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is at 7:26. >> and cbs this morning is coming up next as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge. have a great day. good morning to our viewers in the west. i'm gayle king along with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. who was on the call and why it's raising questions. a jury ver couldome today in the charge of a dallas police officer charged with shooting a neighbor. glacier warning. we're in italy where a giant chump of ice eight stories high could break away. and lil nas x's "old town road." the rapper with a record
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breaking hit takes us to a surprise visit to his old high school. it's tuesday, october 1st, 2019. here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> the information contained in the subpoena is attorney/client privilege. outrageous. >> do you now know who the whistle-blower is? >> we're trying to find out who the whistle-blower is. we have a whistle-blower who reports things that were incorrect. >> and he asks the foreign prime minister to help investigate the probe. >> a man has been charged and arrested for working with a chinese foreign aid. >> chris collins is resigning his seat in the house. he's expected to plead guilty. >> california's governor has signed into law a bill that will allow college students to have agents. protesters are taking to the streets of hong kong.
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>> all that -- >> incredible video from eastern taiwan as a towering bridge collapses. divers are searching for possible victims. >> "monday night football," the steelers will take their first win over the bengals, 24-3. >> -- and all that matters. >> we learned about the trump/ukraine call. is it time to, dare i say, lock him up? >> stop it. i created a monster. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> elon musk showed off his starship. he called it the political breakthrough that will make space travel like air travel. >> that would be terrible. the last thing i want to do is sitting next to a crying baby for like 16 years. can you imagine? ahhh, ahh. and by the time we land, there's a crying man, wahhh, wahhh.
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i'd be crying all the time. this is all i know. wahhh. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. >> it's good to have a laugh because every day there's a new twist in washington where we scratch our head. that's where we begin. welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with new information on president trump's phone calls. cbs news has learned that secretary of state mike pompeo was listening to the president's phone call with ukraine's leader that triggered the house impeachment inquiry, so this indicates that pompeo knew months ago that the president wants ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden. this comes as the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani was called into question. >> it was attorney general william barr who asked the
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president to make that call. paula reid is at the white house. paula, this is one of those stories that keeps getting more significant. what does today's development mean? >> tony, the president's outreach to australia raises more questions about whether the president should be reaching out to foreign leaders to help pursue investigations into accusations that are largely discredited about his political opponents. secretary of state mike pompeo left for europe without addressing questions about a july 25th call between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart that's now at the center of an impeachment inquiry. the secretary has previously been evasive about how much he knew about the president's conversation. >> what do you know about those conversations? >> so you just gave me a report about a whistle-blower complaint, none of which i've >> the house foreign affairs committee subpoenaed pompeo last week. >> i don't understand what he
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was doing sitting there watching as the president was compromising our national security. >> the president's july call isn't the only conversation now under scrutiny. cbs news has learned attorney general william barr asked president trump to reach out to the prime minister of australia to request help in the justice department's review of the origins of the russia investigation. in 2016 the australian government alerted the fbi after receiving information that russian officials had contacted a member of the trump campaign. >> how come it started? it was all nonsense it. was a hoax. it was a total hoax. >> the president has long insisted the scrutiny of his campaign was unlawful. barr spoke to cbs news's jan crawford about why he believed he needed to review the origins of the russian probe to be sure it was not politically motivated. >> that's one of the key functions of the attorney general, core responsibilities of the attorney general is to make sure that government power is not abused.
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>> the president's personal attorneys who defended him throughout the mueller investigation are downplaying the significance of this impeachment inquiry. they're telling me they went through a real war with mueller, but they claim this is just a skirmish. anthony? >> paula, thanks. one of the members of that legal team rudy giuliani is being subpoenaed by three house committees. the new york mayor is mentioned more than 30 times in a complaint drafted by the intelligence community whistle-blower. giuliani denies any wrongdoing but has admitted pushing ukrainn officials to substantiate claims of wrongdoing by the biden family. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what do the democrats hope to get with the subpoena? >> they note in the subpoena that giuliani himself says he has evidenxtges, phone records, that indicate that he got help and encouragement from trump administration officials when he was making these forays into ukraine.
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it gives giuliani just two weeks to produce over 2 1/2 years worth of documents on 23 related subjects including his efforts to pressure ukrainian officials to investigate joe biden and his son. there are credible allegations that he acted as an agent of the president of the president in a scheme to advance his personal political interests by abusing the power of the office of the president. they're encouraged by new national polls that indicate public support for a impeachment inquiry is growing. and senator mitch mcconnell said he would have no choice but to take up the impeachment resolution if it does come to the house. >> if it comes down that path, we'll follow the senate rules. >> president trump indicated he's searching for him or her. >> we're trying to find out about the whistle-blower. >> but that whistle-blower's complaint was corroborated by a
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call summary released by the white house, and on monday the intelligence committee's inspector general also released a three-page statement debunking the president's claim, noting that the whistle-blower's complaint was found to be both urgent and credible. >> you think he's putting this whistle-blower's life at risk? >> i think this is a clear example of reprisal. >> reporter: senator committee chair mark warner is urging the president to lay off the whistle-blower. >> i think a potential threat to this whistle-blower is a realistic concern.
