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growing popularity of at home genetic tests to screen for diseases. dr. david agus tell us about the benefits and concerns. but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> a man claiming allegiance to isis taking hostages inside of a >> at least two people have been killed and up to a dozen others injured. >> a hostage situation unfolds in france. >> the gunman has been shot and killed. >> president trump says he's considering a veto of the spending bill citing concerns over the border wall funding and dreamers. >> a personnel change. mcmaster is out and bolton is in. >> i'm pleased and honored to carry it out. >> president trump's stiff new tariffs on chinese imports and stocks plummeting. >> if they charge us, we charge them the same thing. that's the way it's got to be. that's not the way it is. >> outrage in california. protesters are angry over the
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police shooting death of an unarmed black man. >> record rainfall swamping much of california, flooding streets and swelling rivers. >> the rescues. >> a school bus collided with a tractor trailer in south carolina. >> no one on this bus was seriously hurt. >> all that -- >> the ball first. it ain't over yet. >> loyola chicago moving on to the elite eight. >> and all that matters. >> president trump speaking at an event for millennials. >> what advice would you give to the 25-year-old donald trump knowing what you know today? >> don't run for president. >> on "cbs this morning." >> hello, nashville, i'm your local weather man. >> the 6-year-old has gone viral with his weather report. >> cold. >> the best weather report i have ever seen. >> this kid puts on quite a show. >> ahh, a hurricane!
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that little kid's got a future in the weather business. welcome to "cbs this morning." norah's off today but no worries about that because bianna golodryga is here. that's always a good thing. >> happy friday. >> as you wake up in the west, we are following breaking news. a deadly apparent terror attack in france ended just moments ago. >> officials say security forces killed the attacker in a raid. earlier, police say, the attacker killed at least three people. he was holed up inside a supermarket in a standoff with police. ep claimed a connection to isis. >> the traumatic events unfolded in the small city of trebes in southern france. elizabeth palmer is in london following the breaking developments. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, the police have finally ended what had become a standoff that has lasted several hours. they now tell us that the
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suspect's violent spree began quite early this morning in a different place altogether. he apparently shot a victim in the head in the city of cahcassonne and then opened fire on police officers returning from a morning jog. he sped to a suburban supermarket and took shoppers hostage. the french media say the suspect is a man in his 30s with moroccan roots and he was already known to the police for links to extremism. witnesses say that at the supermarket, he shouted, i am a soldier of the islamic state. and, in fact, some french media are saying he demanded that sal law abdeslam be freed from jail. you may remember, he was one of the only surviving terrorists after the bataclan nightclub attack in 2015. at the supermarket where the hostages were being held, a french military officer volunteered to go in if the gunman would let the hostages go. he did that. some of them were injured.
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and two of them, as you mentioned, were killed. as we now know, the gunman is dead too. gayle. >> yes, very sorry for the loss of life but glad that is over. thank you very much, elizabeth palmer reporting from london. new turnover at the white house. could signal a major shift in american foreign policy. president trump taps former u.n. ambassador john bolton to become his third national security adviser yesterday. he replaces h.r. mcmaster, who took over after michael flynn was fired. bolton is known for advocating hard-line positions on iran and north korea and his appointment is raising big concerns about an increased possibility of military conflict in global crises. chip reid is at the white house. chip, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. john bolton has served three republican presidents, most recently george w. bush. he is a divisive foreign policy figure who has advocated the use of military force against both iran and north korea and his appointment signals a hawkish
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turn for president trump. >> they'll always be change. >> reporter: the reshaping of the president's white house team continued thursday when mr. trump replaced national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, with whom he never clicked personally, with john bolton, a foreign policy hawk, whose views will closely mirror his own. the bolton for mcmaster swap had been rumored for weeks. even after bolton was spotted at the white house yesterday, advisers denies change was afoot. >> it's still sinking in. >> reporter: the president's announcement left even bolton surprised. he appeared on fox news less than an hour after the tweet. >> i didn't really expect that announcement this afternoon. >> reporter: bolton has promoted the use of force in both iran and north korea. writing last month that it was perfectly legitimate to strike north korea first and in 2015 recommending the u.s. bomb iran. >> the iran deal is coming up. >> reporter: in may, the president will decide whether to remain in the iran nuclear deal. bolton, a fierce opponent of the
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accord, is expected to argue for withdrawal. >> certify and exit the deal. >> reporter: and the pending summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> i think they want to make peace. i think it's time. >> reporter: bolton's new role could scramble the white house's preparations for the proposed meeting. >> talking to the north koreans is a waste of time. >> reporter: there was also turnover on the president's legal team thursday as the lead lawyer dealing with special counsel robert mueller's investigation john dowd resigned. dowd was squeezed out when the president hired former u.s. attorney joe di genova earlier this week. sources say dowd was also very much opposed to the president doing an interview with mueller, something mr. trump said yesterday he would like to do. >> mr. president, would you still like to testify to special counsel robert mueller, sir? >> thank you. i would like to. i would like to. >> reporter: during the last bush administration, members of both parties in the senate tried to block his appointment to the u.n. ambassador. but in his new job, he does not need senate confirmation.
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so you've got bolton coming in to the nsa, the national security adviser. you've got mike pompeo, another hawk, coming in as secretary of state. some analysts believe the only person in the president's top foreign policy appointment at this point who has a voice of moderation is secretary of defense jim mattis, gayle. >> hard to keep track of all the changes, thank you, chip. president trump, as you know, just tweeted he's considering a veto on the spending bill congress passed overnight because it's missing the daca protection and does not give enough funding for the border wall. isn't it fair to say this tweet came as a surprise? >> gayle, a huge surprise. if the president does actually veto this bill, a government shutdown would begin at midnight tonight. now, somebody in the white house sent us a text a little while ago. he said he was probably watching the coverage on fox and saw the criticism of the omnibus bill. so it's possible he's simply venting his anger, as he often does, on twitter.
