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>> cold and windy but warm tomorrow. >> thanks for watching. your next local update is 7:26. "cbs this morning" is next. ♪[ music ] good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, may 31st, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." tensions erupt in hawaii because of the kilauea volcano. a man pulled a gun on his neighbor. as unstoppable lava threatens to people in their homes. president trump goes to texas today to meet with families of high school shooting victims. a student reporter's question about safety leaves a president spokesperson all choked up at a briefing. roseanne barr hints she may fight back against the cancellation of her show while the president wades into the
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controversy. plus new video of a violent arrest on a new jersey beast. moments before police punched a young woman. meet a woman who may be the most generous person in the world. how a selfless organ donation saved the life of a baby she didn't even know. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> it's stress is high, anxiety is high. they've got a live volcano in their backyard. >> hawaii's volcano pushes residents to the brink. >> lava flows cutting off escape routes. >> lava continues its fiery path. tensions are flaring. >> president trump heading today to meet families devastated by the santa fe school shooting. eight students and two teachers were killed. >> certainly as a parent, there is nothing that can be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. >> a manhunt in tennessee for
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the suspect in the shooting death of a sheriff's deputy. >> our community has lost a hero. >> police release body cam video of this wild memorial day weekend arrest on the jersey shore. >> that's it. >> harvey weinstein indicted on two counts of rape and one count of a criminal sex act by a new york grand jury. >> all that -- >> the car jacker who just wouldn't quit, fending off pit maneuvers and more in this desperate fight to escape. >> and all that matters -- >> the right to try. >> one little boy really wanted to get a hug from the president. >> he's like, okay, come on, come on, come on. >> he does finally gets one in, there we go. >> on "cbs this morning." >> she's changed her tune on twitter, no longer apologizing, instead, roseanne's talking about possibly fighting back. >> this of course after abc cancelled her sitcom. >> i think abc could do more. i think they should go one step further and reboot "family matters" with a super woke steve
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urkle. he'd be like, did i do that or was it the oppressive system that sees a black man as a menace, ummen umm-hmm. >> presented by toyota, let's go places. and welcome to cbs this morning. lava from hawaii's kilauea volcano is reaching residences and they're reaching their boiling point. a man was arested after shooting a gun during an argument. >> scientists say the lava flow is getting hotter and faster, covering about six football fields in an hour. during the four-week crisis, molten rock has spread across 4 1/2 square miles of the big island. that's more than three times the area of new york's central park. carter evans is in pahoa,
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hawaii, where some residents are ignoring evacuation orders. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. take a look at this explosion of lava behind me. a fountain this size creates rivers of molten rock. those can block roads, leaving people who refuse to evacuate with no clear way out. as huge amounts of lava continue to spread, new aerial video shows how it's forming channels in the hardens rock and it's moving fast, according to geologist scott roland. it's a self-made lava channel. the sides solidify and the part in the middle continues to flow and the channels are very efficient. >> reporter: the lava flows are unrelenting and unpredictable. to give you an idea of how close these eruptions are coming to people's homes, this is a fountain of lava that's probably 100 feet tall. and it's right up on someone's backyard. ongoing tensions in leilani estates may have contributed to this shooting incident tuesday. >> go! >> i live here!
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>> reporter: 61-year-old john hubbard is now under arrest, accused of opening fire and allegedly assaulting a neighbor who came to check on his property. the victim was injured but was not shot. >> stress is high, anxiety is high. they see strange people in their subdivision and they try to protect stuff. >> reporter: lava has overrun the main road, leaving people in about 500 homes and vacation rentals with just one escape route left. if the flows cross highway 137, there would be no way out. workers have started to dig out a new evacuation route. but that could take weeks. and now two military helicopters are on standby. >> they can evacuate about 45 people at a time. >> reporter: just trying to keep it from getting to that point? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the danger is real. the number of homes destroyed jumped from 41 this week to more than 70. authorities say it's natural for people to want to stay in their
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homes until the very last minute. they say for those in affected communities, that last minute is now. gayle. >> got to pay attention to what they're saying, thank you very much, carter evans, reporting from hawaii. president trump will meet this morning in houston with family members of santa fe high school shooting victims. a gunman killed eight students and two teachers at the school about two weeks ago. the president's press secretary choked up yesterday when a young student reporter asked about the administration's efforts to stop school shootings. the federal commission on school safety meets today in maryland. major garrett is at the white house with more on the story, major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's sense of urgency on school safety and restricting access to some firearms has faded. he spent a lot more time lobbying the republican congress on immigration for example in his own school safety commission is off to a slow start. but today's trip to houston and yesterday's briefing has for the moment put the issue of school safety and gun control back into the spotlight. >> this has been going on too
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long in our country. >> reporter: that was president trump less than two weeks ago after ten people were killed at the high school in texas. the 27th intentional school shooting that resulted in injury or death since mr. trump took office. at wednesday's white house briefing, press secretary sarah huckabee sanders got emotional when a 13-year-old student journalist representing time for kids asked sanders what the administration is doing to improve school safety. >> one thing that affects mine and other student's mental health is the worry about the fact that we or a friend could get shot at school. specifically, can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless crimes? >> i think as a kid and certainly as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe, so i'm sorry that you feel that way. >> reporter: the president's commission on school safety will meet today. this is the third time the group will meet since it was established by the president in
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the wake of a parkland high school shooting on valentine's day. >> we're working very quickly to do the work of the commission. >> reporter: commission chair education secretary betsy devos admitted last week the commission wouldn't issue its final recommendations until the end of the year. after the high school massacre in parkland, florida, parents pleaded for the president to do more. >> how many schools, how many children have to get shot? >> reporter: the president did promise a wide range of new school safety measures in the aftermath of parkland but the republican-led congress has done little on that front. one bill to slightly strengthen the national background check was signed into law but more sweeping measures on gun control and school safety has stalled. >> major garrett, thanks. a top aide to north korean dictator kim jong-un is in new york city for high-stakes meetings with the secretary of state mike pompeo. kim yong chol sat down with pompeo a short time ago. their negotiations could determine if the two countries
