The opioid epidemic. The Justice Department announced the settlement today. Purdue has proposed a separate 10 billion settlement to resolve state and local claims. Onbal news, 24 hours a day, air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. I am Mark Crumpton, this is bloomberg. Vonnie welcome to bloomberg markets. Exclusive interview with former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, his thoughts on the state of the was economy and the stimulus logjam. Markets are now lower and bouncing around on speculation whether lawmakers will finalize a stimulus deal. After thea announces bell today, all but guarantee to report a fifth consecutive profit. Markets,heck of the the major indices are down at this point, about a quarter of a percentage point of peace and they had been higher earlier. The dollar index is partially to blame at 92. 5 so lots of weakness for the dollar index partially thanks to sterling. Brexit trade talks are on