earlier, rico spoke to anne—marie morgan, the president of the australian language teachers associationrmidale in northern new south wales and asked her what she thinks of the new initiative. i think it's a wonderful way to get lot of exposure of young children to languages and cultures and introduce them to the idea of a multilingual world. and it seems mandarin is the most popular among these preschoolers? yes, that's right. mandarin has a very big uptake in australia recently, across all levels of schooling. it's also one of our big immigration areas. we have a lot of people coming from china, a lot of students study from china as well, so, yes, mandarin is really popular. indeed. and at the moment, where are australian children in relation to their peers in languages? 0k, australia's a little bit behind because we have had a bit of an emphasis of english is enough, as an english—speaking country, and so we are trying to turn that around through programmes like this one at preschool level and then into the rest of the school years to show that, in fact, australia is also multilingual

she pushed hard for the appointment of mary morgan for judge.ut it wasn't until the early 80s that i became aware of linda when she began as chair of the local san francisco party or d triple c which we know for better or worst. to endorse in nonpartisan election something that they enjoy to this day. she's been an amazing campaign volunteer on many, many races including my own -- i had to default to that. linda post get up here. thank you for your service. thank you for everything you have done for san francisco. [applause]. >> i'm simply overwhelmed by what aaron just said because i can't believe it was me. that's what's so wonderful about living here in san francisco. all these opportunities happened to me in san francisco. and i must admit recently i thought about leaving san francisco but after sunday, the march i decided to just keep going. [applause]. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right. supervisor. >> linda, don't forget those flowers. >> that was a nice touch supervisor. >> okay now it's my turn. thank you so much for your service and

she pushed hard for the appointment of mary morgan for judge. but it wasn't until the early 80s that i became aware of linda when she began as chair of the local san francisco party or d triple c which we know for better or worst. to endorse in nonpartisan election something that they enjoy to this day. she's been an amazing campaign volunteer on many, many races including my own -- i had to default to that. linda post get up here. thank you for your service. thank you for everything you have done for san francisco. [applause]. >> i'm simply overwhelmed by what aaron just said because i can't believe it was me. that's what's so wonderful about living here in san francisco. all these opportunities happened to me in san francisco. and i must admit recently i thought about leaving san francisco but after sunday, the march i decided to just keep going. [applause]. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right. supervisor. >> linda, don't forget those flowers. >> that was a nice touch supervisor. >> okay now it's my turn. thank you so much for your service a

the actress, mary tyler morgan has died. she was 80.but that news has just been released. is not known at this stage, but that news hasjust been released. she is not known at this stage, but that news has just been released. she was of course an american actress, very famous for the mary tyler moore show and being on the dick van dyke show for several years in the 1960s. and her character in the mary tyler moore show, a 30—something news producer in minneapolis, brought to the attention the fact there were lots of single women out there working for a living, they weren't just housewives in the united states. she really shone a light on the lives of those women earning a crust in their 20s and 30s. it was a very, very popular show and ran for seven yea rs. very, very popular show and ran for seven years. she was also a star on the dick van dyke show in the 1960s. so that news coming from the united states, she has died at the age of 80. women mps say they're experiencing unprecedented levels of verbal and online abuse. around two thirds

the 12-person jury will decide whether torres is guilty of killing the morgan hill teen. mary and favro joins us. >> reporter: there are five women and seven men on this jury panel but this high profile murder trial was supposed to start tomorrow. now it's been delayed again until january 30th. sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared in march of 2012 on her way to a school bus stop. her body was never found but antonin torres was charged with killing her based on dna evidence discovereden on her clothes found in the field. the judge postponed the trial for two weeks to give defense lawyers more time to analyze more information on the crime lab's dna procedures. one of the critical dna tests is now inconclusive. ams today both the prosecution and defense finally decided on a jury. >> obviously to the prosecution they need to get jurors ready to return a verdict of guilt. >> the defense team is looking for a much different jury pool. >> defense is looking for independent thinkers, people willing to state their opinions and hold their ground. the defense only needs one voor to h

morgan. >> who can turn the world on. >> we remember mary tyler moore. >> you've got spunk. >> well, captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at studio headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the president of mexico regrets president trump's order to begin building wall along the u.s./mexico border. mr. trump says it will begin in months. it was one of the steps he took to tighten immigration policy. more is expected today including a temporary ban on refugees from predominantly muslim countries. roxana saberi is here with more. >>> good morning, anne-marie. he promises to crack down on illegal immigration and build a wall on the boarder of mexico but he'll need help to pay for his plans. his sweeping executive orders are likely to dominate his agenda as he meets with congressional republicans in philadelphia. >> beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders. >> among them, a directive to jump start the construction of a wall along the u.s./mexico border and add more border patrol agents. congress wo