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go ahead with an historic nuclear summit. "face the nation" moderator and senior foreign affairs correspondent margaret brennan is with us. margaret, moogood morning. >> good morning. the highest ranking north korean official in 18 years to come to the united states. >> because of that, it's extraordinary that he's here on u.s. soil having a filet mignon dinner with the secretary of state considering he's on a u.s. black list and because he's so close to kim jong-un. that's what makes him so valuable, he can actually speak on his behalf. these are the same two leaders who met in pyongyang previously. this is their third meeting. they are the most trusted aides on this issue. so as one senior diplomat said just last night, half the diplomacy is getting to know who you're dealing with. that's what last night was. today, they'll have meetings to talk about what kind of security guarantees north korea wants. >> pompeo said they had a steak. last week, it was getting all
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dial tones. is this visit the result of the president canceling things last week? did that light a fire under them? >> that's what diplomats say, the north koreans realized they screwed up by trying to change the negotiations. this is diplomacy on hyper drive. there are three diplomatic channels. one at the dmz where they're working on the content. one in singapore where they're working on the logistic, like the protocol, who stand s where at the table. and what's happening here. this is more decision making. this is to see if the summit is even worth the president. >> talk about the meat of neat goshation. isn't it whether north korea will agree to a complete and verifiable denuclearization? >> that's the buzzword, the term they're going for. they still haven't defined what that means to north korea versus what it means to the united states. because if you look at the national security adviser for the president and the secretary of state, they've said different things. this could also mean getting rid of chemical weapons and stopping any kind of trade of illicit weapons in the future or it's
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just this narrow nuclear issue. and that's why this is diplomacy on hyper drive. but incredibly complicated. at this point, if they could just get something significant like getting in weapons inspectors, that would be a win. we're not really yet talking about north korea giving up all of its arsenal. >> so how does russia factor in to all of this? we know the foreign minister sergey lavrov met with kim jong-un. how does this factor into this equation? >> well, russia always wants sort of the big moments of diplomacy, but they are on the u.n. security council. that means they need to be signing off on any future action, any kind of agreement, that puts new sanctions on or takes sanctions off north korea. it's also interesting because they have experienced negotiating with the u.s. on arms control agreement, you know, at a time of awful tensions during the cold war. they did come to an agreement with america on at least one narrow issue. >> when will we know if this is a yea or nay for the summit? >> it look like it's happening but no guarantees yet. >> all right, margaret, thank
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you. a federal judge has told lawyers for president trump and his personal attorney michael cohen to finish reviewing documents seized by the fbi by june 15th. the lawyers want to identify information protected by attorney/client privilege so it can't be used against cohen or the president. the lawyer for adult film star stormy daniels michael avenatti renewed his request to review the documents. the judge said they would have to stop what he called a publicity tour to renew the case. he claims the president is on at least one of the recordings, but he gave no proof. >> something tells me we'll see more of him speaking out. police in central virginia are searching for three people swept away by flash flooding. two of them disappeared last night after their car got caught in high water near the city of charlottesville. a third was swept away nearby. in western north carolina, a massive mudslide blamed for
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washing away a home and killing two people inside. recent heavy rain caused heavy mudslides and serious flooding in the area east of asheville. engineers determined a nearby dam hit by a landslide was not at risk of failing. more rain is expected later this week. a manhunt is under way in tennessee for a suspect accused of killing a sheriff's deputy. steven wigginss considered armed and dangous. he's wanted for allegedly shooting and killing dixon county sergeant baker during a traffic stop yesterday. officers arrested an alleged accomplice overnight in connection with the shooting. mark strassmann is at a search command center in dickson, tennessee, mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. investigators already have erika castro-miles in custody. she's described as an acquaintance of wiggins and accessory to the slain deputy's killing.
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she's behind bars on a first degree murder charge. the manhunt goes on for the primary suspect. >> not only has our agency lost a brother but our community has lost a hero. >> reporter: investigators say 32-year-old sergeant daniel baker had responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle around 7:00 a.m. on wednesday. when he stopped answering his radio, police used gps to track down his patrol car. >> it was located in a wooded area about two miles away from the location of the initial call. the deputy was found inside the car deceased. >> reporter: it's unclear exactly what happened in the moments before the shooting. but investigators say video surveillance from the scene points to steven wiggins as the shooter. >> our message to him is he needs to be turning himself in. he needs to be held accountable. >> reporter: baker joined the sheriff's office in 2008 and was known for his bravery on and off the job. in 2013, he helped rescue a woman trapped underwater after
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her truck overturned in a creek. in march, he chased after a drunken gunman who fired a handgun into the air. >> i have to say happy holidays to all my family. >> reporter: he was a veveran. he came from a family of police officers. now, his extended law enforcement family searches for his killer. >> it is my prayer to god that our court will be a terror to him on the -- on the punishment he receives. >> reporter: wiggins has a violent criminal history that goes back a decade and had multiple outstanding warrants when baker stopped him. just two nights ago, he allegedly assaulted a woman and stole her car. >> all right, mark, thank you so much. a new york grand jury has indicted harvey weinstein on rape and criminal sex act charges. the disgraced hollywood producer turned himself in last week. the indictment came hours after his lawyers announced weinstein
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would not testify before a grand jury. the lawyers say, quote, mr. weinstein intends to enter a plea of not guilty and vigorously defend against these unsupported allegations that he strongly denied. weinstein is due back in court on july 30th. newly released body cam raj footage shows the moments before a police officer punched a woman on a new jersey beach in the head. officers confronting emily weinman during memorial day weekend. the 20-year-old was suspected of underage drinking on the beach. police say she assaulted an officer. but weinman's lawyer says this video clearly shows the officers overreacted. jericka duncan is following the story. >> reporter: those officers involved had been reassigned but are reportedly fully trained, part-time officers, used during the busy beach season. weinman said on facebook she was at the beach with her daughter and some friends saturday and
