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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's friday, february 16th, 2018. welcome to cbs this morning. an emotional vigil brings a community together to mourn 17 students and staff murdered at their school. we're learning their stories and hearing from grieving families. plus, a teacher, who shielded more than 60 people from the gunman, will join us, along with one of the students she saved. >> investigators say there were plenty of signs that suspect nikolas cruz was a potential threat. we'll look at the threats that no one put together in time to stop this massacre. >> we go along with immigration agents in california who are cracking down on undocumented immigrants in the workplace. some of the companies say that
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is bad for american business. >> and red gerard, the youngest male olympic snow board champion ever, comes to studio 57. the 17-year-old gold medalist will talk about that historic win wearing his roommate's jacket. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> are you nikolas jacob cruz? >> yes, ma'am. >> you are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >> the alleged florida shooter showed multiple warning signs. >> we are hurting and hurting bad. no parent should ever have to bury a child. >> president trump, action, we need it now! these kids need safety now! >> authorities in washington state arrested a high school student after his grandmother said she found plans for an attack on his school. >> the so-called dreamers left in limbo. >> the senate blocked four immigration bills including one backed by president trump. >> steve bannon refused to
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answer some questions from the house intelligence committee. as part of its russia probe. >> it will be our recommendation to our leadership that we initiate contempt proceedings. >> in western new york, a train derailment caused a big fuel spill. >> the cause is under investigation. >> all that. >> vincent joe becomes the first figure skater to land a triple lutz in the olympic games. >> the community comes together to support one another. >> every child is our child. every loss is our loss. >> on "cbs this morning." >> i grew up at stoneman douglas. i played on those fields. >> chicago cubs first baseman anthony rizzo left spring training to return to florida to console family and friends. >> we're going to be mourning, grieving and a bit broken. i want you to know you're not alone in your grief. we're all grieving with you. the entire country is grieving
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with you. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota, let's go places. >> welcome to cbs this morning. he's right, the country is grieving with them. >> so true, norah. >> this is, we've seen this too many times. >> yes. we've got more on the story. because the people of parkland, florida are finding strength in each other, after the staggering loss from the third deadliest school shooting in u.s. history. more than 1,000 people held a candlelight vigil last night to remember the 17 people shot dead at marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> we now know the names of all of the people who died. 14 were students. 3 were staff members killed while trying to save others. >> one of those students, 17-year-old nick dworet, planned to join the university of indianapolis swim team next fall.
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another, 15-year-old peter wang, seen holding a door open so others could escape and he was shot. adriana diaz is there with this horrible tragedy. >> reporter: we were here last night at the vigil. there was a sea of candlelights being held by more than 1,000 people. the grief was palpable. it escalated when the father of a victim took the stage. that's when people in the crowd started crying. >> i don't know what i do next. my wife is home. we are broken. >> reporter: fred guttenberg beared his soul to a tearful crowd during a candlelight vigil thursday night. his daughter, jamie, was one of the victims. >> this is impossible. my girl, my 14-year-old baby, i sent her to school yesterday. she was supposed to be safe. >> reporter: earlier in the day, mourners released 17 balloons in
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memory of those killed, including geography teacher scott beigel. he was engaged to be married and was killed trying to keep the gunman out of a classroom. >> he basically saved my life. if it wasn't for him, i might not be here today. he will forever be in my heart and forever be my hero. >> reporter: another hero, assistant football coach aaron feis. senior taylor morales wasn't surprised to hear he shielded students from gunfire. >> he was always putting others first. the fact i heard that he used his body to protect others, that sounds like something he would 100% do without hesitation. >> also among the victims, senior joaquin oliver. he was born in venezuela and became a u.s. citizen just last year. 14-year-old alaina petty helped victims of hurricane irma rebuild and freshman gina montalto volunteered as a friend for kids with special needs. what kind of girl was gina? >> she was the sweetest.
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i never heard her say one bad thing about anyone. >> no one in the school that died deserved this. i want my friends back. i want the victims back. i want all the innocent people that are scarred from this, i want their innocence back. >> reporter: late last night, we spoke off camera to the fiance of that teacher who died saving students, scott beigel. she said they were about to start planning their wedding and that he'd only started working at the school just this year. she said he was the type of teacher who could make students believe in themselves. norah. >> love teachers like that. thank you so much. many people were saved by the quick reactions of teachers and students. culinary arts teacher ashley ief students. including senior david hogg. >> so what's your message?
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>> we're in this closet, everyone just hiding together. you would know that this shouldn't be happening anymore and that it doesn't deserve to happen to anyone. >> and now david hogg and ashley kurth are seeing each other for the first time. they're joining us from parkland. david, this is your teacher. this is the first who welcomed you into her classroom. i know this is the first time you've been with her since then. what do you want to say to her? >> thank you. honestly, because of her, heroic actions, she saved easily like 60 student's lives or however many were in that classroom. the sad part is, she shouldn't have had to. this should never have happened. it's just -- it's unbelievable. there are not words to describe the amount of gratitude i feel. because of her heroic actions in a matter of i would say 30 seconds. taking in all those students and
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fitting them in about 100 feet of square space is something that nobody else -- nobody that isn't a true hero could do. >> i know i heard you say you're not a hero but clearly you are to a lot of people, a lot of family and friends are certainly thanking you today. i read you said one of the hardest things was you had at least 60 kids in your room and you had to shut the door and tell people to keep running. take us to exactly what was going on and how difficult this was for you. >> well, i mean, we're -- we just recently gone through training and i've been through a live action shooter training at my previous school. and, you know, fight or flight just takes place. i just started grabbing as much kids as i could from that one door and then i ran over to the other side to make sure my other door was secured. i remember i was shaking as i was trying to put my key into the door. my head was sticking out. you could see all the kids pouring out of the freshman building, screaming, terrified. i quickly ran to the other door to ran as many as i could that
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were running by. i just kept screaming, keep running, don't stop. at that point, you were hearing gunshots go off. it was ricocheting with the sound off the other building. we didn't know whether it was one shooter or two. one of the boys that initially ran into my room was like, there's two shooters. and the kids were just -- it was very intense. it feels like it was an hour but in reality it was like 30 seconds. i remember standing there with, like, after my one friend tammy came in with her last two kids that were falling behind, it was like a lull in kids going through and i saw another bunch rushing through and i couldn't stand there and hold the door the door and go into my office area and we started assessing with the kids that were there. we got my laptop out and started taking down the names of the students currently in the room and my faculty members that were with me. so we had 65 kids shoved in my storage closet and my office and my laundry area. so it was -- and all you could hear is just screaming and gunshots all around. >> david, your reaction was --
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you take out your camera. why was that your instinct? >> absolutely realized this wasn't a drill. i knew if i was going to die with those around me, i wanted the voices of -- i wanted all our voices to carry on and proceed. because even if our souls couldn't, our stories could still have an impact and cause some real change in this country. that is certainly something that we all need right now. >> you're exactly right. david, you are so poised and so articulate. i've seen many interviews with you. one of the more touching things i heard came from a reporter at cbs after the last shooting. steve hartman said we pray, we mourn, we repeat. because it goes on and on. and you have so passionately called for change this time. what is it that you want? what is your message to the lawmakers? >> to the lawmakers? i say work together. no matter what policy you support, you guys are politicians. make some compromises. get some stuff done.