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>> kurt volker, the former special envoy to ukraine who abruptly resigned on friday is now set to testify on thursday. his associates confirm. and yesterday there were three requests sent to giuliani's associates, and if they agree to be deposed, that would take place as early as next week, gayle. >> all right, nancy. that ing you very much, i think. we're following breaking news in hong kong where police say a protester was shot by officers during violent demonstrations coinciding with china's celebrations. police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse people in the city's business district overnight. today marks seven years. ramy inocencio has more. ramy, i guess the question is why the violence at this time? >> reporter: good morning,
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gayle. while they celebrated with a massive parade, here in hong kong, the people celebrated with a mass protest. a look at what's happening with the violence. this all happened right here, and the anger just got louder. broken glass and fires turned the streets of hong kong into a battleground. police quickly swooped in to subdue crowds of black-clad protesters. first using tear gas and water cannon and then by firing warning shots. video posted online appears to show a police officer shooting a demonstrator at close range. according to reports, the man is in critical condition. hours earlier chinese military might was on full display as the
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country celebrated 70 years of communist rule. here the president said they must adhere to a peaceful country. today was anything but peaceful. a culmination of violence the city has endured since anger over contradiction of a bill brought about discontent. >> how does this realistically end? >> i hope this will end with free election. that's our dream and role and responsibility to turn our dream from impossible to possible. >> reporter: but it was more of a nightmare really here on the streets of hong kong today. at times it felt like a war zone with sirens going off, people screaming, and smoke filling the air. meantime chinese president gee zing ping wanted peace.
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china is facing questions after an fbi sting operation led to the arrest of an american man accused of spying. video shows edward peng giving information. he's seen taping $20,000 in cash and taping it to the bottom of a tv stand. the dead drop is one of many that took place between 2015 and 2018 in california. peng who was believed to be working as a guide for chinese tourists was actually working for china. he's charged with acting as an illegal agent for a foreign government. if convicted he could spend ten years in prison. he's expected in court tomorrow. north korea said it will resume talks with the u.s. that it broke off months ago. the low-level talks will begin this weekend.
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negotiations have been stalled since president trump and north koreaen dictator met back in jeune. they have refused demands for economic sanctions. this morning video shows a dramatic bridge collapse in eastern taiwan. this is a 460-foot-long bridge crashed down it. caused an oil tanker truck to fall and burst into flames. boats in the water below were crushed. six people are believed to be trapped. a helicopter and military personnel are searching for victims. ten were taken to the hospital, six with serious injuries. it happened hours after a typhoon swept by the island. a verdict could come today in the amber guyger murder trial as the jury resumes deliberation
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this morning. the former dallas police officer is charged with shooting and killing botham jean inside his apartment last september. now she claims she thought the apartment was her own. omar villafranca is at the frank crowley courthouse in dallas county. omar, what's at stake today? >> reporter: amber guyger could be found guilty of murder or not guilty of anything. if found guilty, she could face up to life in prison. if found guilty of manslaughter, she could spend up to 20 years in prison or probation. the jury is made up of eight women and four men. five of the jurors are black, four are hispanic, two are white, and one is asian. last september guyger was still in uniform when she shot botham jean in his apartment which was directly above hers. on friday an emotional guyger testified she mistook his for her own and thought jean was an intruder. the defense team said it was a
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series of horrible mistakes but prosecutors said in closing arguments guyger's claim that she didn't know she was in the wrong apartment is absurd. deliberations are expected to kick back up here this morning. a lot of people in st. lucia are tuned in. a congressman from western new york is expected to plead guilty today to insider trading charges. chris collins resigned from congress yesterday. he's accused of helping family members avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock losses. prosecutors allege he called his son during a picnic to tell him. california is becoming the first state to allow college athletes to make muff off of deals like professional sports stars. governor gavin newsome signed the bill on a program called
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"the shop." they'll be able to hire agents and get money for jersey sales and game linsing. jamie, how is the ncaa prespo d preresponding to this news. >> some of the biggest names in sports disagree saying the law is needed and overdue. >> it is time for change, and i think this is a step in the right direction. >> draymond green, a star, says the new law is a win for more that man just california's players. >> you know, the better chance we'll get a change in the laws. >> l.a. lakers star lebron james agrees. he says many star college
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athletes struggle to make ends meet. >> i understand what they're going through. >> james says he was proud to share the moment when the governor signed the bill into law. >> it is going to initiate dozens of other states to introduce similar legislation and it will change college sports for the better. >> but they are inhibited from profiting. they say change is needed to continue to support student athletes. it could now give cools an unfair recruiting tool and they may be banned from competing in the ncaa, a threat that frustrates green. >> how can we work together to make this right? if you do this, your school will
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be ineligible. it is comic call. >> the new law that goes into effect in 2023 will able srt like basketball and football. they said that it will lead to reduced opportunities for athletes in' other sports. >> i don't know what answer is -- >> someone should be able to get a little bit of that. >> exactly, exactly. fans and colleagues of jesse norman are in mourning because her spectacular soprano voice is now silent forever. she died in new york city. she was one of the greatest
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opera singers for years. she was known around the world. she received the national medal of arts, a kennedy center honor, and a lifetime achievement awarm from the grammys. >> so dignified. a tall, large woman, she was majestic. >> and when she sang, she was extraordinary. >> so much teachers in california can carry guns in classrooms. why some who lost loved ones good tuesday morning to you. and welcome tuesday welcome to october and we definitely have that fall feeling with cooler, crisper conditions as we start off the day. as we head through the afternoon. below average. we'll have that sunshine. milder daytime high. 74 concord. 72 san jose. upper 60s for oakland and mid
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60s for san francisco. warming up by friday especially into the weekend to above average by this time of the year.
