as protests and criticism.... reach a fever pitch. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego.

the president trump reverses course in his policy of separating families at the border as protests and criticism reach a fever pitch. >> angela alvarez has more on the announcement and what the administration plans to do instead. >> reporter: president trump says his executive order will and and and family separations at the border and is preemptive to what the house will vote on tomorrow. >> we are looking to keep families together. >> reporter: president trump is an a policy that resulted in thousands of children being separated from parents at the u.s. border. today the president said he would issue an executive order allowing families to be held in detention together. >> we are keeping families together, but we have to keep our border strong. we will be overrun with crime and with people that should y.

pairof iigration bills on thursday. >> we can enforce immigration laws without breaking families apart. >> reporter: both are broader bills addressing family separation. but it is not yet clear whether either has enough support to pass. president trump has been under increasing pressure over his zero-tolerance immigration policy that has forced family separations. that anger even spilled over during his trip to the capitol. >> mr. president. do you have kids? the hispanic caucus protested last night while demonstrators interrupted the dinner of the dh secretary, -- department of homeland security secretary. she went to the white house wednesday. sources tell cbs news the white house is expecting legal challenges with ending this policy. the policy change comes as a word was spreading

about three so-called tender age and shelters in south texas. that is where the government is sending children under the age of 5 who were separated from their parents at the border. critics of the separation policy were caught by surprise that the president plans to stop it now. jessica florez was wedding -- at a protest when the word came. >> reporter: we are at headstart in oakland were bay area leaders chose to discuss their outrage over the trump policy that is resulting in family separations at the border. in a preschool classroom, east bay leaders are saying the zero- tolerance policy on immigration resulting in young children being separated from their parents must stop. >> today we are declaring zero- tolerance policy towards donald trump, a zero parlance -- tolerance policy towards just session. >> reporter: among the growing

chorus of voices outraged after just days ago u.s. customs and border protection released picture showing young children in metal cages, wrapped in foil blankets, separated from their parents who face criminal prosecution. and now as the federal government a rex tent cities to house micro children, president trump says he will sign an executive order ending his administrations policy that resulted in separating families. still, it is unclear what will happen to the thousands of children already taken from their parents. >> we need to continue to put pressure on. if this is the case, this is a victory for people? and up, but as you know, president can say one thing and another another minute. so it is appropriate to be here today. this afternoon two airlines are joining the protest. american and united telling the federal government they do not want their aircraft used to transport migrant children taken from their parents. start -- in sacramento, protests outside the first u.s. district

court on the trump administration challenge to sanctuary laws. attorney general jeff sessions sued the state in march over the laws that extend protections to people in the country illegally. >> the people of california, the people of sacramento are saying we are a proud sanctuary city. what does that mean? it means we welcome immigrants. it means we resist what is happening in this courthouse today. >> a u.s. judge will hear arguments from attorneys representing both the state of california and the u.s. justice department. breaking news in san francisco where a motorcycle officer has been injured by a flying bottle. it happened on hyde street. this video posted on twitter shows a very active police seen. lots of officers and an

amulets. we are told the injuries are not life-threatening. no word if anyone has been arrested. this morning bart officials and san francisco police are set to announce a new plan to improve safety and health conditions. we are live in san francisco with more. >> reporter: this is part of a multiagency effort to clean up in and around bart stations starting with this, a kiosk for dirty drug needles otherwise found inside and outside of the civic center station. the filth and drug use here came to light in the cell phone video shot in april showing people lining the bart station hallway in various states of consciousness openly shooting up drugs. when i asked the mayor what he would say to people who say things like this are normalizing drug use. >> i would say they are completely wrong. have pitstops in san francisco, these are the bathrooms we have been using and placing in areas

where we have heavy defecation and urination on the streets. these are not magnets now. we are seeing a massive reduction in call volume. >> reporter: in addition to the new needle disposal option, san francisco and police officers will be increasing patrols here up to five times the current number and splitting the cost. bart will also be folded into the city homeless support services network, given -- giving parts police special training -- bart police special training. no word yet on how much all of this will cost. san mateo county is suing three pharmaceutical companies that sell and distribute opioid medication. the lawsuit contends the ooid and knowingly supplied dangerous quantities of the drugs. the three companies distribute

80% of the opioid medication prescribed in the country. three other bay area counties have already filed similar lawsuits. in san francisco and apartment building is being braced with supports after a van plowed through its walls. this happened about 2:30 am >> i heard a big crash and felt my building shake. my roommate woke up and we basically ran into the window to see what was going on. we did not see anything, so we went outside and saw a couple of people pointing to this crash over here. >> a dozen people in the building had to evacuate through the fire escapes. the driver of the van suffered serious injuries. crews had to shore up the front

of the building, and it will be the owners responsibility to get that van out. in alameda county a search for a killer this afternoon after a double stabbing in downtown san leandro. police say started as a fight between four men just after 11 o'clock last night. now one man is dead and another in critical condition. detectives recovered surveillance video from the area they hope will lead them to the killer. new video of a treasure trove of stolen property recovered in novato. police discovered these items during a probation search on laguna vista after an increase in thefts in the city. a puppy snatched from its owner, and it is caught on camera. there is a new development in the case. the new item the tsa may toss from your bag. and today is looking to be pretty comfortable out there, especially considering the heat is not officially beginning at. we have the latest on an excessive heat watch, coming

