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KPIX CBS This Morning September 29, 2017

Rockclimbing walls. And o. J. Simpson could be free as early as sunday after serving time for robbery. James brown looks at how america still cannot agree on his acquittal for murder 22 years later. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. President trump has put people first and paperwork second. Hes had us pull out all the stops. Washington scrambles to distribute aid in puerto rico. The supply chain, the logistical chain in puerto rico is broken. Its not just broken, it is shattered. It is nonexistent at this point. Its really a good news story in terms of a limited number of deaths from such a devastating hurricane. My respect for the taxpayer is as strong as it can be. Secretary tom price under fire over his use of private jets. Cant put lipstick on this pig. Playing the big shot on the taxpayers dime. Its indefensible. The u. S. Is preparing to withdraw staff from the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Its because of reported Health Attacks on u. S. Officials. Three months after he was shot, congressman Steve Scalise made an emotional return to capitol hill. Im not like john boehner, im not a big cryer, but i was just a babbling idiot. Another massive rock fall at Yosemite National park. Again for the touchdown green bay. 3514. And all that matters. Opening round of the president s cup. Former president obama, bush and clinton take in the action. But the worst shot of the day, Phil Mickelson felt the effort. Three former president s. Im sure you know hugh hefner passed away at the playboy mansion. Many of you know hugh hefner playboy mag. For those in the audience, a magazine is like an app. But you can fold it. Thats what it is. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Washington is pushing to speed up Hurricane Relief for desperate people in puerto rico. President trump praised First Responders last night, saying they are doing a great job. Others say the government has moved too slowly. One democratic senator asked, wheres the cavalry . The pentagon is sending Jeff Buchanan to oversee some 10,000 federal forces involved in relief efforts. Acting Homeland Security secretary, elaine duke, goes to puerto rico today with other Senior Administration officials to see the devastation firsthand. Well, fema says it has delivered 2 million leaders of Drinking Water and 1 million meals. The focus now is on delivering supplies to local distribution sites. David is on the west coast of puerto rico, where people there still need a whole lot of help. David, good morning. Reporter good morning. Were on the western tip of the island. The first person we saw was the mayor and he said go anywhere, and you will find destruction. This is a hotel right along the water where they would have wedding parties. The entire front end has been blown out. Looking at the water, theres devastation everywhere along the shore. People are running low on food. They have run out of water. And lines to get gas stretch for more than three miles. Desperate, yet incredibly patient. Puerto ricans stood in line in the pouring rain waiting to fuel cars and gas cans. After what they have been through the passing shower barely made them flinch. Lines for basic resources are a fact of life here. This Grocery Store has about two weeks worth of food, and theyre running low on water. Nine days after maria made landfall, perez stood in line for water for the third day in a row. Frustration. Its not goi its not going to get me anywhere. So we have to stay calm. Reporter the hurricane ripped off the roofs of more than 1,500 homes, according to the mayor, carlos mendez, who says his city has been devastated. Do you need more help . Of course i do. I need help. I need fema. Reporter entire towns are isolated by fallen trees and roads that are impassable. In san lorenzo, the main bridge has been washed out, forcing families to wade through the river with garbage bags of supplies swung over their shoulders. John raven is a regional administrator for fema, who says damage is slowing relief efforts. Our response to an incident like this is complex. Its difficult. And it is not nearly as fast as any of us want. People are suffering. People are crying. Mothers with children are crying. We have to work together. We have to keep hope alive. Its a mistake not to get up again. When you go down, you have to get up. And thats exactly what were doing. Back here, they stopped serving water yesterday at 4 30 because of the curfew, nobody could be on the street. Water will again be served today starting at 8 00 a. M. For 60,000 people, they only have four water trucks. And this morning theyre only going to have 2,000 meals to serve. Thanks, david. United States Military is leading efforts to help hurricane survivors. Thousands of service members, including the Puerto Rican National guard, are deployed to help people on the island. The military is going through damaged streets and communities bringing food, water and medical supplies to those in need. Were in san juan with an inside look at the troops mission. Omar, good morning. Reporter good morning. The uss is just a few miles off shore here and we embedded with the sailors and marines from that ship. Their mission, help restore vita infrastructure and get this island back up and running. The first marines and sailors on the ground in puerto rico came from the uss kearsarge. These marines have set up a hightech Operation Center on the island. We have been able to find the critical infrastructure, find the nodes where we can save the most lives if necessary. Reporter the lieutenant takes his findings and relays them to fema. Youre