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connection with capital assault. we are tracking what comes next. parts of the bay area in fog and others with unhealthy air. we look at what is behind all of that and showing holiday tradition with hard-working neighbors and how hundreds of your bay readiny when delicious tamale at a time. right now, let's go live to capitol hill where the house committee just recommended that the just discharged former president trump with inciting the riot among other alleged crimes. deborah reports from capitol hill. >> summoned him off to washington and told them to fight. >> reporter: unprecedented step, how select committee investigating january 6th voted to recommend the justice department filed criminal charges against former president trump for his role in the attack on the u.s. capital. >> the whole purpose and obvious effect of his scheme

were to object obstruct, influence and impute this official proceeding. the central moment with a lawful transfer of power. >> reporter: obstruction of the official proceeding , conspiracy to make a false statement and inciting or insisting insurrection were unveiled as the panel held its final public meeting. >> no man would that way at that moment in time and ever serve in any position in authority again. he is unfit for any office. >> reporter: the doj, which is conducting its own investigation makes the call. latest interview with longtime trumpet aid . she says she told him he should tell supporters to be peaceful. >> it was important that the president put out some kind of message in advance of the event.

>> reporter: the committee interviewed more than 1000 witnesses and over 1 million documents. unanimously voted to approve the final report and release on wednesday. >> laid out evidence of a pressure campaign mounted by the former president threatening state officials. >> president trump repeatedly attacks state officials who refused to do his bidding. he baselessly accused workers of fraud. >> reporter: signed the committee as partisan and promised their own cultural port. the committee is recommending criminal roles for trump's lawyer and others, as well as investigations into four members of congress. deborah, cbs news, capitol hill. let's come home with the first alert weather. this was seen and a foggy start to the day. chief meteorologist paul heggen has four on that.

>> mixed together the smoke and fall fog. normal unobstructed visibility is 10 miles and really reduced visibility is less than one mile. we are in between, so the fog has transitioned to low cloud cover, but out there, especially for the north bay and east bay where temperatures have only reached the low to mid 40s. it is cold out there and temperatures around the bay along the coast and santa clara valley . air quality has been flat out that, at least in the moderate category. a lot of orange dots indicating unhealthy for sensitive groups and santa clara valley had the worst air quality all day. unhealthy range and tomorrow is another spare the air alert day. forced air quality in the north bay values and santa clara valley's, but there will be times when the majority of the air quality are reported moderate air-quality and unhealthy for sensitive groups mixed in. another day to try to limit any outdoor exertion and please do not add by using the

wood-burning fireplaces and stoves. warmer forecast for christmas weekend. >> i cursed the temperatures this morning. thanks. >> we forgive you. results are in after twitter ceo elon musk himself poll people asking if he should step down. clear majority responded on social media said yes, you should. brian talked to senior executive director about the ongoing shakeups at twitter. >> reporter: elon musk's leadership and time at twitter has felt chaotic, erratic, retaliatory and has been difficult for seasoned tech journalists, like executive editor. the insured to design the method in the apparent madness. >> it does seem a little weird how he has been going about running this company. i am not alone here. we are not alone. there are a lot of people who

are questioning the methods to the madness. >> reporter: the shakeup about twitter announcing a new policy that prevents users from sharing links to other sore accounts which are created solely for promoting other platforms. >> he is reacting a lot to what's going on. in deciding not to put any social links in your profile , i get it, but it speaks to how insecure maybe he feels. >> reporter: some users are worried of all cross-platform promotions band and later clarified in a tweet that quote , casually showing occasional links is fine. to add to the confusion, twitters official account deleted all posts it had made about not allowing cross-platform promotion. all of this comes after he banned more than 25 twitter accounts this week. some for what he described as dachshund. others

were high-profile national journalists who had been covering his takeover of twitter, but he lifted the journalist suspension on friday after he drafted a poll to his followers asking if he should reinstate the accounts. the majority of respondents said yes. elon musk is taking the silicon valley's disrupt and innovate ethos to the extreme. >> silicon valley has a history of these kind of brilliant jerks that a lot of people have seen create massive success. that said, there are a lot of experiences where we have seen that this approach to management does not go well. >> we are following this one closely. so far, he has not responded publicly or otherwise about the results of that poll. he said earlier that he would abide by them, but he also said there is nobody else who wants the job of leading the company. psychedelic drugs could be decriminalized in california.