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if he does veto this bill, no one will be more surprised than his own staff, mick mulvaney, the budget direct, promised yesterday he would sell it, and the white house has called this a, quote, win for the american people, gayle. >> chip reid, reporting from the white house, thank you. china says it is not afraid of a trade war with the u.s. and is fighting back against president trump with its own tariffs on u.s. goods. the retaliation comes after the president unveiled up to $60 billion in tariffs on some chinese imports yesterday. that decision sent shockwaves through the stock market. the dow bounced back this morning after plunging more than 700 points yesterday. ben tracy is in beijing with china's pushback. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so if tecome a trade war, the last 24 hours might be remembered as the opening battle. the chinese government is now saying the u.s. is being arrogant and that it should step back from the brink before things get a whole lot worse.
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now, in response to u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum that went into effect today, china is now proposing its own tariffs on more than 100 u.s. products. these include fresh fruit, nuts, wine, steel pipe, as well as pork and recycled aluminum. now, these total about $3 billion. those u.s. goods would become more expensive here in china. that could cause american farmers and companies to lose business. china's ambassador to the u.s. went on state tv here to talk about the possibility of a trade war. >> as far as a possible trade war is concerned, we never wanted to start. but if somebody imposes a trade war on us, we'll fight to the end. >> reporter: now, the ambassador also took issue with allegations that the chinese government steels american technology from companies operating here. he called those baseless and said it's a form of discrimination. john. >> thank you, ben. ben tracy for us in beijing.
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let's bring in "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan. good morning. i want to go back to the changes at the white house here. give us your sense. there's now a new national security adviser. there's going to be, as chip mentioned, a new secretary of state. how does his team get his act together on the eve of these very important talks with north korea? >> well, defense secretary jim mattis has to be feeling very alone right now. he is one of the lone moderates left at the table in that national security counsel session. and that's saying a lot because if you remember it was matt es who was pushed out of the obama administration because they thought he was too hard lined on iran. now, he's the one who caused pushing and cautioning for restraint when it comes to that nuclear deal, and also, he has pushed back on this idea of a preempti preemptive, rather than preventive, war with north korea. so the president is surrounding himself with mike pompeo with john bolton, with a team that is
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much more muscular in its approach to foreign policy and much less embracing of diplomacy as a way out. remember, it was rex tillerson, the secretary of state, who was just pushed out, who had been pushing for talks. now you have the president saying he'll take those on directly. and it seems to be a very different approach to finding a path forward. >> on that north korea question and the question of preemptive war, we're at the 15th anniversary of the iraq war, which president trump said was one of the biggest mistakes in american history. john bolton on the other hand, supporter of the iraq war, and also has talked about preemptive action on north korea. but what is the u.s. policy with respect to regime change in north korea and is there any chance that would change. >> >> you'john, you're asking f doctrine that hasn't been articulated. diplomats will tell you we don't have a clear strategy articul e articulated for north korea or iran other than let's try to avoid a war first with north korea. with these foreigny te shake-ups, you also see the
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shake-up in terms of a plan of action. and as you say, john bolton has not only continued to defend the iraq war, but if you look back at what president trump said on the campaign trail, he said that was a catastrophic mistake. he firmly rejected this new conservative idea of being able to go in, reshape a country and change the trajectory of it. and yet that's what john bolton has continued to say. he believes was the right choice at the time. so it's not clear that you can draw out a trump doctrine from some of these changes. it just seems the president is surrounding himself with people who are hard lined, people who can articulate their views strongly on television like john bolton has, and who seem to be affirming what he has campaigned on, such as withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal. >> all right, margaret, thanks, lots to untangle there on sunday, we'll be watching. sunday on "face the nation" margaret talks with mark warner from the senate intelligence committee, senator joni ernst
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and students from the parkland school rampage who have differing views on guns. sunday here on cbs. a former playboy model is speaking out about her alleged affair with president trump before he took office. karen mcdougal described the alleged relationship in her first tv interview. mcdougal is one of two women seeking to free themselves from legal agreements so they can speak freely about alleged affairs with the president. the other is adult film star stormy daniels. paula reid is at the white house. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. karen mcdougal shared intimate details about her relationship with the president, but this could get her in trouble in a judge finds that this interview violates the agreement she made not to talk about her relationship with the president. speaking with anderson cooper, former playboy model karen mcdougal revealed details of her alleged ten-month affair with president trump, which she says began in summer 2006. >> after we had been intimate,
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he tried to pay me. and i actually did not know how to take that. >> did he try to hand you money? >> he did. >> reporter: mcdougal says she was attracted to trump, even in love, but admits she doesn't have much evidence to support her story. >> if you're in a loving relationship, do you try and collect evidence? >> reporter: she says she ended the relationship in 2007 out of guilty and now has this message for the first lady. >> what can you say except i'm sorry, i'm sorry. i wouldn't want it done to me. >> reporter: on tuesday, mcdougal filed a lawsuit against american media incorporated, demanding she be released from a 2016 legal agreement that she says effectively silenced her from speaking out about the alleged relationship. she alleges trump's personal attorney, michael cohen, was secretly involved in the deal making. >> i feel like the contract is illegal. i feel like i wasn't presented
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correctly. >> reporter: ami responded to the suit saying mcdougal has been free to respond to press inquiries about her relationship with president trump since 2016. adult film star stormy daniels says she also had an affair with the president. cbs news obtained a letter her lawyer sent to the trump organization on thursday. it demands the company preserve its records relating to a $130,000 payment daniels received as part of a nondisclosure agreement that cohen negotiated. daniel's attorney cites unmistakable links that mr. trump's company was involved in the transaction before the 2016 presidential election. a lawyer for michael cohen calls this lawyer, quote, more posturing, but he's confident that this frivolous lawsuit will be thrown out soon. the white house and cohen continues to deny that the president had relationships with either one of these women but a watchdog group has asked the scc and the justice department to look into what that $150,000
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payment to mcdougal was possibly an illegal campaign contribution. >> a reminder, you can watch stormy daniels interview with anderson cooper sunday on "60 minutes." this is the first and only television interview in which daniels speaks about the alleged relationship. that's sunday here on cbs. >> i'll be watching with some popcorn. they're all talking. protests are intensifying in sacramento after two police officers shot and killed an unarmed black man. the officers thought that 22-year-old stephon clark had a gun, he did not. hundreds of people shut down a freeway and blocked entrances to the golden one center, that's where the nba team the kings were just getting ready to play a game. ann marie green is tracking the protests. >> we stand here before you, old, young, black, white, brown, and we are all united in our commitment. >> reporter: the crowd inside sacramento's golden one center arena last night was thin, but the message from sacramento