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and keep doing it. actually, keep your promises. don't just make false promises just so you can get re-elected. actually follow through. and who knows, maybe you'll save some children's lives. because the amount of death that i've had to deal with, with my sister having three of her best friends die, and numerous other families that have to go home to silent rooms for the rest of their lives with no children. it's absolutely unacceptable. it's deplorable. and something has to change. the policymakers in this country must work together. and i don't care if you're a republican or a democrat, these are children's lives. that's the end of the line. if you want to have mental health reform, you support that. if you want to have -- if you want to have universal background checks, you support that. why not do both? politicians, compromise and we can get this done. it's just a matter of overcoming our political barriers in order to save children's lives and in that way our future too.
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>> okay, ashley and david, thank you so much. the suspect, nikolas cruz, made his first court appearance yesterday. he faces 17 murder charges. police say the 19-year-old confessed to shooting his former -- to shooting his former schoolmates, spending only about seven minutes inside the school. cruz allegedly escaped by blending in with students running for their lives. investigators say he bought a drink at a subway restaurant inside a nearby walmart, then went to mcdonald's. cruz was arrested without incident 40 minutes later. >> that's what's so tough to hear. he could do all that, just calmly go to a walmart and mcdonald's and drink. new evidence there were warning signs about nikolas cruz. they were overlooked or maybe they were ignored. a law enforcement source tells cbs news the local sheriff's office was told two years ago that an instagram post using cruz's name said he was going to shoot his school. the sheriff tells our miami
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station, that's wfor, he was unaware of that. jericka duncan is at cruz's home in parkland where the fbi continues to search for clues there. ju jericka, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. cruz moved into this home behind me with a friend back in november after his mother died. now, he did live at a home nearby. and police briwere reportedly called there 39 times beginning in 2010 because of cruz, for calls ranging from domestic disturbance to abuse. they were signs that people knew he had troubling behavior and they noticed it. >> my sister had texted me and said it was nikolas cruz and i said, oh, my god, i know him. >> reporter: sarah lowy says she knew cruz from his job at the dollar tree store. >> he had this weird disposition about himself. he followed me on instagram and i saw all of the pictures of his guns. he had a picture of his gun up to his face. >> reporter: lowy says she regrets not doing more.
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>> as soon as i heard what happened, immediately my mind was, i should have done something. i could have prevented this. >> reporter: people who knew cruz say he spoke about his guns and hurting animals. shelby speno lived two doors down from cruz. >> i saw him with a gun aiming at their chickens. >> reporter: president trump tweeted on thursday neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. must always report such instances to authorities again and again. >> i probably never forget that name. >> reporter: ben bennight, a mississippi bails bondsman, says he contacted the fbi in september when he noticed a comment on one of his youtube videos that troubled him. it said, i'm going to be a professional school shooter, posted under the user name nikolas cruz. the fbi visited bennight the next day. >> anybody who makes a public statement like that, definitely needs to be investigated. >> reporter: but on thursday, the fbi said the post was a dead end. because it lacked specific information about the time,
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location and identity of the person who posted it. >> no additional information was found to positively identify the person who posted this comment. >> reporter: after the columbine shooting in 1999, the u.s. secret service and education department published a handbook detailing how to prevent school attacks. but in that study, it did not -- it was not able to actually place a trait or behavior on a student to determine if they were, in fact, planning a school shooting. but obviously in the case of nikolas cruz, a lot of people believe he had the potential. >> yes, now we have social media. jericka duncan, thank you. president trump is promising to tackle school safety. he used an address to the nation yesterday to talk about the shooting. today, the president will travel to his mar-a-lago resort in florida. that is located just north of
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parkland but the white house has not given details for him to visit victims and families. major garrett is at the white house. >> reporter: a plan is emerging with president trump and high-profile crimes. there's rapid calls for new action and restrictive policies. in the aftermath of mass shootings, the white house says wait, gather facts. no calls for restricted access to firearms. the president's emphasis on mental ehealth undermined by hi own record. >> let us pray for healing and for peace. >> reporter: in the wake of wednesday's high school massacre, president trump consoled a nation in grief, calling for prayers for the fallen. no mention of the semiautomatic rifle at the heart of the carnage. for the president, mental illness was the culprit. >> we are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health. >> reporter: mr. trump consistently invokes mental health, not gun control, after
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mass shootings. when 26 were shot dead in a rural texas church last november, this is how the president viewed it. >> this isn't a guns situation, this is a mental health problem. >> reporter: in february of last year, mr. trump signed a bill killing an obama era regulation which allowed the social security administration to provide information on severely mentally disabled people to the national background check database. >> there are a number of different ways we look to protect citizens. >> reporter: last december on the fifth anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting that killed 20 children, white house spokesman sarah sanders was asked to describe efforts to prevent mass casualty shootings. >> they're looking at mental health issues. that's something the president has raised before. in terms of a specific policy we're moving forward with that would have prevented that, i'm not aware what that would be yet. >> reporter: along with repealing that obama era regulation, the administration
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has also endorsed long-term reductions in medicaid allocations. medicaid is one of the nation's largest suppliers of mental health services. >> major, thank you. this morning, the new yorker reports new details of an alleged affair between president trump and a former playboy model and how it was allegedly covered up. the magazine cites a report that america media incorporated paid former model karen mack dougal $150 for the rights to her story before the 2016 election. former ami employees told the new yorker the company's ceo routinely purchases, then does not print, negative stories. the practice is known as catch and kill. he is a friend of president trump. >> one former editor said we had stories and we bought them knowing full well they were never going to run. he added, we never print add word about trump without his approval. a spokesperson for ami says
