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>> michelle have fun out there for the super bowl. "cbs this morning" is coming up next. thank you for watching kpix 5 news this morning. go niners!. good morning to viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm anthony mason with tony dokoupil. gayle king is off. impeachment over? a key republican plans to vote against witnesses. leaving hopes for hearing more about president trump hanging by a thread. new department warning. the state department raises its awareness level warning people not to travel to china, and the first person-to-person transmission of thedisease is confirmed in the u.s. american pie. we set the table to show you the
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gap between rich and poor. >> you've got your wealthiest 20% all the way to your poorest 20%, and that is the american pie. and super bowl city battle. before the big game on sunday, michelle miller and mo rocca show off san francisco and kansas city from fortune cookies to fountains. today is friday, january 31st, 2020. this is your eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> coronavirus is declares a global emergency. >> hopefully everything is going to be great. they have somewhat of a problem. >> the u.s. senate is on the brink of crucial votes that could bring an end to the impeachment trial and an acquittal to president trump. >> oh, my god, we can't hear what john bolton has to say. god forbid we should hear what a relevant witness has to say. >> the uk will formally leave the european union this evening. the country will continue to follow eu rules. fotis dulos is dead.
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removed from life support where he tried to kill himself. usa gymnastics is offering victims a $250 million settlement. >> new report claims southwest flew more than 17 million passengers on planes with unconfirmed maintenance documents. >> all that -- >> wild scene in texas, a screen straight out of a horror movie, blackbirds descended on a grocery store parking lot. >> -- and all that matters. >> it's gone up. >> american life expectancy is on the rise. great shot of betty white bumping up the average. we see you, girl. we see you, girl. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> today nancy pelosi said this. >> the president seems to be emulating a french king. >> she's referring to louisville xiv who famously said -- ♪
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♪ free your lady marmalade. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." we have a lot of news to show you from overnight. the state department raised its alert over the coronavirus telling americans to avoid all travel to china, plus we'll have breaking news on how it is transmitted. but we start on capitol hill where a republican senator may have sunk the democrats' demand to call witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial. >> that senator is tennessee's lamar alexander who said last night he will vote no when the senate meets later today. that makes it much more likely senators will acquit president trump possibly as soon as tonight. nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us where there was late-night drama. how did it all go down. >> good morning. senator alexander released this remarkable statement around 11:00 last night. in it he says he does not need
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to hear from more witnesses because the house impeachment managers have already proven their case. he says the president did pressure ukraine for his personal benefit using u.s. dollars, but he still argues that he doesn't see it as a removable offense. >> i'm ready to vote and ready to vote now. >> senate republicans say the end of this impeachment saga is in sight. >> i think we're ready to vote. i'm ready to vote. >> and with senator lamar alexander's plan to vote no on witnesses, they may be right. alexander said democrats did prove it was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and to withhold united states aid to encourage that investigation, but, he said, that's not impeachable. >> i'm very disappointed to hear that. >> today's pivotal vote comes after 16 hours of questioning over the past two days, during
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which senators asked 180 questions. today's question is simple. should the senate subpoena new witnesses and more documents? >> it's a sham trial without it. >> the house interviewed 17 witnesses, but the white house urged top officials like john bolton not to cooperate and the house opted not to pursue it in court. >> god forbid we should hear what a relevant witness has to say. >> on the senate floor last night, impeachment manager adam schiff practically begged for a compromise. >> you want the clinton model? let's use the clinton model. let's take a week. let's take a week to have a fair trial. >> we're negotiating. why don't we go to closing arguments and see what this body provides. >> voting shows 75% of americans want to hear from new witnesses. >> this is a trial. this is a trial as any 10-year-old knows, we should have witnesses. >> but most senate republicans say they have heard enough. >> the outcome isn't going to change. >> i think we're nearing tend
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here. >> does that send a message to the white house stonewalling works? >> no. what it says to the house, do your homework first. >> now, democrats had been eyeing four key republicans who they thought might cross party lines and vote with them on witnesses, so let's show you where things are. a big question mark, lisa murkowski of alaska who appears to be wavering. at this point given that math, if lisa murkowski does end up voting yes, we will be looking at a 50-50 tie. under impeachment rules a tie fails unless the chief justice of the supreme court justice john roberts decides to step in. right now senators don't anticipate he will do that, however, and so we could be looking at a final vote on acquittal either late tonight or tomorrow, jericka. >> all right. we know you'll continue to follow it for us. thanks, nancy. now, to the coronavirus outbreak which the world health organization has declared a
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national emergency. a hospital has confirmed the first person-to-person transmission in the u.s. the illness is blamed for more than 200 deaths in china and the state department now recommends no travel to that country. nearly 10,000 cases are reported worldwide including six in the u.s. our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in loma linda, california, where doctors are ready to treat people evacuated from china early this week. david, what are you learning? >> reporter: well, this is loma linda emergency room medical center and look at this in front of it. it's a tent set up. the reason this is set up, not far from here 200 citizens flown from china here to southern california are being monitored now at an air base.
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let me take you in and show you. the tent has been used to people people with the flu. hospital officials say they're more concerned about the flu, there are more cases of that than coronavirus. nonetheless, people would be brought here if they have any symptoms of fever, coughing, shortness of breath. first thing they do is take your temperature. this is just a precaution. but the hospital is ready to go. >> anything in here you breathe out will go out, fresh air comes in, so things aren't exposed to the outside. if we didn't have the plane game -- >> this isn't far from the air base where 195 americans were flown from wuhan, china. they were asked to stay on the base f for 72 hours, being monitored for symptoms. >> behind me is the hotel where
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we all stay. if you turn around this way, you can see there's the mobile facility over there. >> reporter: i interviewed thompson via skype outside the air base. we couldn't get in, and he is abiding by requests from the local health department not to leave. someone did try to leave yesterday but was then told they could not leave and a quarantine order was issued. thompson who lives in michigan says he's anxious to get home. >> you've been willing to keep in touch with us and update us. other people aren't ready to talk. do you know why. >> they may be scared that the local area will give negative feedback when they get back. >> reporter: the first human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in the united states, illinois. a husband and wife. the 60-year-old woman traveled to wuhan. her husband did not. >> the second patient has visited in the last two weeks and they'll look at any possible contacts who may have been exposed.
