why the reopening came several weeks earlier than expected. parts of the keys are still severely damaged and remain closed to visitors. national anthem appropriate tests resumed today as nfl players took the field in london and across the u.s. some are demonstrating against racial injustice. many are showing solidarity. here is tony dokoupil. ♪ last gleaming >> national anthem come pose add mid conflict. for a docked on week it was performed amid a modern day battle. three miami dolphins took a knee during the anthem to protest racial inequality. and in defiance of president trump's controversial campaign to make all players stand. >> they say get that son of a -- off the field right now. >> he is fired. >> the president first raised the issue last month. reupped 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. last week, more than 100 nfl players, sat, knelt, or raised their fists during the anthem. some followed this afternoon, though more opted to stand. linking arms, praying, even singing. the controversy has spread to high schools. on friday, two players in texas were kicked off their team for protests during the anthem. their coach, ronnie mitchum is a veteran. >> but my point was there is a proper time the i told the team. there is a proper time to do something. and a proper way. >> in the debate that engulfs one of america's most popular sports. coach mitchum's players feel strongly too. >> seeing the violence and stuff look that. happen. in the world. so that's why, it's so important to me. >> some football fans pledged to boycott the nfl siding with president trump. too early to tell if this will have an impact on one of the most profitable sports leagues. >> tony, thank you. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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own win on tax reform. treasury secretary, teed up the plan this morning. this is really a jobs act, creating jobs. >> but the current republican framework, raises questions. the center, reported 80% of financial benefits could go to the top 1% of earners over the next decade. while federal revenues would drop by $2.4 trillion over that time to. day the president's budget director said the plan offsets losses by growing the economy. >> it is imprpt to us to get the biggest, broadest tax reduction, we can possiblyget. the only way we get back to 3% growth. that's what's driving awful this. >> we will ensure benefits are focused on the middle-class. the working, men and women. not the highest income earners. >> while the president began promoting the plan last week, a final bill is still to come.

and will need support from the republican senators like tennessee's bob corker, who is skeptical. >> if it looks like to me, chuck, we are adding one penny to the deficit. i am not going to be, for it. okay. i am sorry. it is the greatest threat to our nation. >> support from democrats meanwhile seems unlikely. senate minority leader, chuck schumer. >> this idea that cutting taxes on the wealthy this trickle down economics which the republican party loves, does not create growth it never has. >> president trump will hit the road again this week. taking his tax pitch off to west virginia. but this morning, his tweets focused on north korea. telling secretary of state, rex tillerson he was wasting his do what has to be done. elaine. >> errol, thank you. police in france say a gruesome attack at a train station today may be tied 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 ala akbar and had a criminal report. >> 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 step rat attack. an isis flag was found in one of his vehicles. all of the victims are recovering. police in spain today unleashed a violent crackdown, on those trying to vote for independence. >> 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-independence, spanish prime minister, was no match for people. who packed barcelona's streets today. they turned out by the thousand to defiantly vote in an illegal referendum for independence from spain. the autonomous district of catalonia, approved the referendum last month. but, never got permission from the spanish government who threatened to use all means possible to stop it. recent polls showed slightly less than half of catalonia's 7.5 million supported leaving the nation. spain has postponed similar referendums in the past out of fear of losing the economically prosperous district. today's referendum is a sign that catalonians have grown tired of wait and spain's reaction seems to have backfired. world leaders condemned the 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. catalon officials called the crackdown violation of human rights and said they would appeal to european authorities. elaine. >> jonathan, thanks. >> up next, for the first time, congressman steve scalise shares his horror story about being shot on a baseball field.

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[ gunfire ] >> is he okay? >> the guy was congressman, steve scalise. the cell phone video among the first images of him that day. last him being wheeled on a gurny 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, how much was shattered, the hip and pelvis had serious damage where the bullet went through. did damage to areas that had to be shored up with steel plates. and they did a phenomenal job of, of, rebuilding, you know kind of the, rebuilding humpty-dumpty. a lot of damage inside that had to get fixed. >> they put you back together again. >> they put me back together again. >> still ahead, homeowners say oil refinery and chemical plant intentionally forced hurricane floodwaters into their neighborhood.