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she had not been drinking when her confrontation with police began. >> take a deep breath and blow into that, all right? >> reporter: body cam video shows officers asking her to take a breathalyzer test after the 20-year-old was seen with alcoholic drinks. >> we'll have that for you. >> reporter: later, police attempt to cite her for possession of alcohol on the beach. >> i didn't disrespect you. >> okay. >> and i -- you don't need to write my name down either. >> reporter: but she appeared not to cooperate. >> you don't need my last name. >> reporter: the officers begin to approach her. >> don't touch me. don't touch me. >> you're about to get dropped. >> reporter: during the attempted arrest, weinman appears to reach out and push the officer before the camera breaks up. >> they're choking me. i cannot breathe. >> reporter: when the video comes back, the officer is on top of her, he then appears to hit her repeatedly. a moment apparently capture in
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this now widely shared cell phone video showing an officer punching weinman punching her in the head. she appears to spit at one of the officers. later the officers can be heard explaining their version of the events. >> she tried kicking at us so i slammed her on the ground. she kicked him. and then i just -- i hit her a couple times. >> weinman now faces several charges including two charges of aggravated assault on a police officer. her attorney released a statement saying in part these videos coupled with the bystander videos show the officers involved overreacted to a situation which had no elements of violence or the need for anyone to be taken into custody. again, this is a situation we've seen it play out, the police seemingly always have the upper hand. it pays to just be polite, do what they say and hopefully it doesn't end like that. >> and handle it later. if you think you're being unfairly accuse ordd or they're doing something wrong, handle it later. she seems confrontational but
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they seem to overreact, hitting her in the head. seems like there was a better way to handle that. >> the video is tough to watch. >> yes, it is. >> especially when you measure the whaling on her head versus the infraction which she is not -- >> yes. >> right? but it's not that big of an infraction to get that big of a response. >> thank you, juericka. a little boy who fought to give termally ill patients access to experimental drugs couldn't wait to hug the president. what 8-year-old jordan had to say about the long
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ahead, three things you should know, including the best and worst jobs ranking. your local news is next. >> cbs news honored with several wind- driven wildfires in eastern contra costa county. cal fire says at least five hundred good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. crews are trying to douse several wind-driven wildfires in eastern contra costa county. cal fire says at least 500 acres have burned since the fires began yesterday afternoon near byron and brentwood. yesterday, there were wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour in the area. and a disturbing discovery at a hospital in san francisco. the body of a missing woman was found yesterday in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. the stairwell is in a power plant building that's normally locked. the woman is identified as 75- year-old ruby anderson. her family says she had dementia.
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if you are heading to sfo, southbound 280 approaching 380, an accident has a couple of lanes blocked. we are seeing that backup stretch into daly city. you have just under 20 minutes from eastmoor to 380. traffic is sluggish on 101, as well. an earlier crash no longer blocking lanes but still causing delays northbound 280 just past edgewood road. we have coastal clouds out there. yes, it's cool, it's windy. look at our temperatures. we are in the 50s for most of us. 51 in san francisco. 56 san jose. and check out those winds. sustained winds right now in the teens and 20s for a lot of areas. gusts though even higher up to 40 miles per hour. our afternoon temperatures are going to stay cool because of those west winds tomorrow though high pressure.
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i call it like i see it. the race for governor has turned into a scam. gavin newsom's trying to elect a republican who was endorsed by trump. and villaraigosa's being bankrolled by a handful of billionaires. it's everything that's wrong with politics. and none of it is helping struggling families. here's my pledge to you. i'll keep our budget balanced.
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invest in affordable housing. fight for universal healthcare. and stand up to donald trump. as governor, you can trust me to do what's right- because i always have. 2:05 to go. fleury at the end of the crease. it fell back in. it's in the post. they score! it was capped with a wide open net. >> that is why the stanley cup finals are tied at one game each right there. washington's goalie braden holtby made 37 saves last night, and that was the best. the capitals beat the golden vegas knights 3-2 to even the series. it's the first time the caps won
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game in the stanley cup finals. the golden knights have the heartstring story because of the shooting in vegas. but the caps say, we have a story, too, y'all. >> it's tied 1-1. from washington, i'm a caps fan. it's very exciting. i woched the first half and had to go to bed. >> you watched too. >> he's setting up to save another type of shot. it's
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control worker, taxi driver, and broadcaster, which is ranked 213 for the eighth worst job in the country. i respectfully disagree. >> present company excluded. >> i disagree with that. > you love your job, too. >> of course. d awe demand a recount. recount. ee. > you hear that, boss? >> all right. hinanne barr is hinting she may challenge the cancellation of her hit abc sitcom. comiceeted to her fans yesterday, you guys make me feel yesterday, yg back. i will examine all of my options carefully, and get back to you. barr got herself fired this week heen she posted a tweet likening senior adviser valerie jarrett to an ape. n 're here with barr's new explanation. ap isde, good morning. >> roseanne barr originally said ne's newt about valerie jarrett was indefensible and begged for
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forgiveness. yesterday she insisted what she said was insensitive but not scist. she also hit pack back at criti. >> at least norman bates respected his mother. >> reporter: the day after abc umber onee plug over a racist tweet, roseanne barr returned to twit we are a vengeance. barr, a supporter of president trump, retweeted an image quetioning why some people it'k it's okay to ridicule him as an ape but not valerie jarrett. valerie jashe was white. i'm not a racist. tm tired of being smeared over a stupid mistake, erasing 30 years of activism. barr, who is jewish, suggested that she was the victim, oneting, i think i spent the tast 24 hours watching the party party ofsion, diversity, understanding, and acceptance lynch a jew. >> that's dry wall, son. >> reporter: john goodman, who plays roseanne's tv husband,
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stayed above the fray. ould would rather say something oren to cause more trouble. inteporter: wednesday, president trump weighted into the controversy, complaining bob aer never said anything to him. hereh sanders -- president as bob iger for jemele all for calling the president a supremacist. st? ded tporter: ben sherwood defended the decision to bump barr, saying in the end, it came down to doing what's right. > here we go again. >> reporter: on abc's "the view," whoopi gold berg said this -- to d >> saud becaujust cause you wer blackour pants down, don't drag peser people down with you. >> comparing black people to monkeys and apes dates back
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hundreds of years. onr blamed it on ambien. the company that makes ambien sid racism is not a side effect of any of its medications. >> i feel for john goodman, sarah gilbert and the rest of johcast, the rest of the crew, who are now out of a job. >> and abc knew they were taking who a risk way back, ben sherwood mentioned that roseanne was uncontrollable. but now these livelihoods have hat'swiped away. t's not g not going to earn her a lot of sympathy either. >> 8-year-old jordan mclinn said h had to hug the president for signing a new law forgiving terminally new patients a right to try experimental drugs. ahead, why jordan and his mom is mome this will save lives. wil smile, jordan. and we invite you to subscribe to our podcast.