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>> reporter: the world health organization state of emergency comes as they're fighting at the borders. >> for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health assistance, and are ill prepared to deal with it. >> reporter: don't panic. that's essentially what the cdc said yesterday. i was on their call with a lot of other media members. they sounded clear and calm. they said, listen. the general public is not advised to wear masks in public. we also have breaking news on this story as we're learned that four coronavirus victims in germany are showing no symptoms. >> i got off the phone with the head of infectious disease, he
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says there's clear evidence a woman that came from shanghai to germany and had no symptoms transmitted this virus. four people got infected. she didn't get sick until she was on the plane back from china. the good thing is they had mild symptoms. it would not have been picked up had there not been this scare. >> it sounds like bad news. how can you contain a virus without seeing it spread? >> i asked tony to give this perspective. he said generally the outbreaks and symptoms are not driven by asymptomatic infections. it makes it hard to follow. on the other hand, we're hearing about a mortality rate of 2% to 3%. if it turns out there may be more infected, the mortality rate may be like 0.2% or 0.1% and it would be like a general bad flu season.
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>> what about them calling it a global emergency. >> the main thing is countries that don't have robust health care systems. in the united states we have it. right now we're doing basic infectious disease measures, which means finding somebody who's infected, isolating them, and figuring out who their contacts were. following them. right now there are no vaccinations, although, they're trying to find other drugs. >> i'm hope they don't have to use the tent. dr. lapook, thank you. we appreciate it. just three days from the iowa caucuses, the president is trying to steal the limelight. he rallied supporters in des moines, he mocked the presidential candidates and slammed his impeachment trial. ed o'keefe is there. what's the mood like in iowa? >> reporter: much like everything else, this is a little different.
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this isn't necessarily the lead story, because of the impeachment trial, several presidential candidates are absent from the campaign trail. the subject of the impeachment trial showed up in iowa last night looking for votes. >> for the past year iowa has been home to mostly democratic national candidates but last night the man they want to beat showed up too. >> during this campaign season, the good people of iowa have had a front row seat to the lunacy and madness of the totally sick left. >> ahead of mr. trump's arrival, joe biden called him out saying the president lacks the moral character for the job. >> he's more bully than president and he's having an incredibly corrosive effect on our nation. >> reporter: the state has been left to the non-senators like biden and former mayor pete buttigieg who's trying to elbow his way directly into the spotlight by targeting candidates at the top.
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>> i heard vice president biden saying this is no time to take a risk on someone new. then i hear senator sanders calling for a kind of politics who says you've got to go all the way here and nothing else counts. >> when asked about buttigieg's accounts, biden fought back. >> you've seen pete. he's a good guy. you've seen bernie. you've seen me. some things are self-evident in contrast. i've gotten more than 8,000 votes in my life. >> reporter: john delaney announced this morning he is out of the race with three days to go before the caucus. one other wrinkle this weekend, campaigns can see, because iowa is a big area of support for the kansas city chiefs, difficult to find voters that want to talk by sunday afternoon as they get
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ready for the super bowl. >> full coverage and i will be in des moines with the latest news from voters. >> don't knock on doors there. the lawyers for fotis dulos will work to clear their client's name even though dulos is now dead. dulos who had been charged with killing his wife was taken off life support yesterday. police found him unresponsive in his garage after an apparent suicide attempt. mola lenghi says the lawyer spoke on the note left behind. >> the hospital had satisfied itself there was no opportunity to revive him. >> i imagine all this came as a surprise? >> yes. >> reporter: the death of fotis dulos following an eight-month investigation into his alleged involvement in the disappearance of his estranged wife jennifer. there was a note found next to him where police discovered him unconscious tuesday.
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>> the note he left also declaring his innocence. >> though i'm told. i have not seen it. we've heard from reliable sources saying i'm innocent. >> reporter: prosecutors have accused dulos of killing his wife, although, the body has never been found. he denied it. he failed to show up to court tuesday for a bond hearing that could have sent him back to jail. >> mr. dulos was sitting inside his vehicle and he had obvious signs of distress. >> reporter: officers broke through this door to get in the garage where police found dulos. he was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning but later taken off life support. >> the family has asked us to continue our efforts, and we will. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm mola lenghi. today after four years of voting for brexit, the uk is set to leave the european union. not everyone is celebrating.
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as britain c s the end of its 47th year, the country future remains uncertain. mark phillips has more. what happens now? >> reporter: it has been a long good-bye, the business of leaving the european union, and it is not done yet. officially the uk is out at 11:00 p.m. here tonight but this is less of what seemed like an endless process as the starting gun for what comes next. it's been an emotional end for some. they sang "auld lang syne" for departing british members, but the uk will continue to pay membership dues and follow eu rules for the next year while a new trade deal is worked out, if it is. it was a gloating good-bye for nigel farage. he made it his life's work to
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get them out of the eu. >> we're going to wave you good-bye. >> put your flags away. you're leaving. >> reporter: prime minister boris johnson said brexit will diminish it. the winners and losers in the brexit battle will hold respective rallies here today. for the winners, a celebration. for the losers, a wake. the battle may be over, but, anthony, the arguments still go on. >> they sure do. a teenager who needed a double lung transplant after vaping is warning his own twin brother not to vape. >> what do you tell your brother. >> that he's being stupid and he doesn't really listen, and i don't understand it. >> ahead, the teenager's blunt message to everyone who uses e-cigarettes.
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good friday morning to year. were starting the day with foggy conditions. as we head through the afternoon temps will be warming up to 66 in san francisco. 57 oakland and 67 fremont. the warmest day out of the week today. so warm and sunny for your saturday. much cooler, easier on sunday. all of us will be down to the 50s and with those wins feeling even chillier on super bowl sunday. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by toyota. let's go places.
