captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, october 26th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." as puerto rico struggles to recover from hurricane maria, questions about the small company awarded a big contract to get the island's power back on has members of congress calling for an investigation. putting up a united front. president trump brushes aside division within the republican party. >> honestly the republicans are very, very well united. >

starting today new additional measures take effect to all flights and passengers coming to the u.s. from overseas. 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. the governor of puerto rico sayis he is reviewing a big contract to a firm. 75% of the island remains without power more than a month after hurricane maria hit, and members of congress are calling for an investigation into whi whitefish energy. they exchanged bitter words yesterday going back and forth on twitter. then late last night the small energy company stepped back and

said their angry words are not a reflection of their company. an apology from them. both sides had been involved in a twitter battle yesterday after c it was said the contract should be voided. they're two years old, two employees, and a handful of ties to the trump administration. in a yahoo! interview, cruz described the company as inadequate and said they lacked due diligence. whitefish on twitter said her comments were displaced. it goes on. what are they afraid we will find? whitefish shot back with a threat to leave writing we've got 44 men working on your power lines in your city and more coming. do you want us to send

or keep working. >> my biggest concern is we don't have enough information as to the process that went through that. >> the other question, can they fulfill their end of the deal. >> this appears to be a pretty small company. are they capable of doing the job they're being asked? >> politicians on both sides of the aisle are calling for an investigation. they said a former military official will be responsible for speeding up the efforts and coordinating with puerto rico and the federal government. >> nikki battiste here in new york. thanks a lot, nikki. he called tuesday's visit to capitol hill a lovefest. seth lemon has the latest. >> reporter: president trump traveled to texas for a gop fund-raiser.

within his own party. >> honestly the republicans are very, very well united. >> none of this is normal. >> reporter: the comments came a day after arizona's senator jeff flake blasted president trump on the floor, citing him as the reason he won't seek re-election next year. >> his poll numbers are terrible. he's done terribly for the great people of arizona, a state that likes donald trump very much. >> reporter: in an op-ed in the "washington post" flake called for other lawmakers to speak up. we can no longer sit silentsile >> the longer this goes, the more the behavior becomes normalized and that's a problem. snoop still on very good terms with the president.

>> reporter: but wednesday the was honored with courage. >> reporter: the president says the party stands behind his agenda, particularly on issues like tax reform. >> we want tax cuts for the middle class. we want tax cuts for businesses to produce jobs. >> reporter: gop leaders are aiming to pass the tax law through the house by thanksgiving. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with republican senator tim scott from south carolina on tax reform and disagreements within the republican party. president trump says it's a disgrace they helped pay for some of the investigation on his dossier. the document was put together by a former british spy alleging the kremlin had compromising on mr. trump.

document. >> it was made up, and i understand they paid a tremendous amount of money, and hillary clinton always denied it. >> the law firm claims they paid a political research group for its services. the dossier is being >> guest: investigated by robert mueller. we now know the pentagon dough employed elite commandos to search for one of the american soldiers in that attack. investigators are trying to figure out how or why sergeant la david johnson got separated from other troops. the soldiers were at the end of the a joint mission with nigerian forces when they were attacked on october 4th. when they realized he was missing they contacted chief joseph du

a missing soldier, we made a decision that all of the resources were made availabling. >> they believe an isis offshoot was responsible. new stricter measures applying to all flights into the u.s. take effect today. the new procedures will cover about 2,100 flights a dae. they apply to americans and foreigners. they can expect detailed inspections of their electronic devices and possible interviews by american employees. they're advising passengers to arrive to the airport three hours before their flight. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley is in condo after she was evacuated from the u.n. camp in south sudan. they erupted in a violent demonstration yesterday.

it. more than 2 million people have fled the country. and investigators to las vegas are looking for a hard drive missing from a computer belonging to gunman stephen paddock. the computer was found in the hotel room where he was found after killing 58 people. there's still no motive for the massacre. the costs related to the shooting are estimated at about $4 million and climbing. >> well, a federal judge ruled the trump administration does not have to resume the cautionariary payments the affordable care act. trump cut it off earlier this month. 18 states and the district of columbia had sued over the

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the long awaited secret files on the 1963 assassination of president john f. kennedy are set to be released today. in 1992 congress ordered all records on the investigation into the president's death be opened to the public by october 26th, 2017. president trump says he's allowing the documents to be made public. experts say they don't expect any major new details to be revealed though. and on the "cbs moneywatch," rolling back media ownership rules. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. we'll start with this. donald trump says fed chair janet yellen is, quote, trisks, and he was very impressed with her. but in a broadcast he said he also wanted to make a mark on the fed. her term is ending in february. the president trump has announced he'll replace her by the beginning of next month. mhi