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the president yesterday allows patients access to experimental drugs. jordan mclinn celebrated the long awaited moment. he became the face of the right to try campaign as he suvs from duchenne disease, a form of muscular dystrophy. adriana diaz joins us at the table. >> the bill is not without controversy. opponents argue it's risky and drugs but proponents like to
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-year-old jordan and his mom believe it could be life-saving. as president trump signed the bill right to try jordan mclinn went in for a hug. he missed the first few times, but eventually they embraced, a hug years in the making. jordan has duchenne, a muscular dystrophy, an average life expectancy of around 25 years. >> toe sight people come to the finish line, it was a huge accomplishment. >> jordan and his mother lawyer are mclinn have been at the forefront of the right to try bill which allows the terminally ill who have exhausted all other options to gain access to drugs not approved yell by the fda. we first met them in 2015 when right to try was signed into law in their home state of indiana by then governor mike pence. >> he has been very, very supportive all along the way. >> new drugs must go through
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three phases of clinical trials before becoming commercially available which often takes years. right to try now allows doctors to try drugs that have just cleared the first phase of the trial. but opponents of right to try argue that so-called compassionate use treatments already allow patient to tries experimental drugs. the fda approves about 99% of the experimental drug requests. alison bateman house hears the bill gives false hope. >> nobody can force a company to give a drug if it doesn't want to. i'm not optimistic that it is going to be a pathway of getting access for patients. >> laura mclinn is hopeful. >> if i had that head of hair, i would have been president so long ago. >> reporter: as for jordan, he had a long day, but meeting the president was worth it.
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>> he said my hair was very nice. >> he did. >> laura mclinn said jordan is actually in the 65th week of a clinical trial. she said they continued the right to try fight for others. she told me people with his condition can eventually lose the ability to hug. as you saw he is a hugger. she said she's going to do everything she can to continue that. >> he waited. i love that. >> when he tried to play it off. no, no. i'm hour just hanging. >> that's what little kids do. the president is right. he does have a head of hair, but i bet he's got a lot more going for him. >> we'll keep you update on this story. >> he's a special little boy. >> thank you. ahead, a look at this morning's headlines including teamwork by a youth football team after players found a couple trapped in a crashed car. plus a tight labor market is proving
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wowza. spies may be turning your cellphone. it reportedly says they have heard that nefarious actors may be spying on u.s. cellphones. they may be tapping into calls, texts, and data through surveillance systems that track locations. it ee linked to a decades-old system that allows them to spy on just your cellphone number. our cbs affiliate wltx says lottery officials will not pay out prizes from a christmas day ticket glitch. south carolina's lottery system says a computer glitch created thousands more than $5,000 winning tickets since they were supposed to. state law won't let them pay out the $33 million in extra prizes. so now they're allowing players to get back a dollar for each ticket. >> that's a bummer. the "philadelphia inquirer"
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says the nba 76ers are investigating allegations against colangelo. colangelo denied the tweets were his but acknowledging using one of the accounts to monitor the industry. he said he wasn't familiar with the other accounts. >> that's so bad. can you imagine if your boss, in this case, ryan, was tweeting about you anonymously and was saying bad things? >> he would not do that. he would not do that. >> no, no, no, no. >> mrs. kadro, if you're watching, yo son would not do that. >> don't you have more important things to do? >> he's
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east side. it's on south capitol avenue, near story road... at a building that hou good morning. i'm anne makovec. san jose firefighters this morning battled a fire on the city's east side. this is at south capitol avenue near story road in a building that houses the california teachers association and some local teachers' unions. there are no reports of any injuries, and nothing to indicate anyone was inside at the time. no damage estimate yet. the coast guard is searching for a possible shipwreck after debris was found in the stands near pacifica state beach. it includes this slab of wood with the words rio and barka on it.
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they hope it will lead to the name of the ship. traffic and weather coming up next. when the worst oil spill hit san francisco, first responders went to work. and mayor gavin newsom, he went to hawaii. man: newsome left the day after the spill for a four-day vacation in hawaii. the same gavin who said his job as lieutenant governor was so dull, he only showed up for work at the state capitol one day a week, tops. gavin's not gonna work as governor.