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mcdougal's story wasn't published because they didn't find it credible. in a statement to the new yorker, a white house spokesperson says the president denied having an affair with mcdougal, calling it fake news. mcdougal declined to discuss the details with the new yorker out of fear of violating the agreement with ami. she did say she now regrets signing that agreement. ahead, the cdc reveals how effective the flu shot is at protecting americans from the
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♪ welcome back to cbs this morning. here are three things you should know this morning. the cdc now says this year's flu vaccine is working better than expected. preliminary data shows the vaccine is 25% effective against this season's worst strain. and it protects 59% of young children from the dangerous strain. the vaccine is 36% effective against the flu virus overall. >> all right, the fate of dreamers, immigrants who were brought to the u.s. illegally as children, remains uncertain after the senate blocks four immigration proposals. they included a bipartisan plan and an initiative backed by the white house. it calls for more funding for border security. congress faces a march 5th deadline to extent the so-called
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daca program. >> marvel's highly anticipated blockbuster "black panther." the first superleague hero movie with black writers and a predominantly black cast. the pill many is expected to bring in at least $150 million in north america in its opening weekend. it just shows that superheroes come in all colors. people very psyched. >> yes, really excited about that. two high schools on opposite sides of the country are safe this morning after police apprehended students allegedly threatening attacks. a 15-year-old in south portland, maine, was arrested yesterday. police say he posted on social media that he wanted to shoot up the school. and in everett washington, an 18-year-old now faces three felony charges. joshua o'connor appeared before a judge on wednesday after his a rest for allegedly planning a school shooting. his grandmother who learned about it by reading his journal, went ahead and tipped off police. tony dokoupil is here with the
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disturbing details. >> reporter: joshua's grandmother cathy told authorities she found a semiautomatic rifle hidden in her grandson's guitar case. she also found his journal in which he alleged described a desire to become infamous, write, quote, i need to get the biggest fatality number i possibly can. on monday night, cathy o'connor was confronted with evidence her teenage grandson joshua may be planning a school shooting. on tuesday morning, she called 911. >> i'm finding journal entries from my grandson. >> uh-huh. >> he's planning to, um, have a mass shooting at one of the high schools. >> reporter: according to authorities, detectives searched joshua's house and seized a rifle, bomb making equipment and his journal. in it, joshua allegedly wrote, i'm preparing myself for the school shooting. i'm learning from past shooters/bombers mistakes so i don't make the same ones. he boasted that his aim was improving and wrote, i can't
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wait to walk into that class and blow all those expletives away. authorities also say joshua is the gunman in this surveillance gunman of a convenience store robbery monday. they say his rifle matches the one used in the crime and that his journal describes how he felt powerful pointing the weapon at the cashier. >> he's required to have restraints on him at all times. >> reporter: wednesday, a judge deemed joshua too dangerous to be uncuffed. during his arrest, he slipped his restraints and allegedly assaulted an officer. >> i'm sure she would have known this was going to get her grandson into big-time trouble. >> reporter: andy muntz is with the school district that oversees joshua's high school. he thanked joshua's grandmother for making the call. >> couldn't have been an easy thing for her to do, but, boy, was sure the right thing for her to do, because that may have saved a lot of lives. >> reporter: authorities believe o'connor robbed the convenience store for money to buy more weapons for the attack. his case is still under investigation. and he's currently being held on
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a $5 million bond. his public defender said in court that her client has no criminal history whatsoever. but you can certainly understand why the grandmother was so concerned. >> yes, and she acted, she saw the gun and she did some more snooping, good. thank you very much. >> thanks so much, tony. federal immigration agents are escalating efforts to crack down on businesses hiring undocumented workers. new data released this morning shows i.c.e. audited 122 businesses mostly in southern california. it's the largest sweep so far this year. agents demand that companies turn over employment records within three business days. mireya s mireya villarreal. >> reporter: going business to business, in a five-day sweep, serving dozens of employers of notices of inspection. >> it's not a raid. this is an administrative audit. >> reporter: immigration and
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customs enforcement conducted about 1,300 of these workplace audits in 2017. this year, they expect a 300% increase. companies found employing undocumented workers could face civil fines or criminal prosecution. >> it's really important for america to protect american jobs, for authorized workers and u.s. citizens. >> they don't take any jobs. >> reporter: mike poindexter is ceo of his family business, the poindexter nut company near fresno. he says most americans don't want these labor intensive jobs. >> we hire people all the time. they show up, they work two days and they leave. >> reporter: his company is now being audited by i.c.e. >> we've had somewhere 10% of our workforce voluntarily quit just over this. >> reporter: why are you hiring people who are not legally documented to work in the u.s.? >> because they show up with documentation, here's my green card, here's my social security card, and it is illegal for me to question that. >> reporter: when the nut company was audited ten years
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ago, poindexter says they were forced to let go of 70% of the workforce, costing the business about $2 million. >> said, you think it's okay to hire illegals? i said, i've got a person with three american-born children, u.s. citizens, and have to fire both their parents. both of them. >> reporter: rafael is here illegally and asked us to conceal his identity. his employer is also being audited and some co-workers have stopped showing up. [ speaking foreign language ] he says they're scared of immigration arriving at their workplace and taking them. as the sole provider for his family of six, he says his children are worried. they are scared you're going to get deported. he says of course. with families and businesses on edge, the debate continues as to whether problems faced by many states like california will be addressed by immigration solutions from washington. >> the poll factor for people making the trip is the prospect