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from charcoal to caramel run across the range. they're multiplying by 20% a year. >> just in the last ten years, we've gone from 30,000 to over 70,000. >> what happened? >> within the last three years, we pretty much quit gathering. >> reporter: for decades the bureau of land management rounded up horses and placed them in private ranches and feed lots until they ran out of space. now the fear is the government will legalize the slaughter of these horses. under president trump's proposed budget the wild horse management program would lose $10 million in funding. the funding plan would also remove language from a 1971 act that would open the door for wholesale destruction. >> they're under attack by our own government. >> reporter: wild horse advocate has been p

>> is there any problem? >> absolutely not. what we have is a discrimination problem. >> reporter: across ten states 26.9 million acres are set aside for wild horses. meanwhile there are 155 million acres for livestock. deep in the desert mountains outside milford cattle rancher mark winch says the range is under attack with too many horses devouring the forage. >> we're trucking cattle whereas in the past we were able to herd them ten miles. >> do you think that's the answer to slaughter the horses? >> what do you do with cats and dogs when there's too many in the city? do you let them run rampant? >> reporter: they want to try new kinds of contraception to control the population, but time is running out. a new federal budget could make scenes like this history. meg oliver, cbs news, beaver

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resume of charity work that stacks up against most adults. >> and a bit of a chill in the air this morning. good morning. and happyfriday eve. we're waking up toa chilly day out there. washington right now 51 degrees, 48 in leesburg. you want tofind the cold air you've got to go to davis, 28 degrees there. this is how your day breaks down. the next few hoursyou'll find the temperatures up to 52 by 9 app, 55 by noon and 59 this afternoon. we'll seethe high temperatures up to 60 today across most areas. a lotof places will get stuck in the 50s. i want to bring yourattention to a few changes heading our way. a cool daytoday, saturday looks mild, we'll see temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s once again.

weather for sure. big changesas a strong cold front comes through with falling temperatures. we'll talk moreabout sunday. right now we just have construction out there. no realaccidents that are going to slow you down. i seen this big slowdown on the west side of the beltway past route 50, i-66 is where the slow-downs start. so if you're heading around -- this is a live look at the outer loop and inner loop by route 50. if you'redown on 381 looks like we usually have construction here, possible incident keep watching it by rainy highway passing through both directions are impacted. . after the shortest world series game in 25 years, last night's game went into extra

into the 11th. that'swhen houston hit a 2 run homer and that proved to be the game winner. the series is now tiedat 1 game appease. you might have heard about social media hype at the wizards game. there had been talk. they got 2 fouls. the wizards lost in overtime 102-99. this is officer robinson he works for the wisconsin police department and called out to an elementary school when no one picked up an 8-year old boy on his birthday. the officer knewthe boy's parent was in jail so offered the boy a ride in his patrol car. he spent an hourwith him until they found a family member. thousaha

the post about what the officer did. check itout. >> that's a quick look at what's going on. >> news at 4:30 starts right now. . right now police are looking for a bicyclist who may help them solve a sex assault case on a local playground. >> thanks for joining us here on your thursday. . >> guys, we've been excited because the weekend is almost here. we've been playing musicand everything. bring us thegood news. >> you are too happy. . 51 degrees outside. coolout there, so a sweater or jacket heading out keeps you comfortable. we still have someclouds. because the cloudsstuck around a little bit longer we're not getting as chilly as we can this morning. but we'llstill find the temperatures

sunrises. 52 degrees by 9 a.m., 55 by noon, we'll hang out in the 50s for most of the day, up to 59 by 5:00. we'll see the hightemperatures in the 50s and 60s around the region. really notgoing to warm very much with the colder air still in place and with the clouds taking cove . iwant i want to bring your attention to the weekend. wehave big changes on the way sunday. you'll want a jacket. i call it soup weather. it'sgoing to be that kind of day with the chilly temperatures, rain and breezy winds. sundaymorning we start off with rain, rain throughout the day sunday at 4:30 p.m., this includes during game time. we'll take alook at that forecast in just a few moments. >> i love how your forecasts relate to food. >> you know i like to eat. >> what's doughnut weather? friday eve and your drive so far looks okay. we have thisslow