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kings owner vivek ran dadive. >> we're going to work hard to prevent this tragedy from happening again. >> reporter: ranadive was compelled to speak because protesters were blocking ticket holders from getting inside the arena. the outrage over the death of a father of two and sacramento resident stephon clark. clark was killed last sunday when officers who were pursuing him on foot for suspected vandalism mistook his cell phone for a gun and began shooting at him. they unloaded at least 20 rounds from their weapons, but they later learned clark was unarmed. >> it's a phone not a gun! >> reporter: earlier yesterday, sacramento's black lives matter group called on supporters to take their outrage to the street. >> take this fight to these
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streets! they out in these streets killing us! >> reporter: they ended at the arena where their motive was clear. >> we're disrupting. we're making everybody uncomfortable. being black in sacramento and america is uncomfortable. so today we're going to make people feel how we feel, uncomfortable. >> our thanks to ann marie green. newly released surveillance video shows las vegas gunman stephen paddock in the days before he massacred 58 people at an outdoor concert. ahead, how he got nearly two
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district officials will be considering various design options for good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. today, golden gate bridge district officials will be considering various design options for a new toll gantry at the south end of the span. they are not voting on anything today. construction on the gantry is expected to start by the end of next year. napa high school will be getting a new mascot. last night, the school district's board voted to retire the school's indian mascot after complaints from some native americans. a new name and logo have not yet been select. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment.
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good morning. we continue to track slowdowns for drivers heading through the north bay. an earlier accident really slowed things down along the southbound direction of 101 as you approach sir francis drake boulevard. you can see that backup stretches although he is to ignacio boulevard at this
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point and you're in for a slow ride speeds under 20 miles per hour. and your ride heading across the richmond/san rafael bridge, that's been a tough one if you are heading westbound out of richmond over to san rafael. we are looking at about just about 25 minutes. let's check in with emily. >> it's clear as far as the weather is concerned. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge, beautiful just maybe a little bit of haze out there. in san francisco temperatures currently 47 degrees in the 30s in the north bay. 34 santa rosa. 41 concord. your high temperatures today will be in the mid-50s to low 60s. scattered showers through the weekend, sunny and warm next week. does this map show the
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kansas state tomorrow. sister jean knows people very high places. >> very clever of them to give up losing for lent. >> annf doe't she? >> love her. >> illuminated from within. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. the city of atlanta is trying to recover after a ransom ware cyberattack. yesterday, hackers warned some internal systems were being held hostage. the attack caused online bill paying services and some law enforcement data to be unavailable. the hackers are demanding a payment in bit coin to decrypt those systems. the fbi is helping with the investigation. >> a massive fire ripped through a movie set in new york city last night, killing a firefighter and badly burning two others. the fire erupted in a building being used to shoot the movie "motherless brooklyn." starring edward norton, bruce willis and alec baldwin.
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37-year-old firefighter michael davidson was killed. the father of four was a 15-year veteran of the new york fire department. and another loss for toys "r" us. one week after the company said it was closing all its stores, the retailer announced its founder died yesterday. charles lazarus, who was 94 years old. his death came on the same day billionaire toy manufacturer isaac larinen announced a go fund me account to try to save the company. so far, $2 million has been rai raised. newly released las vegas video shows gunman stephen paddock in the days before he opened fire from his mandalay bay hotel room killing 58 people. the suitcases contained assault style rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition. but it offers no clear clues as to why he carried out the
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attack. carter evans is outside the mandalay bay resort and casino in las vegas. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. mgm said it released the video because it wanted to provide greater context around stephen paddock's actions leading up to the shooting. the hotel says the video shows he gave no outward indication of the massacre he was planning to commit. in a series of security videos from the mandalay bay hotel, steven paddock appears like any other guest. he checks into his suite on the 32nd floor, plays video poker and buys snacks. his demeanor throughout this video -- >> so calm. that is the true mark of a sociopath. >> reporter: this is a retired lieutenant with the las vegas metro police department. he's going about his business, he's tipping the guys. a guy who can order lunch knowing he's going to kill people. that's not normal. >> reporter: paddock can be seen
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coming and going from the hotel. wheeling luggage to his room. sometimes by himself. other times with a bellhop through the service elevator. over seven days, he brought in 23 guns and at least 22 pieces of luggage. should have that set off any alarm bells or red flags? >> not really. i mean, you can see that he plotted this very well. the fact that he used different bell people every time he came in. it was somebody else on duty. so there wasn't one bell guy who said, you know, geez, why is this guy bringing in, you know, 4,000 pieces of luggage? >> reporter: the security video tracks right up to the day of the shooting. he gambled into the early morning hours. that night, he would carry out the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. he killed 58 people and wounded more than 500. in january, investigators released a preliminary report saying police and the fbi believed paddock acted alone. but now nearly six months later
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they still don't have a motive. >> most people want to know is why. >> that's the burning question. why would a guy who, you know, supposedly has a fairly happy successful life, has plenty of money, has a home, has a girlfriend what goes on inside a brain like that that suddenly triggers a mass murder? will we ever know it? i think if we don't know now, we never will. >> reporter: paddock's girlfriend mary lou danly was initially named in search warrants in the case. police searched her media cou accounts to see if she knew anything before the shooting. she is no longer considered a person of interest. >> carter, thank you. facebook chief operating officer sheryl sandburg says she regrets the company did not do more to protect user's personal data. speaking for the first time since the data mining scandal hit the company. she described it as a breach of
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♪ hello from the other side the battle against the rise in unwanted robo calls is escalating. the federal communications and trade commissions are holding a joint forum right now to address the issue. consumers received more than 18 billion robo calls in 2017 according to the tech company hiya. unwanted robo calls are the number one complaint consumers make to the government. they filed more than 1.9 million complaints in the first five months of 2017. anna werner is here with what's being done to address the problem. i guess it's good to know the government's addressing it, right? >> well, we'll see.