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of gaining employment. if we can eliminate that factor, that is really an added element to border security. >> when trump gets wall or not, it doesn't fix it. put up a wall. you have a no trespassing sign and a help wanted sign on the same dang wall. california has jobs that need to be fulfilled. and we have people on the other side of the border that want them. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, mireya villareal, california. >> think of the imagery, no trespassing and help wanted at the same time. just shows you behind all these policy there's people's lives. you can feel his pain and compassion for this topic. >> a businessman who has work to be done and fields to be tended to and a close relationship with them. team usa suffered some big disappointments today at the winter olympics. we're in pyeongchang with how two gold medal favorites fell short of their goals on the
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it's been a tough day for team usa at the winter olympics. skier mikaela shiffrin came in in fourth place in the slalom. american figure skating favorite nathan chen was not able to smoothly land a single jump. he finished in 17th place. and then barely qualified for the free skate. ben tracy is in pyeongchang south korea with the latest. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. with mikaela shiffrin, the really shocking thing is the slalom is her best event. she was considered a near lock for a gold medal. but nerves got the best of her. she actually threw up right before the event. i don't know about you, i didn't
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compete in the olympics today so she's still pretty impressive. mikaela shiffrin was behind after her first run and could not make up the time. >> mikaela shiffrin looking for another gold. no. >> reporter: the defending gold medalist in this event from the sochi olympics missed a bronze medal here in pyeongchang by .800 second. in figure skating, nathan chen, considered a gold medal conte contender for team usa, had a very rough short program. landing him in a stunning 17th place going into the final. adam rippon skated much better. >> triple-triple right here. >> reporter: nailing four triples and calling himself the most fun skater to watch. the audience certainly seemed to be buying what he was selling. >> the breaks of the olympics. >> reporter: nobody skated like japan's yuzuru hanya, the reigning champion who put on a flawless performance. a shower of winnie the pooh
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bears, his favorite, rained down on the ice. >> unknown no more. >> reporter: the golden moment was south korea's yun is sung-bin, in his ironman helmet, rocking to a gold medal finish in skeleton. the hometown crowd went crazy. >> yun sung-bin becomes a national hero. >> reporter: in cross country skiing, all eyes were on the tonguen, yes, that tongen. the oiled up shirtless flag bearer that turned heads at the rio summer games. he sported the winter look here in pyeongchang. his goal today was to not ski into a tree. mission accomplished, but no medal. in other skiing news, team usa's gus kenworthy makes his pyeongchang debut this weekend but he will be doing so with a broken thumb. he actually broke his thumb during a training run on thursday. he tweeted that he will be giving his teammates and literally everybody else a very
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enthusiastic thumbs up. norah. >> positive attitude. thumbs up. >> you know what i think is so hard for the athletes is they practice, practice, practice, and you they they can do it, but they have that one shot and then it doesn't go according to plan, that's got to be heartbreaking when you know how to do this. >> and the nerves. it's just so big. i mean -- >> i think so too. >> it's all in your head. >> i thought ben said it right. we weren't on the slopes, she still looks pretty impressive. >> speaking of impressive in our next hour, gold medalist red gerard, the youngest male olympic snow boarding champ. will be here in studio 57. he'll share what it was like to win team usa's first gold medal in south korea. >> up next, a look at this morning's other headlines including why the world's automakers have
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♪ welcome back to cbs this morning. here's a look at some of this morning's headlines. two brothers were arrested in new york city in an alleged bomb making scene. former high school teacher christian toro and his twin tyler are accused of stockpiling explosive material in their bronx apartment. christian toro allegedly paid students to dismantle fireworks for gun powder to make bombs. authorities did not provide details about a possible motive or target. >> u.s. news and world report says 2012 republican candidate mitt romney has announced plans for a political comeback. the former massachusetts governor tweeted this morning, i am running for the united states senate to serve the people of utah and bring utah's values to washington. he included a campaign video in the tweet. romney, a leading gop critic of president trump, has long been expected to run to replace orrin
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school district plans to hold an active shooter training.. two days after the tragedy in good morning, it's 7:56. i'm kenny choi. today the oakland unified school district plans to hold an active shooter training two days after the tragedy in florida. they will learn what to do in the moments after a shooting begins. the district had planned today's drill months ago. 3,000 miles away from parkland, florida the students of a mill valley high school held a vigil. they hope it will push elected officials to restrict guns. stick around; we'll have weather and traffic in just a moment.
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there. we have a trouble spot causing a backup. three cars one lane blocked. your drive time south 280 from eastmoor to 380, about 30 minutes. 101 at third traffic okay in this area not too bad. southbound 101 from the 80 split to sierra point parkway, only a 6-minute drive so light conditions there. and light at the bay bridge no delays. a beach day seems to be a good idea. especially tomorrow as our temperatures warm up. this morning, it's still brisk out there. temperatures in the 30s and 40s at this hour. 36 in santa rosa. you dropped below freezing for some of the north bay valley locations today. but not to worry, this afternoon temperatures above average. we are looking at mid- to upper 60s for today. tomorrow low 70s for many inland spots. the cold air is up in canada. two cold fronts will be merging and that means by monday morning and tuesday morning, frost is likely at the coast. it's going to be that cold. temperatures in the 20s and 30s.
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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it's fridayry, february 16th, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, remembering the victims of the florida school shootings. survivors talk about the friends they lost. 17-year-old red gerard said he's learning how the olympics are a pretty big deal. america's younger ever gold medal snowboarder in studio 57. here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> to the people of parkland, florida, are finding strength. more than 1,000 held a candlelight vigil last night. >> it was such a moving scene. there was a sea of candlelights. the grief was palpable. >> when you took out your camera, why was that your instinct?