doing a diagnostics test on the hospitals. We are. And then Emergency Response if necessary to save lives. Reporter many residents on the island dont have running water. So marines are using a filtration system to convert saltwater to clean drinkable water. It produces 150 gallons per hour. The marines have also spent the last four days clearing trees and power lines from a road that leads to communication towers that need to be fixed. Lieutenant colonel maine says the loss of phone service on the island has made the Recovery Process even harder. The loss of that infrastructure was even more devastating than you can imagine. Nobody can get that lifesaving aid. Thats where we come in. Thats our expertise. Reporter fema says only 25 of the Telecommunications Systems on the island are back up and running. Cell phone providers are here working on their towers. But more than a week after the hurricane, there are still no reliable way to communicate on the island. Gayle . Oh mmar, thank you. A Navy Hospital ship will bring help to puerto rico. They will deliver urgently needed personal supplies, including units of blood. It will assist where medical facilities are crippled. Chip reid is in norfolk where the ship is ready for its 1,420 mile journey to puerto rico. Chip, good morning. Reporter good morning. As you can see, that is one big floating hospital behind me, but it has an even bigger mission, to bring relief to thousands of Puerto Ricans who are desperate for medical care. When the ship leaves port later today, it will have on board 850 service members, 70 Civil Service mariners, travel with 5,000 units of blood, four xray machines, a dental suite, pharmacy and physical therapy center. The comfort was on the gulf coast after hurricanes katrina and rita in 2005 and in haiti in 2010. And it was in new york city after 9 11. Now, the comfort is always ready to deploy on five days notice. But in this case, it didnt get the order until tuesday. That was six days after maria hit puerto rico. Now, some are wondering why that order didnt come sooner. But were told one reason is that maria created 35foot dangerous waves just off the coast. Chip, thank you. House majority Steve Scalise is back at work on capitol hill. Scalise received a rousing ovation on the house floor yesterday, three months after he was shot at baseball practice. We sat down with scalise just minutes before, and our cameras captured an emotional reunion that literally brought the speaker of the house to his knees. Oh, look who is here oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Mr. Speaker youre back so good to see you. Man, oh, man. A long time. Oh, my gosh. Wow. This is crazy. Im sorry saw you in the hospital those first few days. Hey, how are you . Nice to see you. Thanks for helping us. I know you worked with my staff a lot. And its good. I remember that. Youve got it. Ive seen it work. It i dont have words for it. I cant describe it. Ive never felt this kind of emotion before. Your presence is going to bring so much healing to people here. Everywhere i go in america, first question, how is Steve Scalise. How is the scalise family. Please tell them were praying for them. Please tell jennifer were praying for them. Everywhere we all go, everyone has been sending prayers, and its working. Theyre being answered. I feel t. I mean, we have felt these prayers. All around the country, people that we dont even know. And wow. The power of prayer is real. You got your majority whip back. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. You know, it was one of those moments, you know, the humanity involved there, and the friendship involved there. I mean, its odd to see a grown man cry. Ive never seen the speaker of the house cry, although john boehner, as he pointed out, used to cry frequently. But i like to see that kind of humanity in that moment. Did you all did you know he was coming . I know you had an interview scheduled with mr. Scalise. Right. So we were waiting to go on the floor. They said the speaker of the house was going to try and stop by and see him before he went down to open up. So we had an inkling that he might come by. That he might come. We also talked to scalise after he was on the house floor again for another interview. And the House Majority whip said had his Capitol Police not been there that day on that baseball field, he thinks a dozen members of congress could be dead. And i think thats part of the emotion, too. Because every member of congress realized this could have been really bad, and it was an attack on the institution. And i suspect and you know how close he may have come to death. Yes. And thats part of our story on 60 minutes on sunday thats extended for the first time. We have done all of the original reporting about what happened that day on june 14th, his recovery and how close he came to death. But thats what made it so touching to me and everybody who watched that piece, to see the speaker walk in. It was so spontaneous, the way he dropped to his knees, immediately, and the way that he grabbed congressman scalise. Ill never forget seeing that. And the wifes reaction, and he said, oh, yeah, hi, norah. And thats when i felt a little uncomfortable. It was beautiful to see. Thank you, guys. And just a reminder, you can watch the interview of Steve Scalise sunday night on 60 minutes here on cbs. Well done. Very well done. Very well done indeed. The health and Human Services secretary, tom price, this morning appears to be fighting for his job right now. Hes under fire for his expensive taxpayerfunded travel abroad government and private charter jets. The trips by interior secretary ryan zinke, epa administrator, scott pruitt and Steve