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gamboa called his company, turned over the cash.he owner of the money, a 28-year-old professional poker player, he was so thrilled and he claimed the cash right away once it was confirmed it was his. foris integrity gamboa was named driver of the year and received a dinner for two at a high-end steakhouse and $1,000 reward. no word had if he got -- no word if he got any money from the guy he returned the cash to. >>> coming up in the 8:00 hour two people have been critically injured in a fire in san francisco. the high praise neighbors have for the fire department. >>> good morning. we are inside the sun valley mall. stores are open. trying to get in on the post-christmas shopping rush. we'll tell you what we're seeing and why people say it's worth to get up a little early. >>> and your roadways are looking great this day after christmas. here is a live look at 101 through san francisco. we do have another spare the air alert, however. we will have more traffic ahead. >>> our dry, quiet weather pattern will continue for your thursda

tubbs said he never made the threatening comments to rene gamboa. couldn't have been him. >> i wasn't even on the field. i was in the stands. >> but after a short confrontation with gamboa's husband, tubbs soon find himself out of the stands in the middle of a vicious melee. >> they knocked me down to the ground, and some guy starts hitting me. well, i focus on him and i get on top of him. and i was able to get a couple of punches in. then i was pulled off of him, kicked, beaten, stomped, everything. he even tried to pull my pants down. >> the men seen on the tape doing most of the kicking, stomping, and beating are these two brothers, gino and joe sirocco. after cops get ahold of the footage, the brothers find themselves in real trouble. they're arrested on felony assault charges, and both plead no contest. joe is sentenced to five years, and gino to two. pico rivera coach tony gonzalez has a hard time explaining to his team just what their parents were thinking. >> it's a shame. our kids were very upset. because they feel that -- their innocence g

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gerardo gamboa found $300,000 in cash in his cab and turned it in. company gave him a thousand dollar reward. the money was left behind by a poker player. he promised to give his own reward to gamboa and today he made good on that, a $10,000 tip. no one seemed to want him until he found an unexpected home in an unexpected place. "on the road" with steve hartman is next. hartman is next. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. sales. next at six. weather talent appears at wx center with generic pinpoint filling monitor then we take special sponsored 7-day gra then we wipe to end tag >> glor: finally tonight, there's something very special about bei

and who knows what is in there. >> gamboa dropped the passenger off at palm's place.ropping off a professional poker player who had a big night. >> so he gave me five dollars' tip. >> the guy got out and left a brown paper bag behind. it was discovered by a doorman at the b oellagio. >> they didn't even know -- there is money in my back seat. >> now at the bellagio with his next fare, believing his other passenger left behind a bag of chocolate, he wanted to know what was in store. >> i wanted to know what kind of chocolate was in it. i reached in, found money. >> $300,000 in cold, hard cash. >> so i had the passenger, i told him, look, sir, you are my witness, i don't touch anything here. >> gamboa called his company, yellow checker cab, and did the right thing. soon, the passenger showed up here looking for his 300,000 bucks. >> he wanted to shoot himself in the head. he was devastated. >> the taxi company called metro police to do it did. >> he's on the poker circuit and very, very famous. worldwide poker player. >> reporter: for his integrity, gamboa was named dri

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. >> antes de terminar, el conductor de taxi de las vegas, gerardo gamboa, se convirtiÓ en una estrelladad -honestidad paca a veces, muchas gracias por su atenciÓ ♪ ♪ >> yo te prometo que voy a hacer lo que tÚ me digas, lo que sea tu voluntad, pero por lo que mÁs quieras, te ruego que lo salves. (llantos). ♪. >> estÁs cometiendo el peor error de tu vida, rebeca. >> pues yo no lo siento asÍ, fernanda, al contrario, siento que esta es mi oportunidad de alejarme de todo, quiero alejarme de todo. >> pero no te estÁs alejando, estÁs huyendo, rebeca. ahh, mira, la fuga geogrÁfica no va a resolver tus problemas. >> bueno, yo creo que sÍ. >> pero ¿por quÉ siempre acostumbras enterrar tus problemas, rebeca? >> no, no los estoy enterrando, fernanda, simplemente me quiero alejar de avon q

when a passenger left behind a paper bag, driver gerardo gamboa returned the back. >> when gamboa gotn chocolate. $300,000 in cash. turns out the passenger was a professional poker player. gamboa handed over the money and was named driver of the year by his company and awarded $1,000 for his honesty. >> i got to tell you, for $300,000 i could buy my own bat cave. >> complete with 2500 items in the collection there. >> a little cat woman suit there. >> oh, cat woman suit. thanks for starting your morning with us. >>> the next hour of your "new day," it's starting right now. >>> american military personnel detained in libya. they have been released. we don't know why they were taken into custody. the white house informs president obama. we're going to have a live report coming out of washington. >>> "duck dynasty" star phil robertson is back after a reversal from a&e, he was suspended after remarks about gays and african-americans. a & e said they would use this to broadcast public service announcements. >>> and we're going around the world for unusual ways to cure that new year's eve h

