Has previously called, quote, a national emergency. He is not expected to call it that officially though. Rather, it is expected he will call it a Public Health emergency. The difference, among other things, dollars and cents. We have assembled quite the team of experts. Starting with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. What are we expecting to hear from the president . As you said, krascraig, the president is going to declare that open yoipd, opoids are a Public Health emergency. Before we get to what that means, what it doesnt means, it means that states wont have access to the fund crisis. It will be for shortterm crises like hurricanes and other natural disasters. They argue that naming it a Public Health emergency will reduce some regulations. Lets look at some of the top lines of what specifically this will mean. It will allow treatment and prescriptions through whats called telemedicine. That means if youre in a rural area, you can do a Video Conference with your doctor who can prescribe medication over the phone. That is significant. It will speed up hhs, the hiring process there. Its also going to let states temporarily shift some federal grant money to their funds. Its going to make dislocated worker grants available. And its also going to open up the Public Health Emergency Fund. Right now that fund only has 57,000. Youre also going to see a robust push to get congress to add more money to the coffers of that fund. Of course, President Trump has talked about this not only as a candidate but once he has taken office. This is a bug issig issue for h constituents. The crisis has claimed more than 100 lives per day, craig. Take a listen to some of the comments that President Trump has had to say about this. Were going to be doing a very, very important meeting some time in the very short, very near future on opioids. In terms of declaring a national emergency. The opoid crisis is an emergency and im saying officially right now it is an emergency. Its a national emergency. Were going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of money on the opoid crisis. Were going to draw it up and were going to make it a national emergency. So, craig, President Trump expected to make that announcement in short order and we also expect him to potentially get personal in talking about this. Again, this is an issue and a crisis that has impacted a lot of his constituents. Its been a key focus for the white house from the very beginning. To be clear, are we talking about new money being allocated to fight the opoid crisis in this country or talking about a reallocation of existing fund, if you will . Important question, craig. Right now, were talking about a reallocation of existing funds. But, again, there is going to be a big push to get congress to include more money to fight this crisis. To build up the fund that is going to be set to deal with this so that there is more than the 57,000 that currently exist, craig. All right, we dont have time to get into precisely why there is 57,000 in the Public Health Emergency Fund in this country but well save that for another day. Kristen welker, thank you. Kate snow has been on assignment covering the opoid crisis for a long time. Lets remind everyone of some of the facts as they relate to the crisis. More than 33,000 people died in 2015. Last year, i believe that number was well over 60,000. 2. 7 Million People have a dependence on or an addiction to an opoid of some sort. And just 25 of those folks are in treatment. You just got back from ohio, as i understand it. Youve been talking to people who are directly impacted by the opoid crisis in this country. What do they say . Right, one more number for you, in dayton, ohio, which is montgomery county, ohio, one of the hardesthit spots in the country, more than 500 people have died already this year. 500 . More than 500 already. And its october. In montgomery county. So that sets the scene. We spent last night with a group called families of addicts. And this is a group that supports families, supports people who are in recovery as well. But all their family members really Interested Group to talk to. I asked them about what they wanted to hear from the president , what they would say to him. Let me play you a little bit of sound. This is from a 27yearold man who is in recovery now. His name is joshua connolly. Heres what he said about one of the things they need most. Finding a job is hard to do with a record. The stigma around addiction, you know. A few jobs would be more lenient because some people know. But if somebody dont know about a diction, then you have a stigma surrounding that, just kind of shuns you away. Joshuas working in food service right now and he says he has a criminal record so its really, really hard to get a job. Part of, craig, what theyre talking about at the white house, what we anticipate, is department of labor funding. That will be shifted as kristen was describing, that will be shifted into some jobs programs. So that was one piece that folks i was talking to last night will be thrilled to hear. But generally speaking, theyre happy