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always. >> a month after the historic flooding, 150 families are suing for what they say was a mandate disaster. they say an oil refinery and chemical plant intentionally diverted floodwaters into their neighborhood in texas. mark strassmann has the story. >> there is mold everywhere. >> tim and melissa foster say it took floodwater more than a week to drain from their home. >> and the smell. >> dead. >> rotten death. >> it was bad. >> it was the death of their dream house. the one they moved into seven months ago with their six kids. >> we had to throw all our kids' stuff away.

i'm sorry. >> why did the house flood as badly as it did? >> because the water had nowhere to go. dammed downstream by the plant. >> no question about it? >> no question. >> reporter: two miles away this is the plant, phillips 66 refinery. right next door the chevron phillips chemical plant. a lawsuit filed by 150 families claims by damming two bayous with no warning the company knowingly pushed floodwater away from the plant and into neighborhoods. you can see in the video shot days after the storm, the plant to the right appears dry. while homes to the left, sit underwater. it was almost, to the top of where we are standing right now. >> lawyer bosch bowlen represents the families suing the two companies. he showed us one spot that was dammed and shared a backhoe that's eventually removed the blockage.

>> after they dammed, let it sit for two weeks while water festered. mold grew. that's just unconsciousable. >> chevron phillips did not respond to repeated requests for comment. in a statement, phillips 66 said, our priorities during the flood were to protect people and the environment. we do not believe these actions at one side of our property impacted the ongoing flooding event adjacent to the refinery or in the community. he works as a technician at chevron phillips. >> they've already taken my house. only thing they can take left now is my job. >> phillips 66 spokesman says the refinery will review what happened and share their findings. mark strassmann, cbs news, sweeney, texas. the when we return, we'll pay a visit to hurricane victims now living in a school.

in the hardest hit areas of puerto rico life will not return to normal any time soon. dr. jon lapook, paid a visit to storm victims who call a school home. >> a shelter in a small town near san juan, i mean on the way here was almost total darkness.

and this darkness here. but people inside here have been displaced. really no place to go because of the hurricane. this elementary school has been turned into a shelter. 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. now they're calling each other. family. ♪ happy birthday >> the birthday girl's grandson, was without his phone for the first time since he got it last year. >> the phone, when you didn't have the phone was it a little like, oh, my god, i don't have it? >> just a little bit, yeah. now i'm used to it. >> with laughs, and pets, the people here are making the best of it.

but let's be clear, the hurricane has been a crushing blow. >> all this damage. we don't have anything. >> but you are now in this disaster becoming a family with people you didn't know at all before. what does that say to you? >> sharing a disaster, we can't fight with each other. we need to stay together and work everything out. >> on the way out, one of the men gave me a snackbites as a gift. they don't have a lot of food here. and he insisted on me take it. and that is so moving. so touching. so, empathetic. it just blows me away. >> that's the "overnight news" for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and "cbs this

morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. o.j. simpson is out on parole. released from a prison outside reno, nevada. the fallen football star served nine years for armed robbery. for some he will be forever linked to the murders of his ex-wife and her friend. the not guilty verdict stunned the nation. to this day there is a divide. a new cbs news poll finds about 8 in 10 white americans say simpson was guilty of murder. just four in ten african-americans think so. here is mireya villarreal. the only footage of o.j. simpson being released from prison was captured by the nevada department of corrections. simpson served nine years for a 2007 botched robbery in las vegas. >> it will become a public

record. >> in july, a parole board heard testimony from simpson. >> mr. simpson i vote to grant parole when eligible. that will conclude this hearing. >> thank you. >> but before his vegas conviction, simpson was the prime suspect in the double merder of his ex-wife nicole brown simpson and 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. >> more than 150 million americans watched his trial. >> orenthal james simpson not guilty of the crime of murder. >> people are not going to forget the oj case even though he walked out of prison. >> legal expert, lori levinson closely followed all of simpson's cases. >> oj is not out scott free. he will be monitored for the next five years. and given his prior conduct it might be rather close monitoring as well. >> after decades in the national

spotlight, levinson says simpson should avoid this type of attention. >> i think the best thing o.j. can dupe for o.j. is lay low. stay with his family. stay with friends. don't be call the up in the media. don't go back to being the old o.j. >> 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. 65% believe heave will be mostly ignored. elaine. >> mireya villarreal, thank you. >> on twitter, president trump called those who criticized the federal storm response in puerto rico, policically motivated ingreats. mr. trump visits the american territory on tuesday. our david begnaud has been there since before the hurricane hit to. day he got answers from leaders in charge. >> again today, puerto rico's governor declared that progress is being made. but more need to be done. >> it is still an emergency

