how does this feel to have my hand on your tiny little head? >> television legend david letterman received the mark twain prize for american humor. >> tell me, is it wrong that i kind of which this could have been presented posthumously? >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota, let's go

places. welcome to cbs this morning. a possible serial killer of three people has a neighborhood on high a letter in tampa, florida. they were shot dead in the past two weeks. the victims were just a few blocks from each other. >> take a look at this surveillance vid yoed. it shows a map walk in the area when one of the three people was murdered. police want the public to help identify him because he may have information about the killing. >> in tampa with the urgent search for information, omar, go good morning. >> reporter: good morning. residents walked this area to take back the streets from a killer terrorizing their neighborhood. three people killed in a ten-day period. latest victim, a young man with special needs who just got off at the wrong bus stop. >> we won't be afraid.

you know. you won't get away it. >> reporter: at a memorial for 20-year-old anthony balboa, they say he was targeted because he had autism. >> he never said nothing bad to me. >> naiboa was shot dead while walking in tampa's seminole heights neighborhood 8 p.m. thursday. just over 100 yards away, 22-year-old benjamin mitchell was killed after being shot at a bus stop. a few days later, police found 32-year-old monica hoffa's body in a parking lot less than a mile away. investigators say she was walking to meet a friend before being shot. >> we're doing everything we can to catch this person so we can put an end to this. >> reporter: tampa police chief brian dugan believes the killings are connected based on their close proximity and time frame. he's refraining from labeling the unknown suspect as a serial killer. >> i'm very cautious with that term because we don't have

enough information. we don't know, it could be multiple people. >> reporter: we rode along with sergeant eric de feliz, one of the officers now warning the community to stay vigilant. what are you looking for? >> something that would stand out to give us an indication somebody's armed, acting in a suspicious manner. >> reporter: police are desperate for any leads in this case. the fbi is helping out the tampa police department and there's now a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to a suspect. >> thanks, omar. president trump is leaning on congressional republicans to finish tax reform quickly. he asked gop house members on a conference call to go along with the senate's budget blueprint. that would make it easier to pass the tax cut. the president will go to capitol hill tomorrow to meet with republican senators there for the first time. major garrett is at the white house with the effort to win a legislative victory, major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president's message to house

republicans can be summarized as follows. hurry up. house gop leaders still cling to hope they can pass a tax cut bill by thanksgiving. two key benchmarks lie ahead. finalizing the budget this week and putting out the legislative details on the tax bill itself next week. >> there's a great spirit for it. people want to see it. >> reporter: president trump who, for days, has hailed stock market records as low unemployment, says the economy still needs trillions in tax cut to spur growth. >> i call it tax cuts. it is tax reform also. but i call it tax cuts. it will be the biggest cuts ever in the history of this country. >> reporter: sherrod brown said a trump administration staffed with many goldman sachs executive was angling to benefit the wealthy instead of the middle class. >> the people close to the president whispering in his ear all want to do tax cuts for -- want to do trickle-down economics. >> reporter: the president also purportedly wants a short-term

obamacare fix. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he's open to bringing a bipartisan bill to the floor that would restore $7 billion in annual subsidies the president eliminated almost two weeks ago. >> we need a bill. the president will actually sign. i'm not certain yet what the president's looking for here. >> reporter: when republican lamar alexander and democrat patty murray announced their health care deal, the president at first supported it. >> that's a very good sole clusion. >> reporter: then he dumped it with very little evidence, mr. trump called the bill a giveaway to insurance companies. >> i won't do anything to enrich the insurance companies. >> reporter: a lexen der and murray denied the charge, while senate democratic leader chuck schumer said the president caved to conservative president. >> he called both senators murray and alexander, said come to a solution. then they come do to a solution. the right wing attacks it. >> reporter: the white house has n nearly as vague on tax cuts. keeping details under wrap,

hopinging in the end republicans will fall in line. that's pretty much the strategy on three failed attempts to replace and repeal obamacare. the white house bets the fourth time is the charm. arizona senator john mccain is taking another apparent shot at president trump. this time over trump's vietnam war deferment. latest in a series of verbal an exchanges that began last week. he criticized half baked spurious nationalism, which many saw as an attack on the president. mr. trump responded that at some point he would fight back. well in an interview with c-span that aired last night, mccain who was a prisoner of war in north vietnam for five years, appeared to call out the president. >> one aspect of the conflict, by the way, that i will never, ever -- is that we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level, found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur.

that is wrong. that is wrong. if we're going to ask every american to serve, every american should serve. >> president trump got a total of five deferments during vietnam. four for his college studies and one for a bone spur in his heel. the white house has not responded to our request for comment. army sergeant bowe bergdahl spent five years as a prisoner of the taliban. starting today, a military judge will decide how long he will spend as a prisoner in the u.s. bergdahl pleaded guilty last week to desertion and misbehaving before the enemy. the idaho native was captured in 2009 after he abandoned his post in afghanistan. demarco morgan is at ft. bragg, north carolina, where the sentencing hearing began a short time ago. demarco, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. bergdahl faces up to life in prison for charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. two of the soldiers who were wounded while searching for bergdahl are expected to take the stand during the sentencing phase.

