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the returns can happen today if you want to do that. >> yeah, if you can brave it. >> have patience. thanks for watching kpix 5 news this morning. your next local update is at 7:26. >> and cbs this morning is coming up next. good morning to our viewers in the west, it is wednesday, december 26th, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." customs and border protection face new outrage after the death of an 8-year-old boy in its custody on christmas eve. lawmakers demand answers about the second child to die this month. we will talk to the agency's commissioner. a new report reveals you could be paying a high price for those so-called risk-free trials. how to watch for misleading subscriptions that cost americans more than $1 billion in the past decade. plus the new hashtag campaign that encourages americans to unplug, how it takes the idea of fomo, the fear of missing out and turns it into joy.
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and why would a man who retired at the top of his game return to work six years later? basketball coach jim calhoun tells us what brought the three-time ncaa champion back to the court. we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. the second child has died in border patrol custody this time, an 8-year-old guatemala boy. >> nationwide anger after a christmas tragedy. >> i'm going to call for an investigation to prevent something like that from happening again. >> christmas is over, but the government shutdown, not even close to done. >> it's not going to be open until we have a fall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it i'll call it whatever they want. authorities in indonesia are asking people living near an island volcano to avoid the coastline because of more upon tsunamis. at least one person is dead, and four homes evacuated after a small plane crash in sioux falls, south dakota. >> it came hard and fast, it sounded like a dive bomber.
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chaos on christmas. >> holiday commute turned into a nightmare for drivers in california. >> watch out! all that -- >> ferocious flames consuming a boat in australia. incredibly, a 5-year-old and five adults are okay. and all that matters. >> the moment a chicago teenager learns his hard work has paid off. he's harvard bound. >> i got it! i got it! on "cbs this morning." >> remember how the oklahoma city chorus, feeling the holiday spirit. she's going all at it. >> she's going for it. look at her. >> she's beating her own drum. >> saying she gave it a little extra, would be an understatement. you go on! ♪ ♪ not sure everyone in the
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choir appreciated that, but we did. >> your cue to dance. >> this will be my moment of that welcome to cbs norng. on this day after christmas, i'm dana jacobsen with tony dokoupil. bianna golodryga and norah o'donnell are off. the customs and border protection are ordering new steps to protect children in u.s. custody after the death of an 8-year-old guatemalan boy, he died just before midnight on christmas eve, the second migrant child to die this month after being detained near the border. >> that's right. the first, 7-year-old jakelin caal, also from guatemala was buried yesterday in her home town. she died in a u.s. detention facility from dehydration and septic shock. janet shamlian is in alamagordo, new mexico, at the hospital where the latest boy died. janet, good morning. >> good morning. this is the hospital where
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felipe was treated and ultimately where he died late on christmas eve. he arrived into the united states about a week earlier with his father. reportedly in good health. before he was taken into u.s. custody. so what happened? this morning, we have new information on his death. customs and border protection now report that at about 9:00 christmas eve morning, detention center agents noticed 8-year-old felipe gomez alonzo coughing and appeared to have glossy eyes. by 12:45 he was at the hospital. diagnosed and treated for a common cold. at 1:20, he registered a 103-degree fever, but by 2:50, he and his father were released from the e.r. and transferred to another checkpoint with a prescription for an antibiotic and ibuprofen. officials say the pair received several welfare checks there. by 7:00 p.m., the boy's condition worsened. he appeared to be nauseous and vomited. but his father declined further
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medical assistance. three hours later, authorities say felipe was lethargic and nauseous again. and agents sent him back to the hospital as there was no emt on duty. on the way he lost consciousness, could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 11:48 p.m. >> this administration has put deterrence and enforcement ahead of humane treatment of people. >> chris rickert is counsel for the american civil liberties union which is ewing the government over its immigration policy. texas congressman beto o'rourke spoke yesterday about the child's death. >> i'm going to call for an investigation to get to the facts to make sure we understand what happened and to prevent something like that from happening again. >> alonzo is the second child from guatemala to die in border protection custody this month. on monday, family members wept as the wouldeddy of 7-year-old jakelin caal was returned home. rickert says the department of
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homeland security and the president must be held accountable. >> the question is, what does it take for dhs to take action? how many more children have to die before they are not put into these conditions? >> the hospital cited privacy concerns for not releasing more information about what caused the boy's death but say an autopsy is being done to determine that. meanwhile, customs and border protection is doing its own investigation. and as of now, is mandating new health checks on all children in its custody. >> janet, thank you. a lot of questions remain. on that subject in our next hour, u.s. customs and border protection commissioner kevin mcaleenan talks with us about his agency's handling of immigrants in detention. it's an interview you will see first on "cbs this morning." president trump says that partial government shutdown will not end until democrats agree to put up billions for his border wall. a large part of the federal government is still closed.
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the president is also backing his treasury secretary after he caused more uncertainty on wall street. chip reid is at the white house. >> good morning, about 800,000 federal employees who thought they would be going back to work after the christmas holiday, instead will be furloughed or will have to go back to work without pay. and nine federal agencies are putting together plans for what they're saying is an indefinite closure. >> i can't tell you whether the government is going to be open. >> after wishing merry christmas to the troops from the oval office, president trump vowed to keep the government closed until he gets more money for his wall. >> i can tell you it's not going to be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it. >> he claims workers affected by the partial shutdown want him to fight for the wall. >> many of those workers have said to me, communicated, stay out until you get the funding for the wall. >> many of those federal workers sounded off on twitter, saying
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they want to return to work and get paid. the president is locked in a bitter stalemate with democratic lawmakers who have said they will not support any money for a wall. in a joint statement, democratic congressional leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi wrote, the president wanted the shutdown. but he seems not to know how to get himself out of it. and while the president in a flurry of tweets said he was waiting for democrats to make a deal, stock markets went on a christmas eve freefall. the president blamed the federal reserve. calling it the only problem our economy has. but he expressed support for his treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, who attempted to intervene in the stock market struggles by calling the heads of u.s. banks over the weekend. >> government reopen? >> very talented, very smart person. >> the white house says this partial government shutdown could continue into the new congress, which begins january 3rd and that is when nancy pelosi is expected to be sworn
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in as the democratic speaker of the house. >> chip, with congress reconvening tomorrow, what is next for negotiations? >> basically it's a stand-off. the white house is saying the ball is in the democrats' court. the democrats are saying no, it's the president who needs to take the first move here. a democratic party source did tell cbs news that the white house offered $2.1 billion for border security. plus $400 million for president trump's other immigration priorities. but democrats have called that, a slush fund. now nancy pelosi says when the new congress comes into power, they will very quickly pass a bill that would end this shutdown. but it's not going to have any money for the wall. so there's no guarantee that president trump would sign that. >> chip reid, thank you. stock markets are gaining ground this morning after their worst christmas eve losses ever. the dow jones industrials fell 653 points on monday, hitting the lowest level of the year.
