david begnaud is in tallahassee. >> reporter: florida senators spent much of saturday ironing out the detailsave gun and school safety bill. it was prompted by last month's deadly high school shooting in n parkland. >> we're asking to have a discussion about what 70% of the people of state of florida think is the right thing to do. >> reporter: it's been nearly three weeks since 14 students and three adults were killed at marjory stoneman douglas high school. we spoke with twoinate statesenators on opposite sides of the aisle, senator greg stube air, republican, whose district includes sarasota; and senator kevin rader, a democrat who represents parkland. do you ever arming teachers? >> i do not, absolutely do not. and that's really kind of a line in the sand when it comes to the majority of democrats in our caucus. >> if broward doesn't want to do tthey don't have to. >> reporter: right. >> i have had conversations with people in my area. i think they will do it. >> the bill did increase the age from 18 to 21 on the purchase of assault rifles. >> reporter: do you favor that? >> i do

nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," david begnaud is in puerto ricoria. he'll visit some of the hardest hit places to find out if things have improved. >>> new orleans' mayor stops by the studio with his new book about his personal journey on race and the events that led to his decision to take down confederate monuments in his city. >>> and paris' iconic cathedral is falling apart. we'll show you why people in the u.s. are being asked to help save the 855-year-old church. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. the first day of spring! i'm michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. time is 4-- good morning everyone. it is tuesday, march 20. a beautiful shot on this very first day of spring. happy first day of spring. >> good morning. it is also the first day of the new year. a kicks off at 9:15 am. the first day of the new year and persia. the in season kicking off a new start to the year. it will be nice if you like rain. the forecast is not very springlike. the rain arrives this mor

david begnaud, cbs news, austin, texas. >>> this morning, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is disputing a report from republican members that concludes there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. committee republicans say their investigation into russian meddling is complete. committee democrats will get to see the full report today. republicans dispute intelligence claims that the russian government worked to help the trump campaign. democrats call the report incomplete and misleading. >>> president trump tweeted in all caps that the report found no evidence of collusion, vindicating him. >>> in southwestern pennsylvania today, voters go to the polls in a closely watched special congressional election considered a barometer ahead of november's midterm election. a republican seat is in play in a region president trump easily won. hena doba is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. shadowed by the trump presidency and the potential impact of a special election in a midterm year, voters in western pennsylvania find themselves on

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cbs news correspondent david begnaud is in austin, tonight, with more on this. david? >> reporter: jeff, the feds are igt taking over this investigation. austin police are still leading it. we're at the most recent crime scene, which is in a neighborhood. it's about 30 yards beyond the police tape where we are. look, what's happening here has everybody thinking about the unabomber, who mailed explosive packages between the mid-'70s wha'90s, but here's what makes this different. these were not mailed. police say these were dropped off and somebody walked off. the first bomb today exploded around 6:40 a.m. >> there was package that exploded inside of the home. they have to our knowledge evacuated. >> reporter: five hours later there was another explosion five miles away. >> reporter: it was the third package bombing in ten days. the first happened on march 2, killing 39-year-old anthony, steven house. the early morning bombing today killed a 17-year-old boy and sent an adult woman to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. w the afternoon attack, a 75- year-old

here's david begnaud.ter: after the pulse massacre, sadiq mateen became an outspoken figure, condemning his son's actions and not shying away from the spotlight. his name is in the headlines again because of the trial of his daughter-in-law, noor salman s o is accused of knowing what her husband was plotting, a mass shooting at the pulse nightclub. omar mateen killed 49 people. it has been revealed that sadiq mateen has been a confidential f.b.i. informant between january 2005 and june 2016, the month the shooting happened. this disclosure raises these questions: what was sadiq mateen doing for f.b.i., and did he know anything about what his son had planned? we talked to sadiq mateen in his home shortly after the nightclub shooting. >> what he did was an act of terrorism. >> reporter: you believer son was a terrorist? >> no. what he did was. >> reporter: he pledged allegiance to isis. was your son a follower of isis? >> i wasn't aware of what hi did. if he were alive, i would ask him why he did that. >> re

rebecca martinez who spoke with correspondent david begnaud about one rescue. >> the man that was bleeding from the face kept holding her hand and saying please don't leave me, please don't leave me. >> what will you never forget? >> how desperate that man was. >> today, miami-dade police director juan perez said crews could find more bodies in the rubble. >> we just want to find out what occurred, what caused this collapse, to occur and people to die. >> reporter: this afternoon, crews started the risky jobs of demolition as investigators began their work which includes looking into reports of strs tests was being done when the walkway collapsed state representative carlos. >> carlos curbelo, this is the case, why was the road underneath open during the stress test? >> reporter: in a tweet florida senator marco rubio offered this scenario, the cable that suspends the miami bridge loosened and the engineering firm ordered they be tight tend. they were being tightened when it collapsed. plans for the bridge included a tower and cables attached to the walkway, but a week ago the university a