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of an animal rescue in placer county. according to police-- a bear got trapped inside a car near lake tahoe. so, a deputy decided.. to take a look at this, new video of an animal rescue in plaster county. according to the police, this bear got trapped inside a car near lake tahoe, so a deputy decided to smash the window. it is unclear how the bear got trapped inside. san jose police are questioning a possible suspect in connection to a puppy theft. the suspect wandered into a warehouse on mary drive and snatched a six-week-old husky retriever mix.

police say suspect took off in a black mercedes with yellow windshield wipers. are you packing for a flight? here's something you should know. the tsa is now taking a closer look at any passengers packing powder.>> reporter: beginning today when you come to the airport checkpoints, you will start to hear tsa officers asking you to take larger containers of powder out of your bags. things above 350 milliliters, equivalent to a can of coke. and it will be the same way you do your laptop, they want to give that secondary screening so they can look closer at those items. the tsa is checking a range of items like powder cosmetics, baby powders and drink mixes, even protein powder. at this point, passengers will be encouraged but not required to pack those items into their checked bags. the tsa would like to see you

check them and not carry them on. similar to food items, officers may even recommend pulling smaller containers out of your bag for separate screening. the regulations are meant to reduce the chances expose the material or a debilitating agent can get on an airplane. also, those powders can look like an explosive material on x- rays and that can lead to extensive back searches that slow down the lives. so you will start to hear airline saying they will prefer you to check larger containers of powder, things about 350 milliliters, but you will still be able to bring them on if you need them in your carry-on bag. president trump has just signed an executive order that makes a major change in the zero tolerance policy for undocumented immigrants apprehended at the border.

they will still now be prosecuted, but children will no longer be separated from their parents. the president signed the order just a few minutes ago in the oval office. he had announced the change in policy at a meeting earlier today. he says he believes this eventually will be matched by legislation that is still to be determined. the president has also now today canceled this congressional picnic scheduled for tomorrow. he said it would not look appropriate to hold that at this time. let's go now to the signing of the executive order. >> thank you very much. we are signing an executive order. i consider it to be a very important executive order about keeping families together while at the same time being sure that we have a very powerful, very strong border and border security will be equal if not greater than previously. so we are going to have strong, very strong borders, but we are

going to keep the families together. i didn't like the site or feeling of families being separated. there is a problem that is gone on for many years as youhard on gration. it has been left out in the cold. people have not dealt with it, and we are dealing with it. so step-by-step, just like we dealt with north korea and dealt with iran and dealt with an economy that was heading in the wrong direction, we don't with a lot of different problems, this is one that has gone on for many decades. so we are keeping families together, and this will solve that problem. at the same time, we are keeping a very powerful border, and it continues to be a zero tolerance. we have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally. with that, i would ask mike pence, vice president, if you would like to say anything. >> thank you mr. president.

i think what the president has made clear as we believe it is a false choice between whether we are a country of law and order, a country with borders, and a country that demonstrates compassion and the heart of the american people in respect for families. by taking this action, the president will make it possible for us to continue to engage in enforcing the law against individuals who violate our law and come into our country illegally, but now in the prosecution, in the immediate days forward, we can keep families together as that goes forward. but we are calling on congress to change the laws in this regard and in a broad range of areas that will secure our borders and give us strength and confidence that we are once again going to take the steps necessary to and the crisis of illegal immigration in america. >> i think the word compassion comes into it, but it is still equally as tough, if not tougher, --

>> thank you for your leadership. we look forward and expect the house to act to this week. we ask them to do their job. the laws need to be changed. this is a problem the president after president has dealt with for decades. this one is willing to stand up and fix it. we asked congress to do their part. thank you sir for your leadership. >> great job. >> -- you're going to have a lot of happy people. thank you. okay? >> [ question inaudible ] this has been going on for 60 years. 60 years this has been going on for 60 years. 60 years, nobody has taken care of it. nobody has had the political courage to take care of it, but we are going to take care of it. it's been going on for a long time. the border is just as tough, but we do want to keep families

