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then the suspect shot and killed himself. the homicide happened in october 1974. investigators say the killer beat 19-year-old arliss perry inside memorial church, molested her, and smashed an ice pick on her head. according to the mercury news, sheriff's recently retested dna evidence from the case, and obtained enough evidence to obtain a search warrant. we will have more on this story coming up on kpix at five. president trump says the search to replace justice anthony kennedy is arad backanatany deon sput off l mier we break down some of the fallout, and introduce us to breaking news. nominees for replacements. >> reporter: president trump the suspect in a decades made it clear at a rally in cold case murder was tracked north dakota wednesday night, that his next supreme court nominee will have an impact on down in the bay area. the court for a long time to then he killed himself.
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come. >> we have to pick one that according to senate clarypel in will be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> reporter: the president will pick from a list of 25 candidates to replace justice anthony kennedy, based on a list of the white house released this november. those names include utah senator. mike lee, cavanaugh, a former candy clerk who currently sits as a judge on the u.s. court of appeals for washington dc, and amy connie baer, a former notre dame professor, who served as a clerk for the late supreme court justice. minority leader nancy pelosi says the stakes of kennedy's departure cannot be higher. >> republicans now have the opportunity to erase a generaf for women's rights, lg b ghts, workers rights and healthcare.>> our republican colleagues in the senate should follow the role they set in 2016 , not to cons year. >> reporter: democrats are still angry that republicans blocked president. obama's supreme court nominee
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before the 2016 election, on the grounds that voters should have a say and want the same deal now. she tweeted, for months away from an election there should be no election for a supreme court nominee until the american people have a say. mcconnell said that the senate when he denied judge garland hearing for nearly a year. the senate should follow the mcconnell standard now. nate ma mcconnell says the situation is much different. >> we are in the middle of this presidency and the first term. to my knowledge, no one on either side has suggested before yesterday that the senate should only process supreme court nominations in odd-numbered years. >> reporter: president trump says the senate will vote on kennedy's replacement this fall. >> kennedy was known as the courts swing vote. he often side with conservative, but also joined liberals in several key
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rulings. president trump is expected to pick someone who will move the court to the right. the date is set to july 16 in helsinki, finland, for the trump summit with vladimir putin. national security advisor john bolton finalized plans for that summit when he met with president. putin and moscow this week.>> it is important for these two leaders to get together and discuss their mutual problems and areas of cooperation. >> president trump says he has been tougher on russia than any other american president, but he is pushing for russia to be brought back into the g-7. this morning the president treated, russia continues to say they had nothing to do with meddling in our election. officials insist meddling ar ic spokesman got an unexpected visit from the inspector general's office. >> i can't speak with you, but if you give them my name and
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number i can have our office contact you. >> on the right is james schwab who resigned in march he claims the trump administration pressured him to lie to the public about ice rates in oakland. he gave his first interview since then to cbs reporter jamie lucas. >> reporter: tensions in the san francisco bay area were running high in february over a series of raids, enen ice. with the guidance of his superiors in washington dc, it fell to james schwab to communicate with journalists about the rates. >> the day before the operation took place, the oakland manor surprises and announced our operation.>> here is my message. how dare you. >> how dare you distort the reality? >> reporter: she was putting your officers lives in danger. am i correct.
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it was 16% higher than higher estimates. internally, that was considered a success. what they publicly said was that she let people go.>> and that was not true.>> right. >> reporter: schwab health craft estimate to that media saying, somewhere able to elude us. he was comfortable with that statement he says, because it included the words "some of.". >> this is a spin statement. >> reporter: a week later, atty. general. left just back -- jeff sessions words were different. >> those are 800 wanted criminals that are now at large in the community. >> reporter: that made you uncomfortable. >> completely false, yes. that made me extremely uncomfortable. >> reporter: when reporters asked him to clarify the discrepancy, schwab says he was instructed by his superiors in washington to sibley refer to
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the original statement he drafted, without disputing sessions' version of events. >> after they fail to correct, it is a flat out lie. they know it is a lie. it was shocking to me that no one wanted to fix that. >> reporter: troubled by what he saw as public deception, schwab turned in his resignation. >> i could not fathom staying at an organization that was okay with lying to the american public. i hate that. in 17 years, in the military, at the department of defense as a civilian, at nasa and now homeland security, i have never been asked to lie. i have never been asked to perpetuate a lie, which is the same as lying. >> reporter: when we talked to schwab on wednesday, three months after he quit, we were interrupted by surprise.>> cbs reached out to vallejo -- ice. they dispute the claims that he was asked to lie. the dhs did not get back to us about any investigations into who leaked details about that. although schwab is a registered
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democrat, he says it has nothing to do with his decision to resign and to speak out. we want to update you on the destructive wildfire in lake county. these pawnee fire is contained 30% it has destroyed 22 structures, 600 more are at risk. the danger is far from over. wind gusts have been strong throughout the day, about 20 miles per hour or so. at last check, the latest gust east of clearlake coming in at 70 miles per hour. the temperature is moving up quickly, 78 degrees and humidity is also dropping really went from 50% this morning down to about 20%. wind gust will continue to say -- stay strong around the fire. the fire is so big it creates its own set of wind as well. tomorrow is the big day of concern. a red flag warning is issued. this is the from the weather service. this includes lake county and the north bay hills, napa,
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sonoma county's. gusts are up to 35 miles per hour starting tomorrow into saturday night. >> reporter: oakland police are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in a deadly shooting. the gunman killed an 18-year- old outside it many mart on macarthur boulevard around 5:30 yesterday, and injured three others. in san francisco a hit-and- run driver injured a petty cab driver and a family of four visiting from vancouver. the driver has not been located. the crash happened yesterday afternoon. police are still looking for the driver of a light-colored sedan. people who live in oakland may soon see more road closures this summer. that is because crews are on overdrive trying to fix streets before the winter months. >> reporter: oakland city
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officials hope to repave four times more miles than they have in recent years. here at east 16th street and 37th avenue, this is one of the first roads getting repaved this summer. oakland city crews laid down 2 inches of fresh asphalt on east 16th street for the new road prepare initiative. city officials are calling it the summer of paving. >> i have been living in this house for 25 years. i am glad they are fixing the streets. my car is getting messed up from potholes. >> reporter: this campaign is said to fix just 25 miles of the 800 miles of oakland roads. still, that is far more than the previous 3 years, which averaged just 6 miles. oy the roadblock for years has been money, but now with $350 million in measure kk funds, and he states gas tax, crews are pounding the pavement.>> one of the common threads is that the residents are
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frustrated in the condition of the roads. >> reporter: 80% of the money is spent on major roads, 20% on local roads. in part, picked by councilmembers. the effort could be short- lived. a measure to repeal the gas tax is on the november ballot. if it gets repealed in the next election, this kind of work and pace will not be happening for oakland, or for communities across california. >> reporter: some eerie new information surrounding the mysterious deadly shooting at a california state park. clear mark
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i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. new information about a deadly shooting in a state park in southern california.