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u.s. stock values have dropped by $1 trillion this month. they're on track for their worst december performance since the great depression. joseph saluzzi, co-founder of a trading company is here to help us understand why the markets have fallen. we saw on sunday that treasury secretary steve mnuchin called the largest banks, tried to insure confidence in the u.s. markets and president trump blamed the fed for the problems. what role have those two things had in the drop we've seen. >> monday's sell-off was related to the mnuchin comments, they were not necessarily. you don't make a call like that, in my opinion, when there's not a financial crisis going on. and right now there's not a crisis. 2008 was a crisis. so making a call looking for liquidity and asking banks for liquidity wasn't necessary. and what it did was had the opposite effect, where people started to wonder -- is there something we don't know? and that's always the biggest fear. certainly that i have, is there something out there. >> joe, do you think his call to the banks wan a thinly veiled
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attempt to assure the public that the markets were okay. or was there a fundamental reason he wanted to thak their temperature. >> i think he was trying to assure the public. saying let's get the markets back up. that's not his role in that situation. we're not in a crisis where you have to call the banks and look fr liquidity like secretary pa paulsen did in 2008. >> it's a little bit different. do you have emergency rations. >> and when you get that call, you're worried. >> it's a funny thing about the market. when we do the weather report, what we say doesn't affect the weather. but when we talk about the economy, does affect the economy. the market and the economy are two different things. is this drop in the stock market a bad omen for the broader economy? >> i don't think so. last night there was a report that retail sales were coming out 5% higher this year. so the economy is strong. the reason why i know that is that the federal reserve, they know what they're doing. this time i think they do. bernanke and those guys, a different story. they're raising rates because
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they see a strong economy. which means and you see a 5% retail number. the markets have built a lot on the economy and also on confidence, what we have now is a confidence crisis. things like questioning the federal reserve, and the mnuchin comments, those are not helpful. let's talk about low unemployment. rising retail sales. you know there's a lot of good things, the tax cuts are going to kick in, they've been kicking in, a good thing for the economy. company earnings are great. >> we are right now, though in a government shutdown, day four of that. the impact that that may have is what? >> we've seen, i've been around for a long time, unfortunately. a lot of temporary shutdowns. for the most part markets ignore the shutdown. it's not a big deal for the markets. >> how long does it have to last for it to have an impact? >> if it goes on for a month or something like that. i think we've seen weeks, it doesn't tend to be a big deal. we're more concerned about the general economic, where are the unemployment numbers, industrial production, all solid numbers that are coming out and they're still good. >> let's cut to the chase. if people have $1,000 in the
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market, at the beginning of the year, what do they have left? >> at the beginning of the month, it was down 15%. don't panic. and you know if you look at your statements saying they're going to be lower. but at this point, if you see this as the way i see it as a stronger economy and a confidence issue, i think we'll get through. look at it as a buying opportunity. i have a 529 for one of my kids, i added money on friday, i think we're getting towards, say you want to put $5,000 in the market. put $1,000 in right now and work your way through and let's see where this thing goes. right now, don't panic. >> joe saluzzi, you going to loan me that $1,000? we'll talk in the commercial break. thank you very much. more severe weather is slowing rescue and relief efforts in indonesia. four days after a devastating tsunami killed more than 420 people. this morning officials are warning people to stay more than a mile away from the shoreline. imagine that. they're afraid of another giant wave. we've got barry peterson for us
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in london following the story. good morning. >> good morning. well what has been hard has now gotten harder. heavy rains made trucks with relief supplies can't get through muddy roads. machinery can't dig into the debris. and it's worse for the homeless and the frightened. it's about keeping spirits up. getting little kids singing and smiling. shelters are overflowing with 21,000 people evacuated as a precaution against another tsunami. mostly the old and the young. like 11-year-old pupa. i'm too afraid to stay in my house, she says. as the massive scope of the clean-up becomes clear, drones are showing the devastation in more remote areas as the hunt goes on for survivors or bodies. it was on this day in 2004, that an earthquake triggered tsunami roar aid cross the indian ocean. killing some 230,000.
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120,000 of those in indonesia. after that, indonesia built a major earthquake alert system. but officials now admit, the system stopped working in 2012 because of lack of maintenance. it may not have mattered. since this tsunami -- was likely triggered by a landslide caused by this volcano. it's been erupting for months and still is. which means there is still the danger of another tsunami. that's why nerves are so very much on edge. and why reports of another tsunami sent panicked searchers running from the shore yelling water is coming. so far, the reports have all been false alarms. there is some relief in sight. the high tides began easing today. that means if there is another tsunami it may not have the blunt force power of the one that hit over the weekend. adriana? >> barry, thank you.
