Murdered a woman on the site ok. Thousand of protesters have taken to the streets calling for the closure of all u. S. Bases in japan where 50,000 u. S. Troops are stationed. Charlie this cast a shadow over a trip meant to strengthen ties between the two countries. Later this week, mr. Obama will be the First American president to visit hiroshima, a city devastated when the u. S. Dropped a nuclear bomb there during world war ii. Thank you, margaret. Tonight we continue our investigation of the opiate epidemic which is taking more than 80 lives a day. West virginia which lead the nation in Overdose Deaths is fighting the epidemic in court by suing six National Companies that distribute painkillers. Here is jim axelrod. Reporter this its what the Opioid Crisis looks like in West Virginia. People addicted to pain pills lining up on foot and in cars at a small town drugstore to get their prescriptions filled. In 2014, almost 19,000 people died of an opioid overdose not talking heroin. Joe
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You are watching wcvb, boston s news leader. This is newscenter 5 eyeopener. Emily as we follow breaking news, all trains will make it to south station this morning after a signal problem was fixed moments ago. Antoinette and alexa will have much more for you in a minute. Randy the weekend is here. Cindy what a change from last weekend. 50 s this weekend. Big changes coming. Starting out clear and cold. Sun is up this morning at 6 36. Look at these temperatures. You need to just 415 out the door and beverly. Single digits. Boston is 21. Notice lower 30 s. The cape overnight and ocean affect clouds and snow showers are dissipating. We will start with a lot of sunshine for the first half of the day today. Notice off to the west a warm front. This is the leading edge of the warm air that will be here for the weekend. A touch of rain and snow overnight. Throughout the morning hours, lots of sunshine into lunchtime. Clouds come in this afternoon. By lunch, 30 five degrees making it ran towa