hit in 2014 before it ticked up just a bit in 2015. those are the most recent numbers available from the fbi the president's false claim that the media are consciously underreporting the murder rate comes the day after he made the false charge that the media are conspiring to cover up terrorist attacks. when the president speaks of russia, he talks of wanting better relations. but tonight, a prominent opponent of president putin of russia is fighting for his life. for the second time in two years, he's opinion overcome by a mysterious illness. and elizabeth palmer is following this. >> but those who oppose vladimir putin's regime risk not only their well-being and their freedom. they also risk their lives. >> reporter: that was vladimir kara-murza eight months ago. tonight, he lies seriously ill

in a moscow hospital. his wife thinks he's been poisoned again. as he was in 2015. the victim, he said, of an assassination attempt by his political enemies. >> i, of course, have no doubt this was deliberate poisoning, deliberate poisoning, motivated to kill. >> reporter: in 2012, still very much alive, kara-murza helped organize a landmark anti-putin demonstration in moscow in spite of the risks. three years later, he was mourning his friend and ally, boris nemsof, who was gunned down near the kremlin. for anyone in the russian opposition, the news of kara-murza's illness recalls the agonizing death of alexander litvinenko, who drank tea in london laced with polonium. the british government believes russia's security services did it, and president vladimir putin knew. over the weekend, bill o'reilly challenged president donald trump for his support of putin. >> putin is a killer. >> we got a lot of killers. got a lot of killers. what, you think our country is

so innocent? >> reporter: today, speaking next to a portrait of vladimir kara-murza, senator john mccain answered that question. >> i repeat-- there is no moral equivalent between that butcher and thug and kgb colonel and the united states of america. >> reporter: as recently as last month, scott, during secretary tillerson's confirmation hearing, kara-murza appealed directly to the u.s. government asking for its support in promoting democracy and the rule of law in russia. >> liz palmer in our london newsroom. liz, thank you. next, the rapid growth in opoid overdoses. let life in

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include prescription painkillers and heroin. in cleveland, it's a crisis, and demarco morgan is there. >> my son's name -- >> reporter: r.j. parker disappeared the day after mother's day. >> my son was found dead in a home on the west side of cleveland, and he was pronounced dead on may 29 at 1:05 p.m. >> reporter: one of the 517 overdose deaths in cleveland and its suburbs last year. does it frighten you that it appears to be getting worse for so many families? >> the pandemic is devastating the very fiber of this country. if this were the flu, our county would be under quarantine. >> reporter: and it appears to be getting worse, with 70 deaths in cuyahoga county so far this year, 18 in the last three days. dr. thomas gilson is the medical examiner. his brother-in-law died of an

overdose. the numbers are huge, and we're only in february. >> last year, we saw almost 100% increase in the total number of overdose deaths in our county alone. that's a shocking number of people. >> reporter: the deaths are blamed almost entirely on powerful new opioids, like fentanyl. >> heroin is four to five times the potency of morphine. fentanyl is about 100 times the >> reporter: and carfentanyl, the latest drug to flood the market is 100 times more powerful than fentanyl. dr. joan papp works in the emergency room at metrohealth medical center. >> so this is naloxone. >> reporter: she found a project to lower the death toll by distributing naloxone, which reverses overdoses in a matter of minutes. since the program began in 2013, more than 700 lives have been saved. but still -- >> we're seeing an increased number of overdose deaths in our emergency department that we truly never faced before.

>> reporter: last year, there were around 300 cases of overdoses treated here in dr. papp's emergency room. scott, that's almost one per day. >> demarco morgan for us tonight. demarco, thank you. and we'll be right back.

in boston today, snow and confetti fell on the patriots'

victory parade. on display were some of the five super bowl trophies they won over the years, but michelle miller found there was a lot of talk centered around one sweaty shirt. >> reporter: as the super bowl champion patriots made their way through the slushy streets of boston, so did the news about tom brady's stolen jersey. did you hear about brady's stolen jersey? >> no. >> reporter: somebody stole his jersey. >> they should give it back! >> reporter: the moment brady realized his number 12 was missing sunday was caught on this locker room video. >> did someone take my jersey? i put it in my bag. i absolutely, 100% put it in my bag. >> reporter: he put out a "be on the lookout" soon after. >> so if it shows up on ebay somewhere, someone let me know. try to track that down. >> reporter: it's estimated the game-worn jersey would be worth at least a half million dollars on the auction block. compare that with babe ruth's 1932 world series jersey which