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a kentucky man is charged with murder of a law enforcement officer after his truck crashed into a police cruiser on christmas eve. louisville metro police say 60-year-old roger burdett. slammed into detective deirdre mengedoht on the interstate. the 32-year-old mother was trapped in her car as it burst into flames. video shows the driver failing a sobriety test and he's charged with driving under the influence. new jersey health officials are urging more than 3700 patients of a surgical facility to have tests immediately for several dangerous illnesses. the health plus surgery center in saddlebrook said people treated there from january 1 to september 7 may have come into contact with hepatitis b, hepatitis c and hiv. a state investigation found lapses in infection control at the center, which may have exposed patients to blood-borne pathogens. health officials say the risk of
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infection is low and so far, no illnesses reported. the surgery center said it will pay for the testing. winter weather in much of the country will cause travel headaches for millions of americans heading home after christmas. a storm system is bringing a mix of rain and snow to parts of the mountain west and southwest. drivers could face dangerous conditions on roads in the midwest. meteorologist david epstein of our boston station, wbz tv is tracking the storm. good morning. >> good morning. yes indeed. definitely a pretty sizeable storm anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow where you see the pink, that's where we have winter storm warnings and there's winter weather advisories. this is fairly long-lasting storm. moving in later today and continuing through friday in some spots. and off towards the east, the storm is going to produce some severe weather. weerl be watching around dallas tonight around midnight, there could be some severe weather. it continues to move east. look at the line of showers and thunderstorms causing travel trouble here tomorrow evening
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and it moves off into new england. i don't think we'll see any severe weather up through the boston or new york area. but a lot of rain and warm temperatures as well. temperatures for today if you're traveling about, not that chilly. the country in general fairly seasonable. miami of course quite warm. even warm in southern texas. cool across the northern tier. boston at 38. out west, temperatures in the 50s and lower 60s. plenty of sunshine. adriana? >> david, thank you. gift cards are becoming more popular and not just with shoppers. ahead, how scammers use them to steal your money. good wednesday morning to you. mainly clear skies out there but chilly conditions as we head through the afternoon. enjoy the sunshine. it will be breezy. northwesterly winds about 10 to 20 miles per hour. 59 in downtown san francisco for a high. 50 in oakland and santa rosa. we're going to stay dry through the next several days and
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we have much more news ahead. gofundme responds to a fundraising campaign for a homeless vet that turned out to be a lie. what's happening to $400,000 donated by generous strangers. plus how to get your credit cards under control if you spent a bit too much on christmas giving. and pop-up ads offer so-called risk-free trials for everything from skin creams to weight loss pills and anna werner shows us why many can be expensive scams. >> we met one victim who ended up being billed month after month for a product she says didn't work. ahead on "cbs this morning" how you can protect yourself.
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it's 7:27 i'm giana franco in the traffic center. let's get a peak outside. it looks good. no delays to report as you head through there. if you are headed towards the metering lights not bad at all. it's easy as you work your way across the span in san francisco. it doesn't look like it's causing any troubles. travel times are looking good as well. you are in the green 101. only a 38-minute drive in the green through the altamonte pass. good news there. thanks. we are starting off the day with that sunshine and we'll continue to see beautiful blue skies out there as we head through our afternoon with breezy conditions. a dry cold front will bring northwesterly winds 20 miles per hour. 60 in oakland.
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no fouls to give. stevenson throws it quickly. >> the nba champion warriors gave their fans almost nothing for christmas, you could say. golden state lost to the lakers last night. lebron james strained a groin muscle when he went after a loose ball. he will have tests today to see how long he will be sidelined. at one point it looked like the
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golden warriors's steph curry needed a little help. you can see him strategizing. >> what is there to say? go after the ball and stop them from scoring. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. north and south korea broke ground on a connection of railroad links. they decided to start transportation links that had been cut all the way back to the korean war. north korea's nuclear project took back shipments needed. the aclu says records are needed to guide the debate on reauthorizing or changing a law that expires next year. the law sets limits on the nsa's bulk collection of call records and other data.
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congress passed it in 2014 after former nsa contractor edward snowden leaked documents of government surveillance. the largest mega millions christmas jackpot ever had no big winner. it was the fifth ever to happen on christmas night. the grand prize was $321 million after going nine weeks without a winner. the next mega millions drawing on friday will have an estimated jackpot of 348 million. well, if you plan to shop online after christmas, watch up for pop-up ads peddling free trials for everything from teeth whiteners to skin creams. risk-free trials may sound enticing but are often a scam. consumers can be misled for auto-enroll subscriptions where they get billed monthly without
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knowing it. anna warner is here now with how to protect yourself. >> good morning. it can be hard to tell what's a real ad for a weight loss product or a skin cream and one that's fake. we met one woman outside chicago who fell victim to one such ad with a phony endorsement from a popular tv show. >> so you thought if "shark tank" people are endorsing it, it must be a real deal? >> it must be good. >> reporter: debbie wagner decided to give it a try, a skin cream. all she had to do was pay for shipping for a free trial. but when she got the product -- >> it was like a watery cream. >> reporter: and what was advertised? >> improves the visible signs of aging. >> reporter: did it do that? >> no. >> reporter: but a month later, wagner said another shipment of the face cream showed up at her door, along with an eye serum from the same company that she says she never ordered.
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and she learned she had been billed $89 for the face cream, about $70 for the eye serum. >> that's $160 a month. >> reporter: $160 a month? >> about. >> reporter: for how many months? >> four months. >> reporter: when she called customer service, she said they told her she had signed up for it. >> reporter: did you ever see any disclaimers or information on the web page in the ad that said, if you sign up for this, you will have continuing shipments. >> no. >> reporter: buried in fine print, she said, if she didn't return the shipment in 14 days, she would keep getting billed for something she didn't want. >> reporter: how do you feel about getting billed in this fashion? >> i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: wagner is not alone. free trial complaints doubled between 2015 and 2016. 72% of them were females.
