in one of 25 tweets on the nfl. he wrote, booing fans has shown great anger toward the players. by monday, five days after hurricane maria obliterated puerto rico, he was still tweeting about the nfl. while insisting it did not preoccupy him. >> i have heard that before. about, was i preoccupied. nol. not at all. i have plenty of timale ont m hand. >> reporter: when he did turn to puerto rico he lamented the electrical grid and billions owed to wall street. amid stories of deprivation. he said the u.s. relief effort was getting great reviews. >> everybody said it is a mazing the jo done in puerto rico, we are very proud ofb wev >> this despite difficult geography. >> this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. a big ocean. very beg oceig ocean. you can't just drive your trucks

there from states. today after the latest congressional failure to repeal obamacare, the president informed a crud here owd here ia that repeal could have actually passed all. up awe in fact the repeal effort never had the votes to pass. and yet tweeted this morning, virtually no president has accomplished what we have accomplished in the first nine months. >> but a new poll out today begs to differ. it found 57% of voters das prove of mr. trump's handling of the job. 56% find him unfit to serve. and, 51%, say they are embarrassed to have him as president. anthony. >> dean reynolds. thank you, dean. work has begun on the president's signature campaign promise. a border wall with mexico. u.s. taxpayers are funding it. mireya villarreal checked it

out. >> along the dusty roads between the san diego tijuana border, contractors are racing to build their versions of what trump's border wall will look like. the winner potentially take home two federal contracts, totaling $600 million. the prototypes will be between 1 and 30 feet high and stretching 30 feet long. contractors will have a month to build them. each version could cost up to $500,000. less than a few miles away from the construction site, we saw a man trying to outrun border patrol agents after illegally jumping the fence. juan gomez says he crossed illegally from mexico to find a better future for his family in the united states. carlos diaz is with the department of homeland security. >> our objective is to give the border patrol here, securing the borders the best tools available for them to be able to secure the iserbogood.nough anymore. >> well, we are always looking

to evolve. >> by the way the wall is half penning, folks, okay, believe me. >> so far, president trump asked congress for $1.6 billion. >> it e unfortuna's unfortunate president is misleading. >> the representative of more than 60 human rights organizations along the border that owe pose the wall. >> the border wall has the not made us safe. drugs are still being pushed into the country through tunnels and through the ports of entry. while we are spending, millions of dollars, in building, prototypes. >> reporter: experts estimate president trump's bigger border security plan which could include the border wall could cost upward of $40 billion. anthony. >> mireya villarreal, thanks. coming up next, coach rick pitino its out in a recruiting scandal.

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>> the hall of fame head coach left campus this morning, somber and silent. >> coach, did they fire you? >> reporter: few hours later, university of louisville interim president, revealed why. >> effective immediately, coach pitino placed on unpaid administrative leave. >> disciplinary action one day after federal prosecutors detailed a corruption scandal involving paying bribes to direct players to certain schools and to financial advisers and agents. pitino not accused of any wrongdoing. cbs news learned he is mentioned in the indictment as coach 2. prosecutors allege an assistant coach at louisville was part of a scheme to pay at least $100,000 to the families of two recruits, if they signed with the university. in a statement, pitino's lawyer said the information disclosed thus far is clearly insufficient to implicate coach pitino in misconduct.

the rush to judgment its regrettab regrettable. by all accounts, pit spichltino of college basketball's successful coaches. 770 career victories, 12th all time wins. seven trips to the ncaa final four, and two national championships. but it has not been a smooth ride. personal scandals, and a two-year ncaa investigation into hiring prostitutes to entice recruits could cost louisville its 2013 championship title. sports writer, pat fordy, covered pitino for nearly 30 years. >> if this is it for rick pitino, not the way he seemed destined to go out. a very sad ending for him. unbelievable postscript. >> rick pitino is owed $45 million on a contract extension he seeigned two years age the school's athletic director also placed on administrative leave. two committed recruits said today they're no longer coming to louisville.

