with substance abuse. and it's affecting sadly not just new hampshire and northern new england, it's affecting states in the midwest, states all over the country. when ebola was a threat, we put a billion dollars towards fighting ebola. we need to be looking at the heroin and opioid problem in just the same way. this is a health -- a public health emergency. and we need to treat it that way. >> i'm curious too, we say this is something that cuts across the political divide. it seems sometimes like democrats and republicans are having completely different conversations about completely different topics. but it's striking to hear how they use similar language on this. one candidate to me stood out. that was chris christie. he had that moment at the town hall where he talked about his own mother's experience, addicted to cigarettes and the terrible health price she paid. chris christie is banking his presidential campaign on new hampshire.