a bill that would do just that for possession and use of plant-based psychedelics. and michael vick has more on this. >> reporter: backed by health professionals and veterans who have seen benefits of things like magic mushrooms. the most important breakthrough in mental health treatment in our lifetimes. state senator scott weiner advocated for the bill at the san francisco memorial today and he referenced research saying that psychedelics are instrumental in healing ptsd , anxiety, depression and opioid addiction. it was joined by veterans who shared personal stories of how psychedelic drugs save their lives. this bill does not legalize the sale of these drugs, but only protects users from prosecution. >> we know the war on drugs has been a complete failure and criminalizing drug use and possession accomplishes absolutely nothing. >> there is opposition to the bill from law enforcement. the district attorney's association says it wants to see more

evidence that these drugs are safe as marijuana. they say hallucinations can be dangerous to users and bystanders alike. this bill would only to criminalize natural psychedelics like magic mushrooms and not things like acid or lsd. voters in oregon and colorado have approved decriminalization. a similar but bill has failed here. most recent cobra numbers from late last week show 11% test positivity in california. workers who can't covered on the job can no longer be guaranteed paid sick leave. in fact, division of occupational safety in health and osha saying that the virus is so widespread it is next to impossible to figure out if somebody got on the job or not. the deadline to clean covid sick pay is december 31.

couldn't do it without the help of our community partners. i was recently in concord to highlight one organization making a huge difference. >> reporter: food bank . we are seeing people who are living this value. we need each other on this planet. do we not? i want to introduce you to some great people know the truth of that at the travis credit union. why are you here? >> travis credit union has been serving our community since 1951. we are all about people helping people. that is why we do what we do and since our partnership has started in 1997, we have been able to raise over $160,000 and 142,000 pounds of food for this cause. thank you to our membership for that. >> reporter: doing it together means what in your offices and facilities? >> it feels good and makes our teams proud to do the work . it makes your members proud that they are able to make a difference in the communities we serve . very proud of the teams we have and all branches. >> reporter: donations big or small doesn't matter, but just

that we step forward and do something. >> absolutely. it brings a lot of joy to them. >> reporter: you go home feeling what? >> i feel amazed. it's great to see how the credit union is out there for the community andh w ouof e y. have our friend cassidy wibe e ovidtwal onllar donated, over 4000 meals our community and on top of that, we appreciate all of the food drives and volunteering with the credit union. >> reporter: if you want to have that feeling as he going to the holidays, go to our website, kpix.com/give you can go to the barcode at the bottom of the screen and find a way you can go and be a part of what it is to be a family. that is what community is. >> a generous donor right now who is currently matching every

contribution you make. here is out works. every dollar raised will now provide four meals for the community and double the value of that. we want to remind you about our food for bay area families drive special tomorrow at 4:00. it is feel-good tv . you can see all of the hard work and volunteerism the people are doing all over this beautiful bay area to give back for the holidays and connected to community. ahead, labor of love and why dozens of bay area volunteers are making thousands of these delicious tamales. guess what? news is good and the butterflies are bouncing back. the species

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very different kind of gift wrapping going on in san jose. you are looking at 100 volunteers and their friends attempting to mix, roll, cook at that 3000 tamales in one day. all of these are going out to farmworkers and their families for christmas to say thank you for all of the hard work. they will be delivered from farm to farm at half moon bay on wednesday. >> they are very time-consuming to make, so that is the last thing they would do after working 12 hours a day. they get a little bit of that christmas latino tradition we are able to give them and they are so appreciative. >> delicious, too. lester was the first year and saw a need to step forward. now, they have even more launchers that can

make an even bigger impact. for the second year in a row, not california's population of monarch butterflies is bouncing back after being on the brink of extinction. meteorologist darren peck visited the monarch sanctuary to see how the account is shaking up. >> i have had them land on my hand. if you are here long enough, you get to see them. there she goes. >> reporter: you have had them land on you like that before? >> yep. >> reporter: paul mary knows better than anybody else. having a monarch butterfly land on you has become an exceedingly rare privilege. >> in 1997 when they first counted all of the western monarchs, there are 1.2 million . in 2020, less than 2000. >> reporter: you do the math on the numbers he gave us, that is more than a 99 percent declined. a lot of experts

concerned by 2021, the western monarch would be extinct. >> how do you go from zero in 2020 two 13,000 last year? >> reporter: tell us. >> lots of whoopie. >> reporter: that is one obvious part of it, but it's not the whole story. the last two years, the weather has been very favorable. because of quite a change, way too warm when they're not expecting it or way too cold when they are not prepared. we have destroyed most of their habitat. >> poster child for everything that is going on in the insect world. bottom line on this is, if you can't find enough to eat because the wildflowers you rely on are gone and we put so much of the stuff there, you are not going to be able to survive the winter. >> what you think did that one in? >> starvation. >> the rumble from the people who are doing the counting is

