found the death toll in puerto rico from hurricane maria was more than 70 times the official count. many of the deaths were blamed on delayed medical care. david begnaud traveled to the island to continue his reporting this evening. >> the authors of the harvard study wouldn't tell us who they talked to for privacy reasons. we put out a message asking people to tell us their stories. loved ones who died. the response was overwhelming. nice to meet you. one of the people, mildred castro. her # 3-year-old mother. depended on supplemental oxygen. but was told by her hospice nurses they would run out. so, he went to the hospital and died two months later. you believe the storm accelerated her death? >> yes. >> because, in my home, she was stable. she was, she was doing fine.

>> he left the first hospital and died on the way off to the second hospital. >> correct. >> wanda mora from new jersey told uh the night of the hurricane her father jose had a heart attack. over the next eight days one hospital didn't have room for him. a second hospital didn't have power. and the vietnam veteran died in an ambulance on the way to the third hospital. >> do you believe your father's death was related to hurricane maria? >> i don't believe it. i know it. i, he absolutely died as an indirect, consequence. of hurricane maria. >> the stories are similar to what researchers from harvard university found in a sample of almost 3300 households across the island. they found 56 deaths occurred between the day the storm made landfall to the end of 2017. and they compared it to the same time period a year earlier. projecting that on the entire population, harvard estimates the death toll is more than 4600. possibly as high as 8,000.

the government says the official death toll is 64. hector pasquera, public safety director. >> i have not seen any evidence the government is trying to cover up the number of deaths. you know people think that. >> i am, understand. maybe. >> what's the response to that? >> the response, that notion is >> meanwhile, hurricane season is about to begin. the government says it is ready. today fema took us to a warehouse stockpiled with food, walter, diapers, blue tarps. speaking of the tarps in the neighborhood where we are, counted one blue roof, two, three, four. another sign, jeff, that the blue roofs mean people haven't gotten them repaired. hurricane season starts in 40 hours. >> david begnaud in san juan. thanks. american cancer society changed guidelines for colon cancer screening. and says men and women. average risk should get the first screen at age 45.

five years earlier than the recommendation. our dr. jon lapook does this kind of screening. as we know, so, jon it is only five years. but you are talking what, tens of millions of people included here. >> yeah, and the reason why they're doing this, is that there has been good news and bad news. good news with screening has been for people over age of 55, the number of cases, deaths has gradually gone down, down, down. colonoscopy. the bad news is that for younger people the number of cases has increased dramatically. if you were born in 1990, you have twice the risk of developing colon cancer as if you were born in 1950. we don't understand why that's. american cancer society, data says let's move down the age of screening. save lives. >> an amazing number. always colonoscopy. >> the best test the one that gets done. stool test for blood, dna. flexible, virtual colonoscopy. whatever a person would do best

test. >> ask your doctor. lot of information right there. dr. lapook, thank you very much. >> coming up next, did the president of the philadelphia 76ers set up anonymous

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today the team said it is investigating whether its president was behind this. here is tony dokoupil. >> reporter: in the punishing world of nba basketball, players usually take their licks during the game. some philadelphia 76ers players allegedly took shots off the court too from their own president. >> we are on a path. on a path to greatness. >> since april 2016, brian colangalo allegedly operated five anonymous twitter accounts using them to call out teams players and colleagues. one tweet compared the sixers all star center, to a toddler having tantrums. another suggested that a trade involving former 76er, jahlil okafor, failed because he didn't pass his physical. another, sam hinkie referring to himself as bc. bc has done nothing but clean up hinkie's mess. in a statement, he denied all the tweets saying he never

posted to social media and used one of five accounts to monitor our industry. how serious are the accusations? >> if they're true, they're career ending for colangalo. >> columnist for cbs sports. >> to be honest, not wildly shocking. the guys who play professional sports. run professional sports teams, coach professional sports teams are really sensitive. they can be thin skinned. >> a tip, led the ringer, sports news site to investigate the accounts and link them to him. based on similar followers and opinio opinions. twitter followers became suspicious. this you, bryan? no, he relied. he is a class act. sixers may no longer be a favorite to sign lebron. in a tweet last night he said, a fun night. but i don't believe the story, that would be insane. >> yeah, sounds insane. details of this just crazy, tony. thank you.

