looking to captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, september 27th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." one week after hurricane maria hit, puerto rico is still in dire need of essentials. >> what i'm calling for, give me a little bit more food. we're calling for give a baby some water, help. the alabama republican senate runoff ends with a win for the firebrand candidate which could rock the gop

establishment. and a bribery scandal shakes up the ncaa. now four college basketball assistant coaches are facing fraud and corruption charges. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it has been one week since hurricane maria hit puerto rico. this morning for many of the 4 million americans who live there, the situation is desperate and conditions are getting worse. food and water is out and fuel and the hospitals are crippled and the main airport is barely operating. meanwhile the trump administration is responding to criticism it simply is not doing enough. we begin with david begnaud in san juan. >> reporter: after maria hit with a vengeance mayor yulin

cruz is neeping help. >> i know leaders are not supposed to cry but we are having a humanitarian crisis. >> reporter: jesus's cancer took a turn for the worse the same day maria hit. his wife lucette. >> i try to open the doors, the windows, but it's not easy. >> reporter: roughly half the island has no water. fema says it has the supplies it needs with more aid coming, but there are huge challenges for delivery. >> we have no trucks, no roads. we need to bring everything via airplane or via barge. >> reporter: but the mayor says it's coming in too slowly. she told us fema asked her to

write a memo requesting what she needs. >> i don't have the [ bleep ] o energy. >> reporter: or the time. >> i'm out there saving lives and helping to get it into people's hands. >> reporter: they continue to flock to these service centers like this one. here they're able to get a wi-fi connection. it's their only connection on an island without power. well, as we mentioned, president trump is pushing back against criticism that he's not paying enough attention to the crisis in puerto rico. predicting the administration will get an a-plus for its effort. the administration says it is stepping up its relief operations, sending more emergency supplies and sending military personnel. hena doba is here with that part of the story. good morning, hena. >> good morning anne-marie. there are those who say the government is not doing enough. the white house says the holdup is with logistics. a week after hurricane maria tore through puerto rico as a

category 4 storm, the situation on the island has grown dire. >> i fear when communications come back up and when we start getting more access to some of these areas that have been cut off, we're going to start learning the toll of the impact of the storm was far worse than first imagined. >> reporter: on monday president trump sent out his first tweets pointing out the island's broken infrastructure and massive debt. >> most of these islands are on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. >> reporter: on tuesday the president defended the federal response. >> we're doing everything in our power to help the hard-hit people of both places, puerto rico and the virgin islands. >> mr. trump saud he'll visit the devastated region next tuesday. he explained going before then would only complicate the relief effort. >> we've got aid on these islands. but the difference is this

island is sitting on an ocean. it's a big ocean, a very big ocean. >> the navy has dispatched additional relief vessels to puerto rico, however, they won't arrive until the middle of next week. >> fema also says the main reason more money hasn't been ear marked for recovery is because it's hard to tell who needs what at the moment. because of lack of communication, people can't go online to apply for assistance. >> hena doba here in new york. thank you so much, hena. >> reporter: ahead on "cbs this morning," we will talk with the governorer the conditions and the relief effort. tropical storm maria is swirling off the coast. it has sustained winds of 70 miles an hour, but the real danger is a large wave expected to hit the coast line from the coastline of north carolina to maryland's eastern shore.

this morning the storm surge remains in effect for most of the coast. it forecasts about 5% of the north carolina coastline will be flooded. secretary of defense jim mattis is in afghanistan on an unannounced visit. mattis arrived in kabul this morning. it's his first trip to afghanistan since president trump announced a new afghan strategy in late august. mais is expected to meet with the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan and spend time with u.s. troops and meet with local officials. and now to politics and a race that could have national implications. former state stream court judge roy moore run the alabama runoff for senate. moore defeated luther strange who was appointed to replace jeff sessions. moore was twice removed from the office after taking stands for the public display of ten commandments and against gay marriage.

>> we have to return the knowledge of god and the constitution of the united states to the united states congress. >> president trump backed strange and the republican party poured an estimated $9 million into his campaign. former trump strategist steve bannon backed moore. moore faces democrat doug jones in a special election december 12th. on capitol hill the republicans say they'll focus on tax reform for the time being now that their latest effort to repeal the affordable health care act is dead. it was clear they did not have the votes. president trump slammed republicans who said they would not vote for the bill. senator lindsey graham, a sponsor of the bill to repeal and replace obamacare, says they'll try again in the future. the suspect charged in the deadly attack at a nashville church is expected in court today. emanuel samson is charged with murder. he allegedly opened fire at the burnette chapel church on sunday. one was killed and six injured.

a motive has not been determined. in one of the bittest crackdowns on corruption in college basketball, ten men have been charged with using hundreds of thousands of dollars to bribe high school athletes. they're accused of using bribes to influence schools, agents, and financial responders. pand describe the defendants as coyotes circling top prospects. young men who looked up to them and believed that the coaches had their best interests at heart. >> an executive at adidas was accused of supplying the money. federal prosecutors say at least three high school recruits were promised payments of as much as $150. coming up on the "morning