that the president s embracing this and talking about it out loud because maybe the stigma, as joshua said, will go away a little bit if people just talk. But theyre a little concerned about how much money will trickle down to dayton, ohio. Access to treatment programs, how much of a concern is that in some of these communities . Huge, huge. So the theme of the night last night was that, was we feel, they said, that we cant, even when were ready, as addicts, to get help, we cant find treatment fast. I talked to one woman whose stepdad was there with her. She was holding an 11monthold cute, cute baby in her lap who had been born dependent on drugs because she was using heroin. Through that whole pregnancy. Shes been in and out of treatment for the past 15 years. And she said right now im ready to get help and i have to wait three or four weeks. Shes finally going to be able to go tomorrow, on friday, to get help. She said, ive been waiting for three and four weeks. Theres a lot of temptation during that time. And the sheer cost, the sheer cost. The cost is a whole other issue. She happens to be on government assistant. Medicaid. So that becomes a whole issue about whether, you know, whats going to happen to medicaid expansion. Yeah, do you have a few minutes . Dr. Lynn that win is with me now. Shes Health Commissioner there in baltimore, maryland. Dr. Win, i know youre very busy, thanks for your time today. A lot of folks in this country know someone with an addiction. This is what mari is and pbs found out. 54 say yes they know someone. 24 say its an immediate family member. Another quarter of folks say they know someone who has actually died after an overdose. What has this particular epidemic done to your community there in baltimore . The opoid epidemic has hit us hard. We have about two people a day who are dying from overdose. Which is particularly tragic because this disease has a treatment. We know that. We have narcan for example, which is an antidote that we have made available to every resident in our city and we have already saved 1,200 people in our city in the last two years. But were being priced out of the ability to save lives. Were having to ration naloxon and i have to make a decision every day about who gets this medication and who doesnt. Thats tragic. That should never happen. But it should never happen in light of this being a national emergency. And so why is that the case . Why are you having to ration it . We just dont have the resources to purchase narcan. I have about 10,000 units left between now and july of 2018. So i have to decide how am i going to give this medication out . Who are the people who are most at risk. We know what works when it comes to stopping overdose. We just need the resources to get there. Standby for me, if you can, dr. Wynn. I want to bring in congressman peter welch. A democratic congressman from vermont. Vermont is a state that saw a 22 jump in opoid Overdose Deaths in 2015. Thats the latest year for these statistics. Congressman, thanks for your time. This is not an epidemic that started under this president. Its one thats been growing for decades now, in particular, since the turn of the century. Why has washington been so ineffective until this point . Well, in fact, the pain is at the local level, you know, our governor, then governor, shumlin, addressed he dedicated his entire state of the state address in 2014 to the opoid addiction problem. I remember my colleagues in the house saying, peter, why is the governor doing it, its bad publicity. But then they acknowledged that the problem he was discussing was real in their own communities as well. So the response and the pain have come from the local level and youre seeing us all here experience the pain thats so powerful in our own communities and families that we know. While i have you, i do want to ask you about the Washington Post investigation about that bill that you cosponsored. The allegation basically being that the bill was passed over objections from the Drug Enforcement agency. And its led to whats called a pill dumping in rural areas, especially these drug suppliers are pumping millions of opioids, usually in pill form, millions of these very small, very rural communities. Why did you cosponsor that bill . Well, we had the dea and yesterday, and they had their own data that showed, in fact, the immediate suspension orders that was the topic of that report had actually gone down for several years before that bill passed. So unless the effect of the bill preceded the passage of the bill, its still a question whether its cause and effect. The real reason those of us who sponsored it or were behind it, it went through hearings in both the house and senate, was because we wanted, a, to make certain there was enforcement, b, there are people where a doctor has prescribed a legitimate pain medication, for a cancer patient, and the ambiguity in the law was actually interfering with peoples access to legitimate prescriptions. So our view on this, all of us cosponsors and the republicans and democrats who supported it, is dea, tell us if theres anything we need