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Star father, is here today in studio 57. He tells why he ly he believes. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We just want justice. He wont get away with it. Tampa hunt for a possible serial killer. A Florida Community is on edge after three murders. My kids are scared. They have to be locked up in the house. The fate of Bowe Bergdahl is in the hands of a judge. The sentencing hearing begins and its expected to be dramatic. Do you worry this bickering gets in the way of your agenda . No, it gets people to do what theyre supposed to be doing. Youve been on the receiving end of several of those attacks. I refuse to get diverted off on the various comments that may be made at one time or another. The heat is on across southern california. Temperatures expected to top 100 degrees. Were going to crush records throughout the entire area. Officials surveying the damage in oklahoma after storms brought damage and hail, wind, tornados. This is crazy. The government imposed direct control of catalonia. Leaders call for civil disobedien disobedience. All that. The president s dog answering the call of nature in the middle of a meeting. Atlanta relived the nightmare that was super bowl li. The patriots pretty much dominate the game. And all that matters. Five former u. S. President s sharing the stage, all to raise money for hurricane relief. The heart of america is greater than our problems. On cbs this morning. How does this feel to have my hand on your tiny little head . Television legend David Letterman received the mark twain prize for american humor. Tell me, is it wrong that i kind of which this could have been presented posthumously . This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. A possible serial killer of three people has a neighborhood on high a letter in tampa, florida. They were shot dead in the past two weeks. The victims were just a few blocks from each other. Take a look at this surveillance vid yoed. It shows a map walk in the area when one of the three people was murdered. Police want the public to help identify him because he may have information about the killing. In tampa with the urgent search for information, omar, go good morning. Reporter good morning. Residents walked this area to take back the streets from a killer terrorizing their neighborhood. Three People Killed in a tenday period. Latest victim, a young man with special needs who just got off at the wrong bus stop. We wont be afraid. You know. You wont get away it. Reporter at a memorial for 20yearold anthony balboa, they say he was targeted because he had autism. He never said nothing bad to me. Naiboa was shot dead while walking in tampas Seminole Heights neighborhood 8 p. M. Thursday. Just over 100 yards away, 22yearold Benjamin Mitchell was killed after being shot at a bus stop. A few days later, police found 32yearold monica hoffas body in a parking lot less than a mile away. Investigators say she was walking to meet a friend before being shot. Were doing everything we can to catch this person so we can put an end to this. Reporter tampa police chief brian dugan believes the killings are connected based on their close proximity and time frame. Hes refraining from labeling the unknown suspect as a serial killer. Im very cautious with that term because we dont have enough information. We dont know, it could be multiple people. Reporter we rode along with Sergeant Eric de feliz, one of the officers now warning the community to stay vigilant. What are you looking for . Something that would stand out to give us an indication somebodys armed, acting in a suspicious manner. Reporter police are desperate for any leads in this case. The fbi is helping out the Tampa Police Department and theres now a 25,000 reward for any information that leads to a suspect. Thanks, omar. President trump is leaning on Congressional Republicans to finish tax reform quickly. He asked gop house members on a Conference Call to go along with the senates budget blueprint. That would make it easier to pass the tax cut. The president will go to capitol hill tomorrow to meet with republican senators there for the first time. Major garrett is at the white house with the effort to win a legislative victory, major, good morning. Reporter good morning. The president s message to House Republicans can be summarized as follows. Hurry up. House gop leaders still cling to hope they can pass a tax cut bill by thanksgiving. Two key benchmarks lie ahead. Finalizing the budget this week and putting out the legislative details on the tax bill itself next week. Theres a great spirit for it. People want to see it. Reporter President Trump who, for days, has hailed stock market records as low unemployment, says the economy still needs trillions in tax cut to spur growth. I call it tax cuts. It is tax reform also. But i call it tax cuts. It will be the biggest cuts ever in the history of this country. Reporter Sherrod Brown said a Trump Administration staffed with many Goldman Sachs executive was angling to benefit the wealthy instead of the middle class. The people close to the president whispering in his ear all want to do tax cuts for want to do trickledown economics. Reporter the president also purportedly wants a shortterm obamacare fix. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said hes open to bringing a bipartisan bill to the floor that would restore 7 billion in annual subsidies the president eliminated almost two weeks ago. We need a bill. The president will actually sign. Im not certain yet what the president s looking for here. Reporter when republican Lamar Alexander and democrat patty murray announced their health care deal, the president at first supported it. Thats a very good sole clusion. Reporter then he dumped it with very little evidence, mr. Trump called the bill a giveaway to insurance companies. I wont do anything to enrich the insurance companies. Reporter a lexen der and murray denied the charge, while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the president caved to conservative president. He called both senators murray and alexander, said come to a solution. Then they come do to a solution. The right wing attacks it. Reporter the white house has n nearly as vague on tax cuts. Keeping details under wrap, hopinging in the end republicans will fall in line. Thats pretty much the strategy on three failed attempts to replace and repeal obamacare. The white house bets the fourth time is the charm. Arizona senator john mccain is taking another apparent shot at President Trump. This time over trumps vietnam war deferment. Latest in a series of verbal an exchanges that began last week. He criticized half baked spurious nationalism, which many saw as an attack on the president. Mr. Trump responded that at some point he would fight back. Well in an interview with cspan that aired last night, mccain who was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five years, appeared to call out the president. One aspect of the conflict, by the way, that i will never, ever is that we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level, found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur. That is wrong. That is wrong. If were going to ask every american to serve, every american should serve. President trump got a total of five deferments during vietnam. Four for his College Studies and one for a bone spur in his heel. The white house has not responded to our request for comment. Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl spent five years as a prisoner of the taliban. Starting today, a military judge will decide how long he will spend as a prisoner in the u. S. Bergdahl pleaded guilty last week to desertion and misbehaving before the enemy. The idaho native was captured in 2009 after he abandoned his post in afghanistan. Demarco morgan is at ft. Bragg, north carolina, where the sentencing hearing began a short time ago. Demarco, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Bergdahl faces up to life in prison for charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Two of the soldiers who were wounded while searching for bergdahl are expected to take the stand during the sentencing phase. They dont just cut peoples throats. They delight in cutting peoples throats. Reporter bergdahl said he a ban donned fellow soldiers to draw attention to problems in his own unit. Suddenly it really starts to sink in that i really did something bad or, not bad, but i really did something serious. Reporter after subsequent capture by the taliban, bergdahl spent five years enduring torture as a prisoner of war. President obama brought him home in 2014 in exchange for the release of five taliban prisoners from guantanamo bay. Bergdahl describes that release in an interview as a brief moment of liberty which later became a flash point on the campaign trail for then candidate trump. This dirty rotten traitor. He gets no jail time. Reporter the military judge in charge of bergdahls case has already disposed of a defense motion that President Trumps comments denied bergdahl the right to a fair trial. Last week, the president stood by those remarks. I think people have heard my comments in the past. Reporter soldiers searching for bergdahl after his de tergs we desertion was wounded by enemy fire. One left paralyzed and unable to speak. Kangaroo courts. Reporter bergdahl may be able to appeal sentencing based on President Trumps past statement. The people who are to the point of saying yeah, just shoot him, you can never convince those people to change their minds. Reporter bergdahl says the taliban who captured him treated him better than the u. S. Army in an interview with the times of london. He also said at least the taliban were honest enough to say, im the guy whos gonna cut your throat. Here, it could be the guy i pass in the corridor whos going to sign the paper that sends me away for life. Demarco, thanks. Former fox news Host Bill Oreilly vows to speak out today against what he says are lying in a New York Times story. The times reports the fox news Parent Company 21st century fox renewed oreillys multimilliondollar contract despite knowing he had settled Sexual Harassment claims against him. Report says oreilly agreed to pay a former fox news analyst 32 million. Bianna golodryga is here with all the fallout. Bianna, good morning. Good morning. This will be total number of sentiments hes paid out to 45 million allegedly. The times says this is the largest of half a dozen settlements made by oreilly or fox. An oreilly spokesperson says his client is one of many men accused by the company which he says has paid close to 100 million in settlements. He calls the New York Times report false and defamatory. But, a civil lawsuit against it reporter the New York Times reports bill oreilly agreed to pay frequent contributor lis wiehl 32 million that settled alleged repeated harassment, a nonconsensual relationship. The article says just one month later fox news Parent Company 21st century fox resigned the host to a new fouryear, 100 million contract. Over the weekend, the Company Issued a statement, saying it was aware of the threat, but informed by mr. Oreilly he had settled the matter personally and the terms were not disclosed to the company. Criticism came from within fox news itself. This is a significant setback for fox. It is no question about it. Its embarrassing. If fox news or any other company gets wind of a confidential settlement, albeit private, it still has an obligation now to disclose. Reporter the times reports the settlements with oreillys accusers have totaled about 45 million. Oreilly told the paper, i never mistreated anyone. Adding that he resolved matters privately because he wanted to protect his children from the publicity. Former fox news host Gretchen Carlson settled harassment claims against the late fox news chief roger ailes for 20 million. Commenting on the New York Times report, she tweeted, nobody pays 32 million for false allegations, nobody. Said in an affidavit apparently signed after the settlement she has no claims against the news host. 21st century fox is defending itself, saying oreillys contract included a clause allowing his dismissal if the Company Became aware of other relevant information and it could use that clause against him to fire him. Still a lot of people questioning why would they resign him for that amount of money after knowing these settlements existed. Exactly. A question a lot of people are asking. Thank you very much, bianna. Nearly 40 women reportedly accused oscar nominated writer and director james toback of Sexual Harassment. The Los Angeles Times spoke to 38 women who described incidents with toback dating back at least three decades. Many of the women say he approached them in a public area and made promises of stardom. Meetings they say would often turn sexual. Tobacks screenplay for the Warren Beatty movie bugsby was nominated for an oscar. He said diabetes and a heart condition made it quote, impossible for him to engage in sexual behavior for past 22 years. Temperatures are forecast today to reach the triple digits in southern california. That is prompting new fire concerns, excessive heat and red flag fire warnings are in effect through tomorrow. Chief weathercaster lonnie quinn of our station wcbs shows us how warm it will get. Off the charts. Were talking, like you said, record setting numbers out there. Los angeles today, 103 degrees. Tula vista, 99. L. A. If they reach 103, will break a record by 5 degrees. Tomorrow, the spread could be bigger. With chula vista forecast to reach 101 on tuesday. That would eclipse an old record by 10 degrees. So whats the reason for all this . You talk about how the heat is perking up and its also the winds that are kicking in as well. High pressure over utah brings in sort of a northeast wind. As that wind goes through the mountain passes it gets compressed. It speeds up. What else does it do . Its got to sink. Going down to the valley. It heats up when it does that. For dodgers stadium, lets talk about this. Youre looking at the potential of the hottest World Series Game ever in the history of keeping track of the numbers. Look at this. Were talking first pitch. On tuesday. Which would be 509 p. M. Their time on west coast. Wind gust 25 Miles Per Hour coming in from right field. Maybe keeping the ball in the park a little more. The temperature forecast 95. The record now for the hottest first pitch temperature, 94. Norah, lets go over to you. It will be hot indeed, thank you. A Pro Independence party in the spanish region of catalonia is calling for mass civil disobedience. Its angry about spains unprecedented decision to take over catalonias Regional Government after a vote for independence. Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of barcelona over the weekend to protest. Seth doane is in barcelona with how people are reacting to the spanish governments hard line. Seth, good morning. Reporter good morning. This political crisis has escalated to the point that spains Central Government is in essence saying, okay, well take over now. As they seek to impose direct rule here in catalonia. Those favoring independence made it clear what they thought about direct rule by madrid. They just want to crush us down. Wheres our dignity . Im young and i dont have that much knowledge but i have enough knowledge to know. Reporter around 450,000 people filled barcelona streets saturday in protest. If spains Prime Minister, Marianna Rajoy gets his way, the sem semiawe it unmuss region of catalonia will see themselves managed by caretakers from madrid until new elections are called. Those steps must be approved by spains senate. In the address, the catalon president called the latest move the worst attack on cat lonian institutions and its people since the franco dictatorship. I dont think southeast exclusion is good for business and not good for people. Reporter carlos rivadulla, a lawyer in catalonia, sees separatists here as breaking the law and spains effort to seize power as a necessary step. He likens it to pushing an emergency button. Its like alabama or any other state declaring the u. S. Constitution doesnt apply on their territory. Reporter the building behind me here is the equivalent of the white house here in catalonia. It is where leaders are plotting their next move. Meanwhile, in another push toward autonomy, in northern italy, two of the riche esest provences went to the polls and voted to find more autonomy in the way their tax dollars are spent. That is one of the big issues here. Seth doane, thank you. Thousands of documents about the Jfk Assassination about to be nice, calm uncomfortable conditions for the Early Morning hours. That will change later on and we will get into the blazing sun and heat. What you can expect his temperatures about 18 degrees above average and tomorrow, it will be the hottest day with slight cooling but not until later this week. Concord, record breaker at 88, nampa, napa, 91. Santa rosa, 83 degrees today. 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Ahead, a massive vegetable recall due to concerns about listeria contamination. Well tell you which grocery chains are affected. Tomorrow this is a kpix5 morning update. Good morning. Its 7 26 and on michelle griego. Schools are reopening after smoke from wine country wildfires had forced them to close. Campuses include those in the Napa Valley Unified School district, justinsiena high school and napa valley college. The napa Valley Office of education is also opening. There will be will be a trial for an undocumented immigrant accused of a high profile shooting death in San Francisco. On trial is Jose Ines Garcia zarate, who allegedly shot kate steinle in 2015. His arrest heated up the debate over sanctuary cities. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in just a minute. The time is 7 27 and we are tracking delays for drivers on southbound 680. This has been a problem route all morning long and it continues to be 40 minutes from 582 highway 84, blocking one lane. Give yourself an extra 30 minutes in that direction. A little bouncing going on with some northwest breeze coming in. Strong with clear skies and looking pretty this morning. This afternoon, temperatures will be 1520 degrees above average. 91 and napa, 83 in San Francisco and we wont see any cooling until later this week. Well above average for the next several days. Tuesday will be the hottest day. Get ready for tomorrow. A jimmy carter, george h. W. And george w. Bush. Bill clinton and barack obama have not appeared together since 2013. They hosted a benefit concert in texas saturday to raise money for hurricane victims. As heartbreaking as the tragedies that took place here in texas and in florida and puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands have been, what weve also seen is the spirit of america at its best. When ordinary people step up and do extraordinary things. And then lady gaga gave a surprise performance. President trump also sent a video message applauding the effort. One moment has been getting a lot of attention. George w. Bush and barack obama sharing a private laugh. Look closely. Behind bill clinton. As he spoke. We do not know what they found so funny. But its worth watching over and over again. Remind you a little bit of high school. Doesnt it . Thats great. The mischievousness of george w. Is so clear. This one america appeal, it raised 31 million since its launch in september. And talk about unity. But ive got goose bumps. Im a little choked up to see all five of them standing there. It made me so proud to see them coming together that way. Which is the way politics ought to be. Thats right, charlie. We need a little bit more of that. Nice to see them all together. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Here are three things you should know this morning. President trump is pushing House Republicans to finish tax reform quickly. Rob source said the president asked lawmakers to go along with the senates budget blueprint during a Conference Call yesterday. The president said the gop would pay a steep price in next years midterm elections if they failed to pass his plan. Defense secretary james mattis is in the fiphilippines meet with his counterparts. Japans defense minister said north Koreas Nuclear capabilities have reached a, quote, unprecedented critical and imminent level. More than 120 Vegetable Products are being recalled due to concerns over listeria contamination. Mann packing said, quote, this action was taken because your health and safety is our highest priority. They were sold at walmart, trady joes and atv so stores. A single test of one of its products was positive for the bacteria. Public Health Officials have not yet reported any illnesses. This week, the last government files on president john f. Kennedys assassination are dpu to be released. President trump tweeted, quote, subject to the receipt of further information, he will allow the long blocked and classified jfk files to be opened. Chip reid is at the National Archives in washington with what the secret files may in reveal. Chip, good morning. Reporter good morning. About 2,000 cubic feet of documents related to the kennedy assassination are stored here at the National Archives. A 1992 law says they all ma must be released within 25 years and that deadline is this thursday. Now the question is whether releasing them will spawn a new generation of conspiracy theories. The motorcade begins the 11mile ride to the dallas trademark. Reporter president john f. Kennedys ride through dealy plaza marked the beginning of a National Tragedy turned national obsession. It appears as though something has happened in the motorcade group. Reporter on november 22nd, 1963. President kennedy died at 1 00 p. M. Central starpd time. Reporter with the nation