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so need more room to tweet? twitter is testing a 280-character limit, doubling the current 140-character restriction. the 140-character limit has been in place since the company was found 11 years ago. the test is being made available to a small number of users. on the "cbs moneywatch," the fed admits it may have been wrong about inflation, and a new player in the electric car market. roxana saberi is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, roxanna. >> good morning, anne-marie. fed chair janet yellen says the fed plans to keep raising interest rates despite the inflation. she told the fed not to raise them too slowly. they'll raise them again in september, which will be the third rate in aee. they've kept them unusually low to encourage borrowing and

investment. the major u.s. index has finished the day with little change. the dow lost 11 points, the s&p ended about where it started, and the nasdaq gained 9 points. the ceo of the embattled credit reporting agency equifax richard smith has abruptly retired. he's served as ceo since 2005. earlier this month they announced there was a breach of information on millions of americans. the company says he won't receive his bonus this year. you may know james dyson of the bag else vacuum cleaner, but now he's getting into the electric car business. dyson has announced he's building a radical all-electric car if launch in 2020. he says his 400 engineers have already been working for 2 1/2 years on the project. anne-marie? >> i guess the vacuum cleaner business must have been pretty good. we'll see how it goes. i can't wait to see the commercials for that.

roxana saberi and new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, roxana. still ahead, breaking ground. production begins for prototypes on president trump's border wall with mexico.

destruction in the parking lot of a bay area fast food restaurant. firefighters in the bay area will be on high alert once again today -- as they continue to keep an eye on a brush fire that threatened homes in the oakland hills. and a battle is developing within the santa clara city council over the ongoing dispute involving levi's stadium. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's wednesday, september 27th.

here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. women in saudi arabia will soon be allowed to do something for the first time. drive. the saudi kingdom issued an order yesterday giving women the right to drive by june of next year. in a statement president trump said he viewed the change as a positive step toward promoting the rights of women in saudi arabia. health officials in the u.s. are reporting a record increase in infections from three sexually transmitted diseases for the third year in a row. std rates reached an all-time

high in 2016, and there were 1.6 million cases of chlamydia, 470,000 cases of gonorrhea and 28,000 cases of the most dangerous forms of syphilis. they say diagnosis has helped but treatment and prevention programs have been hurt by budget cuts. president trump is one step closer to fulfilling his campaign promise of building a wall along the u.s./mexico border. construction of prototypes of the wall are on the way. chris martinez has the story. >> reporter: construction crews broke ground in san diego to begin building prototypes of president trump's proposed border wall. as they were working, border patrol agents arrested a man who illegally crossed over from mexico. the wall has a price tag of neil $22 billion. >> through the construction of prototypes we're partnering with industry to find the best way to

build new and improved infrastructure of bordard wall along the border. u.s. customs and border protection say eight prototypes are being built. >> four are construction of concrete. the remaining four are other or alternate materials. >> reporter: last week california's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the trump administration saying the construction of the prototypes and the wral violate dozens of environmental walls. >> we demand that it be carried out in the right way following the rule of law. >> reporter: each of the full-scale model walls will be 18 to 30 feet high. firms bidding to build the nearly 32-mile-long structure will have 30 days to finish their prototype. authorities on both sides are

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our top story this morning, the trump administration is increasing its aid effort to puerto rico amid criticism it hasn't done enough. one week after getting hit by hurricane maria, the island has no power and little communication. food and water are in short supply. badly damaged air and seaports are hampering relief efforts. and former state supreme court judge moore won the runoff. he easily defeated luther strange who was reported to replace jeff sessions and had the backing of president trump. moore was twice removed for

taking stands on the display of the ten commandments and gay marriage. online retailer amazon is shopping around for a location for a second north american headquarters. as dean reynolds reports, the offers are pouring in. >> reporter: amazon's proposal to deliver 50,000 job and a $5 billion investment has cities salivating. in a bidding war worthy of the olympics. philadelphia, atlanta, austin, chicago, and phoenix are just a few of the contenders hoping to land the next amazon headquarters, all offering come-ons from the practical to the unusual. for reasons not immediately clear, tucson sent a 21-foot cactus, which amazon later donated to a museum. philly has issued its school to anchor its pitch. chicago is dangling acres of unoccupied downtown land along the river. and others have included amazon's alexia for help.

>> i'm a proud amazon customer. so, alexa, where is the best place for amazon to locate its headquarters. >> danbury, connecticut. >> i told you so. >> reporter: while towns are hoping to replicate what amazon has done for seattle for the past two decades -- critics are buyer beware of side effects to that partnership. joseph parilla is with the brookings institute. >> one concern with amazon inserting itself in a new city is all of these kind of well paid people would come in, bid up the price of housing and make the region for unaffordable. >> reporter: because it will come with fat tax breaks some cities may be tempted to overpay. >> that money could be going to other public investments, schools, infrastructure, other kind of aspects that make the city a good place to live. >> reporter: and amazon could always look north to where

toronto is beckoning and where canada's approach to immigration especially high-tech talent may be more attractive to the company than what it's been hearing lately from washington. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. well, coming up on "cbs this morning," we will hear from a man who's fighting a program that lets the government keep seized property even if no crime was ever committed. plus, a look at the history of the "national anthem" in sports and how it's been a part of patriotism and protests. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. time is 4-- here's roberta gonzales with a check of weather. thanks for waking up with us. a live look at the bay bridge this morning. good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's say good morning to

jaclyn and roberta. see how everyone is doing this wednesday morning. it's "hump day." >> yes. >> halfway through. >> yes. >> and halfway through this warming trend, this hot trend that we have been experiencing this dangerous weather pattern and i do say dangerous only because of the offshore winds that continue to wick out the moisture from the atmosphere, therefore a red flag warning is in effect again today. good morning, everyone. currently, 59 degrees apiece redwood city and santa rosa. other than cooler than that in livermore, 64 in san francisco. winds will be gusting 10 to 20 later today. we'll have low humidity. we'll have higher temperatures. and we'll have a air" day, in the 90s. right now we're tracking typical slowdowns. out the door, westbound 580 in the yellow already from 205 on over towards 68026 minutes. no report