>> they don't just cut people's throats. they delight in cutting people's throats. >> reporter: bergdahl said he a ban donned fellow soldiers to draw attention to problems in his own unit. >> suddenly it really starts to sink in that i really did something bad or, not bad, but i really did something serious. >> reporter: after subsequent capture by the taliban, bergdahl spent five years enduring torture as a prisoner of war. president obama brought him home in 2014 in exchange for the release of five taliban prisoners from guantanamo bay. bergdahl describes that release in an interview as a brief moment of liberty which later became a flash point on the campaign trail for then candidate trump. >> this dirty rotten traitor. he gets no jail time. >> reporter: the military judge in charge of bergdahl's case has already disposed of a defense motion that president trump's comments denied bergdahl the right to a fair trial. last week, the president stood by those remarks.

>> i think people have heard my comments in the past. >> reporter: soldiers searching for bergdahl after his de tergs we desertion was wounded by enemy fire. one left paralyzed and unable to speak. >> kangaroo courts. >> reporter: bergdahl may be able to appeal sentencing based on president trump's past statement. >> the people who are to the point of saying yeah, just shoot him, you can never convince those people to change their minds. >> reporter: bergdahl says the taliban who captured him treated him better than the u.s. army in an interview with the "times" of london. he also said at least the taliban were honest enough to say, i'm the guy who's gonna cut your throat. here, it could be the guy i pass in the corridor who's going to sign the paper that sends me away for life. >> demarco, thanks. former fox news host bill o'reilly vows to speak out today against what he says are lying in a "new york times" story. "the times" reports the fox news parent company 21st century fox

renewed o'reilly's multimillion-dollar contract despite knowing he had settled sexual harassment claims against him. report says o'reilly agreed to pay a former fox news analyst $32 million. bianna golodryga is here with all the fallout. bianna, good morning. >> good morning. this will be total number of sentiments he's paid out to $45 million allegedly. "the times" says this is the largest of half a dozen settlements made by o'reilly or fox. an o'reilly spokesperson says his client is one of many men accused by the company which he says has paid close to $100 million in settlements. he calls "the new york times" report false and defamatory. >> but, a civil lawsuit against it -- >> reporter: "the new york times" reports bill o'reilly agreed to pay frequent contributor lis wiehl $32 million that settled alleged repeated harassment, a

nonconsensual relationship. the article says just one month later fox news parent company 21st century fox re-signed the host to a new four-year, $100 million contract. over the weekend, the company issued a statement, saying it was aware of the threat, but informed by mr. o'reilly he had settled the matter personally and the terms were not disclosed to the company. criticism came from within fox news itself. >> this is a significant setback for fox. it is no question about it. it's embarrassing. >> if fox news or any other company gets wind of a confidential settlement, albeit private, it still has an obligation now to disclose. >> reporter: "the times" reports the settlements with o'reilly's accusers have totaled about $45 million. o'reilly told the paper, i never mistreated anyone. adding that he resolved matters privately because he wanted to protect his children from the publicity. former fox news host gretchen

carlson settled harassment claims against the late fox news chief roger ailes for $20 million. commenting on "the new york times" report, she tweeted, nobody pays $32 million for false allegations, nobody. said in an affidavit apparently signed after the settlement she has no claims against the news host. 21st century fox is defending itself, saying o'reilly's contract included a clause allowing his dismissal if the company became aware of other relevant information and it could use that clause against him to fire him. still a lot of people questioning why would they re-sign him for that amount of money after knowing these settlements existed. >> exactly. >> a question a lot of people are asking. thank you very much, bianna. nearly 40 women reportedly accused oscar nominated writer and director james toback of sexual harassment. the "los angeles times" spoke to 38 women who described incidents with toback dating back at least

three decades. many of the women say he approached them in a public area and made promises of stardom. meetings they say would often turn sexual. toback's screenplay for the warren beatty movie "bugsby" was nominated for an oscar. he said diabetes and a heart condition made it quote, impossible for him to engage in sexual behavior for past 22 years. temperatures are forecast today to reach the triple digits in southern california. that is prompting new fire concerns, excessive heat and red flag fire warnings are in effect through tomorrow. chief weathercaster lonnie quinn of our station wcbs shows us how warm it will get. >> off the charts. we're talking, like you said, record setting numbers out there. los angeles today, 103 degrees. tula vista, 99. l.a. if they reach 103, will break a record by 5 degrees. tomorrow, the spread could be bigger. with chula vista forecast to

reach 101 on tuesday. that would eclipse an old record by 10 degrees. so what's the reason for all this? you talk about how the heat is perking up and it's also the winds that are kicking in as well. high pressure over utah brings in sort of a northeast wind. as that wind goes through the mountain passes it gets compressed. it speeds up. what else does it do? it's got to sink. going down to the valley. it heats up when it does that. for dodgers stadium, let's talk about this. you're looking at the potential of the hottest world series game ever in the history of keeping track of the numbers. look at this. we're talking first pitch. on tuesday. which would be 509 p.m. their time on west coast. wind gust 25 miles per hour coming in from right field. maybe keeping the ball in the park a little more. the temperature forecast 95. the record now for the hottest first pitch temperature, 94. norah, let's go over to you. >> it will be hot indeed, thank you. a pro independence party in

