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>> michelle miller spent the day with a health official spreading the word about the health risks. >> the big key is flooded water you know is unsafe. >> reporter: this doctor is making the round in areas that were flooded in houston. as the harris county public health director, he is warning residents about the risks they face, while cleaning up their homes. >> then me of all of this is mold and mold loves moisture. >> he got a foot of water and now mold is growing in her garage, and inside her house. >> when you took out the, the cabinetry and the sheet rock, were you wearing protective masks. >> no. >> see, that's what we have been saying, make sure you wear protection when you are doing all this. what we don't want while you are fryi trying to help everything and get back to normal life, is, that you also get sick in the process. >> doctor shaw says it is important to clean up fast because of what contaminated walter leaves behind. floodwater can harbor dangerous bacteria which can enter the body through cuts and scrapes. >> we went to a couple of spots you saw nails, you just don

. >> michelle miller in houston. michelle, thanks. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> in beaumont, texas, the recovery has barely begun. there is still water in the streets, but no drinking water on tap. anna werner is there. >> reporter: this is how derithea spent her weekend, driving around beaumont looking for water and food for her six children. >> reporter: your house has no running water? >> no. >> reporter: what's that like? >> oh, man, i can't describe it's been hard for us, you know. >> reporter: we met her stopping at a church looking for milk for a 3-month-old baby. to tell her the handouts had just ended. >> we were like we got a baby back here. can we get milk or something. they said come back, monday. you serious? >> reporter: the flood blocked all roads into the city. many trucks couldn't get in to make deliveries. food supplies are limited. the 120,000 residents here have been without drinking water for days. since floodwaters overwhelmed the city's pumping

michelle miller has the story. >> reporter: hurricane harvey did not discriminate.the texans football team, also flooded. but, jj watt and crew knew they had the moons to push through. now they want to make sure the rest of their city does. >> with boxes of supplies. water. even hugs. jj watt and teammates are helping to get the people of texas back on their feet. on sunday, ten semitrucks arrived from watts' home state of wisconsin. filled to the brim with donated items. >> these are all volunteers. we haven't spent a single cent >> not a single krenlt of the millions of dollars he has fund raised. watts says with a sum this large he wants to make sure it is managed correctly. >> i am going to take my time. make sure i work with local organizations. we do it right here in the city. the money goes straight to the people of houston who need it the most so we can help rebuild them. >> that's where it went. players handed out the donation throughs out the city. and christian tabernacle church. hundreds of cars streamed in with people looking for everything from water t

michelle miller is following this. >> reporter: images of an eight- year-old with rope burns and necking have gone viral. his mother posted them, claiming her son was hung after being pushed off a picnic table by two 14-year-old boys in claremont, new hampshire, two weeks ago. >> i almost lost my grandson. >> reporter: lorrie slattery is the child's grandmother. >> i almost lost him. how he survived that, without any internal injuries, is amazing to me. i think he had a guardian angel out there. >> reporter: after the alleged incident, the boy was medevaced to dartmouth-hitchock medical center where he was treated and released. the family says the pictures were posted to bring attention to the case because they claim police were not responding fast enough. the eight-year-old is biracial. 28 years on the force. ever get a call on a hate crime? >> we have. we have investigated hate- related crimes. >> reporter: claremont police chief mark chase says he can't discuss details because everyone involved is a minor, but he says they are taking this case seriously. >> i have faith that my off

michelle miller spoke with him. is puerto rico worse than what you found here after katrina. >> oh, yeah. the number one priority is saving lives, and when you're saving lives you have to figure out what rules you're going to break palm the rules we live by are designed for peace time. >> reporter: and this is what? >> this is like a war. >> reporter: what was their first mistake? >> not giving the mission to the military. look, we have army units that go do port openings, not called. we have special forces that could have been in every town, not employed. >> reporter: has the u.s. government done anything write? did they learn any lessons from katrina? >> they did the predeployment. that was good. they got an all-government approach, that's good. but they don't understand scale. >> reporter: lieutenant general honore, called president trump's response sploa and small. he was hailed a hero after he went into the gulf states post-katrina-- >> weapons down, damn it! >> reporter: and the put the relief efforts in murde

