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Obama Signature Healthcare legislation. Our Team Coverage starts with mola lenghi on capitol hill. Good morning, senators. Hi. Reporter republican senator john mccain was back at work friday morning after casting the deciding ballot overnight. His thumbs down vote doomed the gops latest attempt to repeal obamacare. The ayes are 49, the nays are 51. The motion is not agreed to. Reporter fellow republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski along with every democrat voted against the skinny bill to repeat parts of the Affordable Care act. This is clearly a disappointing moment. I imagine many of our colleagues on the other side are celebrating. We are not celebrating. We are relieved. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell now says its time to move on. But did not rule out working with democrats to fix obamacares problems. So now i think its appropriate to ask what are their ideas . At the very beginning we should stabilize the system. We should make permanent keeping premiums down. Reporter President Trump was disappointed with the outcome writing, three republicans and 48 democrats let the American People down. The president now says he is ready to let obamacare implode. President trump was on twitter again this morning writing if republicans are going to pass great future legislation in the senate, they Must Immediately did to a 51 vote majority, not senseless 60s. Political leaders from the bay area are weighing in on the healthcare debate. Jackie ward joining us live with their reaction. Reporter the Democratic Leaders from california are recognizing this as a win for their party but they are also encouraging their constituents and colleagues not to let up in the battle. Democrat nancy pelosi spoke a little while ago and admitted that the Affordable Care act has flaws right now, we go forward, um, um, recognizing the value of the Affordable Care act which last night was once again protected and we take great pride in that but realso know that there are, um, updates and, um, improvements we can make. Harris said this has been a battle over the lues of our nation. And tonight de es again that we shou country. Where health care is a right for all, not a privilege for the few. Democratic representative ro khanna released this statement this morning, in part saying quote. A disastrous bill to take away health care from hard working peopl reporter democratic representative ro khanna said clark, chairman of the San Francisco g op told me over the ph at. Its very clear that the macare has placed reporter now, on the other side of the aisle, jason clark chairman of the San Francisco gop told me over the phone that its very clear that the challenges obamacare has placed upon our Healthcare System has proven very difficult to unravel. He says the disagreement on how to replace or repeal obamacare shows just how complex the issues are and that the one size fits all approach of obamacare was inappropriate. Thank you. New at noon, one of the men accused in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire will not be released without bail. Thats the ruling today from a judge in oakland. The judge set the bail for max harris at 750,000 reducing the initial 1. 08 million bail. Harris is one of two men facing 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter for the warehouse fire that killed 36 people during an illegal party. Prosecutors say harris was the second in command at the oakland warehouse and accused him of helping create a death trap. Harris lawyers say he is innocent. Even one dollar bail is too much. And mark my words, we will get max harris out before trial. Max harris will not rot in jail while he fights his case. Well get him out. The community will support him. Well raise money if thats what we have to do. Well take donations from the public. Whatever it takes, well get max harris out. He is innocent. Reporter if harris makes bail, the judge said today he will have to wear an ankle monitor and cannot apply for a passport. Oakland raiders fans are gearing up for what could be an uphill legal battle against the team. The group of fans known as forever oakland wants the body that runs the coliseum to support their efforts for a potential lawsuit to block the raiders move to las vegas. This morning, of the Oakland Alameda Coliseum Authority met with the group to discuss their legal options. The raiders are expected to move into their new 2 billion stadium in vegas in 2020. A live look now at the Golden Gate Bridge. After 80 years of service the toll plaza could finally retire. The Golden Gate Bridge Authority Just voted to hire an oaklandbased Engineering Firm to design a new look. Kpix 5s Katie Nielsen explains how this could affect drivers. Reporter for more than 100,000 cars make their way through the golden gate toll plaza and one thing is sure. The Golden Gate Bridge authority will find a way to collect the toll money its owed. The toll equipment is old. It was installed in 2005. It was before the first iphone. Reporter thats why the board of directors met this morning to approve hiring ae com an oaklandbased Engineering Firm. We could put in the same thing we have now or we could look at whats new and whats going to pave the way for the future. Reporter