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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> it is 7:26. i'm kenny choi . a car crashes into a vapor that. it happened around 3 am at the chevron. 33 firefighters arrived on the scene. the rest to rescue one person the word on the extent of the person's injuries. a man arrested in a deadly alameda county hit-and-run crash is sent to face a judge today. 29-year-old alexander mcgee assaulted a woman in his car last monday. and officer approach he took off and mcgee is accused of running over another woman during the ensuing chase. property owners whose homes
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structures were destroyed by the kincade fire have to submit plans for removal of hazardous debris today. losses from the fire total about $620 million. the cause of the kincade fire has not been officially determined. let's check traffic with gianna. if you plan on getting on the golden gate bridge this morning here is a live look. unfortunately it is foggy this morning so limited visibility. i am hearing about advisory issued by chp for parts of 37 as well as parts of the north bay especially in the napa area. mary will have more on that. the bay bridge meeting lights are on and is slow right but improving. slow coming to the foot of the maze into the metering area. tracking the fog along the coast. parts of the bay and inland. you can see on the suture camp the blanket of fog. as we head through the afternoon we will catch the clearing and the warmest day of the week is today. 68 in fremont and 70 for san
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it's 7:30. here's what's it's 7:30. here's what's happening on "cbs this morning." >> they have gone to extraordinary lengths to put a muzzle on john bolton. >> the senate decides whether to call more witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial or take a final vote to clear him. >> let me start. there was no quid pro quo. >> international concern. >> americans are warned not to travel to china as the coronavirus outbreak is declared a global health emergency. >> people of iowa have had a front row seat. >> candidates storm iowa before monday's first in the nation caucuses. >> whoever wins the nomination, we're going to support them.
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plus, the groundbreaking best is at metropolitan opera house for the first time in 30 years. and the best of kansas city and san francisco in our annual super bowl city showdown. >> the fortune cookie was created right here in san francisco. >> the happy meal was invented right here in kansas city. thank you. ooh. "star wars." this makes me happy. >> those pieces coming up make me happy. welcome to "cbs this morning." we're going to begin with this. the growing gap between rich and poor americans is one of the biggest challenges facing the country. get this. the richest 1% controls more wealth now than at any time in more than a half century. that's a concern cited by any willing presidential candidate and a recent bipartisan survey found that most americans, 61%, think it's a problem. how big of a problem. and what does wealth inequality look like in this country?
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we found that most people have no idea. >> do you want to talk about wealth inequality? no. all right. >> reporter: the topic may be everywhere on the campaign trail. >> do you want to talk about wealth inequality? another time. we'll get you later. we've got some free pie. >> we turned the american pie into a real one and found people were able to address the simple question. who gets what. we have five plates. this represents everybody in america. you have everything from the wealthiest to the poorest. >> the american pie represents $98 trillion of u.s. wealth in america. we asked people to dole it out. >> two slices for the wealthiest. >> how many pieces of pie on the middle class. >> put four.
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>> all right. that's the middle class. >> let's do half a piece to the poorest. >> like right in the middle? >> perfect. >> you're going to have to move some of the wealthiest to some of the wealthiest to lower class. >> two pieces? >> lower middle class. >> can i show you what reality looks like? >> not like this. >> unfortunately not. >> no one was even close. actually nine pieces of pie. 90% of the wealth is near the top. the upper middle class and middle class, they share one piece. so these guys, they've got about 80% of the piece. they get 20% of a piece, an then the lower middle class, they've got 0.3%. >> crumbs. >> crumbs there. there they go. that's what they get. and the poorest, they have no pie. in fact, they have less than no pie. they actually have a bill for pie. they're in pie debt. they owe pie. >> people in the poorest 20% are on average more than $6,000 in debt.
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>> it's very sad. it's very depressing. i grew up here. >> really. >> uh-huh. that's me. >> let me show you something else. if you look at the wealthiest and go to the top 1%. the wealthiest, these people alone have not one, not two, not three, but four slices of pie. what do you think? >> i want to know who these people are. >> is that what you expected. >> not at all. it's disturbing. >> this election cycle -- >> it's time for a wealth tax. >> reporter: elizabeth warren and bernie sanders have promised to redistribute the pie with a special tax on fortunes of $50 million and up. >> the wealthiest will pay their fair share of taxes. >> most americans support the idea. >> they should be giving a lot
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of that over here. >> do you think there should be a super tax on the wealthy? >> why not. they can afford it. >> yes, they should. will it happen? probably not. >> you're not hopeful. >> not everyone is on board as we talked to some of the people near the biggest yachts at the american boat show. john sheffield and mark tedford oppose it. >> it would be a total disaster. i would like them to continue to promote it. >> you're acknowledging there is some unfairness here. >> sure. >> there's a lot of people with not much and a small fraction of people with a lot. >> right. i guess the alternative is do we need a socialist economy where everyone has a same? that does not make sense either. a lot of people have worked hard, gotten good degrees, went to school.
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they may have had opportunities, but others just haven't done that. is a vote for radical rise for socialism and a destruction of the american dream. >> the political fight will continue but at our little table redistribution was a hit. >> if i'm going to take a piece, it will be from the excess. >> i'll take that pie over here. >> the rich pie? >> mm-hmm. >> rich people pie. >> they like that pie. we got the american pie here. >> you didn't bring a knife or fork. >> in the commercial we'll break it up. >> why not sweet potato. >> this was better for moving it around. i have to serve that with a glass of cold water.
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wealth expert say it may slow economic growth which is why the folks at the end of the boat show are opposed to it. >> i'm thought it was interesting, having an opportunity may be part of the problem. i think it's not just the opportunity, but when you point out how hard it is to get out of poverty, it is very telling. >> it is very hard, but americans are incredibly optimistic. they overestimate on where they're going to start from to rich. >> the other significant thing is the gap between rich and poor has been growing consistently for years now. >> it has. >> so it looks like the playing field is favoring one side. >> i do hope marco rubio is right. we don't haves and have-nots. we have haves and soon-to-haves. all right. to see what the wealth gap looks like in terms of real money, not just pie, go to our website, cbsnews.com, and on monday i'll be covering the caucuses that kick off the presidential topic of conversation. his is a
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louder than words. she was a school teacher. my dad joined the navy and helped prosecute the nazis in nuremberg. their values are why i walked away from my business, took the giving pledge to give my money to good causes, and why i spent the last ten years fighting corporate insiders who put profits over people. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. because, right now, america needs more than words. we need action. we have a warning from a michigan teenager who received what's believed to be the first double lung transplant due to vaping. doctors told him he only had a 10% chance of survival without surgery. he's on the mend, but he told our dean reynolds that many others including his own brother could be at risk. >> how do you feel?