elaine. >> quijano: michelle miller in houston, thanks. in beaumont, texas, the recovery has barely begun. there is still water in the streets, but no drinking water on tap. anna werner is there. >> reporter: this is how dorothea celestine spent her weekend looking for water and food for herself and six children. your house has no running water? >> no. >> reporter: so, what's that like? >> oh, man, i don't even -- i can't even describe what it's like. it's just been hard for us, you know? >> reporter: we met her as she stopped at church looking for milk for her friend's 3-month- old baby only to be told the handout had just ended. >> we was like, we got a baby back here. can't we just get some milk or something. they said come back way monday. >> reporter: the flood blocked nearly all roads into the city. many trucks couldn't get through to make deliveries. food supplies are limited and the 120,000 residents here have been without drinking water for days. since flood waters overwhelmed the city's pumping station. some good news finally cam

michelle miller is following this. >> images of an 8-year-old with rope burns and neck bruising havel. his mother posted them, claiming her son was hung, after being pushed off a picnic table by two 14-year-old boys in new >> i all most lost my grandson. >> the child's grandmother. >> i almost lost him. how he survived that. without any, internal injuries. is amazing to me. i think he, had an angel out there. >> after the incident the boy was medevaced to dartmouth medical center treated and released. the family says pictures were posted to bring attention to the case because they claim police were not responding fast enough. the 8-year-old is biracial. >> 2 years on the force ever get a call on a hate crime. >> we have. we have investigated hate related crimes. >> police chief mark chase says he can't discuss details because everyone involved in a minor. he says they're taking this case seriously. >> i have faith my officers are doing everything and anything they can to further investigate this little boy's injury. >> and the boy's grandmother told us he was also taunted with racial

here's michelle miller. since harvey made its first landing south of houston, those who could make it to church, did. faith has gotten many through this and all faiths are pulling together. this synagogue opened its doors to a blood drive. >> the outpouring is unbelievable j today on "face the nation" the mayor stressed that most of the city has dried out. the focus now is on recovery. >> there are only two areas under water in the city of houston. >> reporter: in west houston a massive sinkhole flooded a large stretch of sam houston parkway, helping to diverse water from some neighborhoods. but the mayor ordered the evacuation of the whole area shutting down power today for safety reasons. brian lees hasn't left. >> i knew it was a bad call, yes, absolutely. >> veterinarian larry white was in full support, he took a salvage run today to rescue his exotic petsho being electrocuted. >> you don't have a problem with the mayor shutting down this neighborhood. >> you know i'm sure they're doing it based on what

." >>> welcome to the overnight news i'm michelle miller.sident trump has touched off a guessing game on capitol hill over whether or not he has cut an immigration deal with democrats. they say the deal would protect young undocumented workers from deportation and provide more money for border security but not a wall between the u.s. and mexico. republican leaders say there's no such deal. we've got both sides of the story now from juliana goldman and nancy cordes. >> reporter: the white house was initially vague about last night's meeting calling it a constructive working dinner. but as my colleague nancy cordes can tell you, democrats said there was more too it. >> reporter: democrats insist the president signed off on a policy they've been pushing for years. >> we had an agreement to move forward. >> reporter: democratic leaders say they left that white house dinner with a framework in hand. legal protections for d.r.e.a.m.ers paired with funding for border security, excluding the wall. >> we're not for the wall. >> reporter: at the white

i'm michelle miller. president trump travels to naples, florida, today to get a firsthand look at the devastation brought by hurricane irma. naples on the gulf coast hundreds of thousands of homes may not have their power restored for a week or more. the power outage has proved deadly on the other side of the state. and hollywood nursing home patients were found dead in their beds. there was no power to run the air conditioner. and police want to know why. jonathan vigliatti reports. >> reporter: by mid morning the elderly men and women were carried out of the nursing home on stretchers and in wheelchairs. many looked dazed. they had apparently been inside the hot building since the power went out three days ago. some dying others in obvious physical distress. family members arrived on the scene, frantically looking for their loved ones. she found her 96-year-old mother alive. she worried about the 90 degree heat when she visited the facility yesterday. >> what did it look like inside? >> inside it looked

