Back. And the man who says he was recruited to collude with the russians talks to robert mueller. Russia is fake news. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president s nominee for drug czar is out. After an investigation by 60 minutes and the Washington Post uncovered his role in fueling the deadly Opioid Crisis. The president chose were congressman tom marino from pennsylvania to lead the office of National Drug control policy at a time when drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for americans under 50. According to that investigation by 60 minutes and the post, marino pushed a bill through congress written by the pharmaceutical industry that prevented federal officials from cracking down on drug distributors at the very height of the crisis. To the dea agent in charge of monitoring those prescription drugs, it was an outrage. I just dont understand why congress would pass a bill that strips us of our authority in the height of an opioid
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president s nominee for drug czar is out. After an investigation by 60 minutes and the Washington Post uncovered his role in fueling the deadly Opioid Crisis. The president chose were congressman tom marino from pennsylvania to lead the office of National Drug control policy at a time when drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for americans under 50. According to that investigation by 60 minutes and the post, marino pushed a bill through congress written by the pharmaceutical industry that prevented federal officials from cracking down on drug distributors at the very height of the crisis. To the dea agent in charge of monitoring those prescription drugs, it was an outrage. I just dont understand why congress would pass a bill that strips us of our authority in the height of an opioid epidemic. In places like congressman marinos district. Why are these people sponsoring bills when people in their backyards are dying from drugs tha