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>> i'm starting to feel a lot better. >> daniel ament is lucky to be alive. he started vaping nine months ago, everybody else was. by september he was gasping for breath. his mother tammy recalling his health crisis. >> he went from being able to breathe a little bit to not breathing at all. >> reporter: it took a double lung transplant at the henry ford hospital in detroit to save his life. he was out for weeks. 40 days went by and you don't have any memory until after the lung transplant. >> yeah. >> they give you a medication that makes you forget. >> i couldn't talk or move because my muscles had all atrophied so i didn't have enough strength to lift up my head. >> reporter: he lost 50 pounds from illness and surgery, needing help to get out of bed and up the stairs. now he's speaking out against vaping. >> i think my story will help people understand the dangers i
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was unaware of. >> reporter: yet he's having trouble getting that message across to even his own brother. >> his twin brother can't stop vaping. >> right. >> reporter: he blames the pull of nicotine to his brother's stubbornness. >> what do you tell your brother. >> he's being stupid and i don't understand it. >> reporter: he faces a lifetime of medication, monitoring, and modified dreams from the ones he hoped to live. dean reynolds, grosse pointe, michigan. >> it's important to understand the dangers, and the cdc has identified the black market products. thc products as the culprit in these cases. the cdc has also said if you're a grown up and quit smoking to go to an e-cigarette, don't watch something like this and switch back. do what you're doing. ahead, how tom brady is
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yesterday the lakers held an emotional practice. over the past few days they've mixed in team bonding with game prep. meanwhile friends and family held a candle light vigil for 14-year-old alyssa altobelli who was killed along with her two parents. they showed the colors at the university of oregon where she hoped to play basketball. same thing for those families who lost their loved ones. >>ali altobelli, the father, th mother, the daughter, and they had two other kids. >> exploding after a tom brady photo that was posted cryptically on twitter. there it is. >> is he entering or exiting. >> that's the big question. >> you see him standing in the entry way. as you say, is he walking toward
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the field, away from the field, do you care if you're not a patriots fan? i don't know. >> i think he's walking in. >> it's what you want to believe. >> that's not their stadium? >> some people think it is. some don't know. >> i think he's walking in. >> he's messing with us. >> come on. >> is that even tom brady, we don't know? >> it's hard to know. so this, of course, is as he's mulling his departure with the patriots. he could become a free agent for the first time in his 20-year -- >> i still can't imagine him playing for any other team. >> i'm remember that with joe montana and then he played for the kansas city chiefs. anything's possible. for the first time this morning we're giving you a sneak peek at a super bowl act. it features legendary actor martin scorsese and jonah hill. take a look at this.
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>> this just in. is jonah hill -- >> you know what this is, right? they focus on a moment we can all relate to. you see scorsese at a party that looks whack. he's like, yo, you comen? jonah is like, oh, man. >> i'm would say he always turns up. thank you. mo rocca, michelle miller, the battle of the super bowl cities. agility. thursday at 10? robot cage match. the 28th at 3? done. there's so much to take advantage of- -with unitedhealthcare medicare advantage plans- ew there's so much to take advantage of- keurig k-duo brewer makes any occasion the perfect coffee occasion. family brunch! just add ground coffee for a carafe, or pop in a pod for a freshly brewed cup. good strong coffee. our french roast. it was a decaf for you, yes?
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twenty-one house seats. it's time for the senate to act and remove trump from office, and if they won't do their jobs, this november you and i will. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. it is 7:56. the fog is rolling in and affecting our drives on her freeways. chp issued a fog advisory for parts of napa as well as other heirs. we have a crash reported on sonoma highway. we are seeing some delays in both directions. was slow as well. foggy conditions across the golden gate bridge so careful as you work your way across the span heading into the city. southbound 101 you might see
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some foggy spots and getting reports of foggy conditions on the san mateo bridge. chp issued an advisory as well. as far as your drive times go, 15 to 60 minute drive to go between 880 and one-to-one. metering lights remain at the bay bridge and still slow out of the maze and look at the foggy here as well. >> tracking the fog for you. as we are watching the onshore flow begin so were watching the fog along the coast, through the goldengate gap and for parts of the inland locations as well. here is a live look with our sutro cam. as we head through the day we will catch the clearing antedate the warmest day of the week. we will see mostly sunny skies later this afternoon and mild daytime highs well above average for this time of year. sunshine, warm temps continue for your saturday. then looking at much cooler weather with easier conditions on sunday. dramatic drop in temps to end the weekend. today 66 san francisco, city of fremont and 67 oakland and 70 for san jose. cooler in the 50s sunday.
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in the west. it's friday, january 31st, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm anthony mason. ahead, the government tells americans, don't go to china because of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. the disease is spreading here in a new way. >> i'm tony dokoupil. moms in iowa talk about the high price of daycare in our new series, every state has a sorry. >> i'm jericka duncan. gayle king is off. it is super bowl weekend so we'll show you the champion qualities of kansas city and san francisco. >> first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00. a republican senator may have sunk the democrats' demand to call witnesses in president
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trump's impeachment trial. >> senator alexander released this rather remarkable statement. he says, he does not need to hear from more witnesses because the house impeachment managers have already proven their case. >> don't panic. that is really one of the most important things the cdc said yesterday. i was on the conference call with reporters. >> right now we're doing basic infectious disease measures. remember, right now there is no vaccine in the near future and no medication that works. >> because of that impeachment trial several candidates are still absent but the subject of the trial showed up here in iowa last night looking for votes. >> officially the uk is out at 11:00 p.m. here tonight but this is less the end of what seemed like an endless process as the starting gun for what comes next. >> according to new research over half of americans say when it comes to attending a super bowl party, food is more important than the game. this year super bowl viewers will be enjoying what i consider the hottest snack of all, the
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49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo. [cheers and applause] that is quite the dish. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. >> oh, man. >> isn't food always more important than the game? >> absolutely. >> more important than the good looking quarterbacks? >> nice to know. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the state department is allowing all nonessential government workers and their families to leave china and is telling other americans not to go there. the newest coronavirus victim in the u.s. is in isolation in this chicago hospital. doctors say he caught it from his wife who traveled to wuhan, china. it is the first person-to-person transmission in the u.s. >> germany is now evacuating citizens from china and we've learned four people diagnosed in germany received the virus from someone who was not showing obvious symptoms.