the spanish region of catalonia is calling for mass civil disobedience. it's angry about spain's unprecedented decision to take over catalonia's regional government after a vote for independence. hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of barcelona over the weekend to protest. seth doane is in barcelona with how people are reacting to the spanish government's hard line. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this political crisis has escalated to the point that spain's central government is in essence saying, okay, we'll take over now. as they seek to impose direct rule here in catalonia. those favoring independence made it clear what they thought about direct rule by madrid. >> they just want to crush us down. where's our dignity? >> i'm young and i don't have that much knowledge but i have enough knowledge to know. >> reporter: around 450,000 people filled barcelona streets

saturday in protest. if spain's prime minister, marianna rajoy gets his way, the sem semiawe it unmuss region of catalonia will see themselves managed by caretakers from madrid until new elections are called. those steps must be approved by spain's senate. in the address, the catalon president called the latest move the worst attack on cat lonian institutions and its people since the franco dictatorship. >> i don't think southeast exclusion is good for business and not good for people. >> reporter: carlos rivadulla, a lawyer in catalonia, sees separatists here as breaking the law and spain's effort to seize power as a necessary step. he likens it to pushing an emergency button. >> it's like alabama or any other state declaring the u.s. constitution doesn't apply on their territory.

>> reporter: the building behind me here is the equivalent of the white house here in catalonia. it is where leaders are plotting their next move. meanwhile, in another push toward autonomy, in northern italy, two of the riche esest provences went to the polls and voted to find more autonomy in the way their tax dollars are spent. that is one of the big issues here. >> seth doane, thank you. thousands of documents about the jfk assassination about to be nice, calm uncomfortable conditions for the early morning hours. that will change later on and we will get into the blazing sun and heat. what you can expect his temperatures about 18 degrees above average and tomorrow, it will be the hottest day with

slight cooling but not until later this week. concord, record breaker at 88, nampa, -- napa, 91. santa rosa, 83 degrees today. cbs news obtained documents showing how fraternity alumni are apparently trying to raise money after a penn state student's death following alleged hazing. >> the new controversy over the frat house. you're watching cbs this morning.

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the time is 7:27 and we are tracking delays for drivers on southbound 680. this has been a problem route all morning long and it continues to be 40 minutes from 582 highway 84, blocking one lane. give yourself an extra 30 minutes in that direction. a little bouncing going on with some northwest breeze coming in. strong with clear skies and looking pretty this morning. this afternoon, temperatures will be 15-20 degrees above average. 91 and napa, 83 in san francisco and we won't see any cooling until later this week. well above average for the next several days. tuesday will be the hottest day. get ready for tomorrow.

a jimmy carter, george h. w. and george w. bush. bill clinton and barack obama have not appeared together since 2013. they hosted a benefit concert in texas saturday to raise money for hurricane victims. >> as heartbreaking as the tragedies that took place here in texas and in florida and puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands have been, what we've also seen is the spirit of america at its best. when ordinary people step up and do extraordinary things. >> and then lady gaga gave a surprise performance.

president trump also sent a video message applauding the effort. one moment has been getting a lot of attention. george w. bush and barack obama sharing a private laugh. look closely. behind bill clinton. as he spoke. we do not know what they found so funny. but it's worth watching over and over again. remind you a little bit of high school. >> doesn't it? >> that's great. >> the mischievousness of george w. is so clear. >> this one america appeal, it raised $31 million since its launch in september. and talk about unity. >> but i've got goose bumps. i'm a little choked up to see all five of them standing there. it made me so proud to see them coming together that way. >> which is the way politics ought to be. >> that's right, charlie. we need a little bit more of that. >> nice to see them all together. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. president trump is pushing house republicans to finish tax reform quickly. rob source said the president

asked lawmakers to go along with the senate's budget blueprint during a conference call yesterday. the president said the gop would pay a steep price in next year's midterm elections if they failed to pass his plan. >> defense secretary james mattis is in the fiphilippines meet with his counterparts. japan's defense minister said north korea's nuclear capabilities have reached a, quote, unprecedented critical and imminent level. >> more than 120 vegetable products are being recalled due to concerns over listeria contamination. mann packing said, quote, this action was taken because your health and safety is our highest priority. they were sold at walmart, trady joe's and atv so stores. a single test of one of its products was positive for the bacteria. public health officials have not yet reported any illnesses.