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the trump administration plans to limit refugees entering the country next year to 45,000. most leave from africa and south asia. that's down from this year's original cap of 110,000, set by president obama. mr. trump slashed that for national security reasons he said. >> president trump told reporters today he is not happy about health secretary tom price taking costly charter flights. and the republican led house e requested the detailed travel records from 24 departments and agencies. last night our julianna goldman reported the epa administrator, took an expensive military flight in june and charter flight within colorado in august. tonight, julianna reports he also flew within his home state of oklahoma on a private plane in july. it costed taxpayers $14,000. hikers take to the sky without a plane. next.

we end tonight on a high note. 278 feet above the ground on the longest suspension footbridge in world. nearly a third of a mile long. it opened in switzerland. and seth doane gave his feet a treat. >> reporter: it soars, impresses and it terrifies.

this suspension bridge in the swiss alps shaves a few hours off a hike making for one of the more spectacular short cuts imaginable. we hiked with a backpacking group from denver. >> what do you think of the bridge? >> that's cool. >> spectacular. >> one of the challenges, cindy snow explains is, where to look. >> when you look down on to the rocks and then you want to look at the view of the mountain, so you look up. then you look down. you are like, what. >> the bridge crosses the valley, spans the length of almost five football fields. when you walk on it, rocks a little bit. and, believe it or not, that's buy design. i want that people get a bit, nervous, and a bit upset. >> reporter: why? >> there are lots of other bridges. and this one is a bridge that moves your heart. >> reporter: the engineer pro

proudly told us it is his 35th. >> i'm called mr. bridge. >> soon as i saw the pictures had to come. >> why? >> for the thrill. cindy conway dragged her less than thrilled husband here from north carolina. >> walking up. this is going to be tough for me. i have a fear our heights. >> you have come to the wrong place. >> meeting the bridge engineer put his mind at ease a bit. >> maybe i don't see you again. not because of the bridge. because of -- >> the idea behind this bridge was to boost tourism. it turns out it has raised blood pressure too. ne dsene, oa cband s that's the "overnig news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city. i'm anthony mason. thank you for watching.

this is the cbs "overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news," i'm michelle miller. after eight months with no major legislative victories, president trump unveiled his plan to overhaul the u.s. tax code. and he wants congress to pass it by the end of the year. the president's proposal would cut personal and corporate tax rates, and allow companies to repatriot profits they have been stark overseas. mr. trump insists the new tax code will be a boom to the middle-class and insists there will be very little benefit for the wealthy. nancy cordes has more from capitol hill. >> there has never been tax cuts like what we are talking about. >> president trump traveled to indiana to tout what he called a once in a generation

opportunity. >> i guess it is probably something i could say that i am very good at. i have been waiting for this for a long time. an eight page framework. goal one. slashing corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. for individuals, the plan would take the seven current income tax brackets with rates that range from 10% to 39.6%, and consolidate them to three brackets. 12%. 25%. and 35%. democart chuck schumer cried foul. what kind of plan is this? >> reporter: republicans argue that doubling the standard deduction and boosting the child tax credit will lower working class taxes. their plan, preserves breaks for mortgage interest and charitable giving. but eliminates most other

itemized deductions along with the estate tax and the alternative minimum tax. >> simplifying the tax code so that you can file your taxes on a form the size of a postcard. republicans made a show of unity today. even as analysts warned the plan could reduce government revenue by $2 trillion or more over ten years. >> so the question how do you pay for it. >> south carolina republican, tim scott insists the bill once written will close costly loopholes. >> isn't that the hard part? getting rid of all the goodies that people have gotten used to? >> it is a process. >> federal aid continues to trick nool puerto rico which has been paralyzed since hurricane maria roared ashore last week. nearly all island remains without electricity. and there is still little food, walter or fuel. david begnaud begins our coverage. puerto rico's governor told us there is food, water, medicine at the port waiting to be

delivered. so we went looking for it. we found it. 3,000 shipping containers sitting here since saturday. with enough supplies to help a half million puerto ricans. >> it is sad, frustrating. >> jose is vice president for crowley shipping services of puerto rico. is there anything else you can do? to try and move it out faster. ? there is no way. unless trurking companies start showing up. >> we asked the governor. where are the bus drivers? >> the bus drivers are caught on their houses, their buses have been destroyed. >> reporter: most of the roads in puerto rico are blocked, damaged. and the entire island remains without power. another problem, fuel shortage. gasoline has become like liquid gold. and lineups to buy fuel for generators, stretch for miles. this is the third day, mary beth