to do to help us do your job, so we dont get between a doctor and a patient. Dr. Wynn, let me bring you back. Because one of the things that continues to strike me about this particular drug epidemic, the war on drugs in the 80s, the war on crack specifically, in the 90s. It seems as if the attitudes then about treatment and those who should be getting treatment, how they should be getting treatment, the attitudes then, very different than the attitudes now. Why is that . Well, we have to focus on the science first and foremost. Which is that the science is clear. Addiction is a disease. Just like heart disease, diabetes, cancer. There is a treatment available. There are millions of people in recovery because of it. But i do think it needs to be said that when this epidemic hit poor minority inner city communities, addiction was seen as a choice. And therefore if you end up incarcerated or dead, somehow you made a bad choice. And now that its spread to wealther potentially whiter suburban rural communities, it is now seen as a disease, which it should be seen as, but we do have to recognize the racial inequities and the injustice of where we came from. How is it then, kate snow, that how we view addiction has changed . Again, i want to be careful here because im certainly not trying to diminish the crisis of communities in this country. Weve had drug crises in america that have been just as bad, if not worse, by some measures. And the attitudes then just dont seem to be the same as they are now. First of all, i think the numbers are quite a bit higher now. Yes. Than they were. But as the doctor said, you hear this when you go to any of the places across this country. People, society, has changed the way we think about this. I think more people are now thinking of it as a disease and realizing its not just like a choice that people are making. That said, i will tell you, craig, last night in dayton, i had several people come up to me and say theyre still hearing, you know, friends and neighbors say to them, oh, your son, you know, doesnt deserve to be narcaned three different times, your daughter is making a choice. There is still the stigma. There is still this attitude. Especially in a place like dayton where the ems teams are going out every day, on every shift they told me two or three overdose calls per shift. So theres a fatigue. They have a name for it. I think its called compassion fatigue. Where the First Responders start to feel like is it even worth they become desensitized. Yes, and start to say things like is it worth saving these folks which is a really hard thing to process, but that does exist in communities that are ravaged by this epidemic. Dr. Wynn, how much of this goes back to training new doctors . The overprescription, the overprescribing weve seen in recent years specifically, how much of this goes back to training new doctors and just how we view and treat pain in this country . There is a supply and demand issue that we have to address in equal force. We have to stop the supply of drugs, whether its heroin or fantanyl. I have to admit i didnt learn about the danger of opoids in my medical training and im sure i overprescribed to so many patients that should have gotten other methods of pain control and thats something that has to change. We have to focus on demand. Because slogan there are millions of people who need treatment and as an er doctor, i have to turn away people all the time and say that im sorry the soonist i can get you in is in three weeks. We would never say to somebody with a heart attack, im sorry, if youre not dead in three weeks, come back then. We have to get people into treatment. Unless we address the demand for drugs, thats going to continue to fuel the supply. Congressman welch, again, we are going to hear from President Trump at the top of the hour, 2 00 eastern, from the white house. Is this a crisis that can be solved by not allocated new funds . Can we simply shift money around and expect it to have some sort of measurable impact on the opoid fight in this country . No, absolutely not. I mean, the president is going to make the statement a concern. Really, we need a plan of action. And hes disregarding unfortunately some really solid recommendations of his own commission. One, we need to expand treatment. Youre not going to get People Better without the expansion of treatment. And the heartache in local communities and the burden on our First Responders is immense and they need some resources. Second, we really have to be all in on finding nonopoid treatments for pain. By the way, on that question of why is it different now, i think theres some recognition on part of the American People that the Pharma Industry was pretty selfserving, pushing opioids out there, getting articles written that this is the way to avoid having any pain, and really started promoting the use of opioids. So many people initially got addicted through pain medication that was not properly monitored well, you also have a lot of Insurance Companies that are far more willing to pay for a pill versus physical therapy. No, i agree with that. Thats