watching, 359th president was fatally shot. Secret Service Agent clint hill seen here was in the motorcade that day. His face was almost touching mrs. Kennedys face. The shot hit him in the lower portion of the rear of the head. It was like an eruption of material. Reporter Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with jfks murder, but while he was being transferred to a county jail, oswald was also fatally shot. Lee Harvey Oswald was a loan shooter. He acted alone. Perhaps somewhere in that material will give us some idea as to the motive as to why. Reporter nearly 54 years later, so much remains a mystery, like what the cia knew about oswalds trip to mexico city to meet with soviet and cuban spies. But its unclear if the secret documents will reveal such details. Joe kennedy iii, a great never au of the former president and current massachusetts congressman supports the release of these government documents but wishes the white house had handled it differently. It would have been nice if there was some communication between this administration and members of our family. Reporter during the 2016 campaign, then candidate trump had his own ideas about jfks assassination. He made this unfounded allegation linking senator ted cruzs father to the shooting of the 35th president. His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to oswald being, you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this right prior to him being shot. Nobody brings it up. Reporter citing his own white house sources, trump confidant to block the release of the files. A cia spokesperson said the agency continues to engage in the process to determine the appropriate next steps with respect to any previously unreleased cia information. Theres going to be conspiracy theories no matter what, but everybody should remember thats what they are. Theories. Not fact. Reporter the fbi is not commenting and anyway are deferring to the white house. A white house official told us the president wants to release the documents in the interest of transparency, but the president also said thats unless agencies provide a compelling and clear National Security or Law Enforcement justification. That, of course, is a loophole or an exception that you could drive a truck through. Thats right, chip. It certainly does. All these years later, there are still many, many questions people have. Still an opinion. Putting historians back to work. More documents. People who study it always come back to the same conclusion. Thats right. Thank you again, chip reid. Alumni Penn State Fraternity linked to a students hazing death appear to be raising money off their shuttered house. Ahead, why one former frat member wants to keep the home active and how the parents of Timothy Piazza are responding. Our podcast, youll get the news of the day, extended interviews and podcast originals. Find them all on itunes in apples podcast app. Well be right back. 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The university shut down the chapter in march but cbs news is learning more about the plans of some Fraternity Alumni to remain part of penn states culture and raise money that could be used to pay legal billings. With the piazza familys emotional response. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The piazzas say they feel as though the alumni are dancing on their sons grave. Penn state officials call the move insensitive and the local newspaper here says that its too soon. Meanwhile, the alumni who run this property say despite renting out rooms, they too grieve for the piazzas. Cars filled the parking lot of this Fraternity House this weekend as alumni returned to the now defunct Fraternity House. Some dressed in nit new lions here. Appears to show alumni can rent rooms at the disbanded Fraternity House for 50 to 350 a night on football weekends. Its offensive. Its disgusting. That was a crime scene. They shouldnt be there. That house should be shut down and repurposed. Reporter jim and evelyns son timothy died last february after an alleged hazing ritual involving heavy drinking at the frat house. Shortly after, penn state removed the frat from the schools greek system. The property is owned by the chapters illume new through a Housing Corporation. Cbs letters and emails about piazzas death to Fraternity Alumni dating back to last spring. In a may 18th letter, an attorney for the Housing Corporation disputed the claim piazza died as a result of a hazing ritual and went on to say, quote, in fact, there was no hazing ritual. That attorney did not respond to our request for comment. Other communications revealed the housing board vowed to fight for the chapters existence and brothers were asked for funds to help with legal fees. In a recent statement, the Housing Corporation said the money made on football weekends will not be used to defend the beta brothers charged in the piazza criminal case. One brother told cbs news while he feels terrible about the tragedies that occurred there, banning the use of the house would be like erasing history. Penn state junior is a reporter for the schools newspaper. A weird dichotomy of who is able to use the house and why. The alumni are saying this our brotherhood, we can continue to relive our memories here. It goes to show the arrogance of some of the alumni. Reporter jim piazza believes opening the fraternity to alumni is difficult for tims older brother mike who is a senior at penn state. We have another son there. He has to hear about it. Think about his feelings. Reporter now, penn state overhauled its rules on greek life following piazzas death, but already this semester at least one fraternity has been suspended is another one is facing charges for alcoholrelated incidents. Nora . All right. Thank you for the update. 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The New York Times reports people in texas and florida are still waiting for help from fema weeks after hurricanes made landfall. People who call femas help line have been on hold for two to four hours. In texas, the average wait for a fema inspection is 45 days. In florida, the wait is about a month. Fema payments are being delayed by glitches and disputes. The agency says its in the process of hiring hundreds of people to improve the response time. The miami herald reports a man inspired by isis was arrested for trying to detonate a bomb at a shopping mall. Authorities say that vincente solano was acting alone when he planned to set off the bomb at the dolphin mall is in sweetwater. A confidential informant tipped off the fbi who then gave solano a fake bomb. No indication he was directed by isis. The Los Angeles Times reports on a land slide win for japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe in elections. It will allow him to push ahead with his goal to rewrite japans passivist constitution amid the growing threat from north korea. Abe also promised to stop the slide in japans population. And usa today reports Justin Timberlake will headline the super bowl half time show in minneapolis. The grammy award winner made the announcement in a twitter video alongside jimmy fallon. Along with some great facial expressions. It will be timberlakes third super bowl half time show. The first was with britney spears, the second with Janet Jackson, that included the infamous wardrobe malfunction and no doubt the third time will also be a charm. He was in austin over the weekend at formula a1, charlie. He killed. Knocked it out of the park. Hes such an entertainer. Its like he left you exhausted the same way springsteen left you exhaust zbhd you forget how many hit hess had, too. Will Janet Jackson make an appearance on the stage . Well see. Do you think that might be a possibility . I doubt it. 