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>> after we realized this wasn't a drill i knew if i was going to die with those around me, our stories could still have an impact and cause some real change in this country. that is certainly something that we all need right now. >> police were reportedly called because of cruz called for domestic disturbance to abuse, signs that people knew he had troubling behavior. >> the aftermath of mass shootings the white house says wait, gather facts. no calls for restricted access to firearms and the president's emphasis on meant l health undermined by his own [ inaudible ]. >> olympians offering condolences to the families of the florida victims. >> i want to send my thoughts, prayers, wishes to anybody affected by this terrible parkland, massacre. we're thinking about you over here in south korea. know we are one big team usa. >> this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by liberty mutual insurance. i'm gayle king with john
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dickerson and norah o'donnell. we are one big team usa. especially during times like this. the first of 17 funerals of victims at marjory stoneman douglas high school will be held this morning. more than 1,000 attended a candlelight vigil last night in florida. it was america's deadliest school shooting since the massacre at sandy hook elementary school five years ago. >> the 14 students and three faculty members who died on wednesday have now been identified. alana petty's family said she spent hours volunteering including helping victims of hurricane irma. of friend of martin duque calls him so caring and one of the nicest people. >> carmen schentrup was a semifinalist for a national merit scholarship. the classmate tweeted she was someone we all praised for her intelligence and witnesses say the school's athletic director chris hixson died protecting students. >> with permission from their parents cbs evening news anchor
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jeff glor spoke with four who survived and what they witnessed and how they will remember a heroic coach in finding strength in each other. >> we realize there was an active shooter and information started pouring in about kids being shot and one of my best friends was in the building and she wasn't answering. i didn't know if any of them were okay. >> i saw confusion and panic in the faces of people that i went to school with, played rec sports with and saw every single day of my life for the last four years. >> everyone would never think this would happen to a school but things are possible that can harm anyone. >> how many of you lost friends yesterday? >> lost family. every single person in the building that was touched, that shouldn't happen. >> how many of you knew coach feis? >> he was different than normal faculty, our friend, truly cared. >> i don't think i have a negative memory of him and every time i saw him, it was just a
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feeling of wish i could do more, i wish i had said more, told him how much he meant to us. >> coach feis, standing in front of a shooter or a rifle and taking shots. >> he would do anything for us and that proved it. i just wish that he didn't have to do that to prove it. >> i lost quite a few friends yesterday, one that i had class with, was very close to me, and knowing that they're gone, and i -- i would argue with them, that one person that i had class with, i had arguments with him, and never being able to say i'm sorry and that i care about him, it kills me inside. >> jack, you knew nick since sixth grade? >> he's always been around. i used to always hear stories about him throwing rocks through windows, pulling the fire alarm for fun. no one was close to him because
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it were assumed if this would happen it would be him. someone having the ability to instill that much terror in the people i love hurts. >> nobody should have to go through this. ever. my mom's best friend was waiting, was waiting all night, because she couldn't find her son, and then now he's no longer with us. i think that this could have been prevented. he should have never been able to get a gun. >> do you think you'll feel safe when you go back? >> i believe that stoneman douglas is still a very safe school. we are a huge family and through this whole ordeal, we will be brave and fight. we're eagles. we're not puppies. >> it's not going to be easy. >> if we all see each other again, we might feel more at home. >> i am so impressed by all of you from the strength you're
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showing right now. >> it's not that we have to do this for ourselves, we have to do this for those who can't. plenty of people who have things to say, to be here for, but they can't bring themselves to do it and we have to be here for them until they're ready. >> as painful as it is i'm glad they're speaking out. i think it makes a difference when you get to see the people behind this -- behind this horrible tragedy. the victims ranged from 14 to 49. all so very, very young. >> you're going to live with this for the rest of their lives. >> that's right. >> had such a deep impact on them. >> to hear them witness to the kinds of people like coach feis what they were like beforehand, the kind of people they were, the kind of lives you lived, that now, those lives even though they're gone gives strength to the people who are having to carry on. >> they still have a tough time. you know, it was hard for me to hear the gunshots and we're sitting in the comfort of our home. i can't imagine what it was like for them to be there and know every time you hear a gunshot possibly somebody -- >> it's horrific. >> the timeline shows the gunman
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carried out the shooting in florida history in about seven minutes. suspect nikolas cruz made his first court appearance yesterday by video. one of the victims who will be buried today is 14-year-old alyssa alhadeff. her mother lori had an emotional message for president trump yesterday. >> the gunman, a crazy person, walks right into the school, knocked on the window of my child's door and starts shooting, shooting her. and killing her! president trump, you say what can you do? you can stop the guns from getting into these children's hands! put metal detectors at every entrance to the schools. what can you do? you can do a lot! this is not fair to our families, that our children go to school and have to get killed! >> she played on the local soccer team and her parents were seen crying and hugging players
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and coaches on the soccer field yesterday. a coach described alyssa as a bright, funny kid and a true leader. >> i feel for her. >> i do too. you can feel her pain. >> her pain and anger and that anger is a good thing to have too. it is. >> norah, people have to see that. >> yeah. >> people have to see it and feel it and understand it. i'm thinking maybe it's different this time. i say this every time. maybe it is different this time. i'm hoping so. people should not have assault rifles unless you're wearing some kind of uniform and certainly not at 18, 19 years old. >> i think parents will make sure something gets done. if not, they can't do it in washington they will try to do something in florida. >> yep. >> we should mention the shooting is reigniting the gun debate on capitol hill in the wake of other mass shootings bills to mandate background checks prevent stalkers from buying guns and buying bump stocks stalled in congress. nancy cordes spoked to a number of retiring lawmakers. she joins us. good morning. >> good morning. about two dozen republicans have
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already announced that they're not going to be running for re-election and some say that they've grown frustrated with the gridlock that reigns like tragic events like this one. i sat down with jeff flake iliana rose lleyton and ed royce who says congress does need to do more to combat mass violence. >> it's tearing the country apart and i think it's a real opportunity for the republican party to step up and be leaders in this debate. are we just going to continue this throughout the school year? it is impossible to deal with this kind of grief on a daily basis. >> i'm incredibly frustrated that we haven't moved legislation to prevent bump stocks. >> why has your leadership not moved bump stock legislation? i thought everyone agreed on that? >> i think that the thought here is that atf is going to take those actions on their own but from my standpoint as a cosponsor of legislation to move
