what drew you to this charity? >> i felt like they were doing work that no one else was doing. this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. i'm anthony mason. hurricane maria, the most powerful storm to hit puerto rico in more than 80 years has knocked out power to the entire island of nearly 3.5 million people. maria made landfall today as a category 4 and touched off catastrophic flooding. the storm is moving away from puerto rico tonight, toward the dominican republic, and tomorrow, the bahamas. david begnaud is in san juan. >> reporter: maria's blinding rain and vicious 155-mile-per- hour winds tore across this island just before 7:00 a.m. o buildings like they were soda can tops. it turned streets into rivers and debris into missiles. puerto rico's governor is telling people to stay calm, but he's warning that the island is on the verge of losing communication. in one neighborhood, 80% of the homes are destroyed, and the entire island of puerto rico is without power. maria already left a trail of destruction on the islands of the direct path of the storm. in puerto rico, floodwater rushed through guaynabo. people were clinging to each other in chest-deep water. after the winds calmed, we made our way in to tour the devastation there. piles of tree branches blocked roads. two women cleared the gutters by hand to prevent flooding. and the roof of 76-year-old carmen gonzalez's home of 35 years was partially ripped off.. s this is the same area the governoroured sterday, today, you can see why. nothing is left of eva herrera's second-floor home. we first found her salvaging food from the freezer. "what's lost is lost," she told us. "you just have to put faith in god." despite the devastation, no deaths or injuries have been reported, so far. the governor of puerto rico is asking for generators to be shipped from the mainland here to the island to help restore power as a dusk-to-dawn curfew has just gone into effect. >> mason: david begnaud in san juan. thanks, david. central mexico more than 24 hours after it was hit by a at least 230 people were killed, but there are also incredible stories of survival. manuel bojorquez is in mexico. >> reporter: after the anguish of waiting and uncertainty, a boy and girl were pulled alivel. but rescuers fear more may still be trapped more than 24 hours after the earthquake struck, killing 25 of the school, the majority children. the area surrounding the school has become a hub of activity, where people are donating food and water for rescue crews and anxious parents. but every now and then, people throw up a fist. this means silence because rescue crews are trying to listen for any sound coming from the rubble. volunteer alex serory, a banker, helped free four people from oei >> they were making noise with metal with coins, so the volunteers, rescuers could hea that noise. >> reporter: they were using coins to hit metal. >> that's right. >> reporter: and the rescuers were able to hear that. >> on the other side of the wall. >> reporter: first responders' work has been at times frantic, at times painstaking, removing bricks and rubble by hand to avoid collapsing additional debris from the nearly 40 buildings that collapsed. they have formed bucket brigades and worked shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of volunteers. outside this collapsed building, we found marta laura praying with her rosary. her husband started work here as an engineer just this week. have you heard anything? >> nada. thing you give up is that faith that he'll be alive. for your children." despite this type of 50 people have been pulled alive from the rubble. but conditions are hazardous. there are gas leaks, which also permeate the air. anthony. >> mason: manuel bojorquez in mexico city, thanks, manny. now to the investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. election and whether anyone in the trump campaign was involved. special counsel robert mueller has been bombarding the white house with requests for documents, and today, jeff pegues learned of emails that show a top trump operative reaching out to an associate of vladimir putin. >> reporter: while he was trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, through an intermediary, sent a message to a russian billionaire closely tied to the kremlin. according to "the washington post," two weeks before president trump's nomination, manafort sent an email to oleg deripaska. in the email written on july 7, 2016, manafort offered to keep deripaska informed about the campaign. "if he needs private briefings, we can accommodate." late today, manafort's attorney did not deny the authenticity of the email but called the message "inocuous." and said, "it's no secret mr. clients" implying it was an attempt to collect. torties as terip d deal to advance the interest of russian president vladimir putin. leaks about special counsel robert mueller's activities have accelerated in recent days, along with reports president trump's activities are now being closely scrutinized. "the new york times" today reported mueller's office sent a document to the white house that detailed 13 different areas that investigators want more information about, among them, this year's resignation of national security ad michael flynn, the firing of f.vib.i. dseirector james comeyd this meeting in the oval office a day later between presiden trump and top russian officialst in which mr. trump said comey's firing relieved great pressure on him. mueller has also worked with a grand jury in washington to question witnesses and obtain search warrants. peter zeidenberg is a former federal prosecutor who worked with him. how would you describe hims a prosecutor? >> as a manager he's very no- nonsense, very by the book, doesn't fool around, moved straight ahead. >> reporter: the white house said tonight that it is cooperating with the special counsel mueller's investigation. anthony. >> mason: jeff pegues, thanks. senate republicans say their new health care plan may be their best chance for getting rid of obamacare. that brought its namesake out of retirement today to defend it. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: republicans bill cassidy and lindsey graham sprinted from meeting to meeting today. >> we're going to take the bill up next week. >> reporter: ...trying to close the sale on the party's last, best shot at replacing obamacare. >> they might get the votes. >> reporter: the graham-cassidy bills would keep obamacare's taxes in place but turn most of the revenues over to the states to come up with their own health care systems. rare public appearance, argued today that some states might allow insurers to once again charge more for pre-existing conditions. >> it's certainly frustrating to have to mobilize every couple of months to keep our leaders from inflicting real human suffering on our constituents. >> reporter: cassidy insists his plan does meet what he dubbed the "jimmy kimmel test." after kimmel himself slammed the plan last night. >> he failed his own test. and this guy, bill cassidy, just lied right to my face. possible g.o.p. holdouts like alaska's lisa murkowski, who met with graham and cassidy today. alaska's governor says he doesn't like your plan. he wants you to go back to a an rtbiro t aheis iacs ppzero ph.on a bipartisan manner to replace obamacare. repter: president trump, at the u.n., told his party to pass the plan now. >> i thought that when i won, i would go to the oval office, sit down at my desk, and there would be a healthcare bill on my desk, >> reporter: senate rules give republicans until next saturday to pass a healthcare bill with a simple majority. that's why this plan is suddenly on the fast track, anthony, with no time for the congressional budget office to determine how many people might lose coverage. >> mason: nancy cordes, thanks. british police made two more arrests today in the london subway bombing. five people are now in custody. 