got to be a core question here. But that is i think a reason one of the reasons youre asking dr. Wynn who gave great answers. I think its one of the reasons why everyday people understand that there is a difference here than just a personal choice. But the third thing is that weve got to make sure our First Responders and Law Enforcement do have access to narcan. Were experiencing that in small towns in vermont. The challenge of these folks when they have to show up at a call and a person is in suffering from addiction and withdrawal, to save that persons life, its just a real risk. Weve got to do something that does involve resources and not just a speech and access to a fund that has 57,000 to it. So the president s got to back his commission. Congressman welch, thank you, kate snow, thanks for all the work youve been doing on this topic. Dr. Wynn, we really appreciate your insight as well. Thanks for carving out some time for us. Nbc news exclusive. In the wake of the ambush of four american soldier, the Trump Administration now paving the way for lethal strikes against terrorists in niger. We will have the latest on that. And the house narrowly passing a budget blueprint today, paving the way for legislation that could cut taxes by as much as 1. 5 trillion. But with all the infighting, so many competing interests. And an unpredictable president. 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The house and Senate Armed Services committee met in closed session today to receive classified briefings on the ambush in niger. Thats where four american soldiers were killed back on october 4th. Msnbcs Garrett Haake is here with more. Lawmakers said they were out of the loop on the extent of u. S. Involvement in africa. Did they get so many answers today . They did, craig, although its very clear this is going to be just the first briefing on this issue, certainly not the last. You had these backtoback briefings. First the house, then the senate. With senior military officialing comes over here and talking to these committees, again in a classified setting. So the lawmakers we spoke to couldnt go into detail but they did tell us they got a much better essential of the time line of this entire incident, leading up to the attack itself and what happened afterward, as well as getting an update on the status of the investigation, which is clearly very much still ongoing. And i asked a couple of these lawmakers about this transspa transparency issue, about whether or not theyre getting enough information from the pentagon, frankly, to do their jobs. This is the chairman of the house Armed Services committee this morning. Are you satisfied with the transparency and the information that youre getting . Oh, youre never satisfied because theres an ur sgrgency find out what happened. And so its i expressed concern about how long the investigation is taking. And, craig, we know thats been a concern of john mccain, the chairman of the armed forces committee. Hes one person weve not seen come back here yet today. Just because he has been pushing so hard on the military to continue to provide more answers about exactly what happened in niger and what americas footprint looks like there in the future, craig. All right, Garrett Haake, thank you. Keep us posted there if you get some more lawmakers. Lets bring in the former director for iraq at the National Security council and Senior National fellow with the new america foundation. Also, retired Naval Intelligence operator. And msnbc terror analyst malcolm nance. Always good to have you. Let me start with you, doug. If you had been in the room for the briefing garrett was just talking about, what would you be asking . Well, i think the questions are obvious, but so are some of the answers. You want to ask, well, why are they there. The answer is essentially congress has authorized them to be there or at least the executive branch reading of what the congress has passed authorizes them to be there. Now, what then the second question would be, why does the congress not know and why did it appear that large portions of the chain of command, the pentagon, the africa command, didnt know what was going on. Thats a really good question. But we suspect the answer is something like, well, someone just decided not to tell someone or there was a communication breakdown. The third question is why werent there essentially operations in place to support these guys, medevac, air support, a Quick Reaction force. And regrettably the answer to that is thats what the special forces units do on the periphery of u. S. Interests. This is an economy of force mission. Meaning we dont put a lot of assets against it. If we had to put proper a sets against it we probably couldnt afford to do it. So this is simply inherent in the types of missions theyre doing. Is the mission to his first point, malcolm, to dogs first point, to your knowledge, based on what you know about what were doing in africa, is the Mission Clear . And do our Service Members there have sufficient resources . Well, the mission is pretty clear. Weve been operated in that region for a few years