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> it's 7:26 i'm kenny choi. a hay ward man is accused of being a top secret spy for the chinese government. caught swapping money. he is due in court for a hearing tomorrow. ecigarette giant juul announced it is ending support for proposition c. it spent millions promoting. prop c would of overturned the city's ban on ecigarette sales. >> and police are investigating a possible assault on the gilroy high school campus. . we'll have news updates throughout the day on your
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welcome back it's 7:27. it's been a tough crawl as you work your way along the peninsula. we've had a couple of accidents. all of them in the clearing stage. but the damage is done. south heading into san mateo northbound slow as well so use 280. that is your best bet this morning. taking a look at the san mateo bridge if you're commuting out of hay ward over towards the peninsula onto 101 expect brake lights here. clear and crisp start to the day. so temperatures even chillier compared to yesterday morning. grab that jacket and coat first thing as you leave the door, leave the house for work and school. temperatures as we head through the afternoon sunny and milder. mid 70s in concord. low 70s san jose. upper 60s oakland and mid 60s for san francisco. warming up as we head through the week especially by friday into the weekend. have a great day. ["white rabbit" by jefferson airplane]
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it's 7:30. here's what's happening on "cbs this morning." >> there was nothing done wrong. it was perfect. >> the secretary of state was listening to the president's phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry and house committee leaders demand answers from rudy giuliani about his role. >> i'll get all my evidence together. i'll get my charts. angry protests in hong kong on the anniversary of china's day. >> i think it's very important. california becomes the first state to allow college athletes to take money from sponsors. >> it's time for change. i think this is a step in the right direction. plus rapper lil nas x talks
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armed? >> reporter: good morning. the truth is we may never know that number. that's because the teachers are supposed to remain anonymous for their safety. school districts can opt out of arming teachers. so there will be none here at broward county schools, but a handful of other smaller school districts are all in. starting today students in bay county schools along the florida panhandle may be walking into a classroom where the teacher is carrying a concealed handgun. bill husfelt is the superintendent. >> they want to know how do we prevent it, how can we stop it. we don't look at it is we want more guns. we want more protection. >> reporter: the schools already have an armed resource officers. the so-called guardian program that had allowed some staff and coaches to carry guns on campus after a background check, psychological exam, and more than 140 hours of range training now extends to teachers.
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for husfelt this is personal. >> it's also about an incident that happened in this room. >> that's correct. i was held hostage by a crazed gunman. >> reporter: in 2010 a gun wielding man walked into a school board meeting, eventually firing right at husfelt and others. he missed and was shot by a security guard before taking his own life. >> experiencing that myself put a different spin on it and a different understanding about what goes on in those situations. until you're standing in front of someone with a gun pointed at you, you don't realize how helpless you really are. >> reporter: florida joins eight other states that have laws allowing some teachers to carry guns on campus. critics include family members whose loved ones died in the parkland shooting themselves. this man lost his daughter gina
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and chris was the school's athletic director. >> teachers should not be burdened with the spot of caring a firearm. >> reporter: they argue that mental health programs and responsible firearm ownership are better deterrents thomas shootings and that armed personnel should remain outside the classroom. >> we do believe in the guardian programs and we do believe in school resource officers and we do believe in having trained police officers on the campus. we need an armed person on the campus able and willing to react properly. >> reporter: other critics believe the state lacks proper oversight of the program including making sure the teachers' training is sufficient. we should point out the state's largest school districts including those in orlando and
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giordan is one of those researchers who sounded the alarm. it doesn't look so big from where we are standing. >> yes. it is the point of view. >> reporter: the chunk of ice they're worried could fall is about as big as two football fields and nearly eight stories high. >> this is ground-based radar. it works. during the night if it is cloudy. >> reporter: he showed me the radar system they're using to monitor the movement of the glacier. at the foundation for a safe mountain a team of italian government scientists are pouring over the data which is satellites. from drones and >> you see the difference between yesterday and today. >> you see where all the ice fills up here. >> reporter: jean-pierre fosson explains how rapid melting is making the glazier slide and in glazier-speak it's speeding,
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24 inches a y. >> it's a lot for a glazier. >> reporter: fosson is in charge of this area. folks are not in danger here, but watching closely. >> when do you think this might happen? >> you'd have to call god because you cannot say when it falls. >> reporter: but fosson says the culprit is clear. climate change. >> the great problem for the glacier is not one day of high temperatures. instead it's the continuation of high temperatures night and date. >> reporter: up here on mont blanc at more than 11,000 feet, we got a look at the glaciers, massive frozen rivers of ice. there are about 30 glaciers here on the italian side of mont blanc. all of them are melting. in the last 50 years they've
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lost about 40% of their mass. this is a global problem. melting glaciers have led activists to stage funerals all across the alps for the disappearing ice sheets. they've told us it's not unusual to see ice breaking off a glazier. what's unusual is it's breaking off so close to people. and, gayle, he said we should expect to see more of this as the climate continues to change. >> oh, boy. thank you very much. seth doane reporting from italy. you know it's serious if the answer is call god to get the answer. >> they're taking an emergency measure but when does the globe take an emergency measure. >> 40% of the mass loss. it's amazing. >> they're on top of it. vladimir duthiers is looking at stories you'll be talking about later today. what do you have? >> more than 20 years after the
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devotion to a life of service. a candlelight vigil was held for 42-year-old sandeep dhaliwal. he was the first sikh in texas allowed to wear a turban during duty. he was shot several times during a traffic stop. his father talked about his son. >> it's hard to say. i miss him. i'll never get him back. but he's here with me all the time. >> dhaliwal's family became emotional when leaders described him as an american hero. >> i was reading about him. he was so well respected, admired and loved there. >> he wanted to do so much for his community. he wanted to start a food truck because he thought of the idea of someone going hungry in his community was wrong. the former ambassador to the united nations nicky haley tweeted this. angels come in many forms. the loss of an officer, husband, father of three, please join me in lifting up his family during this sad time.