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emotional moment at the white house. when sarah huckabee sanders answered a question as press secretary, unmistakably as mother of three. the questioner was a 13-year-old reporter for time for kids. the subject, school shootings. can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent the senseless crimes. >> i think as a kid and certainly as a parent there is nothing that could be more

terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe. i'm ser thorry that you feel th way. this administration takes it seriously. and the school safety commission, that the president convened is meetding this week again an official meeting to discuss the best ways forward. and, how we can do every single thing within our power to protect kids in our schools and make them feel safz and make their parents feel good about dropping them off. >> teachers, counselors, comfort dogs greeted students in indiana. it was the first day of class there. since friday's shooting in which a student and teacher were wounded. up next here tonight. how the beat of the beegees, save the life of an airline passenger.

we end it we group of strangers on a spirit airlines flight coming together as a team to save a life. here is kris van cleave. >> a moment that warms jerry's heart. >> don't cry for me all i did was survive. >> a chance to say thank you to the strangers who kept that very same heart beating. >> good to meet you. >> thank you. >> remember the seat you were sitting in? >> yeah, right here. 16 d. great. i made the flight. i will take a nap. and it was almost permanent. >> drew who owns a car dealership with his family boarded his spirit flight from detroit to orlando after finishing his final radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

with the plane still at the gate, he suffered a massive heart attack. >> just knew something was wrong. >> jeff kruger finished his cpr class, three weeks earlier. he and the flight attendant were the first to come to jerry's aid. >> did you feel a pulse? >> no. >> there was no pulse. >> there was none. >> you have to be thinking this man is dead. >> yes. off a you don't expect to hear some one say call 911. >> the nurse was sitting a couple rows away. so was kate, a cardiac nurse. >> this guy was on his way out the he got the oxygen on him. katey started cpr, a little exciting, so i, i started singing staying alive because they tell you when you do cpr, you sing staying alive. ah, ah, ah, staying alive. staying alive. >> still not responsive and with paramedics en route they called for the plane's defib lay tore. he didn't wake up, wake up. he had a pulse.

medics, racinged him to the hospital for a quintuple bypass. he says he doesn't remember what happened on the plane. >> this was ate real miracle, that the people that were there, everything fell into place. and i am so happy. glory to god for this. here i am. >> here with the heroes he ohm just met. but who are sure seem like family now. kris van cleave, cbs news, detroit. that is the "overnight news" for thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

welcome to the "overnight news," i'm don dahler. actress roseanne barr back on twitter talking about the racist tweet that got her number one show canceled. abc quickly pulled the plug on the roseanne reboot after barr compared adviser of former president obama to an ape. the sitcom just returned to television after 20 years and became an instant hit. >> the fallout has been swift. >> following barr's tweet, dumped by her agents and networks pulled re-runs off the air. abc facing a gaping hole in the fall schedule and stand to lose

millions in advertising dollars and hundreds of jobs. >> roseanne barr's tweet so offensive. >> my little loser. >> it forced abc to do something almost unthinkable. pull the plug on its number one show. >> house keeping. >> valerie jarett senior, adviser, barr compared to an ape. told the townhall we sleeved a personal apology from abc ceo bob iger. he had zero tolerance for racist, bigoted comment he wanted to know fweefr he made it public he was canceling the show. last night after retweeting bizarre posts from fans who came to her defense, barr tweeted, guys i did something unforgi unforgivable. do not defend me. it was 2:00 in the morning. i was ambien tweeting. memorial day too. i went too far. do not want it defended. late night hosts weighed in. >> you know who i blame for this, donald trump. >> abc's jimmy kimmel.

>> roseanne compared an african-american woman, former adviser to president obama, as ape which did not sit well with management. >> the reboot drew 25 million viewers its first week. president trump credited the show's high ratings to perceived focus on issues that resonate with his supporters. >> it was about us. i think they knew what they were getting into with roseanne. >> entertainment tonight co-host kevin frasier says by trying to reach trump supporters, ax took a huge risk on barr who outside support from trump, traffics in right-wing conspiracy theories and compared susan rice, african-american obama official to an ape. >> what does this do for networks looking to catch the trump train. >> the first attempt, wildly successful. i don't think it will be the last. >> the talk co-host, sarah gilbert, plays darlene is an executive producer of the show. she tweeted i am disappointed in her actions to say the least.