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david begnaud took a tour to find out how residents are coping. >> we saw elisa and her husband on thewith buckets. they come to the faucet to get water. >> during day, humacao looks like paradise. without power and water, it is a living hell. >> you don't see any body working here. >> we met up with yvette diaz who wrote on social media where she is demanding officials restore power to her and her neighbors. >> i don't think we should be protesting for something that we need. and something we pay. >> there is good news, more than 90% of electrical customers have power. but about 103,000 people do not. >> colonel welcome back to puerto rico. >> thank you. >> colonel jason kirk is leading the army corps of engineers as it helps puerto rico power authority restore electricity. >> we aren't burying the lines because we would be doing a new time consuming design effort. >> it took nearly six month just to rebuild the bridge. in the central part of the island. which restored a life line to thousands of people who had been cut off for half a year. volunteers are rebuilding roofs, distributin

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david begnaud reports from the scene of the first explosion. >> so thises where mr.s was injured in the explosion and later died. said if you go you will get an idea of what kind of damage was done by the bomb. here's what we found. side wall right here, see the damage there. the door is boarded up. unclear if it was blown out. and neighbors told us they actually found shrapnel in this wall. in fact the next door neighbor says there was shrapnel 75 feet from mr. haus' front door. this is where he collapsed as his neighbor ran up. >> he collapsed right there. >> three feet in front of the door. >> three feet. >> anthony haus was bleeding from his face, had shrapnel in his chest and both hands were nearly blown off. according to his neighbor, sean phillips the first to reach him and stride to save his life. >> was the victim able to till you anything? >> no he wasn't responding to his name. his eyes ore -- were open but he looked glazed over. >> his daughter was inside the house. >> yesterday. police received reports of two explosions. the first came at 6:44 a.m. monda

david begnaud paid a visit to see what changed and what has not. >> driving through, we saw them on there to this faucet to get water. because they don't have it where they lived. they haven't had it for six months. >> by the light of day, it looks like paradise. without power and watt r it is a living hell. >> you don't see any body from the electrical company working here. >> we met up with yvette diaz who wrote on social media where she is demanding that officials restore power to her and her neighbors. >> i've don't think that we should be protesting for something that we need and something we pay. >> there its good news. more than 90% of electrical customers have power. but about 103,000 people do not. >> colonel. >> david. welcome back to puerto rico. >> good to be back. >> colonel jason kirk is leading here. it helps the puerto rico power authority restore electricity in places like this. >> my father asked why aren't you burying the lines? we are not burying the lines. if we were doing that we wouldn't have power back. 92% of the populous. because we would be doing a new, time c

david begnaud has the the story. the feds are not take over the investigation.tin police are leading it. at the most recent crime scene in a neighborhood. about 30 yard beyond the police tape where we are. look what is happening as everybody thinking of the unabomber who mailed explosive packages between the 70s and 90s. here's what makes this different. these were not mailed. police say these were dropped off and somebody walked off. >> the first bomb today exploded around 6:40 this morning. >> there was a package that exploded inside of the home. they have to our knowledge evacuated. five hours later another explosion, five miles away. >> we have trauma activation, 65-year-old female. they are treating trauma, head and torso. >> it was the third package >> the first happened on march 2nd. killing 39-year-old anthony steven house. now the early morning bombing today killed a 17-year-old boy, and sent an adult woman to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. in the afternoon attack, a 75-year-old woman was critically injured. >> we are looking at these i

david begnaud visited the island for an update on where things stand now. orning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony. we started eed our journey by reaching out to social media to asked what are the must see spots. we set out to san juan to look at what's been done and the conditions that still exist. over 45 hours, we made it to 7 municipalities and got a sense of what it's like on the island right now. we started in cadas. they are starting to don vests and direct traffic. this guy is an example, we're told. just helping out. his name is william koto. he's been directing traffic here since november. even the police officers stop and follow his directions. and the drivers tip him. from here we headed to l.a. peidras. a woman said you've got to see what conditions my bedridden father has been living in for sixth months. hello, i'm david. nice to meet you. we met the santana sisters who introduced us to their 90-year-old father who's been in this bed for three years. and with no electricity for six months. he feels warm to the touch. on this day there wasn't