sold for more than $1 million and a 1956 yogi berra jersey which sold for half of that. while the mystery has yet to be resolved, fans here put the theft in perspective. >> don't even know who took it or what, but it's a jersey. we got the lombardi trophy. we got the fifth ring. it's all good. >> reporter: scott, the lieutenant governor of texas has put the texas rangers on this case to find quarterback tom brady's stolen property. >> michelle miller for us tonight. michelle, thank you. and coming up next, designing cars. it's not just how they look. it's how they sound. ,,,,

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finally tonight, you have ever listened to a sonata by hyundai or demanded an encore from buick? the music cars make is no accident. here's kris van cleave with the sounds of motown. >> reporter: it's the symphony of the automobile. all those chirps and dings your car makes carefully in tune. do you think most people who drive a lincoln have any sense of how much time you spent on the noises the car makes? >> you know, i don't think so. >> reporter: sean degennaro is a ford vehicle harmony engineer, he mixes art with science to find just the right sound. >> should we do a medley, so something like a chime that goes

da-da-da, or should it be a monotone, a single ding. >> reporter: a decade ago a car need only a handful of noises, like a turn signal. but as vehicles get smarter, the beeps, ticks, and tocks, number in the dozens, and include new warnings. >> the forward collision warning, we had to add a lot of harsh frequencies in there and knocking sounds. >> reporter: the idea is we need your attention now. >> we need your attention immediately. >> everything has an aesthetic. >> reporter: alfonso albais from infinity. >> the sound of the door, this thunk, this conveys a sense that the body has a rigidity, that the car itself is well engineered. >> reporter: gmc even worked with hollywood sound engineers and like making a movie the ideal chime can take up to a year to produce. a year is a long time on a ding. >> it is, it is. but it's going to be there forever. we want to make sure that it's a positive experience and that

you're not walking away going, "i could never buy a lincoln product again because they screwed up that chime and it was so irritating." >> reporter: the line between irritating and informing now part of the sound of the open road. kris van cleave, cbs news, dearborn, michigan. and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back us with a little bit later for the morning news and be sure not to miss "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm jericka duncan. president trump's executive order on travel and immigration continues to work its way through the federal courts. the president insists the travel ban is necessary to protect the united states from the threat of terrorism. mr. trump says the media deliberately ignores some terror attacks, and the white house even compiled a list. well, it turns out cbs did cover three quarters of those listed. some that weren't reported were so minor that no one was even hurt. and either way, the president's travel ban wouldn't have prevented any of them. here's major garrett. >> isis is on a campaign of genocide committing atrocities

across the world. >> reporter: in his first speech to troops as commander in chief, president trump said the media was ignoring the reality of terrorism. >> it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. and in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. >> reporter: the president offered no examples to the bewildered soldiers. neither did press secretary sean spicer. the white house produced a list riddled with spelling errors. it falsely claimed that most of the 78 attacks motivated by isis from september 2014 to december 2016 "have not received the media attention they deserved." >> just like over this bridge is where it happened. >> reporter: on this list, the san bernardino shooting in december 2015 that left 14 dead. >> we are in orlando, near the scene of the deadliest mass shooting in american history. >> reporter: also on the list,

the june 2016 orlando nightclub massacre, where 49 people were gunned down by omar mateen, an american citizen who pledged his allegiance to isis. and the atrocity in nice, france on bastille day, 2016. 86 were killed. >> i want to also address the islamic terror attack in france. >> reporter: that carnage prompted then candidate trump to postpone the announcement of mike pence as his running mate. the list also had smaller scale attacks, like ones in egypt and kuwait city, where there were no casualties. also mentioned in august 2015 episode where three americans tackled a moroccan passenger armed with a box cutter and assault rifle on a train from amsterdam to paris. all three became international heroes and met with president obama. >> the white house knows these events were covered and the

