no one. >> reporter: elaine quijano, cbs news, new jersey. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'lllt lake city who was arrested after refusing to allow police officers to withdraw blood from an unconscious patient. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm anne-marie green. have a ay. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com keeping up. it takes hard work, tight budgets and a little support. and pg&e is ready to do our part. our care program can save you 20% or more on your monthly bill. it just takes a few minutes to apply and you'll see the savings on your next bill. when having a little extra can mean a lot ...turn to care. go to pge.com/care and enroll today. >> good morning, everyone. it is monday, september 4. it's labor day as we're looking out at the beautiful bay bridge. i hope you're sleeping in. >> yeah. >> that you're at home, not working. >> not laboring like us. we're glad to be here. it's been quite the weekend, really hot all over. >> yeah. really hot. it's funny

anthony. >> mason: elaine quijano in the devastated florida keys. to get a wider picture of the damage in the keys, mark strassmann took to the skies. >> reporter: this is big pine key, just below marathon. the monster storm's category 4 winds churning 130 miles per hour, shredded this neighborhood. it turned this trailer park upside down, stacked these r.v.s as though a child had thrown his toys across the room, and turned this boat yard into a jumble of insurance claims. fema estimates irma destroyed 25% of homes here. another 65% have major damage. there's almost no power, no water. by any measure, especially in the lower keys, this is a housing and humanitarian crisis that will go on for weeks. the keys, which largely emptied out ahead of the storm, will remain desolate until that water and power is restored. >> all right, guys. >> reporter: eric's job is to turn the lights back on. he's the c.e.o. of florida power and light. f.p.l., florida's largest utility, has to restore power to 1.5 million homes and businesses in sout south florida's three

i'm elaine quijano. the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting to day after north korea claims it successfully set off a thermo nuclear weapon, a hydrogen bomb. the blast triggered a mag ni toouded to 6.3 earthquake near the nuclear testing site deep in the mountains. physics of hydrogen bombs or h bombs make them far more destructive than the atomic weapons north korea is believed to have tested in the past. the test, though not verified, sent shock waves around the world. ben tracy begins our coverage. >> reporter: state television says north korea carried out a perfect test. it said it allowed north korea to control the power technology internal structural design newly introduced into manufacturing h bomb to be placed at the payload of the icbm. north korea claims it can manufacture a nuclear tipped missile, capable of reaching the united states. on sunday, the regime released these pictures of kim jong-un, inspecting what north korea says is a miniaturized hydrogen bomb to be

i'm elaine quijano. >>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano.fl players across the league took a knee and linked arms united in defiance against president trump. friday night the president called on team owners to fire or suspend players who refused to stand during the national anthem. but as teams took the field sunday, it was clear that players, coaches and executives are locked in solidarity over the right to peacefully appropriaprotest racial injustice. >> reporter: president trump encouraged a boycott of the nfl in response to players kneeling as sign of protest during the national anthem. tweeting if nfl fans refuse to go to games you will see change take place fast. friday in alabama he used harsh language. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag. to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. >> reporter: however close friend and campaign donor to the president, bob kraft pushed back as owner of the new england patriots. saying in a statement he is deeply disappointed by the tone

i'm elaine quijano.nouncer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting today, after north korea claims it successfully set off a thermo nuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. the blast triggered a 6 jf 3 earthquake near north korea's nuclear testing site deep in the mountains. the h-bombs make them far more destructive than atomic weapons north korea is believed to have tested in the past. the test, though not verified, sent shock waves around the world. ben tracy begins our coverage. >> reporter: state television said north korea carried out what it called a perfect test of a hydrogen bomb. in a statement it said the test allowed north core car to confirm power control technology and internal structural design newly introduced into manufacturing h bomb to be placed at payload of icbm. north korea claims it can manufacture a nuclear tipped missile capable of reaching the united states. on sunday

earlier we spoke with elaine quijano. >> you can see the powerful effects of the remnants of the storm surge that washed through the area and continuing to overlap over the highway here. i just got off the phone with monroe county emergency management officials who say they believe the effect of irma on the florida keys is a humanitarian crisis. they do not have any figures of number of people hurt or even killed perhaps by this storm as we are still in the middle of it, but they say they plan a massive air relief operation with relief coming perhaps as soon as monday morning, and that will come in the form of c-130 cargo planes from the united states air force, which will help to deal with the devastation. we haven't been able to get down to some of the harder-hit areas, but what these emergency management officials tell me is that they haven't either. they are still contending with what you can tell are still some very powerful winds at this point and they could give me no estimate on when it is that they may have some kind of ability to go out and really survey all of the damage, bu

