Months ago when he declared the Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency. So i expect today we hopefully will hear the details of what he wants that to include. No one knows at this point, so well be somewhat surprised, whatever the result, at 2 00 this afternoon. And i plan to go. Cspan plans to cover it. Good. Good. Well, this truly is an emergency, and i am glad that the president now is moving it to the front burner so that he draws attention to the problem. You know, we are losing, to an overdose now, one american every few minutes, like 15 minutes or so. And its going unabated and its increasing. And there is more people dying now from Prescription Drugs overdoses than car wrecks. Or gun violence or what have you. So this truly is an epidemic, as the centers for Disease Control said two years ago. Now the president is saying thats a National Emergency which i think elevates it on the importance scale. If what the president ends up doing is declaring it a Public Health emergency as op
Back to the hurricane now. The storm is set to take aim at florida, georgia and the carolinas. This morning, the critical question is will it make land fall and where. Hurricane matthew weakened from a category 4 to cat 3 overnight. Its gripping the area with 120 mile per hour winds. This morning, matthew was 90 miles south east of daytona beach. Forecasters predict storm se feet. They say as many as 15 inches of rape could fall. Reporter you see right now, were in the midst of Hurricane Force winds. We are now here in vero beach in Indiana County right off the east coast. I want to show you behind me. You see boats tied up, this is part of the intracoastal. You can see the boat doing a bit of bobbing. This is actually good because looking at the position of the could have definitely gotten a more targeted hit and the damage could be far worse. Let me walk over here and show you this is the intercoastal. This is a very low lying area and the water is already creeping up to the edge. We
I want to do it in a little bit of a different format and i will kick it off. I would like for one person to tell us why they do what they do through some sort of an or someone who is inter influenced you in your light. Quickly get into that into ever the next person would be a would like you to build off something the person before you set. Whenatever you say, oh, you said this it may be think of this. . Perfect. With why young off do what you do and why these conversations are so important to me personally as you know, the first time my mother was aer on an airplane was oneway to get from new delhi, india, to chicago, illinois. Dad,as there to go meet my who she had in arranged marriage with and it was supposed to be her knight in shining armor and she went over there and i always say, my dad had a small studio apartment with two roommates. A cockroach and loneliness. [laughter] it was tough. Dont laugh at my parents. Laughter] within two weeks of their marriage, my dad was beaten on
Really specialized extreme dangerous job. Thats who he was. Thompson enlisted in 2011, he worked as a medic, he was with the foot patrol clearing ieds. The department of defense said thompson died from injuries caused by an explosive. Rachel said her husband lost his life doing what he loved. He had the time of his life. Rachel lastal husband sunday night. He told her he was going to be doing something dangerous. So they wouldnt be able to talk for a while. They prayed together and he told her how much he loved her. Live in brookfield, coreen zell, todays tmj4. Carole so sad, coreen, thank you very much. Overcast skies earlier today, then the sun came out. And that made the moist air thicker than any of us wanted. Right now. Look at these temperatures, george, 80, still, in milwaukee at this hour. Look at sheboygan. Dew points are in the 70s also. Heres the showers im talking about, actually had a little lightning as it came in mid evening, but now they are dissipating into just a band
. . Announcer right now from milwaukee, this is todays tmj4 live at 10 00. And new at 10, evidence that the world really does run through wisconsin, as a locally raised green beret the special forces stand out most recently lived in Washington State with his wife. Coreen zell talked with his widow. She joins us live in brookfield with more. Matthew thompson was a graduate of central. He attended uwm before heading to california to attend school where he met his wife. She calls her husband the most fearless funloving person she ever knew. This brookfield neighborhood is to show support to their neighbors whose son, 28yearold matthew thompson, the green beret in the army special forces, died, in afghanistan tuesday. He was just my best friend. He went out of his way to unconditionally love me. They got married five years ago. After meeting at Concordia University in california. He almost didnt date because he knew he wanted to go into a really dangerous job. Thats who he was. Thompson en