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what was the relationship between the inside coup plotters around donald trump and the insurrectionists who broke our windows, attacked our police officers and stormed the capitol. and of course just days before that storming of the capitol, you lost your son, tommy, at the end of 2020. i cannot imagine the toll that must have taken on you and the family. in the documentary you reflect on that boy placing it in the larger context of so many losses americans suffered in the first year of the pandemic. let s have a watch. we were not the only family in that god-awful year to lose a family member. if you add up covid-19, opioid deaths, gun violence and all of the other normal causes, millions of people lost loved ones. amen. we are indeed surrounded now by american carnage.
percent high rate of opioid deaths in the community. the reason why this is so important is that is equivalent to eight to nine additional deaths for every hundred thousand people in the community and shows how any economic burden could have links to our overall health. it is really fascinating. so tell me more about the demographics of this trend. who is primarily impacted by this. reporter: well the study looking at manufacturing counties across the country but primarily distributed in the midwest and the south and so that is a regional demographic to keep in mind. when they looked at this link between plat closured and opioid deaths they saw the ling stronger among white men of working age. so that is about 18 to age 65. so that is interesting as well. but overall, ryan, we ve known about this link between the economy and your health and when it comes to opioid overdose deaths in particular, they re
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raskin cloaked the january 6th insurrection days after his son tommy died by suicide. we were not the only family in that god off year to lose a family member. if you add up covid-19, opioid deaths, gun violence and all of the other normal causes, millions of people lost loved ones. amen. we are surrounded now by american carnage. the country is still just trying to absorb the emotional impact of events that brought us right up to the edge of a real coup in america. we can t have healing before we have an honest reckoning and this president must be held accountable for the role he s played. raskin said house speaker