we begin with elaine quijano in ramrod key, east of where irma made her initial u.s.nday morning. >> reporter: it is miles of destruction. house after house, block after block, roofs torn off. boats on the road and rvs irngled in treats. through the florida keys. residents in islamirada who didn't evacuate came out to look at the damage. >> this was a big part of my life. for 15 years. i lived here. if it's just, one moment it is gone. it is hard to figure out where you are going to start over. the florida keys are 112 miles long. but citing safety concerns officials are allowing residents who evacuated to return 33 miles in. those who did evacuate are trying to get in. at a checkpoint near the upper keys, residents slept in their cars and waited for hours, just to see if they still have a home. >> this is bull. >> as anxious rent patience, tensions rose. >> i have water. i have food. i have dogs. i can't get to nigh house. >> this should have been thought out a while ago. >> sam nachio drove down to check on his house on big pine key. but was told to turn around. >>

i'm elaine quijano. one week after hurricane irma slammed florida, the state is staggering to its feet. the storm is blamed for 34 deaths in the sunshine state. and more than half a million homes and businesses are still without power. in the devastated florida keys tap water is not safe for drinking. family and business owners finally being allowed to return to the lower keys but were warned they better be prepared for primitive conditions. here its manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: residents stream through check points the main one in florida city to get back in. jeannine buckmaster its returning to key largo with her two dogs. the keys people will take care of each other. >> reporter: this is a hard hit neighborhood in ram rod key, houses ripped apart by the hurricane. fema estimates a quarter of homes in the keys were destroyed. authorities warn, electricity and sewer services are intermitent in the keys and the water its not yet safe to drink. so they're encouraging anyone coming back to be as self-suf

elaine quijano is in florida city, south of us here.ood morning to yo the homestead area, is known as the gateway to the florida keys. behind me is overseas highway also known as route 1. the only way in and out of the florida keys. and just a short time ago we actually saw what appeared to be some kind of transport. basically a convoy of what appeared to be school buses escorted by state troopers making their way from the keys, some kind of transport out of the florida keys as the evacuations continued at this hour. in terms of what we felt, it's a little bit of a lull right now. i can tell you, though, in the last 90 minutes or so it was not like this. we saw very intense wind, very intense rain. and lightning so severe. in fact, one strike actually hit not too far away from where we're standing right now. so, this is a storm that residents here in particular are watching very carefully because their memories of hurricane andrew are very vivid. it was decimated this now, they are watching these skies very, very nervously. jeff? >> tha

and elaine quijano is in key largo tonight.reporter: jeff, the humanitarian crisis grows more urgent every hour. according to officials in parts of key largo where we are right now where you can see some of that damage and in parts south of key largo, no power, running water no working sewer system. the keys took the most direct hit from irma. today we saw some of that firsthand. >> the first aerial view of devastation, the splintered homes and wind tossed boats were only matched by the scene on the ground. in the lower key areas, 10 miles east of irma's landfall, the brute force of 130 mile per hour winds and nearly 15 feet of surge, easily destroyed ocean side homes in marathon and in big pine key. some, like these two were still smoldering from a fire that burned them off to the ground. residents like mike, marine reserve helping houston recover from harvey's floods, came back to find this. >> i have got the balls up. we can always rebuild it. and, but, hey, live on the ocean, you are going to have to -- take the chances. >>

elaine quijano has made her way back to key largo to see what it is like now. >> here in key largo still feeling effects of hurricane irma. very powerful gusts continuing at this hour. here you can see some boats remain tethered. others like this blue boat over here have become loose. and eventually started to, to free fleet side to side here, little hard to tell at this moment. but, all up and down the keys we know that thousands of people remain without power, and, and, key west was a -- a place of concern. folks, chose to stay here, on the keys and ignore the mandatory evacuation orders. we're told, that if they decided to stay, they would be on their own. because the officials would not come and rescue them. right now, we are still, experiencing tremendously powerful forces, as that boat there behind me, as you can see, is just being rocked side to side. that's the latest from key >> couple hours ago in key largo. it remains so dangerous there. anthony mason in new york. anthony. >> thank you, jeff. irma expected to remain a hurricane until tomorrow morning.