>> fellow comic, rosie o'donnell called barr's tweet, racist and childish, but added i love rosene quite a bit.e evacuation hawaii, a volcano emergency shows no sign of slowing down. officials say, fast moving lava has cut off a major highway. carter evan is on the big island. >> you can see this tremendous fountain behind me right now. blasting lava up to 200 feet into the air. this is the most active fissure right now. producing massive lava flows that cut off highways, shut down a power plant, destroyed dozens of homes. the 2,000 degree molten rock exploded from the ground is creating rivers of lava continue to devastate this community, and literally change the landscape. >> one of the first things you notice when you are standing next to a lava fountain this big is the intense heat. i can feel it radiating on my back. more than 100 degrees here. much of this lava is cool enough

to walk on. the lava forced the closure of highway 132, a major artery for people who live here. it also leads to the main access road for the area's geothermal power plant. meanwhile, health authorities are warning of a new hazard. called, pelle's hair. >> glass. fragile. lightweight. >> as mary ann ferrill got ready to leave her home for perhaps the last time. she showed us the rocks with glass fibers that can irritate the skin and eyes and lungs if inhaled. >> this stuff is all over. l around your house. >> all over. >> it is raining down. yeah. >> what do you thing of when you see this? >> it is over. >> chris burmeister has seen the neighborhood go from a lush jungle to a moonscape. >> can you try to explain the force that we are looking at here? >> there its nothing like it. it's, definitely mother nature, re-creating -- so, we are at her

mercy. >> because there are still so many active fissures right now, there is really no word on when any roads might reopen. if at all. this eruption has been going on for almost a month right now. and, scientists aren't offering any predictions for when it might end. >> the governor of puerto rico is reacting to a shocking study, that shows the death toll from hurricane maria is much bigger than first reported. harvard university researchers estimate 4600 people died because of last year's storm. the official government death toll its 64. david begnaud reported from hurricane maria. back now in san juan. >> districts here in san juan where researchers went door to door, knocked, asked if anyone died here. there were more questions than that. that's how it got started with a 50,000 grant from harvard. six weeks of work. headline on a death toll that has stunned people.

>> we welcome all. >> puerto rico's governor, who himself its a scientist, seemed blindsided by the harvard study. >> we want the real number to come out. we had a vertical -- really was subpar. and we recognize it. >> the protocol its that doctors tell the government if a death was caused by hurricane ma reap yeah. families have to petition the government to investigate, if they disagree with the doctor's opinion. those brown dots show where the harvard researchers surveyed 3,000 homes around the island found the mortality rate rose 62% in the three months after hurricane maria compared to that period the year before. researchers concluded the final death count could be as high as 8500. dough min go marques was lead author. >> what was the majority reason people dietd after the storm and related to the storm. >> one third of the deaths were reported. because of lack of medical treatment. >> we saved a lot of lives.

>> during his visit to puerto rico last october, president trump hailed the low death toll which at the time, was 16. >> you can be proud of all of your people, all of the people, working together. >> in light of the harvard report, a white house spokesperson said the people of puerto rico deserve nothing less than transparency and accountability. >> the negligence -- that allowed the lives to be lost, needs to be accounted for. >> san juan mayor cruz has blast mrd trump for being tone deaf and slow to respond. when asked to evaluate her own response, she said. >> no, i didn't get to everyone. did the best we could. but that wasn't good enough. >> here's why the story as it but more than just a shocking number. every time a government official certifies that a death has been directly related to hurricane maria, the family of the person who died, its then eligible for the federal government to help pay for funeral expenses. >> the cbsover will be right

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many people with fading vision, are trying stem cell therapy. believing it is their only chance to get their eyesight back. but the treatments are not approved by the federal government. while some patients have reported improvements, other fared much worse. one woman claims the procedure left her blind. here is manuel bojorquez. >> it just sounded -- this is really, too good to be true. it was too good to be true. >> reporter: it was the promise of hope against incurable disease blurring doris tyler's vision.

workers at a clinic repeat aid coliseum on their website. stem cells may be effective in the treatment of macular degeneration. >> sure you both talked it over, pretty exten sievely. what was the consensus you reached with the information that you had? >> well, that it was, worth a try. >> doris and husband donald paid $8,900 for experimental procedure in which the clinic removed fat rum her bellow, harvested stem cells from it and injected them into her eyes. within three months she says both retinas detached leaving her blind. >> it is so hard not to see the sunshine and the -- and the bird on the bird feeder and beautiful flowers. that were planted in the yard. it's just terrible. >> the tilers have filed a lawsuit against the clinic a the cell surgical network with which it is affiliated. they claim the risk of danger from procedure outweighs nonexistent benefits of a therapy with no evidence of