>> this week, the last government files on president john f. kennedy's assassination are dpu to be released. president trump tweeted, quote, subject to the receipt of further information, he will allow the long blocked and classified jfk files to be opened. chip reid is at the national archives in washington with what the secret files may in reveal. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. about 2,000 cubic feet of documents related to the kennedy assassination are stored here at the national archives. a 1992 law says they all ma must be released within 25 years and that deadline is this thursday. now the question is whether releasing them will spawn a new generation of conspiracy theories. >> the motorcade begins the 11-mile ride to the dallas trademark. >> reporter: president john f. kennedy's ride through dealy plaza marked the beginning of a national tragedy turned national obsession. >> it appears as though

something has happened in the motorcade group. >> reporter: on november 22nd, 1963. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central starpd time. >> reporter: with the nation watching, 359th president was fatally shot. secret service agent clint hill seen here was in the motorcade that day. >> his face was almost touching mrs. kennedy's face. the shot hit him in the lower portion of the rear of the head. it was like an eruption of material. >> reporter: lee harvey oswald was charged with jfk's murder, but while he was being transferred to a county jail, oswald was also fatally shot. >> lee harvey oswald was a loan shooter. he acted alone. perhaps somewhere in that material will give us some idea as to the motive as to why. >> reporter: nearly 54 years later, so much remains a mystery, like what the cia knew about oswald's trip to mexico city to meet with soviet and cuban spies. but it's unclear if the secret documents will reveal such

details. joe kennedy iii, a great never au of the former president and current massachusetts congressman supports the release of these government documents but wishes the white house had handled it differently. >> it would have been nice if there was some communication between this administration and members of our family. >> reporter: during the 2016 campaign, then candidate trump had his own ideas about jfk's assassination. he made this unfounded allegation linking senator ted cruz's father to the shooting of the 35th president. >> his father was with lee harvey oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. i mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. what is this right prior to him being shot. nobody brings it up. >> reporter: citing his own white house sources, trump confidant -- to block the release of the files. a cia spokesperson said the agency continues to engage in the process to determine the appropriate next steps with respect to any previously

unreleased cia information. >> there's going to be conspiracy theories no matter what, but everybody should remember that's what they are. theories. not fact. >> reporter: the fbi is not commenting and anyway are deferring to the white house. a white house official told us the president wants to release the documents in the interest of transparency, but the president also said that's unless agencies provide a compelling and clear national security or law enforcement justification. that, of course, is a loophole or an exception that you could drive a truck through. >> that's right, chip. it certainly does. all these years later, there are still many, many questions people have. still an opinion. putting historians back to work. more documents. >> people who study it always come back to the same conclusion. >> that's right. >> thank you again, chip reid. alumni penn state fraternity linked to a student's hazing death appear to be raising money

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there's more controversy for the penn state fraternity house linked to a students death. appears the alumni are using the house on football weekends. 19-year-old timothy piazza died after suffering injured after drinking a large amount of alcohol nine months ago. 14 fraternity members face charged. the university shut down the chapter in march but cbs news is learning more about the plans of some fraternity alumni to remain part of penn state's culture and raise money that could be used to pay legal billings. with the piazza family's emotional response. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. the piazzas say they feel as though the alumni are dancing on their son's grave. penn state officials call the move insensitive and the local newspaper here says that it's too soon. meanwhile, the alumni who run this property say despite renting out rooms, they too grieve for the piazzas. cars filled the parking lot of this fraternity house this weekend as alumni returned to the now defunct fraternity house. some dressed in nit new lions here. appears to show alumni can rent rooms at the disbanded fraternity house for $50 to $350 a night on football weekends. >> it's offensive. it's disgusting. >> that was a crime scene. they shouldn't be there. that house should be shut down and repurposed. >> reporter: jim and evelyn's son timothy died last february

after an alleged hazing ritual involving heavy drinking at the frat house. shortly after, penn state removed the frat from the school's greek system. the property is owned by the chapter's illume new through a housing corporation. cbs -- letters and e-mails about piazza's death to fraternity alumni dating back to last spring. in a may 18th letter, an attorney for the housing corporation disputed the claim piazza died as a result of a hazing ritual and went on to say, quote, in fact, there was no hazing ritual. that attorney did not respond to our request for comment. other communications revealed the housing board vowed to fight for the chapter's existence and brothers were asked for funds to help with legal fees. in a recent statement, the housing corporation said the money made on football weekends will not be used to defend the beta brothers charged in the piazza criminal case. one brother told cbs news while he feels terrible about the

tragedies that occurred there, banning the use of the house would be like erasing history. penn state junior is a reporter for the school's newspaper. >> a weird dichotomy of who is able to use the house and why. the alumni are saying this our brotherhood, we can continue to relive our memories here. >> it goes to show the arrogance of some of the alumni. >> reporter: jim piazza believes opening the fraternity to alumni is difficult for tim's older brother mike who is a senior at penn state. >> we have another son there. he has to hear about it. think about his feelings. >> reporter: now, penn state overhauled its rules on greek life following piazza's death, but already this semester at least one fraternity has been suspended is another one is facing charges for alcohol-related incidents. nora? >> all right. thank you for the update. up next, a look at this morning's other headlines, including how hurricane victims in texas and florida are still

waiting for help from fema. and gold-star father, khizr khan is in our toyota green room. he challenged donald trump on immigration during last year's democratic convention. >> let me ask you, have you even read the united states constitution? i will -- i will gladly lend you my copy. >> ahead, how he believes president trump should honor our fallen heros. but first, it's clear conditions this morning with no fog or cloud coverage in sight. high pressure will be building in this early morning with