that chain of low-lying islands off the southern tip of this state, and elaine quijano is in key largo tonight. elaine? >> reporter: well, jeff, the humanitarian crisis grows more urgent every hour. according to officials, in parts of key largo, where we are right now and where you can see some of that damage, and in parts south of key largo, there is no power, no running water, and no working sewer system. the keys took the most direct hit from irma, and today we saw some of that firsthand. the first aerial view of devastation, the splintered homes and wind-tossed boats were only matched by the scene on the ground. in the lower key areas just ten miles east of irma's landfall, the brute force of 130mph winds and nearly 15 feet of surge easily destroyed oceanside homes in marathon and in big pine key. some, like these two, were still smoldering from a fire that burned them to the ground. residents like mike, a marine reserve, who was helping houston recover from harvey's floods, came back to find this. >> i've got the walls up. we can always rebuild it. but, hey, you live by the ocean,

the florida keys were the first to bear the full force of irma and elaine quijano is the first to make it back to key largo, elaine. >> here in key largo we are still feeling the effects of hurricane irma. some very powerful gusts continuing at this hour. here with you see while some boats remain tethered, others like this blue boat over here have become loose and essentially started to free float side to side here. a little bit hard to tell at this moment. but all and down the keys we know that thousands of people remain without power and key west was a place of concern. folks chose to stay here on the keys and ignored the mandatory evacuation orders. we're told that if they decided to stay, they would be on their own because officials would not come and rescue them. right no experiencing tremendously powerful forces as that boat there behind me, as you can see, is just being rocked side so side. but that's the latest here from key largo. >> glor: all right, elaine, thank you very much. we are still waiting for the worst here in the tampa bay area. but our hurricane coverage continues

we have two reports from the hard-hit island chain beginning with elaine quijano. >> reporter: from the air the search and rescue campaign in response to irma's destruction is vast. on the ground, the effort is about door knocking where there is one. >> fire department! >> reporter: fire and rescue teams are walking the debris-filled streets, marking homes that are safe and documenting the damage. california task force 1 is a group of 80 rescuers under fema's direction. >> as a team comes through, they're doing a rapid assessment of the area. >> reporter: with the help of canines, this team is looking for survivors. >> if they actually detect human remains or a live body, we'll be able to come in and then begin the process of taking the structure apart. in this case we haven't found anything. >> reporter: close to 10,000 residents in the keys rode out the storm. 25% of homes here have been destroyed while 65% have sustained damage. >> i have to put on a new roof. >> reporter: peter lash's home in ramrod key was heavily damaged and lacks power and water. with temperatures soaring in the

elaine quijano is in key largo. >> reporter: the fishermen of the florida keys have begun a long-establisheddition: searching the mangroves, hoping to shelter dozens of boats from the storm. what's the strategy here for tying up the boat? >> to keep her in the middle of the canal because the tide's going to go up and down. >> reporter: so what is your fear with the amount of wind that they're talking about with this storm? >> it's scary. if we get the backside of it, we'll get about 100, 100- something-mile-per-hour wind. that won't be too bad. >> reporter: gary sands is a commercial fisherman, like his father and grandfather before him. what would it do to your bottom line if you lost your boats? >> i would be out of business. because you can't go to a five and dime and buy one. this is the heart of the operation. you lose that, you're out. >> reporter: it was in 1960, ahead of hurricane donna, that sands first secured a fishing boat in these mangroves. back then it was his father's vessel, and now his fellow fishermen are helping him protect his. feels kind of like a family out here. >> th

elaine quijano has the story. >> you're assaulting me! stop!ter: this video shows alex wubbels, a head nurse in the burn unit at the university of utah hospital, handcuffed and arrested after she refused to let police draw blood from an unconscious man in the emergency room. >> please, sir, you're hurting me! >> then walk! >> reporter: the victim had been brought in after being in this fiery car crash on july 26 near salt lake city. >> reporter: wubbles told police it was against hospital policy and the law to take blood as evidence from an unconscious patient unless the patient was under arrest or the police had a warrant. >> we're done. you're under arrest. >> reporter: detective jeff payne, who was trained for a special police blood draw unit, approached the nurse and demanded to do it anyway. >> no! somebody help me! >> reporter: in addition to the officer's body-cam, hospital cameras caught this disturbing scene. wubbles has no hired an attorney. >> the only job i have as a nurse is to keep my patients safe. we need to remember this was no

