family was in danger. >> he continued to talk to me about the danger that my family was in if i didn't cooperate, that these people were very dangerous, that they were watching me, that i needed to do what i was told. >> and not tell anybody, right? >> and not tell anyone. >> reporter: not only, that she says he told her she needed to transfer all the money in the family's bank accounts to an offshore account that would be safe before the fraudulent accounts were seized or she would lose all of their money. to prove it he sent her this, what he says was a drug warrant arrest for drug trafficking and moneylaundering if she didn't show full cooperation. >> so i drove to the credit union and transferred all of the money into our checking account. we had cds. i cashed them in and paid the penalty. >> reporter: all told she wired $150,000 to the crooks.

it was only after the scammer asked her to take out a mortgage on their home, the light finally dawn and she told her husband something awful has happened. >> she said i have given away every penny that we have. i felt like throwing up. i just felt this gut punch. and i felt sick. >> i was asked by someone how could you be so stupid. at the time i was going through it, it was very real. >> as our population ages, that's a matter that is only going to get worse. >> reporter: seniors have lost nearly $38 million to the scam says senator susan collins. >> oftentimes our seniors are embarrassed when they rehmize that they've been ripped off and they're too ashamed to admit that they've lost lost out their life savings to a scammer. they shouldn't be embarrassed. they should report. >> reporter: the andersons say they'll survive the dollar loss, but others may not. >> we don't want anyone else to

go through this. a lot of people since this has happened to us have gotten those calls and called us and said i just got a social security call. what should i do? and we say hang up. >> reporter: that is the thing to do, just hang up. but these scam calls just got even scarier. the fbi put out a warning yesterday saying the crooks are now spoofing the fbi's phone number to run scams. so when they call, it looks like they're calling from the fbi. >> anna werner on the case there. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. everything was so fresh in the beginning... but that plug quickly faded. luckily there's febreze plug. it cleans away odors and freshens for 1200 hours.

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>> reporter: previewing music from their new albume o br their new album weather has just seven songs on it. you would have wanted to add some songs to this album, but problems struck. >> yes. big problems. when the singer can't sing, it's a problem. >> actually, he sings great. we just can't hear it. >> damn it! >> big breath. >> reporter: lewis, who is 69, has spent a lot of time recently being examined by doctors. he can't perform or record, can't sing. not because of his voice but because of his ears. >> i lost my hearing almost two years ago now. i had lost my right ear. i was diagnosed something called meniere's disease. ♪ >> reporter: lewis has been in bands most of his life, and hearing loss is not unusual

among rock musicians, but his diagnosis, meniere's disease, is not something remedied with hearing aids alone. >> so the hearing loss, it's not just that you can't hear, it's that things are distorted horribly? >> right now i'm having a good day. yesterday was a really bad day. and now i'm having a good day today. but could i play a show where there would be a loud p.a.? probably not. because a bass part which would normally sound like -- ♪ to me sounds like -- when it occurs in music, it's like a cacophony for me. i can't hear anything. ♪ they say the heart of rock 'n roll is still beating ♪ >> reporter: lewis has been successfully performing for decade was minor symptoms of meniere's, but those symptoms suddenly became debilitating. >> just before a gig in dallas, texas, on january 27th, 2018. >> reporter: so you were to be go on stage? >> i went on stage. and it was horrible. it was just unbelievable.

couldn't hear anything. sang out of tune. had the worst night of my life. >> and he was a whole step flat. it was clear that he could not get the pitch of the song. so i remember looking at our bass player john pierce. we looked at each other and went uh-oh. >> reporter: so when that tour was canceled, you guys had been on the road together for more than 30 years pretty much, right? >> more like 40. ♪ do you believe >> reporter: 39 years ago in the early '80s, huey lewis and the news was a band struggling for respect. you were booed when you opened for the doobie brothers, is that right? >> on our first tour. >> every single night. >> no, not every single. >> oh, come night. remember? >> doobies, doobies! >> reporter: starting out, lewis played harmonica in a band called clover, one of dozens of groups that worked the bars in marin county, california, where

lewis grew up. >> we moved here 195. and it was very much a bohemian community with the mountains and so on. >> reporter: marin, just north of san francisco also attracted plenty of rock musicians, a haven away from the city. and there is one particular place in marin that lewis put on the map. >> 2:00 a.m. club, known locally as -- >> the deuce. >> the deuce. this is the deuce. >> reporter: and this became famous for one reason. the cover photo for lewis' big hit album sports in 1983 was shot in the 2:00 a.m. club. a framed copy remains on the wall. how did you choose the deuce to shoot this? >> it looked like kind of what we sound like. we played a lot of clubs and we were kind of a bar bandish type thing. >> reporter: did you have hopes that you were going to be much more than a bar band at one time? >> oh, yeah. we were convinced we would. you always are. it's part of the mind-set. making a living in the music business as a musician is a long shot.

