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KPIX CBS This Morning December 22, 2016

Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The amount of information that they had on this man is extraordinary. Only to let him go and drop off the radar. The manhunt widens for the suspected berlin attacker. Anis amri has links to islamist extremists and alikely to be armed and dangerous. Its an attack on humanity. The president elect sat down with the ceos of boeing and Lockheed Martin that he has criticized for going over budget on defense contracts. Were going to get it done for less than that and were committed to working together to make sure that happens. The death toll has now climbed following that fireworks disaster in mexico. Many are still fighting for their lives at local hospitals. Uber is pulling its selfdriving cars off california roads. The state has revoked registrations for all of those selfdriving vehicles. A popular youtube star known for playing pranks claims he was kicked off a delta flight for speaking arabic. This is not prank. No prank at all. The queen and duke of edinburgh have left london for their Christmas Holiday after they were forced to delay their departure due to colds. A natural gas leak caused a massive explosion in columbus, ohio. Several homes and businesses were damaged. All of that. The zamboni in the drivethru line at a tim hortons pretty much most canadian thing youre going to see all day long. Whats black and white and also black and blue . The poor snowman who had his block knocked off in a playful romp with a giant panda. And all that matters. One user hits the christmas jackpot. She got microsoft founder bill gates as her secret santa. Shes now enjoying her Christmas Gift in, the country of belgium. On cbs this morning. Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly work at the university of pennsylvania once he leaves office. Apparently hey had an opening for cool r. A. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose and gayle king are enjoying some time off. Anthony mason and alex wagner from cbs this Morning Saturday are here. Good morning. Good to have you guys here. We start with this in germany, the country now says two americans were among the injured when a truck rammed into a Christmas Market in berlin killing 12 people. The search for a suspect in mondays attack has now spread across europe. The suspect anis amri was put on a u. S. Nofly list five months ago. German police launched new raids overnight, but amri remains on the run. His family is asking him to surrender. Charlie dagata is at the scene of the attack in berlin where that Christmas Market has now reopened. Charlie, good morning. Good morning. Well theyve reopened parts of the Christmas Market. As you can see, i cant really say theres been a resumption of christmas festivities. The mood here is somber. Lets bring you up to date on the wellbeing of the american richard ramirez, it 62 years old still in the hospital being treated in intensive care unit. Its thought his partner a German National did not survive the attack. The second Russell Schultz from austin, treated and relesioned for what he said were minor injuries but he said he lost two friends. Meanwhile the manhunt is under way for the person thought to be responsible for all this heartache and damage. Armed forces in beryl and and far beyond went on the hunt for their new target and anyone who may have been providing him with help or support. As it turns out the face of germanys prime suspect was also a familiar one to german authorities. The alert names hims aanis amri, a Tunisian National with six false names and nationalities. And said he should be considered armed and dangerous. Video posted on his Facebook Page attributed to amri is one of the few moving images of the suspect. Heres what we do know. He crossed into germany in july 2015. He applied for asylum but was rejected in the summer of 2016. He was already known to authorities as a possible Terror Threat and hed been under surveillance until three months before the attack. Thats because of his alleged ties to this man, abu walaa, an iraqi arrested in germany only last month accused of recruiting fighters for isis. Amri should have been deported. After his asylum request was denied. But he wasnt, and authorities are asking why. Hed even been in custody after being caught with fake papers. Back home in tunisia, amris brother walid said he was shocked by his brothers alleged involvement in the attack. He said if he could see me now i would tell him, you should not have done this. Amri presents a worsecase scenario from this government, a failed Asylum Seeker with connections to isis. An alleged mass murderer, and still on the run. Antiterror raids continue here in the capital and along the dutch border where amri had lived. German media is reporting that amris fingerprints have been found on the cab of that truck. Charlie dagata in berlin, thanks. President elect donald trump says the berlin attack proves he is right about restricting muslims from coming to the u. S. The president elect spoke to reporters in florida before meeting from ceos of defense contractors. They discussed lowering the price of some major projects. Julianna goldman is covering the trump transition for us. Good morning. Good morning. On the day his advisers said was devoted to national security, president elect donald trump briefly emerged from his Maralago Club and weighed in publicly for the first time on mondays terror athak in berlin. Its an attack on humanity. Thats what it is. Its an attack on humanity. And it should be stopped. Reporter standing next to his Incoming National security adviser