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The freeway was shut down for four hours but now is open. Remaining evacuations from the bear fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains are expected to be lifted. The fire started a week ago and destroyed four structures in the Boulder Creek area. It is now 79 contained on nine firefighters were injured in the fight. Traffic and weather in just a minute. The time is 7 57 and we are tracking the drive on this monday morning commute. Northbound 101, to the south bay, it is wonder it is under one ride. That is over 30 minutes added to your commute. 880 through oakland, 34 minutes between 238 and the maze. 42 minutes from highway 4, an additional 25. That is your traffic. Lets check on the forecast. Not a cloud in sight. We will see more extreme wind conditions across the high elevations and from the north, temperatures are 56 in livermore 69 and the high temperatures are well above average. 20 degrees above average. Some records may be broken. San rafael, the high in San Francisco, 83 degrees and here are the possible record breakers. No rain until the end of the week. Gave a hide and seek. Hide and seek. Cofind me. Ive got to give this one major style points. Im gail king. He thinks Congressional Republicans can pass tarm reform by the end of the year. House Speaker Paul Ryan disagrees. He suggested lawmakers may need to stay for thanksgiving if it isnt done by then. Nobody wants to miss turkey dinner. He urged them to adopt it this in 2004. He saved the lives of his soldiers and earned bronze and purple heart. Khan is telling the story in a new book an American Family. He shares his journey of growing up as the son of a pakistani farmer to studying at harvard law school. He writes about the struggles to raise a family in america. We welcome thank you very much. When you saw all of the attention to the president s call, what did you think . I was disheartened. I was shocked. Two words came to mind. I wish somebody would advise him, dignity, most dignity for these families for my brave sons that were protecting United States under most difficult circumstances. Privacy and dignity, restraint. He was not advised of those sentiments, of those words. Yet i thought i heard general kelly say in the Briefing Room he said theres nothing that you can say that will comfort a family in this loss. Even general kellys own experience saying hearing it sometimes from a fellow soldier was more important. Do you think that the president wasnt advised. They must have placed it in front of him to read it from there so there was no misunderstanding. That was not done. When you heard john kellys context of what donald trump was trying to say, do you think he was deliberately trying to be insensitive. When john kelly put it in perspective, it seemed that Donald Trumps delivery fell short of what he was trying to say. Did that matter to you . Yes, it does, because it is not intention of who is saying what is being said. This is from the president of United States. Most accurate words, most accurate sentences should be uttered depending how those are received, not how those are said. That was not done. Should the president call or should he simply send a letter because you cant call everybody or they dont call everybody . That is a very personal decision that ought to be left to the leader of this country, what he decides. That is his prerogative. But utmost respect, dignity and privacy be granted to these most respectful families, the bravest families of this nation. You talk about your book, American Family, that this was a very difficult book for you to write. It was a book you never intended. You describe yourself as an american patriot, not because you were born in this country but because you were not born in the country. Before i i apologize for taking just one sentence. I wish to pay tribute to you three, through you three to the press of this country. The fourth pillar of democracy, the world looks up to the press of United States for example. Thank you for your service to this nation, your continued bravery under these difficult times. Now we can talk about the book. That was not the intention, but under these very difficult time, divisive times, children were reaching out to me knowing that i practice law. Will we be thrown out . Elementary School Children, can we finish our school before we are thrown out of here . I would hearten them. I would take the constitution out of my pocket that i had been keeping since 2005. We tell all that story in detail in the book, how that letter came, that card came to us. Yes, mr. Khan, you said that you hadnt really even intended to speak at the democratic convention. In fact, all of your family and friends said dont do it, dont do it, dont get us involved in this. It was only because you got a letter that day that made you change that mind. What did that letter say . From a middle school four middle School Children that i had spoken in different gatherings, birthday parties and other places, wrote us a card, four names, name of their middle school. It said, mr. And mrs. Khan, would you make sure that maria is not thrown out of this country . We love her. She is our friend. I read it twice and i tell that story in the book in detail. Took it to azala, showed it to her without saying a word. She said azala is your wife . My wife. She said we will go, we should speak on behalf. So this is a book about your life. It is called an American Family memoire of hope and sacrifice. What is it you want us to understand about your journey and your familys journey from pack sta pakistan to Charlotte Law School to living in virginia . It is the goodness of this country, the values that must be remembered under these most difficult times of our nation, divisive times. There is so much good in this country. I have spoken to 162 communities in the last 15 months. Each and every member had been hopeful, Firm Believer in the goodness of this country and its value. So i write in the book how we personally are a symbol of the goodness of those countries, we are the beneficiaries of the values of this country. Your son believed in the goodness of this country. We have to Say Something about your son. It was his day off that day, mr. Khan, when he was killed, and you tell a very compelling story about how a car drove in and he goes out with his hands up, the universal sign of surrender, but in ten stems hills life he lost his life. You are still thinking what did he see in those ten steps. Gayle, that speaks to the goodness of this country. He was made in here. We brought him two years old, he was raised here. He learned everything from here. That is what makes this kunlt canthiscountry to be great. He was a symbol of value. Do you believe those values will keep us strong . They certainly will. I have seen those