Senators today about the crisis in their states on the program. We want you to tell washington what you are seeing where you live. Do you think your state leaders are doing enough . If you live in the mountain pacific part of the country, 2027488001. Eastern central park, 202748800t, 2027488000. And those affected by the opioid situation, 2027488002. Also, join us on twitter and facebook. Good morning to you. Start dialing in. What is the opioid situation like where you live . Phone numbers are on your screen. Lets begin with the hearing the housewith Oversight Committee on National Drug policy in this country. Flattery talked about the origins of the epidemic. [video clip] this wasnt started by drug dealers who built a Business Model around providing illicit drugs. This had its origins in the medical community. Your medical practitioners understand that. In an attempt to be compassionate in the treating of pain, American Physicians used their prescription pad. They also have a deficie
People that just hours ago told people that general kelly was unaware of whats going on, and then moments later he gets on air saying heres how many time i was briefed. With all due respect, i think you have been part of the confusion. The secretary of Homeland Security just stood up and said youre calling him a liar . [inaudible] jonathan, im talking to im saying you said that the reporter from the New York Times said that he was unaware of the ban. It is odd to me that were having a discussion about somebody whose job it is to execute lawful orders who chose not to do it hold on who chose not to do it, and then were questioning whether or not we were right to remove her. Trish we should mention as well that there are a number of reports you see he singled out the New York Times, and he singled out nbc, but there were these reports out there saying that, you know, Homeland Security had no idea about this, general kelly, secretary kelly did not know, he got up, gave a press conference
First, Iraqi Forces Say they are just two kilometers away from the city of mosul. The battle is far from over. A million civilians remain trapped in the city and the u. N. Says is lummis have been killing scores of people in recent days. The bodies of up to 70 people were found in their homes. The u. N. Is warning the iraqi forces and their kurdish allies against collective punishment. It claims dozens of sunni error families were forced to leave the city of kirkuk after an Islamic State attacked their last week. Jane has been with the troops in a small christian town and has this report. Village the christian. S 15 kilometers east of mosul inside there is fierce fighting between iraqi infantry in an estimated 15 jihadist. Im watching the enemy. When i see a jihadist, a. Schu him. Ive killed five since the beginning of the battle. When i see a jihadist, i shoot him. There is still sporadic gunfire inside. We will be entering with the army in a minute. A townr we discover damaged by hea
First, Iraqi Forces Say they are just two kilometers away from the city of mosul. The battle is far from over. A million civilians remain trapped in the city and the u. N. Says is lummis have been killing scores of people in recent days. The bodies of up to 70 people were found in their homes. The u. N. Is warning the iraqi forces and their kurdish allies against collective punishment. It claims dozens of sunni error families were forced to leave the city of kirkuk after an Islamic State attacked their last week. Jane has been with the troops in a small christian town and has this report. Village the christian. S 15 kilometers east of mosul inside there is fierce fighting between iraqi infantry in an estimated 15 jihadist. Im watching the enemy. When i see a jihadist, a. Schu him. Ive killed five since the beginning of the battle. When i see a jihadist, i shoot him. There is still sporadic gunfire inside. We will be entering with the army in a minute. A townr we discover damaged by hea
I didnt think about it with the tie. Do you have an orange tie . I do own an orange tie. But you never wear it. I never wear it. Are those pumpkins from last year . No. Those are not. Okay. Can you imagine we had things made exactly like us. I have pictures of those. Those arent actually us, are they, andrew . Remember in the past our face has been on them. Our face has been on them. But not these. I apologize, we are going to talk about the markets. We have breaking news the tell you about, we talked about it a little on friday, but now its official. General electric and baker hughes are merging their operations. Now there was a lot of conversation about whether ge was effectively going to be selling its business. We talked about whether this was all happening at the wrong time. This is now what is happening. They are merging the oil and gas operations into a new company that both companies will effectively own. They are looking to get 1. 6 billion in synergies annually out of this tr