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morning's headlines. the "washington post" reports the air force has no plans to recall retired pilots to fix the shortage. last week president trump signed an executive order to allow the recall of 1,000 retired pilots. the current law limits the recall to 25 pilots. >> "the new york times" reports people in texas and florida are still waiting for help from fema weeks after hurricanes made landfall. people who call fema's help line have been on hold for two to four hours. in texas, the average wait for a fema inspection is 45 days. in florida, the wait is about a month. fema payments are being delayed by glitches and disputes. the agency says it's in the process of hiring hundreds of people to improve the response time. >> the miami herald reports a man inspired by isis was arrested for trying to detonate a bomb at a shopping mall. authorities say that vincente solano was acting alone when he planned to set off the bomb at the dolphin mall is in sweetwater. a confidential informant tipped off the fbi who then gave solano

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the time is 7:57 and we are tracking the drive on this monday morning commute. northbound 101, to the south bay, it is wonder -- it is under one ride. that is over 30 minutes added to your commute. 880 through oakland, 34 minutes between 238 and the maze. 42 minutes from highway 4, an additional 25. that is your traffic. let's check on the forecast. not a cloud in sight. we will see more extreme wind conditions across the high elevations and from the north, temperatures are 56 in livermore 69 and the high temperatures are well above average. 20 degrees above average. some records may be broken. san rafael, the high in san

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>> he saved the lives of his soldiers and earned bronze and purple heart. khan is telling the story in a new book "an american family." he shares his journey of growing up as the son of a pakistani farmer to studying at harvard law school. he writes about the struggles to raise a family in america. we welcome >> thank you very much. >> when you saw all of the attention to the president's call, what did you think? >> i was disheartened. i was shocked. two words came to mind. i wish somebody would advise him, dignity, most dignity for these families for my brave sons that were protecting united states under most difficult circumstances. privacy and dignity, restraint.

he was not advised of those sentiments, of those words. >> yet i thought i heard general kelly say in the briefing room he said there's nothing that you can say that will comfort a family in this loss. even general kelly's own experience saying hearing it sometimes from a fellow soldier was more important. do you think that the president wasn't advised. they must have placed it in front of him to read it from there so there was no misunderstanding. that was not done. >> when you heard john kelly's context of what donald trump was trying to say, do you think he was deliberately trying to be insensitive. when john kelly put it in perspective, it seemed that donald trump's delivery fell short of what he was trying to say. did that matter to you? >> yes, it does, because it is

not intention of who is saying what is being said. this is from the president of united states. most accurate words, most accurate sentences should be uttered depending how those are received, not how those are said. that was not done. >> should the president call or should he simply send a letter because you can't call everybody or they don't call everybody? >> that is a very personal decision that ought to be left to the leader of this country, what he decides. that is his prerogative. but utmost respect, dignity and privacy be granted to these most respectful families, the bravest families of this nation. >> you talk about your book, "american family," that this was a very difficult book for you to write. it was a book you never intended. you describe yourself as an american patriot, not because you were born in this country but because you were not born in the country.

>> before i -- i apologize for taking just one sentence. i wish to pay tribute to you three, through you three to the press of this country. the fourth pillar of democracy, the world looks up to the press of united states for example. thank you for your service to this nation, your continued bravery under these difficult times. now we can talk about the book. that was not the intention, but under these very difficult time, divisive times, children were reaching out to me knowing that i practice law. will we be thrown out? elementary school children, can we finish our school before we are thrown out of here? i would hearten them. i would take the constitution out of my pocket that i had been keeping since 2005. we tell all that story in detail in the book, how that letter came, that card came to us. >> yes, mr. khan, you said that

you hadn't really even intended to speak at the democratic convention. in fact, all of your family and friends said don't do it, don't do it, don't get us involved in this. it was only because you got a letter that day that made you change that mind. what did that letter say? >> from a middle school -- four middle school children that i had spoken in different gatherings, birthday parties and other places, wrote us a card, four names, name of their middle school. it said, mr. and mrs. khan, would you make sure that maria is not thrown out of this country? we love her. she is our friend. i read it twice and i tell that story in the book in detail. took it to azala, showed it to her without saying a word. she said -- >> azala is your wife? >> my wife. she said we will go, we should speak on behalf. >> so this is a book about your life. it is called "an american family memoire of hope and sacrifice." what is it you want us to

understand about your journey and your family's journey from pack sta pakistan to charlotte law school to living in virginia? >> it is the goodness of this country, the values that must be remembered under these most difficult times of our nation, divisive times. there is so much good in this country. i have spoken to 162 communities in the last 15 months. each and every member had been hopeful, firm believer in the goodness of this country and its value. so i write in the book how we personally are a symbol of the goodness of those countries, we are the beneficiaries of the values of this country. >> your son believed in the goodness of this country. we have to say something about your son. it was his day off that day, mr. khan, when he was killed, and you tell a very compelling story about how a car drove in and he goes out with his hands up, the universal sign of surrender, but in ten stems hills life -- he

lost his life. you are still thinking what did he see in those ten steps. >> gayle, that speaks to the goodness of this country. he was made in here. we brought him two years old, he was raised here. he learned everything from here. that is what makes this kunlt canthiscountry to be great. he was a symbol of value. >> do you believe those values will keep us strong? >> they certainly will. i have seen those values and the values and the belief in those values of america through throughout this nation. this is strongest than ever before. the more difficult time we face, the more those values shine and make us beacon of hope forrest of the world. we tell though the stories of traveling, of falling in love with the dignities and the freedoms that this nation -- i really clearly remember entering

