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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, january 11, 2018. welcome to cbs this morning. a desperate search through deep mud continues this morning. for more than a dozen people still miss after california's deadly mudslides. we'll hear from families looking for loved ones. and a man who found a 2-year-old girl just in time. missouri's governor admits he had an affair before his election but denies the claim he tried blackmailing the woman to keep her quiet. we have the story, uncovered by our st. louis affiliate kmov. a new report finds the drinking water of more than 170 million americans may contain a radioactive element linked to cancer. we'll show you how to quickly search for what's been found in
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your water and how you can protect yourself. a louisiana school superintendant says he's to blame for the arrest of a teacher who repeatedly questioned his salary during a public meeting. he talks about the uproar and the threat he's received. we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> go down the creek, see what we can find. >> search for survivors among california's mudslides. >> search dogs open t s on the >> this is a long difficult journey for all of us. >> president trump refusing to answer whether he agreed tore couns questioned by the special counsel's team. >> it seems unlikely you'd have an interview. >> hours after the first state of the state address, the governor admitted to having an affair. >> the middle school teacher who was escorted to a board meeting
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in handcuffs says no regrets. >> i'm hoping you choose to speak out after seeing what happened to me. harvey weinstein. a man confronted the disgraced movie mogul. >> all that. >> and a construction site in austin, texas. the crane toppling over. >> and all that matters. >> the key is what we call staying in the pocket. >> president obama talked about keeping his dance moves in check around the kids. >> they start doing like karate kicks and -- >> karate kicks. >> is that one of the things you do? >> on cbs this morning. >> this is a cautionary tale. reminds us of the important of always checking for black ice before you go outside. oh! and -- i have to say, i respect that he's able to laugh at himself enough to post that video. or more likely i respect that his wife was able to laugh at himself enough to post the
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video. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. i did think the guy was going to make it when he was sliding down the thing. but jimmy's right, it's good he can laugh about that. welcome to cbs this morning. i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and john dickerson. i like the sound of that. we begin with this. search crews are racing to find victims still trapped in southern california's very deadly mudslides. the storm that triggered walls of mud and debris killed at least 17 people. 17 others remain missing at this hour. >> we learn the identities of two people who died. they are mother and realtor rebecca riskin and catholic education leader and school founder roy rohter. hundreds of emergency workers are breaking through rooftops and searching through the mud for victims. >> more than 75 miles away in burbank, new video shows a car
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racing down a windy road trying to outrun rushing water and mud. carter evans is in montecito, northwest of los angeles. >> reporter: search teams say they've covered about 75% of the disaster area right now. this home has been checked. the scope of this disaster is so big that pictures really don't do it justice. this all happened at 4:00 in the morning. people were sound asleep. they say they heard a rumbling. that's what woke them up. and then bam, the wall of mud slams right into their homes and, in some cases, goes through their homes. it contains boulders like this. these are small boulders. in some cases, many of them were as big as a car. the debris field from the deadly montecito mudslides covers 30 square miles. search dogs are assisting in the ongoing rescue effort. but for responders, time is running out. friends and family members are joining in the search as well.
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>> josie, she's missing. >> reporter: hayden gower is desperately trying to find his mom josy. >> we'll see what we can find. >> reporter: he says she was swept away clinging to her home's back door. her boyfriend survived. >> he hung on there for six hours, calling out her name all night long. >> her bedroom's upstairs. and she just would have stayed upstairs. >> reporter: the mudslides destroyed at least 100 homes, damaged 300 more, mangled cars and downed power lines. even seasoned rescue teams are shocked by the magnitude of the destruction. >> we don't see this. i mean, it is complete devastation. multiple, multiple homes that are completely destroyed. and still we have a lot of people that are unaccounted for. >> owe, my god! >> reporter: michael ferrell's cell phone video captures the powerful moment the mud and debris ran downhill. >> i basically ran for my life. made it back to my house.
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within about 30 seconds of the front of the flash flood hitting. >> and it hit within a matter of moments, leaving many with no time to escape. >> as you can imagine, most of the injuries we saw from this event were related to fast moving debris. as you can't even fathom what these poor patients went through to finally make their way into the emergency department. >> reporter: this mudslide will have a long-term impact, even for people whose homes were not damaged. the water infrastructure here was significantly damaged. and there's no time line for repair on that. and the 101 freeway, well, that still got mudslides in various locations. and it's not expected to reopen until next week. >> can't even fathom it, as the doctor said. carter, thank you. mudslide victims are sharing incredible stories of survival. a wall of mud and debris slammed into the home of berkeley johnson tuesday. he talked to cbs evening news anchor jeff glor about what he
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saw that night. and an emotional discovery amid the destruction. >> i saw it. probably 20 feet high of just rock and cars and trunks of trees and it was higher than i was standing and i just ran for it. >> reporter: so you went to stay safe up on the roof? >> i was worried that we were going to, you know, end it there. >> reporter: did you think you were going to die? >> yes. potentially. we got the family down. got the dog down. and then i started to look for other neighbors. we walked over there. i saw the debris pile. other firemen. then we heard this little cry. down in that muck in the middle of nowhere was a little -- a little baby. a little -- this little child, just in the mud, up to its, you know, tangled in the roots and the metal and the rock and, you know, if we weren't standing within two feet of that thing, we would have never heard it. i mean, so many things had to happen to get to the point where we're standing two feet away.