now and been providing since 9 11 very enhanced training to the, you know, Counterterrorism Forces of north africa Subsaharan Africa region. And all of those, we have annual exercises like flint lock which we carry out every year. So weve had that Mission Going for some time in order to enhance the capacity of our allies in that region. Do the soldiers know what mission theyre doing . Yes, they know what theyre doing exactly. My issue with regards to this mission is mainly about how they transition from one mission, which was community and tribal engagement, off to a reconnaissance, you know, kill or capture of this Al Qaeda Isis recruiter in that area. That ambush that was levied against them took a lot of planning. Could not have been brought up in a matter of an hour or a few hours. They had advanced intelligence about the special forces unit and probably have been planning to do it for some time, not just within a day. These are the issues we really need to take a look at. Dog, is isis and al qaeda, as they lose territory in the middle east, they appear to be migrating to central african, northern african. Why is that area such a further fertile recruiting ground . Im not sure its necessarily a fertile recruiting ground. By all accounts, the group that we believe carried out this ambush, the isis affiliate here in central africa, in niger, only has about 40 to 60 people in it. So this is not a, you know, huge subsidiary that, you know, like iraq or syria where there are thousands, tens of thousands of members. This is a relatively small group in the middle of a really big continent with lots of people. Im not sure its so much recruiting ground as there was a group out there and this special forces unit decided that they would either lead or accompany, sometimes that line gets blurry, this unit of soldiers going out to try to find this recruiter for this relatively small but obviously somewhat capable isis affiliate. Malcolm, i want to play something the president said yesterday that caught our attention. And talked to you about it on the other side. Take a listen. Did you authorize the mission . No, i didnt, not specifically, but i have generals that are great generals, these are great fighters, these are warriors. I gave them authority to do whats right so we win. Secretary of defense, National Security adviser, white house chief of staff, all civilian positions, all positions right now filled by generals. Is there a danger in filling civilian oversight posts with career military officers, malcolm . Well, this might be better in dougs ballpark but ill take a shot at it. They are no longer generals. They are Civil Servants who are in civilian roles. Theyre retired. And their experience comes from military command. That being said, the authority that the president was talking about was his pushing down Operational Authority out to the strategic commanders. In this case, africa command. Africa command was coordinating the missions that were going on out there. They didnt know what was going on to a certain extent. When you get down to the individual oda level, thats the special forces team, you know, those teams operate semiautonomously anyway. Their job is to help local indigenous forces build up their capacity. They carry out some targeted missions. The president s not going to know about all of them but he should know and be briefed about most of them. At least enough to understand that theres no winning in that particular area. Ive been in the sou. That place is empty terrain with small market villages with Human Trafficking and weapon trafficking going on everywhere. This is just part of the Capacity Building were doing in the region. Appreciate your time, gentlemen. Allies of Mitch Mcconnell reportedly declaring open warfare against steve bannon. Does bannon really have as much power as many republicans claim . Were going to take a look at that. Well also take you inside the florida juvenile Justice System where guards are allegedly bribing teenagers to fight each other in a sort of modern day fight club. That disturbing story is on the other side of this break. cheering a triangle solo . Surprising. Whats not surprising . How much money sam and yohanna saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Afi sure had a lot on my mind. My 30year marriage. My 3month old business. Plus. What if this happened again . 