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san francisco's aquatic park... turns into a nightmare. for a second day in a row.. another s a man to now at noon, an early- morning swim at san francisco's aquatic park turns into a nightmare for a second day in a row. another sea lion attack sends a man to the hospital with severe injuries. good afternoon, i'm anne makovec. >> i'm kenny choi. let's go to kpix 5's da lin,
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who is live at aquatic park which is now closed. >> reporter: that's right. authorities have shut it down to swimming until monday because of the latest sea lion attack. they just put signs up and down the shoreline in the last hour or so. swimmers are asked not to go into the water, obviously, but they are wondering if it's the same sea lion that attacked a different swimmer yesterday afternoon. we want to show you some cell phone footage taken this morning. it shows people helping this morning's victim out of the passenger seat of an suv into an ambulance. now, the attack happened around 8 a.m. this morning. the victim was swimming in the aquatic park. he says a sea lion came from underneath him and bit him in the groin area. he screamed out for help, swimmers nearby came and swam with him to shore. >> he came in shocked!
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he had a look in his face where, um, just wanted to get to a hospital. so we called 911. >> sat back and had some coffee and heard ah, ah, ah! looked over to see a guy just right inside the entrance to the marine harbor. >> reporter: following the attack, the san francisco fire department's patrol boat got into this area and they started looking for the animal and also warning other folks to stay out of the water. the victim is in his 50s. we are told he should be okay. he was part of a swimming club and the other swimmers in his club were there to help him. this is the second attack. yesterday there was a different attack of another swimmer. he was bitten in the arm, bleeding a lot, but also expected to be okay. let's come back live now.
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again, the question now, how do they go about finding why -- one, if it's the same sea lion and, if so, why is it attacking swimmers? there are talks that it could be sick and that's why it's attacking folks. typically, there are seals here. sea lions don't usually come into this cove so it's very strange to see one coming in here and, two, attacking, biting people. but they need to determine how this happened. for now, live at aquatic park in san francisco, i'm da lin, kpix 5. da, thank you for that report. our other top story this afternoon, right now at san francisco city hall people are paying their final respects to mayor lee. chopper 5 was overhead a little while ago where you can see the flag on two fire engines outside of the entrance to city hall. inside, mayor lee's body is
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lying in repose in the rotunda for a public viewing that runs all day today. we saw former mayor willie brown paying his respects. jackie ward reports. >> reporter: it's really a beautifully touching event that's happening right now inside city hall. as you said, hundreds of people have already visited to pay tribute to their mayor and hundreds more are coming but already, nancy pelosi has been here, and the lieutenant governor. as you can see, behind me the line is stretching down pulse to mcallister all here to see a man who loved san francisco and its people. >> reporter: ushered in by an honor guard consisting of members from the san francisco police department and sheriff's office, mayor lee entered city hall for the last time just as the sun was coming up, two san francisco fire trucks raised a
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giant american flag in his honor. people were lined up even before the doors opened waiting to get their chance to pay their respects to their mayor. some came because they respected his politics. >> he had a lot of plans on trying to get more help for the homeless. >> i feel like he was working on affordable housing which was super important. >> reporter: while others came to say good-bye to someone they admired. >> warm, happy, always at the warriors parades. i was there with him. >> he was a very decent man. he really wanted to help the city. he made a difference. >> reporter: inside city hall in the rotunda where the mayor's body lies in repose, the mood is somber. members of mayor lee's staff walked in together hugging one another and trying to hold back tears as they said good-bye. taking part in chinese tradition, acting mayor london breed bowed three times to the mayor as casket and with a tip
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of his hatted, former mayor willie brown -- of his hat, former mayor willie brown visited, as well. for all mayor lee did in his almost his 7 years as mayor, it's what he won't do in the future that makes people sad. >> he was going to go on and travel and spend time with his family and unfortunately, that is not going to happen. >> reporter: this public viewing will be available until 7:00 tonight and if you can't make it down here today, there's a celebration of mayor ed lee's life happening here again at city hall sunday at 3 p.m. from san francisco city hall, jackie ward, kpix 5. this just in from washington. florida republican senator marco rubio now says that he will support president trump's tax reform bill. the bill is supposed to go up for a vote next week. reporter weijia jang is live for us on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, senator rubio threw a last- minute curve ball but after some last-minute wheeling and dealing and revising, members
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of the house senate conference committee signed a final version of the bill sending it to both chambers for a final vote next week. republicans are expected to unveil the language of a tax reform bill that house and senate negotiators painstakingly combed through. >> this is a big bill with a lot of moving parts and so it requires a lot of attention to detail. >> reporter: but there are several requests to revise the bill after senators rubio and lee issued an ultimatum. they are demanding that the refundable child tax credit be increased by more than $100. an earlier bill would have doubled it. >> i'm reasonable about it. i recognize that with only two of us pushing for it hard in the senate our leverage is lessened but nonetheless it needs to be more than $1,100. >> reporter: rubio and lee have a lot of leverage because senate republicans can only afford to lose two votes. president trump is confident he