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this child was from nowhere. look around. there was no -- the child came from who knows where. there was no way we should have heard that child. >> the 2-year-old girl survived and was taken to the hospital. authorities later found her father. just think about that. >> it's just so good to hear some good news. i keep thinking the difference between upstairs and downstairs could mean the difference between life and death. very frightening. >> that man and little girl. president trump says he does not see why special counsel mueller would need to interview him for the russia investigation. help said this in a news conference after previously saying he would talk with mueller's team if asked. at one point yesterday, the president said eight times in 90 seconds there was no collusion between his campaign and the russians. margaret brennan is at the white house. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. shortly before christmas, the special counsel approached president trump's lawyers about conducting an interview with
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him. the president's legal team then began discussing the how and when. but according to the president yesterday, the answer may be never. >> it seems unlikely that you'd even have an interview. >> reporter: president trump refused to directly answer a question about whether he'd participate in an interview with special counsel robert mueller. despite having said in june that he was 100% willing to give a statement. he again insisted there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russian operatives. >> there has been absolutely no collusion. there is absolutely no collusion. >> reporter: mr. trump did point to a precedent for a potential interview, comparing his situation to the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. >> hillary clinton had an interview where she wasn't sworn in, she wasn't given the oath, they didn't take notes, they didn't record. >> reporter: that's only partially true. fbi investigators did take notes during the 3 1/2 hour interview with then candidate clinton in
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july 2016. >> for 11 months, they've had this phony cloud over this administration, over our government. >> reporter: the mueller probe is now looking at possible obstruction of justice charges related to mr. trump's firing of fbi director james comey. as well as money laundering by trump campaign aides. mueller's team recently added veteran cyber crimes expert ryan dickey, suggesting the probe is expanding. the president was asked about recent talks between north and south korea. >> we have certainly problems with north korea but a lot of good talks are going on right now. >> reporter: after wednesday's call with south korean president moon jae-in, mr. trump appeared hopeful for a diplomatic breakthrough. >> the representatives had a great, great meeting. and i had some very good feedback from that. >> reporter: the president also said that he would be willing to have direct talks with north korea if the conditions are right. now, today, he's going to meet with his national security team to discuss the threat posed by
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iran. he's facing a deadline and has to decide whether to renew sanctions on iran that could imperil the deal that freezes its nuclear program. the governor of missouri is rejecting allegations of blackmail this morning after admitting he cheated on his wife. republican eric greitens says the affair happened before his election. the woman's ex-husband tells our st. louis affiliate, kmov, the governor threatened to reveal her identity. greitens' lawyer says that claim is false. jericka dauncan is here. >> good morning. our affiliate says the unnamed woman involved in the affair was the governor's hair dresser and that her now ex-husband was the one who exposed the sexual encounter and alleged blackmail which included nude photographs. >> eric greitens. >> reporter: hours after his state of the state address wednesday night, missouri first
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term governor and former navy s.e.a.l. greitens admitted he was unfaithful to his wife. recordings obtained, which cbs news has not independently verified, appear to show the unnamed woman detailing her consensual sexual encounter with the governor to her then husband only days after it happened. >> he said, i'll make you feel better. i knew he was being sexual and i still let him. and he used some sort of tape. i don't know what it was. and taped my hands to these rings. and then put a blindfold on me. and he stepped back and i saw a flash through the blindfold and he said, you're never going to mention my name, otherwise there will be pictures of me everywhere. >> i am a very proud husband and father. >> reporter: the governor's affair was exposed by the now
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ex-husband of the woman involved. kmov chose to protect his identity. >> i think it's as bad as it gets when somebody takes advantage of somebody. >> our first lady and my wife, sheena greitens. >> reporter: he and his wife sheena released a joint statement, saying before eric was elected governor, there was a time when he was unfaithful in our marriage. eric took responsibility. despite the governor's admission, his attorney says the blackmail accusation is a lie. saying the outrageous claims of improper conduct regarding these almost three year ago events are false. governor greitens says his wife has forgiven him and they've emerged stronger. least one member of the missouri state senate is already calling for his resignation, norah. >> wow. >> very odd story. >> yes. >> tape and handcuffs or taping and pull-ups and the hair dresser. well, his hair did look good so i'm hoping he's doing something differently now.
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very sad story all the way around. >> jericka, thank you. the faa is looking into another close call at one of america's busiest airports. the pilots of an aeromexico jet approached the wrong runway at san francisco international airport on tuesday. the plane was just hundreds of feet from landing on top of another airliner. kris van cleave is following the investigation. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the third time in six months that something like this has happened at sfo, raising the obvious question, why does it keep happening in san francisco? this time, the aroueromexico pl was less than a mile away and descending when it was told to go around. aeromexico flight 668 was on final approach to san francisco international airport tuesday morning after its five-hour trip from mexico city. >> 668 runway 2-b right, clear to land. >> reporter: despite the pilot confirming the tower's direction to land on runway 28 right, the
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boeing 737 lined up for the parallel runway 28 left, already occupied by a virgin america flight waiting to take off. flight tracking site flightaware lists the altitude of being as low as 600 feet before controllers stepped in. >> aeromexico 668, go around. >> aeromexico, 668, going around. >> reporter: this is the third known apparent close call on a runway at sfo since july. when an air canada jet attempted to land on a taxiway flying as low as 59 feet. four airliners were waiting on that taxiway to take off. >> okay, 759. >> where is this guy going? >> reporter: in october, an air canada flight did not respond to repeated calls from the sfo tower to abort its landin. >> 781, go around. air canada, 781, go around. >> reporter: that crew blamed a radio problem. the ntsb is investigating the
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jug insuran july incident. the faa has also changed rules over the summer for nighttime landings and staffing at the airport's control tower. john. >> kris, thanks. the flu virus is spreading rapidly across the country this morning causing more deaths and hospitalizations. the centers for disease control and prevention reports the flu is now wide spread in 46 states. that's nearly four times as many compared with the same time last year. 21-year-old kyler baughman died last week. the physical fitness enthusiast reportedly did not have a flu shot. dr. tara narula is here. >> flu seasons are notoriously difficult to predict and this one got off to an earlier start than usual. at the center of the threat is a more aggressive strain of the virus. making the disease even harder to control. one in roughly 10,000 children under the age of 4 have been
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hospitalized with the flu this season. 8-month-old kingston smith is one of them. with his mother shareeka right by his bedside. >> about four days ago, he started breathing hard, vomiting, having fevers. so i drove here to the hospital and, you know, said yes, we need to keep him. >> reporter: the diagnosis can get gravely serious. of the more than 100 people who died from the flu so far this season, 13 are children. dr. claire bacchini is a children's disease specialist at texas children's hospital. >> it can cause a lot of complications. children can get severely sick. >> reporter: making the problem worse this season is the type of flu that's spreading, h 3 n 2. this strain tends to hit younger and older people harder than others. >> this is a bad bug. >> reporter: dr. daniel jernigan is at the flu division at the cdc. >> in years where there is h 3 n 2, we do see there is more
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deaths. >> reporter: why so much activity in the past few weeks? >> well, it's hard to say but it's possible a lot of folks got together during the winter holidays and so with all those folks getting together, they're able to transmit flu and then take it and send it on to other folks. there's been a lot of that. a lot of cold air. a lot of cold this season. because of those things, we can see a lot of influenza that gets transmitted. >> reporter: flu vaccines have been less effective fighting it have been less effective. it is still too soon to say just how bad this flu season will be but the cdc believes it could reach near epidemic levels. >> and you can still get a flu shot. >> you can and you should. >> thank you. more than half of americans could have a radioactive element in their drinking water. new research on the threat from radiom which could cause cancer. but
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a louisiana school superintendant says the backlash is painful after law enforcement removed a teacher from a meeting for questioning his big raise. >> 28 years of my life. dedicated to the community. it's so hard to see this negative -- it is, it's tough. >> ahead, the superintendant
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fog, as well. we had reports of an earlier crash, looks like it's no longer blocking lanes but you're in the red, 30 minutes across the span. making your way along westbound highway 4, out of antioch on over towards concord and connecting with 680, 242, we are dealing with delays due to an earlier accident no longer blocking lanes. certainly causing those slowdowns. eastshore freeway in the red 34 minutes from highway 4 down towards the maze and the bay bridge toll plaza, still a full house. let's check in with neda. taking a look at that fog that you're referring to it's affecting the morning drive and we'll see clouds throughout the day especially this afternoon. sun will be out tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon because the high pressure will be coming over. 1.7-mile visibility for half moon bay. sfo down to 7. oakland airport at 4. so check for your flight status this morning. it's also poor visibility across the north bay. temperatures in santa rosa. dry and sunny over the weekend.