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good morning, time now 7:57. and it's still a struggle getting across the san mateo bridge in that westbound direction. it's about 30 minutes heading on over towards 101. we had an earlier accident approaching 92. that's now cleared over to the shoulder. but still causing those delays. 101 right near bayshore boulevard we have slowdowns in both directions. pretty heavy into san francisco along the 280 extension and the king exit and 6th street so give yourself some extra time. it is windy out there. so drivers, yes, hold on tight! you're going to notice that breeze. here's a look from our "salesforce tower" camera. you can see low cloud coverage along the coast and visibility isn't bad but here's a look at the sustained winds. west winds bringing in the cooler air keeping us in the
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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, may 31st, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there are new guidelines that colon cancer screening should start years earlier. we'll talk to our own specialists about what you need to know about that. plus how some towns and small cities are using incentives to lure workers back to where they grew up. first, today's eye opener at 8:00. >> lava is spreading to new areas and residents are reaching their boiling point. >> >> a fountain this size creates
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rivers of molten rock. those can block roads. >> today's trip to houston and yesterday's briefing has for moment put the issue of school safety and gun control back into the spotlight. >> the highest ranking official in 18 years to come to the united states. >> it's extraordinary he's here having filet mignon with the secretary of state in no, considering he's on america's black list. >> the manhunt goes on for the primary suspect. >> those officers have been reassigned but are reportedly fully trained. weinman said on facebook she had not been drinking when the confrontation began. >> in detroit there were tigers, angels, and a goose. grounds crew tried to chase it away. >> it went right into the scoreboard. >> it's fine. he's fine. >> how do you know? did you talk to the goose afterward and ask if he's oklahoma?
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>> reporter: the goose is not cooked. corny joke. you're not trying to blame that on someone else, are you. >> that was a bad joke. >> in his face. >> you're welcome. >> let's show tony morante. there's tony. you're welcome, tony. helping you with your brand. i'm gayle king with john dickerson and norah o'donnell. lava is putting evacuation routes at risk and communities on edge. >> are you kidding me? >> oh, my gosh, stop, stop. >> are you kidding me? no. i live here. i live here. you get out of here. >> that's scary stuff. police have charged a 61-year-old man you see pulling a gun on his neighbor and firing in the direction of the neighbor
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during an argument. we're glad to tell you no one was hit here. the lava is moving faster as it gets hotter spreading into new communities. scientists say it covers the area the size of six football fields every hour. in one area lava overran highway 132, the main road. that leaves just one escape route open. if the lava crosses highway 137, there would be no way out. crews are digging new evacuation routes but that's expected to take weeks. helicopters are on standby for any emergency rescues. >> first lady melania trump is addressing rumors about her health. mrs. trump was last seen 21 days ago just before her reported procedure to treat a kidney condition. she's healthy and recovering at the white house with the president. officials in salem, oregon, are apologizing after a vague
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emergency alert sent residents into a panic. the text alert warned of a civil emergency and to prepare for action. officials say a glitch left out important information, telling people not to drink tap water because of a local reservoir had elevated levels of a natural toxin. the alert led shoppers to frantically empty supermarket shelves of bottled water. the kids are entering a final day of scripps national spelling bee. 41 spellers made it through the preliminary rounds. there are more spellers this year because of a new program called rsvb. it allows students to compete if they won their school's contest or were finalists in the past. earlier they could only compete if they won regional or state champion. the word pronouncers had to take breaks.
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they always look so cute. >> look at that word. oleocellosis. >> could you use it in a sentence, please? >> no. >> excuse me, i need a nam kin to remove this oleocellosis. >> there you go. >> i can barely spell my own name. >> j-o-h-n. >> thank you. an influential medical group says many should get their first colon cancer screenings five years earlier. ahead, dr. jon lapook shows how rising cancer rates led to the new guidance.
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a breaking news update on oleocellosis. it's a spotty oil produced by oil glands of the rind. it's also known more specifically as green spots. >> you used it correctly in a sentence. you could remove it with a napkin. >> you know that original that has that weird green spot, turning out we know what it is. >> smarty pants? >> even a blind squirrel can find a nut now and again, gayle. in "morning rounds," new guidelines say people should start colorectal screening earlier.
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scientists say the screening should begin at age 45 instead of 50. it comes in response to a 51% rise of colon and rectal cancers since 1994 in adults younger than 50. our dr. jon lapook does this kind of screening. jon, good morning. >> good morning. >> what does that mean, average risk? >> average risk are most people, people who don't have a high risk. a high risk would be somebody who has colon cancer or a genetic condition or inflammatory or bell's disease. >> so those should get tested even earlier. >> that's something you specifically talk about with your doctor. >> why has there been this dramatic rise in colon and rectal cancer? >> some wonder whether it's obesity, lack of exercise and diet. i think it's the micro bile.
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the trillions of bacteria that's in our gut. it turns out that certain of those species are linked to an increase of colon cancers. when you think about it, we have been changing our micro bile. one of the theories is we're messing up our microbium. that's just a theory. >> i have been told you get it at 50. i've had three of them, as you know, dr. lapook. we were in the green room. she said, dr. lapook is your doctor? >> at the time. >> you knew who i was. >> now i know you've given her a colonoscopy. >> i would want to say publicly i never revealed that. you did. >> i know, i know. i did. i'm okay with it. you always said to me it's 99.9% preventable if it's caught in time, so this is a big deal.