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>> very nice. we've got an update to a story we told you about last week. a 12-year-old girl in virginia admitted she lied about three white classmates cutting off her dreadlocks. she accused the boys of calling her hair ugly and nappy and holding her down while they cut it with scissors during recess. she acknowledged the statements were false after a police investigation. the girl's family read a statement saying, to these young boys and their parents, we sincerely apologize for the pain and anxiety these allegations have caused. we understand there will be consequences and we're prepared to take responsibility for them. the head of the school said while we're relieved to hear the truth, we feel tremendous pain for the victims and the hurt on both sides of this conflict. >> this story was so tough. it made me sad, angry and disappointed. i thought about the three little boys that were falsely accused.
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there has to be more to this story, i would like to know what she was thinking. at the end of the day, it's a terrible accusation. >> at least they figured it out quickly and there was an apology to the family. >> what we do is rely on trust. when we have a report, we say says. >> will she get to stay in the school? do we know what action will be taken? >> we don't know. we know that she cut her own hair. there may be more to this story. >> very upsetting. if you're thinking about where to go on your next vacation, how about taking a tour of the contaminated, cherbyl nuclear power plant. the >> no thanks. >> yes. because despite radiation 40,000 times above the normal level, the control room is open to tourists, but any one visiting has to wear protective suits and masks and you can only stay in the room for five minutes. chernobyl became a popular tourist destination after hbo'
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emmy awarding winning series on the 1986 nuclear disaster. >> i can't believe it. popular is relative. 85,000 is not that much. >> i went there in the early '90s. i didn't go to the control room. it is an absolutely haunting place. people up and left and never went back. >> would you want to go? >> i went for work. >> because you had to. >> would you go? >> i would not go. i'll watch on tv. hbo has a pretty good show. >> i think that's a wise choice. >> i would want to talk with the people going, what are they looking for. it's very scary. >> historically it's fascinating. >> it's like a haunted house. >> watch the series. it's really good. have you guys seen this video? >> yes. >> a quick-thinking employee at the chicago o'hare airport helped bring an end to a chaotic and dangerous situation on the tarmac. check this out. a catering truck began spinning out of a control next to a plane
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parked next to a terminal. while airport workers stayed out of the way, one quick thinking employee rammed the truck tipping it over forcing it to stop. american airlines said it seems the accelerator got stuck. the person in the terminal who pulled out the phone started filming it. >> the guy who was initially driving it when the accelerator got stuck, is he okay? >> or did he jump out? >> thanks, vlad. coming up, is red meat okay? dr. tara narula joins us. that's next. up, is rheed meat okay? dr. tara narula joins us. that's next. passenger manifests, census information, even wwi draft registration cards. the records exist... they're there, they're facts. that made it so real for me, it wasn't just a story anymore. bring your family history to life like never before. get arted for free at ancestry.com
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this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> it's 7:56 i'm kenny choi. in concord the search continues for a crook in a failed robbery. he tries to steal a coin machine but couldn't make it budge. police discovered the truck was stolen. the first free online only community college is opening in california. kal briet is opening for adults who work more than one part time job. and students at santa clara university are camping off campus. students say it's just too expensive. we'll have news updates throughout the day on your
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good morning. let's get a look at traffic in the south bay. northbound 101 slow and go. we've got a crash as you work your way right around 287. and that's going to slow you down. northbound 280 slow through downtown san jose. taking your drive times if you're traveling on 280 at least from 680 to 85, 31-minute drive time. that's a 54-minute drive and guadalupe parkway you've got brake lights that will take you 24 minutes and a slow ride coming out of south san jose. okay. it is a clear and crisp start to the day. and to kick off october we are looking at temperatures below average for this time of year. so look at our tempses right now we're in the 40s and in the low 50s. so definitely bundle up as you head out the door for work and school. as we head through the afternoon plenty of sunshine. milder daytime highs compared to yesterday.
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74 concord. 72 san jose. mid 60s in san francisco. warming up as we head through the week.