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steve baker investigates these scams for the bbb. he said companies rarely give refunds. >> you have a tremendous number of people who think there's not much risk, that it's just a buck or two to try this thing out. then they find, oh, my god, i've been conned, it's a trap. i can't get out of it. >> i want to share with you the secret of our incredible weight loss system. >> reporter: remember the acai weight loss ads? one of the companies took about $80 million from consumers through deceptive free trial systems. they said none of those would actually contain weight loss. some didn't even contain acai. the company was later shut down by the feds. >> it's a scam. >> reporter: and there are phony celebrity endorsements. recent headlines on fake web sites and social media said judge judy was retiring to set up a skin caroline. she later set the record straight along with ellen degeneres. >> if you don't see us with our
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mouths moving talking about a product, if you just see a pi t picture of us, we're not endorsing that product. >> reporter: as for wagner, she says she learned her lesson. >> if i could scream it from the rooftops, i would tell people, please, please don't do free trials. >> she did get about $400 back but only after she went to the better business bureau. we tried contacting this company that has the eye cream. it goes to a machine. if you have to enter your credit card number, that's a red flag. also please read the fine print and check your bank and credit card statements regularly. some people don't notice they've been billed until it happens for a few months. >> go today and take a look. >> good for her for stepping forward with her story. it's not easy to admit that happened to you. >> she said she was embarrassed, actually, and she was hesitant initially to talk about it. but people shouldn't be embarrassed because they're setting up these programs in
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certain ways for reasons. >> it happens to all of us. >> it works for a reason. >> from one scam to another, coming up, anna, thank you very much. we appreciate it. another fast-growing scam involves gift cards. ahead, how retailers are working to stop imposters who prey on victims' emotions and family ties. and if you're on the go, subscribe to our "cbs this morning" podcast. hear today's top stories and what's happening in your world in less than 20 minutes. you're watching "cbs this morning." ain't no scam. ways metal vibration therapy.at:
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welcome back. welcome back. a big name retailer and the aarp are joining to warn us about a big scam in demanding payment of gift cards. a number of cases in these reported scams jumped 270% over the past three years. now best buy, the aarp and the national association of attorneys general are launching a new psa to get out the word. >> all the steps that were being
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done and taken seemed real. >> reporter: trinidad gonzalez is still trying to face the fact that scammers parade on her emotions to clean out her pockets. a young man claiming to be her grandson said he was in jail and needed a thousand dollars immediately. he then put someone on the phone who said he was her attorney. >> it was a lot of money. >> reporter: the caller said he could make it easy for the money. he said to purchase gift cards from walmart and give him the numbers on the back of the cards. >> i didn't say anything. they asked me, do you know where this money is going? i said it's going to my grandchildren. >> reporter: but it never got to her grandchildren. that night she found out her grandson was at home in virginia. and she and her husband were out $4,000. >> that was too much money for
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me to hand over to a stranger like that. i could have paid my taxes. i could have paid all these things coming up. but to have lost that amount of mone just for the sake of losing it. >> reporter: according to the federal trade commission, 26% of scam victims paid with a gift card between january and september this year. that's up from only 7% in 2015. pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro. >> why wouldn't a scammer just ask for cash or a credit card number? >> typically with cash they have to have a meet-up somehow, so they don't want to create that risk. on a credit card, it's much easier to trace and easy for the bank to shut down the money flowing to the scammer. so gift cards largely are untraceable. >> reporter: to tackle it is growing problem, forces gathered with the attorney general. they took steps try to curb fraud. among them reducing gift card
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limits, reducing the redemption of gift cards. best buy is taking it a step further, teaming up with the aarp in a new public service announcement. >> we certainly see more people start reporting it because we are empowering customers now to not be scared about talking about this. i think for a while there was some shame. >> how hopeful are you that the campaign can put an end to this kind of scam? >> we're very hopeful that shining even more light on it will help. but make no mistake, this is a big industry and scammers follow the money. >> reporter: trinidad gonzalez said she was originally too embarrassed to tell her friends and family she was scammed. now she hopes her story will put others on high alert. >> it's very disheartening to know that you were made a fool of. but now looking back on this, i hope it helps somebody. somebody who, like me, think they're smart enough not to fall for it and to question it.
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>> the cards cannot be used to pay bail or pay taxes. if you think you've been scammed, you should report the fraud to your card company. you can put a lock on a door but it's very hard to put a lock on a heart or mind, so when these scammers call and say your loved one is in trouble, there is no way to shut it off. >> and it seems like they find other ways to go after people, too. coming up next, a look at this morning's other headlines, including a new record of a song you may have heard somewhere, and, in fact, right here. how mariah good wednesday morning to you. mainly clear skies. but chilly conditions as we head through the afternoon enjoy the sunshine. breezy conditions with northwesterly winds about 10 to 20 miles per hour. 58 for a high in downtown san francisco. oakland you'll see a high of 60 as well as for san rafael and
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on a story we showed you yesterday. i.c.e. agents leaving migrants in downtown el paso. at least 100 more were left on christmas day. they are on their way to sponsors. el paso officials expect to receive more than 2,000 migrants by the end of the week. i.c.e. says the release was done to, quote, mitigate the risk holding family units past the time frame allotted by the government. u.s. immigration and cut customs enforcement officials could not be reached for comment due to the federal government shutdown. more than $400,000 in go fund me donations was refunded in connection to an alleged scam involving a homeless veteran. filing this under make shake mig head. about 14,000 donors gave money to the campaign. they responded to a story that i new jersey couple kaitlyn mcclure and mark daa mikko wanted to help johnny bobbitt who gave kate his last $20 to
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buy gasoline. last mnt three were charged with second degree theft and conspiracy. and "the washington post" suggests if you've been too merry with holiday credit card spending, you can use a debt strategy. it would include kugtd the cord while you pay off the balances. pick the plan on concentrating first on the plan with the highest interest rate or spread any extra cash among all your debts. you can team one someone else to try to get out of debt and how old each other accountable taking notes while reading. >> it's like weight loss, just have a partner in it and it will be a little easier do it maybe. >> doing nothing, sitting on the couch not spending money. mariah carey's all i want for christmas is you is still shattering records. ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ >> spotify played that song 10.8 million times on christmas eve around the world. that set a record for one song
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streamed the most times on the site in a single day. the song was made almost a quarter century ago. >> didn't she write that? >> i don't know actually. >> you're the only one at this tables that not a fan of that song. >> i'm a fan, she's a nonfan. >> it's good. >> it srchts que queen elizas been a wild year. how they're marking milestones like the marriage of prince harri and meghan markle. oing ri? (danny) impressing the heck out of me. yi and meghan markle. and meghan markle. where's your belly rubs? after a day of chasing dogs you shouldn't have to chase down payments. (vo) send invoices and accept payments to get paid twice as fast. (danny) you deserve a treat. and by treat i mean cash. bacon-wrapped cash. josie...it's time to get yours!