elaine quijano has made it key largo with a glimpse of what irma left behind. ng to you, norah. by daylight we are getting a first glimpse of some of the devastation irma left behind. we see piles of debris here in key largo, thing like sliding glass doors, fences down, piles of wood, and mattresses. take a look beyond that property over there across the water. it is much the same story. you can just see the force of the water that came through as irma washed ashore. now, earlier we saw from our vantage point a chopper, authorities appearing to survey the scene here. they're now going to have a areas. traveling at night without any electricity, it was difficult to make our way to this point. now they're going to be able to get some help to the folks in the lower keys and middle keys. they'll be doing that all throughout the days and weeks ahead. what we know here in key largo is we've been able to survey a little bit of the surrounding aura, and clearly there was a storm surge effect. but even a little further down from here along the overseas highway here, rout

where we find elaine quijano. >> reporter: it is miles of destruction. house after house.er block. roofs torn off. bolts on the road and rvs mangled in trees. irma's path of destruct, cut through the florida keys. residents who didn't evacuate, came out to look at the damage. >> this was a, big part of my life for 15 years, i lived here. just, just, you know, and one moment it is gone. the florida keys are 112 miles long. citing safety concerns officials are alug residents who evacuated to return 33 miles in. those who did evacuate are trying to get in. at a check point near the upper keys, residents slept in their cars and waited for hours to see if they have a home. >> this is bull. >> as anxious residents lost patience, tensions rose. >> sam drove down to check on his house at big pine key but was told to turn around. >> we can't get in the way of emergency vehicles and clean-up crews and everything like that. i believe that is what is going on. >> this is what you are feeding eoc? >> ribs, chicken tonight. >> reporter: in marathon, restaurant owner, stayed behind to fe

that includes ramrod key close to the spot where irma made landfall, elaine quijano is there. aine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. hurricane irma's eye slammed into this area early sunday morning as a category 4 with winds of 130 miles per hour. now, search and rescue teams have been going door to door in homes like these, which as you can see were devastated. they are looking for victims, and the sheriff's office says that so far they have not found any casualties. one of every four, that's how many homes in the florida keys fema says are destroyed. another 65% suffered major damage. >> here in the keys, you've seen the pictures, the trailer parks, it's like everybody just tipped everything over. >> reporter: three airports in the keys are open but only to emergency flights. about 70% of the keys are without power. cell phone and internet service is almost nonexistent. carl spavold hasn't been able to tell his family in rhode island that he's safe. >> you can't been able to talk to nobody? >> no. >> tell them you're okay. >> no. >> what's it like? >> i mean what's it

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. >>> this is the cbs "overnight news."lcome. i'm tony dokoupil. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says north korea is "begging for war" after its latest underground nuclear weapons test. nikki haley says the united states and allies want to vote at the u.n. to impose strict sanctions on the north. over the past 11 years the u.n. imposed eight round of sanctions without muck much success. north korea is gearing up for a major holiday and analysts expect another missile launch. david martin begins the coverage. look at the warhead the north showed off, thermal nuclear weapon with great destructive power. look at the size and shape of a u.s. thermo nuclear warhead. you will understand why nuclear weapons experts call those north korean pictures alarming. couple that with the underground test of what was called a hydrogen bomb and what a u.s. intelligence official said was advanced nuclear device. the undersecretary described the blast to an emergency session. >> experts estimated the yield between 50 and 100 kilotons

elaine quijano is on key largo, the eastern edge of the keys. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah. it is a picturesque scene here at the pilothouse in key largo. in fact, we actually found a few folks who say they plan on riding out the storm right here, but officials are telling us, if you do decide to stay, you're on your own. three days before hurricane irma is forecasted to hit florida -- >> nobody will be left here at the house we'll have to worry about? >> no. >> reporter: the monroe county sheriff scott ward is making sure people in the keys are getting out. do you have any idea how many are left? yo you have no way of knowing, right? >> no, ma'am. >> reporter: a mandatory evacuation order is in in effect for visitors and the roughly 80,000 people who live here. >> preparing the house isn't the bad part. itis get ong the road and not knowing what we're going to run into. >> reporter: a caravan of cars and trucks line the only highway out of town on wednesday. gas stations along the 120-mile stretch of route 1 qui