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more than 4 million people have taken the time to complain to the federal government about robo calls since last year. there are now fines and new technology aimed at stopping them. but some consumer groups we spoke to say the government is not doing enough. virginia real estate agent jim duncan says he gets about 7 to 10 robo calls a week. for someone whose business is built on getting new clients. >> it's a massive annoyance that really interferes with my business. >> reporter: duncan no longer answers calls from unknown numbers and wants the robo calls to stop. >> i'd like to have the confidence and trust that when my phone rings it's not going to be a robo caller and it's not going to be a political ad and it's not going to be a spoofed phone number. >> reporter: robo calls range from desky telemarketers. >> i've just following up on the repair of your clients. >> reporter: to threatening scammers. >> there's a nonbailable arrest warrant issued under your name. >> reporter: last month alone, tech company you mail found
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consumers received 2.7 billion of those calls. ftc chairman ajit pai says they've been working hard. >> the agencies like the ftc are on the same page in terms of the priority it deserves and the level of the seriousness we need to address the problem with. >> reporter: in the past year, the fcc proposed over $200 million in fines against illegal spoofing by telemarketers. and the commission recently adopted new rules allowing phone companies to block calls that are likely to be fraudulent, like calls from area codes that don't exist. tech company hiya says it's partnered with at&t to begin doing just that. >> how do we improve our detection rate? >> reporter: ceo alex algard. >> we applied machine learning to look for patterns to identify spammers and robo callers. here we can see the phone ringing. i see here that i just received
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a potential fraud call. >> reporter: the telecommunications trade group ctia says all of the national wireless carriers now offer robo call prevention options. t mobile launched scam i.d. where the screen indicates scam likely for suspected fraudulent calls. verizon says it has spam alert which warns customers about identified robo calls. and sprint has premium caller i.d., which shows caller's names that are not in your contact lift list. there are also over 500 apps customers can use to arm themselves. but consumer groups like the national consumer law center say even with those steps, consumers still get far too many robo calls. they want to see technologies that authenticate or verify that a number is valid. margot saunders is senior council at the lclc. >> if the commission wants to protect consumers they should put deadlines on the requirements and they should mandate that they be implemented
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as soon as possible. >> we're going to encourage that as strongly as we can and work with industry and with other federal agencies as strongly as we can. in the meantime, we want to take as much action as we can within our authority to stop the scourge. >> reporter: saunders is also concerned about a recent federal court ruling. she says that rolled back some regulations that protect consumers from auto dial services like telemarketers. it's now up to the ftc to decide to uphold those regulations and chairman pai says they haven't decided yet. the spam alert, spam i.d., i've never seen that. i'm one of the big three but i've never seen that so i'm waiting. >> your carrier starts with what initial? >> not going to out them because i've considered it's an industrywide problem. >> i like the chairman saying stop the scourge. but if your phone keeps going, that gets very annoying too. >> it sure does. >> thank you very much, anna wern werner. coming up next, a look at the other headlines, including why
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say they called police -- after jehad eid d someone was afte it's: 56. i'm kenny choi. relatives of a suspect involved in an office-involved shooting say they called police after a jehad eid said someone as after him. the fbi is treating a fiery incident at a northern california military base as an act of terrorism. wednesday night, an suv caught on fire after crashing into the main gate at travis air force base. the driver was killed in the crash. the fbi is not releasing his identity. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a momen t. we have one to two fires a day and when ynd together and you put your lives on the line, you do have to surround yourself with experts. and for us the expert in gas and electric is pg&e. we run about 2,500/2,800 fire calls a year and on almost every one of those calls pg&e is responding to that call as well. and so when we show up to a fire and pg&e shows up with us
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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's friday, march 23rd, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we're following breaking news. the suspect in an apparent terrorist attack in france is dead. security forces killed him in a raid on the supermarket where he had taken hostages. we'll have the latest on this unfolding story. here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. a deadly apparent terror attack in france ended just moments ago. >> the suspect's violent spree began in a different place altogether. he apparently shot a victim in the head and opened fire on four police officers. john bolton has served three republican presidents and he is a divisive foreign policy figure who has advocating the use of military force against both iran and north korea. the president is surrounding himself with mike pompeo, with john bolton, a team that is much
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more muscular in its approach to foreign policy and less embracing of foreign policy. >> it might be remembered as the opening battle. the chinese government is saying the u.s. should step back before the brink before things get worse. >> karen mcdougal shared intimate details and could get her in trouble if the judge finds this interview violates the agreement she made not to talk about her relationship the. >> the joe biden in a rally at miami talking about trump's behavior around women and he said if we were in high school i would take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him. wouldn't it be funny biden saw "black panther" and this is how he takes over the white house. i challenge the commander in chief. each scar represents a time i ran for president. i'm gayle king with john dickerson and bianna golodryga. norah is off today. we're following breaking news. the end to an apparent terror attack in france. the french interior minister says the attacker was killed in a raid by security forces.