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good rning to you our viewers in the west. it is, tuesday october 1st, 2019. yep, already. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. ahead how some members of president trump's inner circle are facing questions in the house impeachment investigation. in our morning rounds a study claims red meat is not as bad as we've been told. lil nas x brings gayle to his old town near atlanta and his former high school. >> i wanted to go. >> here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> new information about president trump's phone calls with foreign leaders putting the
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spotlight on three of mr. trump's closestassociates. >> the president's outreach to ukraine and australia raises more questions, accusations against his political opponents. >> democrats note in the subpoena that giuliani himself has said that he has evidence that he got help and encouragement from trump administration officials. >> mile mainland china celebrated with a parade the people in hong kong celebrated with a protest. >> the jury can find guyger guilty of murder, guilty of manslaughter or not guilty at all. ♪ >> it says the law will destroy the distinction between amts and professional athletes some of the biggest names say the law is needed and overdue. >> it was revealed trump asked the australian prime minister for information to discredit the russia investigation. now here's my thoughts. let's not pull australia into
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this. they're our cool, laid back friends. you don't ask them to get involved in your politics. you ask them to dj your pool party. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. ♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." we begin with the house impeachment inquiry moving forward and more of president trump's cabinet members are under scrutiny for what they knew and when they knew it. cbs news confirms secretary of state mike pompeo was listening to the july 25th phone call between president trump and ukraine's president. we're told that attorney general william barr asked the president to call australia's prime minister asking for help looking for the origins of the russia probe. the justice department says that was part of an ongoing investigation. house democrats have sent president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani a subpoena for ukraine related documents. cbs news spoke exclusively with
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vitali klitschko, the former boxer now the mayor of kiev, ukraine's capital. giuliani's firm advised klitschko for his bid for mayor and he's mentioned in the house subpoena. he said he never saw any wrongdoing on giuliani's part and claims they never had a formal business relationship. >> he represented you in your bid for mayor. >> we're just friends. i never have a business with mr. giuliani, sorry. >> he never offered you money, you never offered him money? >> no. >> so you've never spoken about the bidens or election interference. >> never ever. >> he never asked you for help? >> no. >> the intelligence communities inspector general issued a rare statement defending the whistleblower against republicans who say the complaint had no firsthand information. the i.g. says the whistleblower had, quote, direct knowledge of certain alleged conduct. in today's morning rounds, controversial new research surrounding the meat in our
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diets. new guidelines in the journal animals of internal medicine say you do not need to cut back on red or processed meat. researchers say there's a weak connection between meat and disease but some u.s. health organizations are pushing back, one filed a petition with the ftc to, quote, correct false statements regarding consumption of red and processed meat. the american heart association, the american cancer society, and the american college of cardiology all reiterated their recommendation to cut red meat consumption. dr. tara narula, a cardiologist, is here to break it all down. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm confused. >> you should be confused. >> what's going on? >> let's talk about what this was. okay. this was a private group that basically decided to go back and look at prior nutrition research as it relates to meat consumption. this is not new research. they put it all together and they found that there is a benefit in terms of decreases in cardiovascular disease,
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mortality and cancer if you consume less meat. they went the next step to say they thought the benefits were small, sort of uncertain, low kind of quality evidence and looked at people's preferences and people like to eat meat, fits with their culture, hard to change and they crafted guidelines. these are not guidelines that came from an official government organization, an official health body, it is from this group of 14 individuals, mostly research scientists who said that y know what, since the benefits of cutting meat are there, but they're small, they're not really outweighed by the difficulty it is for a lot of people given their cultural and quality of life and eating preferences. go ahead and continue eating as you like. >> my head is spinning. i'm curious, what do you and your cardiologist peers say we should do with this information? >> there was a lot of outrage in the cardiology community. >> i bet. >> and amongst others who felt this message is a public health -- it's a disservice. >> that's what they called it in a statement, a major disservice
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to public health. >> that's right. ft tthare is an abundant body of evidence when you look back that shows the benefits of reducing red meat consumption that processed meat are considered carcinogens and they have effects on the system and they felt that analysis was conducted really improperly they left out a lot of data, didn't use the best quality methods to analyze it and putting people's preferences into guideline desn't make sense. you like to smoke, tough smoking, keep smoking. >> give us a little mini trip to medical school here. how do we tell which studies we should listen to and which to ignore? >> nutrition science is hard to do. it's not like the best type of study, a randomized control trial where we take somebody and put them on a drug and somebody else don't put them on the drug and follow them over time. you can't do that easily with diets. can't say you eat red meat ten years, anthony don't eat red meat and follow you after.
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we do an observational study, basically give people questionnaires to fill out over time and nofollow them and see what happens, make inferences. you reported you didn't really eat that much meat and didn't develop cancer so a lot of confounding factors there. >> what do we do? >> that's right. >> at this point in time, bottom line, all the societies, all of the, you know, health officials and are basically saying do not change what you're doing right now. you should continue to limit red and processed meats. >> okay. >> yes. >> don't have to give it up but limit it. >> yes. >> thank you dr. tara narula. >> only on "cbs thisng" morni lil nas x took us to the atlanta studio where he recorded that hit song, you know it. >> this is small in here. you did it in this room. >> this is the room. >> wow. >> right in there. >> ahead how he saved up and made the record-breaking hit for just about $50. i would
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♪ ♪ ♪ don't you be a meaneny thought you wanted me to go why are you trying to keep me ♪ >> that is lil nas x singing "pa nineny" second big hit on the billboard 100. he's not a one-hit wonder. the 20-year-old made history when "old town road" became the longest running single in billboard history. a story of overnight success for the rapper who dropped out of college to pursue music only one year ago. think about that. only on "cbs this morning" we met up with him as he traveled back to his hometown of atlanta for the first time since his record-breaking success and visited the studio where he recorded the original version of "old town road." ♪ >> i'm just following the melody of the beginning and then the line just comes to me. >> what was the line? >> yeah, i'm going to take my horse to old town road. ♪ i'm going to take my horse to the old town road ♪ >> did you know how to ride a
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horse? >> not much. not much. i do now. ♪ i got the horses in the back horse attached ♪ ♪ >> and just like that, he broke the internet. ♪ i'll be in a valley you ain't been off that porch can't nobody tell me nothing ♪ >> but a year ago, montero hill known as lil nas x says he was sleeping on his sister's floor. >> does this feel like old town road? could you have gotten any better with chi with chickens? when you first heard that beat you thought what? >> i thought, i hope nobody gets this beat before me. >> because what did you hear in it? what did you hear? >> it sounded like an anthem to me. i don't hear those like that often where you just know it's like this is special. >> then you paid $30 for it?