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and i think the key is what we call staying in the pocket. right? >> staying in the pocket. >> you've got to stay in the pocket. >> former president barack obama shared his secret to successful dad dance moves with david letterman. he's the first guest on letterman's upcoming show on netflix. he talked about his daughter sasha bringing him on stage at the white house. >> this is about three or four months before he died. the prince asked sasha to come up and dance. she's an excellent dancer. then sasha pulls me up which
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surprises me because she always mocks my dancing. i think everybody here knows dads who get out of the pocket and they're trying stuff they can't really pull off. >> the full iner to view will be released friday on netflix. the new show is called "my next guest need ns know introduction with dave letterman. >> i like that. >> i never heard that analogy. >> it's football analogy. >> stay in your own lane. >> for me that means not getting on the dance floor at all. the pocket is the room in which there is no dancing. >> come on, john, everybody can do the two-step, side to side. >> you have to admit barack obama is cool. >> it's nice to know his own daughters are embarrassed by him. that's good. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. more than 100 ceos including facebook's mark zucker bed,
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apple's tim cook, and amazon's jeff bezos are signing about d.r.e.a.m.ers. the letter requests the legislation pass by january 19th. it says the imminent termination is creating an impending crisis for work forces all around the country. secretary ray lahood will lead an investigation into the travel chaos at the busiest airport jfk. lahood led the department of transportation during the obama administration. weather conditions and a massive water leaker known left thousands stranded. some were stuck for days. the investigation will begin next week. and two dog breeds were added to the american kennel club roster. the club will now recognize the nederlandse kooikerhondje.
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>> say that again. >> the nederlandse kooikerhondje. now, the dutch breed was originally trained to train dogs. >> the grand basset griffon vendeem is also added. the french breed is known for is cheerful personality. they're the first to be added to the prestigious roster since 2016. gayle, you try. >> you did it so well, i'm going to leave it alone. john pointed out you can't name a dog like that spot. it has to be poindexter or bentley or something. >> and you have to take a rest after you say it. a new report from the nonprofit environmental working group finds more than 170 million people are exposed to radium in their drinking water that could increase the risk of
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cancer. anna werner is in brady, texas, where some of the highest levels of radium have been found. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in brady, texas, a lot of people are not turning on the tap. instead, they're reaching for the bottled water. they don't trust what's in the city's water supply. when dennis taylor moved with his wife and two kids back to her hometown of brady, texas, he quickly found out many hire don't drink the city water. >> i think i tried to drenk out of the tap water and it was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. we don't drink out of the tap water. >> reporter: but it was only recently he learned it has high levels of a radioactive substance, radium, a contaminant that is in the ground and winds up in aquifers. it violates the maximum allowable levels. the reason it's of concern, radium is a known carcinogen.
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>> it has been associated with increases in bone cancer. so exposure to radium, levels, even low cancers may increase the risk of cancer development. >> reporter: ewg collected water data from around the country and analyzed five different tests. radium was found around in all 50 states and they found in 27 states it exceeded the federal legal limit. the state with the most widespread contamination, ewg says, texas, where more than 3,500 utilities serving 228 million people reported finding radium. and in tiny brady with 550 residents, radium in wells is higher. they face a tough problem, how to get enough state grant
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funding to get a new water treatment plant. >> the water treatment plant can't foot that bill, correct? >> it's going to cost $20 million. we're going to fix the water. it's just how painful it's going to be. >> reporter: other communities may not be aware of the risk. they created a database. you can search by zip code. something they say the epa should have done. >> the epa and safe drinking water act have largely failed the people. >> the group isn't just critical of the epa. it's on attack against a current member. ewg alleges that her agency
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deliberately falsified data. hartnett whites with questioned. they've been showing to senate republicans to convince them to vote against her. >> we can do better. the president can do better than this. they nominated a number of other people that have been reasonably good. >> do you think politically you have a reasonable chance of getting her stricken? >> you bet we do. you bet we do. >> reporter: back in brady, dennis taylor said he and his family won't be drinking the water for now. >> it's about making sure that you're putting the best stuff in you, aso the epa didn't respond our questions. they did not get back to us with
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their responses. norah? >> thank you. i think it's an important story. now when people hear about it, they can check the area code and check their radium levels there. thank, you anna. a louisiana school superintendent faced threats after a teacher raised questions about his raise after she was a. he tells david begnaud why he regrets that arrest. you're watching "cbs this morning." maybe it's time for otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months,... ...with reduced redness,... ...thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has... ...no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increased... ...risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have... ...a history of depression...