accusation would lead organizations to remind audiences of their events, partially distracting from the legal woes the president's immigration order is facing in the courts an order the white house says is meant to deal with these terrorist anxieties. the white house is trying to visit president trump's visit to the united kingdom, but a lot of brits are not fond of the idea. nearly 2 million have signed an online petition to keep him out. and a top lawmaker there is moving to make sure mr. trump does not get the opportunity to address parliament. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: as you can see, the morning papers are just full of this story that the speaker has said that president trump should not address a full session of parliament because of what he called his racist and sexist views. >> our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an

independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the house of commons. [ applause ] >> reporter: it was a surprisingly strong statement of opinion from a man who is supposed to be impartial. but it went down well with many mps. >> well done. >> reporter: but prime minister theresa may, who appeared to hit it off with donald trump on her official visit to the u.s. last month, stressed the uk/u.s. partnership. >> we should engage patiently and constructively with america as a friend and ally. an ally that has helped guarantee the longest period of peace that europe has ever known. >> reporter: that may be so, but in fact, many britons object to president trump's policies. and in particular, his executive order suspending immigration from seven muslim majority countries. an online petition called on the uk government to cancel the president's official state visit. it already has 1.8 million

signatures. there have, of course, been controversial statements before. the chinese president xi in 2015 faced opposition for his country's human rights abuses. nevertheless, he got to address parliament and dine with the queen. it's pomp and ceremony like that, that president trump can expect when, or if he comes. first lady melania trump has settled a libel suit against a blogger who repeated the allegation that said she once served as a high priced escort. her lawyers claim it was false, and damaged her ability to earn millions of dollars. meanwhile, mr. trump is about to open a brand new golf course in the mostly muslim emirate of dubai. anna werner has the story from another trump golf course in california. >> reporter: this golf course in rancho palace verdes is owned by

mr. trump. he'll still be in a position to make a profit as president, as he will be off that new golf course in dubai. this evening, local dubai reporters will get a sneak peek of the newest trump property. an 1-whole golf course in the united arab emirates. the course will officially open for business and welcome golfers, making it the first major trump project to debut since he became president. days before the inauguration, he said he would separate himself from his businesses. >> these papers are just a piece of the many, many companies being put into trusts to be run by my two sons. i hope at the end of eight years, i'll come back and say you did a good job. >> reporter: despite his efforts to distance himself, not all documents have been filed. trump owns at least four corporations with the word "dubai" in their names, and to date, none of their management documents have been updated.

at least one still lists him as president. according to the delaware secretary of state. in an effort to show progress has been made, the trump organization released this document, indicating that mr. trump resigned from over 400 entities. and records show at least two properties in new york have been transferred to the donald j. trump revokable trust. but one property remains particularly thorny. the federal government now run by president trump, also owns the trump washington, d.c. hotel. the lease specifically says that an elected official cannot be a party to the contract. so new documents filed by the trump organization with washington, d.c. government state that all beneficial ownership previously held by donald j. trump personally now is held by the donald j. trump revokable trust. the agency overseeing the contract won't tell us if this change is sufficient. >> one of the most scary things about all of this is how easy it

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there are some diseases that are so rare that very little money is dedicated to trying to find a cure. and some of these diseases trike small children. jim axelrod found an artist who is devoting his entire life to putting a face on this problem, one kid at a time. >> let's do it. >> reporter: let's do it. his same is sam book. while his high wattage smile and infectious laugh may remind you of a favorite nephew, there's virtually no chance you have ever met a kid like him. sam, who will turn 6 this tuesday, is one of just 250 people in the world who suffer from vanishing white matter

disease. a brain disorder that destroys white matter, the substance that transmits neuro impulses, and leads to the loss of motor control. ♪ happy birthday to you there is no cure, and the disease is typically fatal by the age of 10. >> every birthday feels like it's the last that you have. >> reporter: don't turn 6, because then you're getting closer to 10. >> exactly. there's so much we want to do with him and see. >> reporter: alison and her husband nick have kept careful track in the three years since their son's diagnosis as sam's speech has slowed down. what is is your favorite part of being in school in >> play. >> reporter: and his ability to walk slowly eroding, leaving him now unable to even stand. >> i think it's really hard for people to wrap their heads around the fact that a child could be dying.