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the world health organization calls the coronavirus a global public health emergency. the number of cases in china has skyrocketed to more than 9600 with 213 fatalities. there are now more than 1200 more coronavirus cases in china, alone, than the sars outbreak had in 2002 and 2003 worldwide. think about that. the impeachment trial of president trump could end as soon as tonight if the senate as expected decides not to hear from witnesses. last night senators asked house managers and the president's lawyers 87 questions, bringing their two day total to 180. this afternoon they will vote on whether to accept new evidence. senator lamar alexander, one of four republicans that democrats were pushing to support new testimony, said last night he will vote no. he said the president's actions were inappropriate but not impeachable. >> mitt romney and susan collins confirmed they will vote to hear
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witnesses. lisa murkowski plans to decide today. but even if she votes yes, the effort fails unless chief justice john roberts breaks what will be a 50/50 tie, and that is not expected. if the senate votes no to witnesses, it is expected to decide on acquittal tonight or tomorrow. the iowa caucuses are just three days away and we're seeing new signs americans are confident in their economy. a new cbs poll out this morning says 75% of americans think the u.s. economy is in good shape. that is the highest number in nearly 20 years. but many families still face big challenges. this morning we're kicking off our new series, every state has a story. we're doing it from iowa. the series focuses on how issues talked about on the campaign trail actually affect people all around the country. this morning it's the high cost of child care. according to a recent study in iowa, 76% of children under the age of 6 have all available
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parents working outside of the home. in other words, they'll need child care. nikole killion is in des moines talking to moms. nicole, good morning. it sounds like some families are facing truly staggering costs here. >> reporter: anyone who is a parent knows child care can be expensive. here in iowa the average cost is about $10,000 a year. but for single parents with multiple children the burden can be significantly higher with some spending 70% or more of their income on care. 4-year-old dominik miranda is all smiles at playtime and pickup time. >> you going to say hi to baby brother? >> hi. >> give him a kiss. >> his mom, zoe, is finishing maternity leave and when she returns to her custodial job she'll have to pay not just for one daycare bill but two. >> there are sometimes i feel i have to rob peter to pay paul. it is really, really hard when it comes to paying rent, paying
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utilities, paying my cell phone, paying a car. >> reporter: stephanie is also a single mom. she gets assistance from the state but fears losing it again. >> i had gotten a dollar raise at work but with that dollar raise i ended up not qualifying for child care assistance at all and the bill went up to $1500 a month and just, i mean, that was more than my mortgage payment. >> reporter: united way's diane cook says it illustrates iowa's child care cliff. in 2020 it is estimated a family of three would have to make less than $31,500 to qualify. >> iowa's program has one of the very lowest entry points, so people who really don't have enough to make ends meet are still not able to get on child care assistance. >> reporter: the issue has galvanized iowa's legislature and the presidential candidates. >> it makes no sense for child care to cost two-thirds of somebody's income. >> we can cover child care for
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all of our children. >> reporter: in the city of pella, this manufacturing plant took an innovative approach, organizing an on site child care facility that offers workers a reduced rate. she has a 4-year-old in the program and manages the company's hr. >> do you see this as the wave of the future in iowa? >> i hope so. i think that there are a lot of creative ways to address the child care gaps that we have here in the state and we have across the country. >> reporter: gaps zoe hopes will eventually close, too. >> say bye. >> bye! >> reporter: earlier this month iowa's governor put forth several child care proposals. as for the upcoming presidential contest, some of the moms i spoke to say they do believe child care should be an pimportant issue in this electin but at the same time they're not necessarily thrilled with some of the candidates. they may not even caucus next week. >> nicole, thank you very much.
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you can see more stories from our every state has a story series on our website cbsnews.com/everystate. join the conversation on twitter, sharing your stories with the #everystate. we'll bring you full coverage of monday's iowa caucuses. that'll be me in des moines with the latest news, insight from voters, and much more. there is an epic battle brewing off the gridiron. before sunday's super bowl. >> i'm here in kansas city to show you this is the superior super bowl city. >> i'm michelle miller in san francisco and while the 49ers are looking for their sixth super bowl win, i'll show you all the reasons this city is already a champ. that's coming up on "cbs this morning."
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and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. we fought oil companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar corporate tax loophole to fund public schools. by going directly to the people we got results. that's not something you see a lot of from washington these days. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. let's make change happen.
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yes, it is super bowl yes it is super bowl weekend and that means it is time for our annual super bowl city showdown. 49ers and chiefs prepare to slug it out on the gridiron, we look at how their hometowns compare. "cbs this morning: saturday" co-hoet michelle miller went to san francisco and "cbs sunday morning" correspondent mo rocca went to kansas city. mo, how was your trip? >> it was a great trip to go to the hometown that was named for the super bowl when they met the packers for the first championship in 1957. the chiefs lost that game, but won 50 years ago in what was their last appearance. san francisco on the other hand has won five super bowls, which is why no one really wants to see them win again, but since that's where michelle went,
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let's start our super bowl city saga there. >> reporter: welcome to san francisco where innovation leads the nation and silicon valley tech titans inspire the world. whoo-hoo! ♪ >> reporter: well, congratulations, michelle. you know, the hall mark greeting card created here in kansas city is just one of many great ideas to come out of the place known as the heart of america. the happy meal was invented right here in kansas city. thank you. kansas city is also the birth place of modern american animation. this is the building where walt disney launched his empire. ♪ when you wish upon a star >> that's right, mochlt but the walt disney family built their museum right here in san francisco. can't say i blame them.
