captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: relief out of reach. >> we have plenty of food and water. >> mason: trucks in puerto rico are ready to roll, but no drivers. >> we can't find them or reach them. >> mason: doctors are forced to improvise. >> all we had was our clinical sense. very, very old school. >> mason: also tonight, the tax plan cometh. >> this is the right tax cut and this is the right time. >> mason: who wins and who loses? work begins on the president's wall. and the swiss hit the span-- the newest and longest suspension foot bridge in the world. >> there are lots of other bridges, and this one is a

bridge that moves your heart. this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. one week after hurricane maria invaded puerto rico, frustration is growing. relief supplies are arriving on the island, but getting them to the nearly 3.5 million people in desperate need is close to impossible. power is still out, and the f.c.c. said today more than 91% of the cell phone sites are out of service. david begnaud is in san juan. >> reporter: anthony, puerto rico's governor told us there is food, water, and medicine just sitting at the port waiting to be delivered. so we went looking for it. and we found it. 3,000 shipping containers just sitting here since saturday with enough supplies to help a half a million puerto ricans. >> it's sad and it's frustrating. >> reporter: jose ayala 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 trucking companies start showing up. >> reporter: so we good the governor, jennife eric ebron. >> where are the bus drivers. they're under houses, their buses have been destroyed. we haven't reached communication so they can know we released all of the red tape. >> reporter: most of the roads in puerto rico is still blocked or 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 has waited in line. >> we can't get supplies. we can't get food. there are places that are open, that are selling food, but we just can't get to them because we don't have any gas in the car. >> reporter: there are lines to buy every other essential, too, like cash to get gas. we saw jennifer rosa in line at

the a.t.m., where patience is in short supply. >> we are american citizens. year not better than anyone, but we're not worse than anyone. that is what is so hard for us to understand why it's taking so long for congress to act reet now. >> reporter: 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 u.s.s. "kearsarge" is now floating a few miles offshore. 20 helicopters and ospreys are e ferrying supplies to the island. that gas station that we were at today, it has run out of fuel. but get a look at this-- people are already lining up, sitting in their cars, waiting for tomorrow's shipment. anthony. >> mason: david begnaud, thanks. federal workers have repaired air traffic control systems there, though there are still only a few commercial flights a day. and they've supplied diesel generators to hospitals, but dr. jon lapook, who is also in san juan, tells us providing

medical care is a challenge. >> reporter: we met 36-year-old marcelina lopez as she arrived at the hospital today for a checkup. she's six months pregnant and after four miscarriages, worried about her own health and the health of her baby. every cramp is cause for concern. what was causing the pain you just had? she says there was no water 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 island's largest hospital, ambulances arrive, but not everyone gets to go inside. triage tents have been set up on a driveway because of spotty power and air conditioning. how long have you been here? >> i've been here for 20 years. >> reporter: have you ever seen anything this bad? >> no, nothing this bad, ever. >> reporter: sharee umpierre

is 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 with previous c-sections, with multiple medical conditions. >> reporter: who is delivering them? >> we don't know. >> dr. umpierre is trying to cot with limited operating room, spotty lack support, and with dwindling supplies. one bleary-eyed resident had just finished a 30-hour shift. >> i can see the volume of people increase every day, people saying, "i can't find my doctor. will you take care of me? >> reporter: doctors here told me the cavalry has been way too slow to arrive, and they're worried that's not the half of it with people stuck at home, cut off from communications, and unable to even ask for help. anthony. >> mason: dr. jon lapook in puerto rico. thank you, jon. still looking for a major legislative victory, president

trump moved on today to taxes. he rolled out his plan for an overhaul. nancy cordes now on what's in it. >> there's never been tax cuts like what we're talking about. >> reporter: president trump traveled to indiana to tout what he called a "once-in-a-generation opportunity." >> i guess it's probably something i can say i'm very good at. i've been waiting for this for a long time. >> reporter: republicans released an anticipate-page framework. goal number one: slashing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. four 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%. democrat chuck schumer cried foul. >> the top rate on the wealthiest comes down, and the bottom rate on working class

families goes up. what kind of plan is this? >> reporter: but, 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. >>icism liifying the tax code so that you can file your taxes on a form the size of a postcard. >> reporter: republicans made a show of unity today, even as analysts warned the plan could reduce government revenue by $2 trillion over more over the next 10 years. >> yeah, so, the question is how do you pay for it? >> reporter: 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 the process, so the process is painful, but the outcome of seeing folks keep more of their takehome pay,

seeing our nation become more competitive on a global scale, these are great outcomes. i hope we get there. >> reporter: he and other republicans are hoping to get that bill done by thanksgiving. and they will try to keep the lobbyists at bay, anthony, by waiting as long as possible to reveal which loopholes and carve-outs are on the chopping block. >> mason: nancy cordes on capitol hill. thank you, nancy. the president's choice in the republican senate runoff in alabama yesterday was defeated. incumbent luther strange lost to roy moore, who now faces democrat doug jones in a special election in december. chip reid has more about moore. >> reporter: roy moore used to be a judge. now he's a politician. >> together we can make america great. >> reporter: but he's always sounded, as he did at last night's victory party, like a bible-thumping preacher. >> he's done more for my campaign than anybody. and that's almighty god.