that the state numbers may be as high as 300,000. that would be 50,000+ improvement over last year. another good year. they are not out of the woods. >> darren peck reporting. time for a first look with paul heggen. >> that fog is remaining e week before e stubborn christmas, but we are going to see more sunshine in between those clouds. the possibility of a few showers in for a closer look at that in just a moment as when the clock forward, no huge changes to the big picture pattern in other systems for the bay area is going to be aiming quite a bit of moisture towards the pacific northwest. our next chance of significant rain looks like it will be about seven or eight days in the future and probably a week from tomorrow. there is a possibility of a couple of showers north of the golden

gate, but you don't see anything as the sun comes up. more of a mix of clouds and sunshine on tuesday as opposed to the gray skies we have seen today. futurecast thinks the best shower will be tuesday afternoon and hit or miss activity. if you get some showers, it will not be much more than a trace of precipitation. same thing tomorrow night into early wednesday. most of it is to the south and it will fall apart. mostly dry conditions on wednesday and once again, mix of clouds and sunshine. similar story on thursday with that next week system for us immigrants moisture towards the north bay and potentially by late thursday into thursday night. those northbay rain chances are going to be off the charts, but a chance when we had the rest of this week. there is that next good chance of rain for everybody monday night into tuesday and along down the line, but it has been consistent. 6 to 10 day outlook and within normal conditions.

it takes us all the way into early january and definitely need more rain, so hopefully it does had our way. there is that bleak look from the hotel and just gray and smoky skies overhead. temperatures exclude exclusively in the 40s. san jose at 51 degrees. tonight, not too much . mix of upper 30s and lower 40s on tuesday. highs tomorrow with a mix of clouds and sun are going to attend to normal for this time of year, which means mid-to-upper 50s pre-much across the board. mid-50s along the coast and close to 60 degrees in the santa clara valley and mid-to-upper 50s inland in the east bay and mid-50s around the base and 57 for oakland as wel you go far inland. low 50s there. temperatures warm up late this weekend in the christmas weekend. will be several degrees above average for christmas eve on saturday and christmas day on sunday. temperatures in the low to mid 60s in some spots in mind of the northbay and reaching up

into the upper 60s on christmas day out of that next chance of rain, which is still just beyond the scope of the seven-day forecast. this is the volkswagen red and gold report. the 49ers have been dealing with injuries all night long. red and gold report, we will look at a running back who is coming up big for san francisco. jordan mason, undrafted rookie running for 107 yards in the last three games and thursdays when in seattle. look at that. mason broke off a 55 yard run on the final minute they close the door on the seahawks and the nfc west. >> called on mariano rivera. he is the closer. it was awesome. he ran so hard. >> he is the finisher. you come in and he is a real downhill tough runner. it is nice to have fresh legs, in like that.

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enough to share stories of people who are bridge builders in our community and across the country. people out there helping their neighbors and we take you to arizona where a shopper came across a walmart employee who she thought could use help. >> may ask how old you are? >> 82. >> you have a cane? don't they give you a chair? >> no. >> i will give you some help and try your my best. >> i felt moved. >> chief posted her encounter with commandant tiktok and the view started to pile up. more

than 11 million for the first video alone. in the last year, her hospital bills started to grow. she started a gofundme and by the end of the first day, $10,000 goal was met and it is up to $127,000. >> thank the people that have done this for me. i mean, it couldn't come at a better time. >> first, carmen thought her efforts were some sort of fraud, but look at that. they are good friends, have a special connection and some of the people responded to the call for help to let her have a break. very happy. still ahead, the thought that counts with some holiday gifts that come with the bottom of most people's lis

president biden says he wants to cut homelessness by 25%, but to bay area advocates think that iswi ac that wi le than a week to buy those last minute christmas gifts, parent company of e-commerce giant which is revealing some of the worst holiday gift items . according to a survey of more than 6000 people in the united states, defective items bought a discount. those of the least popular. fruitcakes, which makes it every year. weight loss items, like workout equipment . not so good, but it is the thought that counts. in the survey, nearly 80% of americans believe they are good at showing fake enthusiasm even when opening bad presence. >> not so good at that. my grandfather loved fruitcake. that is something he actually wanted. >> my grandma made it, too. it must be a generational thing.

>> it is food. cbs evening news with laura o'donnell is next. captioning sponsored by cbs criminal charges recommended against donald trump, obstruction, conspiracy, and the one charge that could prevent him from holding office ever again. the unprecedented move by congress against a former president. >> this was an utter moral failure. and a clear dereliction of duty. >> o'donnell: cbs' nikole killion is on capitol hill tonight. arctic blast. the life-threatening cold ahead of christmas that could disrupt holiday travel plans. we have the frigid forecast. breaking news: the supreme court weighs in on that impending humanitarian crisis at the southern border. we have the new details. severe turbulence. >> ladies and gentlemen, do we have a