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hard to beat a view of the san francisco bay. how is the view over there? >> reporter: the mighty mo is spectacular. thanks for asking. you can find water just about everywhere you turn in kansas city. known as the city of fountains, yes, kansas city has plenty of nicknames, the city claims to have the most working fountains in the world. >> reporter: yeah, we've got some fountains here too. but if you love chocolate, and let's face it, who doesn't, some of the country's most famous chocolatiers are right here in san francisco. ghirardelli and see's candies. >> that's sweet. but when it comes to disrupting the country, the m&m was vepd here at mri global. how do you solve problems?
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go chiefs. >> the fortune cook we was create right here in san francisco and here at golden gate fortune cookie, they make about 20,000 a day. wait a minute. so i go like this. i stick it in here. this is not easy. gee whiz. >> you're like lucille ball. >> okay. >> reporter: plenty of chinese restaurants here, michelle, but the cuisine kansas city is best known for -- >> reporter: yo, mo/hey, mo. >> reporter: michelle. what are you doing in kansas city? which kansas city are you talking about, you know, because there are two of them. >> reporter: that's right you're standing in kansas city, kansas and i'm standing here in kansas city, missouri, known as k.c. mo. >> since you're over there, you cover missouri, i'll cover
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kansas. >> reporter: sounds like a plan. where was it. kansas city is known throughout the world for its barbecue and many people say arthur bryant's is the best. >> reporter: here as joe's kansas city barbecue on the kansas side most think this is the best. just ask doug. >> we have everything we can put on barbecue right here. >> from the rooter to the tooter. >> exactly. >> reporter: art valley you'll find murals of the artists who live and work in missouri. >> reporter: or if you love art on the big screen you can think amc for the multi-plex. >> reporter: the shuttlecock is on kansas's side. and the city decided to let the spirits flow. the era earned another name,
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paris on the plains. >> reporter: we have history on the other side. school segregation ended when the court ruled on brown versus education in 1904. >> reporter: well, kansas city, missouri, is home to the negro baseball league museum. the kansas city monarchs was one of the teams. so every player need as different bat? >> that is correct. >> reporter: that sounds really complicated. >> it's not because, again, there are names on the bat. >> that makes it easy. >> very much so. >> reporter: the museum is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the leagues. >> reporter: if you need help finding it or anyone else, you can they garmin, the gps that gets you there. it's headquartered right here in kansas city. >> you have the stadium here,
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kansas city city, kansas s in the same metro area. so you see, michelle, we're playing for the same team. michelle. >> sorry, mo. i'm not in kansas city anymore. besiesd, once you've left your heart in san francisco, you always want to come back. just like joe montana did. he won four super bowls with the 49ers before playing for the chiefs. he retired in the bay area. and for a city that really doesn't need a nickname, city of champions sounds pretty good to me. >> that was awesome. >> since michelle couldn't make it to the studio, she sent some fortune cookies from san francisco, which i suggest reading with a bit of skepticism. >> here we go. >> this is so fun. >> she made these. >> you're losing your cookie over here. >> the san francisco 49ers will crush the kansas city chiefs by at least 25 points.
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>> that's not the kind of fortune cookies you eat in kansas city. >> i think this fortune cookie is rigged. mo, thanks. on "cbs this morning's" podcast james brown hosts the nfl super bowl from cbs. he'll tell you what to expect. ahead, a golden opportunity for a high school student who was told he'd have to cut his dread lox at graduation. you're watching "cbs this morning." growing up in a family that struggled
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economically powerfully influenced my values. bernie sanders he's fighting to raise wages. and guarantee health care for all. now, our country is at a turning point. hard working people, betrayed by trump, struggling to survive. in this moment, we need a fighter. bernie sanders. we know he'll fight for us as president because he always has. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message.
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one of america's most ground breaking operas is getting new recognition at the prestigious opera house in new york. "porgy & bess" has been breaking racial barriers since it premiered in 1935. >> i can't tell you what an honor it is to sing this role at the opera house, and for me that it was extended in black history
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month is wonderful. i mean we're a part of the history. >> ahead, we hear from the lead singers about how they hope to inspire the next generation. your local news is this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. i'm gianna franco. taking a look at the roadways right now if you're headed out the door and plan on taking some of the bridges heads up, we are dealing with fog this morning. that is the bay bridge. metering lights are on. you can see it but it is backed up beyond the 880 overpass. it's improving. mary will have more on the foggy conditions in just a second. give yourself a few extra minutes there. we have reports of foggy conditions on the san mateo bridge on the west end but hopefully that is improving. a live look there. and the golden gate bridge looks like things are improving their. checking our travel times
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across the bridges, 26 minutes southbound 101 towards the goldengate, nine minutes ago from the maze to one-to-one, san mateo bridge 880 over towards 101 and yourself a drive times is slow along 280, lots of slow conditions downtown san jose. we are dealing with that thought this morning. you can see it on our sutro cam with the fog rolling it across the goldengate. as we head through the afternoon we are going to see that clearing. today the warmest day of the week and mostly sunny skies. later on today mild and well above average daytime highs. for tomorrow so sunny and warm and a touch cooler but very, very cooler are very much cooler. as we go through sunday with breezy conditions. will be in the 50s for your 70. 66 today, 67 fremont and mountain view, 70 in san jose.- 871 for santa rosa. there we go with saturday still
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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of the stories that are the talk of the table giving you something to talk about. this is where we each pick a story we'd like to share with each other and with all of you. tony is going first. >> i'm thinking about a potential murder in mexico that could have reverb rations here in the u.s. a prominent activist in mexico who devoted his life to protecting monarch butterflies was found dead and it is feared he was murdered. family and friends yesterday mourned him and there is an investigation that continues into the exact cause of death but the reverb rations are as follows. these monarch butterflies, which have a special habitat in mexico, which i traveled to