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The measure unlocks the procedural power that will allow the senate now to pass a tax bill with a simple majority and not the, you know, 60 votes they would need, 61. It will probably derail any attempts to filibuster. National political reporter jonathan allen, whos here in new york. And josh barrow, always in new york, Senior Editor at business insider, also an msnbc contributor. The man who never leaves the capitol, jake sherman, Senior Writer at politico. Since you are there on assignment, i will start with you, good sir. A close vote to a party that holds 239 seats. Why so close . They let a lot of people vote no at the end when it was clear it would pass. It does get to an issue that republicans have to solve. Theyre seeking to scrap what is called the state and local tax deduction. So a deduction on state and local taxes. Aptly named. And big states, blue states like new jersey, california, some high tax states like new york. Lawmakers are opposed to that and theyve not seen a fixed. They heard promised from their leadership that this issue will be solved and theyre working with the white house to solve it. They havent seen that fix yet. They were opposed to the process that would, you know, pave the way to tax reform. Its expected that they get this fix through. We dont know what it will look like. We expect tax cuts next week. So this process is going to get under way quickly. Something else thats become a contentious issue. So far as relates to this tax bill. 401ks. The pretax max i believe is 18,000. Theres some talk, theres so many talk that it would fall to 2,400 a year under this tax plan. Yes. Is that something that is politically feasible . No, we saw this with president obama. He tried to get rid of a sort of similar deduction thats mostly taken by middle class people related to College Savings account. People are emotional about their 401ks. This is the primary vehicle for saving that most have aside from their home equity and social security. A lot of people who put a lot of money in these accounts will feel restricted by this. My expectation is what the provision will do. It wont stop you from using the account. Theres two kinds of 401ks. Theres the regular and the roth. Basically the way the roth works, you pay taxes now and you dont pay tax when you take it out later. I think what theyll try to do is say you have to put it in a roth. Its a budget gimmick. If you have people do that, they pay the tax now instead of paying it in retirement. It allows them to say look, weve raised some money over the next few year, we can use that to pay for Corporate Tax cuts. Never mind the fact that 30 years ago the government will basically pay back that bill. The idea there, its basically a budgetary gimmick. The problem is most people arent going to understand that or they have various tax reason wise they dont want that structure, they want to avoid the tax now instead of avoiding it later. Theyll be unhappy. Theyll feel like the republicans are screwing with their retirement savings. I feel like this is a really unpopular revision. The president said he wasnt going to do it and then changed his mind. Apparently republicans in the house think they need to do this to make the house add up in the bill. I think thats a provision, if its included, its likely to get a negative reaction. I want to play something senator corker said i think it was a few hours ago, said it on cnbc. This is the tennessee senator talking about his partys tax plan. Take a listen. Some of the things were doing, im sorry, are ridiculous. Im sorry. Its just we live in a political world. And not going to drive one ounce of economic growth, but its, you know, unfortunately what you have to do to take a tax bill. We can take a lot of this off and throw it in the tax can. Its going to be fun to continue to watch senator corker unplugged until he decides to move back to tennessee permanently. But regarding what he said though, this idea that a lot of this is going to wind up in the trash can, jonathan allen, is that the expectation that ultimately were going to probably just see some tinkering around the edges that were not going to see some sort of major tax overall . If theyre going to get a tax cut law, a lot of its going to end up in the garbage. The underlying problem, you talk about the state and local tax, the 401k proposal, the underlying problem here is theyre trying to squeeze a 5 trillion tax cut into a 1. 5 trillion hole. Theyre basically willing to spend 1. 5 trillion of deficit money, of debt accumulated over time, but the plans all add up to about 5 trillion. So you have to get rid of some of that if you want to get it into law. A lot of republicans believe theyll end up with some sort of tax decrease for individuals, man a little bit more around the edges of that, but the sort of larger tax reform is something theyll have to hold off for another day. While youre here, i want to ask you about this piece you wrote for nbcnews. Com on steve bannon. Welcome to Steve Bannons world. You talk about the bannonites becoming the big stick of trumpism. How much power does steve bannon actually wield . Is he one of these characters we spend time talking about on cable news but the reality is hes not as all powerful as weve made him out to be . I think hes only as powerful as his ability to keep the donors behind him. The mercer family. Pretty well known at this point. Big trump backers. Also big backers of what bannons doing. To keep them happy and to keep grassroots activists happy and keep donald trump happy. Those things are not always aligned. Right now, theres a strong a linement of those factors against Mitch Mcconnell, against the Establishment Republicans of congress. By the way, its a great way for trump to continue to run against washington, is to run against his own party even when theyre in power. Still makes him seem like a little bit of an outsider, has to toe a line there. I think the bottom line answer there is bannon is bannon is helping weaponize the grassroots with the money from the mercers and as long as he continues to do that in a way that makes those various people happy, hell be able to be influential. Josh barrow, always good to have you. Mr. Sherman, thanks for your time there on capitol hill, sir, well let you get back to work. Caught on camera. Guards at a Detention Center for teenagers in florida. Allegedly bribing those teenagers to fight each other. Also, opoid emergency. With more than 2 million americans addicted to opioids in 2016, drug addiction is ravaging our country. 