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right now at 5:30, a chinese a.i. company is putting the fear into wall street after it rivaled u.s. competitors at a fraction of the cost. >> good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. we're talking about a start-up known as deepseek. it's overtaken chap gpt from bay area-based openai on the apple app store. deep seek is catching the attention of investors and while the dow rose
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slightly, the tech heavy nasdaq plummeted more than 3% and the s&p 500 dropped by 1.5%. it was an especially brutal day for nvidia which makes advanced chips that power a lot of a.i. development in the u.s., the stock falling by 17%, costing the company roughly $600 billion in market value. the cdc has been told to stop working with the world health organization immediately. this comes a week after president trump moved to withdraw the u.s. from the global health agency. a memo was sent out to cdc staff saying they were not allowed to communicate with w.h.o. in person or personally, including visiting their offices. this comes as health authorities are monitoring bird flu outbreaks among u.s. livestock. uscf infectious disease expert dr. peter chin hong tells us the move is alarming. >> it's almost like you deactivated your smoke alarm. you never know when the fire is
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coming. so by pausing that sort of overview of the whole picture, i think it is worrisome that we may not get that alarm in time so that all of us can act in the same way, in a coordinated fashion. >> president trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the u.s. from the w.h.o., leaving the organization taking about a year. a live look from washington, d.c. where a dozen u.s. justice department officials who worked on the criminal investigation into president donald trump are out of a job now. they have 30 days to appeal their removal from federal office. some of the officials worked with the special counsel jack smith. his office was closed down after he dropped the two criminal cases against trump. smith himself resigned about a week after the inauguration after handing over findings to the justice department. over the weekend president trump also fired at least 15 inspectors general, the
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independent government watchdogs meant to root out corruption, fraud, and abuse, but republicans like senator lindsey graham were quick to defend the president. >> get new people. he feels like the government hasn't worked very well for the american people. these watchdog folks did a pretty lousy job. >> the american people, if we don't have good and independent inspector generals, are going to see the swamp refill. >> california senator adam schiff says president trump broke the law because he did not give congress the required 30-day notice. just one week into his second term, president trump has shut down dei office programs across the government, removed at least 20 state department officials in leadership roles, and sent home 160 employees with the national security council while the administration reviews its staffing. the political winds aren't just shifting in washington, but here in the bay area as well. one place where it's very evident is in san francisco's chinatown. john ramos has that story. >> reporter: san francisco politicians have always just
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assumed people were going to vote democratic, but that may be changing and if it is, it's starting right here in chinatown. >> i come out. i walk around in san francisco chinatown every day. >> reporter: winky toy has lived in san francisco's chinatown for 45 years and she was happy to see so many people visiting her neighborhood, but she was also happy to see so many of her neighbors coming out to vote in the november presidential election. >> they're in their 80s, 90-year-old, old lady, old man. they all came out to vote because the way it is happening in america, it's going downhill, for example, with the crime rate going up. >> reporter: winky is a proud supporter of donald trump and it looks like she has a lot of company in the asian community. the city's republican party is reporting a huge swell in
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registrations of people from asian countries since the pandemic. that's quite a turnaround from 2020 when trump was blamed for inciting hate crimes against chinese elders. >> america has become less hospitable to immigrants and refugees. right now asians are told to go back to china, the wuhan virus or the chinese virus. >> reporter: but that was then. this is now. >> what i see is that regular citizen like i, we are all fed up with the corruption here in san francisco and also in california. we are all fed up. >> i'm not surprised that they're doing that. all my friends have changed this year, so i'm not surprised. >> reporter: nancy yu law owns a couple of businesses, including this gift shop. she stuck it out during the pandemic when the streets were deserted. now the people are starting to come back, but she's happy to see a new mayor who she hopes will put