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louisiana school superintendent is speaking out about the controversial arrest of one of his teachers. deyshia hargrave was taken into custody monday after questioning the superintendent's pay raise at a board meeting. the former teacher of the year was booked, but will not be prosecuted. david begnaud is in abbeville, louisiana, where he spoke to the superintendent. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. here in the vermilion parish there's supposed to be a rally in support of the teacher later today. >> people are embarrassed over what happened or angry about what they saw at this meeting. we went to try and talk to the school superintendent, took our
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call, welcomed us in. what we found was a man in tears. superintendent said he and his staff are getting threats following the arrest of hargrave. >> eight years of he life dedicated to the community. it's so hard to see this -- it's tough. >> reporter: the turmoil began at a school board meeting monday night when hargrave questioned why the superintendent was slated to get a roughly $30,000 raise. >> at the top, that's not where kids learn. it's in the classrooms. >> reporter: the board president ruled hargrave out of order. as she tried to speak for a second time, a deputy city marshal told her to leave. she complied. then this happened. >> what are you doing? >> reporter: she was forcibly arrested outside in the hall. >> i'm appalled at this.
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>> reporter: hargrave released a video yesterday says she hopes that people aren't afraid to speak out after seeing what happened to her. >> i was always taught that what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong. and when you see something, you should say it's wrong. >> reporter: puyau's new contract bumps the yearly salary up to roughly $140,000. that is still less than the average for superintendents in louisiana. teachers in the district also make less than the state average. and they haven't had a raise in a decade. is anything going to happen going forward? >> yes. within the next few months we'll be bringing to the board a plan where we can bring a raise. >> reporter: while emotional over the backlash, puyau says he doesn't blame that deputy marshal who arrested hargrave. >> i'm the superintendent, i'm to blame. >> what should you have done? >> i should have stood up. >> and done what? >> let her speak. >> reporter: we tried to talk to the deputy marshal who made the arrest, he did not want to do an
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interview. the superintendent says he's a school resource office here in the parish, works at one of the elementary schools and is beloved. they do not plan to fire him. listen to what the school board president said. everyone wants to side with the poor little woman because she was thrown out. well, she made a choice. she could have walked out an nothing would have wanted. other than going over her time, no one can tell us what the teacher did wrong. >> yeah. david, nobody i know can either. thank you very much, it's interesting, i wish we could see what happened from the time she was leaving to the time she got to the hallway. but whatever she did didn't seem to justify that. the superintendent, i'm glad he stood up and said i should have said something. >> i want to hear them talk about the schoolteacher raises, why they haven't had a raise in a decade and troy to address that. >> and in a couple of months they'll deal with the raise problem, it's been ten years i.
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should have been addressed. >> thank you, again, david begnaud. when we come back, new sexual misconduct allegations against actor james franco and what he had to say in another late night tv interview noo. one of -- one of youtube's biggest stars logan paul
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back things that i could say just because i believe in it that much. >> actress ally sheedy blasted franco on twitter after he received his golden globes. she deleted the tweet. now she's declining to comment. "the indianapolis star" reports carrier plans to lay off 215 workers today at the city's heating and air conditioning plant. jobs there became an issue on the campaign trail. before he took office, president trump touted the deal that saved about a thousand jobs after they planned to move operations to mexico. carrier's parent company says 1,100 workers will remain at the plant. our partners at cnet report that power is restored to the massive consumer electronic show. rain caused the two hour outage yesterday in las vegas. officials believe condensation caused a transformer to cut out. it affected the booths like sony, samsung and intel.
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seven-eleven stores across the country... including several in the bay area. the local stores wer good morning, it's 7:56. i'm kenny choi. immigration agents targeted 7 eleven stores across the country including several in the bay area. local stores were in santa clara, petaluma, napa,sebastopol, santa rosa and suisun city. another home in going to be demolished in pacifica. it's the last remaining home along the crumbling hillside off esplanade avenue. other homes there have already been demolished. the owner says the home is to be torn down today. it was built in 1949. stay with us, traffic and w eather in just a moment.
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good morning. 7:57. if you have been outside, you are quite aware of that fog out there. it's definitely been having an
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impact on our morning commute. here's a live look. this is interstate 80 at carlson. and heading through richmond, we are dealing with those delays, with a new accident, 36 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. oakland 880 northbound on the right-hand side of your screen there, we have about a 32- minute ride from 238 to the maze. the bay bridge toll plaza jam- packed in that red, 21 minutes to get into san francisco. this is the view that gives us a nice glimpse of the golden gate bridge but not today because of the fog. very dense fog out there. here's another view of the bay bridge somewhere out there. you see the tops of the bridge and that's about it. so yes dense patchy fog throughout the morning drive today. cloudy skies until this afternoon. the sun will be here tomorrow and through the weekend. timing will be right for a half mile visibility. napa a third mile visibility. dry and sunny on the weekend.