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>> berkeley alum tristan beaudet was killed friday while his two young daughters were sitting in the same tent. investigators say there have been at least five other shootings in the area in just the past 2 years.>> they are a little bit smaller, i think 3 mm diameter b's but issues 100 of them. >> there is no word on any suspects or arrests. the campground where he was shot is closed indefinitely. to monterey county beaches are open today. according to health officials the water at moderator mr. -- municipal peach and lovers point beach is safe. they were close earlier when tests showed contamination. right now. get outside because soon it will be uncomfortably hot. you can see it is just beautiful.
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we didn't have the thick marine layer like we did yesterday so it has been a lovely day. temperatures are slowly rising, thanks to the sunshine. everything will get uncomfortable, dry and hot by tomorrow. for now, here is why it feels so nice. we have an onshore breeze through downtown san francisco at 20 miles per hour. same with san francisco, breezy conditions. fairfield is finally getting a break. most of the bay area is under blue skies at this hour. san francisco, 62 degrees. 74 in livermore. by yesterday afternoon when i saw 58 so it is nice to see some warming. 82 in concorde, 85 in fairfield. we are noticing this will be our last day of an onshore wind
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because of the low. we have been getting west winds all week. this ridge of high pressure will be reaching us and that is when our wind direction will change. when that happens humidity levels will drop. we have triple digit heat in store for us friday, saturday and sunday. friday is when it will really peek. starting tomorrow ghto takes fect.ght, the flag it includes napa anma counties, the elevations above 1000 feet, along with solano county and lake county where the pawnee fire is burning. gusts up to 40 miles per hour. humidity will be low. fires can spread fast. firefighters are very busy. we don't want to see any new fires. we have west wind for now, but early tomorrow morning we will
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see north winds coming into play. that will get intense starting friday night. the flag warning starts at 11 pm on friday. it will be gusty. sunset will be at 8:30 5 pm tonight. sunrise tomorrow at 5:50 am. tomorrow we will feel the heat. the fourth of july looks like a nice, cold day with some cloud cover. >> we will be looking for the possibility of clouds ruining the fireworks shows. let's look at the financial markets. the dow is up about 180 points.
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>> reporter: in the play, a streetcar named desire, most of the actors are people of color. that is because of sherry young.>> i just wanted opportunity for actors of color to really have that ability to get into these roles. this is the stuff that we want to do, and that we live for. >> reporter: in 1994, sherry founded the african-american shakespeare company, the san francisco based non- to give people of non-color -- people of color their chance in the spotlight. >> it lets everyone know that we are capable and more than capable. >> reporter: artistic director says shelley -- sherry celebratesthbay area's cultural diversity. >> what impressed me immediately was her heart, her dynamism, her sense of what this company means to her. >> ile erry started with shakespearean plays, she has also produced american classics like cinderella. two her, sherry is like wonder
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woman. before starting in other productions, he was denied roles. >> the committed of the motto of envisioning classes with color, forgiving opportunity of two people of color to come and share what they can do with the talent that they have. i love the dedication. >> reporter: today sherry seas. fowsa mpany of 60 artists >>haveinousty at have gone on to perform in washington dc, on broadway. we make in addition, she gives drama classes at the reading t school kids. >> it makes me proud that i am leaving a legacy behind. >> reporter: so for creating a theater company where active -- actors of color can shine, this week's award goes to sherry young. >> one of the things she loved hearing most is that some audiences are enjoying speak
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a controversy. i want you to make it go smoothly, all right? >> ridge: okay. what about all the things that she's done to this company, her family's done to this company? we're gonna forget about that? >> eric: no, of course not. i'll always remember that. >> ridge: you do? then when did you hire her? >> eric: look, you're not gonna have to deal with her hardly at all. she's gonna be working with hope most of the time. i told her to find a spot for sally on hope for the future. >> ridge: really? how did that go over? >> hope: you weren't hired to be a designer here, sally. >> sally: i know, okay? it's a long way off. i just thought, in the meantime, you could take a look at my sketches.
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