Of abby m. Oneill. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. As more troops and materials arrive in puerto rico, relief workers are struggling to distribute desperately needed supplies. The u. S. Territory that 3. 5 million american citizens call home is still trying to get back to basics 11 days after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Telecommunications are available to a third of the island. 45 of residents now have drinkable running water. 60 of gas stations are open and providing fuel. 11 major highways are cleared of debris and open. Power has been restored to 59
Why the reopening came several weeks earlier than expected. Parts of the keys are still severely damaged and remain closed to visitors. National anthem appropriate tests resumed today as nfl players took the field in london and across the u. S. Some are demonstrating against racial injustice. Many are showing solidarity. Here is tony dokoupil. Last gleaming National Anthem come pose add mid conflict. For a docked on week it was performed amid a modern day battle. Three Miami Dolphins took a knee during the anthem to protest racial inequality. And in defiance of President Trumps Controversial Campaign to make all players stand. They say get that son of a off the field right now. He is fired. The president first raised the issue last month. Reupped it in tweets all week. And drew a new line in the sand late saturday. Very important that nfl players stand tomorrow and always, he wrote. Last week, more than 100 nfl players, sat, knelt, or raised their fists during the anthem. Some followed
Well start with the raiders taking on the broncos. Oakland looking to bounce back from their week 3 loss with washington. First quarter first and 10 from the 22. And Trevor Siemian finds a. Y. Derby. Onehanded. Thats a great, great catch. And denver was rolling. What about this catch . Yeah, thats a big catch, bigtime catch. Onehanded grab. Look at him snatch that out of the air. He leaves if hes leaving hes leaving. Lee didnt have a chance right there. Second quarter opened 100. 64 yards. Here comes oakland. I see you, johnny horton. Thats a nice catch. I got this. And he could go all the way. That was a nice throw by carr as well. Carr sacked, takes a knee to the back. Carr left the game and did not return. E. J. Manuel goes in at quarterback. This is the raiders worst fears. Yeah, it is. Last year you know what happened during the playoffs. This is the raiders worst nightmare, seeing Something Like this happen. Well have more on him later. Later in the drive raiders run, take a punt
Exactly. Money, honey. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today president elect donald trump named the c. E. O. Of exxonmobil, Rex Tillerson, to be secretary of state. The Senior Member of the cabinet. Tillerson was chosen because hes made successful deals with heads of state all around the world, but those could be ties that bind. Tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with Vladimir Putin of russia. The lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. Also today, mr. Trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. Major garrett begins our coverage. We just couldnt be more grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven will leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. Reporter Rex Tillersons move from exxonmobil c. E. O. To secretary of state
Bright to start with. But we have a few clouds around. The temperature has bumped up in philadelphia. It is 37 degrees right now, a little bit of a breeze out of the west at 6 Miles Per Hour. It will come down a little bit at 8 00, then right back up into the upper 30s at 11 00 and warm into the 40s this afternoon. The cold will ease out of here. Wont be as warm as yesterday but nicely above freezing for philadelphia, the suburbs, into new jersey, 43 degrees. And at the shore turning partly cloudy and 45. Clouds will be increasing this afternoon. The Lehigh Valley and delaware and the rest of the area as well. Ill break these forecasts down hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes, but first, Jessica Boyington is watching your first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. Starting on the schuylkill expressway, finally seeing minor improvements around montgomery drive. We had some overhead sign work earlier this morning that was closing down all lanes in both directions at one point. Then it w