>> reporter: moore is a deeply religious man, with no tolerance for what he sees as immoral behavior. >> abortion, sodomy, sexual perversion sweep our land. >> reporter: as a judge, he sometimes gave the bible precedence over the constitution. in 2003, he was removed from the alabama supreme court for defying a federal order to remove a plaque of the 1 10 commandments from his courthouse. he was later reelected to the court but was removed again last year for refusing to obey the supreme court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. he's called american indians "reds," and asian americans "yellows." he's called islam a false religion. he's said homosexual activity should be illegal. he reportedly said in february that the 9/11 attacks might have been punishment for america's turning away from god. and on monday, he caused a stir by waving a gun. >> i believe in the second amendment. amendment. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: ...during a

campaign rally. president trump supported moore's opponent, luther strange, in part because of worries that moore would not abe reliable supporter in the senate. in fact, moore said today he would have voted no on the republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare. moore declared that the primary was a "showdown between washington insiders and conservative republicans who are sick of the washington establishment." not exactly music to the ears of his possible future colleagues. anthony. >> mason: chip reid on the showdown in alabama. thanks, chip. the start of autumn has not been kind to the president. dean reynolds now on the misplays of the week. >> reporter: last friday, mr. trump may well have sensed that a bad stretch was about to unfold. >> and i'll be honest-- i might have made a mistake. >> reporter: actually backing the loser in the alabama senatorial primary wasn't an isolated setback. his decision to pick a fight out of nowhere with n.f.l. players

kneeling in protest during the national anthem-- >> get that son of a bitch off the field right now. out upon. he's fired. >> reporter: ...resulted in more gridiron genuflection on sunday. but the president appeared to relish the fight. in one of 25 tweets on the n.f.l. he wrote booing fans had shown "great anger" toward the players. by monday, five days after hurricane maria obliterated puerto rico, he was still tweeting about the n.f.l., while insisting it did not preoccupy him. >> i've heard that before about was i preoccupied? not at all. not at palm i have plenty of time on my hands. >> reporter: when he did turn to puerto rico, he lamented its old electrical grid and the billions it owes to wall street. amid stories of deprivation, he said the u.s. relief effort was getting great reviews. >> everybody has said it's amazing the job that we've done in puerto rico. we're very proud of it. >> reporter: and this, despite difficult geography. >> this is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean, and it's

a big ocean. it's a very big ocean. you can't just drive your trucks there from other states. >> reporter: then today, after the latest congressional failure to repeal obamacare, the president informed a crowd here in indiana that repeal could actually have passed. >> we have the votes on graham-cassidy. >> reporter: in fact the repeal effort never had the votes to pass, and yet he tweeted this morning, "virtually no president has accomplished what we have accomplished in the first nine months." but a new poll out from quinnipiac university today begs to differ. it found 57% of voters disapprove of mr. trump's handling of the job. 56% find him unfit to serve, and 51% say they are embarrassed to him as president. anthony. >> mason: 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. >> reporter: 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 taking home two federal contracts totaling $600 million. the prototypes will be between 18 feet 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. liz than a few miles away from the construction site, we saw a man trying to outrun border patrol agents after illegally jumping the fence. ( speaking spanish ) john 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 border. >> reporter: so what we have right now isn't good enough anymore? >> well, we're always looking to evolve. >> by the way, the wall is happening, folks, okay. believe me. >> reporter: so far, president trump has asked congress for $1.6 billion. >> it's unfortunate that the president is misleading the american public. >> reporter: christian ramirez represents more than 60 human rights organizations along the border that opposed the wall. >> a border wall has-- drugs are still being pushed into this country through tunnels and through the ports of entry while we're 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 upwards of $40 billion. anthony. >> mason: mireya villarreal, thanks. and coming up next on the cbs evening news, coach rick pitino is out in a recruiting scandal.

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>> mason: louisville coach rick pitino was effectively fired today in an unfolding college basketball recruiting scandal. dana jacobson has the latest. >> reporter: the hall of fame head coach left campus this morning, somber and silent. >> reporter: coach, did they fire you? >> reporter: a few hours later university of louisville interim president greg postel revealed why. >> effective immediately rick pitino has been placed on an unpaid administrative leave. >> reporter: the disciplinary action comes just one day after federal prosecutors detailed a corruption scandal involving paition-- paying bribes to direct players to certain schools and then financial advisers and agents. pitino is not accused of any wrongdoing, but cbs news has learned he is mentionin 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

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and seth doane gave his feet a treat. >> reporter: it soars, impresses, and terrifies. this suspension bridge in the swiss alps shaves a few hours off a hike making one of the more spectacular shortcuts imaginable. we hiked to it, along with a backpacking group from denver. what do you think of the bridge? >> it's cool. >> it's spectacular. >> reporter: 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 mountains, so you look up, and then you look down, and you're like whoa! >> reporter: this bridge crosses this valley and spans the length of almost five football fields. when you walk on it, it rocks a little bit, and believe it or not, that's by 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: theo lauber is the engineer. he proudly told us this is his 35th bridge. >> i am called "mr. bridge." >> as soon as i saw the pictures, i knew we had to come. >> reporter: why? >> for the thrill. >> reporter: cindy conway dragged her less-than-thrilled husband, geoff pavey, from north carolina. >> while we were walking up i said how this was going to be tough for me because i have a fear of heights. >> reporter: you've come to the wrong place. >> reporter: meeting the bridge engineer put pavey's mind at ease a bit. >> maybe i don't see you again, but not because of the bridge. because of your going. >> reporter: the idea behind this bridge was to boost tourism, and it turns out, it's raised blood pressure, too. seth doane, cbs news, near rand aswitzerland. >> mason: i'm with cindy's less-than-thrilled husband. it's a bridge too far for me. that's the cbs evening news. i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watchin

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