there s also news tonight about a major verdict in a landmark opioid trial right here in new york. teva pharmaceuticals today found liable for creating a public new sans through its manufacturing, sale, and distributional of opioids, killing thousands of people. the six-month trial brought by the state was the firstover its kind to target the opioid supply chain. other defendants either agreed to multimillion dollar settlements or filed for bankruptcy. you n . now to the father and son accused of a triple murder in texas, allegedly killing three teenagers and wounding a fourth. the son still on the run, considered armed and dangerous. here s abc s mireya villarreal. reporter: tonight, the urgent manhunt for this 14-year-old murder suspect. captured on newly released surveillance video opening fire inside a convenience store in suburban dallas. police say he shot at least 20 rounds, killing three teenagers,
we re following breaking news on a story that s very close to our hearts. one we ve covered very closely. four drug companies have now reached a settlement for their role in the ongoing opioid epidemic. a lawsuit brought by two ohio counties was expected to go to trial today. now, that is all on hold with this news. alexander field joins us now. look, ohio, in so many ways has been the epicenter of this crisis in this country. what is this settlement and what does it mean? this is something so much larger, well beyond ohio or the two counties specifically involved in this part of the trial. what we re talking about is a couple hundred million dollar settlement that was reached at literally. the 11th hour, just hours before this landmark opioid trial was set to kick off this morning. they were starting, again, the
during the blackface heather: everybody waiting to see who will president obama and doris in terms of the democratic nominee. the time is 26 after the top of the hour. a landmark opioid trial about to get underway. a federal case with billions of dollars on the line. squad support and ilhan omar endorsing bernie sanders but will it help? or hurt his campaign? our panel will debate next.
developing overnight. pharmaceutical giant johnson & johnson has agreed to a $20 million settlement with two ohio counties to avoid being part of a landmark opioid trial later this month. cnn s alexander field joins us now with more. this makes them, what? the fourth company to reach some kind of settlement? it does, and it could be a sign of what is still to come, john, that s why this is so significant. look, this landmark federal case involves 2,000 city, counties and municipalities all of them looking to hold drug manufacturers and contributors responsible for fueling the opioid crisis and the first federal trial will focus two counties in ohio, cuyahoga and summit and now johnson & johnson giving us an indication of how this could go because this trial is the bellwether for how the rest of these claims could shake out. johnson & johnson has agreed to a $20 million settlement and
owning that celebrity status, the notorious rbg. jon: she makes a cameo appearance at the end of that film. sandra: meanwhile, johnson & johnson saying it will appeal the ruling in a landmark opioid trial, ordering the company to pay more than a half billion dollars in oklahoma. far less than the 17 billion the state was looking for. casey stegall live in our bureau with more on that. this is significant on many levels, not only did that oklahoma judge yesterday rule against pharmaceutical giant johnson & johnson, he further went on to say that he found evidence to support that the drugmaker did indeed help fuel the states opioid epidemic. the oklahoma attorney general says this verdict means his team was successful in proving how johnson & johnson used