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an emphasis on safety and prosperity. >> sometimes we're not raising our voice, but we always have that value in our blood. i don't really care which party, democrat or republican. as long as they know what we need and they serve what is needed, then i'm happy to vote for them. >> reporter: if that's not enough warning, on wednesday the democratic central committee got a letter from the rose pak asian democratic club, a prominent political organization, saying the party was failing to meet the needs of the asian committee. it said, "given this growing divide, we've made the difficult decision not to recharter with the san francisco democratic party. in fact, it will now be known as the rose pak asian american club, removing the word democratic from its name." >> so i can see there's a tremendous attitude change. people are willing to come out to change. >> reporter: we weren't able to reach anyone from the democratic party for comment today, but as progressives, they like to think
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of themselves as the party of change, but this is one change they may not have seen coming. >> the san francisco democratic party gave us a statement saying, "the party always welcomes democrats from across the political spectrum to form a charter club. the rose pak club will always have that opportunity if they change their minds." turning back to the concerns over deepseek, the chinesea.i. start-up. joining us now is dr. olaf groth. what exactly is deepseek and that chatbot and is truly better than an american-made a.i.? >> yeah. good to see you. look, the model deepseek has developed is, in fact, on par or very, very close to it with the western models. on something like ten out of 12 standard metrics that will measure the success and performance of these models, it seems that deepseek
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is, in fact, on par, but the kicker here is that the model was much cheaper to develop and is much cheaper to run because it does not rely on very large amounts of parameters and it does not rely on high end western chipsets. so it is very attractive to a market that is struggling with roi on a.i. solutions. >> so we keep hearing that deepseek uses an open source model. why is that important? does it give it an advantage? >> well, it gave it an advantage in that it is building on meta's lama technology and metta has been since dispatched or called into action a number of expert roundtables internally to figure out what exactly deepseek has done here, but it has very successfully irritate rated on the iterated on the
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meta technology optimizing data flow on optic nodes and achieving superior performance. >> the markets went absolutely nuts today over this. what do you think of that? >> i think the market is overreacting. you can obviously achieve a lot with a lot less, but overall this is good for the markets. this will be good for nvidia and other a.i. companies because more cheaper applications out in the market will generate more demand for artificial intelligence, both on the high end and the low end of the market. >> thank you very much for your insight and expertise. >> thank you. still ahead, the cbs evening news has a new look and new lineup. we'll take you behind
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tonight we're launching a brand-new cbs evening news christine johnson has more on what we can expect. >> the all new cbs evening news. >> reporter: the first, most notable difference with the cbs evening news relaunch is the move from one face to two. cbs news new york's maurice dubois and long time cbs news journalist john dickerson will lead the broadcast. >> our curiosity working in tandem is what i'm most excited about discovering. >> we come from different places, different experiences. what that does is we fill in each other's blanks. i may start here. he'll see it there. >> reporter: the new team at the helm of the recrafting of the evening news has close ties to "60 minutes," the number one news program for the past 50 years. >> additive, distinctive, and elegant, the pillars around which the broadcast is built. if
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we're not adding something to the conversation, we shouldn't do it. >> reporter: moderator of "face the nation," margaret brennan, will be a regular on the program for in-depth insight on the day's political and foreign affairs news. chief weathercaster, lonnie quinn, will deliver forecasts and detail the impact of natural disasters like the wildfires we witnessed in california. >> all these amazing correspondents all over the country, the questions we'll be asking on the air and learning the answer, that's the best way to tell some of these complicated stories. >> reporter: the newscast will feature a modernized, immersive set, the first of its kind in network news. >> so let's check in with maurice dubois and john dickerson for a look at what they're reporting on tonight in their first show tonight. >> tonight a cbs news investigation. >> china's intelligence agents are scouring social media to identify u.s. service members and pay them to spill secrets. >> what did the chinese government get? it's a spy story in the age of apps.