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they stormed the supermarket where he had taken hostages. police say the attacker's rampage killed at least three people. france's president said all evidence points to this being a terror attack. >> the standoff and raid unfolded in trebes in southern france. elizabeth palmer is following breaking developments from london. good morning. >> by the time the police stormed the supermarket the standoff had already lasted several hours, but the suspect had started on his violent spree much earlier in the day with a carjacking in the city of carcassonne in the south of france during which he shot the driver dead. some time later he opened fire on four police officers returning from a morning jog. and then finally sped to this sup supermarket where he took shoppers hostage. the french minister said he was known to the police but for petty crimes, not considered an
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islamist threat. at the super market witnesses say he had shouted "i am a soldier of the islamic state" and the french media say he demanded that salah abba slam be freed from jail one of the terrorists that survived the bataclan night club shooting in 2015. at the supermarket a french military officer volunteered to go in exchange for the hostages all freed except for two who were killed and as we all know, he is dead as well. >> cbs news will continue to monitor the story. elizabeth palmer in london, thank you. a former "playboy" model is apologizing to first lady melania trump for an alleged affair she had with donald trump before he was president. in an emotional interview with cnn, karen mcdougal detailed her alleged 10-month affair in 2006 and 2007. she says she knew mr. trump was married. she claimed she ended the relationship because she felt guilty. mcdougal also said she and the president shared strong feelings
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for each other. >> you believe, though, he had real feelings for you? >> of course he did. i know he did. >> he would say that? >> he did. >> were you in love with him? >> i was, yeah. >> and do you think he was in love with you? >> he was. >> did donald trump ever say to you that he loved you? >> all the time. he always told me he loved me. yeah. of course. >> did he have any nicknames for you? >> he would call me baby or call me beautiful karen. >> mcdougal is one of two women trying to get out of legal agreements to speak openly about their alleged affairs with mr. trump. the second is adult film star stormy daniels. the white house and president trump's attorney michael cohen deny trump had relationships with mcdougal or daniels. no wife wants to hear her husband is telling another woman he lives her. in a reminder you can watch stormy daniels' interview with anderson cooper interview on "60
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minutes" the first and only television interview in which daniels speaks about their alleged relationship. that's sunday here on cbs. tomorrow thousands of students are expected to take to the streets in washington and cities around the country. they're demanding an end to school shootings and other gun violence. the so-called march for our lives is organized by a gup of survivors -- group of survivors of the school rampage in parkland, florida, days after the attack, cbs news embedded with these students as they formed the never again movement. >> the founding members are marjory stoneman douglas members, kasky, gonzalez, hogg and tarr. these students turned activists show their tireless fight for a change in gun laws in america. in the cbs news documentary, "39 days" airs tomorrow night and this morning we have a look at never before seen video from the documentary.
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>> i checked nick's pulse. he was right next to me and so did sam. i saw nick and helena were dead. >> they say that tougher gun laws do not decrease violence. we call b.s. >> we're trying to get people to stop dying. i'm not the same person because like all of that information has traveled at like light speed. >> the fact that 100 people have tried to follow me in the past half hour, you're trending on twitter. >> i know. >> we all have these different things that we're saying, different things we're doing that people were responding to and that was just kind of a natural push to get us to all come together and become like a uniteders. >> what we have set up right now, a website, march for our lives, going to be doing a march
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in march on washington where we get students all over the country are going to be joining us. the adults let us down. >> it feels like it's been weeks and how many days has it been, five, four? >> not even. >> this started at my house. we've been there. >> i haven't seen her in like 20 minutes. >> the original goals of never again were to make one center where we could all be together and grieve and demand change in one spot. >> we were trying to focus on what would get the most people behind us, who can we send out to which interviews. >> be there around 6:20. >> everybody is on computers and making calls and trying to remember to eat. >> cbs news learned the suspect nikolas cruz purchased at least seven rifles over the last year. >> it's not trying to destroy the second amendment. it's not trying to take away
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everyone's guns. >> we are leaving. >> we want universal background checks, we want reasonable gun reform. >> how is it going, guys? thank you for coming up here. >> what we need to do is talk about it to lawmakers and they're not even showing up to our meetings. >> we knew this was going to be hard, but we weren't expecting this. hopefully we'll get to speak to someone. >> don't give up hope, guys. don't. please. >> she was so sympathetic to us and she really understood us, i think. >> i think we have forgotten why we're serving and you need to remind us. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> i mean, it's a little daunting, but we are perfectly willing to take on the task. >> it should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i'm pissed. ♪ >> i'm like a lion now since
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she's been shot. murdered. it's great that the kids are out there together and they have a voice, you know. i feel their pain. but if they're going to concentrate on gun control i think they're wasting their time. what we need right now in this country is school safety. >> perimeter around a school just like there is at a courthouse. the new norm is going to be at a school in the future it's going to be like going into the airport. >> press secretary sarah sanders says here at the white house, officials will take the next two weeks to meet with students, educator, law enforcement and governors to discuss what can be done. >> i've had to stare mothers and fathers who have lost their children in the eye. it's the fact that we're getting something done here that makes everything okay. not really, but it makes everything seem okay. i mean sometimes when i'm falling asleep i start to remember and it starts to hit
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me, 17 times. >> yeah. remind yourself how young these children are and how poised they are and determined they are. something we're going to be following across the country tomorrow as a movement. >> it's amazing to see their stories be reminded of their power and it was -- what's different from this and other shootings often a lot of focus on the person who did the act and in this case the focus is on the victims and survivors. >> a lot of support. >> they do. and you can see the full documentary "39 days" tomorrow at 8:00, 7:00 central on cbs. >> the average tax refund for americans is just over $3,000. jill schlesinger is here in studio 57 in the green room. she will be at the table to tell you how to use that cash to jump
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this morning's eye on money how to fund your retirement with a tax refund. with the tax filing deadline less than one month away the irs has already handled more than 67 million returns. a large majority of taxpayers will get a refund. the average is just over $3,000. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with the best ways to use the money when it comes to planning your retirement. always great to have you on. thank you so much for being here. >> good morning. >> if you're thinking about
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investing your return in an environment fund what is the best choice? >> we're looking at an ira or roth ira. that's the thing people hear about the most. there's a lot of confusion. with a traditional ira you get a tax deduction, grows without any tax until you retire. when you take the money out the money is taxed at whatever tax bracket you are in the future. a roth is different. no tax deduction today. money still grows without any taxation. when you take the money out later, there is no tax due. when i first got into the financial planning business 100 years ago we used to say, roths are good for people who are young and their incomes will rise. that has changed. a lot of people believe that putting that money away today in a roth is really advantageous because tax brackets are dropping. so i would encourage everyone to really take a hard look at the roth. >> are there limits to contributing to a roth? >> there absolutely are. there are income limits as a single, $133,000 or less for
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last year's taxes, this year 135,000 and married filing jointly for 2018 below about $199,000. so most people can do it. if you are lucky enough to make lots of money and can't contribute something called a backdoor roth. put money into a nondeductible ira and convert it to a roth and you have a roth ira. >> what happens if you have a company 401(k), should you kind of put your tax refund in that or is this something you should open up in addition? >> it depends on what your plan is invested in. a lot of big retirement plans are great. they've got awesome options. of course you wouldn't know because most people spend more time looking at how much my netflix costs, i think 96% of people know what their streaming costs versus 27% who know how much their retirement plans cost. if you have a great retirement plan, use it. if not use your plan up to the match and open a roth ira with a difference.
