jim axelrod has the story. >> >> reporter: the voice belongs to a saleswoman from the insys drug company. she's impersonating a staffer at a doctor's office and she's lying to an insurer to get a prescription approved. >> reporter: the patient was sarah fuller, but she did not have cancer. >> point the nozzle into your mouth and under your tongue. >> reporter: subsys is a spray version of the opiate fentanyl.

jim axelrod has that story. >> i'm with the doctor's office. >> and what's the patient's name?ersonating a staff member at the doctor's office and lying. >> what is it? is it also for the breakthrough cancer pain or not? >> yeah. >> the patient was sarah fuller, but she did not have cancer. >> point the nozzle into your mouth and under your tongue. >> sub sis is a spray version of opioid fentanyl. she would be fatally overdosing six months later. now the founder john kapur is facing charges of conspiracy and bribery and personally recruited doctors and offered kickbacks to illegally proscribe subsys to fuller and people like her. >> the problem is people were dying. they were taking this and overdosing. >> in illinois there was a tock tore. he was responsible for about 60% of all subsys prescriptions, and when the sales representative went to his supervisor and said this guy is rubbing a pill mill, he's not looking at patients, they said, stick with him, he's grour-to guy. >> not stay awa from him. stick with them. >> no. what's even worse, they paid him over $85,000 in speaker

jim axelrod has that story. >> i'm with the doctor's office. >> and what's the patient's name?: the voice belongs to a saleswoman from the insys drug company. she's impersonating a staff member from the doctor's office and she's lying get a prescription approved. >> what is it? is it also for the breakthrough cancer pain or not? >> yeah. >> reporter: the patient was sara fuller, but she did not have cancer. >> point the nozzle into your mouth and under your tongue. >> reporter: subsys is a spray version of the opoid fentanyl. fuller would become addicted to fentanyl and she would be fatally overdosing six months later. now the founder john kapur is facing charges of conspiracy and bribery and personally recruited doctors and offered kickbacks to illegally proscribe subsys to fuller and more than a thousand like her. >> the real tragedy is people were dying. individuals were taking this drug and they were dying of overdose. >> reporter: my cichael cantey a lawyer. >> in illinois there was a doctor. he was responsible for about 60% of all subsys prescriptions, and when the sales

anthony. >> mason: jim axelrod. thank you, jim. an explosion aboard an oil tanker today left one member of the crew dead and another missing. it happened in the gulf of mexico about two miles off rockport, texas. the barge was carrying more than seven million gallons of crude, but no leaks are reported. the cause is under investigation. the "60 minutes"/"washington post" investigation of the opioid epidemic exposed the role played by former drug regulators who went to work for the drug take us through the revolving door. >> reporter: during the obama administration, some drug enforcement fors began running into roadblocks to combat the opioid epidemic. why? >> some of the best and brightest former d.e.a. attorneys are now on the other side, and and know all of the weak points. >> reporter: former d.e.a. attorney jonathan novak told "the washington post" that former washington lawyers now working for industry were pressing their own colleagues. as a result, de la campa enformat action slowed. "60 minutes" found 46 people who went fr

here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: saying the values of scouting are important for both young men and womenthe head of the bow scouts of america, mike surbaugh, explained the announcement. >> we talked to parents about what they want for their kids, and what we heard is that they want their sons and daughters to have a place where they can come as a family, participate in exciting activities that lead to character and leadership development. >> reporter: the boy scouts will start admitting girls next year. cub scout dens, the smallest unit, will remain single gender. the larger cub scout packs comprised of several dens will have the option of remaining all boys or welcoming girls. the program for older girls will start in 2919 and allow them to pursuit coveted rank of eagle scout. to hear the bow scouts tell it, the move was driven by requests from families to open up the organization to both boys and girls. >> it's really amazing. >> reporter: 16-year-old sydney ireland, who has been an unofficial member of her brother's group since he was four, wanted to become an eagle scout, just like h

jim axelrod now has the latest on that. to his victim described to the l.a.p.d., an extremely serious sexual assault and a rape. >> reporter: this afternoon in los angeles, a lawyer for an italian actress who says harvey weinstein raped her in 2013, met with reporters. while more than 50 women now say weinstein sexually harassed them, this is the sixth to accuse weinstein of rape, or sexual assault. the television academy's board as governors voted last night to start disciplinary proceedings that could lead to weinstein's expulsion. >> i think we're at a watershed hement. >> reporter: and hollywood's brightest stars continue to slam weinstein. tom hanks: >> i think his last name will become a noun and a verb, it r ll become an identifying moniker for state of being for which there is a before and an after. >> reporter: director and longtime weinstein collaborator, quentin tarantino, is expressing his own shame for not speaking out. "i knew enough to do more than i did," he said in an interview with "new york times" reporte