the courthouse to take the oath of citizenship. i had lived under two martial laws, no rights, no liberties, but then i walked out as a citizen. i looked at the sky. without any dignities i walked in. i came out with that piece of paper. to most people that is piece of paper. to me it meant so very much that i became person of equal dignity. >> yeah. >> and then sitting in the dmv, all of us know what a difficult experience that is. >> dmv. >> i saw -- i saw the rule of law in work. everybody was treated with equal dignity or indignity, whatever you wish to call it. >> everybody waited. >> yes, everybody waited. even you came in and had a good dmv story. that's rare to do. you raised a wonderful son. we thank you so much for joining us at the table. >> an important reminder, not

only to children, sir, but their families served, too. thank you for your service, your family's service. >> "an american family" is on sale wherever you like calm uncomfortable conditions for the early morning hours. good news that we will have blazing sun and a lot of heat. temperatures will be 18 degrees above average. tomorrow will be the hottest day with slight cooling. highs today record breaker, and santa rosa, 93 degrees today.

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>> reporter: zero? >> zero. we are on our own. >> reporter: we may be on our own, but everywhere we look there are unwanted signs of life. she and her team of volunteers are on plastic patrol, scouring the region for trash. >> the ocean cleanup began in 2012 when i first found two birds trapped in one piece of plastic like this. >> reporter: trapped he dead? >> trapped and dead on a beach. >> reporter: that discovery unlocked a dirty secret. this polar paradise has become a garbage dump. >> reporter: this is a sampling of some of the things we found so far. we have a coca-cola carrier. this sass i on it it is from venezuela. we also have what looks like some sort of motorcycle helmet that's been washed up here. some of this plastic has been in the water for so long you can't even make out what it is. >> reporter: in a six-year study, scientists traced arctic

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>> reporter: it is so fine. it looks like powder. >> absolutely. >> reporter: dr. carey lewis with england's exeter university says animal confuse this junk for food. she studies the impact this micro plastic has on the food chain. >> what happens if an animal is eating the plastic, the plastic gets stuck in their gut and they feel full and don't eat. >> reporter: it is too early to help threatened arctic animals are, but elsewhere around the world the results have been deadly. >> garbage, plastic bag. >> reporter: which is why june gronseth is patrolling the arctic, earth's last frontier, a new place for pollution. >> i hope people stop polluting the ocean. we have to stop now. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," jonathan vigliotti, the arctic circle, norway. >> feeling a little guilty after

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deadly california fires. this is a kpix5 morning update. good morning. it's 8:25 and i'm michelle griego. vallejo police are looking for a white acura tl. they believe the person behind the wheel is responsible for hit-and-run crash and vallejo that issued -- that injured two toddlers last night. the red cross will open a service center and santa rosa that will be open from 9:00 until 7:00 p.m. for people affected by the pocket, tubs and none fire. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a minute. simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever.

the time is 8:26 and we are tracking an accident that has at least one lane blocked along southbound 680 at monument. this is near north main street with about a 12 minute commute to highway 24. a little bit under 10 minutes added to your trip. 880 through oakland, a 46 minute ride heading toward the maze. it's a slow ride northbound and there's an accident at the bay bridge toll plaza and it has traffic backed up to the east shore freeway, as well as your 580 approach to the maze. 34 minutes into san francisco and here's a quick check of your travel times as you make your way around the bay. we are in the yellow to 680 with 22 minutes. let's check with megan on the forecast.

so calm and nice this morning. barely even a ripple across the bay but clear skies store. the early morning hours are a great time to get outside because things will get hot. san jose, no clouds in sight. oakland, 52 and livermore, 69 degrees and already warming up. 69 in san jose with high temperatures well above average. 15-20 degrees above average and san rafael, 87 and vallejo, 86. we have north offshore wind coming through with possible records that may be broken. in napa, the last time it was as hot was 83 degrees. low, tired today. santa rosa could break the record and hayward, even hotter and we won't get cooling until

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♪ ♪ i know a place ♪ you saw some of my friends here tonight. all of them more talented, more gifted, funnier than i am. but they all helped me, and i would like to say we have to help others or nothing will happen. [ applause ] >> that's former late show host david letterman being honored with the mark twain prize for the american humor at the kennedy center. martin short and steve martin paid tribute last night to the comedy legend and roasted his retirement beard. jimmy kimmel credited leatherman heal after 9/11 by telling people it was okay to laugh again.