cardenas waited in line. >> can't get supply or food. there are places open selling food. we can't get to them. we don't have any gas in the car. >> there are lines to buy every other essential too. like, cash to get gas. we saw jennifer rosa in line at atm where patience is in short supply. >> we are american citizens not. better than any one or worse than any one. so hard for us to understand. why it is taking so long for congress to act right now. >> but we were there when it arrived, 50 miles south of san juan in the town of salinas. fema brought food and water. and the uss kiersarg is floating a few miles offshore. 20 helicopters and ospreys are ferrying supplies. we met marcelena lopez as she arrived at the hospital for a checkup. she is six months pregnant. after four miscarriages worried

about her health and health of her baby. every cramp is cause for concern. what was causing the pain you ju std? or power in her house, and she became dehydrated. she fell during hurricane maria and with many roads blocked, it took her two days to reach the hospital. here at central medico, the largest hospital, ambulances arrive but not everyone gets to go inside. triage tents on a driveway because of spotty power and air condition. how long have you been here? >> 20 years. >> reporter: ever seen anything this bad? >> never. >> reporter: the head of obstetrics and gynecology. >> there have been multiple home births people that would not ever, in any modern day give birth at home. people have had previous c sections, previous multiple medical conditions. >> reporter: who us delivering them? >> don't know.

>> reporter: the doctor is trying to cope with limited operating rooms, spotty lab support, and dwindling supplies. one bleary eyed redent just >> but we used to work. >> i can see the volume of people increasing every day. not from our clinics. they're staying, i can't find. >> president trump hasn't gotten congress to pony up money for the wall along the border with mexico. still no decision on what the wall if it is ever built should look like. well, eight possible versions are now under construction in san diego. mireya villarreal got a look. >> along the dusty road between san diego/tijuana border. contractors are racing to build their versions what trump's border wall will look like. the winner potentially taking home two contracts. totaling $6-million. the prototype thousands, 18-30 feet high. stretching 30 feet long.

contractors will have a month to build them. each version could cost up to $500 t less than a few miles away from the construction site, you saw a man trying to outrun border patrol agents after illegallyumping the j fence. juan gomez crossed to find a better future for his family in the united states. carlos diaz with the department of homeland security. >> our objective its to give the border patrol here, securing the borders, the best tools available for them to be able to secure the border. >> what we have right now isn't good enough anymore? >> well we are always looking to evolve. >> by the way the wall is happening, folks. believe me. >> so far, president trump asked congress for $1.6 billion. >> it's unfortunate that, that the president is, misleading the american public. >> christian ramirez, represents 60 human rights organizations along the border to oppose the

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♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news."efrt t repeal e affordable care act went down in flames this week. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell refused to allow a vote when it became evident he could not get 50 members of his own party to agree. one of those oppose was arizona senator john mccain. he discussed his vote, service in military, and his relationship with donald trump, with lesley stahl for "60 m 0 minutes." he invited us to his ranch outside sedona, 20 acres of old growth trees, family of hawks and rippling creek. >> ready.

>> his dog burma loves to swim in. >> you know, i am wondering if when you are up here, if it is like medicine? >> oh, yeah, oh, yeah. puts everything in perspective. >> he and wife cindy raised four children. they have survived two grueling presidential campaigns, a battle against melanoma, and now this. >> you're take both radiation and chemotherapy. >> yep. >>-up look terrific. how is this possible? >> i feel fine. and i am eating, everything that she makes me eat, none of which is. >> any good. >> one criteria to feeding people, in a situation it has to taste lousy. >> he has been through so much. in the torture, and put in solitary confinement, he has always been the indestructible man. >> crashed two airplanes.

