Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh
One of the most colossal weather events of its kind. Ten states are are under a state of major, six million americans are affected. As we come on the air, if there is any good news, the storm has pushed quickly, landfall moved up, as predicted by hours, and hopefully that will mean less duration for those in the storm zone, because the storm has the power to alter the map of the jersey shore, for starters. Sandy is so large, going across 15 states from flooding in massachusetts to rain reaching all the way from michigan. In new york, all eyes, as we said are on the drama of the massive construction crane, captured on video when it happened. Getting blown over, now left swinging in the wind, on 57th street, picture this, the Stock Exchange is closed, for the First Time Since 911, the routes into and out of the city are cut off. We have a lot of ground to cover here this evening, knowing close to a million potential viewers cant see us right now, as it is because of power outages, we wan
Villages. So everything is wiped out. And salute to the veterans on this veterans day. The u. S. Military is already mobilizing in the philippines. Its doing what it does, beginning to unload desperately needed emergency supplies, airlifting survivors to safer ground. Join us today giving special thanks, a tribute to them and all men and women who serve our country by honoring their sacrifice today and every day. Theres a risk that the devoted service of our veterans could fade from the forefront of our minds, that we might turn to other things. But part of the reason were here today is to pledge that we will never forget the profound sacrifices that are made in our name. No deal. International talks led by the u. S. To freeze Irans Nuclear program collapse in geneva over the weekend. Could secretary kerry put the pieces back together again in the face of fierce opposition from israel, from arab leaders and from many in congress. Our hope is that in the next months we can find an agree
Get a full scope of the devastation. Look at these images. More than 10,000 people are feared dead. And about 620,000 others have lost their homes. And general overseeing the u. S. Response efforts described seeing bodies as he flew over this region. Every building is either significantly damaged or destroyed. The streets are all closed. You can see with 15 to 25 foot wave came across entire villages. Everything is wiped out. As the the Philippine Government and forces ask us for support, ive got airplanes and helicopters and airplanes that can look for people in areas that are stranded. And much of the countrys infrastructure was destroyed by huge waves and winds up to 235 miles per hour. Officials are largely now relying on helicopters to rescue those still stranded. Nbcs ian williams is on the ground in manila and joins us by phone. Lets talk about the effort. I heard other reports as we reported now, theres some areas that they simply have not been able to reach and here were looki
And Blake Masters will win. Well be speaking to you iwin. N just a minute about that. N just but according to news reports, the official results may not moh be in for more than a month, a month. Officials in arizona told to cnbc today that they are, quote, prepared to work through wk thanksgiving and possibly christmas as well. That means rs in a race that w that means results by new years in a race that was held in early november. That seems late. How late is it . It . Well, by comparison, th the results of the eighteene sixty two midterm elections, tabulated by candlelight, without machines or electricity, which are tabulated by candlelight without machines or even electricity in the middle of a raging a civilk. War, were clear before the end of the week. That was the entire country. Arizona is a single state,ona is which, by the way, is a fraction of the size of florida, which, as you mayfr hae noticed on its votes in less than a day, sort of brazil, an entire country that seems emb