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that's ahead on the cbs evening news. straight ahead in sports, new boss on the sidelines for the cowboys, a familiar face, 49er faithful. look who officially took over the reins to
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paul, i know you're talking about rain coming at the end of the week. is this hoodie weather, big boy jacket weather, umbrella? >> umbrella weather and just be flexible weather. i don't think it's going to be a washout unless you go pretty far north. it's going to be kind of an all or nothing setup with the first wave of moisture. definitely could use it after basically three straight dry weeks around the bay area. we had a little rain over the weekend, but not much more than a trace in most locations. we're seeing clear skies out there this evening as the sun goes down over the santa clara valley. the next several days, clear and cool, chilly through the rest of tonight, plenty of sunshine tomorrow, warms back up to average or slightly above average temperatures. we'll stay quiet through thursday and then the beginning of this unsettled weather pattern will kick in beginning on friday. there's a beautiful sunset as we look towards the golden gate from the mark hopkins hotel, 50s and 60s,
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everybody between 55 degrees in san francisco and 60 degrees in a few locations. those temperatures were slightly above average today and will be again for the next few days. let's look where our low temperatures end up tomorrow with mostly clear skies overhead. we'll drop off quickly temperatures will drop to around or below freezing for much of the north bay, 31 degrees in petaluma and fairfield. the cold spot is livermore dipping down to 30 degrees by early tomorrow morning, a mix of upper 30s and low 40s around the bay and the santa clara valley temperatures dropping to the 30s on a widespread basis. that chill doesn't last too long without any fog to get rid of. temperatures warm up to the low to mid-60s in the santa clara valley, 64 in san jose the warm spot, the cool spots along the coast in the mid-50s. temperatures for the north bay reaching up into the low 60s as well, all these numbers within a couple degrees of normal, but
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slightly on the positive side of average for this time of year. you'll have to wait a few days for the next chance of rain. let's check out our forecast models side by side. we'll see where they agree and disagree. where they agree is the unsettled pattern begins on friday, especially the northern half of the bay area. the golden gate according to both forecast models will be the dividing line because a good chance of showers and very little activity going farther and farther south. it looks like the rainfall forecast is zero around san jose through the weekends. there are a few differences that start to emerge between these forecast models for the weekend. both say there's a good chance of showers on the north bay, but differ on the intensity of that rain for the north bay saturday and how long and how much lingers into sunday and monday. the best chance of showers is a little farther north to start next week, but beyond the seven-day forecast the good chance of rain would sweep across the entire bay area the
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middle of next week. we'll be monitoring that. the long range data points to a wetter than normal pattern in the six to ten-day outlook and the eight to 14-day outlook. even if you live a bit farther to the south, there are signs of optimistic farther down the line we'll get into that more active pattern in february. let's look at the seven-day forecast and give you the last few days of january first. temperatures will run pretty close to normal through the weekend. the showery pattern is accompanied by a minor warm-up heading into the weekend with temperatures returning to the low 60s on a more widespread basis. enjoy the sunshine the next few days. if you don't get any showers over the weekend, you'll still see more cloud cover overahead. right now it's time to check what's ahead at 6:00. two i.c.e. arrests in two days confirmed in san jose. we go along with the volunteers
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that are keeping the community informed about i.c.e. activity, what they say people should know about the recent enforcement. plus, a school in vallejo forced to shut down and a copper theft is to blame for cutting the power, what we're learning about the impact to hundreds of students. after fleeing a firestorm, those living in los angeles are now dealing with the muddy fallout from this weekend's rain, all that coming up at 6:00. but let's get to vern and sports. >> kpix sports is powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> nfl up top and pete carroll, he grew up in marin, a 49er fan, went to games at kezar stadium, but there was always another bay area team that caught his attention and all these years later carroll is the new head
