tonight, some of the places we ve been from all these years on the road. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. mason: good evening. i m anthony mason. the trump administration denied today that political connections had anything to do with restoring electrical connections to puerto rico. a huge contract was awarded to a tiny company in whitefish, montana, home town of interior secretary ryan zinke. swrimpgy today said he had nothing to do with the contract. cbs news correspondent david begnaud set out today to find the headquarters of the company somewhere in the middle of nowhere. reporter: nestled down this long driveway in whitefish, montana, is a one-story wooden house which is the home of whitefish energy, the tiny energy company with only two full-time employees surprised many. ( doorbell ) there s mail for andy. when it received a $300 million no-bid contract to rebuild puerto rico s electrical grid. whitefish has never worked on a project o
only on cbs this morning. a whistleblower claims there is a pattern of violence and abuse. as we get ready to turn back the clocks, massachusetts lawmakers consider whether to quit daylight saving time. the move would create a fifth time zone for the mainland u.s. we begin this morning with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. were you in e-mail chains with papadopoulos about russia? it may have come up from time to time. again, you know, there s nothing major, yeah. new revelations in the russia investigation. the stakes could not be higher. we need to get to the bottom of this. the white house is in full damage control after the indictments. we ve been saying from day one there s been no evidence of trump/russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that. we re in great hopes it wraps up. it is very distracting to the president. militant accused of playing a key role in the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi,
and did a south carolina wilderness camp cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a 16-year-old? only on cbs this morning, a whistleblower claims there is a pattern of violence and abuse. plus as we get ready to turn back the clocks, massachusetts lawmakers consider whether to quit daylight saving time. the move would create a fifth time zone for the mainland, u.s. but we begin with a look at today s eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. were you in e-mail chains with papadopoulos about russia? it may have come up from time to time. again, you know, there s nothing nothing major. new revelations in the russia investigation. the stakes could not be higher. we need to get to the bottom of this. the white house is in full damage control after the indictment. we ve been saying from day one there s been no evidence of trump/russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all. we re in great hopes that it wraps up. it is very
wilderness camp cover up the circumstances surrounding the death of a 16-year-old? only on cbs this morning, a whistleblower claims there is a pattern of violence and abuse. plus as we get ready to turn back the clocks, massachusetts lawmakers consider whether to quit daylight saving time. the move would create a fifth time zone for the mainland, u.s. but we begin with a look at today s eyeopener, in 90 seconds. were you in e-mail chains with papadopoulos about russia? it may have come up from time to time. again, you know, there s nothing nothing major. new revelations in the russia investigation. the stakes could not be higher. we need to get to the bottom of this. the white house is in full damage control after the indictment. we ve been saying from day one there s been no evidence of trump/russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all. we re in great hopes that it wraps up. it is very distracting to the president. milit
they re accused of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds. the high court in madrid is also seeking the arrest of catalonia s ousted leader carles puidgemont. he s in brussels and says he won t return until he and his colleagues are guaranteed a fair trial. this report from the bbc‘s tom burridge. in the police vans are eight men and women who a week ago ran the government of catalonia. now, taken toa government of catalonia. now, taken to a prison in madrid. they face serious charges, including rebellion against the spanish state. a judge denied them bail. as the news filtered through, their supporters gathered outside the regional parliament in barcelona. angry. and in shock. the government they elected now behind bars. can you believe it, in a democratic country, that these things happen? that we can go back to the dark times again? we don t understand. we are very, very sad, deeply sad, deeply sad, and terrified. it reads political prisoners. madrid argues it ha