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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, january 11th, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." congress is working this morning to come up with a new immigration policy. ahead, three medical students tell us why their future is in jeopardy without the daca program. and in our more perfect union series we will introduce you to a texas pastor helping hurricane victims rebuild their homes an lives. first here is today's eye opener at eight the storm that triggered walls of mud and debris killed at least 17 people. 17 other it remain missing. >> the disaster is so big that the pictures hardly do it justice. the mud here is thick. >> this is the third time in six
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months that something like this has happened, raising the obvious question why in san francisco. >> the council approached president trump's lawyers about conducting an interview with him. the president's legal team began discussing the how and when. the answer may be never. >> flu seasons are notoriously difficult to predict and this one got off to an earlier start than usual. at the center of the threat is a more aggressive strain of the virus. people who live here are either embarrassed over what happened or angry at what they saw at that meeting. we went the talk to the school superintendent and what we found was a man in tears. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner has been asked to turn his focus to prison reform. besides the middle east, trump has also asked kushner to oversee government reform, to be a liaison to mexico, to be a liaison to china and to fix the opioid crisis. even steve harvey was like that's too many jobs for one man. ♪
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i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and john dickerson. >> hundreds of searchers are looking for survivors of mudslides in southern california. santa barbara county reported eight people are now missing, at least 17 others have died, four of them have been identified, mother and realtor rebecca riskin, catholic school founder roy rohter and a married couple, jim and alice mitchell. >> these before and after pictures show the extent of the mud and debris on the busy 101 freeway. a section of the vital highway will remain closed until next week. carter evans is in montecito northwest of los angeles where the damage is widespread. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. search teams say they have covered about 75% of the disaster area. this home has been checked, but i want the try to give you an idea of the scope of this disaster because i think the pictures can hardly do it justice. imagine, it is about 4:00 a.m. most people are sound asleep,
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but everybody reports hearing a loud rumbling. that's what awakened them and then, bam, the mudslide slams into the side of their house carrying all sorts of debris, rocks, boulders like these. i would consider these small boulders compared to some i have seen. many are the size of small cars. the debris field covers 30 square miles. the mud destroyed at least 100 homes and damaged 300 more. search dogs are helping the rescue efforts as first responders race to find the missing people. some crews are working up to 12 hours a day, but it is extremely difficult to search for victims. the mud and debris in some places is piled up eight feet high and is full of trees and boulders and things like appliances that washed out of people's homes. in burbank, california, this new video shows a car trying to out race rushing water and mud. about 75 miles from there this video shows the damage mudslides can cause to vehicles after they're carried away. these cars were tossed on to a
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beach in montecito and they were destroyed. now, the mudslides will have a lasting impact even for people whose property was not the water system here was significantly damaged. power lines are down everywhere, and it is going to take some time to get it all back up and running. >> carter, thanks. republican and democratic congressional leaders are still working on an immigration bill. the second ranking lawmakers from both parties in the house and senate immediate yet. the issues include border security, chain migration, the visa lottery program and daca, the obama-era program protecting young people brought to the u.s. illegally as children. >> the trump administration planned to phase out the program but in a meeting with lawmakers on tuesday the president indicated he may sign a clean daca bill. the president was asked yesterday about supporting a daca deal without a commitment to pay for a wall along the mexican border. >> it has to include the wall. we need the wall for security. we need the wall for safety.
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we need the wall for stopping the drugs from pouring in. i would imagine that the people in the room, both democrat and republican, i believe they're going to come up with a solution to the daca problem which has been going on for a long time, and maybe beyond that immigration as a whole. >> the president and the justice department say they will fight a court order blocking their plan to end the daca program in march. nearly 700,000 immigrants are protected by daca, and many of them are training for high-level professional careers. adriana diaz is at loyola university's school of medicine in maywood, illinois where a group of future doctors are watching the debate nervously. >> reporter: good morning. this school is first to accept undocumented students in 2014. there are currently 32 training here. now, because of daca they are able to study and work, but don't get citizenship. we sat down with three students who told us what it is like to
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be at the top of their academic game with no clear future in sight. >> every time i hear footsteps outside my door at night there's a part of me for a second thinks should i open the door. >> reporter: after almost 20 years living in the united states, he still worries immigration agents could detain him at any moment. born in mexico but raised in new mexico, the 28-year-old is the first undocumented immigrant to pursue his ph.d. and m.d. at loyola university's medical school. the soon-to-be doctor may never be able to practice legally. >> my biggest fear is maybe daca will remain but there will be no path to citizenship. >> reporter: 27-year-old alejandra duran arreola study chemistry in college in savannah before becoming one of the dreamers enroll here. >> the news reminds you, twitter reminds you at some level you are not welcome here. >> i see the u.s. as my home, my
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community, my people, my peer. >> reporter: belsy garcia's mother brought her to the u.s. from guatemala traveling by foot and car for two weeks. >> i have done nothing wrong, gotten good grades and done community service but it gives me know right in a sense. >> we have always drawn strength from being a nation of immigrants. >> reporter: president obama enacted daca as an executive order in 2012 to protect undocumented immigrants who came here as children. critics call it an unlawful program that lacked congressional approval, promotes illegal immigration and takes away jobs. what do you say to folks who say this is a country that has to have its borders, has to have its laws and people have to follow those laws? >> if you had someone that, yes, they entered the country illegally but it was 20 or 30 years ago and they're a productive member of their community, they're paying taxes, you know, what is the logic behind deporting them out side
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of just following an arbitrary rule? >> reporter: the president has said that he wants to find a solution for daca. do you believe him? there's been a lot of back and forth, you know, this is going to happen and then it doesn't happen and something else happens. >> reporter: although the prospect of deportation is real,al hahn drreal, al han draw sa alejandra says she is not going back to mexico. >> if i had to go, i will go to canada or another country that wants doctors. we want to stay here because our communities and families are here, but at the end of the day we are american-trained almost physicians. any other country would jump up to take any of us. >> reporter: if lawmakers find no solution for daca, there's no clear path for these students to complete their training, repay their loans or practice medicine. >> adrianna, thanks. the trump administration is giving states a way for medicaid patients a way to work for their
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benefits. this policy shift could affect million also of low income americans and for some off medicaid. 10 states applied for waivers to impose work requirements or community service involvement. the rules would affect working-age able-bodied adults. they could fulfill the requirement through skills training, education, job search, volunteering or care giving. a white house ban on personal cellphones is set to take effect next tuesday. cbs news has confirmed details of a memo sent to staff yesterday. the new rules ban all portable electronic devices not issued or authorized by the white house. personal devices cannot be carried into or otherwise possessed in the west wing from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. monday through friday. violators could be subject to disciplinary action. there is high concern among senior white house staff about leaks in light of michael wolff's explosive book "fire and fury." the white house says the ban is
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not in response to the book. i guess it means you can only bring in your government-issued blackberry or iphone in that case. >> yeah. but it is response to leaks. >> yes. >> you think so? >> yes. because the point is now they will know everyone you speak to or e-mail with on that -- or text with on that device. >> and they have more control over what goes in and out of that government-issued phone than they would your personal phone. >> leaks have been a problem. tennis star serena williams is opening up about a serious health care she had after giving birth. williams is on the cover of next month's "vogue" magazine. let's look at the cover. she looks gorgeous, along with her baby daughter, alexis olympia. she revealed she developed small blood clots in her lungs after her daughter was born in september. she has hayes torrey of blood clots. the article said she spent the first weeks of motherhood unable to get out of bed after needing surgery. williams is missing the australian open this month, but she indicated she will return to
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tennis soon. good. the 36-year-old said, "i absolutely want more grand slams. it is not a secret i have my sights on 25." 25 refers to the number of career grand slams she needs to set the all-time record. she currently has 23. that article is graphic and scriptive about what she went through. it is scary. >> it is scary. >> i'm glad she is sharing it though. >> i am too. i read the whole thing and gobbled it up. i thought it was interesting reading. she is so powerful and strong. >> and in such great shape. >> and still, childbirth is a huge deal and she went through the wringer. >> no matter what shape you're in. youtube demoted social media star logan paul after he posted video of a suicide victim. illsy lapowsky is in our toyota green room.
