We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose following a routine traffic stop. He p he noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He did the right thing. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals,s, went back to the Police Station and noticed it on his shirt there was some powder so he reached up like this and brush the powder off his shirt. This guy is 6foot three, 225 pounds. A big man. He fell to the floorimmedi unconscious in overdose. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. Wapi they had to rush
Its a crisis. It doesnt discriminate. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month a Police Officer named chris green in east liverpool, ohio, had a near fatal fentanyl overdose following a routine traffic stop. He went up to a car and noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals, went back to the police station, and noticed that on his shirt there was some powder. He reached up like this and brushed the powder off his shirt. This guy is 63, 225 pounds, big man. And he fell to the floor unconscious and overdosed. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. They had to rush him to the hospital, where two more narcan doses were administered. And luckily his life was saved. His police chief said he would have died he had been alone. His police chief said, what if he had gone home with that powder on his shirt and hugged his kid . Thats just an example of what were facing. Its an obvious its obviously de
Individual, went back to the Police Station and noticed on his shirt was some powder. He brushed the powder off the shirt, he is 6 foot 3, 225 pounds am a big man, he fell to the floor unconscious from overdose. They administered antidote immediately but it wasnt enough, rushed him to the hospital where two more doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have died had he been alone. What if he had gone home with that power on his shirt and hugged his kid . That is just an example of what we are facing. Obviously a devastating to our communities and families but also creating quite a danger for Law Enforcement and First Responders. Sentinel is 35 to 50 times more powerful than heroin, a lethal dose to of 20 mg, we were able to show a tiny amount of fenton all can be deadly and we know about other synthetic drugs, this is getting worse as i said, the number of overdoses and deaths have increased dramatically, the director of National Intelligence included synthetic
Race for the white house. And Armed Robbers strike at Temple University housing. What they stole from students this morning. And the big story is bitter cold and biting wind. And light snow coming down including here in norristown and temperatures are stuck in the 20s and making it feel even worse, and heavy gear is a must. David murphy is tracking the deep freeze in the accuweather forecast. You definitely need the extra gear if you are outside for an extended period of time. And we are on the lookout for snow squalls and right fow stormtracker 6 live double scan is not showing a lot of that but a burst of snow moving down in the direction of allentown and bethlehem, pennsylvania. Up north an area to watch. If you get caught in a snow squall it could put down a quick half inch of snow than could get roads going south in a hurry. If you see that be careful. Wide view on satellite shows a fair amount of sunshine and now clouds mixing in and as we go through the afternoon it looks like a
Specific future things . In particular, we talked about the pivot for america. What about the European Union . Which we will not know in the next strategy whether the u. K. Will be part of the European Union on or not. So will that be spelled out, the implications being in or out and specifically, how it will change if the u. K. Ceases to be a member of the European Union . My strategy linked in with the National Security strategy is that we secure a referendum and i want to recommend that we should remain part of a reformed European Union and i plan on the basis of success rather than the basis of anything else. But we dont european issues, we havent dealt within the National Security council. We dealt with them elsewhere in government. I accept it has important implications to the u. K. I think we should plan on the basis of what we want to achieve. Yes. Its a democratic vote. If people are going to vote the other way, despite your recommendation, it has strategic implications. I mea