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visit. it's gorgeous. those very same butterflies, believe it or not, on those fragile little wings fly all the way through our back yards and populate america in the summer as they migrate north. successful generations then go back to the very same forest in mexico. this particular activist had devoted his life to protecting that habitat. if it doesn't exist we don't have them in our back yards. it is an example of something happening there that could really come back and change the way we experience nature here. >> they've lost their greatest protector. >> yes. >> all right. here is a story that touched me. trail blazing journalist gwen eiffel is being honored with her own forever stamp. it was unveiled yesterday during a ceremony at metropolitan ame church in washington where eiffel worshiped. she had a really distinguished career in journalism working with "the washington post," the "new york times," nbc and pbs. she was the first african-american and first woman to moderate a major television news analysis show. it was "washington week in
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review" and of course she went on to the pbs "newshour" and divide in 2016 after battling cancer. she was 61. this is part of the black heritage series but could also be part of the great american journalists' series if there was one. >> a forever stamp is a wonderful tribute. they never lose their value and good journalism never does as well. >> i'm definitely buying more than a few. we have an update on a texas student whose high school told him he would not be allowed to walk at graduation unless he cuts his dread locks. we first brought you deandre arnold's story last week. since then he has received a wave of support. last night we surprised him with another big opportunity from some famous faces. take a look. >> hey, deandre, i'm gabrielle union and one of the producers of the oscar nominated animated short film "hair love." >> what's up, deandre? this is d-wade. you and your mother sandy are official guests of the oscar nominated team behind "hair love" at the 2020 academy
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awards. >> we've all been so inspired by your story. this is the very least we can do to thank you for standing up for yourself and your right to wear your natural hair at school. >> that was the director matthew a. cherry who was here yesterday along with dwyane wade and gabrielle union. deandre and his mom are flying to l.a. to hit the red carpet as cherry's special guests at the academy awards on february 9th. his film "hair love" is nominated for best animated short. here is deandre's reaction. >> it's crazy. like i never thought that people like d-wade and gabrielle union would be on my side. the film is about hair love and me and my hair kind of grew up together in a way. it's like we're best friends. it really just means so much that we get an invite like this. it means the world to us honestly. >> how exciting. he's gotten a scholarship from alicia keys. >> a lot of love and support coming at him. matt, you told us at the end of the show yesterday that they
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really wanted to do this. >> ahead, a michigan woman convicted of arson and the murder of her husband is telling her story for the first time in a "48 hours" mystery. authorities say linda stermer set her home on fire to kill her husband, todd, and then ran him over with a van when he escaped the flames. she was sentenced to life in prison. stermer later convinced a judge she did not get a fair trial and was released. now the michigan attorney general is fighting to reinstate her conviction. erin moriarity of "48 hours" investigates. >> reporter: on the afternoon of january 7th, 2007, the day her house went up in flames, linda stermer says she was doing laundry in the basement when she heard her husband, todd, let out a scream. and ran upstairs. >> there just seemed to be fire all over in the living room. i could not have gotten over to todd because there was fire
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between the two of us. >> reporter: she panicked, she says, and escaped to the front door with no shoes or cell phone. >> my first thought was todd is going to get out. >> reporter: she says she was about to drive off for help. todd did get out alive and that she tried to help him. >> he was jumping around and patting himself. his skin is burnt terribly. i can't touch him and so i get back in the van and i lost sight of him. >> reporter: linda still can't explain what happened next. did you know you had run over your husband? >> no. >> reporter: but todd's blood was found on the bumper and the under carriage of the van. when emergency medical technicians arrived, they tried to save todd. >> they said they couldn't hook up the defibrillator to him because he was too badly burned. >> reporter: firefighters found
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him unresponsive outside the home on county road 215. he died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries. >> reporter: linda and todd stermer's sons trevor and trenton. what do you believe happened? >> our mother murdered our father. she drugged him and she set the house on fire, doused him in gasoline. after the fact when he managed to get out of the house she ran him over with her van. >> reporter: did you have anything to do with his death? >> nothing whatsoever. >> reporter: you must know, linda, it is very difficult for people to believe that your husband is burned in a fire, he escapes, he is still alive, badly burned, and then you hit him with a car? you just happened to have that kind of bad luck? >> bad luck doesn't even describe it. >> wow. erin moriarity joins us at the table. if she did do it, she is a really good actress, erin. >> i think you'll be surprised
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that this is actually not a whodunit. it is really, did it happen at all? because really the question here is, was there a murder or was this really just a series of terrible accidents? that's what she says. the problem is, and there is nothing really to connect her to the arson. arson is a very tough crime to prove anyway. but i believe if her marriage had been perfect she might not have even been tried at all. it's just the fact her own actions made her look so suspicious. >> clearly some divide there in the family as well with the sons and her. >> i had never seen that before where i went to talk to the daughters about their mother and then talked to the sons and i thought i was talking about two different people. >> yeah, well. erin moriarity, thank you very much. you can see erin's full report "the death of todd stermer" tomorrow night at 10:00, 9:00 central here on cbs. the groundbreaking opera porgy and bess premiered 85 years ago. now it is playing to sold out audiences at the metropolitan opera house in new york.
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their values are why i walked away from my business, took the giving pledge to give my money to good causes, and why i spent the last ten years fighting corporate insiders who put profits over people. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message. because, right now, america needs more than words. we need action.
