[ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the Pacific Coast highway in Northern California, just south of the oregon border. Im here to meet a man whose strange inheritance has deep roots and came with a towering dilemma. My name is John Thompson. I inherited a place of unique natural beauty. Next thing i knew, it threatened to come crashing down on me. Im jamie. Welcome to the trees of mystery. John leads me past a giant statue of paul bunyan and into a stunning rainforest, which looks like something out of a tall tale. Its filled with skyhigh coast redwoods, spruces and firs some 20 feet wide and 300 feet tall. Nearly as tall as the statue of liberty. Like a skyscraper. Redwoods like these are among the oldest living things on earth. As much as 3,000 years old. It takes my breath away. But take a closer look. Theres something bizarre about these ancient giants. On the base of this one is a mangled mess the size of a bus. Whats going on here . The spruce trees are growing over a log that fell 1
Of this street is lined up with rvs and People Living in their cars like rick britain. Right after christmas and i see this, youre living in your car. Yes. Yes. Like five months now and it is freezing out here too so you have to remember it is real rough and cold and wet and we dont have clothes. There is no shame when rummaging for food among the piles of garbage. Nothing is done about the human waste seeping down the drains. The long line of tents seem to disappear along the railroad tracks. How would you describe all this . It looks like a mess. Reporter the city and nonprofits like glide have staff trying to reach out to people who need services. Not everyone accepts the help. Chris cook has been living in his van for nearly a year. A human being can adjust to anything. It is like i look around and i see my neighbors and people ive come to call friends and a whole community right here and a way of live. Even in these moments of despair, rick britain still holds on to hope. Where do
Im sorry im sorry get out and go. Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Annemarie green is off, im wendy gillette. Hundreds of protesters outside the u. S. Embassy in baghdad are gone this morning. Tensions remain high. The proiran demonstrators withdrew from the compound after two days of clashes with american forces. President trump says iran will be held fully responsible. Laura podesta is in new york. Whats the fallout from the embassy violence . Reporter wendy, there are several levels of fallout. One, its a security concern. How did these protesters breach checkpoints in order to get into the Embassy Compound . Theres also a relationship fallout. Tensions between iran and the u. S. Are now at an alltime high since iran is accused of backing these protesters even though the country denies it. As protesters withdraw from the u. S. Embassy in baghdad, more american troops are on their way to the middle east. The depar
Nice recovery and some near normal temperatures with some sunshine expected in the forecast. As you head out on the roads, i want to give you a view of the xhat bridge san mateo bridge. Well see a smooth flow of traffic, hopefully that continues looking at the traffic maps, as we see this live view at the san mateo bridge flowing smoothly there. There have been a couple of issues, ill check on those and see if it will slow you down for your drive, coming up in a few minutes. Breaking news this morning, several people have just been rescued from a warehouse fire in oakland. Today in the bays thom jensen live at the scene with the very latest for us. Thom . Reporter well, i can tell you that everybody did get out of this warehouse fire. This is at the apgar warehouse here in oakland at apgar and west street. There was what weve heard from witnesses on the scene, and people who actually lived in this warehouse is that there was as many as eight People Living in here, even though the wareh
Know, guys. About 2 30, shots were fired and two males were hit. We have behind us, still very much an active scene. This is at 61st place near lowell. The Oakland Police crime sing technicians and sergeants are coming the scene for evidence we understand these two men, we dont have their ages, were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive. I can from with officers that know suspects are in custody but we do not know a motive but this happened about 2 30 near 61st and low. I want to call your attention to we spoke to Jeremy Peterson who they witnessed. Jeremy, can you tell me what you heard and what you were doing at the time . I work across the street right here at sbi global partitions and we were at the warehouse ready to get our guys out here and we heard a single shot we thought it was maybe a car or someone moving materials. We came around the bend to see what we saw and noticed there were two people running from the gunshot that we had heard and when they rent went arou