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i'm anne makovec. contra costa county prosecutors are warning people about a scam involving callers asking for your social security numbers. the scam would ask victims to confirm social security numbers which would obviously be used to commit identity theft. >> and time for snow enthusiasts in the area. conditions are great for ski and snow board areas and there are currently no tire chain restrictions on interstate 80 or u.s. highway 50. updates throughout the day on all your favorite platforms
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good wednesday morning. if it was a typical wednesday commute we'd see a lot more cars on the roadways and that's just not the case this morning. a great day on the roads if you're out and about early. northbound from 238 to the maze. all the way clear down. we do have reports of a minor crash on the northbound side of 880 at coleman avenue. not causing any delays. the rest of the bay area very quiet. both directions 101 top shape with great speed. heir. and we are looking at plenty of sunshine. a beautiful view of our mount vaca cam. daytime highs breezy northwesterly winds. about 10 to 20 miles per hour. daytime highs 58 in san francisco. 60 for a high in oakland.
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a big good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, december 26, 2018. welcome back to cbs "this morning." ahead, we'll ask the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection about the second child to die in his agency's custody in less than a month. plus, so many of us have fomo these days. see the new effort to spread jomo, that's the joy of missing out. first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. the commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection is ordering new steps after the death of an eight-year-old guatemalan boy. >> he arrived with his father
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reportedly in good health before he was taken into u.s. custody. >> how many more children have to die before they are dplnot p in these conditions. >> the white house says the ball is in the democrats' court. the democrats are saying no. >> i can't tell you when the government will be open. >> is this drop in the stock market a bad omen for the broader economy? >> i don't think so. i think the economy is strong. we have a confidence crisis. >> what has been hard has now gotten harder. heavy rains mean trucks with relief supplies can't get through muddy roads. machinery can't dig into the debris. >> cheer her on! >> this cute little girl is told at the houston rockets game if she can drag in bear halfway across the court she wins the bear and look at her working her tail off. it's three times her size but she will not be stopped! look at the hug. that is what the holidays are all about. >> you
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>> you'd have to give that girl the bear regardless of whether th she got it across the line. good morning. congress returns to washington for budget talks tomorrow but he five-day partial government shutdown has no end in sight. president trump repeated y thatday that the government ill not reopen until democrats all.e to fund a border wall. a democratic party source tells ource tellhe white house has lowered its demand to $2.1 billion for border security and mmigratilion for the president's other immigration policies. >> that's far less than the lion istration's original $5.7 billion demand. but still more than democrats offer -- their offer of $1.3 $1.3 billion for border security. se democrats say they will not a wallt a wall. ing that is a major sticking point for the president.
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>> jeff drugs, we have illegal people coming into the country. re the caravan, 618 people were very bad in some cases riminals. wanted for very bad -- you saw the one man who said he was wanted for murder. ay you'rwant them in the country. the only way you'll do it is to meaninghysical barrier, meaning all.ll. and if you don't have that, then we're just not opening. >> today is the first full business day to be impacted by the shutdown. 380,000 federal workers are furloughed. 420,000 others are doing essential work and are expected to go without pay until a they ig bill is passed. >> andnclude 92% of u.s. customs r theorder protections employees. that agency is under fire inr the death of a second migrant child in its custody ands month alone. customs and border protection says eight-year-old felipe gomez guate from guatemala died shortly before midnight on
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christmas eve at a new mexico hospital. .he boy was transferred to that iagnosedpital earlier in the day. he has been diagnosed with a common cold and released. >> customs and border protectioprotectio protections says it will conduct an 10dary medical checks on consien in their custody under ten years old. it's considering ways to help re nal med capacity issues and provide additional medical the ag assistance. the agency says it's conducting .s.hor ough review of the case. >> the commissioner from u.s. he jstoms and border protection you wil from washington in an interview you'll see first on fi as "this morning." good morning. k you for for joining us. estt is the latest in the information of the 8- morningar-old's death? >> good morning. with any death in custody we report immediately to our office of professional responsibility.
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>> in our reporting, it was reporting the child had a reporteee fever. a 103ing a sick child back to a detention center instead of keeping him at the hospital? t's aat's a call made by the ionals. professionals. he spent almost five hours in the emergency room. it was a border patrol agent who noticed the child didn't appear to be wll on the morning of christmas eve and made the ortision to transport the child hosthe father to the hospital nd it was the emergency room hectors and nurses who made the ycision to discharge the young boy. >> but are you satisfied with uess,edical conditions and facilities against resources n cenare available at these intotion center should sick children come back into your onthsdy there? >> i've talked about that month th months that what we're seeing is huge numbers of families with lots of children, young children as well as unaccompanied minors coming into bord ng the patrol custody after
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re notng the border unlawfully orat our stations are not built builtat group that's crossing. they were built 30, 40 years ago for single adult males and we need help from congress, we need andudget for medical care and lthcare ealth care, for children comur facilities and i'm committed to improving our conditio conditions. >> given the resources you outlined, i know of two children who died in the past month, can us guarantee us there are more children that we haven't heard no about that have passed away? ot there are not more children cbpt you have not heard about. this is an extraordinarily rare occurrence, it's been more than 's been msince we've had a child pass away in a cbp process so his is devastating for us.