mary's and heavy rains and showers in the south bay. most of the activity is drying out. you see towards morgan hill and gilroy. this is a pretty impressive day of rainfall up to three and four inches of rain in some urban areas. that means more in the coastal hills. when i come back we will take a look at the flood watches and warnings, the wind advisory and a lot of snow to come in the mountains because this thing is not going to end today. it will keep going for the next 24 hours. >>> well along with the wet weather, we have king tides. this is what it looks like along the san francisco water front. king tides occur when there is alignment. the king tides will last through thursday. >>> rising water and now sliding hillsides are forcing hundreds of people along the russian river out of their homes. in fact several homes are red tagged due to mudslides. ktvu's tom vacar is live in guerneville with the latest on the situation there. tom. reporter: where the rain has been relentless, relentless and falling more right now. flooding is a known situation. it happens relatively slowly giving people time to get away

mary jo white. he worked on high-profile wall street mergers and acquisition. you may remember he participated in the ipo of alibaba back in 2014. he advised big banks like goldman sachs, jpmorgan, and morgantanley stanley. he worked on the airlines like iberia. that is the big name from the trump transition team. someone you may know, no shrinking violet. omarosa manigault from the first season of "the apprentice," the show on nbc donald trump had. she will be the assistant to the president and director of communications for the office of public liaisons. it is outreach post she expressed interest in already. she has been very close to the transition team. now she is working in the white house as well. let's get to agriculture. there is still a question mark about the secretary of agriculture. one big name seems to be the prominent name, former governor of georgia, sonny perdue. he is 70 years old. he ran the state of georgia. was governor 2003 to 2011. he has farm experience knowing what farmers may need and issues agriculture community will be facing. he seems to be the front-runner. we don't expect the announcement today. we shall see. leave you a little bit after tidbit, rex tillerson

marie macdonald. mid. >>> good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. preparations are under way for all the rain forecast for the weekend. in morganill, folks at the thousand trails rv resort are being told to evacuate today. the facility is prone to flooding because the nearby uvas reservoir is full. >>> it's in the clear when clean-up will be finished after a sewage leak at the san francisco district attorney's office. the problem forced about 30 employees to work in temporary spaces this week. and it all began tuesday when stingy water started leaking on furniture, files and people. >>> n the next half-hour of "cbs this morning," how seaworld is phasing out some animal shows and rebranding itself. >>> stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,, giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy... kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >>> good morning. happy friday. it's 7:28. let's enjoy our smooth commute this morning before that rain comes in starting with the bay bridge toll plaza, the maze to downtown will take about 22 minutes. we have some delays there d

she pushed hard for the appointment of mary morgan for judge. but it wasn't until the early 80s that i became aware of linda when she began as chair of the local san francisco party or d triple c which we know for better or worst. to endorse in nonpartisan election something that they enjoy to this day. she's been an amazing campaign volunteer on many, many races including my own -- i had to default to that. linda post get up here. thank you for your service. thank you for everything you have done for san francisco. [applause]. >> i'm simply overwhelmed by what aaron just said because i can't believe it was me. that's what's so wonderful about living here in san francisco. all these opportunities happened to me in san francisco. and i must admit recently i thought about leaving san francisco but after sunday, the march i decided to just keep going. [applause]. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right. supervisor. >> linda, don't forget those flowers. >> that was a nice touch supervisor. >> okay now it's my turn. thank you so much for your service a

she pushed hard for the appointment of mary morgan for judge. but it wasn't until the early 80s that i became aware of linda when she began as chair of the local san francisco party or d triple c which we know for better or worst. to endorse in nonpartisan election something that they enjoy to this day. she's been an amazing campaign volunteer on many, many races including my own -- i had to default to that. linda post get up here. thank you for your service. thank you for everything you have done for san francisco. [applause]. >> i'm simply overwhelmed by what aaron just said because i can't believe it was me. that's what's so wonderful about living here in san francisco. all these opportunities happened to me in san francisco. and i must admit recently i thought about leaving san francisco but after sunday, the march i decided to just keep going. [applause]. >> thank you. >> thank you. all right. supervisor. >> linda, don't forget those flowers. >> that was a nice touch supervisor. >> okay now it's my turn. thank you so much for your service a