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KPIX CBS Morning News July 13, 2024

Good morning from the studio beyou. Im annemarie green. Were going to begin with wildfires raraging across california. The fires are destroying homes, and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for some areas outside of los angeles. The saddle ridge fire is burning in sylmar, thats about 20 miles north of l. A. The fire has prompted the shutdown of at least two major freeways. So far it has burned about 1,600 acres. Containment is 0 . At least a half dozen wildfires are burning across california this morning. Earlier this week, electricity was shut off to hundreds of thousands of customers in Northern California to prevent wildfires. Overnight, the states largest utility company, pg e, says more than half of those customers power has been restored. Yesterday California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized pg e for neglecting its power supplying equipment. Over the course of years and years and years, the kind of hardening of the grid was not done. Those were decisions that were made by pacific gas and electric. They chose not to modernize their grid over the course of many, many years. It led to their own demise. It led to bankruptcy. Red flag warnings remain in place for the northern and southern part of the state. The hot and dry winds are creating dangerous wildfire conditions. Jonathan vigliotti reports from the fire zone. Reporter even with an historic effort to prevent them, at least three fires erupted in Southern California fueled by strong winds and dry heat. Was coming down the street, and i saw a lot of smoke coming out. Reporter 50 miles east of l Power Company was turning off electricity in the area to prevent sparking of fire with faulty equipment. Reports said this fire was near downed power lines. Be safe out there. Reporter in the hills south of san bernardino, another fire broke out. Winds there were gusting up to 30 miles per hour, hampering firefighters trying to protect buildings. In the northern part of the state, people have been living in the dark since wednesday when pg e orchestrated a rolling blackout in a desperate effort to prevent its equipment from igniting fires. Southern california utilities have been hesitating to shut down electric grids on a massive scale in an effort to stem a customer backlash. And where to cut the power has not been a perfect science. Pg e actually left the power on here in the san jose neighborhood. High winds knocked down a power line. It landed over here, starting a fire. Neighbors actually rushed out, poured water on it, preventing it from spreading and saving this neighborhood. Jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, san jose, california. In the nations midsection, the problem is snow. An early season winter storm is expected to slam the region. Blizzard and freeze warnings are posted in the dakotas and south into texas. Northeastern north dakota could get more than two feet of snow. Yesterday snow created near zero Visibility Conditions in deadwood. Denver saw the first snow of the season. Some areas getting up to four inches. Forecasters say this fall snowstorm is expected to set october records. And later today, the former ambassador to ukraine is scheduled to testify to house investigators in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Meanwhile, the president is not backing down. Last night mr. Trump returned to the campaign trail in minnesota. He took aim at members of congress and defended his actions surrounding that controversial phone call with his ukrainian counterpart. Marc liverman is here in new york. Marc, what exactly did the president say . Reporter good morning. President trump continues to remain defiant in the face of an impeachment probe. Yesterday he worked to change that threat to his presidency into a weapon on the campaign trail. A defiant President Trump went on the attack at thursday nights rally in minneapolis. They want to erase your vote like it never existed. Reporter it was the president s First Campaign appearance since the house began an impeachment inquiry into the white houses dealings with ukraine. Mr. Trump called it a witch hunt, instigated by democrats like joe biden and nancy pelosi. He was only a good Vice President because he understood how to kiss Barack Obamas shes either really stupid, okay, or shes really lost it. Reporter the president took the stage hours after the indictment of two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. Four igor fruman and lev parnas have ties to President Trumps private attorney, rudolph giuliani. Both are charged with illegally funneling foreign donations to u. S. Political campaigns, including 325,000 that went to a protrump group in a scheme aimed at buying political influence. This investigation is about corrupt behavior, deliberate law breaking. Reporter the indictment does not mention either giuliani or the president. I dont know those gentlemen. That was its possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everyone. Reporter the two are referenced in the whistleblower complaint that triggered the impeachment inquiry. Theyve been subpoenaed to testify though its unclear if they will. Ukraines former ambassador is scheduled to speak with house investigators this afternoon. The career diplomat was recalled from the post earlier this year after she was accused of not being loyal enough to President Trump. Annemarie . Well see if shell be allowed to testify. Marc liverman in new york. Thank you. Sure thing. The death toll is mounting in turkeys military offensive in syria. Turkeys Defense Ministry announced today a turkish soldier died. More than a dozen people have been killed since the launch of the operation on wednesday. Civilians are fleeing the area by the thousands. The military assault came days after President Trump pulled american troops from their positions near the turkeysyria border. Charlie dagata reports from the war zone. Reporter thunderous explosions echoed across Northern Syria as turkish artillery and air power paved the way for an allout ground assault. The Turkish Military said they struck more than 180 terrorist targets along a 150mile path and say Ground Troops have of land between the two border towns where u. S. Special forces vacated bases earlier this week. We found some of the tens of thousands of people who have fled the intense shelling bottle necked on the main road leading out of the border city. Throughout the day and now into the night, there have been these huge traffic jams. People trying to get out of the range of turkish weapons, air strikes and artillery. The border is just a mile in that direction, for nobody here wants to risk another night. We decided to leave now because we saw the situation getting worse, one mother told us. Kids are dying, and nobody is doing anything about it. Where are you going to go . We dont know, she said. We left, but we dont know where were going. 