it. 1.8 million pills seized in the last eight weeks. they re announcing today they ve intensified their seizures and made 810 arrests in the past two months, seized 158 weapons. now before that time they had already seized 9.5 million fake pills this year. hallie, that s more than the last two years combined. i know it is a lot of numbers, hard to put a point on this. they are seizing so many more counterfeit pills made to look like the real deal, kids are buying them, young people are buying them through social media, you heard the deputy attorney general moments ago call out facebook marketplace and snapchat by name saying they need to be doing more. the administrator said that to me last week as well. she said they re not doing enough to stop sales of these potentially deadly pills on their platforms, hallie.
back with our nbc news exclusive in our series one nation overdosed the new head of the dea in her first tv interview sounding the alarm on potentially deadly counterfeit pills sold on social media. and criticizing platforms for not cracking down more here s kate snow what we re seeing is a staggering increase in the number of drugs, of counterfeit, counterfeit pills. reporter: dea administrator says already this year they seized 9.5 million counterfeit pills, more than the last two years combined dealers advertised the pills as legitimate prescriptions, but they re fake, often containing lethal amounts of fentanyl. what we see from our labs is that 4 in 10 fentanyl pills are deadly 4 out of 10 yes. he was on the floor and gone. reporter: i m so sorry.
inside that reserve to indicate laundrie was actually inside hiking. steve: phil keating live at the laundrie house where we just saw mr. and mrs. go somewhere, don t know where, phil great reporting , thank you. thanks. steve: meanwhile, ainsley? ainsley: thank you, steve. the dea is issuing a public safety alert for the increase in fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. the administration reporting more than 9.5 million counterfeit pills have been seized so far this year, more than the last two years combined , and a majority of those pills are being brought into the united states from mexico. our next guest each lost a child from fentanyl poisoning. victims of illicit drugs, president and vice president join us now, good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning, ainsley thank you for having us on again. ainsley: you are welcome. amy tell us what happened to alexander. he was only 14 years old.
30% over the last year. we re joined now by nbc news senior national correspondent, kate snow. kate, this is super rare. you ve been covering this crisis for years. we haven t seen the dea issue a public safety alert since 2015, when they were warning us about fentanyl being mixed with heroin. now this concern is major. explain this us. yeah, so now the concern, as opposed to the powder, is illegal synthetic pills. they re marketed as prescription drugs sold online or through social media, but often they re fake, often containing powerful deadly fentanyl, oftentimes methamphetamine. the dea administrator anne milgram is launching a campaign this morning called one pill can kill. and she also said social media companies can be doing a lot more to stop it. on the job less than three months, dea administrator anne milgram is shocked that already this year they ve seized 9.5 million fake pills, mainly
estimates show more than 4 million vehicles have been lost due to the chip shortage. those losses could reach 9.5 million as some automakers stall production without needed chips. vehicle prices are already surging. prices for new cars continue to climb in august, up 7.6% year over year. the average new vehicle transaction price for last month was more than $43,000. that s a record high for the fifth straight month. and prices on used cars and trucks came down slightly in august but are still up nearly 32% year over year. average transaction prices for used cars at dealerships hit more than $28,000 last month. i think it s going to stay this way for a long time because, as they start producing, the pent up demand is going to try dry up the inventory that s being produced and you will have another supply and demand issue. now, the chip shortage is expected to stretch into the beginning of next year and the