here's jim axelrod. >> i will not be complicit or silent. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake wentonald trump in washington. >> for the sake of some half- baked, spurious nationalism. >> reporter: john mccain's criticism last week was in philadelphia. did you vote for president trump? >> i did. >> reporter: 2,300 miles from ieth cities, there are no clear winners in arizona. >> it's absolutely a lose-lose. >> reporter: what do you mean lose-lose? >> i think the president loses credibility when he does this stuff. >> reporter: we gathered four republicans at the henry, a coffee shop in phoenix. >> i feel like our senators lost, because president trump has a very loud base, a loud and aggressive and somewhat angry >>se. >> reporter: carrie king and kiistin demong side with their senators. >> the bigger thing i see is he is fighting for unity. he's asking us to unite. po reporter: frank tesnati. >> i think he walked away from a fight he shouldn't have walked fiay from. >> reporter: and manny ciprot would have liked flake to hang tough. >> i was disappointed he threw la the towel. it's

a spokesman declined comment. >> mason: jim axelrod. thanks, jim. a new storm is on the way. tropical storm nate is blamed for deaths in nicaragua and honduras. it could hilt the gulf coast as a hurricane over the weekend. a hurricane better organized and stronger today. the center is just off the east of cozumel in mexico. winds are up to 60 miles per hour moving very rapidly, north history northwest at 21 miles per hour, which means it will close in on the gulf coast very rapidly as well. current warnings, new orleans, biloxi, mobile bay, and hurricane watches to pensacola to the florida panhandle. it takes it east of new orleans and close to the biloxi-gulfport area tomorrow night, so just 24-30 more hours over water. it is expected to intensify into a hurricane, bringing strong winds, storm surge of 4-8 feet and heavy rain and accelerates northeast and weakens and brings rain all the way to new england by columbus day. thru see the raino several inches up to aacro alabo tennessee. we could have significant flash flooding this weekend. >> mason: eric fisher of wbz. thanks,

jim axelrod has the story. >> >> reporter: the voice belongs to a saleswoman from the insys drug companyshe's impersonating a staffer at a doctor's office and she's lying to an insurer to get a prescription approved. >> reporter: the patient was sarah fuller, but she did not have cancer. >> point the nozzle into your mouth and under your tongue. >> reporter: subsys is a spray version of the opiate fentanyl. fuller would become addicted to fentanyl, fatally overdosing 15 months later. >> the spray that we developed. >> reporter: now the company's billionaire founder, dr. john kapoor, is facing charges of conspiracy and bribery that he personally recruited doctors and helped design a scheme to offer kickbacks to illegally prescribed subsys to furl and more than 1,000 like her. >> the real tragedy is that people were dying. individuals are taking this drug, and they were dying of overdose. >> reporter: michael canty is a former federal prosecutor who now advises states on suing opioid manufacturers. >> in illinois, there was a doctor. he was responsible for about 60% of all subsys prescript

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but they struggled with how to describe it, here is jim axelrod.six hours after the shooting when law enforcement eager to calm the public ruled out terrorism. >> no, not at this point. we believe a local individual. >> the president condemned the shooting. >> it was an act of pure evil. >> but he didn't call it terrorism either. as the nation absorbs the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. maybe we need to reconsider the definition. richard cohen is with the southern poverty law center. >> wow, the label certainly doesn't matter to the victims of or their families. our hearts go out to all of them. the label does matter. it is important that we get it right. it tells us what typed of response we as the a country need to have in order to address these incidents. >> strictly speaking there is a narrow legal definition for terrorism. violence designed to intimidate a civilian population or influence the policy of a government. but no actual sentence. so lillidylann roof who killed african-americans in their church in charleston and james fields, acc

a spokesman declined comment. >> mason: jim axelrod. thanks, jim. a new storm is on the way. tropical storm nate is blamed for 22 deaths in nicaragua and honduras. it could hit the gulf coast as a hurricane over the weekend. a hurricane warnings up from louisiana to the alabama-florida border. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station wbz in boston. eric. >> anthony, good evening to you. i have been watching nate become better organized and stronger throughout the course of the day today. you can see that on satellite. the center is just off the east of cozumel in mexico. winds are up to 60 miles per hour, it's moving very rapidly, north-northwest at 21 miles per hour, which means it will close in on the gulf coast very rapidly as well. we take a look at the current warnings. they include the city of new orleans, eastward across biloxi, mobile bay, then hurricane watches to pensacola to the florida panhandle. the track takes it east of new orleans and very close to the biloxi-gulfport area tomorrow night, so just about 24-30 more hours over water. it is expected t

