Delivers. I cant tell you what was going through my mind. I just know she had to come out. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im anthony mason. Hurricane irma may be gone, but it is still taking lives. At least eight elderly residents of a nursing home in hollywood, florida, have died. The storm knocked out the electricity, leaving them to swelter without air conditioning. Now, a criminal investigation is under way. Heres Jonathan Vigliotti. Reporter by midmorning the elderly men and women were carried out of the nursing home on stretchers and in wheelchairs. Many looked dazed. They had apparently been inside the hot building since the power went out three days ago, some dying, others in obvious physical distress. Family members arrived on the scene frantically looking for their loved ones. I just want to know if, god forbid, hes one of the ones that passed away. I have no idea where hes at. Reporter ellie pena found her 96yearold mother alive. She worried about the 90degree heat when she visited the facility yesterday. What did it look like inside . Inside it looked bad, and it felt bad. Reporter the Rehabilitation Centers power was knocked out sunday by Hurricane Irma, and fans powered by a generator could barely fight the heat. Police say the second floor was extremely hot. Of the eight confirmed dead, their ages range from 71 to 99. This was a terrible incident. Reporter dr. Randy katz mobilized his team at the Memorial Regional Hospital across the street, where more than a dozen are now in critical condition. This is something extremely sad and extremely unfortunate for the families and the patients. Reporter the nursing home was ranked much below average and only had a one out of five rating, according to federal records. The owner, jack michel, is president of Larkin Community hospital, which settled a 15 million federal Healthcare Fraud complaint in 2006. Hollywood police chief Tomas Sanchez says this incident is now a criminal investigation. Its really sad when Something Like this goes on. Reporter and in a statement, the center here says they are fully cooperating with this investigation. Meanwhile, police here in the city of hollywood say theyre going door to door to check on every single nursing home. We should mention, there are about 150 Nursing Homes currently without power in this state. And anthony, many of them dont have generators for air conditioning. Mason Jonathan Vigliotti in thanks, jonathan. More than three million florida homes and businesses are still without power, down from a peak of about 6. 5 million. It could be a month before the lights are back in parts of the keys. We have two reports from the hardhit island chain, beginning with elaine quijano. Reporter from the air the search and rescue campaign in response to irmas destruction is vast. On the ground, the effort is about door knocking where there is one. Fire Department Reporter fire and rescue teams are walking the debris filled streets, marking homes that are safe and documenting the damage. Carlos calvillo is with California Task force 1, a group of 80 rescuers under femas direction. As a team comes through, theyre doing a Rapid Assessment of the area. Reporter with the help of canines, this team is looking for survivors. If they actually detect human remains or a live body, well be able to come in and then begin the process of taking the structure apart. In this case we havent found anybody. Reporter close to 10,000 residents in the keys rode out the storm. 25 of homes here have been destroyed, while 65 have sustained damage. I have to put on a new roof. Reporter peter lauges home in ramrod key was heavily damaged and lacks power and water. With temperatures soaring in the 90s and stifling humidity, he may have to evacuate. And we have to get the electric and the water and everything back. Im working on that. Reporter residents in devastated neighborhoods like this one in Little Torch Key have told us that they are preparing and expecting not to have power for perhaps a month. And with no Running Water and no cell phone service, people in this area are facing some daunting challenges ahead. For more on the relief efforts, heres my colleague, Manuel Bojorquez in key west. Reporter im Manuel Bojorquez in key west, where relief arrived in the form of two Chinook Helicopters at this empty Shopping Center parking lot. We have plenty of food on its way, plenty of water on its way. applause reporter for some, its the first aid theyve seen since Hurricane Irma struck four days ago. Almost immediately after the helicopter took off, this line formed. There are dozens of people here waiting for food and water, and theyve been told not to worry if they dont get it this time because more is on the way. Bobby ouradas home was destroyed. We tried to get something last night. We couldnt get anything. So thank god we finally have something. Please, everybody, come help us. Reporter the sweltering heat only compounds the misery. Ourada regrets staying behind. We should have evacuated, but we thought we would be okay. Reporter this tarmac at Homestead Air force base is a launching point for the Relief Mission which now includes all five branches of the u. S. Military. Anthony . Mason Manuel Bojorquez with the relief effort. Thanks, manuel. Most years, florida supplies about half of americas orange juice, but irma wiped out much of this years crop in just a few hours. Its another body blow for farmers who battled a devastating crop disease for years. Heres carter evans. Were down about a foot from where we were earlier this morning. Reporter more than 60 of paul meadors crop is either in the water or in the dirt. Thousands of trees were ripped out of the ground by Hurricane Irmas blistering winds. And its not salvageable either. Not any part of it. This would normally not be ready until april or may. Reporter his crop was destined to be orange juice, but now, with much of it floating in three feet of floodwater, it looks more like an orange soup. As you can see by the amount of fruit on the ground, this was more than an average crop. Reporter it was a banner year . It was a banner year. If we delivered this crop, we probably would have been back in the black for the first time if a long time. Reporter all that fruit made these trees top heavy, pushovers for irma. And trees left in the water for more than three days could also rot or die. Meters losses could be up to 9 million, and hes not the only one. We have 125,000 acres of citrus groves in this area. Reporter what percentage of those crops do you think was damaged . All. Every acre of that 125,000 acres. Reporter gene mcavoy is an agriculture expert with the university of florida. 95 of the oranges. 