>> crashing two airplanes. walked away. >> is he still indestructible man to you? >> i am still in disbelief this has happened. then i think, cancer chose the wrong guy. because, it's not going to happen here. >> how are you? >> determined to stay in the arena. senator mccain resumed duties in washington. you would never know it, but he starts his days with chemoand radiation, and then head to a full day of work. >> come on, guys. >> including chairing hearings, of the armed services committee. >> as leaders of our navy, you must do better. >> i am more energetic and more engaged as a result of this, because i know i have got to do af everything i can to serve the country while i can. >> you have the same cancer that ted kennedy had. >> yes. >> does what he experienced go through your mind? >> oh, yeah. it, i think about ted a lot.

ted stayed at his job. kept working. kept going. even when he was in a wheelchair. and, he never gave up because he loved the engagement. >> the senator first learned he had a problem in arizona, back in july. when doctors found a blood clot over his left eye, after a routine checkup at the mayo clinic in phoenix. he was driving backhe t t >> driving up here. and i got about, 2/3 of the way up. and my doctor called said, you have got to come back. i said, hey, today it is friday. i'll come in monday. she said, no you have to come now. it's very serious. >> you turned the car around. and went immediately into surgery. >> yes, thought it was serious enough that they had to act immediately. >> and before the blood clot operation, did they, mention glyoblastoma to you?

>> yes, but as you know doctors are interesting. >> they cover themselves. >> i kept saying to them. tell it to me straight. well, there is all way this, there is always that. and, i said, i can take it. just tell me. and -- and then they, they were, more forthcoming. >> five days after the surgery, lab results confirmed he had gleoblastoma. >> what did they tell you about the prognosis? >> it is very serious. that the prognosis is very, very serious. some say 3%. some say 14%. you know, it's, it's a very poor prognos prognosis. so, i just said, i understand. now we are going to do what we can. get the best doctors we can find. and do the best we t same time celebrate with gratitude a life well lived.

>> was he that stutough? >> yes. he is that tough. >> 11 days after his surgery he returned to washington against doctor's advice for the vote to repeal obamacare. >> you walk out on to the senate floor. you thought it was going to be normal. empty. mostly empty. and the entire senate is there. they stand up. they give you an incredible ovation. what was that, what went on inside of you? >> i got very choked up. and, and then of course, you know awful th know all of them coming over giving me a hug. it was deeply moving. i had never seen anything like that. >> so you get all of this affection. and then you give them this speech, was, what kind of scolding. to the people who just stood up and, loved you. this was a, this was a speech condemning the way the senate has been operating. >> well are getting nothing done, my friend. we are getting nothing done.

because the we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. >> two days later as the repoea obamacare vote was under way. mccain was subjected to lobbying by vice president pence and the president himself over the phone. yet at 1:29 a.m., mccain delivered the dramatic, decisive thumbs down as dejected majority leader, mitch mcconnell bowed his head. a huge defeat for president trump. who has mocked mccain's vietnam war record. >> he is not a war hero. he is a war hero. he is a war hero because he was captured. i look people that weren't captured, okay. >> there are some people who, think that part of your no was to get back at the president. and that the, thumb's down was kind of, more like a middle finger. to him. >> if i've took offense at everybody who has said something

about me, or disparaged me. life is too short. you have to move on. to worry about a personal relationship. then i am not doing my job. >> reporter: but the fact is his personal relationship with the president has been fraught. last month he wrote an op-ed, saying the president is often poorly informed and can be empull sieve impulsi impulsive. >> do you worry he is not fit for the office? >> i believe in our system. the american people selected donald trump to be president of the unls. -- united states. we have off to respect that. second of all he has a strong national security team around him. who i know has significant influence over him. >> you can see that full report on ok, let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot.

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>> 75 years after the carving was complete. the history of mount rushmore has been rewritten. jim axelrod. >> the mount rushmore designer once said he hoped the faces would remain unchanged until the wind and rain alone shall wear them away. the monument, carved into granite, was designed to be as enduring as it was inspiring.