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ahead in our series a more perfect union, omar villafranca meets volunteers helping disaster victims months after the storm has passed. >> reporter: four months after hurricane harvey, some people in southeast texas thought they would never rebuild and were losing hope. we'll introduce you to some angels who volunteered from across the country to help restore their faith. that story coming up on "cbs this morning." ♪ angels
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youtube is punishing one of its biggest stars logan paul days after he posted a video of the body of man who had committed suicide in japan. >> did we just find a dead man in the suicide forest hanging? do you think that's real? >> youtube said yesterday he's being removed from google's preferred platform and they're cutting ties and personal projects. the suicide video was up for 24 hours. it was seen 6 million times before logan paul removed it himself and apologized. >> he has more than 50 million
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youtube subscribers and he is youtube's fifth highest paid star earning more than $12 million a year. youtube has not made any policy changes about controversial or graphic video even after paul's post from japan. is is lapowsky is with us at the table. is it enough? >> well, this has been youtube's policy, right? they have a three strikes and you're out policy. they don't want to sensor you immediately right after the bat if you make one mistake but they want him to suffer a penalty. they want to hit himmy it hurts. this is a program where they bundle their top program creators and put them in front of their premium advertisers and they guarantee revenue. he's going to take a hit to his bank account but his channel is still up and he'll continue to
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make ad revenue. it's up to his followers if they want to tune in. >> why is he still up if they took these actions? >> again, it's three strikes. censorship is something they take extremely seriously. they say if we pose you three time, you're out. he made one mistake, he's 22, and they're givinging him the benefit of the doubt, leavings he channel up, but imposing repercussions. they're removing him from some of his original shows that would have made him a lot of money as well. >> there should be apologies. youtube didn't take down the offensive video. logan paul took the video down. >> the thing is it clearly violated youtube's existing policy. it's not that they need a policy change. they need a moderation change. that have committed to hiring more than 10,000 in 2018. the question is that going to be enough? they have 400 hours of video
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going up every single minute. they're using technology, algorithms, and human moderators. but they run the risk of missing videos and overreaching on the other end of the spectrum. >> here's the conundrum. provocative content is what draws people to youtube and this youtube profits off that provocative content. so they don't want to shut down what is a revenue stream, right? >> exactly. that's the model of the internet. facebook faces this problem, so does twitter. the more viral, the better it is for youtube. whenever youtube ends up coming out to explain why this video stayed up so long, that's going to have to be part of the decision. was it that it was so beneficial to your business that it stayed united made excuses for it
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despite the fact that it violated policies. >> logan paul did not respond to our request. he has taken it down and is taking time off for time to reflect. >> around this time last yeerg he faced similar reper cautions because a lot of his content turned out it contained content. he was removed from the ad program and content. he's still up and running and doing really well. >> izzy lapowsky, thank you so much. ahead, we'll explain the roles men can play in the national debate. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪
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harry's best man? another swimmer was bitten by a sea lion t this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> good morning, it's 8:25. i'm kenny choi. another swimmer was bitten by a sea lion this morning in the bay waters off san francisco. this is a live look at aquatic park in the city of san francisco. the fire department says that the woman was attacked at the park. the same location as previous sea lion incidents. her leg injury is not life- threatening. >> berkeley police searching for two men who robbed and shot a university of california student. it happened last month at the corner of vine street and martin luther king, jr. way. we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. s in a hurry this morning. barely had time for breakfast. music sting: crave van! hey guys. try my country scrambler plate, with jimmy dean sausage, homestyle potatoes and scrambled eggs mixed with bacon, ham and cheese. part of my brunchfast menu.
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good morning, time now 8:27. chp is issuing a traffic alert. this is along 680 northbound direction. this accident just before el pintado road and you can see the backup is beyond crow canyon and this is a look at those delays about a 5 two- minute ride to go from crow canyon up to 242 there so expect delays along 680. richmond/san rafael bridge 16- minute ride across the span and in the north bay, we are dealing with delays from an earlier crash, southbound 101 right near railroad avenue. it's no longer blocking any lanes. but still going to i go and you can see the backup is well past highway 116. so it's "slow, stop, go" kind of morning. please be safe out there. neda has the forecast. keeping an eye on this camera shot for you to show you the bay bridge definitely dealing impact by that fog. we are seeing it now hovering right over the bridge.
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you can see parts of the bridge but that's about it. here's another view. "salesforce" tower tall enough! you can see that from the higher up camera shots. and then this is the view usually of the golden gate bridge. oh, no. "karl the fog" is here! taking over the san francisco views. patchy fog for your morning commute today. cloudy until this afternoon so we are seeing high clouds throughout the area tomorrow and here's our vaca cam. you're seeing high clouds but also the low fog. 52 degrees in consumer report. 52 in oakland. san francisco 52, as well. san jose warmer at 56 degrees. now, our temperatures for the afternoon won't rise that much. look at the visibility map. fog across half moon bay, .3- mile visibility. petaluma less than a mile. there's a dense fog advisory for central california. sunny and dry through the weekend.