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>> yes. i leased it for about 30 bucks. when i got that money together. then i had to wait another month until i could go into the studio for like $20 tuesdays. ♪ can't nobody tell me nothing >> boy, this is small in here. you did that song in here. >> yeah. simplicity is key. >> david morgan who goes by cinco was the engineer on the original recording. >> i can't say i knew it was a hit but i knew it was a good song and i expressed that it was different and i felt that different is good. i remember telling him you never know what different can do for you. i didn't know it was going to do this. >> i like that part. ♪ i got the horses in the back horse attached ♪ ♪ riding on a horse >> you get into the studio and you decide to put a country twist on it?
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>> no. i knew from the start of hitting the beat i was going to put a country twist on it. >> were you a country music fan? >> not necessarily. >> what was your thinking about how it had to sound? >> i wanted to paint a picture of like a depressed kind of cowboy going to a better life and i wantsds to be like a sad leading song in the beginning but turn into a banger, you know. >> by then you sort of thought i'm on to something here, didn't you think that? >> the day the song came out, i knew i was on to something. i knew if i pushed this as hard as i could, to keep this momentum going, i'm going to have something. >> and had something he did. you know, he dropped out of college because he wanted to concentrate on his music. the cinco guy the engineer was very cool because he said, this is a very simple studio as you see so there's no distractions,
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no ping-pong, no video games. you come here and you just work and that's what they did. in about an hour. >> if it's a budget session he has to make sure he uses it. i love when cinco says you never know what different can do for you. >> $20 tuesdays. go in the studio and get an hour for $20. >> it's a $50 hit. >> that's right. and it's had over a billion streams, audio and video of people who have seen or listened and bought that song. it's doing very well. >> money back. >> we're not done with lil nas x, coming up in our next half hour as he made a surprise visit to his old high school. he discusses how he struggled with his sexuality in high school. and how he hopes to help other students now. >> looking forward to that. the cost of going to college has quadrupled in the last 30 plus years but financial help is throughout. cbs business analyst jill schlesinger is in our toyota green room with what families can do literally today to try to
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in this morning's "eye on money," today is the first day to apply for financial aid for the next school year. fafsa is in charge of grants, loans, and study funds. each year they give $122 billion away in some form. cbs business analyst jill schlesinger is here with us. >> fafsa.gov. this is so important. as you said, we're talking about so much money, but the process can be daunting. just remember this. this is where y get scholarships and grants and loans and work study. so this is your gateway into the system. now, i know a lot of people, they say, oh, i dom want to do
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it, i'm not going to kwl phi. there are estimates that more than 2 million students could have gotten money, free money in some cases, but they didn't go through the process. >> you're encouraging people to apply. >> every circumstance is different. you may say, i make a lot of money. you might make a lot of money and have three students in school at the same time or wu of your have lost your job or have reduced hours. >> is it first come first serve? >> some of it is first come, first serve. we're talking about billions of dollars through fafsa. there's nothing form through the college board, the css profile which releases $9 billion a year. not as much, but that's for nonfederal aid. these two programs in concert will get most of the people money they need. 55% of students pay for school with some form of grant
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scholarship or work study. >> roughly how much time should people set aside to do this today? >> the department of education says 30 minutes. >> it never takes 30 minutes. >> i don't think it's 30 minutes, but what you want to do is prepare for it. you have social security numbers. this is one of those hurdles. you need your social security number. if you're a single parent, you have to go to your ex-and say give me your social security and financial information it can be a drag, i get that. if we said to people we'll give you $1,000 to take instagram photos of your pets. they would do it. we're talking about 10s of thousands of dollars. >> it takes longer than 30 minutes. it goes up and up and up. what conversation should parents and kids have while you're deciding college or not? >> i think as early as freshman year in high school you should start having conversations.
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hey, we're a family, we know a college degree is worth i. you'll make more. but we can only afford so much. ma this is a kpix 5 news morning update. good morning everyone. it is 8:25 i'm michelle griego. the search continues this morning for a suspect in a double homicide in oakland. two people were found shot multiple times in the city's bookville neighborhood on saturday. a planned housing development at richmond's campus bay business park is raising health concerns. a developer wants to build thousandof may i have a moments on this site -- homes on this site on top of toxic soil. placing a concrete cap over it. tonight gilroy police will hold its national night out celebration. the event is meant to hold
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welcome back. this time around we start off in san francisco. we do have reports of a traffic alert. a vehicle hit a barrier there on the roadway. on another portion of 80 westbound the east shore freeway right at central avenue got a crash here also blocking lanes. slow and go on this westbound ride as you work your way out of berkley and again if you're commuting through the city eastbound at 7th street.
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bay bridge still stacked up. slow out of the maze this morning. metering lights remain on. you're going to see a few brake lights across the upper deck. san mateo bridge westbound as you head out of hayward into foster city. still busy about a 25-minute drive time coming away from 880. and you've got stop and go conditions northbound past the coliseum. >> okay. well it is definitely a chilly start to the day. that fall chill as we kick off october and temperatures are running in the 30s, 40s and even in the low 50s this morning. so grab that jacket and grab that coat as you head out the door for work and school. we are looking at sunny skies and milder daytime highs. so rm waller compared to yesterday but still below average for this time of year. mid 70s in concord and fair field and for livermore low 70s in san jose. upper 60s in oakland and mid 60s for san francisco. we are going to warm up as we head through the week. so below average temperatures today to above average as we
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head through the end of the week. have a great day.