>> team that created this memorial exemplifies the perseverance of the american spirit. >> which is why this ceremony was so remarkable. as the national park service marked a change at mount mushromusrush more. >> small significant revision to the story of its creation. 4 years after his death, an italian ill grant, luigi del bianco officially recognized as mount rushmore's chief carver. >> so there he is, performing surgery. >> plastic surgery. >> on thomas jefferson. granite surgery. >> as his grandson, lou explained to us. the chief carver was the master craftsman in charge of refining the expression in the faces. >> so, the twinkle in lincoln's eye. >> yep. >> or jefferson's lips. >> yep. >> that's luigi's work?

>> yes. >> since rushmore's completion in 1941, the 400 laborers had always been saluted as a group. but for the last 30-plus years, the del bianco family making the case that luigi wasn't part of the crowd. >> if we are looking at rushmore what of luigi's work am i seeing that separates him out and makes him deserving of his own black. >> well, when feel tell me their impression of the faces they say there is a humanity. there is a humanity in that granite. and i'm convinced that my grandfather helped bridge that, humanity out. >> reporter: trained in italy as a stone carver, luigi came to america in 1908 at age of 16 t settling eventually in port chester, new york. where he opened a business.

>> in portchester, new york there are head stones carved by the man who did rushmore. >> how many times an older person in town would say, can you believe it. lou del bianco grew up knowing about his grandfather avenue special role at rushmore. >> what do we have in here? >> those are 75 documents from the library of congress. >> including testimony from him. >> worthy any three men i can find in america for this type of work here and now. >> borglam's writing. >> nothing he showed the park service would not change the regional office in charge of rushmore. >> there is a pay cheat, name, chief carver. >> the more he read of what lou sent him. the more he realized the story of rushmore needed rewriting. >> i found myself.

wondering if, if, we should change course here. >> so, he dispatched a couple of national park service hills torians, to lou's basement in porchester. off awe went through the booklet. i showed you. by the fourth page. one of the historians said, you sold me. let's go have lunch. >> after years of making. the case, the official policy was overturned. >> weep have luigi dellbianco. we haven't called him chief carver the now weave will. >> we now we all gustov, he denlt do aflt loan. there were 400 people who helped him. >> decision made it at headquarters may take a while to filter to the nurz. >> why hatch there is recognition to him. kind of a neat part of the story isn't it. >> i've don't know that part of the story. i can't say. >> have to brush up on luigi. don't know.

maybe. maybe. >> but lou isn't concern. knowing he has history on his

president trump calling for americans to boycott nfl games this weekend over the festering controversy over the national anthem. vladamir duthier has the story of the anthem and now it now intersects sports and politics. >> the first documented time, the star spangled banner was played at an american sporting event at brooklyn new york baseball game at the height of the civil war. while there are guidelines about how to act when the anthem is played. there are no penalty for those who choose not to follow them. when the national anthem played at this weekend's football games, many players and team owners were seen kneeling or linking arms in defiance of president trump after he told them not to protest.

others like the former army ranger were seen standing silently on the side lines their hands over their hearts. >> this is not a law. a suggestion. the author of star spangled banner, the unlikely story of america's national anthem. >> standing proed k ining proto outlined and suggested we cover our hearts with our hand. >> the practice of playing the national anthem was sporadic at first. but surged in popularity when loud speakers took the place of live bands after world war ii. ♪ by the dawn's early light >> other pro sports leagues adopted the practice which has become a platform for protest and patriotism. ♪ and the rockets red glare at the 1991 super bowl, whitney houston, rallied the nation at the start of the first gulf war.

♪ through the night >> and in 2013, boston bruins fans joined voices in solidarity with city still reeling from the boston marathon bombings. ♪ ♪ but acts of protest surrounding the anthem are more likely to be remembered. this iconic image from 1968 olympics shows american sprinters, tommy smyth and john carlos, raising their fist for black power at the height of the civil rights movement. ♪ ♪ an act of defiance then inspired a later generation of athletes to take a stand against police brutality, and racism in a similar way. >> football players are savvy. be on the field. when the camera is panning across you. when it is a time that you are scripted things you are supposed to do. and you deviate from that. it is a purrful message. >> that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some the news will continue. for others hope you will check back later for the morning news and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center here

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