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>> all right. jill schlesinger good to have you here, thank you. >> prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. the invitations are in the mail. the coveted invites and what they reveal about the big day, may 19th. you're watching "cbs this morning." thank you for that. we'll be right back. th is the wedding day. you're watching "cbs this morning." this morning's eye on money sponsored by td ameritrade, call, go on-line or visit a branch today. rade. call, go online, or visit a branch today. my two. his three. along with two dogs and jake, our new parrot. that is quite the family. quite a lot of colleges to pay for though. a lot of colleges. you get any financial advice? yeah, but i'm pretty sure it's the same plan they sold me before. well your situation's totally changed now. right, right. how 'bout a plan that works for 5 kids, 2 dogs and jake over here? that would be great. that would be great. that okay with you, jake? get a portfolio that works for you now and as your needs change from td ameritrade investment management. brushing only reaches 25% of your mouth. listerine® cleans virtually 100%. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath.
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prince harry and meghan markle are visiting northern ireland today as part of their official joint visit to the province. the couple's wedding is eight weeks away now. may 19th. yesterday kensington palace announced the official invitations are in the mail. charlie d'agata is in london outside kensington palace.
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good morning to you. >> good morning. 56 days, but who's counting. we're counting. for those who have been invited receiving the golden ticket will be an event in itself. behold the most coveted wedding invitation of the cenry. not counting the other one. the gilded invites are printed in american ink on english paper in keeping with the transatlantic spirit of their union. handmade by the delightfully named apprentice. >> keeping it for my mom. anything else she would be the first person i called. >> reporter: secrets remain who may be on the list and not. royal correspondent. >> do you think president trump or any of the family will be invited? >> no. president trump won't be invited and never expected to be invited. this is not a state occasion or wedding. >> reporter: the invitation reveals a traditional dress
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code. day dress with hat. whether harry now general capital of the royal marines will don full military dress as he did for his brother's wedding or opt for a dressed down morning suit is anybody's guess. there's an even more exclusive list, only 200 guests made the cut for the private reception that night at frogmore house. >> the evening, 200 people, very close family and friends, they're doing that so that everyone gets to see them and it stays public. >> reporter: it served as a hideout when the couple's romance was on the down low and became the location of their first official engagement shoot. the guest list is multiteared. 200 at the reception, 600 in the church service, another 2600 members of the public who have been invited to windsor castle to witness the arrival of the couple, carriage and the wedding gown up close.
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john? >> charlie d'agata at kensington p pal lashgs thanks. >> you know i want to go and i'm not getting an invitation so it's just wishful thinking. i'm fascinated by both of them. i think they make such a great couple. >> i wonder how many people are going to get an invitation for whom it's going to be a surprise. >> exclusive party and then a more exclusive party. >> very nice. >> do it yourself genetic testing is on the rise. dr. david agus is in the toyota green room. he will show us what you can learn from home kits and why there's more to your future health than dna. why there's more to your future health than your dna. your local news is next.
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can lawyers in schools help children get better test scores? ahead mark strassmann and gun-control advocates plan
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to hold "march for our lives" rallies across the nation. the rallies stem from the recent good morning, it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego. tomorrow student activists and gun control advocates plan to hold "march for our lives" rallies across the nation. they stem from the recent high school shooting in florida. local marches are scheduled for san jose, oakland, san francisco and several other bay area cities. and the median prices for single-family homes hit all- time highs in the area. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event.
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good morning. 8:27. we are tracking slowdowns due to an accident along 880. this is right at 238. the crash is closer to whipple. we wanted to take a look and see what kind of backup that was creating. it really gets heavy past 92. and that's in the red as far as your southbound direction goes. speeds drop below 20 miles per hour. you're looking at 27 minutes between 238 and 84. heading the opposite direction, along 880, northbound heading through oakland, this is near 66th, the coliseum, 30 minutes in the yellow as you make your way from 238 to the maze. your 580 approach looking fantastic! once you get to the toll plaza, you have about a 22- minute ride from the maze into san francisco. if you are heading to sfo, give yourself afew extra minutes.
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enjoy the beautiful sunny skies. those temperatures though are cooler than yesterday. our highs today 59 degrees in fairfield and concord. 58 in vallejo. 56 in santa rosa. coolest at the coast and pacifica54. the warmest we'll see in the south bay 62 degrees. looking at the seven-day forecast, today showers on and off with a mixture of sun and clouds and expect the variety today. warm and sunny next week.