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can get them on board. >> i know them very well. i know how they feel. these are great people. and they want to see it done. and they want to see it done properly. >> reporter: tennessee senator bob corker is going to vote against it and two more republicans may not be able to vote at all. senators mccain and cochran are sick and have already missed votes this week. the republican majority is going to shrink even further in january. democrat doug jones takes the seat he won in alabama's special election. we are expecting to see that published version of the bill at 5:30 local time so we can sift through it and get a better understanding of how it will affect families. after all this work, republicans aren't taking any chances. vice president mike pence has canceled an overseas trip so he can be on standby to cast a tie break vote if needed. i'm weijia jang on capitol
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hill. kpix 5. recreational marijuana sales are about to become legal in california and the state is just starting to issue licenses to sell. as jessica flores explains, plenty of businesses want them. >> reporter: since 2016, californians could use recreational marijuana but they couldn't buy it unless they had a medical marijuana card. now, starting in january on the 1st, californians can buy recreational marijuana if they are 21 or older. >> here's a sample of what we sell. >> reporter: christmas came early for matt's san jose business buddy's cannabis. it's among the first 20 dispensaries in california to get a state license to sell recreational marijuana. his license number, 1. >> overnight it's opening up a whole new customer base. so i'm anticipating increased sales about 30% starting january 1st. >> reporter: he is stocking up for new year's day when recreational marijuana sales
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become legal. january 1st, not quite black friday, but here, certainly green monday. >> our stores are going to open an hour earlier than usual. we'll have sales throughout the place. and, um, we are expecting mild chaos. >> reporter: the city of san jose is allowing recreational marijuana shops but most cities now ban the stores. still, state regulators are expecting a surge of businesses to apply for licenses to sell recreational. the bureau of control has received 200 applications this week. >> i'm happy that california has been able to lead the way both in medical and now with recreational sales. >> reporter: for him, this is just the beginning of a budding industry about to boom. . up next, how nasa teamed with google for a discovery in
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deep space. the distant planet just found in a solar system similar to earth's. >> reporter: and it is a pretty hazy day across san francisco right now. air quality is pretty unhealthy. i'll explain why coming up. >> also, all of this is going to clear up but it will be replaced by high winds which atso means fire danger. you could save energy by
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it teamed up with google to a new planet in a solar system similar to earth's. reporter michelle miller has a big discovery from nasa. it teamed up with going toll find a new planet in the solar system that's similar to earth's. >> reporter michelle miller has the new research in artificial intelligence. >> reporter: in the never ending search for life beyond
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earth, nasa scientists have uncovered the only other 8- planet solar system they know of that circles a sun. with help from google and their machine learning computer software scientists analyzed thousands of data points captured from this nasa planet hunting space telescope the keppler. that data helped researchers discover this new planet, keppler 90-i. >> having all this data for scientists is like trying to drink from a firehose. >> reporter: this astronomer says it was the way it was discovered that has scientists buzzing and makes their job easier. >> the google ai system has been able to search through the pile of information faster than humans have been able to. if you think about the analogy of the number of stars in a galaxy, being like the number of sand grains on a beach, it's as if we have been asked to search through all the sand grains on the beach to find just the red sand grains. >> reporter: like earth,
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keppler 90-i is the third planet from the sun in an eight-planet system but unlike earth -- >> the temperature on the surface of this planet is about 800 degrees fahrenheit. which is far too hot for the possible development of life. it's about 2500 light-years away. that means even traveling at the speed of light, it would take 2500 years just to get there. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, new york. hazy conditions, air quality not good. you are, bail of see the golden gate bridge. here's another view of the skyline. doesn't look good. there's coit tower with a little clearer view from that direction but around the bay, it looks like a lot of
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pollutants are hovering. temperature-wise we are in the 50s. it was chilly this morning. this afternoon it will feel good but don't spend too much time outside if the air quality is still bad. air quality in the red range so that's unhealthy for everyone. areas of orange for sensitive groups. if you have any lung trouble, limit your outdoor activity. high temperatures tempting to get outside. in the 60s. temperatures still above average. once the sun goes down, you'll notice winds will be howling. so fire weather will be a concern especially along the north bay. look how dry it is out there, dry and windy. red flag warning in effect for much of northern california, above 1,000 feet in elevation. it's going to be dry, windy and warm, as well. humidity levels down to about
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10% for this weekend so critical fire weather, also wind advisory in effect for tonight through sunday morning. so what does that mean? wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour expected at those ridgetops. that's blowing debris, power lines, if there's any kind of spark of a fire it could take off so those warnings are in place for this weekend. look at the futurecast. we'll hear the howling of the wind 3, 4 a.m. it may wake you up by early tomorrow it will be even more intense. it will stay strong through sunday. and i wish we could say we had a chance of rain in that seven- day forecast. there's supposed to a slight chance on wednesday of next week. unfortunately, it looks like that storm is going to stay just near the california-oregon border so all we are going to get from it is a drop in temperatures and some cloudy conditions. but the next seven days, you will notice temperatures in the 60s and again just clouds in that forecast for wednesday. it is time for our "food for bay area families." we have a lovely presentation today from fedex to the food bank so share. hello. thank you for joining us.