30 people were hurt when the bomb partially exploded. and now mark phillips reports amazon is reviewing procedures after it was revealed that its website may unwittingly help would-be bombers. >> reporter: the main explosive in the london subway bomb didn't go off. building a functioning bomb is complicated. but an investigation here has revealed getting ingredients to make a simple bomb has become easier than ever. the reason: internet shopping. ask for any of the well-known bombmaking essentials -- sulfur, for example, and under the "frequently bought together" heading, amazon helpfully suggests you might also want car plexe.iveded for black powderos potassium nitrate, for example, and the site suggests sulfur and charcoal. dig a little deeper and battery terminals, presumably for the detonator, and ball bearings, possibly for shrapnel come up. the algorithms behind these shopping hints may be based on the buying patterns of amateur fireworks makers and backyard rocket scientists. but former bomb disposal officer chris hunter says the list might encourage and help others. most people are off the radar, i mean, radicalized individuals. >> reporter: you're talking about wanna-be bomb makers. >> that's right, yes. if an individual isn't 100% sure exactly what components he or she needs it does give them that missing ingredient. >> reporter: there's no proof any terrorist bomb has been made from web-bought ingredients and amazon said it's now reviewing its practices. but, anthony, it is full of bomb-making tips including the u.s. army's own explosive and demolition handbook marked down to just over $8. >> mason: mark phillips. thanks, mark. there was a frightening moment at yankee stadium today when a young fan was hit by a foul ball. here's anna werner. >> wow! >> ripped foul. >> reporter: the foul ball flew off the bat of todd frazier down the third base line, hitting the young girl. players looked upset and stunned. frazier took a knee and lowered his head. in 2015 in boston, a line drive slammed right into stephanie wopenski, leaving the die hard red sox fan with more than 30 stitches. the yankees said earlier this year they were seriously exploring extending their protective netting for 2018. in december of 2015, major league baseball recommended to teams that they implement netting that shields from line- drive foul balls because all field-level seats that are located between the near ends of both dugouts. and tonighta twins player, bryan doasher, saisod nm should be mandatory. >> i don't care about the view of a fan or what. all that safety. i still have a knot in my stomach. i don't know if you guys saw it. we need nets or don't put kids there. >> reporter: in a postgame press conference, yankees manager, joe girardi, said he was briefed by his security team who said the >> mason: that's good news, anna. thanks. next on the "cbs evening news," why tackle football is especially dangerous for young players. al s especially dangerous for young players. a daily groove. ♪ let's groove tonight. ♪ share the 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>> i felt like they were doing work that no one else was doing. >> reporter: children in conflict is the new american arm of war child u.k., a charity focused on helping children recover from the trauma of war. how did you find out about this? >> i found out about it through my wife. >> think of a child you know. >> reporter: his wife is actress carrie mulligan. >> i'm here with fidel who saw some really terrible things during the war, things a child should never have to see. >> reporter: she traveled to africa in 2014 as a global ambassador for war child. you're a dad. you just became a father for the second time. >> uh-huh. >> mason: how does that affect your connection to this? >> it's only made my support for what they do even stronger. >> mason: earlier this year, mumford went to iraq. >> we met with families that had literally just come out from mosul. >> reporter: in a refugee camp where war child had set up a school-- >> this kid comes up to me... >> mason: ...mumford said he met a boy who had never been to school because of the isis occupation. >> he counted in english, all of ich he learned through these programs. >> mason: what did you say to him? >> i said, "that was seriously good." i don't think he understood that. but i applauded. and his father started crying right there in front of us and it was really impactful, and that's why we did it. >> mason: marcus mumford. their concert this week raised nearly half a million dollars. and that's the "cbs evening news." i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org smart. the bay area's newest rail system is beating expectations for its ervice. kpix5 news begins with a strong sta for smart beating railway expectations for its first few weeks of service. good evening. i'm veronica de la cruz. >> i'm allen martin. if they build it, will they ride? it's the big question for the smart train. now we have the big numbers on 5, kpix5's emily turner live on one of the busiest smart train's routes. >> reporter: one of the busiest if not the busiest. there have been a lot of opponents to smart, people who doubted its success, but at least the numbers we saw in the first leave weeks show that there is quite a lot of success -- three weeks show that there is quite a lot of success sorun fare trips since labor day and now that the brand-new sheen has worn off smart train we got the numbers and the green trains are in the black. >> we had projections on what our weekly ridership was going to be. we are meeting and exceeding those. our chief financial officer is even happier than i am because we projected the revenue and we are meeting and exceeding those revenues. >> reporter: remember, though, sales tax dollars are still mart's pry march source of revenue and -- primary source of revenue and smart will need to move at least 16,500 riders a week. so far they've exceeded that by more than 6,000 riders in the three weeks they've been running. another unexpected element? ridership numbers are surprisingly stronger on weekends than most weekdays. monday has the top spot, but it's followed by saturday and sunday. >> we did a two day get-away to the city and so we again rode it to the transit center in san rafael. they have a shuttle bus that takes you to the larkspur ferry. we took the larkspur ferry, did our little overnight in the city

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