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Of trains, running into santa clara county, for the first time. good evening, im allen martin. im veronica de la cruz. kpix news begins with a huge mail stone for b.a.r.t. trains running into santa clara county for the first time. >> im veronica de la cruz. only on 5, its a major step in the extension of b.a.r.t. to the south bay. the first trains are making test runs. >> reporter: yeah, the trains rumbling through this milpitas neighborhood wont be carrying passengers until next summer, but i...

Welfare for unrepresented animals. thanks for watching tonight at 5:00. >> al and veronica right back here in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: somethings fishy. thats what congressional critics are saying about the no- bid contract awarded the whitefish energy company to rebuild puerto ricos electrical grid. also tonight... >> we have great unity. >> mason: the president denies his party is divided. >> i called it a lovefest. >> mason: the postman always rings twice, but the ama...

This is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: and this is our western edition. good evening. im anthony mason. five weeks later, the power is still out in most of puerto rico, and now lightbulbs are going off in the heads of members of congress. theyre calling for an investigation of the deal that awarded a big contract to a tiny company to get the power back on. the company happens to be headquartered in the hometown of a member of the trump cabinet. julianna goldman is looking into this. >> report...

Ore democrats always denied it. >> reporter: the law firm that represented both the democratic national committee and the hillary for america campaign has confirmed that it paid fusion gps in april of 2016 to perform a variety of research services. until now, some top clinton campaign officials have denied knowing who was behind the effort to dig up dirt. former campaign spokesman brian fallon. >> im sure a small group of folks were aware of the decision the hire fusion back in the spring of 201...

The collapsed office building behind me. and you can see from the wet roads here that a thunderstorm rolled through this evening, hampering the rescuers efforts. anthony. >> mason: manuel bojorquez in mexico city. great reporting there, manny, thanks. t s been a day of rescues in another natural disaster, hurricane maria in puerto rico. david begnaud is there. >> reporter: in the small town of toa baja, hundreds of residents were rescued by the national guard. most packed into trucks, while scor...

Problems. eyan reynolds is in flint. >> reporter: when 41-year-old nikyea wakes looks at the thtrasound images of the twins she lost two years ago, her anger is evident. >> i believe the flint water crisis, the lead in the water, caused me to have my miscarriages in 2015. >> reporter: back then, she was drinking and bathing in the water pumped to her home by the city of flint. to save money, the city had switched its water source to the flint river because it was eteaper than the water it had be...

Or tuesday. even if it makes a glancing blow, savannah, a historic jewel of the south, could suffer considerable damage. last october, hurricane matthew did not make a direct hit here, and yet still caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. savannah has been fortunate when it comes to major storms. only three have made a direct landing here in over 100 years. the governor has activated 5,000 national guardsmen, both to protect life and property, as well as assist in rescues. jeff. >> glor: d...

Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen? >> i think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. >> glor: the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. as you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. farther up ...

So much sand, jeff, the city has run out of bags. people have been bringing their own bags and in some cases, pillowcases. >> glor: mark strassmann with us here in miami. mark, thank you very much. potential danger from irma extends throughout the florida keys, which stretch 120 miles into the sea. elaine quijano is in key largo. >> reporter: the fishermen of the florida keys have begun a long-established tradition: searching the mangroves, hoping to shelter dozens of boats from the storm. whats...

And dime and buy one. this is the heart of the operation. you lose that, youre out. >> reporter: it was in 1960, ahead of hurricane donna, that sands first secured a fishing boat in these mangroves. back then it was his fathers vessel, and now his fellow fishermen are helping him protect his. feels kind of like a family out here. >> thats a lot of friends. i have a lot of friends here. i have charter boat friends. i have lobster friends. this is a nice community. its really nice where we live. e...