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Critics say these videos show a disturbing pattern inside florida juvenile Detention Centers. Fight clubs. Teens allegedly encouraged by guards to beat each other. The guard told me to beat up another kid. Reporter andrew, who was sent away for joy riding in his dads car, tell us he didnt want to fight so a guard retaliated. At the end, i said, you know what, no, im not going to do t it. Reporter this Surveillance Video shows the officer punching him in the face, breaking andrews nose in two places. I still have thoughts about it, like, still am thinking about it. I still have the visions of it. It changed me a lot. The system went against my son. Reporter the officer resigned after an investigation found he used more than necessary force. But some beatings go even further than broken bones. According to the investigative reports, witnesses say 17yearold ellard revolt died because of something called honey bunning where an officer bribes a juvenile with a sweet treat to carry out a beatdown. In the 68 seconds caught on video, a dozen szen inmates bea, stomping on him. He died 30 hours later. Prosecutors said the allegations officers instigated that attack were not corroborated by evidence. But that across the detention system, they found staff likely engaged in the practice of offering honey buns or other food as a reward to youth detainees to carry out physical attacks. Kids were said to have a honey bun on their head or bounty. Reporter carol Martin Miller of the miami herald spent two years pouring through decades of videos from the department of justice, uncovering over 1,500 allegations of a because. The turning of children into gones was occurring in every corner of florida. Reporter this teenager needed his kidney removed after being thrown on the ground. And here, two teens fight mmastyle while a staffer a peers to referee. Watch this young inmate take a beating with two officers nearby. An inmate disables a camera before a fight. And an officer takes down a juvenile inmate who seems to show no aggression. This youth counselor beats a 16yearold boy so badly hes hospitalized. We asked governor rick scott about the allegations. No abuse is acceptable and so, you know, the goal is to hold people accountable. Reporter meanwhile, kids like andrew are left to pick up the pieces. Kind of traumatized me a little. I wish i never would have had to go through that. Reporter the naacp has asked the department of justice to investigate these cases of abuse and state senators are calling for more oversight in these juvenile facilities, craig. All right, tammy litner there for us in miami, tammy, thank you for that. President trump expected to declare the opoid crisis a Public Health emergency just minutes from now. Top of the hour, when it happen, we will bring it to you live. Our own dr. Natalie azar, shes here, shes going to sit down with us to talk about how this fight, how much its going to cost. And theres a big difference between ordinary. And the best. Which egg tastes more farmfresh and delicious . Only egglands best. Which egg has 6 times more vitamin d, 10 times more vitamin e, and 25 less saturated fat . Only egglands best. Which egg is so special, id never serve my family anything else . For me, its only egglands best. Better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. For her compassion and care. He spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. But to help others, they first had to protect themselves. I have afib. Even for a nurse, its complicated. And it puts me at higher risk of stroke. That would be devastating. I had to learn all i could to help protect myself. Once i got the facts, my doctor and i chose xarelto®. Xarelto®. To help keep me protected. Oncedaily xarelto®, a latestgeneration blood thinner. Significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. It has similar effectiveness to warfarin. Xarelto® works differently. Warfarin interferes with at least 6 bloodclotting factors. Xarelto® is selective, targeting just one critical factor interacting with less of your bodys natural bloodclotting function. For afib patients wellmanaged on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® compares in reducing the risk of stroke. Dont stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor, as this may increase risk of stroke. While taking, you may bruise