." >> welcome to the "overnight news," i'm michelle miller.er eight months with no major legislative victories, president trump unveiled his plan to overhaul the u.s. tax code. and he wants congress to pass it by the end of the year. the president's proposal would cut personal and corporate tax rates, and allow companies to repatriot profits they have been stark overseas. mr. trump insists the new tax code will be a boom to the middle-class and insists there will be very little benefit for the wealthy. nancy cordes has more from capitol hill. >> there has never been tax cuts like what we are talking about. >> president trump traveled to indiana to tout what he called a once in a generation opportunity. >> i guess it is probably something i could say that i am very good at. i have been waiting for this for a long time. an eight page framework. goal one. slashing corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. for individuals, the plan would take the seven current income tax brackets with rates that range from 10% to 39.6%, and consolidate them to three bra

michelle miller is in houston with the latest. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ell, places that have dried t out, thepe begins. here in meyer land, texas, block after block, there are piles of debris and sheet rock and water logged furniture that have been pulled out of the flooded homes. the smell of mold and mildew is overwhelming and this is progress. a lot of people aren't even here yet. a week after hurricane harvey made landfall, floodwaters in many parts of houston are still receding. >> i don't know how i could ever repay you. >> reporter: residents like howard holmes are relying on the kindness of strangers. >> 90% of this block is in survival mode right now. it's heartwrenching. >> reporter: some houstonians face more flooding when the water from the two reservoirs are released. sylvester turner implored people to leave now if they can. >> remain in your homes for the next 10 to 15 days, it's simp simply -- it's simply not in your best interan is it in the best interest of our first responders. >> reporter: but there are signs that life is moving on. >>

michelle miller is in houston with more of the story. harvey did not discriminate. j.j. watt and crew knew they had the means to push through. now they want to make sure the rest of their city does. with boxes of supplies, even hugs, j.j. watt and teammates are helping to get the people of texas back on their feet. on sunday ten semitrucks arrive from watt's home staid of wisconsin filled to the brim with donated items. >> these are all volunteers, so we haven't spent a single cent yet. >> not a single krenlts of the millions of particulars he's raised. he said with a sum this large he wants to make sure it's managed correctly. >> i want to take my time, work with local organizations and do it right in the city so it goes to the people of houston so we can help rebuild them. >> reporter: that's where it went. we watched as players handed out the donations throughout the city. at christian tabernacle church, hundreds of cars streamed in for people looking for everything from water and bleach to cat food and buckets for cleaning. the footba

i'm michelle miller.resident trump says he will travel to puerto rico next week to get a first and hook at the devastation left behind by hurricane maria. food, water, fuel are in short supply. and most of the island has no power. the claims it has an army of relief worker delivering aid, but people in puerto rico including the mayor of san juan say they haven't seen it. david begnaud begins our coverage. six days after maria hit with a vengeance, the mayor is at wit's end trying to find help. >> i know leaders aren't supposed to cry. and especially not on tv. we are having a humanitarian crisis. some survivors she says are facing second brush with death. like other hospitals on the island, the maestro has no power. a generator powers lights on two floors. there is no air conditioning. jesus' cancer took a turn for worse the same day maria hilt. his wife, lisette. >> i'm trying to help him. you know just in the night. trying to, open the doors, open the windows but it is not easy. >> roughly half of all t

