[gavel] . ,. . . . michael is simple, to promote accountability and seek justice for the millions of families whose lives have been ravaged by this epidemic. and to protect americans from suffering from more harm. our committee has examined the role of purdue pharma, which got millions of americans hooked on the pain killer oxycontin despite knowing it was highly addictive. we have also investigated the role of the sackler family, which made billions of dollars fueling public health crisis that has killed half 1 million people in our country, and counting. today s hearing focuses on another key driver of the epidemic, that operated behind the scenes, the consulting firm, mackenzie and company. for nearly 15 years, mckenzie secretly designed strategies for companies like purdue to boost sales of addictive painkillers, paving the way for an explosion of drug abuse and overdoses across the country. documents show that which is a created a roadmap for these drug companies to, qu
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Afghanistan. It means half have nod not but its bang for the buck. Best money we spent in eastern afghanistan was 5,000, and how much does a drone cost . How much does a tank cost . How much does daves salary cost . 5,000 to do what . We basically provided taxi fare for all of the bus students to get in the come down from the mountains and go to host university. The only role the americans had was to make sure that the drivers dropped them off at the university, and took them back. Thats 5,000 bucks. Just trying to be wise more than smart. I think wisdom west. Coms at the end. As i gatemer gray hair i can relate to that. Time for one moreey. Sounds like the money was spent you did the best you could. You were directing us through the photographs in the book and i spend time on the photos. I was taken by this one here that shows barneys cereal bowl on display in the bush library with ai and mia badges and bracelets. A damning picture and showed the attitude. The host question comes at t
Coming tomorrow well talk to George Zimmermans defense attorney mark o mara and congressman aaron schock and steve israel, budget cuts day two, were not calling it the cliff anymore but technically in two days we head over that cliff. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Ill see everybody back here tomorrow morning for starting point. Have a great day. Breaking news, a balloon in cairo explodes and plummets thousands of feet. Also a blizzard for the history books. This one could be more treacherous to travel in. Snow falling horizontally in Middle America this morning. We declared a state of emergency for kansas city, missouri. Plus marijuana nation. Marijuana cultivation, distribution and consumption is going to happen with or without their acceptance. The choice that we have to make is whether we want to regulate and tax it. Reporter and tax it they will. Some dispensaries could see tax rates as high as 75 . Plus this. A year after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin,
May not have known that they have just become a millionaire. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning everyone. Welcome to your new day. President trumps poxes giving supporters and critics whiplash. Here are this mornings medlines in major papers. They say three personas in three speeches but the same president. Another reads different day, different crowd, different trump. The president swinging between uniting and dividing the country as the president watch the president continue to battle Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and other gop senators. We have two reporting exclusives. Congressional investigators have uncovered another email from a top trump aide. This one revealing another attempt to set up a meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin. Cnn also tracked down russias former top diplomat in the u. S. And pressed him about contacts with the Trump Campaign. So lets get after all of it. Well start with cnns Suzanne Malveaux live at the white h