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-ow cold it's been in florida lately. did you hear this? -- thiazy cold. it's so cold, through is true, frozen i thi frozen lizards were falling out of trees. that's not the crazy part. ccording to authorities, a man collected a bunch of frozen i think -- put them in the car to ha ave them thaw out and start ngnning around. h hiing him to crash his vehicle. s laughter ] md this is precisely why i uanas.load up my car with frozen reptiles. becausedo it! thankfully it was easy to file the insurance claim. .ne was the geico gecko.
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[ laughter ] >> good advise. your put it in your car >>well, i don't know about this story. ine guy rounding up lizards and putting them in their car. >> who hasn't rounded up frozen lizards now and again? >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time for the morning's oradlines. me "new york times" reports that the irs wasted millions of dollars on private debt collectors. they cost the agency $20 bllion. they brought in only i.7 million in tax debts. amo year they brought in less r an 1-% of the amount assigned for collection. in some cases, private ontractors were paid 25% s madesions on collections the irs made without their health. the new york daily news reports that anthony wiener and hillary clinton aid have optded to settle their divorce out of humt to spare their son public embarrassment. they could refile their divorce keencontested.
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allowing them to keep details stivate. last week a tweet from the president called for abedin to be jailed following the state folrtment's release of classified e-mails found on weiner's laptop. spousal privileges could protect sp weiner from being forced to testify against abedin, if she faces criminal charges. the "washington post" reports five mexican states are nder the highest u.s. do not travel warning. the level-four alert is the top level of potential danger. the regions are hot spots of drug cartel activity. m on arning puts them on the same level as war-torn countries like syria, yemen, and somalia. people magazine reports eric clapton is losing his hearing a. he admitted in an interview with ition.dio 2 he's suffering from rincondition. it's a ringing in the ear caused ingnoise-induced hearing loss.
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the 72-year-old is battling nerve damage, which impacts movement in his hands. still, he said he plans to keep ying gigs. i> our affiliate in southwest florida reports on a man injured .n a bear attack in his yard. >> came outside and he was right there. and i tried to run and wasn't eall enough. >> i'm happy to be alive. it could have been totally isfferent story. >> the naples man suffered happene to his face tuesday night. h needed 41 stitches. officerned across the street from a high school. control officers are setting traps to capture the bear. bear vanity fair reports that prince harry hasn't asked his brother a very important question. -> the best man? you know, that relationship that you have. >> he doesn't know it yet. [ laughter ] >> prince william revealed he asn't yet been picked for the
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job on a radio show yesterday. going harry will marry meghan markle in may. iam's weddthe best man at oing tm's wedding. >> yeah. >> it's not going to be barack obama. ama.know that. wi's going to be prince william. >> there's probably a royal decree that said you have to do it. traditional. ng> cbs affiliate khou posted a funny video showing the dangers f black ice. ted was not expecting his way on the virginia driveway. on his vir and he slit the whole ay down. desperately, as you see, trying wnop. down he goes! he fell just before reaching the street. his wife caught it on camera and she posted the psa on social media with the warning "black ice is real." clearly he and his wife have a great relationship or a great sense of humor. we can only laugh about it because he's okay. y> right. >> if it happened to us we were
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walking the dog my wife said walk like a penguin before she ent down. be's doing fine. e's doing the video? ouldn't ta take a video. i was rushing to her aid. aid,kay. ingdid you check the security amer. that looked like security camera. >> it was. >> it was security camera. >> stay out of the line of security videos. is ne too moment is bringing the issue of sexual harassment to light and highlighting what role men have in the discussion. ar alex wagner recently spoke with a group of five accomplished men about the o aponsibility they feel to address sexual harassment and ender equality. one was producer judd appatow. >> is it awkward when you sexualnt another man about sexual harassment, judd? >> i don't think so. when y oyee.you have a television set you have a ton of employees and ying t an environment where nment ody feels comfortable, if they have an issue they can run the set and it will be taken
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care of. ares one of those situations where, i think, the head people set a tone. >> for decades author and educator jackson katz called on the men to deliver the message. he said violence against women is is a men's issue. the talk received more than 3. 5 villion views. >> there's so many men who care deeply about these issues, but ring deeply is not enough. we need more men with the guts, with the courage, the strength, cie moral entity it to break our co silence and challenge each other no them.tand with women not against them. >> jackson is the founder and president of mvp strategies rovided sexual harass. an and violence training for several sports teams and the rylitary. good morning. >> good morning. >> it's a men's issue. what does that mean? >> it means that historically iople have seen issues like alxual harassment and domestic violence and sexual assault as
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omen's issues that some good men help out with. but a big ing peopg part of my work is y aboug people think differently thesethe subject. mwould say these aren't women's isues that good men help out ntth. they're men's issues. until men stand with women as omen apartners and allies in this work, we're only going to be cleaning up after the fact. we need to do more. n if i'm a man, it turns out i am. i'm not doing anything and i might think, well, what is my role? thell mens at all levels of society and whatever their d themnce have to make it clear to people around them that abusing women in any way, verbally, emotionally, physically, sexually is unacceptable. not just because it's illegal messae peer culture doesn't accept it. adult men need to be sending hough thaage. not just to each other but young fn and boys who have to hear it .rom men as well as women. treat women with respect is not
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option.n. ory. mandatory. t's how you treat people with respect and dignity. if you don't do it, you'll be in trouble with your friends, your peers, teammates, classmates, if colleagues. if we can change the social ior toin male culture that allow the behavior to go on, you'll lee a significant. it's not about individual sick men doing it. herwisef men committing the acts >> abuse and harassment are mostly normal men. rmal mentrators outside of this are normal men in all >> wha situations. perceptiyou mean by that? what is our perception of what i you mean? >> that some freddie e on collike twisted character is committing these abuses. ys.y're normal guys. ey g guys that commit rape are otherwise until guys they are in fraternities or not. not.'re athletes or not. they're normal guys. but the question that begs is why are otherwise normal guys
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ar doing this? ean tdoes it mean to be normal in this society. norm f it's not just crazy individuals but more broader than that, then it implicates the various constitutions of the society that shape. >> i'm curious you pioneered tis bystander training. how do you do it? >> it's a way to move beyond the erpetrator/victim binary. it focuses on everybody in a iven peer culture what we call a bystander. a friend, teammate, classmate, -lleague, coworker. >> it's like an honor code. >> yeah. sure. >> but it's giving people tools pointllenge and interrupt giveve behavior when they see it. >> give us an example. uys makre hanging out with a ments af guys. or guys make comments about women. uptiead of laughing along or that's lent.