95 of the oranges in florida, particularly in this region, go for juice. Reporter whats going to happen to the orange juice market . Youre going to pay a lot more for orange juice. Reporter now growers tell me that these trees were subjected to so much stress during the hurricane that even some of this remaining fruit may not survive. The damage here is so bad that the secretary of agriculture is now planning a trip to florida to see it for himself. Anthony . Mason carter evans in the orange groves of south florida, thanks. Hundreds of Police Officers from around the country gave a final salute today to Houston PoliceSergeant Steve perez. He drowned in his patrol car on his way to work during hurricane harvey. Perez was 60. He leaves a wife and two children. It happened again today, a shooting at a school, the 31st of this year. This time it was at a high school in rockford, washington, south of spokane. One student was killed, three others wounded. Heres mireya villarreal. The shooter may be on the second level. The suspect in his teens. Reporter chaos erupted after 10 00 a. M. At Freeman High School just outside spokane. This high school freshman, aleshia, was on the second floor watching the shooter take aim. I just remember i crouched down, and i just. The girl next to me, she fell, and you could hear her screaming and screaming. She had been shot. Reporter inside, students were sheltering in place. Outside, a nightmare for parents unfolded as they desperately waited for answers. Several hours after the shooting, kori thurman reunited with her mother, sharing the horrific details of what happened feet away from her. In my head i was like, whats going on . Whats happening . What am i seeing right now . Reporter sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says the male shooter had multiple weapons. A fellow student tried to stop the shooter early on. Fortunately one of the weapons jammed. He went to the second weapon. The other student did confront him. Thats when he lost his life. Reporter the shooter is in custody, although the Sheriffs Department is not releasing a motive at this time. We do know a lot of lives were saved today after several courageous people stepped in to help, including a high school janitor, who helped take the shooter down. Anthony . Mason mireya villarreal, thanks. Senator tim scott of south carolina, the only African American republican in the senate, met today with president trump. They talked about the president s response to the racial violence in charlottesville, virginia, last month. Then the senator talked to chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. I went in there not expecting to change the president s mind. Reporter south carolinas tim scott says he was surprised by the reception he got today. After all, he came down hard on the president just last month. The president s moral authority is compromised. Reporter after mr. Trump appeared to defend nazi and ku klux klan marchers in charlottesville. You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people. My thought was, ouch. Blood and soil and then you think about the scene of torches and the klan. Reporter did you get the sense that he felt bad about what he had said . Hes obviously reflected on what he has said, on his intentions and the perception of those comments. He was certainly very clear that the perception that he received on his comments was not exactly what he intended with those comments. Reporter scott has always been open about the pain of discrimination. In the course of one year, i have been stopped seven times by Law Enforcement officers. Reporter he said he tried to impart that feeling to mr. Trump today. He asked questions about some other incidents that found African American men in compromising positions through no fault of their own. Reporter do you feel like you changed the president s mindset . The president was very receptive to listening. That is a key to understanding. Reporter the president has not said publicly that he regrets his charlottesville comments. In fact, just this week, Congress Passed a resolution urging him to speak out against hate groups. The white house says that hell sign it when it gets to his desk. Anthony. Mason nancy cordes at the capital. Thank you, nancy. Were learning more about how groups believed to be linked to russia used facebook to meddle in the 2016 election. Jeff pegues has more on this. Reporter the language was intended to stir up hate using pictures and incendiary language. They wont take over our country if we dont let them in. The group behind the messages called itself secured borders, but investigators say it was part of a Russian Campaign to influence the 2016 election. To that end, secured borders used facebooks event and invitation tool to promote an antiimmigrant rally in twin falls, idaho, a city it called a center of refugee resettlement, responsible for a huge upsurge of Violence Toward american citizens. That was false, and the rally itself never happened in spite of the Russian Campaign. They were using these new social media sites, which was kind of a wild, wild west with very few rules, to influence the election. Reporter mark warner is the ranking democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee which is investigating russian interference in the election. I think what weve seen so far from facebook is only the tip of the iceberg. Reporter facebook shut down secured borders. There are other groups, including this one that worked out of texas. Cbs news has learned that investigators believe there were many more and are scrambling to identify them. Just last week, facebook disclosed that an internal investigation identified about 3,000 ads costing 100,000 containing messages about divisive issues. Those ads also were linked to Russian Internet trolls. A Facebook Official says because of federal laws and the ongoing russia investigations, the the company is limited in what it can say, but senator warner says the company has not been transparent enough and needs to step up its efforts. Anthony . Mason jeff pegues, thanks. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, is the tight seating in coach a danger to air travelers . And later, a new study raises concerns about a possible link between the flu shot and miscarriages. And we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including Preservision Areds 2. My doctor said Preservision Areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the National Eye Institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd after 15 years of clinical studies. 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Turns out, that may also be putting lives at risk in an emergency. Heres transportation correspondent kris van cleave. Get the people out of there. Reporter when this American Airlines 767 had an engine fire during takeoff in chicago in 2016, it took more than two minutes to get everyone off. But according to f. A. A. Requirements, Airline Manufacturers have to show they can evacuate a completely full airliner in 90 seconds or less, even with half the exits blocked. This delta flight veered off a snowy runway at new Yorks Laguardia airport in 2015. The impact damaged the on board Communication System and the evacuation took more than 17 minutes. This way is fine. Reporter and now there is a new concern, as airlines shrink seats to fit more people on board, passenger Safety Advocates worry evacuations will take even longer. The space between rows has shrunk from as much as 35 inches to 31. In some cases its down to just 28 inches, even as passengers themselves are getting bigger. Do you believe the shrinking of seats is making the flying public less safe . Oh, definitely. Reporter paul hudson is president of flyers rights, an Advocacy Group that sued to force the f. A. A. To regulate seat size and update decadesold Safety Standards. The biggest concern is you wont be able to get out in time before youre overcome by smoke or fire. You wont be able to engage in the brace position, which means your head will hit the seat in front of you. Reporter this summer, an Appellate Court sided with hudsons group. It found a plausible lifeand death safety concern, and ordered the f. A. A. To loo