captioning sponsored by cbs >> quijano: o.j. simpson's midnight run, under the cover of darkness, simpson is released from a nevada prison. what's next for the llen otball star? also tonight are questions for the leaders in charge of the hurricane response in puerto rico. >> what's more can you get. what is the issue here with getting stuff here faster. >> quijano: chaos in spain. a violent crackdown on cattalans trying to vote for independence. and taking a knee with a twist. as the movement spreads to high schools, nfl teams choreograph new anthem protests. and the home of the brave. this is the "cbs weekend news."

>> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. o.j. simpson is out on parole. he was released from a prison outside reno, nevada overnight, hours earlier than expected. the fallen football star served nine years for armed robbery. for some he will be forever linked to the 1994 murders of his ex-waive and her friend. the not guilty verdict stunned the nation. to this day there is a divide. a new cbs news poll finds about eight in ten white americans say simpson was guilty of murder. just four in ten african-americans think so. here's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: the only foot arnlings of. j simpson being released from prison just after midnight on jund morning was captured by the nevada department of corrections >> i wasn't there to steel from anybody. >> simpson served nine years behind bars for a 2007 boched robbery in las vegas. >> it would become a public record. >> reporter: in july a parole board heard testimony from simpson.

>> mr. simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible, and that will conclude this hearing. >> thank you. >> reporter: but before his vegas conviction, simpson was the prime suspect in the double murder of his ex-wife nicole brown of-simpson and her friend ronald goldman. his infamous car chase played out on los angeles highways and tv sets around the country. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> reporter: more than 150 million americans watched his trial. >> not guilty of the crime of murder. >> people are not going to forget the o.j. case even though he walked out of prison. >> reporter: legal expert laurie levenson has closely followed all of simpson's cases. >> o.j. is not out scot-free, he will be monitered for at least the next five years. and given his prior conduct, it might be rather close monitoring as well. >> reporter: after decades in the national spotlight, levenson says simpson should avoid this type of attention. >> i think the best thing o.j. can do for o.j. is lay low.

to stay with his family, stay with friends, don't be caught up in the media. don't go back to being theo.j.lo >> reporter: o.j. simpson wants to return to florida but the state's attorney general is trying to block that. according to a cbs poll 27% of americans believe simpson will return to celebrity status but 65% believe he will mostly be ignored, elaine. >> quijano: mireya, thank you. on twitter today president trump called those who have criticized the federal storm response in puerto rico politically motivated ingrates. mr. trump visits the american her tore on tuesday. our david begnaud has been ther. today he got answers from the leaders in charge. >> reporter: again today puerto ricans-- declared that progress is being made. but more needs to be done. >> it is still an emergency situation, 11 days after this hurricane. what more do you need in order to move this passed an

emergency? >> people, which we're getting. resowrgss, which we are he-- resources, which we're getting and fine tuning the logistics of the media system in puerto rico because the roads have been decimated. >> reporter: he then asked people to reflect on this. >> think about it as a moral imperative. because we are u.s. citizens, but more importantly, because we're all equal as human beings. >> reporter: the governor's comments come amid criticism that he and his federal partners have not done enough to distribute aid faster. >> we got an update from lieutenant general jeffrey buchanan who is leading the u.s. military operation on the island. >> we've got a lot of stuff coming in, medical support, logistics, aviation, when i got here two days ago we had 25 helicopters. today we're up to 44. we're going to go up to 72 in the next five days. >> the long-term answer is not a soldier driving a truck carrying gas. we need to get the truck drivers

who live here back to work. we need to help the local economy recover. and the way to do that is the people themselves. >> reporter: fema has opened 11 staging areas across the island with hopes of opening up to 25. food, water and medicine are being distributed from there. john rabom is a reg all fema administrator. >> we don't like people drinking rainwater. we want to move forward and get those logistics and getting those commodities to those people as much as we can. >> reporter: puerto rico filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. and today the governor warned that he believes there could be a mass exodus of puerto ricans to the u.s. mainland unless congress passes a financial aid package soon. elaine. >> quijano: david begnaud, thanks. three weeks after hurricane irma slammed the florida keys, most of the island chain reopened today to tourists. visionityers bring about-- visitors bring about three billion a area to the keys and more than 50% of those who live on the island work in

tourism. while today's reopening came several weeks earlier than expected, parts of the keys are still severely damaged and remain closed to visitors. exactly two years after the el faro sank off the bahamas a coast guard report released today blames the captain for the disaster. investigators say he misjudged the path and strength of hurricane joaquin and should have changed course. they say he also overestimated the cargo ship's ability to endure the storm and failed to prepare. all 33 on board were killed. >> president trump begins the work week and the new month focusing on tax reform. here's errol barnett. >> reporter: president trump took in a day of golf today hoping to score his own win on tax reform. treasury secretary steve mnuchintyed up the plan this morning. >> this is really a jobs act, about creating jobs. >> but the current ren can framework raises questions, the nonpartisan tax policy said 80%