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something off the house floor, i think we ought to mandate it. >> senator, when you talk about immigration, mass violence, opioids, has congress lost its ability to solve big problems? >> you know, it would be hard to argue that we haven't. we've had a hard time coming together. >> and it does not appear that that is going to change any time soon. yesterday, i asked house speaker paul ryan whether law enforcement officials should be able to confiscate weapons from mentally ill people who like this young man expressed an interest in violence. the speaker said as he has after many mass shootings it isn't time to jump to conclusions and if there are gaps in the background checks system, those should be addressed at some point. norah? >> good question because the sheriff was asking for just that right the other day from lawmakers. let me ask you too, nancy, because as it looks like they may not be able to get anything done on this issue what about
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immigration? >> well, it completely fell apart in the senate this week. none of the bipartisan or republican plans were able to get to 60 votes. we turn to the house where the plan that's most likely to get a vote is a republican plan that does provide protections for the so-called dreamers but includes a lot of tough, new immigration reforms that are going to fall flat with senate democrats. so the path forward for these hundreds of thousands of so-called dreamers is really in limbo right now with the daca program set to expire in a few weeks. we're going to get into all of that this weekend on "face the nation" with democrat chris coons and republican tim scott and see if there's anything that congress can do. >> sounds like you have a good lineup. thank you. you can see more of nancy's interview on "face the nation" this sunday. youtube took down a threatening comment reportedly from the accused florida shooter last september, but should they have
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person behind the post. youtube removed it. an instagram spokes-american said, quote, there's absolutely no place on our platform for people who commit such horrendous acts. we have found and removed the posts. they referred us to their policy center. they can disclose user information to law enforcement if they believe doing so could prevent death or physical hafrmt nicholas tom-san is editor in chief from "wired." he joins us from san francisco. good morning, nick. what more could these platforms be doing. >> they could have a series of policies. you could have a closer relationship. they could make it easier for law enforcement to get information. they could hire many more people to monitor these platforms for threats like that that they could send on. but at the same time, they also have to protect user privacy. so there is complicated
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trade-offs and they have to protect free speech. the complicated trade-off, instagram has put itself in one place, google in another. they could it, but it's tough. >> the disturbing comment, "i want to be a school shooter" was reported to the fbi. the fbi said they did investigate but they could not identify the origin or genesis of that comment. how difficult sit to source these things out? >> one of the questions that's interesting is whether they were not able to find it because it could not be found on youtube. one of the things that yub tube does is deletes stuff that can cause harm. that would have made it harder. on the other hand it appears as though nikolas cruz used his real name if, indeed, that was nikolas cruz.
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the other confounding factor here is there are tons of posts made on social media. the real burden is on the fbi, is this a real threat, can we google other accounts and tie it to this person's name. whether we don't know is if the system broke down on the fbi end, it broke down on the youtube end because they deleted the comment and weren't forth coming with the fbi. >> here's the question we have. how many people are on their instagram accounts like he was posing with a bunch of guns saying he wanted to commit violence. how is that legal? >> how common is it? >> it's unfortunately common. instagram has very strong policies to try to identify a sense of harmful content to take it down, knock people off those platforms. of all of those social media policies, instagram has the strongest. one of the most interesting question is whether the social
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media policies should work harder to ail go rhythmically identify it and then not delete it but shift behavior. one of the things is when they have somebody searching for jihadist content, they have the ability. could you do the same thing for people who show attributes for possible shooters? i don't know, but it's an interesting question. >> all right. nick thompson, we have to leave it there. thanks for joining us. ahead, chip reid meets a special group of women after a friend gets a crippling disease. this is in our "more perfect union" series. >> we'll show you how it's been as good for them as it's been for hair yet coming up on -- >> -- "cbs this morning." >> well done. refresh your home and save at ross.
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still busy on the roads. in fact, we'll take you around the bay now and show you some hot spots that are in oakland right now, 880 as you work your way northbound 238 to the macarthur maze, you're going to see brake lights, 48-minute drive times so you will need an extra 30 minutes to squeeze through the area of the freeway. 580 looks like we had an earlier accident, high street is now cleared out of lanes and a live look in both directions. we are seeing extra volume on the commute direction. but overall, traffic is moving okay there. no trouble on the golden gate bridge, light out of marin into san francisco. easy ride across the span.
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elsewhere, if you are taking mass transit, everything is on time. just keep in mind for monday, it will be saturday schedules for bart, ace modified as well for president's day. >> we have clear conditions for your friday morning. you can see all the way across the bay and alcatraz and, yes, it's a beautiful start to the day. a bit chilly though. we have temperatures down below freezing for the valleys and now warming up slowly. 38 in livermore, 47 for san francisco. still in the 40s in san jose but look at the afternoon highs. it's going to be a nice afternoon. mid- to upper 60s for most of the bay area. 68 in san jose. livermore you're going to be 67 thanks to the ridge of high pressure and it will bring our temperatures to above average conditions tomorrow, as well. but here's where the big change comes. sunday into monday, when you wake up monday morning, low snow levels and cold temperatures.
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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." speaking of adrenaline olympic gold medalist red gerard at the table. so glad to have you here. lots to talk to you about. first it's time to show you the headlines from around the globe. "the wall street journal" says google is testing a system to help locate 911 callers. >> google's location information was more accurate than the phone carrier data. federal regulators estimate shaving a minute off response times could save 10,000 lives each year. >> u.s. world report, the babe bracket, what is it? it's a radio station promotion that places local female
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journalists in a tournament style contest based on their attractiveness. yikes. the women do not get a say about whether they want to be in the contest. yesterday, a reporter at kthv which is a cbs affiliate used the hash tag more than a babe. soon after female journalists from across the country weighed in to support her. the radio station intends to continue the contest. britain's daily telegraph reports on a study that suggests household cleaning products are as bad for you as smoking. researchers studied women who worked as cleaners or regularly used sprays for two decades and found to have lung decline equal to smoking 20 cigarettes a day over the same period. a separate study revealed urban air pollution such as cleaning fluid, shampoos and deodorant rival motor vehicle emissions. red gerard, love your name, the youngest male olympic snowboarding champ ever. the 17-year-old from colorado won a gold medal last week in
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the slopestyle event. he competed three runs down phoenix snow park mountain in south korea. the slopestyle is set up like an obstacle course and the rider creates his path through rails or jumps. runs are judged on the hite reached in the jumps, the degree of difficulty and execution of each trick and overall style. red gerard joins us now. welcome you to the table. redmond gerard? >> yes. >> i think red is very cool. this is what is neat, you're 17, youngest gold medal winner in this cater going to but your dad says you really didn't realize the olympics were such a big deal. how is that possible? >> yeah. i mean, i don't know. i always grew up watching other snowboarding competitions like the dew tour and x games and u.s. open and all that. i didn't really know what like the olympics were until about four years ago. and i don't know, i wasn't too caught up on it all. >> when you heard you're the youngest to win what are you thinking? what does that mean to you? >> the first for team usa, yeah.