situation, 11 days after the hurricane the what more do you need in order to move this past an emergency? >> people which we are getting. resources, which we are getting. and, and, fine tuning the logistics of a new logistical system in puerto rico because the roads have been decimated. >> he then asked people to reflect on this. >> think about it -- as a moral because, we are u.s. citizens, but more importantly, because we are all equal. as human beings. >> 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 leading the u.s. military operation on the island. >> we have got a lot of stuff coming in. medical support, logistics, rotary wing aviation. when i got here two days ago we had 25 helicopters. today we are up to 44. we are going to go up to 72 in the next five days. we need to get the truck drivers

who live here back to work. because we need to help the local economy recover. and the way to do that is the people themselves. >> fema federal emergency management agency opened 11 staging areas across the island. with hopes of owning up to 25. food, water, medicine are distributed from there. a regional fema administrator. >> we dent like that there are still people drinking rain water. what we want to do make sure we are moving forward, getting logistics, commodities to the people. as much as we can. >> 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. >> david begnaud thanks. police in spain released a

crackdown on catalans. following this from our london bureau. police in spain today unleashed a violent crackdown, on those trying to vote for independence. >> 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-independence, spanish prime minister, was no match for people. who packed barcelona's streets today. they turned out by the thousand to dfiantly vote in an illegal referendum for independence from spain. the autonomous district of catalonia, approved the referendum last month. but, never got permission from the spanish government who

threatened to use all means possible to stop it. recent polls showed slightly less than half of catalonia's 7.5 million supported leaving the nation. spain has postponed similar referendums in the past out of fear of losing the economically prosperous district. today's referendum is a sign that catalonians have grown tired of wait and spain's reaction seems to have backfired. world leaders condemned the 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. catalon officials called the crackdown violation of human rights and said they would appeal to european authorities. elaine. >> jonathan, thanks.

another independence vote this one iraq is threatening to derail the battle against the islaming state. the people of kurdistan overwhelmingly approved a referendum that would lead to the creation of their own country. the iraqi government in baghdad calls it illegal. and has cut off all air service into kurdistan. holly williams is there. >> turkish and iraqi troops held military drills along the iraqi kurdistan northern border this week. and from its main airport, yesterday, people took the last planes out. after iraq's national government canceled international flights. federal iraqi authorities are ratcheting up the tension. pressuring the leaders of the region to cancel the results of monday's referendum. in which over 90% of voters chose full independence. the kurdish regional government seems to have miscalculated how much anger this referendum would

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find it. >> good boy. good boy. god by. >> how important are the dogs to the overall mission. >> incredibly important. the work a canine can do in an hour is what it would take an officer eight hours to complete. >> we don't know who is sending it. >> port director, frank russo runs field operations at john f. kennedy airport where seizures of fentanyl tripled to 80 packages. >> tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars at street level? >> what we are seizing is hundreds of millions of dollars. everything flagged by the dogs or pulled by agents is searched by hand on the table. as we witnessed after the x-ray machinery veeld an unknown object. fentanyl is so toxic, officers wear gloves and masks to avoid accidental contact. this time wasn't fentanyl, gbl, commonly used as a date rape drug. >> little bit mixed in a drink can disable an individual.

this is our detention room. >> one room away, however. >> fentanyl. fentanyl. fentanyl again. >> correct. look at the bottom here. china. hong kong. hong kong. is that typical? >> absolutely typical. most of our seizures, all of our seizures have come from china and hong kong this year. >> you have got where it is going, pennsylvania, north carolina, connecticut, particular areas of country where hey lot its headed? >> that's the interesting part, tony, it is everywhere. it is going absolutely everywhere. >> moments after we entered the room. a discovery. >> one table away, a fresh seizure happened. 35 grams of fentanyl. can't show it on camera because unlike these packages those packages may still go out and be part of an active investigation. how deadly of a dose is that? >> tony, 35 grams would be enough to knock over everyone in the room. >> it would. abshrewly. >> the port director believes

they reduced fent nim that makes its way into america, but the only way to reach a perfect record they say is better international cooperation. so they have information about the packages long before they get here. >> hurricane harvey dumped a record number of rain on texas. but 150 families insist their troubles were man made. and they're pointing fingers at a local oil refinery and chemical plant. mark strassmann has the story. this house and 20 acres was their retirement plan, flooded into ruin. a disaster they believe was needless and preventible. >> it was this deep. waist high. >> for 13 days after harvey, david's house was an island. >> you can't imagine. i have pick clurz. you've look at it. it is like, good god. no dry ground. >> but they say disaster struck after the storm moved on. floodwaters stopped receding and began rising again. this time, into the house. >> it was like a pond out here.