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coach of the raiders. >> i know that we have a good draw for people from out of town. >> raiders! >> there you go. there you go. that's what i'm talking about. mark, settle down a little bit. >> that was marshawn lynch welcoming his former coach to las vegas. the 73-year-old carroll said he is jacked up to be back on the sideline after a year off. he was joined by the team's new general manager, john spytek, who thanked his former high school football coach for being one of his mentors. >> he's still coaching to this day. he's like 75 years old. he can't give it up and win state championships all the times. coach, i hope you're out there watching somewhere. i love you. >> why you looking at me? >> just a guy that loves football just like you. cowboy fans were disappointed by what felt like an underwhelming hire for their new head coach, but jerry jones defended his decision to go with
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a long time assistant coach brian schottenheimer. >> this is the best way that we can go to the playoffs and win. >> they've been hearing that for 30 years, since dallas won a super bowl last time. who knows when that was. that was so far back. cowboys legend michael irvin wanted him to hire coach prime, deion sanders, and thought the cowboys were losing their image as america's team. >> you got to get our moniker snapped off our backs because kansas city over here with miss all american taylor swift, i'm a fan. don't come at me about that. and miss all american caitlin clark and don't come at me about that because i'm a fan, but by math a third of cowboys nation has never felt or lived the glory of a
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championship story. >> he's not wrong. meantime the 49ers name brandt boyer as the new special teams coordinator, an area that needs major improvement before next season. boyer spent the last nine seasons in the same row with the new york jets. >> how about those . >> that's what i'm talking about, baby. andy reid and his chiefs are going back to the super bowl, one win from becoming the first team to win three straight titles. with all that success it seems like everybody outside of chiefs kingdom is rooting for kansas city to lose. >> you get less attractive, you know, no pun intended, but you get less attractive, man. the more success you have, the more people want to see you fail. >> patrick mahomes is going to his fifth super bowl in six years. we finally fopart
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of his game that needs work. look, the touchdown spike. here it is again. mahomes joked that this is why i don't spike the ball. i just hope that people resist the urge to root against kansas city because they win all the time. we're on the verge of possible history, ryan, never done before, a three-point. >> there's not a self-respecting 9ers fan that will be rooting for the chiefs. you know that. >> i know. just saying. >> thanks, vern. when we come back, how do you take care of the ground under thousands
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well, the solar industry has exploded over the past decade. that includes putting panels on farmland to capture electricity, but maintaining the land underneath those panels can be a pricey proposition. jason allen shows us how workers are doing it on the cheap. >> reporter: about an hour outside of austin, texas, in the tiny town of buchholz sits the fifth largest solar project in the u.s., capable of creating up to 900 million watts of power and the panels soaking up all that sun are getting an assist from new helpers willing to work for food. >> we want to be good stewards of the land. one of the challenges to that is the very difficult problem how do we
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effectively control vegetation management? >> reporter: sb energy found an answer, sheep. the animals naturally graze the land, keeping vegetation from growing too high. >> as this industry continues to grow, so will the demand for sheep. >> reporter: business is booming. you can find sheep on solar farms in about 27 states from texas to minnesota to massachusetts. companies say it's more cost effective than bringing in mowers and it's environmentally friendly. >> the sheep naturally eat the grass. so it benefits them. so instead of us mechanically mowing it, we're lowering the carbon foot present. >> there's been a reluctance to transform from mowing to livestock maintenance. >> reporter: the natural renewable energy laboratory says there are currently about 60 grazing solar projects in the u.s. and that number is expected to grow. that's it for the news at 5:00. cbs news bay area with
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juliette goodrich starts right now. >> thank you. for a second straight day i.c.e. agents are busy making arrests in the bay area. we go along with the volunteers who are keeping people informed about enforcement activity in the south bay. >> this is targeting areas and specific individuals, but they are showing full force on the east side of san jose. >> they are some of the first to respond to reports of people being detained, what the rapid response network is telling us about recent arrests sparking anxiety and how they're keeping people informed about their rights. plus, a vallejo school in the dark, forced to shut down after a copper theft rendered their power grid useless, what we're learning about the impact to hundreds of students. >> the youngest members of our community are the ones being affected and they had no role in this. you know, they can't go to school now. >> reporter: and wet weather could cause more issues for fi

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