more easily, or take longer for bleeding to stop. It may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If youve had spinal anesthesia, watch for back pain or any nerve or musclerelated signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. And before starting xarelto®about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Its important to learn all you can. To help protect yourself from a stroke. Talk to your doctor about xarelto®. Theres more to know™. We are just minutes away now from President Trumps speech on the opioid crisis. Hes expected to declare a nationwide emergency which will reallocate funds to deal with the crisis. One factor that continues to fuel the crisis is prescribed opioids. Roughly 21 to 29 of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse those pills. About 80 of folks who use heroin first misuse prescription opioids. Dr. Natalie azar is here. Weve talked about this a fair amount, this overprescribing of opioids, a wellknown problem in this country. What are you hearing from doctors on this . So i think an analogy that might work, youve got to follow me on this, is that we really need a twopronged approach. Lets say you have a bath of Running Water and you dont have the stopper in. We keep giving people narcotic and were not trying to curb the epidemic. On the one hand, all of the stuff that were trying to do with Substance Abuse and nar can availability, thats definitely good to help those who are currently addicted but what are we doing to stop the flow of the water . What are we really doing to stem the tide of new people becoming addicted. I think dr. Wyn was talking about the supply and demand aspect of it and that really, honestly, craig, is on health care professionals, who were trained in a generation of docs who thought opioids were not that all addictive and were good to treat chronic pain. Here we are recognizing that, yes, there is a small percentage of patients who require opioids but the majority of people shouldnt be on it. I want to ask you about narcan. Heres the headline from npr. Narcan opioid overdose spray is now stocked by all walgreens pharmacies. It reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. Is there a danger to this becoming available . No. Not at all . Theres a resounding no and we can talk about the analogy of the needle the clean needles and exchange programs, there was an argument made initially that would increase the amount of iv drug users thinking, i have a clean needle and what it did was reduce the transmission of hepatitis c and hiv but did not cause an increase in iv drug use. More money not going to be announced here. This is a reallocation of funds. Can we solve the crisis without new money . No. Weve got to funnel it in to education and training. We need the Substance Abuse treatment. The list goes on and on, as you well know. Dr. Natalie azar, thank you so much, as always, for your perspective. Live coverage from President Trumps speech moments from now. The crowd is gathering in the east room of the white house. More renewable and Clean Energy Resources because there are limits to the amount of fossil fuels that we can burn. Since 1925, we have depended on diesel generators, burning approximately a million gallons of diesel fuel a year. Our mission is to make offshore wind one of the principle new sources of energy. Not every bank is willing to get involved in a first of its kind project. Citi saw the promise of clean energy and they worked really closely with us, the wind farm will lower power prices. Were polluting the air less. Businesses and homes can rely on a steady source of power. Block island wind farm is a catalyst this will be the first of may offshore wind farms in the u. S. Now that we have your attention. Capri sun has four updated drinks. Now with only the good stuff. Do you know how to use those . Nope. Get those kids some new capri sun but on the inside, i feel like chronic, widespread pain. Fibromyalgia may be invisible to others, but my pain is real. Fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. Lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. Im glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. For some, lyrica delivers effective relief for moderate to even severe fibromyalgia pain. And improves function. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. Common side effects dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs and feet. Dont drink alcohol while taking lyrica. Dont drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. Those whove had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. With less pain, i can do more with my family. Talk to your doctor today. See if lyrica can help. Chris jansing is picking things up from here. Craig, thank you so much. Its 2 00 p. M. Here in new york and were following two big stories today. First, the deepening divide in the republican party. They are one step closer to voting on tax reform but will they come together to get the win or divided will they fall . But we start this hour with the Opioid Epidemic facing ts
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