Mnuchin have also drawn some criticism. Major garrett is at the white house with this growing political problem for the trump administration. Major, good morning. Good morning. In his inaugural address, President Trump described washington as a place where government officials enjoyed benefits unavailable to average americans. And often coming at their expense. Vowing those days were over. Now questions about that impact conduct are being raised about the president s own cabinet, chiefly health and Human Services secretary, tom price. All of the trips, as i mentioned, had been approved. Reporter secretary price suggested its President Trumps agenda that forced him to take ten trips on private charters. We have a very ambitious agenda. And we were trying our dog gonest to be able to accomplish the mission. Reporter price announced thursday that he would write a pesonal check to the u. S. Treasury for nearly 52,000 taxpayer dollars it cost for his seat. And that taxpayers wont pay a dime for my seat on those planes. But according to politico, his actual bill to taxpayers may be more than 1 million after it was revealed he used military aircraft for trips overseas. The president has made it clear, he is not pleased. I am not happy. Reporter on thursday, White House Press secretary, Sarah Huckabee sanders, was asked if prices job was safe. Were going to conduct a full review, and well see what happens. Reporter the white house is conducting a cabinetwide review of private air travel. The latest member under fire is ryan zinke. According to the washington post, he spent more than 12,000 on a private charter from las vegas to his hometown in montana while epa administrator, scott pruitt has spent nearly 60,000 on noncommercial flights. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin also frequently used expensive government and military planes. Meanwhile, the White House Counsels Office has launched a separate internal review of the use of private email accounts by Top White House officials past and present. Those under scrutiny, jared kushner, ivanka trump, gary cohn, still in the white house, and steve bannon and reince priebus, who recently left the building. Thanks. Yosemite National Park is open after a man was seriously hurt yesterday when large chunks of rock fell off the face of el captain. A similar rock slide on wednesday killed a tourist. Were near el captain. Carter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Its climbing season here in yosemite, and this is el captain. Its one of the most popular peaks around here. And if you take a look, you can see that big white scar in the granite. Thats whats left after two days of massive rock slides. Looks like smoke. That, again, is dust. Reporter hundreds of tons of granite plummeted thousands of feet down the face of el captain thursday. Video captured from inside Yosemite National park shows the massive dust plume bill owing in the air. All of a sudden we heard it sounded like thunder. Reporter rachel evans husband jim was injured after some of the falling rock crashed through the sunroof of their suv. It shattered. And the dust just poured in. Glass went flying from the sunroof. So we were trying to outrun. It was like, go, lets go and at the same time, my husband reached up, and he was like, oh, my head, my head because it was bleeding profusely and hurting. Reporter he was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital and is expected to be okay. The rock fall slid off the southeastern face of el captain, a popular spot for climbers down into the valley below. The rock slide went all the way down to the road. Reporter this is what it looked like on top of el captain more than 7,500 feet above the slide. Absolutely unbelievable. Reporter only a day earlier, a rock fall in the same area killed a british tourist, and critically injured his wife. It was in the same place. And so its possible that the rocks were destabilized from the event that happened yesterday. Reporter now geologists think that break could have been caused by the heating and cooling of the granite. When it cools down, it becomes much more brittle. Thats when it can crack. The last person to be killed by a falling rock here in yosemite was back in 2013. All right. Thank you very much, carter. Two industrial plants are accused of deliberately sending floodwaters into texas neighborhoods after harvey. Ahead, how displaced homeowners say water just suddenly started rising again, even after the initial threat from the storm had passed. But first, it is this National Weather report sponsored by blue buffalo. You love your pets like family. So feed them like family, with blue. Buffalo. You love your pets like family, so feed them like family with blue. The murder trial of o. J. Simpson sharply divided americans more than 20 years ago. And its still dividing them with his expected release from prison. A 48hour special. O. J. Simpsons moves captivated us from the football field to the courtroom. A tele generalic superstar. But as o. J. Simpson is about to walk out of prison, people remember the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and ron goldman, and questions about race. Now those who know him best tell us whats next for oj. Thats coming up on cbs this morning. Im Phil Mickelson, pro golfer. Im karen, im a teacher. My Psoriatic Arthritis caused joint pain. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of existing joint damage that could only get worse. He prescribed enbrel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. Enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. Serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. 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