bill murray welcomed him into the prestigious club. the mark twain prize recipient. decked out for it. letterman was a picture of late night tv for 33 years. >> when you see him, it makes you realize how much you miss him. >> yeah. >> there was a very interesting piece in the "washington post" over the weekend about him and his view of doing the show. looking back and wondering why he did it. >> i think he misses it but tired of the beard jokes. it ain't going anywhere. accept it. >> very nice. >> he's going to keep the beard? >> i think so. >> at least until christmas. >> at least until christmas. welcome back to cbs this morning. time to show you the headlines from around the globe. usa today reports president trump will award the medal of honor to a commander in valor during the vietnam war. 70-year-old sergeant gary rose will be recognized today at the white house ceremony. in 1970, rose was an army medic. troops came under fire over four

days mind enemy lines. he saved dozens of lives despite suffering a serious foot wound. usa today reports on a new service that allows workers to be paid daily instead of weekly. it offers a way for employees to get half the pay as soon as the workday ends. the money downloads directly to debit cards. the company expects to have a million years within two years. it could help those who live pay-check-to-paycheck. san francisco chronicle reports that two hiker broke the speed record. it took them two hours and 19 minutes to scare t-- scale the rock face. they reached the top at the same time. they beat the previous record by four minutes. they were climbing together. you think there was a little competition between the two? >> no doubt! >> yeah. i think so. >> you think of things you look at things you don't want to do.

that would be one. "wall street journal" reports health advocates are gearing up for open enrollment for the affordable care act. they have launched a push to sign up people as the trump administration works to undo the law. open enrollment runs november 1st through december 15th. the administration has cut the enrollment period in half. it cut 116 million from outreach and advertising. and our affiliate houston khou said three years ago, sports illustrated predicted the houston astros would win the 2017 world series. wow! june of 2014 cover story looked at how the then lowly astros were building a team that would become champions this year. the astros and the los angeles dodgers meet in the world series beginning tomorrow night and no disrespect to the dodgers, the dodgers fans, but a lot of people pulling for houston considering what happened after hurricane harvey. it would be a nice little button to the story.

thousands of families escaped from the deadly california wild fires are returning home to find nothing but rubble. one little boy in santa rosa lost his house and his cherished collection of baseball cards and memorabilia. baseball team from around the country are coming together to help replace what he lost. adrianna diaz was there when the 9-year-old's favorite team surprised him and made some of his biggest wishes come true. >> reporter: every day 9-year-old smith pretends to play for his favorite team. the oakland a's while slugging at home plate. his real home is gone. >> this was home here. >> reporter: reduced to inches of ash after wild fires hit santa rosa, california. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: his father tried to protect the house with the hose. >> ran around the house and i watched everything burn. >> reporter: they lost everything. including lawrence's treasured baseball cards and memorabilia.

>> the day after the fire, he was so heart broken and crying and, you know, i lost this. i lost that. you know, ricky henderson baseball. >> reporter: lawrence's aunt suggested he tell his favorite team what happened in a letter. >> dear oakland a's. i love watching your a's games and want to be an a's player. my brother and me have so much fun. he's only 9 months. i'm nine and teaching him how to throw balls. i had every cards from 2000 to now. it burned up. so sad. >> reporter: the a's answered. in person! >> how we doing? i got your letter. >> the a's president surprised him on friday along with the team's catcher. >> are you excited? >> yeah. here is bruce maxwell. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: they brought lauren memorabilia from the a's, other teams, and from fans who read the letter. >> you can wear this backpack to school. what do you think of that?

pretty cool. >> i need a bag since mine is gone. >> reporter: one day this little leaguer was a sports star. the team didn't stop there. >> we want to make sure that you get out to the coliseum this year, too. we got you full season tickets. have you ever thrown out the first pitch in a baseball game. >> no. >> want to do it next year? >> yeah! >> want to play catch. >> reporter: who better to practice with than bruce maxwell? and the smile says it all. >> it was an honor to meet maxwell. >> reporter: he said you have a good arm. >> i wasn't throwing hard because he said it was the postseason. >> reporter: you were taking it easy on him? >> yeah. >> reporter: what did when you read the letter? >> i read half of it and i had to stop. >> reporter: it's emotional. >> yeah. to see he's a positive light within himself and his family is inspirational to a lot of people. >> reporter: he wanted to share that positivity and his gifts with his friends. >> they lost their homes, too and you have to giveaway.

my other friend lost his house entirely. he had some valuable stuff. and i just want to give it away because i have too much and i don't have anywhere to put it. >> reporter: now he has one more wish. >> i want the a's to make it to the world series again. it's ban long time. >> reporter: it's been almost 30 years. the a's may be underdogs but he said they've taught him how to step up to the plate. >> ready? >> reporter: no matter what life throws at you. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: for "cbs this morning adrianna diaz. santa rosa, california. >> all right. >> america is great country. >> oakland a's. young adult author jason reynolds is the man behind all american boys and spiderman ahead. reynolds shares what made

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best-selling author jason reynolds said he never got straight iowas in school. he didn't read his first novel until he was 17 years oil. that shir changes.