i'm michelle miller.s of hurricane irma continue to deliver, dark, welt misery from florida to alabama. and up through the carolinas. the storm's torrential rain is drenching the south and its powerful winds knocked out power. to more than 7 million homes. the storm surge has touched off flooding along the georgia coast, all the way up through charleston. but florida got the worst of it. vast stretches of the state are underwater. thousand of homes, schools, and businesses are either damaged or, destroyed. the u.s. navy and the national guard are on a rescue mission in the florida keys. and that's where elaine quijano begins our coverage. more urgent every hour, according to officials in parts of key largo where we are now 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. 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

michelle miller is along the barker reservoir. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this commercial park isn't under water from last week's hurricane. it is the direct result of the release of water from two reservoirs about a half-mile away. most of houston is dried out, and this release ensured that, officials say. but water isn't the only hazard wreaking havoc. more than one week after harvey made its u.s. landfall, communities across houston and east texas are racing to get a handle on the storm's devastation. national guardsmen airlifted in bottled water to beaumont where flooding overwhelmed the city's pumping station, knocking out running water for days. in crosby, evacuated residents surrounding the arkema chemical plant were allowed home after officials successful ignited six trailers burning off any remaining flackable chemicals. evacuations are still being ordered in houston. about 300 people were forced from their homes in western stretches of that city on sunday. >> the police came, knocked on my door, and said you have ten minutes to get out. and there

in new york city, i'm michelle miller. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's thursday, september 28th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> the reality is that the "playboy" and the playboy club were the beginning of the sexual revolution. >> the playboy hugh hefner has died. >>> they have unveiled their tax care plan. >> we will cut taxes for every hard-working american. >> but there are questions about who would benefit and how much it would cost. >>> and fear and devastation in puerto rico as countless wait for food, water, and medicine. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> playboy hugh hefner died last night at his los angeles home. hefner died of natural causes. he was 91 years old. the first edition of "playboy" promised humor, sophistication, and spice. spice was obvious. hefner's magazine turned into an em pair at the forefront of the sexual revolution. hefner, as john blackstone reports, became the genre of the pajama-wea

michelle miller has details.l show you some of the hopeful and uplifting moments that have come from the storm's aftermath. >> these days head phones, whether they're big or small can be a fashion statement. but hearing aids are unfashionable and expensive medical devices that many people try to hide. now technology startup is giving hearing aids a high tech high fashion makeover. coming up on cbs this morning. >> that's the cbs morning news for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie greene. have a great day. i'm kenny choi. >>> we don't say this very often, it is hot in the city of san francisco and the rest of the bay area. good morning, it is friday, september 1. let's get the party started. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. the party has started. all right. [ laughter ] >> let's say hi to jaclyn and how is everyone doing? >> it's the first day of september. crazy. >> august just disappeared on us. and we're all in red, white and blue this morning. >> very patriotic. >> coordinated. >>> we have

michelle miller spent the day with a health official that has been spreading the word about the health risks. >> the big key is that flooded water, as you know, is unsafe. >> reporter: dr. umir shaw is making the rounds in areas that were flooded in houston as the harris county public health director, he's warning residents about the risks they face while cleaning up their homes. >> the enemy of all this is mold, and mold loves moisture. >> seiomi meshak has seen a foot of water, and now mold is growing inside her garage and her house. when you took out the cabinetry and the sheetrock, were you wearing a protective mask? >> no. >> that's what we've been saying. make sure you're wearing protection when you do all of, this because what we don't want is while you're trying to help everything and get back to normal life is that you also get sick in the process. >> reporter: dr. shaw says it's important the clean up fast because of what contaminated water leaves behind. floodwater can also harbor dangerous bacteria, which can enter the body through cuts and scrapes. >> we went to a couple s