therapeutic value. >> i often refer to the cells as the, magical cells. >> despite sales pitchers by the founders of cell surgical network. >> the fda has not approved the treatments. in fact, the agency has warned, about unscrupulous providers who offer stem cell products that are unapproved and unproven. the justice department has filed civil cases against cell surgical network and another provider accusing them of a persistent refusal to comply with the law. >> my impression is there is minimal if any regulation. >> dr. thomas albini teaches at the eye institute. he examined doris tyler and others who have reported vision loss after stem cell injections. he warns patients should beware of treatment that isn't fda approved. and any providers who charge for participation in research. >> when they go off to the clinics they're stepping outside of, of mainstream american medicine. >> yet there have been some apparent success stories. >> we have to do something, we

can't just sit back and wait for mother nature. >> she owns a machine shop in elkheart, indiana. and macular degeneration robbed her of ability to read. she estimates spending $60,000 for three procedures using stem cells from her bone marrow. >> i knew i didn't have much choice. it was either that, or go completely blind. and, that was unacceptable. >> she says she can now see, the people she is talking to. and read with the help of a magnifier. off awe i would do it all over again. >> the cell surgical network wasn't involved in her treatment. but in an e-mail to cbs news, one of its founders says, this is a new way of helping patients heal. insisting. it is safe and clean. in a statement, the organization said it shares the concern for patients' safety yet strongly rejects the idea that a person's own cells sthutd be regulated by the fda as a drug.

>> donald and doris tyler say they want others to hear their story. before considering these treatments. >> god knows i don't want anybody else -- to go through what i am going through right now. >> reporter: the georgia clinic that treated doris tile dear cliend to comment. federal regulators as vised considering stem cell treatments to ask if the fda reviewed the treatment and make sure they understand all of the known risks. >> the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. when i kept finding myself smoking in my attic.

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two of the legendary names in comedy are become together and touring across the country. you might know them as -- the two amigos. steve martin and martin short. they sat down with our tony dokoupil in a story for "sunday morning." >> ladies and gentlemen, steve martin. >> so what is going on? >> rehearsal. >> you don't know about that. >> yeah, i don't need it. >> yeah. >> reporter: just two hours before their show in grand rapids michigan gets under way. >> can you give me something to remember you by? >> each though steve martin and martin short are used to getting laughs. they're busy working and reworking their material. >> what is your favorite scene? >> let me show you, steve. >> okay.

>> i have a feeling that this is going to be too much. you should end, just with you guys. >> the thing about comedy you are always this close to failure. so the moment you become arrogant, you just all you have to do is wait. >> the fear of failing or the fear of bombing is as intense and acute today as it was your very first time? >> i don't think it is fear. it's like saying to the pilot, why do you always check those buttons every time you fly. you have been flying for 20 years. that's what you do. ♪ all you ask is that you want us ♪ >> their show an evening you will forget for the rest of your life, now touring nationally, and streaming on netflix. >> steve and i like donnie and marie without the sexual tension. >> mix of self mockery. >> your comedy was effortless. >> thank you. >> i kept thinking how it would be if you put a little effort into it. >> and clever nod. >> your teeth are so white.

your smile is like an e-mail from grandma. all caps. >> we can walk on stage. literally, just edge into the curtain. turn to each other and say that one joke it should come before the other thing. do that. blah, blah. >> revising immediately in the wings. >> when you can remember it. >> ha-ha-ha. >> no one was blame, martin short at 68, or steve martin at 72. if they did coast a little bit. with a shrew lew of awards. ♪ king tut >> plenty of memorable sketches. >> perfectly good day ruined, right? wrong. not with ronco's shower in a briefcase. >> nearly, 90 movies between them. >> here, boy. marie? marie! >> they're not out to provage. >> this is about two friends, having fun. ♪ through the years you made me

grin ♪ >> what is it like getting around thup geogether. >> very fun. i said to marty. thank god we are not exploiting our friendship. and the truth is, we are friend, but we don't talk every day. we don't, i don't call him at 8:00 a.m. what happened. >> steve, feels close to me. i view him as the a cash cow. >> do you think of your insults together or write them individually? >> go ahead. >> do you think of your insults for each other as a team. >> we work on them together. >> swap them. >> better insult to you. >> theirs is a story that dates back some 30 years. when they first met while make the movie, three amigos. >> i'm lucky day. >> i'm any dusty barns. together. we're the three amigos. >> i just remember thinking, i like this guy. i'm walking to the set. i hear behind me, katharine

