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. >> when i'm calling for it, give me a little bit of food or give a baby some water. he help. the alabama senate run off wins for the firebrand cabinet which could rock the

establishment. and a rival steps up the ncaa. now four officials are facing fraud anand 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's been one week since hurricane maria hit puerto rico. for the 4 million who live there, they're desperate. 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 puerto rico was hit with a

mayor is needing help. >> i gnome 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 liucette. >> 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 aid but there are huge challenges for delivery. >> we have no truck, 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 mem

needed. >> i don't have the [ bleep ] 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 mention, 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 is stepping up its relief operations, sejding more emergency supplies and michigan 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

rolled through puerto rico, the situation has grown dire. >> feel 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 to broken enfra structure and massive death. >> most of these islands are on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. >> reporter: on tuesday the president defended the response. >> we're doing everything to help the hard-hit people of both places, puerto rico and the virgin islands. >> mr. trump said he'll go there next tuesday. going before then would complicate the relief effort. >>

islands. but the difference is this island is sitting on an ocean. it's a big ocean, a very big ocean. >> they won't arrive until the middle of next week. >> it hasn't been ear marked for recovery because it's hard to tell who needs what for the moment. puerto ricos can't yet call or go online to apply for assistance. anne-marie? >> hena doba here in new york. thank you so much, hena. >> reporter: ahead on "cbs this morning," we will talk with the governor about 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 to maryland's eastern shore. this morning the stormge

remains in effect for most of the coast. it forecasts about 5% of the 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. he's expected to meet with the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan and spend time with u.s. troops an meet with local offici officials. and now to politics and a race that could have national implications. roy moore run the alabama runoff for senate. 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 trat jij steve bannon backed moores. there's a special election december 12th. on capitol hill the republicans say they'll focus on tax reform for the time being now that the latest reform care acted 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 fire. he allegedly opened fire. a motive has not been determined. in one of the biggest

crackdowns on corruption in ncaa college basketball, ten men have been charged with using hundreds of thousands of dollars to bribe high school athletes. they're acaused of using bribes to influence champion of schools, ajejts, and financial responders. their investigation is ongoing and describe the defendants as coyotes circling top sprprospec. 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 at least $150,000. coming u on the "morning news," republican shakeup. senator bob corker is the latest to announce that h

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trying to get out of puerto rico, police officers are trying to go in. first, let's send it over for weather. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. this is going to be one of the hottest days of the week out there. temperatures in the 90s once again even though we are starting off in the 70s. feels good as you step out. don't get comfortable. temperatures will quickly warm up with high temperatures 85 to 90. a few clouds out there. showers are possible east, and it will be hot again. these 80s and 90s are coming out soon. i promise. 90 today. we'll see temperature around 79 degrees tomorrow with breezy winds and cooler friday. once that cold front comes in thursday, going to knock off all of this warm weather and give us a more fall-like feel. look for those lows in the 50s and suburbs will even get to the upper 40s so sweater weather, it's on the way. >> upper 40s. are you kidding? all right. we have a closure in dc. we've had

euclid street northwest shut down. we just got a live look at the scene. they are not giving us a time on when this intersection and roads might open back up. big fire response there. we'll stay there and keep looking at that for you. construction otherwise, no other closures on the roadways. bw parkway was enough for us. if you are on the express lanes, the right lane is closed. making your way up 395, we still have that continuing construction as well. right lane closed as you're heading towards seminary road. this morning in dc, the funeral is going to take place at matthews memorial baptist church. he was killed during a robbery attempt in northeast last week. he was coming home from a college prep course at the time when he was fatally shot. the vug for kelly will be held at 9 a.m.

at 11 a.m. hey, do you remember this? this woman made head license -- headlines back in august when she was caught on camera throwing urine on a bus driver. now, they arrested another woman, this time after she poured a bottle of sunny d on a bus driver. allyson thomas sprayed the metro bus driver with sunny d. that's a quick look at what's going on. the news at 4:30 starts right now. >> this is wake-up washington on wusa 9. all right. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> we're headed toward the 90-degree mark. good morning. here she comes, jogging in. >> jogging in. good morning, everybody. yes, i am the bad news of weather today. high temperature right around 90 once again. tomorrow, much better. the cold front comes in. that's going to knock

these 90s, give us temperatures in the 7 os and much more pleasant. here's the thing i want you to keep in mind. cooler mornings. you are going to want to send the kiz to the bus stop with a sweater. 79 thursday. 55 that night. that means early friday morning, temperatures right around 55 degrees. 75 friday. overnight lows down to 51 degrees so saturday is going to be a cool, crisp morning. this is how our day pans out in the next few hours. at 12:30 p.m., temperatures already up to 84 degrees. you are going to notice a few clouds out there. areas along the coast have a better chance for seeing a shower. that is courtesy of maria. we'll have that slight shoier chance along with a few clouds. you can see by 3:30 p.m., a shower to pop up so i wouldn't rule it out. but the big story, of course, is going to be the heechlt going to be a little hot and sticky until this cooler air settles in. so thursday morning, this is at -- or thursday afternoon, i should say, at 4:30 p.m., notic

notice those temperatures, 77. it's going to be a little breezy is probably not the best hair day tomorrow, but those temperatures gradually cooling off. we'll have gusts 20 miles per hour and stronger by thursday afternoon. here is a look at the traffic. we do have a closure, too. had a huge response, and it has shut down euclid street northwest between 14th and 16th street. we've called and talked to dc police and dc fire. they are not giving us a time on when it might open back up. this is what it looks like down on the scene right now. we have a live look from one of our photographer it is. as soon as they clear these trucks out and open these roads up, i will let you know. other than that, two right-hand lanes are closed. >> okay. ellen, thank you. we have breaking news overnight. a two-alarm fire sent flames from the