mike flynn, whos drawn criticism for comments perceived to be antimuslim, mr. Trump was asked about his campaign pledges to ban some muslims from immigrating to the u. S. And to establish a muslim registry. The president elect said the berlin attack validates his proposals. You know my plan all along. Ive been proven to be right, 100 correct. Reporter even before the attack was declared terrorism, and isis claimed responsibility, mr. Trump released a statement, saying isis and other islamist terrorists continually Slaughter Christians in their communities. But he didnt seem to recognize that statement wednesday. After his security briefing, the president elect met with defense contractors he previously criticized. I think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. Reporter earlier this month he took aim at boeing claiming the cost of a new air force one was too high. Yesterday the boeing ceo offered assurances about the price tag. Were going to get it done for less than that. And were committed to working together to make sure that happens. Reporter mr. Trump had also gone after Lockheed Martin for the cost of their f35 fighter jet program. After meeting with the ceo, he struck an optimistic tone. Its a little bit of a dance. But were going to get the cost down and were going to get it done beautifully. With the inauguration less than a month away the president elect still has four cabinet positions to fill. Now today hes named his former Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway to serve as a counselor to him in the white house. And yesterday, he named billionaire investor carl icahn as a special adviser on financial reform. Norah, he wont be a Government Employee but he is keeping his day job which means hell be helping to directly craft policies that will affect his own business. All right. Julianna, thank you so much. President Vladimir Putin is calling for a stronger Russian Nuclear arsenal. The russian president said this morning his country needs to reinforce its Nuclear Strike potential. He wants to make sure russian missiles can penetrate any Missile Defense system. The comments come at a time of heightened tensions at the u. S. And our nato allies. The red cross says the evacuation of eastern aleppo syria will be finished floe later than tomorrow. Thousands of people are still waiting to get out. The red cross says more than 4,000 rebel fighters left aleppo overnight. The evacuation follows weeks of bloody fighting. Syrias army and its allies backed by russia and iran defeated the rebels who controlled eastern aleppo for more than four years. 12 people are still reported missing after the deadly mexico fireworks explosion. A series of massive blasts on tuesday killed at least 33 people. Dozens of others were injured at the huge market outside of mexico city. The investigation is focused on ignored safety measures. At least one of the youngest victims is already in the u. S. For treatment. Ben tracy has new details about the scale of the explosion. Ben, good morning. Good morning. To give you a sense of just how horrific this was, at least ten of the people who died were so badly burned theyre going to need to be identified by their dna. U. S. Families in mexico mourning the loss of their loved ones or still searching for them, three children who survived are going to be transferred to a burn center in texas. Mexicos federal attorney general has opened an investigation into the explosion at this fireworks market. Authorities now say there were six separate blasts. Witnesses reportedly said the explosions went on for more than ten minutes. The eruptions were deafening and smoke clouded the area. Some survivors said they were separated from their loved ones in a chaotic attempt to escape. This is a picture of the market before the flareup. A majority of its 300 vendors were selling fireworks. Fuelling a Traditional Mexican celebration of the holidays. The blast area is reportedly the size of four football fields. Forensic investigators have been searching for victims in the charred rubble. At least one young victim was flown from mexico to texas on wednesday, bound for the burn unit at Shriners Hospital in galveston. Now, two days after the accident, the country is mourning. Concepcion hernandez says she cannot find her niece and her sister, even though theyve checked all of the hospitals. The fate of the women is unknown. Its hard to believe but this is the third incident at this same fireworks facility in the past eleven years. The mayor of the town there is calling this a trouble tragedy. You have the obvious loss of life but also the loss of a industry in mexico that is a really big deal this time of year and provides a lot of jobs for the folks working there. Ben, thank you so much. Ubers selfdriving car experiment in california has hit an unmovable roadblock. The ride hailing giant pulled its fleet off the streets of San Francisco. The decision follows a meeting yesterday with lawyers from californias dmv. Carter evans shows us the concerns about safety and ubers next move. Reporter the california dmv revoked the registration of 16 of ubers selfdriving cars. Saying in a statement it was determined that the registrations were improperly issued for these vex, because they were not properly marked as test vehicles. We should not be operating these driverless Vehicle Technology on our streets without that permit. Reporter San Francisco mayor ed lee was referring to ubers ceo whose Company Publicly ignored the states weeklong request to pull the selfdriving cars from the road over the failure to obtain proper permits. Uber pir cystently argued that its selfdriving cars are not fully autonomous