elaine quijano is in key largo. >> reporter: the fishermen of the florida keys have begun a long-established tradition: searching the mangroves, hoping to shelter dozens of boats from the storm. what's the strategy here for tying up the boat? >> to keep her in the middle of the canal because the tide's going to go up and down. >> reporter: so what is your fear with the amount of wind that they're talking about with this storm? >> it's scary. if we get the backside of it, we'll get about 100, 100-something-mile-per-hour wind. that won't be too bad. >> reporter: gary sands is a commercial fisherman, like his father and grandfather before him. what would it do to your bottom >> i would be out of business. because you can't go to a five and dime and buy one. this is the heart of the operation. you lose that, you're out. >> reporter: it was in 1960, ahead of hurricane donna, that sands first secured a fishing boat in these mangroves. back then it was his father's vessel, and now his fellow fishermen are helping him protect his. feels kind of like a family out here. >> that's a lot of friends. i h

elaine quijano of cbsn is there. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. irma slammed into this area as a category 4 hurricane with 130-mile-per-hour winds. search and rescue teams have been going door to door in an effort to find any victims. the homes that you see here destroy. this is just one example of irma's destruction. the sheriff's office says so far there have been no casualties. one of every four. that's how many homes in the florida keys fema says are destroy. another 65% suffered major damage. >> here in the keys, you saw the pictures. the trailer parks, it's like everybody tipped everything over. >> reporter: three airports remain open but only to emergency flights. about 70% of the keys are without power. cell phone and internet power is almost nonexistent. he hasn't been able to tell his family he's safe. >> reporter: you haven't been able to tell anybody you're safe. >> no. >> reporter: what's it like? >> i mean what's it like to them. >> reporter: simone own this dockside bar. she said rebuilding could cost hundreds of thousands of dollar

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elaine quijano has made her way back to key largo to see what it is look now. still feeling effects of hurricane irma. very powerful gusts continuing at this hour. here you can see some boats remain tethered. others like this blue boat over here have become loose. and eventually started to, to free fleet side to side here, little hard to tell at this moment. but, all up and down the keys we know that thousands of people remain without power, and, and, key west was a -- a place of concern. folks, chose to stay here, on the keys and ignore the mandatory evacuation orders. we're told, that if they decided to stay, they would be on their own. because the officials would not come and rescue them. right now, experiencing tremendously powerful forces, as that boat there behind me, as you can see, is just being rocked side to side. that ae that's the latest from key largo. >> it remains so dangerous there. anthony mason in new york. anthony. >> thank you, jeff. irma expected to remain a hurricane until tomorrow morning. let's get the latest now from eric fisher, chief

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region known as the gateway to the florida keys south of where mark was is cbs news correspondent elaine quijano. >> john, right now we're experiencing the strongest wind gusts yet. as the eye of hurricane irma makes its way to the florida keys, we notice a significant change in increase in the wind speed as the eye was making landfall. it was at that time we saw this kind of damage, you see this metal sign behind me, the wind as anyone has been through a hurricane knows, those are the very kind of things that cannot just be dangerous, but are also deadly potentially. what we are feeling now are the most intense affects of irma, the rain is coming downside ways essentially, pelting us and the winds as you can tell making it very difficult to stand at some points. folks here in florida city and homestead have taken warnings from officials very seriously as i watch here there's a bit of debris coming our way. the folks here have memories of andrew and so what they have done is watched very carefully and heeded the officials' warning, there is no one out on the road right now. no one on overseas hi

elaine quijano of cbsn is still inside that closed in area, ramrod key.od morning to you, gayle. hurricane irma made landfall of the hardest hit areas in the state of florida. those winds and storm surge caused catastrophic damage. fema estimated about a quarter of the homes in the keys are destroy. 70% of the keys do not have power. there is hardly any cell phone or internet service. the airports in keys are open to emergency flights only which are bringing food and water to people who did not evacuate. we met a woman named simone who rode out the storm. she owns two restaurants in marathon. one is in good shape and she's cooking forward for first responders but the other called dream may be lost because the repairs are too expensive. >> this is a wait-and-see. we don't know. >> will you beback? >> i dome know if i'll be back here or not. way. to be back here. i -- i don't know. i'll support anybody that doe mine again. >> why not? >> it may be just undoable. >> reporter: now, we asked simone why she did not evacuate. she said that she knew there was goi