together. this is a problem. if you look at some of those horrible scenes from a few years ago, to me they were horrible scenes. they were just terrible. that was during the obama administration. other administrations have had the same thing. we are keeping the family together. so this is it. and also, there may be some litigation. we are also wanting to go through congress. we will be going through congress. we are working on a much more comprehensive bill. a lot of good things are happening toward immigration and proper immigration. but we have to have strong borders and ultimately we want to see it done right. it will be done right. but what we have done today is, we are keeping families together. the borders are just as tough, just as strong. they can come in through ports of entry if they want, that is a whole different story, and that is coming in th through a process and the process is what we want. so i want to thank you all very

much. thank you very much everybody. we will get the wall done. . >> [ question inaudible ] no, ivank of anke -- my wife feels very strongly about it, i feel very strongly. i think anybody with a heart would feel very strongly about it. we don't like to see family separated. at the same time, we don't want people coming into our le ] thank ery much. country illegally. this takes care of the problem. thank you very much everybody. >> you just watch the president signed this executive order which he said will and and the separation -- end the separation of families. he said the zero tolerance policy does not end, but the criminal persecutions is still plagued place and the families will stay together. we are going to bring in major

garrett now at the white house. why the executive order, why not a directive to the attorney general? >> reporter: the white house asserts it must follow the law and even executive order to provide executive instruction alongside what it says is a law that it is duty-bound to enforce. this administration, starting in april of this year, under the so-called zero-tolerance policy universally applied to that wall. if you're caught at the border, you will be prosecuted. and under a consent decree, there was a result of years and years of litigation, the

american government essentially agreed to se if they were being prosecuted for crossing the border illegally. because it was agreed children should not be subjected to any of the dangers of being incarcerated with adults. the administration knew that would be the inevitable result of the zero-tolerance policy. separating children. and had to know that. this is a long-standing application or part of immigration policy. the administration went ahead anyway. and forced the zero-tolerance policy, then saw the family separation issue essentially blossom and become a huge political problem, not only for it, but more importantly, for congressional republicans. overrule his own immigration policy at least in part. zero tolerance continues but

these families will now be kept together. what we don't know, jeff, and what happens to the families that have already been separated? will they suttly be put back together? will s be universal going forward and it will be able to survive litigation? which those who have watched this issue say is absolutely inevitable. and will congress use this as an opportunity to solve this with a piece of legislation the president can and will sign? or will that litigation or the executive order take the heat off congress? all of these are unknown elements. but what is the president is doing is essentially operating with executive power to resolve a crisis in large part of his own creation. >> glor: so, major, we've heard a lot of the people talk about how immigration has been an issue that has needed some adjustments or fixing for decades now. is there -- whether you agree with that or not, is -- in your stimation, is there a further appetite on capitol hill right now for some sort of broader legislation? >> reporter: well, the house has two bills that it believes is

responsive to parts of this dilemma. one, the family separation issue as well as another attendant immigration issues. but there's no signal at all, jeff, that the senate will take up that legislation if it even passes this week. so this is -- remember, republican-led congress, republican house of representatives where republican senate, the narrow is -- democrats need to come on board, something the white house has poimented to many times. but there is no sense at least presently that either this crisis or the president's own political pressure has moved congress any closer to a resolution of any issue under the umbrella of immigration except maybe this one of family separation. it's possible. congress could in a bipartisan way pass a piece of legislation to deal with only that issue and the president would have the option of signing it. he suggested he very well might. >> glor: okay, major garrett, thanks very much, from the white house. bottom line, this afternoon, the

president has signed this order, the family separations that have been taking plals at the southern border will end. much more about all of this on your local news on this cbs station, on our 24-hour news service, csn and tonight on the "cbs this morning" -- "cbs evening news." until then, i'm jeff glor. that story and more at five. welcome back every day the -- everybody. we are noticing clearing skies out there across san francisco. nice to see the blue skies. temperatures in the 60s in oakland, 76 concord, and the afternoon highs today will be in the upper 80s for concord, 89 fairfield. right around the water temperatures will be pretty normal for this time of year. we have high pressure to tr exc

this just issued by the weather service for sacramento valley, fairfield. it will be hot starting friday through sunday. in fact, to suspected to be between 100 and 108 degrees. heat related illnesses are possible. we want to get the morning out now. they just issued this minutes ago. please stay out of the sun during this coming weekend injuring as much water as you can. stay in air conditioning and check on your loved ones. today is the last day of spring. the official start of summer tomorrow. that means we will have the longer hours -- longest hours of daylight tomorrow, 15 area -- 15 hours. here is a look at the seven-day forecast. today temperatures pretty close to normal, especially around the water. tomorrow they will start to warm up slightly, but then friday and saturday is when you will notice that heat. into sunday as well. we are noticing offshore winds as well, so that will try things out and that can lead to the concern of fire danger . but next week things are calling back off again. >> back to the 80s. we will

have much more coming up on her next newscast. the president signing that executive order which is such -- essentially and the separation of children and their parents at the us- mexico border. -- ending the separation of children and their parents at the us-mexico border. have a great everyone.

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