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but rather keeping the money, cab driver, gerardo gamboa did a good deed, and helped to track down te gambler who had just won big and then left his wins in the cab. he was named driver of the year and given a thousand dollar reward from his cab company. and who knows maybe another reward from the grateful guy who got his money back. >>> and you got to feel for this guy. take a look at what has to be one of the strangest game winning goals ever. phoenix coyote mike smith got all turned around last night against the buffalo sabres when the puck went up in the air and then went down his pants. take a look again. with so much padding, he never felt it. then he went back in his pants and he score the goal for the other team, helping them win the game. >>> and when we come back, making a difference for americans very far from home. >>> finally tonight, spreading holiday cheer to america's men and women in uniform who can't make it home for christmas with their families. there are 47,000 soldiers and marines in afghanistan tonight, and as the u.s. winds down operations there, this may be th

the man left the cash in ge gamboa's cab >>> a poker player won $300,000 in vegas but that's not why he is so lucky. he left the cash in a man's cab on monday. the driver did the right thing, too. he took the money straight to his boss to be returned. >> he say all i want to do just return this money to company. i want to give the cab drivers a good reputation. >> well, he did. the money was linked to a prominent poker player who then got to back. taxi driver got $1,000 for his honesty from his boss. >>> if you are looking for something healthy after you finish your christmas feast today, tony tantillo has just the thing. >> well, today's tip of the day is going to be is with mineola oranges. now, of course, all the summer fruits out there now i'm talking about citrus, they are coming in with such great quality right now and, of course, citrus on a hot day is so refreshing and i love this variety. it's got this little knob on the top. so it's easy to peel. when you buy them, nice and orange around. the knob part of this it peel shouldn't be too big. this is perfect. nice and medium.

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the taxi company released this photo of gerardo gamboa with a $10,000 stack of cash.e returned a paper bag filled with $300,000 that was left behind in his back seat. the poker player who forgot all the money, how could you forget, has given gamboa $10,000 for his troubles. the cabbie says he appreciates the money, but adds he was just doing what his parents taught him to do as a child. >>> well, many restaurants say they will stop adding automatic tips on large groups. starting next wednesday, the irs will start considering those service charges, and that means restaurants have to pay tax on it. the company that owns red lobster and olive garden has already eliminated its automatic charge for groups of eight or more customers. >>> a new study shows san francisco's most common health problems result from the city being located between two busy freeways. researchers at mit found nearly all san francisco cans live within 1.5 miles of a major freeway. researchers say exposure to particulate matter is causing lung ailments, like cancer and copd to be so prevalent. scholar

gamboa called dispatch right away and turned the money in. police were able to find the rightful owner. he was a prominent poker player. i guess add good night. he was not identified. for his effort, the taxi company named gamboa driver of the year and rewarded him with $1,000 and a nice dinner for two. >>> taking a look at today's weather, much of the country will see a quiet and seasonably chilly christmas day. a few scattered showers are possible in the southeast and florida in southern texas. quick-moving storm system will produce snow showers in the great lakes. cities in the northeast are 10 to 20 sglmpbltsz temperatures are chilly. 46 in san francisco. overall we are going to see a warm day. temperatures today in the record setting territory. 60s at the coast. 70s for the valleys with many records being broken on this christmas day. have a good one. >>> and it is 7:07 and matt, let's send it back to you. >> all right, andrea, thank you very much. on this day of celebration it cab little bit easy to forget what the holiday is actually a

. >> christmas almost came early for gerardo gamboa.patcher. listen, manny, in my cab, and she said how much is the money? i said $300,000. >> reporter: he said one of his passengers accidentally left more than just his $5 tip. he forgot a bag of cash believed to be winnings from a poker game on the vegas strip. and that lucky streak didn't end. since he turned the cash in, all $300,000. >> even though i don't get this money, i'm still happy because i did a good thing. >> reporter: his boss rewarded him for his honesty, with a check for $1,000. >> bonus check. >> reporter: he said he only did what he thought was right. >> people call it sin city, but it's not. it's angel city. >> reporter: the money is now back with its rightful owner. he's yet to come forward publicly but just might be one of the luckiest poker players in las vegas. reporting for cbs news. >> i think so. a $5 tip? come on. could be a little better than that. >> if you didn't get all your presents this morning, u.p.s. was unable to deliver thousands of packages in time