values and the values and the belief in those values of america through throughout this nation. This is strongest than ever before. The more difficult time we face, the more those values shine and make us beacon of hope forrest of the world. We tell though the stories of traveling, of falling in love with the dignities and the freedoms that this nation i really clearly remember entering the courthouse to take the oath of citizenship. I had lived under two martial laws, no rights, no liberties, but then i walked out as a citizen. I looked at the sky. Without any dignities i walked in. I came out with that piece of paper. To most people that is piece of paper. To me it meant so very much that i became person of equal dignity. Yeah. And then sitting in the dmv, all of us know what a difficult experience that is. Dmv. I saw i saw the rule of law in work. Everybody was treated with equal dignity or indignity, whatever you wish to call it. Everybody waited. Yes, everybody waited. Even you came in and had a good dmv story. Thats rare to do. You raised a wonderful son. We thank you so much for joining us at the table. An important reminder, not only to children, sir, but their families served, too. Thank you for your service, your familys service. An American Family is on sale wherever you like calm uncomfortable conditions for the Early Morning hours. Good news that we will have blazing sun and a lot of heat. Temperatures will be 18 degrees above average. Tomorrow will be the hottest day with slight cooling. Highs today record breaker, and santa rosa, 93 degrees today. Ahead, how the oakland as youre watching cbs this morning. Morning. Dates. You look amazing. And you look amazing. Ly comfortable. 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She and her team of volunteers are on plastic patrol, scouring the region for trash. The Ocean Cleanup began in 2012 when i first found two birds trapped in one piece of plastic like this. Reporter trapped he dead . Trapped and dead on a beach. Reporter that discovery unlocked a dirty secret. This polar paradise has become a garbage dump. Reporter this is a sampling of some of the things we found so far. We have a cocacola carrier. This sass i on it it is from venezuela. We also have what looks like some sort of Motorcycle Helmet thats been washed up here. Some of this plastic has been in the water for so long you cant even make out what it is. Reporter in a sixyear study, scientists traced arctic plastic back to its source. They found the global Conveyor Belt of ocean currents like the gulfstream carries plastic all the way from the americas and europe to the arctic where it meets a dead end. Last year alone over 40 tons of plastic were collected from the islands. A recent cleanup here produced these four bags. These are so heavy, you cant even lift it. Reporter Scientists Say melting ice has even allowed plastic to travel to the northernmost ecosystem. Climate change has also made it easier for Research Vessels to gain access and measure the problem. Lets see what weve got. Reporter after collecting and analyzing water samples, researchers estimate there are more than 300 billion pieces of plastic in arctic waters. Most of them are socalled micro plastics, the size of a grain of rice, broken down fragments of bigger objects like water bottles, straws and qtips. This is what happens if you break down milk jugs. Reporter it is so fine. It looks like powder. Absolutely. Reporter dr. Carey lewis with englands Exeter University says animal confuse this junk for food. She studies the impact this micro plastic has on the food chain. What happens if an animal is eating the plastic, the plastic gets stuck in their gut and they feel full and dont eat. Reporter it is too early to help threatened arctic animals are, but elsewhere around the world the results have been deadly. Garbage, plastic bag. Reporter which is why June Gronseth is patrolling the arctic, earths last frontier, a new place for pollution. I hope people stop polluting the ocean. We have to stop now. Reporter for cbs this morning, jonathan vigliotti, the Arctic Circle, norway. Feeling a little guilty after looking at that. Sure are. So much plastic and just dont think about it, what is really happening. Talk about eyes open. Yes. Right. Mission accomplished. Ahead, how Queen Latifah inspired bestselling author. Jason reynolds is his name, to connect with young adult readers. You are watching cbs this morning. We will be right back. Well be right back. Enamel stays strong that t and resilient for a lifetime the more that we can strengthen and reharden that tooth surface, the whiter their patients teeth are going to be. 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For people affected by the pocket, tubs and none fire. Stay with us. Traffic and weather in just a minute. Simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. The time is 8 26 and we are tracking an accident that has at least one lane blocked along southbound 680 at monument. This is near north main street with about a 12 minute commute to highway 24. A little bit under 10 minutes added to your trip. 880 through oakland, a 46 minute ride heading toward the maze. Its a slow ride northbound and theres an accident at the bay bridge toll plaza and it has traffic backed up to the east shore freeway, as well as your 580 approach to the maze. 34 minutes into San Francisco and heres a quick check of your travel times as you make your way around the bay. We are in the yellow to 680 with 22 minutes. Lets check with megan on the forecast. So calm and nice this morning. Barely even a ripple across the bay but clear skies store. The Early Morning hours are a great time to get outside because things will get hot. San jose, no clouds in sight. Oakland, 52 and livermore, 69 degrees and already warming up. 69 in san jose with high temperatures well above average. 1520 degrees above average and san rafael, 87 and vallejo, 86. We have north offshore wind coming through with possible records that may be broken. In napa, the last time it was as hot was 83 degrees. Low, tired today. Santa rosa could break the record and hayward, even hotter and we wont get cooling until wednesday or thursday or into next weekend, but we will still be above average with sunshine across the board for your monday. Hey grandpa. Hey, kid. Really good to see you. You too. You tell grandma you were going fishing again . Maybe. vo the best things in life keep going. Thats why i got a subaru, too. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. I know a place you saw some of my friends here tonight. All of them more talented, more gifted, funnier than i am. But they all helped me, and i would like to say we have to help others or nothing will happen. [ applause ] thats former late show host David Letterman being honored with the mark twain prize for the american humor at the kennedy center. Martin short and steve martin paid tribute last night to the comedy legend and roasted his retirement beard. Jimmy kimmel credited leatherman heal after 9 11 by telling people it was okay to laugh again. Bill murray welcomed him into the prestigious club. The mark twain prize recipient. Decked out for it. Letterman was a picture of late night tv for 33 years. When you see him, it makes you realize how much you miss him. Yeah. There was a very interesting piece in the Washington Post over the weekend about him and his view of doing the show. Looking back and wondering why he did it. I think he misses it but tired of the beard jokes. It aint going anywhere. Accept it. Very nice. Hes going to keep the beard . I think so. At least until christmas. At least until christmas. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Time to show you the headlines from around the globe. Usa today reports President Trump will award the medal of honor to a commander in valor during the vietnam war. 70yearold Sergeant Gary rose will be recognized today at the white house ceremony. In 1970, rose was an army medic. Troops came under fire over four days mind enemy lines. He saved dozens of lives despite suffering a serious foot wound. Usa today reports on a new service that allows workers to be paid daily instead of weekly. It offers a way for employees to get half the pay as soon as the workday ends. The money downloads directly to debit cards. The Company Expects to have a million years within two years. It could help those who live paychecktopaycheck. San Francisco Chronicle reports that two hiker broke the speed record. It took them two hours and 19 minutes to scare t scale the rock face. They reached the top at the same time. They beat the previous record by four minutes. They were climbing together. You think there was a little competition between the two . No doubt yeah. I think so. You think of things you look at things you dont want to do. That would be one. Wall street journal reports Health Advocates are gearing up for open enrollment for the Affordable Care act. They have launched a push to sign up people as the Trump Administration works to undo the law. Open enrollment runs november 1st through december 15th. The administration has cut the Enrollment Period in half. It cut 116 million from outreach and advertising. And our affiliate houston khou said three years ago, Sports Illustrated predicted the Houston Astros would win the 2017 world series. Wow june of 2014 cover story looked at how the then lowly astros were building a team that would become champions this year. The astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers meet in the world series beginning tomorrow night and no disrespect to the dodgers, the dodgers fans, but a lot of people pulling for houston considering what happened after hurricane harvey. It would be a nice little button to the story. Thousands of families escaped from the deadly california wild fires are returning home to find nothing but rubble. One little boy in santa rosa lost his house and his cherished collection of baseball cards and memorabilia. Baseball team from around the country are coming together to help replace what he lost. Adrianna diaz was there when the 9yearolds Favorite Team surprised him and made some of his biggest wishes come true. Reporter every day 9yearold smith pretends to play for his Favorite Team. The oakland as while slugging at home plate. His real home is gone. This was home here. Reporter reduced to inches of ash after wild fires hit santa rosa, california. Its crazy. Reporter his father tried to protect the house with the hose. Ran around the house and i watched everything burn. Reporter they lost everything. Including lawrences treasured baseball cards and memorabilia. The day after the fire, he was so heart broken and crying and, you know, i lost this. I lost that. You know, Ricky Henderson baseball. Reporter lawrences aunt suggested he tell his Favorite Team what happened in a letter. Dear oakland as. I love watching your as games and want to be an as player. My brother and me have so much fun. Hes only 9 months. Im nine and teaching him how to throw balls. I had every cards from 2000 to now. It burned up. So sad. Reporter the as answered. In person how we doing . I got your letter. The as president surprised him on friday along with the teams catcher. Are you excited . Yeah. Here is Bruce Maxwell. Nice to meet you. Reporter they brought lauren memorabilia from the as, other teams, and from fans who read the letter. You can wear this backpack to school. What do you think of that . Pretty cool. I need a bag since mine is gone. Reporter one day this little leaguer was a sports star. The team didnt stop there. We want to make sure that you get out to the coliseum this year, too. We got you full season tickets. Have you ever thrown out the first pitch in a baseball game. No. Want to do it next year . Yeah want to play catch. Reporter who better to practice with than Bruce Maxwell . And the smile says it all. It was an honor to meet maxwell. Reporter he said you have a good arm. I wasnt throwing hard because he said it was the postseason. Reporter you were taking it easy on him . Yeah. Reporter what did when you read the letter . I read half of it and i had to stop. Reporter its emotional. Yeah. To see hes a positive light within himself and his family is inspirational to a lot of people. Reporter he wanted to share that positivity and his gifts with his friends. They lost their homes, too and you have to giveaway. My other friend lost his house entirely. He had some valuable stuff. And i just want to give it away because i have too much and i dont have anywhere to put it. Reporter now he has one more wish. I want the as to make it to the world series again. Its ban long time. Reporter its been almost 30 years. The as may be underdogs but he said theyve taught him how to step up to the plate. Ready . Reporter no matter what life throws at you. One, two, three reporter for cbs this morning adrianna diaz. Santa rosa, california. All right. America is great country. Oakland as. Young adult author Jason Reynolds is the man behind all american boys and spiderman ahead. Reynolds shares what made Clear Conditions this morning with no fog or cloud coverage in sight. High pressure will be building this Early Morning with temperatures rising to near record or recordbreaking, 15 20 degrees above average with dry offshore wind bringing in this heat. Upper 80s, low 90s for the high in San Francisco. Even along the beaches, it will be hot. What if it looked different . What if the measure of working, was that you never had to think about it. What if it was so easy to use, you actually used it. [alarm] you have 3 minutes to exit. What if it gave you time, and what you really need from home security. A sense of security. Cpresented bye cotarget. Food has the power to transform lives. With the help of target, the San Francisco Marin Food Bank addresses hunger headon in the community. Our food pantries are vibrant. People feel welcomed, and theyre being respected. It helps our team members see the work that they do in the store every day. How that actually relates to their communities. Cbs eye on the community is sponsored by target. Bestselling author Jason Reynolds said he never got straight iowas in school. He didnt read his first novel until he was 17 years oil. That shir changes. He said he writes stories on topics he thought didnt exist when he was growing up. His new book is called long way down. Its published by a division of simon and schuster, which is a division of cbs. Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order to get better at it, youve got to exercise the muscle. When Jason Reynolds was a student here at barnaby elementary school, he may not have guess head would become an awardwinning author for young adults. If walls could talk, what would the teachers have said about you ba then . Two things. One, i was one of the most dig org nietzed kids they had every seen, and, two, i didnt work to my potential. Her sons potential is not something shes ever questioned. As a little boy growing it up it was important for him to do anything. He held the power to do anything. You told him that . Oh, yes. I thought that to him and every night when he said his prayer, that was the last statement that he made, i can do anything. He did. And the thing that stands out to me about you is you didnt read your first novel from cover to cover until you were 17. How is that possible . You know, first of all, its true, i did not read my first novel cover to cover until i was 17. I dont know where to be mad or impressed by that . Be upset. Okay. Ill start with why that is the case. The truth is when i was younger, books were given to me. I want to be clear. There were books around me, in the home. But they had nothing to do with my life. So if you didnt get fulfillment from books, where did you get fulfillment from . Rap music. Rap music was and is for me everything. Its interesting because i recognize its complicated. And it was complicated back then. I remember the protesting against the language of these artists and thee songs, but for me they were honest. So rap was the thing that drew me in, specifically queen latifa. Queen roy tee fa . Unity . She reminded me of my mother, my brother, my sisters, my aunties because she was a woman of stature. She was hard edge but she looked like she could give you the greatest hug in your life and bust you in the face at the same time. What did she teach you, jason . She taught me there was a direct connection with what she was doing with lyrics and what poets were doing with lyrics, what the only difference was generation. But the truth is queen le to las first and miaya angelous poes were the same. Reporter he says a friend changed his life. Christopher myers. His father changed thing. He said, what are you working on. I said nothing. I think its over. He said, let me tell you something. My fathers getting old. Whos going to write about the kids like that, the kids still searching for themselves in books, searching for novels, for characters. Whos going to search those stories. Reporter reynolds embraced the task, writing eight novels in only three years. His latest relief, long way down. Its the story of a 15yearold boy whose brother is killed and he gets on the elevator with a gun intent to take revenge on the person who killed his brother. What happens . The doors open and someone else gets on the elevator with him but it just so happens the people getting on the elevator with him are no longer alive. Theyre people he knows, but theyre no longer murdered. I dont know you. Dont know your last name, if you got brothers or sisters or mothers or fathers or cousins that be like brothers and sisters or aunties and uncles that be like mothers and fathers, but if the blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it on the outside of them. Connecting with young people is a personal about responsibility for reynolds. Today he has visited over 100 schools around the country. To write for kids, taking on a certain load, the other part of the load is they need to see you. If im writing these books and saying i love them and care for them, to me its important that they see me, see what i look like, how i speak. We talk about rap music and dance and at the end of all that, they say, i like these books. Im going to read these book sthoos what would 33yearold Jason Reynolds say to the 17yearold jason. That excellence is a habit. Are you going to do it or not. And if you are not, stop talking about it. Jason reynolds, stop talking. I was so impressed with him. I hadnt heard of him, to be honest with you. But you meet with him and his intelligence shines through. Queen latifah used to work in a clothing store. Queen latifa guys came into the store years ago and he didnt get enough courage to go to her and say hello. And so he framed those azra reminder. Yeah. And to remember what his life used to be snow how did he come out so prolific . Five books in three years . I think it was eight or sunshine i think long way down could be a mooev. Hell be here in our green room for a conversation. Curious hikers rescue a dog. Ahead, the mission to reunite them oh, you brought butch. Yeah butch growls at man hes looking at me right now, isnt he . Yup. butch barks at man butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. laughs vo you can never have too many faithful companions. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. Hikers in colorado helped save a lost dog from an old mining shachlt he was investigating when he heard strange sounds in the mines. He returned a week later and found cheyenne. The dog had been stuck in the shaft for about ten days. He team up with his girlfriend and a friend to save her. When i got down in the shaft i was trying to climb the last little part. She wanted to climb on top of me. She wanted me to get out of the way. She was very happy. The rescuers took her to the vet where she was given a clean bill of health and they returned her to her owners on facebook. I like the girlfriend. She was so excited. Happy ending. That does it for us. This is a kpix5 morning update. Good morning. Its 8 55 and im michelle griego. Backtoschool for hundreds of campuses affected by the wildfires. Napa Unified School District will provide free lunches all week and they offer Mental Health services to students. In a few minutes, a trial of an undocumented immigrant starts for Jose Ines Garcia zarate, accused of shooting kate steinle in 2015. His arrest intensified the debate over sanctuary cities. Barth has a car pool Program Launching at the concord and Pleasant Hill stations. You can get guaranteed parking until 10 00 a. M. When you carpool with the scoop app. Stay with us. Weather and traffic in just a moment. The time is 8 57 and we are tracking an accident that has a major slowdown for drivers going through north bay on 101 near mendocino avenue. This three car crash is now three car crash is now clearing but the backup stretches beyond highway 12 with a 22 minute ride from the expressway to steal lane. 101 has traffic backed up and spilling onto highway 12, as well. The connector ramp is very slow. The golden gate bridge, fantastic in both directions and we are seeing slow downs northbound with no reports of accidents or stalls. The delays are on the san rafael bridge and 880 heading through oakland. A 42 minute ride from 238. That is a check of your traffic. The view from the golden gate bridge, you can see Clear Conditions with no fog or clouds and we wont see that for a while with High Pressure here. That means heat will be on right now as the chance to get outside and enjoy the Early Morning temperatures. 71 in livermore, 64 in concord, oakland is 62 and we barely have a breeze. North wind returns and that is why it will be so hot with temperatures in napa breaking records at 91. Santa rosa, 93 in fairfield, 92. 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