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♪ i'm going to soak up the sun >> nice shot. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of the headlines. our partners at c-net report craigslist stopped publishing personal ads after congress passed a sex trafficking bill. the legislation holds websites more accountable for user activities. craigslist says it does not want to jeopardize its other services but hopes to bring the ad backs some day. bloomberg reports citigroup the first major bank to restrict some gun sales placing restrictions on retailers that use citigroup. companies will be prohibited from selling guns to people who have not passed a background check or are younger than 21. the bank is also requiring businesses not to sell bump stocks or high capacity magazines. here's what you don't want do if you're taking your driving
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test. a minnesota teenager taking the license test crashed through the wall of the driving exam building. police say the 17-year-old driver inadvertently put the car in drive instead of reverse. there were no life-threatening injuries related to the crash and no charges are pending and my guess is they did not pass. need more lessons. >> it's not quite ready. >> that's right. the popularity of at home genetic tests to screen for diseases is growing. we're looking at the benefits and draw backs in grand rounds, the practice of medical professionals teaching other doctors about advancements. this month the fda approved the first direct to consumers test in the u.s. designed to find three gene mutations linked to breast cancer without a doctor's prescription. this is just the latest in a growing number of cheaper and easier genetic tests that can reveal information about your ancestors, risk for certain
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diseases or why you're sensitive to bitter tastes. some tests can be done for less than $100. david agus is here with more and let's talk about 23 and me. i've done it. >> me too. >> i want to ask about that later. >> me too. >> what can it predict and what are some of the concerns that doctors have about it? >> it can tell you your ancestry and how you metabolize caffeine but not the serious health trait traits you care about. over 1,000 mutations can cause breast and ovarian cancer. that's only three. it you take it and go i'm not at high risk but may have the other 900 plus. there are other at home tests that require a doctor to sign off on but you can do it at home, spit into a tube and send it in that can look for all of the mutations in the brc 1 and brca 2 gene risk for breast and ovarian cancer. when angelina jolie announced i
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have this gene four years ago, it was $4,000 for the test. now it's been democratized for less than $100. >> should everyone including men consider getting testing. >> men are as likely as women to be carriers for the bracha gene. knowledge is power. you want to intervene. 70% chance of breast cancer, 40 percent chance of ovarian cancer. i believe you should. >> you said you spit into a tube. when i did 23 and me it's a whole lot of spitting. how -- >> i've seen you do it. you can. >> i can do it. it was not a problem. i have a lot of saliva. how easy or difficult is it to take the test. >> taking the test is easty. it takes 10, 15 minutes to spit into the tube. what's important to me is that there be a doctor or genetic counselor involved. this is serious stuff. i want to make sure you really understand as the consumer what's going on because big decisions have to be made in
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either direction. >> this is what -- i remember during our pregnancies lots of tests we took and get the results back and it was madness trying to figure out what they meant, what they meant relative to the percentages. it was very difficult and frusz straighting and a little scary. so how does this avoid those problems? >> before you answer, i love how you said, our pregnancies. did you like that. our pregnancy. you sort of own it. i like that. >> teamwork. >> teamwork. but let's be very clear who did all the work. and who was trying to be as supportive as possible. i don't want to suggest -- >> i like how he said our pregnancy. >> stressful on the male. continue. >> i don't know what we're talking about. >> this is a very serious decision. >> yes. >> and you're right it's not black or white. it's relative risk. higher than average. i took the test myself. my results on the front page of the "wall street journal." i was higher risk for heart
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disease. the national risk factor 38% of a male for my age and i was in the high 40s. it change what i did and i paid attention, but it's not a yes/no answer. you need somebody who understand it to explain it. >> what are the downsides of taking it? >> the downsides you're going to do the wrong thing. you're not going to talk to someone who will explain it and the other downside there are people who are so the worried well if i say you have a higher than likely chance you're not going to sleep for six months which ain't good, but for most knowledge is power. >> dr. agus, knowledge is power. >> that's why know where the forward and reverse is before you get in the car. >> you're right. >> thank you, doctor. >> troubled elementary school is turning things around thanks to an unusual addition to the campus. a law office. next, our series what's working looks at how it's helping families stay in the neighborhood and keeping kids
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with each transfer. mark strassmann shows us a new program for low-income students and their families at school in atlanta. it's cut the student turnover rate nearly in half. mark, good morning. >> good morning. this is thomasville heights elementary school, historically a failing school in atlanta. there's been a turnaround here. turnover is down, attendance and test scores are up. and it all started when parents and their kids lawyered up. when nicole evans jones became prince pal here two years ago, she inherited a crisis. thomasville heights elementary has at times been the worst performing elementary school in all of georgia. and one of its poorest. >> i have students, you know, that have been in four or five schools by second grade or so. >> so the class that starts on day one can look very different than the class that finishes the year? >> absolutely. absolutely. like 40% of the kids in that class might not be there at the end of the year. >> they knew they had to address
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that problem and we thought we had a solution. >> reporter: michael lucas helps lead the atlanta volunteer lawyers foundation, a group that gets attorneys to fight for free on behalf of low-income tenants. he traced the thomasville heights turnover problem right across the street to the forest cove apartments. 95% of the school's students live here. it's section 8 subsidized housing. families kept moving in and out of here because they had no choice. a combination of wrongful evkions or deplorable conditions that never seem to get fixed. the solution, embed a tenant rights lawyer inside the school's front office. a free, walk-in resource for parents. >> really. i get to be a lawyer in a school helping parents and families stay in the school zone to get the benefit of the school. >> reporter: this lawyer says right away, new clients kept walking in the door. >> so these folks come in. what kind of issues are they
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having? >> it's more of a question of what issues aren't they having. my ceiling fell from a leak i've been telling my landlord about for months. my oven hasn't worked for weeks. >> these folks are coming with issues violations of the law? >> yes. >> they need a lawyer. >> yes. >> and they can't afford one. >> yes. >> lolita evans and her four kids live at forest cove, sick from the mold that grew inside their apartment. her complaints went nowhere. until she showed up with her new lawyer. >> what kind of a difference did it make? >> a whole lot different. i had a whole s.w.a.t. team come to my door. they came right in and went to work and fixed everything in one day. >> one day. >> one day. >> and you've been waiting how long? >> about a year. >> her lawyer was jones-lightsy. >> what kind of adjustment was it for the landlord to realize the tenant had a lawyer. >> it's still an adjustment. they don't just have me, but they have lawyers from the top law firms in atlanta. >> they know you mean business.