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>> the first -- >> i just had a ton of time to think about it. on this whole media tour. it's been crazy. i got to think about it on the flight over here and it's been wild. >> back to the winning -- your run here. what was going through your head then or just like any other run and that's why it was so good? >> i mean, i don't know, like i fell on my twirs first two runs. kind of a bummer. a windy day. i mean i said to myself on all those contests just want to land the run. land the run. let's do that. >> look at that. >> that's your trick. that's the backside triple cork 1440, right? >> you said it, right. >> norah. >> what is that, my friend? >> what is that again? >> that's cool. >> that's four full rotations, with three flips in it. it's a spinner. i don't know. spins and flips. >> how often do you nail that? >> every contest basically like most competitors have to do that one. it's like a pretty popular trick right now. >> but you nail it 90% of the
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time? 100% of the time? >> probably 90, 85. >> so then you're down there watching, a few more runs after you, what's going through your head and when did you know i'm going to have some yorn matation in my pocket? >> i mean, honestly nothing was going through my head. i couldn't believe i landed a run at the olympics and once i found out i was on the podium i didn't care what spot i got as long as i got top three, that was insane. that's something i thought i would never be able to say in my life. i got top three at the olympics. >> red, how many siblings do you have? >> i'm one of seven. >> and you're number? >> six. >> six. how many boys? >> five including me and then two sisters. >> and there's 18 of your family members that are back in pyeongchang waiting for you to come back? >> yeah. yeah. they're all down there in seoul. >> how are you -- there's a sign that says we're here to get gerard. >> what does that mean? >> it's just the way to celebrate for sure. >> celebrate with? >> having a good time. >> yeah. >> but how are you able to be here? because i'm thinking you should
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be down there practicing? >> yeah. >> why are you here? >> well. >> we're glad but how are you here? >> thank you. yeah, so slopestyle started off the olympics and then my next event ends the olympics. i mean, the olympics is a month long. >> did you want to come home? >> i did actually. >> how come? >> get some burritos in my system. i want american food. >> what's the snowboarding and burritos and churros? >> they're just tasty. >> who doesn't like burritos and churros? >> are you a chipotle guy? >> i am yeah. i love it. it's my favorite place. i love it. >> that is not a paid advertisement. >> no. >> i like chipotle too. that's why i was curious. >> one other thing, you woke up late on the day of the race? >> yeah. >> sorry, the competition. what was that like? >> we were staying pretty far away from the mountain, like an hour bus ride up there. you have to wake up so early. i'm not used to waking up early at all. and i just slept in. it was like 10, 15 minutes late. >> and then you couldn't find your jacket? >> that was a struggle too,
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yeah. the jacket was a little tough. i had to borrow my roommate's jacket. >> his jacket is a lot bigger. >> little bigger. had to cinch it at the bottom. things gathered for the -- worked out. >> what's the best thing about being you right now at 17? you're the first one, the first team, what's the best thing about being you? >> the best thing. i mean i don't know i'm living my dream. try to have as much fun as i can and i travel all around the world doing what i love. it's awesome. >> and now i hear you have lots of prom proposals, people are saying hey, red, can i be your date to the prom? what are you saying to that? >> i actually have a girlfriend, but yeah, it's -- there's been so -- it's been wild. my social media has been going crazy. it's been wild. >> is your girlfriend also in the sport? >> she is. she competes in slope, same as me, slope and big air. she got sixth in slopestyle. >> great. >> we have a minute left can you put the gold medal on. john has one more question. >> what's it like carrying that around? >> well, the neck definitely
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starts to hurt. it's a heavy one for sure. but i try not to carry it around. once people see that i have it on, people want photos. >> yeah. >> they want to talk to you. >> red, you seem so chill. is this how you? you're so laid back and relaxed. is this just you? >> i mean, there's definitely times i'm not so relaxed but i try to be relaxed and have fun. >> what's the biggest challenge coming up in the competition you're going back for? >> probably just it's going to be a hard contest, really good people competing in this one. there's going to be lots of new tricks happening too. >> what's the big trick you're going to deploy? >> me. i have no clue yet, to be honest. there will be -- i mean -- >> when do you decide? >> when do i decide? i have to hit the jump first. there's -- i don't know the day of the contest i usually know what's going on. >> your older brother said at 2 in his words drag behind us, and we knew that he had something. >> yeah. >> you don't remember 2 but when
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you said, i love this sport? >> i remember at times where once he moved out to colorado struggling like the mountains were so big and i wasn't really prepared and used to it all. but i mean, after a week i slowly started getting better and realized it's quite the fun one. >> by 6 you were killer. >> yeah. >> red gerard, congratulations to you. you kicked off the olympics right for team usa. >> yeah. >> awesome to watch and good luck. we'll continue to watch. thanks so much. >> cheering you on. >> and in our series more perfect union chip reid shows us the women known as hair yet's haram who rallied around a friend with health struggles for 21 years. >> why do you do this? >> i enjoy it and like to be with hair yet. that's the main reason. helps her, helps me, and it's -- i introducing the pork belly blt
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with the cheeky name is keeping her strong. >> it's okay. >> reporter: a comforting massage. >> loved it. >> reporter: a manicure. >> i always remembered it. >> or just a walk down memory lane. >> said, kill her with kindness. >> reporter: this is what harriet haram is all about. 21 years ago harriet's friends created a care giving group when multiple sclerosis stole her physical freedom. every monday through friday she gets a visitor but when the group heard we were coming they all came at the same time to tell us about their extraordinary friend. >> why do you do this? >> it helps her, helps me, and it's -- i think it's good for me. >> it's just a joy for me to be able to be with her. my inspiration. >> karen is one of the founding members. >> is this an example of the old saying it's better to give than to receive?
