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. Im annemarie green. Its been one week since Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico. For the 4 million who live there, theyre 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 vengeance, the mayor is needing help. I gnome leaders are not supposed to cry but we are having a humanitarian crisis. Reporter jesuss cancer took a turn for the worse the same day maria hit. His wife liucette. I try to open the doors, the windows, but its 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 its coming in too slowly. She told us fema asked her to write a memo for what she needed. I dont have the [ bleep ] energy. Reporter or the time. Im out there saving lives and helping to get it into peoples hands. Reporter they continue to flock to these Service Centers like this one. Here theyre able to get a wifi connection. Its their only connection on an island without power. Well, as we mention, President Trump is pushing back against criticism that hes not paying enough attention to the crisis in puerto rico. Predicting the administration will get an aplus 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 annemarie. There are those who say the government is not doing enough. The white house says the holdup is with logistics. A week after Hurricane Maria 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, were 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. Were doing everything to help the hardhit people of both places, puerto rico and the virgin islands. Mr. Trump said hell go there next tuesday. Going before then would complicate the relief effort. Weve got aid on these islands. But the difference is this island is sitting on an ocean. Its a big ocean, a very big ocean. They wont arrive until the middle of next week. It hasnt been ear marked for recovery because its hard to tell who needs what for the moment. Puerto ricos cant yet call or go online to apply for assistance. Annemarie . 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 marylands eastern shore. This morning the storm surge 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. Its his first trip to afghanistan since President Trump announced a new afghan strategy in late august. Hes 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. Theres a special election december 12th. On capitol hill the republicans say theyll 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 theyll 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. Theyre 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. 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The 1450character limit has been in place since the company was found 11 years ago. The test is being made available to a small number of users. On the cbs moneywatch, the fed admits it may have been wrong about inflation and new player in the car market. Roxana saberi is at the New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Good morning, roxanna. Good morning, annemarie. Fed chair janet yellen says she plans to keep raising the interest rate. She told the fed not to raise them too slowsly. Theyll raise them again in september, which will be the third rate in aee. Theyve kept them ununusually low to encourage borrowing and investment. The major u. S. Index has finished the day with little change. The dow lost 11 points, the s p ended about where it started, and the nasdaq gained 9 points. The ceo of the Credit Reporting AgencyEquifax Richard Smith has abruptly retired. Hes served as ceo since 2005. Easterly they announced there was a breach of information. 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Are recording a record increase in infections interest three sexually transmitted diseases for a third year in a row. Std rates reached an alltime high in 2016 and there were 1. 6 million cases of chlamydia, 470,000 cases of gonorrhea and 28,000 case of sif lus. They say diagnosis has helped but treatment and prevention programs have been hurt by budget cuts. President trump is one step closer to building a wall along the u. S. mexico border. Prototypes are on the way. Chris martinez has the story. Reporter construction crews broke ground in san diego to begin building prototypes of President Trumps proposed border wall. As they were working, Border Patrol agents arrested a man who illegally crossed over from mexico. The wall has a price tag of neil 22 billion. Were partnering with industry to find a best way to build new and improve ed border. U. S. Customs and Border Protection say eight prototypes are being built. Four are construction of concrete. 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Reporter amazons proposal to deliver 50,000 job and a 5 billion investment has cities salivating. Philadelphia, atlanta, austin, chicago, and phoenix are a few of the contenders hoping to last the next amazon headquarters, all offering come johns from the practical to the unusual. For reasons not immediately clear, tucson sent a 21foot cactus which amazon later donated to a museum. Chicago is dang gling acres of unoccupied downtown land along the river and hes included alexa for help. Im a proud amazon customer. So alexa, where is the best place for amazon to locate its headquarters. Danbury, connecticut. Reporter critics say buyer beware of side effects to that partnership. Joseph parilla is with the brookings institute. One concern with amazon inserting itself in a new city is all of these kind of well paid people would come in, bid up the price of housing and make the region for unaffordable. Reporter because it will come with fat tax breaks some cities may be tempted to overpay. That money could be going to other public investments, schools, infrastructure, other aspects that make the city a good place to live. Reporter and amazon could look forth where toronto is beckoning and canadas approach to immigration, especially hightech talent, may be more attractive to the company than what its been hearing lately from washington. Dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. Coming up on cbs this morning, we will hear from a man whos fighting a program who lets the government keep seized property even if no crime was ever committed. Plus look at history of the National Anthem in sport an how its been a part of patriotism and protests. Thats the cbs morning news for this wednesday. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Gunfire erupts and leaves a teenager dead and three other people are hospitalized we will tell you the reason why officers think more than one shooter may have been involved. 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