the Bridge Authority will pay the firm about a Million Dollars to design the new toll gantry, which will hold the new updated toll collecting equipment above the roadway. Much like whats currently used at the benicia bridge. So helping cars move through faster and improve safety for workers. The gantry will be accessible to our workers so they can replace equipment above the road without being exposed to traffic. Reporter one thing that wont change, the artdeco clock hanging above the 80year old toll plaza. So people care very much about the clock. They are passionate about it. It will be part of the landscape for a long time. Reporter the design firm should have preliminary plans ready by the end of the year. The Bridge Authority will then get public input before starting construction. Its scheduled to be ready to use at the end of the2018. At the Golden Gate Bridge, Katie Nielsen, kpix 5. Wells fargo will refund 80 million to customers who may have been forced to buy extra Auto Insurance they didnt need. The San Franciscobased bank has been under fire since last year after employees opened more than 2 million fake accounts. New at noon, north korea has conducted a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test. Official from the u. S. Say south korea and japan, this one flew longer than any of its previous missiles. It apparently landed in the ocean off the coast of japan. This is north koreas 14th missile test this year. A lot of trouble within President Trumps west wing team this after a profanity laced interview with the new Communications Director was published in the new yorker magazine. Seth lemon has details from the white house. Reporter tensions between the new white house Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci and chief of staff Reince Priebus spilled out into the public thursday. In a new yorker magazine article, scaramucci unloaded on priebus call him a paranoid schizophrenic, and said, he will be asked to resign very shortly. Scaramucci also took aim at white house chief strategist steve bannon saying im not trying to ibmk my own brand off the [ censored ] strength of the president. White house Senior Adviser Kellyanne Conway defended scaramucci on fox news last night. I think he is passionate about the president sometimes getting the best of him. Reporter the infighting isnt confined to the west wing staff. It extends into the cabinet, as well. If he would like it make a change, he can certainly do so and i would be glad to yield in that circumstance. No doubt about it. Reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions has been under fire from the president because he recused himself from the russia investigation. President trumps public rebuke of his own attorney general has raised eyebrows. The way that Jeff Sessions has been treated, it did not go over well with republicans in the United States senate. Reporter sessions says he will not resign unless the president asks him to do so. Seth lemon for cbs news, the white house. Scaramucci blames preibus and bannon for blocking him from getting a White House Position at the start of the administration. Still ahead, tesla gets ready to hand over its first model 3s to eager customers in a bay area event. Plus, the waters warm at lake tahoe. Maybe too warm . Concerns about the lakes rising temperatures. And its just not the water thats too warm. The air temperature away from the bay is very warm unseasonably hot well tell you how long this heat wave will last as the news continues. Well be right back. Ceo elon musk tweeted about a Handover Party tonight. He didnt release any other details. But we do know its tonight the first set of buyers will get the first model 3. Elon musk tweeted about a handover part tonight with no other details but its at the fremont location starting at 8 45 p. M. The model 3 is known as teslas Affordable Electric car starting at 35,000. Nearly400,000 people put down deposits last year. You may be seeing the reason pg es profits are soaring. It nearly doubled in the 2nd quarter from 206 million to 406 million compared to last year. Pg e says its thanks to two rate hikes that were approved by state regulators. The city of austin, texas and its Police Department are now taking all 446 of its Ford Explorers and Ford Explorer based Police Interceptors out of rotation. They are worried about Carbon Monoxide. Kris van cleave reports this comes after an ongoing cbs news investigation and word that the number of injuries related to Carbon Monoxide leaks is much higher than previously thought. Reporter this 2016 henderson, louisiana, Police Explorer was badly damaged in a crash after officers say its driver passed out from Carbon Monoxide poisoning in april. She was treated at the hospital. We had requested testing for Carbon Monoxide and her levels came out near lethal. Reporter that officer sued ford. Many more owners of explorers years 2011 through 2017 are reporting Carbon Monoxide appears to be seeping into their vehicle. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration now says more than 2700 complaints have been lodged against the automaker and 41 people have reported injuries. Like this Police Officer in california Brian Mcdowell who hit a tree in 2015 after passing out at the wheel just like that or Zachary Lahood whose dashcam was rolling as he called for help. Lahood was the first of 18 austin Police Officers to be treated for Carbon Monoxide exposure. But its not just police vehicles. The bulk of the complaints comes from regular ford owners like stacey jones. She traded her 2014 explorer in for a 2017. She said the problem didnt go away. Frustrating because at this point i dont know what im going to do. Reporter nhtsa says it doesnt have any proof the injuries reported were caused by Carbon Monoxide although investigators say levels of that gas may be elevated during certain driving scenarios. Ford says safety is its top priority and has a team working with police and regulators to investigate reported issues and solve them. Kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. A count from 2016 Shows Nearly Half of Law Enforcement vehicles were Ford Explorers. Departments across the country have installed Carbon Monoxide detectors in their vehicles. And lets take a look at the big board right now. The dow is up after being down earlier today. Its up 22 points. An annual report suggests temperatures at lake tahoe are warming at 14 times the historic average. The study by ucdavis shows its been going up by half a degree fahrenheit per year and thats now a fouryear trend. The report suggests this monta is on track to average its highest surface temperature ever recorded. And the Research Behind the study says winter storms do little to stop the boost in temperatures. Even with all that record rain, that represents less than 1 of the lake tahoe water. Tree deaths are also a growing concern. 30,000 trees died in 2016, half that number was the year before presenting a risk for wildfires. Roberta gonzales has a look at your weekend weather. Speaking of heating up, thats what we got. Its heating up. So you want to go for a dip in the lake tahoe, the coolest time of the year the water is february at 41 degrees. The warmest is 67 in august. So right now its kind of nice. Not bad at all. Our water temperature offshore, 55 degrees. Looking at our bay waters, the flag on the fly. You can see all the way to mount diablo. Check it out. The coast is clear. Wow take a look at ocean beach where todays high will be near 65 degrees. Livermore is already at 58. Its 75 in livermore. Today we are talking about numbers stacking up like this. Anywhere from the 60s to 70 degrees in ocean beach. 70s will be common around the bay today. We are talking about 83 to 93 degrees in the north bay. Numbers stacking up from the 80s around the peninsula, 858 in redwood city. Thats down from 89 yesterday. And livermore you saw a temperature yesterday of 98. Today 95. We are seeing a little bit cooler air mass due to that enhance marine layer and stronger westerly flow. Heres your extended forecast. We do have temperatures, wow, each day either side of 99 degrees. We are talking about all the way to 100 by sunday then another 100degree reading on wednesday and thursday. Wow. So this is a prolonged heat wave. Its nothing like were going to see temperatures up to 105, anything like that. But when you see the temperatures for seven full days like that, unseasonably warm to hot, it starts to take a toll on people, pets, children, elderly. So you have to plants. You have to be very mindful of that. Its taken a toll on you. Blah, blah, blah. [ laughter ] its the lazy days of summer. Thats how im feeling right now. Did you just say shes blah blah blah . Youre sad. Youre sad about it. [ laughter ] im sad. Im getting beat down by the heat. We have been talking about it speaking of pets . What . New survey showing dogs are the king of the castle for millennials when it comes to decisions about homes. In a survey by suntrust mortgage, 40 of millennials in the market for a first home said that having a dog or wanting a dog influenced their decision more than marriage ar having children. Still ahead the stoves are hot and people are streaming in for gilroys annual garlic festival. What you can look forward to this weekend. And a reminder if you have a problem or question lovers of the stinking rose are in garlic heaven now well be right back. Apple is discontining sales of the two music players. The move reflects the of the the ipod nano and shuffle have played their final notes. Apple is discontinuing sales of the two music players. The move reflects the slowing popularity of the devices in an era when most people store or stream music on their smartphones. Apple plans to continue selling the ipod products online. Lovers of the stinking rose are in heaven. The gilroy garlic festival starts today. Celebrities chef says a master chef will be there cooking up a storm. The president of the festival says he looks forward to the annual event which feels like a family gathering. This is like a family reunion. Our whole Community Comes together to host the Worlds Largest garlic party and raise money for the community. It feels like christmas to me today. [ laughter ] a garlicy christmas. [ laughter ] sounds good. Chefs will use 2,000 pounds of garlic this weekend. The festival runs through sunday in gilroy. Its true. The garlic ice cream is good. I have not done the garlic wine but thus far i havent tried a wine i havent liked. Well see. So i have heard. [ laughter ] after youre done eating all the garlic, you might w