>> reporter: the bucks are trying to show sam as much of the world as possible in the time they have left. he's been to 30 states and 19 countries, from these mayan ruins in mexico, to meeting his hero, formula one racecar driver sebastien vitle in texas. and squeezed in a meeting with the duchess of cambridge. >> we know what is to come. we want to be able to enjoy whatever time we have with him. >> reporter: it is not a pretty thought, but it's a real one for parents of kids suffering from real diseases. >> what is your name? >> eliza. >> reporter: 95% of all rare diseases have no treatment options at all. with so few people suffering from them, there is no incentive for research and development of a cure. >> i want to get it just perfect, because it really means

a lot. >> reporter: that's a fact not lost on lucas colassa, artist and curator of "beyond the diagnosis," a collection of intimate portraits of children with rare diseases, like bertrand, the first patient diagnosed with a disease where he has hundreds of seizure every day. >> i took the wheelchair out and i just made him look like he was having a good day. it's not just a picture but a real person i'm dealing with. >> reporter: the objective is to humanize these diseases through portraits of kids like theodora, who has a fatal heart conditions. megan, who suffers from a rare chrome zonal disorder that slows the blood flow to her heart and lungs. >> maybe somebody will look at

this and be inspired and find a cure for it. >> reporter: beyond the diagnosis hopes to put a face to all 7,000 of these rare diseases. >> it's ambitious, but we're going to do it. >> reporter: the idea was hatched by patricia wellton, whose two daughters suffer from rare diseases. >> you can't look at these and not be moved. you can't. >> reporter: so far, they're up to 60 portraits by artists from around the world. each hoping to do with paint what can't be fully done by words. >> you don't just see a disease, you see noah and ashland. you see miriam. >> exactly. and that was the point. >> i accepted that i'm in a wheelchair and that's where i'm going to be. >> reporter: 17-year-old austin and his younger brother max are the faces of muscular dystrophy,

a rare disease often fatal by the age of 20. >> most kids my age with my disability are on death row. they're basically towards the oenldz of their lives. >> reporter: but they have hope more than most kids. an experimental drug seems to be helping. it's not a cure, but it does seem to slow down the progression of the disease. austin and max are two of roughly 100 children enrolled in clinical trials. >> i do believe this is holding the kids from the edge of the cliff. >> reporter: jennifer is austin and max's mother. she's seen austin able to maintain certain functions while on the drug and regain others, like raising his arm above his head. >> yes! >> reporter: max, one of the first to get the drug, is still walking more than four years later. but in this world of rare disease, hope is an elusive

commodity. the path to drug approval is not an easy one, in part because the sample size is so small. >> i'm uncomfortable with the evidence to date. >> reporter: four months ago, an fda panel recommended against approving the drug until the company provided more data that the drug actually works. if that decision becomes final, it could threaten access to the drug for this family. >> it's almost worse to be shown something that can treat your children and that it can be taken away, than to come to terms with children that are ill. >> reporter: which brings us back to lucas and the moving way he hopes to keep attention focused on rare diseases and pressure on researchers and regulators, who may be able to provide hope. >> they're trying to do the child justice and the family justice. >> reporter: when we first met

him at his gallery in rhode island, lucas was putting the finishing touches on the portrait of sam buck. precise, delicate work using a syringe to form images, dot by dot. >> i get pretty involved with it, and it becomes very difficult to actually paint, because i start to fully understand what this kid is going through and what the family is going through. then it's no longer a portrait to me. it's really a personal experience. >> reporter: but even lucas didn't know how personal, until he brought the portrait to sam's family for a look. >> just incredible. >> who's that? >> me. >> reporter: now, his vanishing white manner has a face. >> his personality really shows through. >> you captured his joy. >> reporter: a sweet, darling face to put on this hideously cruel, and destructive disease. >> every cause needs a face.

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the grammy awards will be handed out this sunday, and you can catch it right here on cbs.