here's jim axelrod. >> i will not be complicit or silent. >> senator jeff flake went after donald trump in baked, spurious nationalism. off awe john mccain's criticism last week in philadelphia. >> did you vote for president trump. >> i did. >> 2300 miles from both cities there are no clear winners in arizona. >> it is the party. >> lose-lose. >> what do you mean, lose-lose? >> the president loses credibility when heap does this stuff. >> we gathered four republicans at the henry. a coffee shop in phoenix. >> i feel like our senators lost because president trump has a very loud base. a loud and aggressive and somewhat angry base. >> they side with their senators. >> the bigger thing that i see is he is fighting for unity. asking us to unite. >> frank -- >> he walked away from a fight he shouldn't have walked away from. >> and would have liked flaek to hang tougher. >> i was disappointed that he threw in the towel. some what premature. >> all calling to stop and said their patience is starting to wear thin with the president. not his policies, his demeanor. >> i personally agree that, th

here's jim axelrod. >> reporter: it was six hours after the shooting when law enforcement, eager thee public, ruled out terrorism. >> no, not at this point. we believe it's a local individual. >> reporter: the president condemned the shooting. >> it was an act of pure evil. >> reporter: but he didn't call it terrorism either. as the nation absorbs the worst mass shooting in u.s. history, maybe we need to reconsider the definition. richard cohen is with the southern poverty law center. >> well, the label certainly doesn't matter to the victims or their families. our hearts go out to all of them, but the label does matter and it's important that we get it right, because it tells us what type of response we as a country need to have in order to address these incidents. >> reporter: strictly speaking, there is narrow legal definition for terrorism: violence designed to intimidate a civilian population or influence the policy of a government but no actual sentence. so dylann roof, who killed nine african-americans in their church in charleston and james fields, the man accused of running

she sat down with jim axelrod for cbs sunday morning. >> is he still a big part of your life? >> he is. >> in what way? >> we speak to each other. >> how often? >> maybe once a week. >> he asks for your advice? >> he's still asking me for advice, yes. >> what does he ask about? >> he asks me, should i tweet? should i not tweet? >> and what have you told him? >> i said, i think you should tweet. >> ivana says she has told her ex-husband that tweeting is an effective way to get his message across. you can watch this full interview on cbs sunday morning right here on kpix 5. >>> a 10-year-old from placer county is being threatened with suspension tonight after his dad took him to oregon to watch the solar eclipse. the school district tells reporter lemor abrahams, it trumps astronomy. >> reporter: it's been a few weeks since they got back but that eclipse experience just took a dark turn. >> this is a letter received from the principal. >> reporter: the letter from his son's school says those three absences to see the eclipse won't be excused. it warns if his son is absent again,

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jim axelrod reports. >> i'm at the doctor's office. >> the patient's name? the voice belongs to sales woman from the drug company. impersonating a staffer at a doctor's office and lying to an insurer to get a prescription approved. >> which medication? >> subsys. >> is it also for the breakthrough cancer pain or not? >> breakthrough pain, yeah. >> the patient was sarah fuller. but she did not have cancer. >> point the nozzle into your mouth and under your tongue. >> subsys, spray version of fentanyl. fuller would become addicted to fentanyl. fatally overdosing 15 months later. >> the spray. >> now the company's billionaire founder, dr. john kipur, facing charges of conspiracy and bribery that he recruited doctors and designed a scheme to allow kickbacks to a prescribed subsys to fuller and those look her. >> the real tragedy they were dying. individuals were taking the drug and dying of overdose. >> a former federal prosecutor who advises states on suing opioid manufacturers. >> illinois, a doctor, he was responsible for about 60% of all subsys prescriptions

here is jim axelrod. saying the values of scouting are important for young men and women. the head of the boy scouts of america, mike serba exed announcement. >> we talked to parents about what they want for their kids. we heard they want their sons and daughters to have a place where they can come as a family. participate in exciting activities. >> reporter: the boy scouts will start admitting girls next year. cub sougcout dens, smallest uni will remain single gender. larger packs, several dens will have the option of remaining all boys or welcoming girls. the program for older girls will start in 2019, and allow them to pursue the coveted rank of eagle scout. to hear the boy scouts tell it the move was driven by requests from families. to open up the organization to both boys and girls. >> it is really amazing. >> 16-year-old sydney ireland, unofficial member of her brother's troop since he was four wanted to become an eagle scout look her brother. >> not every girl has to want to do the things that the girl scouts do. i want to do the things that the boy scouts do. >> c

jim axelrod has a look. >> the danley have been getting death threats.ughters of danley say that marilou danley is a person of interest. within the hours of attack, his name and photo were spread across the internet. facebook users saw the las vegas crisis response page with a link to the gateway pundit article incorrectly identifying gary danley as the the shooter, a democrat that associated with the anti-trump army. a link from the site, alt-right news speculated the attack was the work of isis. they late ear approximately jietzed for the mistake. in a statement to cbs news, facebook said its vegas false news issue has been fixed. we know people want to see accurate information on facebook and so do we. at facebook, we're working to fight the spread of false news. >> people are looking for answers during crisis and news events. >> john than altbright tracking fake news since the run-up to 2016 election. he says the nature of social media amplifies stories that are blatantly false. >> the authors or promoters of the fake content, often are seeking, to s