of benefit was go to the top 1 percent of earners over the next decade while federal revenue was drop by more than 2.4 trillion over that time. today the president's budget director said the plan offsets losses by growing the economy. >> it is important to us to get the biggest, broadest tax reduction, tax cut, tax reform that we can possibly get because it's the only way we get back to three percent growth, that's what is driving all of this. >> we will ensure that the benefits are focused on the middle class, the working men and women, not the highest income earners. >> reporter: while the president began promoting the plan last week, a final bill is still to come. and will need support from republican senators like senator bob corker who is sceptical. >> if it looks like to me, chuck, we're adding one penny to the deficit, i'm not going to be for it, okay. i'm sorry, st the greatest threat to our nation. >> reporter: support from

democrats meanwhile seems unlickly. senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> this idea that cutting taxes on the wealthy, this trickledown economics which the republican party loves, does not create growth. it never has. king>> his tax pih to west virginia. but this morning his tweets focused on north korea, telling secretary of state rex tillerson he was wasting his time negotiating with quote "little rock et man" adding we'll do what has to be done. elaine. >> quijano:erol, thank you. national anthem protests resume today as nfl players took to field in london and across the u.s. some demonstrating against raitionz injustice, many showing solidarity, here is tony dokoupil. >> the national anthem was composed amid conflict and today for a second week it was performed amid a modern day battle. three miami dolphins took a during the anthem tonee protestk

racial inequality and in defiance of president trump's controversial campaign to make all players stand. >> say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's fired. >> reporter: the president first raised the issue last month, re-upped it in tweets all week and drew a new line in the sand late saturday. very important that nfl players stand tomorrow and always, he wrote. respect our flag. speaker of the house paul ryan defended the president on "face the nation." >> i do really believe his heart is in the rate place. >> reporter: last week more than a hundred nfl players sat, net or raised their fist during the anthem. some followed this afternoon, vow more opted to stand linking arms, praying, even singing. the controversy has also spread to high schools. on friday two players in texas were kicked off their team for protests during the anthem. thaifer their coach ronnie mitchem is a veteran. >> but my whole point was, you know, there is a proper time, and i told the team, there is a proper time to do something in a

proper way. >> reporter: but in the debate that now engulfs one of america's most popular sports, coach mitch edge-- mitchem's players feel strongly too. >> saying the violence and stuff like that happened in the world so that is why it is so important to me. >> reporter: some football fans pledged to boycott the nfl siding with president trump but elaine, it is still too early to tell whether there was an impact on the business of one of america's most profitable sports leagues. >> quijano: tony, thank you. police am marseille france say a grew some attack at a train station today may be taid to terrorism. a man with a knife stabbed one woman in the stomach and slit another woman's throat. both died. a french soldier shot and killed the attacker. authorities say he shouted allahu akbar during the assault and had a criminal record. in edmonton canada a 30 year old man is under investigation for ties to terrorism. police say he hit a police officer with a car outside a football game last night, and then stabbed the officer. later they say he mowed down

four people in a separate attack. an isis flag was found in one of his vehicles. all of the victims are recovering. coming up next, chaos in spain. the violent crackdown on cattalans trying to vote for independence.

>> quijano: police in spain today unleashed a violent crackdown on cattalans trying to vote for independence, jonathan vigliotti is following this in our london bureau. >> reporter: spanish riot police moved in after local catalonia police refused to crack down on voters across the

region. some officers aggressively ripped people away from polling sites. others fired rubber bullets. catalonia police say more than 450 people were injured in the clashes. but this national show of force backed by the anti-independent spanish prime minister mariano rajoy was no match for people who packed barcelona's streets today. they turned out by the thousands to defiantly vote in an illegal referendum for independence from spain. the autonomous district of cat loan ya led by the president approved it last month but never got permission from the spanish government who threatened to use all means possible to stop it. recent polls showed less than half of catalonia's 7.5 million people sprorted-- supported leaving the nation. spain has postponed similar referendums in the past out of fear of losing the economicically prosperous

district. today's referendum is a sign that cat loaniaans tired of leaving and spain's reaction seems to have back fired. world leaders condemned these scenes as has barcelona's world famous soccer club who played in front of an empty stadium today after a decision to close the doors to fans because of the violence. spanish police successfully closed 79 of the 2,300 polling stations. but catalonia officials called this crackdown a violation of human rights and said they would appeal to european authorities. elaine. >> quijano: jonathan, thanks. up next, for the firs time congressman steve scalise shares his horror story about being shot on a baseball field.

>> quijano: louisiana congressman steve scalise attended the homecoming game yesterday at his alma mater. and returned to capitol hill three mondays after he was shot during a congressional baseball team practice. norah o'donnell sat down with the republican house whip for "60 minutes." >> it was just after 7 a.m. on june 14th at a ball park in alexandria, virginia, when a team made up of republican congressman went from shagging balls to dodging bullets. >> has that guy been shot, is he okay. >> reporter: that guy was congressman steve scalise, this cell phone video was among the first images of him that day.

the last was him being wheeled on a gurney to a helicopter, clinging to life. he spent most of the next four days unconscious. >> i found out later just how much damage was done internally. my femur was shattered, the hip and pell advice had serious damage, where the bullet went through. and you know did some damage to areas that had to be shorn up with steel plates and they did a prl job of-- phenomenal job of rebuilding kind of the, rebuilding humpty dumpty, there was a lot of damage inside that had to get fixed. >> they put you back together again. >> they put me back together again. >> reporter: . >> quijano: you can see norah's full report tonight on "60 minutes." still ahead, these homeowners say an oil refinery and chemical plant intentionally forced hurricane flood waters into their neighborhood.