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories at "talk of the table." this is where we like to pick a story an then share it all with you. tony, kick it off. i'm here with a juul development. they will no longer work on an appeal. it's a san francisco-based company. there in san francisco it's illegal to sell the very thing they're making. they're pulling back from everything. this comes back after they pulled all ads from all mediums. >> why do you think this is happening?
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>> well, they pulled their lobbying efforts as well. they're going into quiet mode. they've been beat up, beat up, beat up. they're in complete quiet mode. this is the end of season one. whether you think they're the hero or the villain, they've kind of disappeared into the sunset. the trump administration, they stopped lobbying over their strategy. season two, we'll see. they pulled back from the lobbying. it's quiet mode, quiet mode, restrategize. season two will relaunch and we'll see where they land. it's very interesting though. >> very interesting. mine's about jennifer lopez. i love jennifer lopez. she says love don't cost a thing. if you want her iconic green dress, you'll need to pay up. here she is. she wore it last month. the price tag, $9,325. either of you boys have a wedding anniversary coming up?
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>> i do, but i don't think that one would work. >> think of all the occasions. grocery shopping, the park. >> it will be on preview for the next ten days. i was thinking i would do it if i removed a couple ribs, did a boob job, do some workouts. e has a body i'm trying to get. so bravo. >> can you buy the body too? >> no. no, you can't. that's her. all right. a high school student out of school since last winter recovering from brain surgery returned to georgetown prep in maryland yesterday. take a look at the reception he got. a standing ovation for connor
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berry who arrived in a wheelchair. he had undergone multiple surgeries over the past several months to remove a benign tumor in his brain, but this surprise was planned by the headmaster. there were hundreds of students chanting for him. they chanted connor strong. he's learning to rewalk. he was overwhelmed. >> it's nice to feel loved by your peers. very nice. only on "cbs this morning" we went with lil nas x back to his hometown of atlanta since his record-braking success. he's hajj. the last few months have been huge for him. his real name is montero hill. he chose lil nas x because i thought that would attract more attention. now the 20-year-old -- he's just 20 -- says he's finally ready to take a little time off. we were with him as he made a surprise visit to his atlanta area high school. >> where do you think your parents got that name from,
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montero hill? i had a montero. >> it's embarrassing. >> is that what you named a after? >> it was. >> here he is. he was a student right here at this high school. during this surprise visit, the students cheered, posed for pictures. some even cried. for them, his success represents possibility. >> one little girl said you gave me hope to chase my dreams. were you a good student in high school? >> i was, i was a class clown but i was a good student, definitely. >> it wasn't that long ago you were sitting in that school behind those desks. what does it mean to go back there? >> i definitely felt like some
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kind of hero in a way, i guess because everybody was just going crazy. i was dreaming that last year around this time i would make a huge footprint in music and i would get up there as quick as i could and i wouldn't have to wait as long as other people would. that was honestly my goal, yeah. >> so then the song hits the radio. climbing up the charts, the billboard country charts. and then you get the news it's not country enough. what do you think when you hear that? >> i am at a moment in my life where everything is just going good, and my blessings are, like, i am going, hmm. i guess i take a peek at some of the other country songs on the chart. obviously i have hip-hop
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influence. >> i'm very impressed you're not hurt or upset by it. >> i'm sure others would have been upset, but you're talking about somebody sleeping on a floor for the past couple of months trying to get a song to move. this is the least of my worries. pretty much. >> you have this hit song and in the middle of this you decide you will come out. i am curious about what you were taught about homosexually when you were growing up. what were you told? >> if you do anything feminine, guy [ bleep ], you know, growing up, you see it, it's not okay. >> did you know as a little boy you were gay? >> definitely. i knew. i was just, praying, praying, praying. >> what were you praying for? >> that it was like a phase. >> that it would go away? >> yeah. i guess around 16, 17 i'm good with this. >> you knew. >> yeah. >> you were okay with it. >> i was like, okay.
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>> i'm good with it but i will not tell anybody. yeah. >> never. >> yeah, because me being in this position, like it's easy for me, but like some little boy ten miles from here, you know, it's not going to be good for him. yeah. >> but don't you think you coming out helps others who are struggling the way you were struggling with it? >> i think it's always going to help. we still have a long way to go. >> i'm curious how you're handling fame. are you scared of it? are you enjoying it? >> i feel like once i get to my home, my apartment, it just all feels like i'm in the same place. >> what do you mean? >> like, of course, once you go out, it's like, proud of you, congratulations, i love you, i love your music, i love your song.
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did you see this video of my daughter dancing to your -- >> to your song, yeah? >> then you get to your quiet spacand, you're, like, everything is kind of the same, i guess. >> as somebody who was last year i can't get over you were sleeping on your sister's house on the floor to having the song that was the most played ever. what does that mean to you? >> anything for anybody -- it is like a clich'e thing to say, but it can really happen for you. there's going to be a song one day that passes this. it could be the song that's released tomorrow. i could be a song that came out five months ago. it's like anything and everything is possible. >> yeah. he's a very, very smart young man.