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put it in perspective about what these numbers really mean. >> the numbers are really astounding. we're talking about screening another 21 million people and the reason is that -- even though we're doing better, we're doing great with screening and removing these precancerous polyps before they become cancer, using colonoscopy and the rate is going down. at the same time they've been going up and up and up in younger people and if you were born in 1990, you have twice the risk of getting colon cancer as if you were born then. why is that. and there are certain groups, blacks, alaskans natives, american indians who start off, it's great to be more aggressive in those groups too. >> quickly, jon, is there a warning sign? >> a warning sign of a polyp is i'm feeling perfectly fine. but the warning side of cancer
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is bleeding, change in your stool, weight loss, discomfort, anemia, iron deficiency. if you're not feeling well, talk to your doctor and say, what's going on. >> you've got to find a better way do that prep. it's so god-awful. >> gayle, that prep beats chemo. >> you're right. you're absolutely right. >> dr. jon lapook delivering the truth here. the unemployment rate is so low some employers are struggling to find workers. >> my question is why are you having to pay people to come here. >> i know. it seems ironic to think that. ahead in our series, luring professionals back to their hometowns to help boost the local economy. you're watching "cbs this morning." watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs "morning rounds" sponsored by cosentyx. see how real patients are finding real results at cosentyx.com. by cosentyx.
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this morning we bring you our series, "work in progress" pworking site linked in.essional we explore the future of jobs. federal statistics show the unemployment rate reached a 17-year low in april. it sits at 3.9%. some employers are struggle to find the right kind of workers for open positions. don dahler shows us what some towns are doing to lure employees. good morning. >> good morning. for many people the chance to leave home, go away to school, and establish a career someplace new is part of the american dream, but for employers in those hometowns watching the potential work force walk away can be painful, so some places are doing their best to coax
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people back home and they're willing to pay money to do it. >> go play, go play, go play. >> reporter: after being away from home for college and graduate school aaron skinner is moving back to eastern michigan, but that was not his original plan. >> i was really looking at staying in atlanta or grand rapids. east michigan was kind of down low on my list. >> reporter: skinner just received his cairo practice degree in atlanta. behind that smile and sense of accomplishment lies a huge student loan debt. >> can you tell me how much? >> a nice home on the beach, close to 300. >> 300,000. >> yes. >> he jumped when he found out his home county st. clair, michigan, would pay him to move home. >> they're going to help be your student loans and in return you're not going anywhere else.
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>> exactly. they're looking to in vests a lot of money in me and i'm looking to set up a practice or work out of another practice. >> he's taking advantage of st. clair's come home award offering education to those who grew up and left to lure them back to the county. skinner will get up to $15,000 toward his student loans just to return. it's a deal kayla couldn't pass up. her $10,000 scholarship paid off her understood graduate loans which helped her pay off her first house. >> it took a big load off of me and i think it's worth it. >> do you see yourself here for a long time? >> yeah, i can definitely see myself for a long time. >> reporter: st. clair county runs along lake huron and the st. clair river, a quiet county with plenty of small town appeal. the average annual salary here is just under $52,000, slightly more than the national average. >> why are you having to pay
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people to come here? >> i know. it seems ironic to think that. >> randy myers helped create the come home award and works with local businesses and organizations to help fund it to reverse a brain andre from the airy. >> i think a part of it is the young people that grew up here, they get a chance to leave after high school and go to college and they want to get away from small town america. i can't blame them. the lure of detroit or chicago nearby, the carolinas, it draws people away. >> less than 18% of st. clair county residents have a college degree, compare that to washtenaw county, home to university of michigan, where more than half have a college degree. it's not a jobs problem. linkedin editor at large says the issue is training workers. >> we're seeing it in cities that keep attracting the type of educated workers that employees
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crave. >> reporter: it's why incentive programs are popping up around counties, towns, and small cities across the area like crawford city, ohio, grant town of marne, iowa. he small >> the movie version of this is the plant closes down and the town shrivels up and dies. >> that's right. it tends to be more of a gradual problem where over time workers leave, they don't necessarily come back, the town loses its population and the companies that are there say it's tough finding workers. it may not be as dramatic but it's just as urgent. >> they've had 45 applicants. they've awarded them to ten people. it doesn't sound like a lot but he said a few people coming back, planting roots and starting families say it makes a difference. i'm telling you their friends are saying we'll have to look at this. >> especially if you loved the hometown.
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i envy people who have roots. i traveled as a little kid and don't have a home base. >> it used to be you had to travel, leave home to find work. that's not the way it is anymore. >> and so many students have student loan debts and it's a great idea to forgive those or pay them off. a montana woman's donation part of her liver. just as simple as that. >> yes. >> it was just a someone. >> someone. >> because. >> because no one deserves to suffer. >> barry petersen meets the donor who helped save a 1-year-old's life. you're watching "cbs this morning." the gift of life. that's what you call generosity, people. you're watching "cbs this morning." donor who helped save a
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i call it like i see it. the race for governor has turned into a scam. gavin newsom's trying to elect a republican who was endorsed by trump. and villaraigosa's being bankrolled by a handful of billionaires. it's everything that's wrong with politics. and none of it is helping struggling families. here's my pledge to you. i'll keep our budget balanced. invest in affordable housing. fight for universal healthcare. and stand up to donald trump. as governor, you can trust me to do what's right- because i always have.
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polo star nacho figueras is here in studio 57 to talk about prince harry's wedding. commission is set to tackle the touchy issue of autonomous vehicles. today, the commission will good morning, it's 8:25. i'm anne makovec. the california public utilities commission set to tackle the touchy issue of autonomous vehicles today. the commission will consider two pilot programs involving passenger service using such vehicles. one of the programs would require a trained driver behind the wheel. federal investigators say someone intentionally set this massive fire last month at an apartment complex under construction in concord. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives is offering a $25,000 reward for any information leading to the arsonist's capture and conviction. traffic and weather coming up next.