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we've got over 1500 emergency medical technicians that have been co-trained as law enforcement officers, they worked everyday to protect pe eople that come into our rder pat r.rder patrol made 4300 rescues but forar. but for the this specific ldrenrio where we have these two sectorn that crossed into el paso sector, our border patrol ol sec we responded by doing secondary medical checks. that means paramedics who are border patrol agents checking each child in our custody to determine their health status. ingle doing dozens of hospital trips everyday with children fest have fevers or manifest other medical conditions and we've asked for help. e've got two coast guard teams deploying team to support our border patrol agents in checking the welfare of children in our custody and working to move them to i.c.e. and to better custody situations and release it as quickly as we can so we don't have them in border patrol bations. >> commissioner, we were in mexico traveling with the
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aravan for days and we saw ling ten traveling 10 hours a eet it least walking under the hot sun sleeping on the street sn dire, unhealthy conditions. ave twoe you doing to ensure the children are as healthy as they hen be and to have two deaths in three weeks, are these children slipping through the cracks? more >> we're seeing more children than ever before coming into our custody. in decepace in december we'll ave almost 25,000 children, nts who haem accompanied by parents who have crossed our bo border in arriving in custody. seen s an enormous flow. you mentioned the caravan family walk id walk significant distances through mexico before ge getting some transportation north of mexico city. we're seeing three different tionss -- families coming in the hands
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support. >> here's the one thing i discovered after coaching for 40 something years. if you have a kids' back, you got them. that's what everybody wants in life. they want somebody that will push them but, more importantly, care about them. how his love for the players carried jim calhoun back to the court after retirement. you're watching cbs "this morning." calhoun from retirement. you're watching "cbs this morning." there's a lot to love about medicare. also a lot to know.
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three california wildfires in the last two months destroyed more than 20,000 structures. the campfire killed 86 people and displaced an estimated 35,000 others. showing us now it is now nearly impossible for evacuaties to find housing. >> i lost everything i had. >> pictures. >> pictures i can never replace. >> a part of me feels real selfish. >> tabitha and they are two daughters are starting over from scratch. their home was one of nearly 14,000 destroyed in the campfire. the family is using money from fema to move from motel to motel. she wants to keep the girls in their school and for now, she driving them an hour each way. she had hoped to find a
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permanent home nearby. >> there is nothing to be had. no place to live. >> we are not equipped to negotiate a disaster like this. >> the manager of the disaster of bute county. >> california was already facing a housing shortage. with the loss of tens of thousands of homes, the state is unable to absorb new homeowners. this could triple the number of homeless people in his county to 6,000. >> we are playing musical chaired with housing. it takes someone to move out to secure a unite. they are just waiting. >> what do you do in a situation like this? >> the thing is bringing in viable options bringing in fema
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housing. >> fema has approved $27 million and plans to bring in 1,300 temporary homes but rebuilding paradise will take 10 to 20 years unthinkable for her and her daughters. >> it makes me freely like a little bit of a failure because i couldn't find anything fast enough. >> you are not a failure. >> i can't live in motels forever. i'm hoping something comes together. >> for cbs this morning from chico, california. >> shed pay for her motel stays for the next 6 to 18 months. that should get the family through the end of the school year. she is not a failure, she's a hero for trying to keep some regularity in her children's
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lives. >> she's a survivor. >> glad she's getting some help. speaking of help, ahead, see how a signing bonus gave one player's parents the gift of a lifetime. you're watching "cbs this morning." g "cbs this morning you put in your machine. press the button to brew up powerful relief. to defeat your toughest cold and flu symptoms fast. new theraflu powerpods. press. sip. relief. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats moderate to severe plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla,75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression
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sacrifice. take a listen to singer's mom reading a letter that reveals his special gift. >> i am paying off the loan from the bank. also i paid off all your debt as well. what! now instead of trying to save money every week, i'm replacing the savings account you drained. you can spend it on yourselves. >> that's amazing. you got dad there on the left. singer signed with kansas city for more than, get this, $4 million. that is a team record for a pitcher, not bad. >> we're all tearing up at the table. technology writer david pogue is in our toyota green room. tech companies are encouraging people to put down their phones. your local news is next. down their phones. that is next. ♪
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> good morning. it is 8:25 i'm anne makovec. new information about a fatal officer-involved shooting in san jose. witness video shows officers firing at two people this their vehicle after the driver rammed a patrol car yesterday morning. one suspect died. the other was taken to a hospital. that shooting happened after a 5-mile chase on city streets. >> and last night's game between the warriors and the lakers didn't end well. but that didn't take away from the experience for some students. 30 students were taken to a day of surprises. news updates to start the day on all of your favorite platforms
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welcome back this time around we head to the south bay where we do have a bit of a serious accident. chp on the scene of a fatal crash investigation here. the accident did happen overnight. it's not blocking any lines of southbound 85. there is a car down the embankment. some activity there while they retrieve the vehicle. try to avoid the area if you can. we're not seeing a lot of delays in and around through that. this one's still in the clearing stages. another one southbound 87 just
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popped in right before 280. this one's off over to the shoulder. your drive times in the green. no delays on 101. to the maze looking good. 15 minutes from hercules. and if you're taking the altamonte pass this morning you shouldn't have any troubles at all. or on the golden gate. so looking good. and hopefully you're enjoying that sunshine. a beautiful look with mostly sunny skies to start off the day. it is chilly this morning. our daytime highs will be cool but seasonal for this time of year. upper 50s for san francisco looking at 58. 60 in oakland. 59 for fremont as well as for san jose and mountain view. 59 in redwood city. 60 in san rafael and santa rosa and 59 for a high in concord. we'll continue with that sunshine thursday, friday, and saturday. partly sunny on sunday. new year's eve into new year's day we'll see mostly sunny
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♪ well, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. a golden retriever who lives in texas suffers from anxiety. her family thought having a companion would boost her confidence. this christmas they got her a sort of mini me for christmas, an 8-week-old puppy named parker. the parents say it was love at first sight. >> look at them. >> i don't know if the service dog needs to have a letter to