hepburn. saying, where's my bicycle. >> not bad. >> he does it great. >> and that made me. >> i wish i brought my bicycle it's a beautiful day. >> from there they built largely separate careers. aside from memorable, father of the bride movies. >> i something just we select a cake first. the cake will determine what kind of wedding you end up having. let's just choose a cake, okay. >> but in 2010, after short's wife of 30 years, nancy dolman died of cancer, steve martin was one of the friend who understood that in his mourning, martin short might benefit from keeping busy. the next summer they appeared together on stage for the first time. >> i took a time off then i reamized that, being busy -- realized that being busy was normalcy. if i've was home, it was like where is nan.

if i've was in a hotel room in boston getting ready that was the norm. >> how important was he to you in that time? >> you rely on your friend and family and time and your intellect. certainly all of my friends, were, were valuable and steve was one of them. >> by the way, martin short, is also the name i use when i check into a hotel and want to be anonymous. >> you might call them a regular twosome. >> 35 years later and you're still the jerk. >> of course, a funny time to be funny in america. in this political era, some of the early snl sketches can be seen as bad form. >> my top story tonight. >>t is very tricky. i nd of fall in line with a lot of the, corrections in language. i think it's good. >> there are bits from your past and your past that you couldn't do today many of your colleagues have done bits that wouldn't fly today? >> i think, steve and i slightly

share a difference on this. i don't care. i've think it is way, so ridiculously overreactive now. and so i think you have to be your own barometer. know what is correct or not. ♪ five more minutes to kill >> fortunately, for these two old pros, what's funny is funny. plus, a lot of fun. >> i'm not motivated at least right now to write a play or this or that. i'm motivated by this. i really like this. >> i've don't think because you are 68 you have to, good-bye. you know, i don't think you do that. i've might win an oscar. >> by the way that was beautiful. should put that in the show. >> i might win an oscar at 78. can't predict. unless i was physically unable or, or i actually dreaded going to work. i can't ever imagine stopping. i would hate to thing. like to think i was the best version of myself in the last

day of my life as a performer. >> it's clear, you still love it. >> yeah, we actually do. >> yes. >> my friend steve martin. >> my friend

we end with a lesson from a middle school in tennessee. don't judge a book by its cover. here's steve hartman on the road. >> here we are, just two seconds into the story. and some of you may have already made some assumptions about our subject, maury forester. but the students here at colter grove intermediate near knoxville, tennessee, say be conveyory of the first impression. you never know what people have done. >> i was surprised. makes you wonder how did he get here? >> liftoff. we have hey liftoff. >> 77-year-old maury forester was part of the team that helped put a man on the moon. >> 00. >> during saturn and apolo

programs he worked for a subcontractor that designed crucial launch components. >> i look at it now. i've am amazed that it happened. it was so complex and so involved there were so many people. >> his certificates and award could fill a corner office. yet here he is in a broom closet. a highly trained electromechanical designer on the business end of a mop. in 2014, maury suffered a stroke. or something like it. doctors aren't quite sure. the result was clear. a major loss of cognitive function. maury says it was humbling and humiliating. but he knew if heave wanted to keep on living. he had to keep on working. >> he originally took this job for the exercise. but over the last few months he has become an integral part of the school community. >> i just love it. they're happy to see me. i've am happy to see them. >> i have gotten to care very much for them. off awe thank you, guys. >> the students clearly feel the

same. in fact maury says they even say i love you. >> just hearing that makes, makes all the difference to me. >> nobody ever said that at nasa? >> no, not that i can remember. ha-ha. >> which leads me to the most astonishing part of the story. >> oh, gosh. >> of after that. i asked, maury. >> hi, guys. >> what if by some miracle he got his mind back and could go back to his old job. there was no hesitation. >> i can't. i can't say that i would give this up. >> i'm good, how are you? >> some people never figure out the key to a successful career. but maury shows, it's not rocket science. steve hartman, on the road, near knoxville, tennessee. that's the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news, and cbs this morning.

captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, may 31st, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." it's the meeting to save the summit with president trump and kim jong-un, secretary of state mike pompeo holds talks with the top north korean official here. deadly deluge. north carolina gets pounded by remnants of subtropical storm alberto. and things are heating up in hawaii. lava now spreading quickly, and for some, the last escapeou