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>> absolutely. >> we both give and receive at the same time. to me it's a win/win situation. >> reporter: barbara is a relatively junior member, joining just 11 years ago. she plays sudoko with harriet and organizes the calendar. >> what makes everyone want to take care of her? >> it's harriet. >> she stimulates all of us and i love really talking to her but i love listening to her. >> harriet has been very helpful to me in my personal life. whatever i can give back as i tell her quote/unquote, harriet you saved my life and now you're stuck with me forever. >> that is a consistent theme with this group, but harriet says she has the better end of the deal. >> what do you appreciate most? >> communication. >> communication. the talking. >> oh, yeah. >> is there some gossip that goes on? >> i would say there could be be. >> there could be. >> harriet's husband jerry says the haram gives her a level of
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support that he can't. >> do you believe that her health is better today than it would be if she did not have harriet's harem. >> her mental health. >> sflooabsolutely. >> her worst times are the weekend when i'm on duty. >> when you're on duty. >> and there's no one here at all. >> harriet's daughters agree. >> benefits that we see in mom, if other people could use this and also be able to do duplicate it. >> she doesn't think of herself as sick. she thinks she can't move. >> yeah. >> it's the attitude that helps. >> is that right? >> it is indeed. >> it's an inconvenience? >> yeah. >> her family and her harems say positive outlook on life is harriet's gift to them. >> i want people getting out of this to see how wonderful my wife is. >> simple as that. you're a lucky man. >> i am. this is a happy story. i want people to understand this
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is a happy story. >> for "cbs this morning," chip reid, potomac, maryland. >> oh. i love that story. so much. >> that's how i take it too, is a happy story. shows you the power of friendships what it can do for you. >> you see it all in harriet's eyes. >> that's right. >> light up a room with those. >> win win for everybody. >> up next. we'll look at all that mattered this week. you're watching "cbs this morning." mattered this week. you're watching "cbs this morning." ing." fety." "i wasn't going to invite people over and when i saw what their homes looked like." "i didn't know where i was gonna go, what i was gonna do." "we're in darkness, but there is always a little bit of light, and if people help, the light becomes greater." "just walking into that house was the beginning of a different life." "because of this house, i'm home." you can change the lives of families in your community and around the world. join us. habitat, we build.
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they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california. murder. >> coming apart at the seams, that is the description of the west wing from a top white house adviser. >> the f followed protocol. >> the snowy conditions that had rescuers racing to get to the climbers. >> passengers describe a loud bang and then shaking. >> i really believed we were going to die. >> he would be allowed to stay in the u.s. >> i'm going to get to go home with my kids and my wife. >> the usa has now won all four gold medals. >> all the emotions hit me. i won.
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>> my family has sacrificed so much for me. >> i'm starting to get how big the olympics is. >> look where he is now. hey, there, buddy. in our toyota green room. >> what are you getting? >> getting some fuel. >> getting some fool. >> look at the speed on that one. >> best in show will be the bichon frise. >> it looks like you could take him and rub him on your face. >> americans will spend nearly $20 billion on valentine's day. >> we should throw a party, but let's not inslight anyone else. >> i got my valentine's greeting from the doorman. i go, oh, today's valentine's day? that's what you say when you ain't got no valentine. >> you say you have a very close relationship with vladimir putin. since you're secretary of state, he doesn't seem to be particularly concerned about the warnings you're giving him. >> i don't know. we'll see if he's concerned or not.
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>> do you think this white house is allowing someone without the proper clearance to handle some of the nation's top secrets and is kelly culpable? >> what are they trying to find out? >> they want to understand the mental history. this ought to be at the top of the threats because we have an obligation to protect children. >> every child is our child. >> no child, no teacher should ever be in danger in an american school. >> my girl, my 14-year-old baby, i sent her to school. she was supposed to be safe. >> i think that this could have been prevented. he should have never been able to get a gun. >> hold onto your loved ones. cherish everything. the entire country is grieving with you. >> a day we've seen the worth in humanity. tomorrow it's going to bring out the best in humanity.
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state senator tony mendoza is suing the state senate. he claims his constitutional good morning, it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego. state senator tony mendoza is suing the state senate claiming his constitutional rights were violated when lawmakers extended his voluntary leave of absence over sexual harassment allegations. he also argued his l.a. county constituents are being denied representation. san jose is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet levels outlined in the paris climate accord. san jose clean energy will be launched later this year and make 100% emission-free electricity available to everyone who participates in the program. today begins the lunar new year. the year of the dog is lighting up cities around the world. san francisco's own lunar new year parade is february 24th.
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good morning. on the golden gate bridge, traffic is moving along nicely. no delays right now as you work your way northbound seeing some slight delays though on the southbound side approaching the toll plaza. we had a breakdown on the side that's cleared. hopefully you will get back up to speed there quickly. northbound 880, looking a bit better. you still are slow from 238 to
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the maze as you work your way through oakland. 30 minutes there. and 580 westbound still slow near high street but that accident now cleared. if you are heading from 238 to 24, 22 minutes. taking a look at these clear skies, right behind the transamerica pyramid, it's going to be a nice day. it started off cool with no cloud cover and now in the 40s for most us. 49 san jose. 47 san francisco. here are your afternoon highs. mid- to upper 60s today. 68 san jose. mountain view at 66 degrees. livermore also warm at 67. thanks to high pressure and this high pressure ridge ridge will impact us for your saturday, as well. so temperatures will be warmer tomorrow than they are today. but then sunday is the big drop in our conditions. we are going to see some sierra snowfall possible monday morning. even low snow levels down to 1,000 feet. that's how cold it's going to be. unfortunately, not much moisture expected for the bay area. but definitely going to notice that cooldown.
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