those little trophyks be the highlight of a recording artist's career, but few know how they're made. mireya villarreal introduces us to the man behind the music industry's most precious metal. ♪ >> reporter: on grammy night, a fortunate few go home with an arm full of excess baggage. it's a burden they're more than happy to bear. >> this is really awkward holding these. >> reporter: most have no idea the shiny piece of hardware in the palm of their hand takes shape far from the luster of los angeles. 800 miles away, surrounded by snow capped mountains lies tiny rageway, colorado, population 945. >> it's quiet. we have no crime. people look out for one another. >> reporter: craftsman john billings came here in 1993 to

build light fixtures for a client. he never left. when you came to visit ridgeway, did you just know this is where i want to besome >> instantly. >> reporter: he set up shop and brought his most famous work of art with him. how many grammys do you do in this workshop? >> all together, we're making 600 grammies in a year's time. >> reporter: growing up in los angeles, billings' apprenticed for bob graves, the grandfather of the grammys who crafted the first statue in 1959. on his deathbed in 1983, graves passed on his legacy. >> he asked me to promise that i would not let another company get the grammy awards, that i would keep them. so this is the mold for the cabinet portion of the grammys. >> reporter: each grammy starts with a base. 650 degree molten metal is hand poured into a custom mold. it solidifies almost instantly

into a shape recognized around the world. this is a special mixture of metals. >> yes. it's zinc, aluminum, and it has some trace elements in it. and i can't tell you what those are. >> reporter: that's a secret? >> yes. >> reporter: he even gave it its own name. grammia. it takes 15 meticulous hours to assemble each statue, piece by piece. finished only when the familiar gold plated horn is screwed into place. >> we don't know each grammy, who's going to get that grammy, but we imagine in our minds it's going to our favorite person. >> reporter: and one time it actually did. >> it was when bob dylan was handed his lifetime achievement award. >> congratulations. >> and then i realized that my hero, i made something for my hero. this is my bench where i do a lot of repair work.

this was the one that taylor swift dropped when she was holding an armload of them and it broke, and we got her to autograph it for us. >> reporter: at 72 years old, john billings has turned ni eed mishaps into treasured memories. the grammy man. >> i don't know if making the grammys defines me, but it certainly fulfills my needs. >> reporter: how long will you continue to do this? >> as long as i can. >> reporter: after all, he has a promise to keep to the mentor who asked him to keep the grammy in the family over 30 years ago. do you feel like you've lived up to that promise? >> i do. i think he would be proud. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, ridgeway, colorado. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> >> snowflakes gave way to a blizzard of confetti in boston where hundreds of thousands turned out for the new england patriots' super bowl parade. it's the fifth championship of the bill belichick/tom brady era, but the first for rookie wide receiver malcolm mitchell. he wasn't exactly the star, he had six catches for 70 yards. but mitchell is a hero to hundreds of kids in the boston area who have a difficult time learning to read. steve hartman has his story. >> reporter: i first met this voracious reader/wide receiver three years ago. malcolm mitchell was in college then playing for georgia, when one day he ran into a woman at

barnes and noble who invited him to join her book club. which he did. that's how one of the top wide receivers in the country began meeting monthly with his book club lady friends. >> then he went to the wedding. >> reporter: the youngest by a generation, but he didn't care. didn't care what anyone thought. >> somebody called me a nerd. that's not a word i'm used to hearing. >> reporter: are you okay with the label? >> i was proud of it. it's like a badge of honor to me. knowing where i came from. >> reporter: malcolm confessed to me that when he started college, he could only read at about a junior high level and it bothered him. so he started putting as much effort into his reading game as his football game. every free moment he had a book in his hand, until eventually he was reading them by the dozens. and that's why no matter what he

does on sunday, malcolm says football will never be his proudest accomplishment. >> that came natural. that's a gift. i had to work to read. >> reporter: which brings us to the latest chapter in his life story. >> after the interview we did and i saw the reaction, it took on a life of its own. >> reporter: today, the reader is a writer, too. >> so i wrote the book that you have in your hands today, "the magician's hat." >> reporter: it's a children's book about the imaginer of reading. he has also started a kid's literacy foundation. all of which leads me to the same conclusion i had after my first meeting with malcolm. if we could all just follow your example, our country would be in a perfectly good place. >> you don't know how much that means to me, man. >> reporter: malcolm mitchell -- >> seriously. >> reporter: -- super bowl winner. steve hartman, on the road in houston. >> that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news

continues. for others, check back with us a little later ♪ it's wednesday, february 8th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >> it was actually a twister. the funnel come straight over. come straight across. come straight up behind us. >> twister touchdown. louisiana declares a state of emergency after tornados strike, leaving behind miles of destruction. mr. president, i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate in the united states senate. senator elizabeth warren is told to take her seat during her noeech opposing attorney general