david begnaud is in miami where one engineer noticed cracks in the bridge had been found days before it collapsed. david, good morning. >> reporter: anthony, good morning. the lead neuron this bridge project is a man named deny pate, he worked for fig bridge engineering. and he called the florida department of transportation to say there are cracks in the bridge. he seemed concerned enough to call but said there weren't issues from a safety perspective and called and left a voice mail on tuesday and the bridge collapsed on thursday but nobody listened to that voice mail until friday. here is the voice mail. >> calling to share with you some information about the fiu pedestrian bridge and some cracking that has been observed on the north end of the span, the pylon end of that span we moved this weekend. so we've taken a look at it a obviously some repairs will have to be done but from a safety perspective we don't see there is any issue there so we are not concerned about it from that perspective, but the cracking is not good and something will have to be -- be done to repair that. >>

david begnaud paid auerto rico and what hasn't. >> locals are starting to don e reflective vests andect traffic. most lights are not working. this guys an example. just helping out. >> his name is william coto, directing traffic here since november. even the police officers, stop and follow his directions. and the drivers tip him. from here, we headed to las pietres. >> a woman reached out. you have to see what condition is my bedridden father has been living in six months. >> hello, i am david. >> nice to meet you. >> we met the sisters who introduced us to their 90-year-old father, in this bed for three years, with no electricity for six months. >> he feels warm to the touch. on this day there wasn't much breeze. mr. santana felt damp. his breathing was labored. >> the day before we arrived. some one brought a solar panel system that allows them to have the light we have in the room. allows them to operate the respiratory machine. you must have, been really happy when they brought this. >> of course. of course we are. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> so grateful. for the response. >> more o

david begnaud is at the home targeted in that bombing. david, good morning. >> reporter: john, good morning. this is the house residence. and we're here because the police chief said if you go, you'll get a sense of the damage done by this type of bomb. let me show you what we found. as you approach the front door, you'll see the damage to the side wall here. it's unclear if the door was blown out but it's boarded up now and neighbors tell us they pulled shrapnel out of this wall. the next door neighbor said there was shrapnel 10, 20, 30 feet from the house. this is where mr. house actually collapsed and a neighbor ran up to him and tried to save his life. >> he collapsed right there. >> three feet in front of his front door? >> reporter: anthony stephan house was bleeding from his face, had shrapnel in his chest and both of his hands were nearly blown off according to his neighbor sean phillips who was the first to reach him and tried to save his life. was it is victim able to tell you anything? >> no, he wasn't even responding to his nam

and tomorrow, david begnaud is going back to puerto rico six months after hurricane armaria. >> reporter more light in the darkness than six months ago. wheel ride around with an officer who talks about the spike in crime and what's being done about it. how in other places conditions are just as deplorable today as they were when the storm made landfall. we'll see you tuesday on "cbs this morning." does this map show the peninsula trail? you won't find that on a map. i'll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales. oop. you hear that? (vo) our subaru outback lets us see the world. sometimes in ways we never imagined. (avo) get 0% apr financing on all-new 2018 subaru outback models. now through april 2nd. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jetÉ between two grand pianos. she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. what sweater? (phone buzzes) life, lived michaela's way. chase. make more of what

david begnaud is in miami just down the street from the collapse with more on that part of the story, david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. around the u.s., nearly 800 bridges have already been designed and/or built using this accelerated bridge construction. it's such a big idea they've got a center dedicated to it here at fiu where the tragedy happened. now federal investigators are who on the scene are looking at the technology and the two companies who built this bridge. the pedestrian bridge was 174 feet long and 950 tons. just six days ago, it was welcomed with cheers and celebrated for the innovative technology used to build it. this is the 21st century solution to bridge building. >> reporter: mark rosenker, the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. he says using abc technology a bridge is built or partially built off to the side and then moved into place when finished. >> they have found these to be economical. >> reporter: the highway administration reports that bringing construction can be reduced by years. this helps lessen traffic delays a

. >>> and david begnaud returns to puerto rico six months after hurricane maria. how many are still struggling to survive? why is it taking so long to restore power to everyone? >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> a device exploded in the fedex building that's behind me. >> another explosion shakes texas overnight. >> one employee was hurt. authorities are saying it's more than possible this is related to the exploding packages in austin. >> a severe storm system swept across the southeast. >> the storm has turned into another nor'easter. >> uber puts the brakes on all road testing after a pedestrian in tempe, arizona, was killed. >> president trump's new attorney. >> they're adopting a new aggressive attack approach to the special counsel. >> the star running for governor of new york. >> taking on the political mr. big. >> all that -- >> in pennsylvania, risking their lives to rescue a man trapped inside a burning car. >> two friends have two hilariously different reactions on the sling shot ride in south caro