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york's metropolitan opera house for the first time in nearly 30 years. it's known as the first great american opera and it has featured an almost all black cast since the beginning. the run of the gershwin classic is so popular it has been extended which is almost unheard of at the met. we caught up with the two leads. >> reporter: porgy & bess is a complicated love story about a poor, disabled man and a drug addicted woman played by two opera singers. it takes place in charleston, south carolina in the fiction neighborhood catfish row. the cast is almost entirely black but its reach is universal. what do you want people to take away from this opera? >> that people can see anybody from any background can see elements of themselves on that stage. we're all human at the end of
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the day. >> we're all searching for something. everybody in this opera is looking for something and it is something i think that really does apply to today's society. ♪ >> reporter: the music for "porgy & bess" was written by george gershwin and the opera was first performed in 1935. >> when george gershwin and his brother ira put it out into the world they insisted all the principal roles be played by black people because they wanted that, in the 1930s, work be given to black people in, quote, serious art. >> reporter: in that way the show was historic, as was the music. "summertime" has been covered by everyone from ella fitzgerald to american idol winner fantasia and is said to be the most recorded piece of music in
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history. but it's another piece that has special meaning for angel blue. >> my favorite song in the show is definitely "promised land." maybe it's because i lost my dad. excuse me. but i get really emotional because it's like bess says, the train is at the station and you better get onboard because it's leaving today. and then everybody joins in. ♪ it's that hope that these people have of he's gone for now. that's how i feel about my dad. he's gone for now but i'm going to see him again. and the promised land, every time i get to sing that, i see my dad. >> reporter: "porgy & bess" may be playing in new york's famous opera house but tomorrow audiences in all 50 states and around the world will have a chance to watch it in movie theaters. saturday's live performance at the met will be broadcast on
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more than 2,000 screens. ♪ they understand the importance of making opera accessible to everyone. that's one reason why they participate in master classes in high schools. ♪ >> that's all we're going to do. >> reporter: teaching opera to young people. >> i'm grateful to have the opportunity to go out into the schools and to talk to young people and to bring our art form to them. >> reporter: and maybe inspire the next generation to find their role in what's called the great american opera, "porgy & bess." >> i can't tell you what an honor it is to sing this role at this opera house and, for me, the fact it was extended in black history month is wonderful. i mean, we're part of its history. >> can you imagine having them come to your classroom? that would be so amazing. >> it was great. i got a chance to see it.
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very well done. and even more history for you all and the viewers out there, todd duncan who first performed as porgy back in 1936 helped to desegregate the national theater in washington, d.c. and said, listen. if you're going to refuse to have people like me come in to watch people like me, we're not going to perform. so a lot of historical moments. >> a wonderful piece. before we go we'll look at all that mattered this week. we'll be right back. i am running to defeat donald trump. in donald trump wasat a dangerous demagogue, and when the republican congress wouldn't hold him accountable, i went to work helping run winning campaigns in twenty-one house seats. it's time for the senate to act and remove trump from office, and if they won't do their jobs, this november you and i will. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. my money should work as hard as i do.
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is this for real? not exactly... thats bargain bliss setting in you're basking in the glow of organic produce at shockingly low prices i guess the choir isn't real? oh no, they're real... they shop here every sunday that does it for us. before we go, let's take a look back at all that mattered this week starting with the tragic loss of kobe bryant. ♪ they're play about basketball all around the world ♪ >> bryant for the win. >> bryant for three. >> number 24, kobe bryant!
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>> from the bottom of my heart, i love you guys! >> bryant and his 13-year-old daughter gianna and seven other people were killed when their helicopter crashed in california. >> in addition to the bryants, four other families are mourning. the youngest victims were just 13 years old. >> there is a sea of purple and gold. >> i have to go talk to a team before a game and tell them to play. i can't. >> a word is so difficult when it comes to kobe bryant. i think the obvious one is legend. >> we're literally stand here in the house that kobe bryant built. >> we do know the helicopter did not have a terrain avoidance warning system or black bach.
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>> this was a high-energy impact. >> the u.s. government is racing to remove americans from wuhan. >> you don't want to frighten the american public, but you need to assume that this is going to be a real serious problem. >> the one put it at defcon 2. >> they can't win an election, so they're trying to steal an election. it's not happening, folks. >> giuliani said he's ready to testify and he directly challenged john bolton's motivation and version of events. >> he never said to me, i've got a problem with what you're doing in ukraine. he's a back stabber. >> you're almost done. >> hair is a thing. what do you hope that people will get out of it? >> i hope we're able to normalize our hair. it shouldn't be a conversation. we should be able to wear it how it grows out of our head just like everybody else.
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>> we pick a story. each of you -- 200 something times. 're picking a story, we're going to share it with you and with each other. >> oh whaevgs. >> compact itself. >> hey. >> he's gobsmacked. >> my daughter brought that to me last night. >> that's what happens when you collide on the campaign trail. >> welcome to the campaign trail. >> biden snuck up behind him. hi. good to see you, sir. a perfect ending. the weinermobile. it had an obligation to change lanes and it did not. users relished the post. >> how many -- go ahead. >> i'm don't think we can get through this segment. >> no biggy. the officer only grilled him. >> that's fook. >> wonder how long it took the officer to ketchup. they had a very frank
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discussion. >> i think you should be pulled over for that statement. huge tax breaks for the rich, while the middle-class continues to struggle. that's what happens when billionaires are able to control the political system. our campaign is funded by the working people of this country, and those are the people that i will represent. no more tax breaks for billionaires. we are going to guarantee health care to all people and create up to 20 million good paying jobs to save this planet. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message because we need an economy that works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors.
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one-to-one north bound from 85 to 680/280, 13 minutes. slow on 87 as well as 280 out of this topic. at 880 north bound, the nimitz freeway, pockets of slowing. south bound and hayward into fremont. here is a look at the foggy conditions. you can see just the top of the salesforce tower so dealing with that fog this morning along the coast and part of the bay and inland locations as well. we will catch the clearing as we head through the afternoon. today the warmest day of the week with mostly sunny skies this afternoon. mild to warm temperatures. well above average for this time of year. sunny and warm will continue for tomorrow. and that change is ahead with the dramatic drop in temps on sunday. cooler at also breezy her so here we go for today. the 66 in san francisco, 67 oakland, 68 fremont, concord, mountain view, 70 him san jose. cooler and in the 50s on sunday. have a great weekend and go
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to deal with the problem. but they wouldn't. so we took it to the voters and forced big tobacco to pay its share of healthcare costs. we fought oil companies for new clean air laws and closed a billion dollar corporate tax loophole to fund public schools. by going directly to the people we got results. that's not something you see a lot of from washington these days. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. let's make change happen.
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