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one of my tenants says be ayanna don't play. last year the program's first year here, the lawyer stopped 20 evictions and took on over 80 cases involving conflicts with a complex management. >> i've had tenants cry in court because they knew they had a story and right but didn't think they would be able to articulate it and win. >> reporter: dr. jones says student turnover here dropped from 40% to 25%. >> it's huge. yes. i mean we still have have a long way to go, obviously, but it's a great start and first year. >> there's far-reaching, really human impacts of thi affordable housing crisis and i hope that other communities will take a closer look at those impacts. >> please come forward. >> lolita evans can tell you about the impact. we were there as her kids jiana a fourth grader and robert a second grader received awards as
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students of the month. in the first year of the program standardized test scores went up, 50%. no one is calling it a miracle turnaround, but it's a solid start. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, atlanta. >> yeah, mark strassmann. so many heros in that story. dr. evans who took the job as principal of the school when it wasn't doing so great, michael lewis, the attorney who organized all that, ayanna jones, they said she don't play, but lolita evans who lays it out in real talk. >> the s.w.a.t. team showed up as soon as she got her on her side. >> it shows you how people can work together and figure stuff out. >> we know what it's like to have that incredible frustration when you're fighting to get something you know you have a right, you know you're in the right, but the system is against you and to have somebody deliver you through that system on the other side, and have the benefit be that you are okay and your kid gets to go to school. >> we all need a ayanna lightsy
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in our lives. >> we will be watching. >> congrats to all involved there. hear more of our "cbs this morning" on our podcast on itunes and apple's podcast at app today, who's on deshgs rick steves, his latest book, "travel as a political act." how to leave your baggage behind. he explains going outside your comfort zone can challenge your viewpoint and maybe broaden your perspective. that's always nice. coming up next all that mattered this week. you're watching "cbs this morning." thank you for that. we'll be right back. atching "cbs this morning." thank you for that. we'll be right back. we'l ht back. ross spring shoe event. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings...
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tomorrow on "cbs this morning: saturday," channeling my inner anthony mason, he brought some our characters to live from miss piggy to yoda. he'll share his documentary "muppet lives talking." i love how he does that. >> i do too. >> pretty good, gayle. >> that does it for us here on friday. be sure to tune in to the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor tonight. as we leave you, let's take a look back at all that mattered this week. take it easy. >> take it easy. >> this because a major breach of trust, and i'm really sorry that this happened. our responsibility is to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> mark zuckerberg is apologizing for his company's role in the data mining scandal. >> i thought his mea culpa was strong. who knows if it was enough to
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deal with. >> the cambridge analytica is kind of getting into the foothills of creepy here. >> formulation of three very long weeks for our community. >> the suspected bomber is dead. >> officers were able to confront him, and that's when the bomb in his car blew up. >> another nor'easter bears down on tens of millions of people. >> i can't see spring. doing know what spring feels like. >> what is your message to other high school students. >> stay educated for the rest of your life. >> this is where hurricane maria made landfall. these dayins you'll get that. >> i'm so glad he's showing us this story again. >> one group is actually turning wounded warriors into sko songwriters. >> everything inhim just poured out. ♪
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>> does that look like fun? megan was not amiezed by this sling shot ride into the air. >> all that plus the eye opener. >> 90 skomtds. >> she speaks russian. >> showing off. >> i speak pig latin. >> ben carson blamed his wife -- what -- for the decision to buy a $31,000 dining set for his office. can you imagine what that's like publicly for her? at the very least take one for the team. he threw her under the bus and backed over it. beep, beep, beep. ♪ ♪ walk this way >> louis the gorilla was caught on camera walking around the philadelphia zoo. >> better than me in high heels. >> he's good. >> he hates to get dirty. in fact, he's been seen to use leaves and paper bags to clean
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his hands. >> i like everything about louis. >> he's a neat freak. >> you comment on the idea that the president today called vladimir putin to congratulate him on winning the election. >> smoke bomb. >> senator lankford, i hope you've got a sense of humor. >> i do. stephen colbert is krechlkt if i had a smoke bomb, i would have used it. >> is it a boy or girl? can't you turn the thing over and see what's crack a lacking down there? >> crackalackin. >> that's right.
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base. the driver, whose name has not good morning, it's 8:55. the fbi is investigating the crash of an unauthorized vehicle at travis air force base. the driver whose name hasn't been released was killed in wednesday night's crash. today golden gate bridge district officials will be considering various design options for a new toll gantry at the south end of the span. they are not voting today. construction is expected to start by the end of next year. the san jose earthquakes are recruising a stadium full of fans to save a baby boy's life. bruno is living with a life- threatening disease and he need a bone marrow transplant. at saturday's game, the earthquakes will wear bruno's name on their arms and hold a registry. stay with us; weather and traffic in just a moment.
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good morning. 8:57. we're tracking a slow ride for drivers making their way through the south bay. here's 101 right near north first street. so through san jose, 40 minutes from hellyer to san antonio. your ride continues to be sluggish as you make your way into san mateo. but over at the san mateo bridge, heading out of hayward into foster city, about 15 minutes looking good. we are back in the green out of the red and yellow. here's heading into san mateo and burlingame 101 at poplar. you can see traffic is okay. 880 still slow northbound
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heading through oakland. 25 minutes heading northbound from 238 on up towards the maze. and the bay bridge toll plaza 23 minutes into san francisco. emily? >> well, it is mostly clear out there although there are a few showers taking a live look at our hi-def doppler, i'll show you exactly where those are. you can see them just over the north bay. well, your temperatures though are going to be cooler than we have the last week. 56 degrees today for your high in santa rosa. 59 degrees in concord as well as fairfield. warmer in the south bay, 62 degrees in san jose. 57 in san francisco. and 54 the coolest in pacifica. looking at your seven-day forecast, scattered showers today on and off. same thing tomorrow and then sunday things will start to clear up before sunny weather returns for the beginning of next week as well as a warming trend. s"net. it's "all your teenagers streaming at once" internet. it's "i can get up to one, two, three, four, five mobile lines included?" internet!
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