he said he writes stories on topics he thought didn't exist when he was growing up. his new book is called "long way down." it's published by a division of simon and schuster, which is a division of cbs. >> writing is like any other sort of sport. in order to get better at it, you've got to exercise the muscle. >> when jason reynolds was a student here at barnaby elementary school, he may not have guess head would become an award-winning author for young adults. >> if walls could talk, what would the teachers have said about you ba then? >> two things. one, i was one of the most dig org nietzed kids they had every seen, and, two, i didn't work to my potential. >> her son's potential is not

something she's ever questioned. >> as a little boy growing it up it was important for him to do anything. he held the power to do anything. >> you told him that? >> oh, yes. i thought that to him and every night when he said his prayer, that was the last statement that he made, i can do anything. he did. >> and the thing that stands out to me about you is you didn't read your first novel from cover to cover until you were 17. how is that possible? >> you know, first of all, it's true, i did not read my first novel cover to cover until i was 17. >> i don't know where to be mad or impressed by that? >> be upset. >> okay. >> i'll start with why that is the case. the truth is when i was younger, books were given to me. i want to be clear. there were books around me, in the home. but they had nothing to do with my life. >> so if you didn't get

fulfillment from books, where did you get fulfillment from? >> rap music. rap music was and is for me everything. it's interesting because i recognize it's complicated. and it was complicated back then. i remember the protesting against the language of these artists and thee songs, but for me they were honest. so rap was the thing that drew me in, specifically queen latifa. >> queen roy tee fa? >> unity? >> she reminded me of my mother, my brother, my sisters, my aunties because she was a woman of stature. she was hard edge but she looked like she could give you the

greatest hug in your life and bust you in the face at the same time. >> what did she teach you, jason? >> she taught me there was a direct connection with what she was doing with lyrics and what poets were doing with lyrics, what the only difference was generation. but the truth is queen le to las "first" and miaya angelou's poes were the same. >> reporter: he says a friend changed his life. >> christopher myers. his father changed thing. he said, what are you working on. i said nothing. i think it's over. he said, let me tell you

something. my father's getting old. who's going to write about the kids like that, the kids still searching for themselves in books, searching for novels, for characters. who's going to search those stories. >> reporter: reynolds embraced the task, writing eight novels in only three years. his latest relief, "long way down." >> it's the story of a 15-year-old boy whose brother is killed and he gets on the elevator with a gun intent to take revenge on the person who killed his brother. >> what happens? >> the doors open and someone else gets on the elevator with him but it just so happens the people getting on the elevator with him are no longer alive. they're people he knows, but they're no longer murdered. i don't know you. don't know your last name, if

you got brothers or sisters or mothers or fathers or cousins that be like brothers and sisters or aunties and uncles that be like mothers and fathers, but if the blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it on the outside of them. >> connecting with young people is a personal about responsibility for reynolds. today he has visited over 100 schools around the country. >> to write for kids, taking on a certain load, the other part of the load is they need to see you. if i'm writing these books and saying i love them and care for them, to me it's important that they see me, see what i look like, how i speak. we talk about rap music and dance and at the end of all that, they say, i like these books. i'm going to read these book sthoos what would 33-year-old jason reynolds say to the 17-year-old jason. >> that excellence is a habit.

are you going to do it or not. and if you are not, stop talking about it. >> jason reynolds, stop talking. >> i was so impressed with him. i hadn't heard of him, to be honest with you. but you meet with him and his intelligence shines through. queen latifah used to work in a clothing store. queen latifa guys came into the store years ago and he didn't get enough courage to go to her and say hello. >> and so he framed those azra reminder. >> yeah. and to remember what his life used to be snow how did he come out so prolific? >> five books in three years? >> i think it was eight or sunshine i think "long way down" could be a mooev. he'll be here in our green room for a conversation. curious hikers rescue a dog.

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hikers in colorado helped save a lost dog from an old mining shachlt he was investigating when he heard strange sounds in the mines. he returned a week later and found cheyenne. the dog had been stuck in the shaft for about ten days. he team up with his girlfriend and a friend to save her. >> when i got down in the shaft i was trying to climb the last little part. she wanted to climb on top of me. she wanted me to get out of the way. she was very happy. >> the rescuers took her to the vet where she was given a clean bill of health and they returned her to her owners on facebook. >> i like the girlfriend.

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this is a kpix5 morning update. good morning. it's 8:55 and i'm michelle griego. back-to-school for hundreds of campuses affected by the wildfires. napa unified school district will provide free lunches all week and they offer mental health services to students. in a few minutes, a trial of an undocumented immigrant starts for jose ines garcia zarate, accused of shooting kate steinle in 2015. his arrest intensified the debate over sanctuary cities. barth has a car pool program launching at the concord and pleasant hill

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the time is 8:57 and we are tracking an accident that has a major slowdown for drivers going through north bay on 101 near mendocino avenue. this three car crash is now -- three car crash is now clearing but the backup stretches beyond highway 12 with a 22 minute ride from the expressway to steal lane.

101 has traffic backed up and spilling onto highway 12, as well. the connector ramp is very slow. the golden gate bridge, fantastic in both directions and we are seeing slow downs northbound with no reports of accidents or stalls. the delays are on the san rafael bridge and 880 heading through oakland. a 42 minute ride from 238. that is a check of your traffic. the view from the golden gate bridge, you can see clear conditions with no fog or clouds and we won't see that for a while with high pressure here. that means heat will be on right now as the chance to get outside and enjoy the early morning temperatures. 71 in livermore, 64 in concord, oakland is 62 and we barely have a breeze. north wind returns and that is why it will be so hot with temperatures in napa breaking

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