But first we go to the u. S. To meet children of drug dependent parents what do they do to cope. The u. S. Is in the midst of a major drug epidemic the foundations for it were laid in the one nine hundred ninety s. Back then doctors churned out prescriptions for opioid based painkillers and pharmaceutical firms pushed products with aggressive Marketing Strategies sales of prescription painkillers quadrupled in the first years of the twenty First Century and at the same time the drugs got stronger in two thousand and fifteen thirty three thousand people in the us died from overdoses a year later forty two thousand suffered the same fate. The us governments tactics so far has been to toughen controls on prescriptions driving many people with dependencies to turn to street drugs like heroin. Its estimated over two million americans are now opioid addicts its a desperate situation for the people affected their families. Its a moment fifteen year old Athena Gregory can enjoy when she can fo
Enough. Some people are getting it twi twice. Just not cool. And developing right now, white powder sent to the president s son. Ended up in his daughterinlaws hands. Turns out it was corn starve. Still, what is scare. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. New season is in full swing in the Delaware Valley and across the country. If not you yourself probably a lot of your coworkers have called out sick already but dont get surprised or doubt them if they say theyre sick with the flu again. Good evening, im lucy noland. It turns out the strains of the virus this year are infecting some people with a double whammy as we take live look at wilmington, delaware, Officials Say theyve confirmed nearly a thousand cases of flew in a single week. That is the most ever and ten people in delaware have died. Even though more than half of them got this years flu shot. So what is going on . Our brad sattin has been getting the 411 from doctors live now in center city. Brad, i hope youre not feeling little sick.
Former leader, who wasnt in court to hear his fate. Some call it a race, others a run, others say its just survival. In sport we take you to the Worlds Toughest foot race, 200 kilometers through death valley. U. S. President barack obama has told africa it needs to build democracy and respect its citizens human rights. He criticized African Leaders who tried to hold on to power. Obama i also the First American leader to address the African Union at its headquarters in the ethiopian capital. While he urged a change in democracy, he said the rest of the world needs to change its perception of the continent. It is long past time to put aside old stereotypes of an africa forever mired in poverty and conflict. The world must recognize africas extraordinary progress. Today, africa is one of the Fastest Growing regions in the world. Obama called on African Leaders to stick to democratic rules and stop changing constitutions to stay in power. When a leader tries to change the rules in the midd
And safe behind bars. Translation im worried that once im outside doors will be shut opportunities for a new life will be closed how prison is a refuge for young women trapped in el salvadors vicious gang wars good evening, im antonio mora this is it Al Jazeera America. We begin in washington. For the second time president obamas top cabinet secretaries were on capitol hill defending the iran nuclear deal. Secretary of state john kerry testified with Energy Secretary ernst monnees, and treasury secretary jack luce facing the senate last week. House lawmakers grilled the trio questioning the decision to lift sanctions on iran. Kerry hit back, saying sanctions would not prevent iran Building Nuclear weapons. Libby casey reports on the contentious hearing. Reporter round two on capitol hill for the chief negotiators and pitch men for a deal not sitting well with republicans or top democrats. As i condition to review the deal theres a number of issues i find troublesome. Secretary of state
And the rhymes of dr seuss are back with a book capturing a classic childhood moment. First breaking news out of pakistan malic. Shak the leader of lashkar has been killed. It happened during a gaol break in punjab province. 13 others were killed two of them his sons. The group claimed responsibility for deaths of hundreds. He was accused of being a mastermind of a 2009 attack on a team in lahore. Lets get more from kamal hyder, joining us from the phone. Details are emerging. What do we know about the incident and the death of malic. Malic and two sons were supposed to inform police about a weapons cache and. He was being taken to them. After they recovered the weapons, when driven back from the location over a dozen of the jungle fighters attacked the police. They were able to get his car out of the police custody, but was intercepted by another police party and killed along with his boots in the ensuing combats that happened after they escaped. The leader which has been imply indica