The u. S. Has struggled for years with an epidemic of opioid drug addiction now landmark trials underway that could hold drug maker johnson and johnson partly responsible well give you the details. Also on the show mergers and restructurings arent so easy when youre talking about french jobs just ask g. E. Which is looking to make cuts. And chinas government has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty so how does it get the rest well look at one story. Welcome to your business im Stephen Beards in berlin good to have you with us Consumer Products giant johnson and johnson has begun defending itself in a landmark u. S. Trial that seeks to assign blame for the countrys Prescription Painkiller Epidemic the state of oklahoma accuses the firm of deceptively marketing Opioid Painkillers and understating their addictive potential it to other pharmaceutical companies
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My only regret i missed this summers laopito and ill try to come back and catch it. I bring with me the friendship of the American People and im honored to be the first president of the United States to deliver an address to the people of estonia. I had an opportunity to meet with the president s of all the Baltic States and i thank president of latvia and lithuania for being here. We are joined by friends from throughout the region and i want to say a special welcome to everyone watching this out in Freedom Square and im especially pleased to see so many young people here today, because, like oscar, you are fulfilling the dream that your parents and grandparents struggled for but could only imagine, and that is living your lives in free and independent and democratic baltic nations. That dream of freedom endured through centuries of occupation and oppression. It blossomed in independence, only to have it stolen by foreign pacs and secret protocols. It survived the mass deportations th
New day. President trump says he may issue a new executive order on a travel ban from mostly muslim countries. Theyre a tremendous threat to our country. This is about National Security. It is not antimuslim or antiislam. Its antiterrorism 100 . Nine current and former government officials told the Washington Post that National Security advisor Michael Flynn discussed u. S. Sanctions against russia with russias ambassador before taking office. Credibility is the biggest thing inside this white house. Keeping flynn as National Security advisor is not only sort of, i think, embarrassing for this white house, i also think it is dangerous. Immigration and Customs Enforcement maintain they are simply focusing on identifying and removing people in the country illegally. My wife is not a threat for the United States. Shes a great person. You know, shes a good citizen regardless of her status. Welcome to saturday. Rise and shine. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. We have a lot going on. We
Those in the recent past. American military mite fares one aspect of the policies that get high marks from the public. Well be having a big announcement on wednesday having to do with tax reform. So new reports today on why President Donald Trump might have caught some of his closest advisers off guard when he made that promise this week, and a Government Shutdown looming. What has to happen this week by friday to avoid that for the Trump Administration . Then we go overseas, where french voters are heading to the polls today. Will that country be headed in a different direction after this election . Live report coming your way from paris next. We do begin with new polling numbers showing President Trump as the most unpopular president in modern times as he nears the benchmark of 100 days in office. 42 approve of the president s job performance. Thats about the same in the nbc wall street journal poll where he stands at 40 , which is down four points since february. One bright spot in
President ial campaign. I have a son who is a great young man. Commuting with a lawyer from russia. It lasted for a very short period. Nothing came of the meeting. I think its a meeting that most people in politics probably would have taken. Harris chief White House Correspondent john roberts is traveling with the president in paris. John . Reporter and it was interesting to see, harris, today, despite all of the observations so far that President Trump and president macron likely wouldnt have a good relationship. This is a lot of the pundits here in the United States and europe. The two have gotten off on a good footing and the both genuinely look like theyre looking forward to having dinner tonight on the second floor of the eiffel tower. They talked about a number of items when they were in their bilateral meeting, from trade to climate change. Of course, when it came to the press conference, the first question to President Trump was about this new fire storm surounding his son dona