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get on the plane, something like that. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "time" says an earthquake triggered by italy's mt. etna volcano sent a jolt through the island of sicily. ten people were hospitalized, none with serious injuries. mt. etna erupted two days ago. today's earthquake had a 4.8 magnitude. it damaged some homes and buildings. "the australian" said a family escaped serious injury this morning after a boat caught fire off the coast of western australia. >> wow. >> authorities say five adults and a 5-year-old girl were on board the 55-foot vessel when a fire started in the engine room. they were rescued from the water by a passing boat. and that was lucky because their boat eventually sank. the police say they were extremely lucky they weren't in the water for longer, since no one was wearing a life jacket and there was no time to get a distress call out. our partners at the bbc say
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japan will restart commercial whale hunting in july. japan says it will withdraw from the commission in charge of whale conservation, arguing whale hunting is part of its culture. the commission banned whaling in 1986 after some species were nearly driven to extinction. japan says whaling would be restricted to japanese territorial waters and economic zones. "usa today" has tips for the nearly one in five people planning to return or exchange christmas gifts. who would do that? some stores require you to bring receipts and your i.d. wait a few days to avoid after-christmas sales crowds. if you're not sure where a gift came from, some smartphone apps actually help you track the origin using a bar code. be prepared for restocking fees. and of course be nice. patience and kindness goes a long way. >> it's in short supply sometimes around the holidays. "the wall street journal" says a flash mob is lighting up the holidays for sick children
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at a suburban detroit hospital. every evening in december, hundreds of people gather outside the beaumont hospital to shine their flashlights at the pediatric unit. the children in that unit shine the flashlights down, creating a glow. organizers say the output of support from the community helps children avoid feeling isolated during the holidays. >> can i brag, i believe that was the hospital i was born at. >> what! >> that's the spirit of christmas right there. >> that's right. britain's queen elizabeth praised the message of peace on earth and goodwill to all in her traditional christmas day broadcast. the queen called 2018 a busy year for the royal family with the birth of prince louis. she said family has always been a guiding force in her life. >> through the many changes i have seen over the years, faith, family, and friendship have been
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not only a constant for me, but a source of personal comfort and reassurance. >> love the queen's english. onlookers cheered the queen and her family when they went to church on christmas. prince phillip wasn't there, a palace spokesman says he's in perfectly good health. a hashtag campaign is urging people to unplug from the online world. jomo stands for the joy of missing out. the idea was to take the fear of missing out and turn it on its head. 26% of adults say they're always online, that seems low to me. 45% of u.s. teenagers say they're always online. researchers say when you spend that much time online it can make you less happy and more disconnected with the world. "cbs sunday morning" contributor david pogue is with us. he'll return to "the new york times" writing for the smarter
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living section. david, good morning. >> good morning. >> living smartly these days includes not living online. >> that's right. this is when all the shoulds, i should go to that party even though i feel like staying home, always made much worse by the smartphone, you're spending your time immersed in facebook and instagram, seeing everybody else's shiny happy lives that you feel like you should be living. the joy of missing out is when you discover the plane doesn't have wi-fi so you're off the hook, you don't have to worry. >> after freaking out, you discover the joy. >> that's right, that secret joy when somebody cancels something you're supposed to go to. you're quietly happy about it. that's jomo. >> the tech companies are getting ahead of some criticisms here, it sounds like. they're kind of understanding that people don't really like being chained to their phones and they're saying, we get it, we don't we take a break, have some space. >> that's right. this was the year of the digital wellbeing. apple and android from google and facebook instagram have all introduced features that put in
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your face how much time you're spending on your phone, how many times a day you wake it. that will horrify you, it's in the hundreds. and it lets you put limits on it to help you sort of realize just how in deep you are. >> it's actually helped me, now that i look at the screen time feature on my phone and it tells me how many hours a day i'm on my phone. i'll admit it, four to five hours a day. >> wow. >> i know, but a lot of that is research. >> yeah. >> research about instagram. >> yeah, we're working. >> why would tech companies be doing this? they want people to use their products. >> yeah, it seems counterintuitive, we'll get you to use our products less. two reasons, one is they say they really care about you, they really don't want you to be addicted. the other reason is, big tech has a bad name these days. they're getting into more and more trouble. i think they would rather say look how proactive we're being, voluntarily addressing the problem, before some government, school, parent, takes the control away from them.
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>> i was fascinated to see the service industry is getting involved. wyndham hotels offers you a discount if you lock up your phone. why would they go to these extremes? >> it's true, they'll give you 5% off your bill and because you won't have your camera with you, they give you a portable polaroid camera to carry around. three reasons. one is, they really do want you to come back, right? they want you to have a good time. they don't want you to go home as stressed as when you came. so that's one reason. another is, they have actual logistical problems. wyndham says the average family showing up at a stay has 12 wi-fi devices, they're clogging the hotel's wi-fi networks, they're cluttering the lobby, honey, i'm just going to make a phone call in the lobby. they're filling up the pool chairs, not going into the water, just sitting beside it. >> help people help themselves. what tips do you have for folks to unplug and be in the moment? >> the first thing is, do you have a problem. that's kind of easy.
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if you're still looking at the pictures of an event while it's going on, you have a problem. if you can't imagine going without your phone for a day, that's a problem. if you feel phantom vibrations in your pockets, you think you're getting a notification vibration but it's not really happening. and then the next thing is to turn on these features. screen time, it's in "settings" on the iphone. digital wellbeing is google's equivalent app for android. try them out. you may discover that, wow, you can do better. you can make rules, i'm not going to do this at the table. if you do feel a little jomo, that will be an improvement in your life. unless you have fear of the joy of missing out. >> i was going to say, it's like will we go too far. >> no chance. >> we are hooked on these. thank you, david pogue. one of basketball's most
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♪ here's a good question. why would a 76-year-old coach who retired at the top of his game come back six years later? jim calhoun did it after coaching at the university of connecticut to three ncaa men's basketball champions and earning a shot if the hall of fame. he's traded one of america's best known programs for one just getting off the ground. jim axelrod went to the university of st. joseph, a school with only 900 students to talk toya man who done it all to find out why. >> he left you in 2012 with a wildly successful career under his belt. but his love of the game couldn't keep him away for long and he's backing on a new campus just 25 miles away. >> we don't get those calls. >> at 76 years old, coach jim calhoun may be limping but actually he hasn't lost a step.