>> were you puzzled? >> i was shocked. what in the world is going on? then all of a sudden the water came up. started coming up quickly >> he needed the kayak to feed his stranded animals. he lost much of his house. his farming equipment. and, live stock. a quarter million dollar loss. >> like living in a big sewer. the water stunk. nasty. dirty. >> reporter: 4 miles away the phillip 66 refinery sits next to the chevron phillips chemical plant. a lawsuit filed bile 150 families claims by damming two nearby bayous without warning. the company's knowingly pushed flood watt ear wait from the plant into neighborhoods. you can see in this video, shot dames later, the plant to the right, appears dry. while homes to the left are underwater. >> it was full. i mean up here. all most off to the tom of where we are standing now. >> the lawyer represents famt

leetz now suing the two companies. he showed us one spot that was dammed and shared this video of the backhoe used to remove the blockage. >> talked to so many people. just a little notice they could have saved so much. there is mold everywhere. >> everywhere. >> this is what its left of tichl and melissa's the dream house. nothing but buckled doors and run away mold. >> they ruined our dream. this was our dream. it is gone. off awe tim works as a technician at chevron phillips. the faulsers joined the lawsuit against his employer. >> an odd position to be in? >> very awkward position to be in. i mean, every day i go to work. i question, will this be my last day? >> chevron phillips did not respond to repeated requests for comment. in a statement. phillips 56 said our priorities during the flood were to protect people and the environment. we do not believe these actions are one side of our property impacted the ongoing ee adjacent to the refinery or in the community.

tau awe i aapproximately jazz for the profanity. that's ate bunch of bull [ bleep ] straight up. they made a con sthus decision to save the plant. those actions have consequences. they need to be held responsible for the actions. awe off the refinery told us the plant also got flooding that damaged equipment. both the harquista and fosters had plood insurance. they're yet to hear a response to their claims. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. sophia vergara is the introducing degree ultracle♪r black + white saves your white clothes from yellow stains... ...and black clothes from white marks still with 48 hour sweat protection. degree ultraclear black + white it won't let you down want in on the secret take the olay 28 day challenge.

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yes, yes, yes, she wants to do it. no. tlt nuns are going to kill me. >> the nun don't lemt me do it. they're going to throw me out of school. >> the ad came out after she graduated. nunns found herself in miami where she became a house hold name on univision. then off off to hollywood with her son right there with her. often helping reverse her lines for auditions. >> awkward. 10, 11, 12. they're talking about romantic and sex scene. i think you should get some one else to do this. >> she has been a u.s. citizen for three years. and, got married to a pittsburgh native. none of that relaced her accent. none of that erased her ak send. >> houston we, have a situation. >> one that made sophia vergara famous and yet a little self-conscious. >> why didn't you stop first? >> i think it's become more horrible. >> worse, thicker? >> yeah. i started to learn it's funnier when i would say, yes. yes.

so i say, i don't know what, what my accent is anymore.

>> a girl could play anything. but most say they've don't want to play linebacker right away. >> that's right. linebacker.

>> you know, a physical position you. get hit every play. she has got rocked a couple times. gets right back up. >> for as long as she can remember she wanted to play football. but it took a while to convince her parents. >> i kind of kept pushing for it. mom, dad is i really want to play. they were like okay. let's go seen you up. i was like, let's go. >> they thought you were bluffing. you really didn't want to. >> thought i was bluffing. >> you called their bluff. >> i did. i think i still do. >> it wasn't just her parents who were skeptical. when sunny went to sign up. felicia was directed at first off to the cheerleading table. the beginning of a lot of false assumptions. and some bullying. awe awful weight training. everybody started laughing. >> guys say it would hard to believe this little girl could contribute. >> like you shouldn't be playing football. hit me hard. all right.

maybe you should be playing football. that was the end of that. not a girl playplaying. that's a football player. >> they say no one dare laugh now. >> a lot, she is family to us. >> that means standing up for felicia when the other teams target her. and by all accounts they do target her. she has had more than a handful of broken fingers. they fry to bruise her ego too. with insults. awe off the when you are going through all that stuff, why not just take the easy way out. >> we never take the easy way out. >> and you would have avoided all the pain. >> you are right. i would have. but would i be here today? no. >> short girl. long view.

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