because of the presence of a front seat driver and therefore did not need a permit. R but on wednesday, uber caved to state regulators saying in part, were now looking at where we could redeploy these cars and will be redoubling our efforts to develop workable statewide rules. They really didnt have a choice. Reporter Tamara Warren is a Senior Transportation editor for the verge. Uber made a play that didnt work out in their favor and this technology is very new. And we dont know how its going to play out in a regulatory sense yet. Reporter this video may have complicated ubers argument. It appears to show one of its selfdriving vehicles running a red light on the day of the programs rollout. Uber maintains the car in the video was not part of the program. And wasnt carrying passengers. Im a big supporter of driverless technology. But were going to have a setback if people arent putting safety as their number one concern. Reporter for cbs this morning, carter evans, los angeles. Lawmakers in North Carolina failed to reach an agreement to scrap the states socalled booth room bill. The legislature held a special session yesterday to consider repealing the law known as h. B. 2. The deal fell apart last night after hours of debate. The controversial measure passed earlier this year limits protection for transgender people. It has cost North Carolina millions of dollars in lost business. The states General Assembly isnt scheduled to return until next month. Ikea will pay 50 million to three families whose children died when dressers fell on top of them. The boys were all killed in the past two years. The familys lawyer said ikea settled after two days of mediation. The Worlds Largest furniture seller voluntarily recalled 29 million dressers in june. At the time ikea and the Consumer Products Safety Commission released this warning about potential hazards. Thats so scary. The grandmother of a 3yearold killed in an apparent shooting was asking the public for help nearly 100 people went to a candle light vigil for acen king. The little boy was riding with his grandmother to a Department Store saturday when the gunman pulled up behind them. He reportedly honked and when the grandmother honked back the suspect shot into the car. For those of you in this neighborhood ive seen that car in the neighborhood before. I cant tell you what house. But its been on this street. Im asking that you bring him forward. Because my baby did not have to die in vain. Investigators raised the reward for 40,000 for information leading to the shooters arrest and conviction we have new details about what happened before a Campus Police officer shot a student carrying a knife inside a reno nevada high school. Police say the 14yearold student cut a classmate and chased him through a crowd. The statement said the teen with the knife then advanced at the officer who opened fire. Cell phone video captured the incident earlier this month. A lawyer for the student said he had been bullied. The student remains hospitalized. In britain, Queen Elizabeth is moving ahead with her christmas vacation plans this morning before a oneday delay because of a cold. Officials say the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, left london by helicopter just a short time ago. A spokesman said, quote, heavy colds kept them from traveling by train yesterday as scheduled. Mark phillips is outside Buckingham Palace with new information. Mark, good morning. Good morning. Well, even the gates of Buckingham Palace dont seem to have been able to keep the cold bug thats going around away. Royals apparently dont get common colds, they get heavy ones. But this one seems to have lightened up enough for the queen and Prince Philip to be able to leave on their christmas break. Before being lowered this morning the royal standard, the queens official flag which indicates where she is, was still flying over Buckingham Palace. It shouldnt have been. The royals should have been at their Country Estate in sandringham, up in the northeast of england. Where they go every christmas. This is from last year. The family parade at sandringham is as much a part of the holidays here as Christmas Trees and carols. Although the queen now drives to church. For the trip to have been delayed this year, and for health reasons, is a cause for worry. Shes famously carries on regardless, and this time apparently she couldnt carry on. I think thats really the fact that the queen felt unwell enough to travel to sandringham, when all she would have wanted to have done yesterday was stick to her plans. Reporter the queen is 90 now. Prince philip is 95 and has had a number of Health Issues over the past years. The famous royal stoicism has come up against the hard place of advancing years lately. Philip was hospitalized for what was called a bladder infection, after the couple stood in the rain for hours during this pageant a few years ago. Hes been rushed to hospital several times for a series of heart problems. And investigative surgery. The couple have announced theyll be doing fewer public events. But theyre still determined to do what they can. And when they cant, the world notices. The queen and Prince Philip are robust for their age. Prince philip bragged to a doctor here a couple of weeks ago wondering why he hadnt had the flu in 40 years. The doctor responded maybe its because he doesnt take the subway like everybody else. Mark, thank you. Well, theyre incredible. 95 and 90 years old. I didnt realize this but they take the same train on the same day after the holidays every year and when she missed it, everybody was all aflutter. Theyre so spry. 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