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he's got the same intensity. he'll have the same collection of favorite adjectives. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> and still demonstrates sustained passion that fuels yukon's climb of college basketball's elite two decades ago. >> you still have two numbers here. three national championships. 873 records. >> you con's the national championships. >> 2005 hall of fame. >> i'm so deeply honored. >> i got this right. >> i wasn't counting, but yes. >> so what are you doing? >> i'm enjoying myself. >> turns out, retirement isn't for everyone. >> and i thought that would be great, me, my wife, sunset, golf clubs, didn't quite work that way. but there's something about basketball, the game itself, what the game meant to me and so many others that i'm addicted.
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i mean, i'm an addict. >> i was a husky, will always be a husky. but right now my eyes and my heart are here. >> here's is the university of st. joseph. a tiny university in west hartford, connecticut, just became co-ed this year. coach calhoun is building a basketball program from scratch with a gym one eighth the size of his old one at yukon and crowds counted in the hundreds, not the thousands. >> just you showing up is going to benefit this school. is that driving you as well? >> well, i think so. i love the mission they're on. everything i've seen about it has only strengthened my desire and hopefully basketball will be a semi front porch for the university. >> they're calling. calhoun effect. since he got here freshman applications have increased by 83%. but if you expect to see some sort of satisfaction out of calhoun, watching him during
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practice. >> [ bleep ] something to say? >> guess again. does he seem like a 76-year-old man to you? >> no. >> no, not the way he gets mad. >> shut up. >> he hasn't mellowed? >> no, sir. >> has not. >> you know, he's approaching 80. >> it's just shocking how much energy he has. >> on the court can he get a little loud. use some profanity. but my goal his office is always available to talk. >> the big thing is get better today. >> but if you want to understand jim calhoun's choice nts in hade later chapters of his life, consider what sports meant to him in the early ones. >> my story is by of my loo, the way my town took care of me, my coaches took care of me after my dad died when i was 15 made an imprint upon me that never went away. very simply i think i could help kids in all kinds of similar
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situations that may need a push along the way. it's a blend to really push, really pull, and then in a different sort of way show them your love. because i do love my players. classes going well? >> yeah. >> of course after all these years it's still hard to tell who gets more out of the deal, the players or the coach. >> and there's a way you feel alive. >> no question. >> in a gym that nothing else can create in your life? >> the game is addictive. the people in the game are addictive. >> you are a lifer. >> i am a lifer. >> so far his team is 7-4. when we asked him what the biggest difference was between coaching division one and division three, he told us the paycheck. he's had four cancer scares, but when he's on the court it is very clear that jim calhoun is back where he belongs and it is just what the doctor ordered.
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>> i love that story. >> yeah. we talk about players not being able to give up a game and you understand. it's the same with certain coaches and you u.s. see it in him. >> where i can sign up to have that kind of passion in my mid-70s. >> did he know he the cam was on him when he was dropping "f" bombs? >> i think jim calhoun has long since cared. >> yeah. he seems exactly the same from what i remember when he was at yukon. >> it's so beautiful. i wheernd mswonder what mrs. calhoun thinks. jim, you're driving me crazy. today on our podcast, lisa damour offers tips on how to best handle having kids home for holiday breaks from school. you can hear the podcast on apple's podcast app and all major audio platforms. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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♪ not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here.
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♪ we have some exciting news to share from one of our cbs news colleagues. white house correspondent weija jiang and her husband luther lowe welcomed their baby girl to the world on christmas eve. francis may jiang lowe weighs 7 pounds 4 ounces, 21 1/2 inches long and adorable. her family is calling her frances mei. she was born ten days early but she and her parents are all doing well. congratulations to weija and
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luther on the new addition to their family. >> she shares a birthday with you. >> yeah, on christmas eve. don't let her get gypped, i am a family man. i am a techie dad. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast.
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> good morning 5 minutes before 9:00 i'm anne makovec. and it is a fine time for snow enthusiasts in the tahoe truckee area. conditions are great for this holiday week at ski and snow board areas. right now no tire chain restrictions on interstate 80 or u.s. highway 50. as always best to play it safe and bring your chains along if you need them. >> and today is the first day of
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as an alternate. slow and go conditions as this investigation continues. other than that the freeways are quiet. let's get a peak outside as you head along the peninsula. no delays out of the south bay. pretty much the case for most of our bay area bridges. pretty quiet. easy ride into san francisco. if you're commuting between hayward and foster city on the san mateo bridge 15 minutes to work your way across the span. beautiful conditions on the roadways. hopefully your weather looks just as good sxfrnlts it does. we're looking at mostly sunny skies across the bay area. beautiful live look there. you can see notion beach with the cliff house come. let's show you what you can expect as we take you through your afternoon. cool but seasonal daytime highs. 60 in downtown san francisco. 60 in oakland. 59 for a high in fremont mountain view in san jose and
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wayne: season ten! hit it! - i'm taking the money! jonathan: it's a trip to sweden. big deal of the day! wayne: what's in the box? jonathan: what? tiffany: selfie. - oh, my god! wayne: smash for cash. $20,000. let's goady! wayne: herica,e: welcome to "let's make a deal." it's wayne brady here, thank you so much. we're going to make a deal, who wants to make a deal with me? who wants to make a deal with me? i think-- are you a hot dog? hot dog. come on, hot dog. everybody else, have a seat. everybody else, have a seat. how are you doing? - hi, wayne. wayne: and you are christine or christina?
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