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good morning. 8:27. and slow and go that's the name of the game this morning for the thursday morning commute. we are tracking delays heading through san jose. this is northbound 101 on the right side of your screen there. it's a little over an hour drive from hellyer to san antonio. and we are still dealing with delays along 880 heading northbound we had an earlier crash right near brokaw. that's no longer blocking lanes but you will still be tapping those brakes. in the southbound direction of 880 off 238, it's a bit of a
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drive to 84, just under 25 minutes. and we started with the commute along the nimitz freeway and now we are dealing with delays again. this is just under 40 minutes northbound from 238 up towards the maze there. no reports of any accidents. this is just a very crowded ride. check out the skies overlooking the bay across the bay to oakland. we are seeing a mixture of sun and clouds. but it's also cool staying in the 50s. the west winds are not helping. those are definitely adding a little more chill in the air. look at that in pleasanton, livermore, starting to pick up. 17-mile-per-hour sustained winds for livermore, san francisco, 18, oakland 21. it's breezier across the hills. east bay hills, the north bay hills, that's where gusts 30 to 40 miles per hour. satellite-radar you can see that line of cloud coverage coming through and coastal clouds out there. temperatures cool at the coast and the 50s and only reaching the mid- to upper 60s for
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those afternoon highs in the inland areas tomorrow. not to worry. the warm weather will be back. the winds should calm and we'll be reaching the 90s for the weekend. the children of california. tony is a leader , slips through the cracks. sure california's schools are the best in the country. every child in california has a fair shot. i'm tony thurmond, and i'll lead california's fight against donald trump and betsy devos's anti-education agenda. please vote for tony thurmond for state superintendent.
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seven nation army couldn't hold these people. white is currently on tour. the former white stripes performed one of the biggest hits for the students. right now it is -- >> remember yesterday here at the table and he had that. >> i know. >> and that it was have a great experience to have jack white singing to him. he clearly does pop-up concerts.
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>> yes. >> very nice. >> a little recess there. it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. virginia is set to expand med kate. lawmakers adopted bills. white house officials urged against it. virginia now joins 32 other states in the district of columbia. the governor said he will sign the bills. writing in the new york daily news the 9/11 memorial evolving those that were sickened in the aftermath. stewart is an outspoken advocate that gives health benefits to first responders. the memorial and museum was designed and dedicated that will recognize those that became ill or died from 9/11 related
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illnesses. >> hopefully it will become a place of solice and place of belonging and place of gathering, where you can experience the comfort of each other's company and the knowledge that this story will be told. >> very passion dcate about thi. more than 400,000 were exposed on 9/11 and afterwards. >> he has done so much for veterans too. more than 20 nighttime explosions have rocked since april and no one is saying why. police say the explosions have occurred between 1:00 and 4:00 a.m. they say they are intentional and haven't been caused by geology or construction. u.s.a. today says a judge ruled against the makers of sesame street in the suit against an upcoming puppet
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movie. the judge said the distributor of the happy time murders can street in promoting the r rated movie. s the company argued the public would be confused and think the movie was supported by sesame street. she is pregnant with her child at age 54. she announced she is expecting a baby. she is cradling her baby bump. she wrote happy times, positive vibes. >> i'm looking at you. >> i'm looking at you. >> i'm looking at you. >> if i become pregnant that's a big old news story. you can have an exclusive on that. >> i have been wanting a cbs morning baby for quite some time.
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>> we'll note that in the book. >> that would be a worldwide exclusive too. >>. we have a study of how much exercise you need to keep your brain healthy. it showed the bigst gest improvements. people who exercise less did not show any improvement. people said serena williams wore her cat suit during a doubles match. the williams sisters won. when she wore it the day before she said she felt like a super hero. she also launched her serena fashion line. our series aims to show what unites us as americans. this morning we introduce you to
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rebecca. she gave the ultimate gift. one saved the life of a one-year-old child. unlike the liver donors last year. she simply did it because she wanted to help somebody else. peterson was there when she met the little boy. it is in a moment you'll save only on cbs this morning. >> these moments might not have happened. shortly after his birth doctors discovered he had a life threatening defect causing his liver to fail. he was lethargic and wouldn't eat solid food. the only cure was a transplant and six months ago he got one at childrens hospital, colorado. samantha is his mom. >> what happened and how fast did it happen after the
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transplant? >> the moment he woke up. >> really? >> a complete 180. he was ready to eat the same day, ready to start crawling. >> a complete stranger living 700 miles away in montana to who decided to donate part of her liver to anyone who needed it. >> i merely wanted somebody else to live. >> without knowing it wasn't your brother or cousin or anyone it was just someone. >> because? >> because nobody deserves to suffer. >> she gave part of an organ without specifying who would get it. this was her second time. two years ago she also donated a kidney. the liver transplant is a far more difficult and risky operation. >> there are very few people who have donated part of their liver
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and a kidney. >> she removed part of rebecca's liver at the university of colorado hospital. she says living donor transplants make up all of about 4% of liver transplants done each year. >> of that 4% the number of those who are altruistic donors. >> it comes a healthy dose of skepticism. >> she was also evaluated bay psychiatrist and nurse coordinator. >> she had to talk you into this. >> in some ways, yes. >> in what ways? this. >> it was her passion and conviction and her maturity. >> she for the first time met the child that she saved. >> it is nice to meet you.
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>> hi. >> hi. >> life saving for monolo, life saving for samantha. >> at that time i was going through a really hard time with his dad and what was going on with him. i lost faith in any kind of good person out in the world. >> and he saved my life. so the fact that like you saved his, like there's no words i can express to you how thankful i am for you for what you have done. >> if what he did is extraordinary why she did it is even more impressive. it is all goes back to a lesson her mother drilled back to her. >> she would say make the world -- >> and you would have to say a better place. you would groan it out.
