other part of dea, mexican cartels exploiting that epidemic and flooding the country with high purity, low cost heroin now, dangerously laces with fentanyl. fentinyl. two milligrams is potentially lethal. last year, it jumped a staggering 284% deaths, and that doesn t include data from the last three months of the year. the final number will be even higher. it prompted the maryland general assembly to pass a bill on monday, that will impose an additional ten years in prison for anyone convicted of supplying fentanyl. we have to get the people bringing these deadly drugs in. we ve got to take them off the streets. governor hogan says he is satisfied what state lawmakers were able to accomplish, even though he acknowledges it isn t
threatening similar shutdowns if the safety deadline is not postponed. and california has become the largest state to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives. governor jerry brown signed the bill on monday which allows doctors to provide patients who terminally ill patients who are expected to die within six months. it s the fifth state with a right to die law. you ll remember brittany maynard who released this youtube video one year ago today. she had moved to oregon to end her life after learning she had terminal brain cancer. we re learning more now about the michigan woman who won a powerball lottery of $300 million. a blue collar worker is seeing nothing but green today. it was a pay day like no other for 50-year-old julie leechu. comes from a small town by the name of three rivers here in
even curvier. but what s next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. an update now for you from vermont. all seven people injured in monday s train derailment are now home from the hospital. the governor said a rock slide, not human error was to blame, but the ntsb is still investigating. service should be restored by this weekend. amtrak told congress today, it will be forced to suspend some service on its national network if washington doesn t extend a year-end deadline to implement advanced safety technology. the sensors are not expected to be installed in time on several regional passenger lines. other rail operators are
governor nikki haley is set to teen a bill at 4:00 p.m. eastern today to remove the confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. the south carolina house passed legislation around 1:00 in the morning today after 13 hours of emotional debate. the state senate passed the bill on monday. the governor s office says the flag will come down in a ceremony tomorrow morning. this follows, as you may know that debate in the state that was prompted last month by a tragedy. nine people gunned down by a white soup prem it in a bible study at a historic black church in charleston. welcome back to outnumbered. new remarks about the american workforce getting a lot of attention. it all started with something that jeb bush said in new hampshire. my aspiration for the country, and i believe we can achieve it, is 4% growth as far as the eye can see. which means we have to be a lot more productive workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows.
bergdahl for five taliban leaders last year. matt max thornberry will introduce the bill on monday. this is the final weekend for attorney eric holder. loretta lynch was confirmed by the senate yesterday. she ll be sworn in monday morning. today, holder took a bow. this department is restored. it s restored to what it always was and certainly it was when i got here and what it must always be. free of performoliticization. the house members voted in 2012 to hold attorney holder in contempt of congress for his failure to turn over documents