michelle miller has the story. >> call it any town usa.r transportation world. full of highways, by ways, railroad crossings and bus stops. >> how is it different from your average test drive? >> great question. it isn't really different than the real world. that's in and of itself what with greg mcguire. we toured the ultimate learning curve for research. >> you're testing for the performance of an individual vehicle. we can look at how these vehicles operate together as part of a system. not only with each other but with the infrastructure around them. >> so you need this simulated world in order to do it the right way. >> that's right. >> it offers about every conceivable driving condition. >> right now we're on the urban side. that allows us to study your typical downtown urban environment so we have parking meters and angled parking, parallel parking, 7 different type of traffic lights. now we're entering the high speed side that simulates highway operation so we can study vehicles entering and change maneuvers. >> they all have a sta

michelle miller is in texas where she spoke with crystal's family. >> reporter: crystal mcdowell's familyto pick up her two children from exhusband's home but never showed. that was the day before hurricane harvey flooded streets in her neighborhoods. with law enforcement trying to keep people out of harm's way, they say the storm may have provided the ideal climate to cover a crime. >> see this black car right here, this mercedes. >> reporter: crystal mcdowell's car was found submerged in this motel 6 parking lot 13 miles from her home. >> the cops were here busting in doors. >> reporter: police say it was likely parked here before the water rose. how confident are you that she was not a victim of this storm? >> very confident. she is not a victim of this storm. we feel very, very confident that she's not a victim of this storm. >> reporter: these are the last known images of crystal taken boyfriend's home a day before the hurricane. she was leaving for two appointments as a real estate agent. her office could not confirm whether or not she made either one. >> the main objective is just

michele miller is in one houston neighborhood where people are trying to cope. good morning.>reporter: good morning. tens of thousands of houstonians have done this, pulled out an entire lifetime of their belongings and trashed it on the front lawns, a toxic breeding ground for all kinds of diseases. now now they're concerned about the psychological distress that goes along with losing so much. piles of debris in yards across houston are filled with furniture, insulation and carpeting. but look closer you'll also find more intimate items. >> the 8-year-old that track tractor is important how emotionally challenging is that? >> this doctor is the executive director of the public health. >> really encouraging everybody to use as much proek shn as possible. 0 we don't know what was in it. >> while his biggest concerns are illnesses collecting in the water and air, he's also worried about people's mental health. >> thank you so much. >>> this person moved into a hoe it h. tell after her home flooded. she stays the sound of water running through her woman's air conditioner terrifi

michelle miller is in one neighborhood where people are trying to cope with all the destruction there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. tens of thousands of houstonians have done this. pulled out an entire lifetime of belongings and put it on their front lawns. public health officials are now concerned with the psychological distress that goes along with losing so mu piles of debris in yards across houston are filled with furniture, insulation and carpeting. but look closer and you'll also find more intimate items. >> if the 8-year-old, that caterpillar tractor is their favorite toy, how emotionally challenging is that when you're having that kind of a conversation with your child? >> reporter: umair shah is the director of harris county public health. he's checking on houstonians having difficulty. >> we're encouraging everybody using as much protection as possible. >> reporter: while shah's biggest concerns are illnesses that can collect in the water and the air, he's also worried about people's mental health. her home flooded and she moved into a hotel. she said the sound o

michelle: we have been tracking the overdoses and the deaths in frederick county since they posted this sign this spring. cheryl conner brings us an update. >> i always give this bottom one a kiss. cheryl: karen miller updates the numbers every month. he is pushed for this in frederick county. >> the wife and mother of recovering addicks she is helping other families break the barriers through the heroin advocates. billboard was put up in april. the number of overdoses climbed by 100. karen is waiting for the numbers and knows the lives lost will go up by three. that many people died in less than a week. >> there are other changes in the county. under the stuffed animals and next to the billboard showing narcan. the drug that reverses the overdose. every school, not just in the county but the state is now requiredded to have narcan. >> it's not only for students but visitors to the school. cheryl: frederick county schools can provide referral for a free substance abuse assessment by the health >> it may be the first time a choice but after that it's an addiction. >> miller carries her own narcan. she wants to see a change in the access to treatment so the wait times don't add to the numbers on the b

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