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>> sure. >> what are you here to give today? >> we try to do what we can to assist in the community and we are proud to present a check for $40,000. >> $40,000! you want to bring this check up so we can show everybody! good hefty check. so how do this come about? >> we have had the privilege of partnering with the food bank now for 10, 15 years. and we are so honored to work with this group of folks and the job they do in the community. we work a lot with the children's backpack program. we have been able to assist with that. we do the boy scouts food drive. we have been able to offer volunteerism and we obviously have resources that they need with shipping and trucking and all kinds of things. so we have been able to do a lot of great things and these guys do so much good work in the community. so we're so proud to support them and be a part of it. >> wonderful. susan, we know the need is there. let's talk about that how important is donations like this and the volunteering that they do? >> so first off, the
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partnership is irreplaceable by anybody else. they are wonderful. they also are so modest because they help with fire relief as well with a very generous check to our sister food bank. they always help with volunteers and always answer our calls. so thank you, fedex, for all you do for alameda county community food bank. >> it's a great thing that you're giving and you can give at home. go to our website, cbssf.com/give. we'll be right back. up next... a topic that can often be coming up, our pet expert is here and so is rosie! up next, the topic that can often be mysterious for dog owners. we'll explain.
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talking about "head shaking" in dogs... that can often be mystery to dog owners. graphic: head shaking often due to we're talking about head shaking in dogs with our pet expert, dr. jill chase. >> this is rosie. trying to bring her on since she was a baby. she's so cute. today's my topic mystery, why is your pet shaking his head. when we work, we're kind of -- well, when i work i feel like i'm being a detective taking in all the information and rosie specifically had a problem with her head shaking.
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so normally, there's something going on in their ears. some owners want us to dispense medication but sometimes they have a foreign body or ruptured eardrum. we should always look and see what's going on. so i saw her a couple of months ago. she had head shaking and a lot of wax and she was fine for several months. we did the recheck after the initial head shaking and everything was great. two or three months go by, head shaking again. and so i had her bring her in and i looked in there and you know what i found? tons of beach sand! [ laughter ] >> that's the first time -- i have been practicing over 30 years and never had that happen. this dog spent a lot of time at the beach and there was all this sea sand in there. [ laughter ] >> so we went ahead and treated her for that. she had to recheck this morning and she looks great. so i wanted to talk about that. >> she is a lucky dog going to the beach. >> if you have a question about
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protect the swimmers. that and much more tonight at 5:00. and save the dates. prince harry and meghan markle are getting married on may 19th at windsor castle. they got engaged last month after dating for about a year. that's on my birthday so i hope i get an invite! [ laughter ] >> the discussion now becomes what she is going to wear, right? >> who she is going to wear. >> good-bye, rosie! ♪[ music ]
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♪ >> brooke: are you sure about this? >> ridge: hey, i know there's no heart in the sand, and no exotic location, but i wanted to do this here, in the house where we dreamed about growing old together. you want to do that? you want to grow old with me? >> eric: you said this to brooke? that you want a future with her? >> thorne: yeah. i did. when i came back to l.a., i had every intention of keeping my feelings to myself. then i found out what ridge did withr
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