so it has to be the only thing you want to do. ♪ if this is it, please let me know ♪ >> reporter: with sports, huey lewis and the news made that long shot. ♪ i want a new drug, one that won't spill ♪ >> reporter: the album became a best sell were four singles s hitting the top ten, including "this is it," "i want a new drug" and "heart and soul." ♪ hart and soul ♪ >> reporter: in 1985, lewis made his movie debut, a cameo in "back to the future" as a judge in a high school music competition. >> i'm afraid you're too darn loud. >> reporter: the movie also featured lewis' number one hit, "power of love" ♪ the power of love ♪ >> he followed that with a few other roles in tv and movies, but his heart remained in rock

'n roll. ♪ they say the heart of rock 'n roll is still beating, and from what i seen i believe them ♪ ♪ the others may be barely breathing, but the heart of rock 'n roll ♪ >> reporter: with loyal fans still eager to hear their music, huey lewis and the news played 70 to 80 shows a year. when they weren't on the row, lewis retreated to montana where he goes fly fishing and lives on a ranch, 500 acres he bought with his first big paychecks. we visited him there in 2013. let's talk about huey lewis as the country gentleman. >> no, i love it out here. you know, it's a chance to decompress as they say. >> reporter: but the phone is on you all the time. back then, lewis had no intention of slowing down. you ever think i've worked enough, it's time to -- >> yeah. >> reporter: kick back? >> i do. i think about that. but, you know, the thing is i love what i do. >> reporter: now, however,

meniere's disease has made the decision for him, and for his band. >> the hard part for me, i do misplaying a show now and then, and i miss the guys. i miss the camaraderie. >> struggling. it's just hard. >> reporter: the guys still get together, testing huey's voice, just in case, and joking about their age as they prepare for the release of what is almost certainly their last album, weather. >> i should ask, where did weather come from? >> you get it? huey lewis and the news, sports. >> ah, damn i'm slow. >> it's kind of appropriate. we've had some weather. >> reporter: so we can believe that the heart of rock 'n roll is still beating? >> that's right. the heart of rock 'n roll has been abelated, but it's still beating.

many of kobe bryant's closest friends are beginning to share their heartfelt thoughts on the basketball legend. one of them is john salley, a former lakers teammate of bryant's. he shared his memories with dana jacobsen. >> reporter: john salley was wrapping up his 14th season nba career just as kobe bryant was starting his time in the league. he said kobe is the greatest player the league has ever seen, but that he leaves behind so much more than just a basketball legacy. >> he's the biggest laker of all time. bigger than magic, bigger than kareem, bigger than jerry west. >> reporter: by the time he joined the lakers in 1999, john salley had already won three nba championships and played with some of the league's top talent. but when he met kobe bryant, he knew he was somet mj. he sounded like him. his mannerisms, his gaze.

i go up to him and i say you're going to be the next michael jordan? he says no, i'll be the first kobe bryant. we have vhs tape of larry and early michael and magic and clyde drexler. so he stole little bits of the master and became a grand master. >> reporter: you were with the lakers the first year of their three-peat of championships. >> yep. >> reporter: what do you remember of that shaq-kobe era and time? >> kobe would sit and put his headphones on and listen to music in the corner. i would sit next to him. i would tap him and he would take his headphones hi wh you do that? he said i want to hear what they say about me. >> kobe bryant pulls up for the dunk and hits the basket. >> reporter: and as kobe transformed from a phenom into an icon, salley says he watched him learn to embrace his new

role. >> started becoming more comfortable with h speech. cause he didn'tike the way he talked. he realized that the world was going to be on him, so let them in. he just showed you this is life, ups and downs, and we all followed it. it was the best reality show ever. he constantly said life is short. so i have reworded my whole vernacular. i don't speak in the bad thought. i won't deal in the belly of negativity. >> how do you hope people remember kobe? >> i hope they don't remember the negative. i hope they remember the 60 points. >> on the move, the jumper. >> 81 points, the championships, the smilesr this is a guy that played basketball but transcended it. >> and that is the "overnight news" r this thursday.

it's thursday, january 30th, 2020.t's thursday, january 30th, this is the "cbs morning news". q and a, senators wrap up questions today in president trump's impeachment trial as the battle continues over new witnesses or a quick acquittal. containing the coronavirus. world health exerts meet today to assess the outbreak as the death toll and confirmed cases rise in china. and breaking her silence. we hear from vanessa bryant after the helicopter crash that killed her husband kobe bryant killed her husband kobe bryant and her daughter gianna. captioning funded by cbs