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sonlso engaged in strategery to puthout. just think, the last six or seven months he was at taco bell, and something called zaxby's, and it's a chicken restaurant, and thank you alexa, and he was at six flags running wides and he quit all that to devote his time to music. >> he wanted a quick climb. >> he's very close to his father and parents. his father said you need to get better in signing his autograph. your handwriting is very, very bad. his dad is also a good singer. >> he's a real artist. this is very intentional. it's not a lucky strike. we will be seeing more from him. >> i'm so glad you said that. if you look at his panini video. he's so creative how his mind works. he's a really, really, really nice smart guy. i was glad they allowed us to come and spend time. he announced the other day it's
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been a while, seven months on twitter, i'm ready to take some time off. so he's not going to two upcoming festivals but he promises he'll make it up to his fans. he's been working very hard. >> he needed to take time off. so much so fast, and it's a smart choice. >> he's so young. >> he's only 20. >> he's 20 years old. got to heal your heart and head. head to our instagram page and find out how he plans to spend his 21st birthday. he's got some plans. he was just crowned homecoming royalty while o0 c1
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a tennessee high school senior is giving homecoming queen a whole new meaning. brendan allen gained acceptance of homecoming with a tierra and sequinned gown. hear hows he classroom called for incluns. >> good morning.
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the school removed the title queen and called it royalty, opening the door for anyone to win. brandon has always been confident. if someone doesn't agree, his advice, keep it moving. >> i'm always felt like i'm a queen. i'm that business, that news i'm me. >> reporter: wearing a floor length gold sequinned gown, 17-year-old brandon allen accepted one of the most coveted titles in the social hierarchy of high schools, homecoming queen or as the high school calls it, homecoming royalty, a new gender-neutral title voted ons by brandon's classmates. a photo shows the shocked winner and his glittery gown. it quickly went viral, drawing thousands of shares and comments with both support and resistance. responding to the criticism, the school's principal said she is exceedingly brown and the school
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loves and supports everyone regardless of who they are and who they believe. >> some parents ask their kids are you becoming guy or female? i'm becoming me. we're on the move. >> reporter: brandon says he has been bullied for being gay, but he wants to inspire others to be confident. >> don't change yourself. trust and believe me, there are going to be people who don't accept you and you're like, i don't care. i'm going to do me. i'm going to do me truly and unapologetically. >> reporter: the school superintendent said they discriminate against discrimination. brandon said he's honored to be a figure who people are standing up for and is thankful for the support. >> i'm impressed the school body voted for brandon. >> there was never a homecoming king. >> i'm was speaking to the principal this morning and they
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said traditionally it was always a queen. but in this case it was whoever got the most votes. it was never a king and a queen. it's gender neutral, royalty, fabulous. i love the dress. >> and brandon said he is unapologetically him. >> i love that. so much confidence. >> that's impressive. >> grown up people don't have that much confidence. thank you very much. on the podcast antoinette clark and her sister discuss their new book. "double down." bet on yourself and succeed on your terms. i'm thinking they're twins. how a school raise $125,000 for a cincinnati children's hospital. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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before we go, some young children managed to raise $125,000 for a cincinnati children's hospital by selling lemonade. >> thank you for your business! >> the kids helped by their siblings and their parents set
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up the lemonade stand in cincinnati over the labor day weekend. their mothers encouraged them to donate $148 they made to the children's hospital. one of the moms, hillary weidner, posted this on instagram and asked the followers to match the $148 donation. the money poured in and as of last night they raise $125,000 plus. weidner said this cause was very personal to her. her daughter beatrice was diagnosed with diabetes and had to have a liver transplant. >> i'm telling you. it really confirms what i believe about humanity, that people are basically good and kind and want to do right by others and it just shows you. hearing that little girl saying thank you very much for your business, how do you not buy something. >> it's so great how the mom turned it into $125,000 with some very generous folks out
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there. >> that's why america i think is the greatest country in the world. >> okay, gayle. >> i say that very proudly as i travel. i love this country. that w
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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. it is 8:55 i'm michelle griego. a hayward man is accused of being a top secret spy for the chinese government. edward pong seen here swapping money for a memory card with an fbi double agent. ecigarette giant juul announced it's ending support for proposition c. a san francisco ballot measure that it's spent millions in promoting. and police are investigating a possible assault on the gilroy high school campus. several students are being accused of attacking their
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we create the things that we want to exist in the world. ♪ my doors are always open. ♪ welcome back i'm giana franco in the traffic center. we still have a traffic alert along 680. an accident involving a vehicle that hit the sand barrels off to the side. there's a lot of debris in the roadway. at least the two lanes from the off ramp are blocked. doesn't look like it's affecting the main lines as you work your way eastbound
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westbound. northbound 101 right at capital expressway look out for a crash here. it's been a busy ride as you work your way northbound 101 out of south san jose. stays slow pretty much in pockets all the way into mountain view northbound 280 sluggish as well. drive times also in the red. mary. okay. a clear and chilly start to the day. definitely bundle up and grab that jacket and coat as you head out the door. warmer compared to yesterday but highs below average for this time of year and gradual warming as we head through the week. daytime highs for today. 74 in concord. 73 livermore. 72 san jose. upper 60s oakland. mid 60s for san francisco. temps will be warming up by tomorrow and a dip in temps on thursday with a little weather system just to our north. we warm up as we head through the rest of the workweek and especially into the weekend by the end of the week we're talking above average temperatures. have a great day.
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