on "cbs sunday morning" jim axelrod has a one-on-one interview with trump's first wife ivana.hey released a clip of the interview in which we learn the nature of her relationship with the president today. >> is he still a big part of your life? >> yeah, he is. he is. >> in what way? >> jimmy: in the way that we have the same hairstyle? [ laughter ] >> well, we speak to each other. >> jimmy: how often? >> maybe once a week. >> jimmy: vunce a veek? sorry, i'm easily distracted. >> he asks for your advice? >> he's still asking for advice. >> what about? >> should i tweet, should i not tweet? you know. >> he asked who should you tweet? what have you told him? >> i told him, i think you should tweet. >> jimmy: yes, keep tveeting, where's my check? maybe she's the one he wrote covfefe to, maybe that is the miss tree right th it's almost comforting to witness nonsense from other countries. british prime minister theresa may gave what they're describing as a nightmare speech yesterday. she's been criticized for weak leadership of her country so she needed a great speech at the end of

jim axelrod is here with what has resulted after yea of debate. >> this is an organization found more than a century ago to teach boys about loyalty, bravery, and kindness. for more than 107 years the boy scouts of america helped define for many what being a boy is all about. but in a unanimous decision the bo it would welcome girls into its iconic cub scout program and create a path for the older girls to anxious eagle scout. >> parents have less available time. they're looking for options. >> reporter: for 16-year-old sydney ireland, this means she can officially joan hur brother's new york-based troop next year and she'll be eligible to earn the rank of eagle scout, something attained by former president gerald ford and astronaut neil armstrong. >> reporter: the news was not celebrated by the boy scouts counterpart. in a statement girl scouts of the usa stood by the its current policy. we all-girl environmental. for girls like ireland means being allowed into the boy scouts meaning everything she wanted is being met. >> i want to do things that the boy scouts do. >> in the past 2 1

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jim axelrod spoke with her sunday morning to learn the advice she's given the president and why she turneds. he is. >> in what way? >> well, we speak to each other. >> how often. >> >> maybe once a week. >> he asks for your advice? >> he's still asking me for advice, yes. >> what does he about? >> he asks should i tweet, should i not tweet, you know. >> should he tweet? >> yeah. >> what have you told him. >> i say, i think you should tweet. i was asked to be the ambassador for the czech republic. why would i say bye-bye to miami in winter and bye-bye to st. tropez and bye-bye to winter in new york. >> why would you want to say bye-bye to miami in winter. that's must-see tv. >> i think it's interesting that she says she gives him advice and he listens. >> she's the tweet behind the twigger. takes advice from all places. you can watch the interview with ivanna trump on "cbs this morning" here on cbs. >>> "rolling stone" magazine makes celebrates 50 years. what the sale of the iconic magazine means for its with their medicare plan?sfied who's shopping for a new plan this year? it's time to sw

jim axelrod is here with what led to the change after years of debate. a lot of people have questions about this, jim, good morning. >> good morning, wednesday's announcement marks the most significant change in the history of the organization. one that was founded more than a century ago to teach boys about loyalty, bravery and kindness. for more than 107 years the boy scouts of america helped detype for many what being a boy was all about. but in a unanimous decision the boy scouts of america announced it would welcome girls into its iconic cub scout program and will create a path for older girls to earn the highest rank of eagle scout. mike surbaugh is the chief executive. >> what we found parents have less available time today looking for more options and they want to involve the whole family. >> reporter: for 16-year-old sydney ireland this means she can officially join her brother's new york city based troop next year. it also means she'll be eligible to earn the rank of eagle scout. a position held by former president gerald ford, astronaut neil ar

jim axelrod shows how insys executive allegedly schemed to get people to use their highly addictive opoidpany makes a spray medication approved only for severe cancer pain. prosecutors say he devised a plan to bribe doctors into prescribing the potent opoid to noncancer patients. >> i know i had told my husband several times, i'm like, my gosh, he must be getting paid to prescribe these medications. >> reporter: she now believes she was kept on this by her doctor for more than two years. >> spray it under your tongue. >> reporter: because he was getting bribed. >> he did not want me to stop taking the drug. i asked over a ten-month period. >> reporter: earlier this month, balu sued him and the drugmaker insys. the court filings claim the company paid her doctor $221,000. >> from top to bottom, there was nobody there saying wait a minute, this needs to stop. >> reporter: this is a former federal prosecutor, and advises states on suing opoid manufacturers. >> they pay doctors essentially to prescribe the drug. and they did this through a speaker series. >> reporter: on thursday, federal age