>> quijano: a month after the historic flooding from hurricane harvey, 150 families are suing for what they say was a man-made disaster am they say an oil refinery and chemical plant intentionally diverted flood waters into their neighborhood in sweeny, texas. mark strassmann has the story. >> there's mold everywhere. >> everywhere. >> reporter: tim and melissa foster say it took flood water more than a week to drain from their home. >> the smell is roten death. >> it was bad. >> reporter: it was the death of their dream house. the one they moved into seven months ago with their six kids. >> we had tho throw all our kid's stuff away, i'm sorry.

>> why did the house flood as badly as it did. >> the water had nowhere to go, in was dammed in downstream by the plant. >> no question about it. >> no question. >> two miles away, this is that plant. a phillips 66 refinery and right next door, the chevron phillips chemical plant. a lawsuit filed by roughly 150 families claim by damming two nearby bayous with no warning, the companies knowingly pushed flood water away from the plant and into neighborhoods. you can see in this video shot days after the storm, the plant to the right appears dry. while homes to the left sit underwater. >> it was almost, it was to the top of where we are standing right now. >> reporter: lawyer josh bowling representeds the families now suing the two companies. he showed us one spot that was dammed. and shared this video of a backhoe that eventually removed the blockage. >> after they dammed it, they let it sit there for two weeks while water fest erred and mold

grew, and that's just unconscionable to me. >> chevron phillips did not respond to repeated requests for comments but in a statement phillips 66 said our priorities during the flood were to protect people and the environment. we do not believe these actions on one side of our property impacted the ongoing flooding event adjacent to the refinery or in the community. the fosters had to think hard before joining the suit. he works as a technician at chevron phillips. >> they've already taken my house. the only thing they can take away now is my job. >> reporter: a phillips 66 spokesman says the refinery will review what happened and share their findings. mark strassmann, cbs news, sweeny texas. >> quijano: when we return, we'll pay a visit to hurricane victims now living in a school.

>> quijano: in the hardest hit areas of puerto rico life will not return to normal any

time soon. dr. jon lapook paid a visit to dozens of storm victims who now call a school home. >> this is a shell ter in a small town near san juan, on the way here was almost total darkness. and there is darkness here but people inside here have been displaced, really no place to go because of the hurricane. >> this way, dr. lapook. >> this elementary school has been turned into a shell ter. >> if you were just standing here you wouldn't know that anything was wrong. there are eight people living here, and this used to be an elementary school and two separate families are living together. they didn't know each other at all and now they are calling each other family. >> happy birthday. >> the birthday girl's grandson angel pedrosa was without his phone for the first time since he got it last year. >> when you didn't have a phone was it a little like, oh my god, i don't have it.

>> a little bit, yeah. >> now? >> now i'm used to it. >> with the people here are making the best of it but let's be clear, the hurricane has sent a crushing blow. >> all this damage, we don't have anything. >> but you're now in this disaster becoming a family with people you didn't know at all before. what does that say to you. >> share after this chapter, we can't fight with even other, we need to work together and work everything out. >> and then on the way out, one of the men gave me a snack bag as a gift. they don't have a lot of food here and he insisted on me taking it and that is so moving, so touching. so empathetic. it just blows me away. >> quijano: that's the cbs weekend news for this sundayment later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm elaine quijano, for all of us, thank you for joining us and good

resident trump... but it has new at 6:00, raiders runningback marshawn lynch sends a message straight to president trump but it has nothing to do with the national anthem. >> plus, the search for a trio of suspects at uc berkeley after a student is viciously beaten unconscious at one of the busiest areas on campus. >> here in california, we're busy looking in to a series of hearings and interviews and making sure we get to the bottom of this. >> the state taking the reins in the russia investigation. why california lawmakers are about to start their own hearings on the matter. good evening. i'm brian hackney. >> and i'm juliette goodrich. state lawmakers are expected to target bay area tech giants to find out how russian users took advantage of them during the 2016 presidential election. kpix 5 political reporter melissa caen shows us what to expect. >> we must protect our american

sovereignty and make sure no superpower ever, ever usurps our power and tries to tip the balance to one political candidate over another political candidate. to me that's almost a declaration of war. >> reporter: a war where the weapons are right in our backyard. california politicians say they will not just stand by. in january a report from the national intelligence council about russian interference with the u.s. presidential election said moscow's influence campaign included paid social media users or trolls. last week twitter and facebook admitted they sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in divisive and misleading ads during the campaign to russian linked trolls. state senator kevin de leon is the president pro tem of the senate and he said he values these companies. >> i wanted to go head first