simone biles, perhaps the greatest gymnast of all time and maybe the best athlete on earth right now, announced moments ago that she will not compete in tomorrow s all-around gymnastics competition for team usa at the olympics. usa gymnastics says she s withdrawing to focus on her mental health. and she has their support. this is a move that comes one day after biles pulled out of the team competition following a stumble during a vault. coy wire is joining us now live from tokyo. coy, tell us what does this mean for tomorrow s competition? yeah, brianna, jade carey will take her spot in the individual all around and the highly anticipated events of the summer games will now go on without the athlete that everyone wants to see. the individual all around simone biles could be the first woman in 53 years to repeat at the olympic champ and means that biles who is already the most decorated american gymnast ever will miss out on at least one more potential medal that she could
caltrans crews cleaned it up this morning. if you drive freeways across the bay you know what i m talking about. it is to dirty. words from gavin are governor news him about trash along bay area freeways. caltrans crews up and that it this morning sweeping including this commuter lot. time to be more accountable and use the tax dollars a little more appropriately. reporter: today, the governor was along i-80 talking about is $1.1 billion new initiative to make the streets and public places look better. nuisance program is an effort to expand the state litter reduction initiative, part of his 12 billion-dollar comeback plan. hoping to hire 11,000 folks. reporter: it is more than making communities look better. newsom said this will give thousands of jobs to veterans and communities that want to be involved. we want to make neighborhoods more beautiful and livable and safe. reporter: the cruise collected enough waste last year in the bay area to fill up 18,000 t
up california, especially its roads. he kicked it off near interstate 80 in richmond today. it is a one million-dollar effort. caltrans crews picking up trash all over the state, part of the governor s 12 billion-dollar comeback plan. it s too dirty. time to clean up the state. time to be a little bit more accountable. time to use our tax dollars a little bit more appropriately. the governor says this will also give thousands of jobs to veterans, people who are transitioning from homelessness, and at risk youth. communities want to be involved in making their own neighborhood more beautiful and livable, and safer. last year caltrans crews collected enough waste in the bay area to fill up 18,000 trash trucks. so what happens if the trash returns after this? the governor says the crews will be back out there. we first brought you governor newsom s remarks live on cbsn bay area. you can watch 24/7 streaming on kpix.com or the kpix 5 news app . there has been a covert o
e t as severe weather moves in. a boeing 737 cargo plane crash landing in the water off honolulu. images of the rescue coming in. two pilots reporting losing one engine and about to lose the other. the final radio call as they fail to make it back to the airport. overseas and america s longest war drawing to a close, the u.s. military leaving the bagram air base in afghanistan after nearly 20 years. remaining troops expected out by august. president biden bristling at repeated questions about whether the afghan government will fall to the taliban and how soon some fear that could happen. news on the pandemic heading into july 4th. president biden declaring we have covid-19 on the run, but the u.s. following just short of his goal to have 70% of adults receiving at least one dose of vaccine. and the delta variant fueling a rise in covid indicates in under-vaccinated states. the u.s. olympic star suspended after testing positive for marijuana. her apology and what this
this is historic progress. pulling our country out of the worst in 100 years. vaccinating our nation and beating back the pandemic. as well as other elements of the american rescue plan. right now the president is marking the start of the july fourth weekend by holding a ceremony at the white house to welcome 21 new american citizens from 16 countries. meantime, the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is a big step closer to reality today. u.s. officials telling nbc news that all u.s. and coalition forces have now left bagram air base. a key military facility near the capital of kabul. and the death toll from last week s partial collapse of a high rise condo building near miami stands at 20, including the 7-year-old daughter of a firefighter supporting the rescue efforts there. officials say 128 people remain unaccounted for. newly appointed members of the select house committee to investigate the january 6th riot are getting down to work as we wait for house republicans t