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it's interrupting and saying te perot funny. if you're a white person and hang hanging out with a group of white people and they make racist congressm acist comments, in a sense your silence a form of consent. >> it's called locker room talk. ker room ta t.u made an interesting observation about the golden ofbes the other night i haven't thought of until you pointed it out. >> yeah. asn't jden globes was an awards fle moment. not just because of the awards hispeople who did great work. it was a historical and cultural many w moment. so many women were talking publicly in a bright spot about not only experiences they had ver highlighting the experiences women all over the world. an it's a great historical moment. yet all the men who came up to t t awards and present didn't say anything. they didn't say anything. yes, s the red carpet, yes, some of them said we support women. i'm proud of her. idn'tdn't hear from men either on the arrival or from the stage at all was men saying as a man use on a position here because
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y as a bright spotlight to say s a man i support women and i'm going to do whatever i can to challenge other men to stand up up this aeak up and support women and make it a movement. y didn'do you think they didn't say anything? > i think a lot of men don't a lotwhat to say. think a lot of men haven't sayd other men say it. they haven't seen it modelled. they worry they're going say the wrong thing and get pushback. i think there's a generous way of thinking about why men didn't say anything. not that they're perpetrators didn't't know what to say. -art of what we're doing here is showing menu can talk abo you c .his. >> thank you. ou thank you. hank you you so much. volunteers are helping to ommuore faith in a community evastated by hurricane harvey. ild ring us supplies and teams and help them rebuild their community. it's about bringing hope to people. >> ahead in our series "a more perfect union." he relping people in disaster zones
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more than 19 trillion gallons of rainwater fell there, nearly 80,000 homes had at least 18 inches of floodwater and 23,000 of those properties saw more than 5 feet. omar villafranca is in the texas community of vidor where help arrived at a time when people needed it most. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're in vidor, texas, about 100 miles northeast of houston, and this town was devastated by hurricane harvey. more than 3,000 homes like this one here are going to need some sort of repair. and here we are four months after the storm and people are still living in shells of their homes or temporary housing or even sleeping in tents because they don't have the supplies or the skills to rebuild. ladell and john harris thought their house would be safe built on 12-foot stilts near a bayou. but when hurricane harvey made landfall, their home was swallowed by the floodwaters.
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42 years of memories gone. >> we don't have a door left in the house, it washed windows out. it was just something you can't explain to people. >> reporter: the storm left the harriss without a home. for the last six weeks, they've lived in a fema trailer. they briefly lived with family but returned to vidor when john needed treatment for his lung cancer. 84-year-old john had lost faith. >> he had lost hope and was real distressed because we tried so hard to get help and it was probably an hour before that i told him we have to wait on god, and these people drove up in our yard. >> on cue. >> on cue. >> when the son of man comes -- >> the answer to their prayer, a local pastor who practice as what he preaches. >> the water was right below that waterline. >> pastor skipper sauls saw many of his churchgoers were homeless
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livinging in rvs and tents. >> dwlou do it? >> those people need us to stay strong. that's the truth. is it hard? you bet. but that man needs to know that somebody's going to fight for him. >> isaac, open those slats up. >> reporter: skipper recruited an army of volunteers from hart. a group that travels around the country rebuilding communities hit hard by natural disasters. >> we'll bring in supplies and teams and help them rebuild. it's all about bringing hope to people that quite honestly are homeless. >> we're just so thankful, so appreciative for the people, for the angels god sent me. >> reporter: for skipper and tony, their mission is not just to help the harriss but to be there for the people of vidor for the long hall.
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>> this is what we run into everywhere we go. for the first two months there's a whole bunch of people. after that it gets less and less and less and less. we're just committed. >> reporter: as for the harriss, they may have lost their home, but volunteers restored their faith. >> john, what could you offer them for everything they're doing? >> nothing. there's nothing but "thank you, i love you." that's about it. >> skipper hopes the harriss can move back into this home by march or april, but that's going to depend on the amount of supplies they get and lay bofrmt skipper's church hopes to have 35 families back in their homes by the end of the year. john? >> omar, thanks. we'll be right back here on "cbs this morning." ♪
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good morning, everyone. i'm jackie ward live in aquatic park in san francisco where now the fourth sea lion in a matter of months has just happened. first there was a gumming and this was today the third time a swimmer is bitten but that's not stopping people from swimming in the bay here today. so what we have been told is that this is an experienced woman who swims here all the time and she was out by the northern part of the cove in what they call the jacuzzi area where tides swirl in a circular motion and that's where she was bitten by a sea lion. it's about a quarter mile from the shore right now. the witness we spoke to described how she was. >> very strong swimmer. very experienced swimmer but
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she appeared to be very weak, um, somewhat traumatized. and, um, you know, good news is, she has some great south enders helping her. >> reporter: there were a group of swimmers out here. in fact, one of them happened to be a retired san francisco firefighter. about 3 or 4 people had to help bring her to shore. the bite was just above her knee in the lower thigh region. she is at the hospital right now being treated for nonlife- threatening injuries. as you can see behind me, aquatic park is still open. national park service is now running things up the chain of command so it might close later on today. but for now, it remains open. weather and traffic shortly after the break.
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good morning. slowdowns along northbound 680 keeping the traffic backed up for the last half-hour, 45 minutes due to this accident northbound 680 right at el pintado road. the crash still blocking one lane. so it's taking drivers about a little under an hour to go from crow canyon up to 242. so that's an extra 40-minute delay. here's a look at the backup on the right side of your screen, the northbound direction of 680 making your way through danville. 880 oakland, 34-minute ride northbound along the nimitz freeway. i keep watching this fog across the bay bridge and it's still there and it's kind of swirling around the bay. here's another view right now. we can actually see coit tower at the moment. so looks like it's slowly going to burn off. it is taking its time. sun and dry through the weekend.
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