serious problem of drivers assaulting passengers. this woman was attacked by her uber driver in miami, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime. the next morning i woke up and both my pants and underwear were on the floor. reporter: in a series of reports on uber assaults, cnn exposed a practice where the ride-share company sought to quietly settle sexual assault complaints with out of court settlements in exchange for nondisclosure agreements from victims. uber changed the policy after our report, no longer requiring victims to sign ndas. cnn found dozens of cases of sexual assault and abuse by scouring public records, police reports, civil and criminal court cases, but sources told us then there were many, many more. uber s report confirms that. cnn also found that thousands of uber drivers had criminal records. one was even an accused war criminal. all as uber lobbied local
these are much bigger numbers than any of these court settlements can even come up with. that s correct. if we look back in five years, because we have the science to deal with this, so we can look back in five years to say we fixed this, we nailed this, what will have to happen to get us there? this is an epidemic of opioid use. as part of that use it will be but we ve got to stop the everyday prescribing of opioids for minor pain and for chronic pain. and when you go to the dentist and you have a wisdom tooth yeah, they give you an envelope sometimes. 30 days. you need two pills. maybe you need three pills. if you need any. if you re 16, 17, you need aspirin or you need tylenol. you don t need a narcotic for every time there s a little pain. and we ve got to stop the prescribing of these opioids. money, the 572 million in this care, the money they re talking to purdue-b where does the money go and where should it go? well, in the oklahoma case,
zero-tolerance policy practice was put in place, right? is there anything different now about the practice of this administration as it deals with undocumented immigrants as the obama administration s catch and release? anything different? for the most part, poppy, you re exactly right. since they reversed course on zero tolerance, they do not have a way to prosecute the parents while keeping the families together. so they ve essentially been releasing these families with ankle monitoring for the parents, essentially, because they also can want contain the families at length based on some court settlements. so you re right, the administration tried to find a way out of this, but for the most part has now returned to the status quo where we started. okay. tal, thanks for the reporting. appreciate it. thank you. the woman who lost nine of her family members when that duck boat sank near branson, missouri, spoke to cnn about the tragedy. tia coleman s three children, her husband,
all of those lawsuits, criminal charges, all went away. and it resulted in numerous court settlements. i think i tallied up a year and a half ago. and i ve added in today, since 1994, when he first took office, the county has paid about $160 million in lawsuits. in settlements. among the other things, of course, are the immigration wars. you know, in arizona, they started passing state immigration laws. and around 2005, there were several of them. they were to prevent illegal immigrants from getting bail. they were they had to do with smuggling. they had to do with i.d. theft. nearly all of them have been thrown out by the federal courts because they were either unconstitutional or preempted by federal law.
he was his usual self. he s always very cordial. he s always very blustery. and it was, like any other interview with him, although he was grateful that he had been pardoned. and he did act as if that this is sort of an incentive for him to get back into public life. you covered him for many years. what is some of the most controversial actions his controversial actions? and why is he hated and feared by so many people? well, there was a period in which he and the county attorney, andrew thomas, who has since been disbarred, were investigated and pressing charges against political enemies and judges. that all ended badly. all of those lawsuits, criminal charges, all went away. and it resulted in numerous court settlements.