25yearold media gunham blames the u. S. For putting her and her three children in danger and has a message for President Trump. Why did you leave us alone, she said. We were your loyal allies and you turned your back on us. Youve given president erdogan a green light to attack civilians. Now all desperate residents here can do is get as far away as they can and brace for the worst. Kurdish forces here are no match for the might of the Turkish Military. They are outgunned and vastly outnumbered. Yet the commander here has vowed that if the turks invade in large numbers, they will be attacked. Charlie dagata, cbs news, in northernyr the man accused in the mass shooting at an el paso, texas, walmart has pled not guilty. Yesterday he was arraigned at the el paso courthouse. He was indicted on capital murder charges for the deaths of 22 people back in august. Investigators say that he told officers that he was targeting mexicans in that attack. Coming up on the morning news, opening the gates. Women in iran attend their first soccer match in nearly 40 years. And a new charge actor cuba gooding jr. Faces an additional allegation as his groping trial gets underway. This is the cbs morning news. Orning news. These are real people, not actors, whove got their eczema under control. With less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. Dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderatetosevere eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. Dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. Many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin. And, had significantly less itch. 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Prosecutors disclosed that a previously uncharged incident is contained in the sealed indictment. Gooding is already accused of groping a woman at a manhattan bar without her consent. He pleaded not guilty. Usa today reports protesters drew attention to violence against transgender women of color at a cnn lgbtq town hall. Democratic president ial candidates were interrupted several times by transgender activists at the event in los angeles. They called for more focus on the murders of black transgender women, and they also criticized cnn for not having any black trans people questioning the candidates. A black trans woman took the microphone from another audience member while former representative beto orourke was on stage. Thats not antiblack among people of color. Thats what antiblackness looks like. The erasure of black trans people. Im here, were here in this room. Please give us that opportunity. Blossom, thank you so much. We appreciate it. [ applause ] thank you so much. Some of the demonstrators were removed from the room. Dayton affiliate whio says ohio universitys marching band is the latest campus group under investigation for hazing. The university announced it received a report of hazing allegations against members of the band. On wednesday, three sororities ancosirarnitrlier is month, the suspended 15 fraternities following allegations of widespread hazing. Another fraternity was expelled and the San Diego Union tribune reports San Diego Padres pitcher jacob nicks was arrested after allegedly breaking into a bourbon phoenix home through a doggy door. Police say the homeowner discovered nicks trying to get into the house sunday and kicked him in the he also shot the 23yearold pitcher with a taser. According to the criminal complaint, a minor League Padres pitcher was also there. He pulled nicks out of the door. Charging document indicate nicks was under the flounce of alcohol or drugs. 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Meanwhile, stocks rallied thursday led by tech shares and big banks. The dow was up 150 points, the s p 500 gained 18, and the nasdaq added 47. Tiptop poultry is recalling readytoeat poultry products due to possibility of listeria contamination. The frozen cooked, diced, or shredded chicken products were made between january 21st and september 24th of this year. The recall also impacts products that were shipped to canada. Inspections of more than three dozen boeing 7je have turned up structural cracks. Boeing says so far Airlines Worldwide have inspected 810 planes following an order from u. S. Safety regulators. Of those, 38 had findings requiring repairs. The airlines are under orders to inspect certain boeing 737 planes for cracking in a part that helps keep the wings attached to the fuselage. Keep in mind, boeing 737 max fleet was grounded in march after two fatal crashes overseas. California has proposed regulations to enforce a new privacy law. 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Yesterday the superstar gymnast made history after capturing her fifth allaround title at the World Championships in germany. Biles had the crowd roaring during her jawdropping floor routine. Her latest medal brings biles allaround world titles to five, two more than any other female gymnast in history. It also brings her World Championship medal count up to 22. 16f them gold. The most of any woman. So coming up only on cbs this morning, Tony Dokoupil will be at the Emp

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