We are looking forward to a year of trying to make more progress on an issue that is of great concern to all of us. Just a recap of last year briefly. Last year the comprehensive addiction and recovery act was passed by the house and senate and passed into law. It provided with resources to address the opiod and heroin epidemic. We passed the act at the very end of the 114th congress. It added an additional 1 billion of funding to combat this epidemic. The house rolled out in the course of one week 18 bills last year that really became the foundation and much of the detail of what ultimately was passed into law. There is still a lot of work to be done. Last year over 52,000 americans died of a dress overdose, 52,000. 33,000 of them were opiod related deaths. Thats hundreds of people on any given day that are dying. This week is just beginning and we lost people already. First we educate members of congress and issue of affordable and effective treatment, Law Enforcement issues, etceter
Are into the last four of the Champions League. Lucy bronze scores to book citys place in the semi finals after a 2 0 Aggregate Win over danish side Fortuna Hjorring. After the most challenging Railway Repair ever, today the Settle Carlisle train line reopens to customers. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Grey skies and rain might greet the day for many of you but things will brighten up quite nicely i have details coming up and a full weekend broadcast. Good morning. First, our main story. Patients will have to wait longer for routine operations, such as hip and knee replacements, as a trade off so improvements can be made in other areas, like a e. Thats according to the head of nhs england, simon stevens, who is today setting out a new strategy for the next two years. Alexandra mackenzie has more. How have you been feeling . Not too bad, thank you. Iris ram is 96 and is recovering from a recent illness. Youre doing really well. Her gp called a local nhs Service Based in nottin
Wednesday night. Jims off. Im rick williams. And the the big story on action news othe big story on actiono the womans death and the question is the killer on the loose . Action news reporter, has the very latest on the investigation tonight. Reporter the grim reality is someone is dead and stuffed inside of one of those garbage cans. Its a disturbing discovery made this afternoon on 22nd street in wilmington, a neighborhood where you can see Children Play openly and a Charter School is just steps away. Parents say this kind of crime here has got to stop. So many things have been going on in this city of wilmington, delaware, or killaware as they calm it. Call. Reporter she heard pounding on her door. They asked did i hear anything . When i opened the door, i seen the crime scene. So i said whats a body down there . They didnt state if it was an adult or a baby. Reporter well, just after 10 00 tonight, Police Stated its sadly the body of an 18 to 25yearold woman. Neighbors say this is
A womans body found inside of a trash can. Within the past hour weve learned brandnew details about this disturbing mystery in plain view of family on a wilmington street. Wednesday night. Jims off. Im rick williams. And the the big story on action news othe big story on tionneo the womans death an questi is the killer the loose . Action news reporter, has the very latest on the investigation tonight. Reporter the grim reality is someone is dead and stuffed inside of one of those garbage cans. Its a disturbing discovery made this afternoon on 22nd street in wilmington, a neighborhood where you can see Children Play openly and a Charter School is just steps away. Parents say this kind of crime here has got to stop. So many things have been going on in this city of wilmington, delaware, or killaware as they calm it. Call. Reporter she heard pounding on her door. They asked did i hear anything . When i opened the door, i seen the crime scene. So i said whats a body down there . They didnt
At grand sierra. We did just hear rain a couple minutes ago abe ann couple minutes ago. So raven a couple minutes ago. Doesnt look like the sheriff heading over here so now back to you i will remain on scene throughout the hour to gather as much infection we can reporting live Madison Corney back to you. Thanks madison we will check back in with new developments. We are one day away from the Nevada Republican caucus and candidates are making there i way through northern nevada. Ted cruz will host a rally in reno and thats where we find van tieu with the latest on that. Van. Reporter well, alongside ted cruz will be Nevada Attorney general and as you can see behind me there are supporters lining up as well as propublic land protesters sending a message to ted cruz to keep public lands in public hands. Over a false smear aimed at marco rubio. Cruz asked the communication director to step down for misquoting rubios remarks about an aide reading the bible in a video. Now its been a bit of