it had been nearly ms since hurne maria devas ear.a report to congress requesting $139 billion in aid money, the government of puerto rico acknowledged in the four months following the hurricane, 1,427 more people died than normal compared to the previous four years. >> david, we've always said the amount was higher. >> reporter: this is puerto rico's secretary of public safety. we never heard you come out and say 1,427 until you put this report to congress. >> but it was never -- maybe it's an issue of perception maybe, but it was never meant to be secret. it wasn't secret. this is what the report said. >> reporter: a study done by harvard university estimated the death toll to be between 800 and 8,000. a report out last week conducted by penn state university put the number as high as 1,139. the puerto rico government is waiting on a report it commissioned from george washington university. ricardo rosio is the governor. you paid for the study. you said you didn't have the right protocol to get the right death toll. nobody believes