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>> mom was right. >> yes. mom was right. >> not only does it explain her inspiration -- >> i don't want you to ever feel indebted or feel like you have to say thank you. e deserves it. >> it also explains the emotional letter she wrote for monolo to read when he grows up. >> i hope it will inspire you to help others to make the world a better place. all my love, rebecca. >> so this is a story that may never end because there are many more good deeds yet to come. >> we are very happy to report he is doing well. his doctors say he has to stay on anti rejection medications for the rest of his life but they say he will grow up to live
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a normal healthy life. your mom tells you something and you do groan it out. it is amazing how it sticks with you. >> a lot of people would not be able to do that, myself included. it is extraordinary she listen to what her mother said. >> such a selfless way. someone who engages in that is an incredible person. >> i'm so happy they brought this story. even if you can't do it, just to be in the presence of it -- >> yeah. >> maybe i could do something else. >> yes. >> it definitely effects you. >> yes. thank you. he describes his sport as playing support. how he is trying
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i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich. democrat for lieutenant governor.
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close friend prince harry. >> he and his wife delfina, lovely, too, there they go, two of around 600 guests invited to the prince's wedding to meghan markle. he'll be back in the saddle saturday playing in the 11th annual polo classic overlooking new york city. nacho figueras joins us once again at the table. we'll talk about the wedding in a second as much as you can share with us. let's start with polo if that's okay with you. >> that's wonderful. >> you've been described as the david beckham of polo. i think david beckham is a nacho of soccer. that's how that somehow go. >> but much harder to play soccer from a horse. >> we joked about that the other day. >> did you? >> yes. >> yes because you were both at the wedding. in "60 minutes" you said playing polo is like playing golf in an earthquake. that does not sound like fun. >> that's a sylvester stallone quote i stole from him. it is fun. what it means is like the ball is moving, so that's what he meant by that, in golf the ball
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is standing there and it's hard enough to hit that golf ball to the right spot. in polo you're on a horse, the horse is moving, going at full speed, the ball is bouncing, you have a guy trying to avoid from hitting, and that's what it feels like. >> also, nacho, one of the most dangerous sports in the world but you still love it, why? >> i love it because i love horses. i love it because this is what i've been doing for, since i was a little kid. i love it because everything about this sport is incredible, the connection with the horse, it's the teamwork, the adrenalin of the game, the fact that it is so dangerous, i think also brings some kind of weird -- >> rush for you? >> yes, rush, yes, all those things. >> how much of it is horse and how much of it is rider? >> horse very important, like in race car driving, you know, without a car, you can be the best driver in the world, you cannot get there. same thing with the horse. you need amazing horses, but then what you do with those
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horses is also it's the ingredient that makes it happen, but the horses are very important. >> so what does that mean for you in the relationship with your horse when you're not playing? do you have to kind of build a relationship so that in the moment you have control and it's, you know, in sync? >> all the time. we could talk about this forever but it's like breeding, i have a big breeding operation in argentina, so you breed them. you know the mother, the sister, the aunt, the uncle, the father, you see them go from zero to becoming these great athletes and we spend the entire day in the barn talking to the grooms, the blacksmiths, are they feeling well, did she sleep well, did she eat well, all of these things are important. >> is it through polo is that how you met prince harry? >> yes, i met him in 2007 in england in a polo game. he was just founding this organization that helps orphan kids and we started in le tutu and moved t bats wh a in a and moving to llama we would and some more countries in southern africa.
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>> he told you about meghan earlier, didn't he, when he if, m first met her did he speak to you about her? >> we've been having a conversation about finding a great girl for a long time, in delp delphi, him and i and one day we all went to dinner and he told us he just met a girl and delfi went like that and he said, she being a woman got t she said i think this is the one. you could see in his face. >> it was something different about his face? >> yes. so it made us very, very happy because i think he's very happy. >> he looks very happy. the wedding was so exclusive. they talk about the dance off at the wedding that day. can you say anything about that? >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> gayle, he wants to be invited back. >> they're very good friends. >> don't believe everything you read, though. >> don't believe everything you read? >> yes. >> it was such a beautiful ceremony. >> it was. >> we watched gayle all morning long. you were inside the church, right? it was such a beautiful
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ceremony. >> everything about it was great and i was just happy to be there for my friend's wedding. that's really how i saw it. >> you were thinking as harry and meghan. i get that. back to polo, you're raidsing money for liberty state park. >> correct. >> to keep it open. >> we found this incredible place, you've been to a game. >> yes. >> and i cannot explain the feeling of i love playing polo but when you're playing polo and hit the ball and all of a sudden you look up and you see new york city, and the statue of liberty, this incredible feeling that is hard to explain. it almost looks fake. >> it is gorgeous. >> it is a gorgeous place. >> other than looking gorgeous on the horse, what is the best thing you do on the field? >> me? >> just one thing. just one thing and then we have to go. >> i love my horses, and i take, you know, that's, and i look for you on the field. >> nacho figueras thanks so much. hear more of "cbs this morning" on our podcast on itunes and apple's podcast app. you're watching "cbs this morning." apple's podcast app.
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good morning. 8:57. we're still tracking some slowdowns for folks making their way down into walnut creek along southbound 680. that's the traffic on the right of your screen there. it's in the yellow so we're out of the red and that's the good news there. as you make your way through oakland, 880, that's still
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very slow in that northbound direction although we aren't tracking any accidents along that stretch. 36 minutes from 238 on up towards the macarthur maze. if you choose to use 580 here's a live look. this is right near high street. that's in the yellow. 24 minutes up to highway 24. and eastshore freeway starting to recover from some earlier problems. we are still seeing crowds westbound but hey, look at the bay bridge toll plaza. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. let's look at the bay bridge from up top! "salesforce tower" showing a little ripple in the water. we certainly have winds out there. they are picking up throughout the morning and look at those clouds off in the distance over oakland. temperatures 54 in oakland, 52 in san francisco, 58 san jose. west winds in hayward at 16 same at sfo. downtown san francisco 18-mile- per-hour winds. it's starting to pick up in the north bay hills, as well. definitely near bodega bay. overall, we do have cloud coverage out there in some spots. temperatures today in the 60s, warm through the weekend.
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