And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank youall for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throws throws of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem in desperate need of thoughtful answers. As both an anchor institution and steward of health care for our local communities, hopkins takes this problem very seriously. We see firsthand the devastation that substands care at our sister hospital to the east, the number of opioid Overdose Patients seen in our Emergency Departments doubled last year. Doubled. This crisis is very much a part of our reality. What are we doing about it . As an academic medical center, were addressing the issue through the lens of our mission of research, clinical care, and education. Firs
Ranking democrat is Elijah Cummings. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to hopkins. My name is redondo miller. Redonda miller. I have as president of the hospital the distinct pleasure of welcoming youall to our institution. As president i have also had the immense pleasure and privilege of working closely with congressman Elijah Cummings on a variety of issues and were grateful for his steadfast leadership, nationally and on behalf of his local constituents here. Were truly lucky to count ourselves among those he had a has expertly represented for more than two decades. And chairman gowdy, were honored to be a part of the House Oversight and government reform committees efforts find Meaningful Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic. Thank you all for being here today. It is no secret that were in the throes of a crisis thats reached Epic Proportions throughout our country. Baltimore is no exception. In 2016 we average nearly two fatal opioid overdoses in this city per day. This is a problem i
Here is a look at the radar right now, we still see a lot of green here so mostly in the south county its clear, san jose, this is moving off towards the east so not moving into san jose but morgan hill still getting a pretty good pure of rain. As we move over towards the east bay moving away from oakland, lafayette, clayton as well as san ramone seeing the rain moving through this morning. Palo alto seeing wet weather, mainly light showers and this is what we will see once again, some spotty activity throughout the day. Mike is tracking the wet roads and that commute recovering through san rafael. Recovering because the earlier incidents have cleared from the roadway and in fact cleared from the shoulder as well in the last couple of minutes, southbound 101 heading toward lincoln all four lanes moving well. That stall as well as the crash have cleared from the area. There should be quick recovery because the travel times show just 14 minutes now so over the last few minutes we have se
Would run that race one day. Have you run it . Yes. I will try to train to run it next year. We should all do it. Its 12 k, seven miles. You can do it. Lets just get to the beach. My favorite description is business in the front and a party in the back. Is interesting if you have to stop. You stop and you look around and you see that guy and that guy. We will talk about that but first news specifically politics. It has been a tumultuous week with new scandals, reports and allegations every day. We take a look at events that brought us to this day. On monday it was reported trump shared classified information with the Russian Foreign minister. Monday was also the day rumors were swirling that sean spicer would be fired. On tuesday trump defended his actions on twitter saying he has the right to share information with russia and the New York Times reporter betty memo leaked by comey that said trump asked him to back off the investigation into National Security advisor michael flynn. Wedn
Affecting millions. Snow in the south to brutal winds in chicago. Its only going to get colder. Todays saturday, november 1st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. It is cold. Look at what is going on in North Carolina. That is mike seidel getting ready for his live shot. Snow going down. I was about to say he was working in North Carolina. Clearly that is not the case. We will check in with him. As dylan is going to tell us. Im not ready. Dylan is not ready. Definitely. Pull the coats out. We want to get to the top story with the search for answers after the deadly crash of Virgin Galactic spaceshiptwo aircraft over the mojave. Jacob rascon is live with more. Reporter erica, good morning. The ntsb will investigate what went wrong. This as serious questions about what setback this crash will be for