remain flooded five days after the storm hit. the death toll now at 87. relief efforts also under way. but they re just barely making a dent for the thousands of people who have seen their homes damaged or destroyed and their lives changed forever. i ve lost everything. everything. my life savings. my tools, everything. you hope for the best. yeah. but it s the worst. all the way to the ceilings. ceiling fans are down, walls gone. a half foot of mud everywhere. . nobody could get a hold of us. we couldn t get a hold of anyone else. it was just you felt like you were in, you know, you were the only person in the world. heartbreaking. plus, we re watching president biden, who is headed to puerto rico later this hour, to survey damage from hurricane fiona, which hit two weeks ago. he will travel to florida on wednesday. opening statements in a trial that could end up as a blueprint for prosecutions stemming from january 6th. stewart rhodes, the head of the far righ
Future of the g. O. P. , and the realities of tax reform. Plus, america addicted. We kick off our new series on the deadly Opioid Epidemic sweeping the nation. Tonight, a look at how we got here. Brangham studies have now clearly shown that opioid medications can lead to dependency within just a matter of days, and so, this flood of prescriptions led to a surge of addiction. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff were covering two big stories this evening. Tom prices stint as secretary of health and Human Services is over,
Realities of tax reform. Plus, america addicted. We kick off our new series on the deadly Opioid Epidemic sweeping the nation. Tonight, a look at how we got here. Brangham studies have now clearly shown that opioid medications can lead to dependency within just a matter of days, and so, this flood of prescriptions led to a surge of addiction. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff were covering two big stories this evening. Tom prices stint as secretary of health and Human Services is over, after revelations of costly priva
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Happening now at 5. Lots of questions remain this morning after an alleged patients out of a daly city Medical Center. Kron4s will tran is alive. the swat team and told everyone to give everyone on their head in a process of elimination for suspects. They work and found out this guy lives a few miles from this location. When theyre arrested him without incident the question this morning is what was his motive. Was he going after someone in particular. We are waiting to hear back from the daily City Department also looking to confirm his name. But the danger is now over. This place is not only a medical building is also a dental office as well so lot of commotion during that time. Fortunately everything is ok but those people got quite a scare. The medical scare for all the wrong reasons. the mans body is turned up in a dump near petaluma. Now the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office as the drought how i got there and how the man died. At the d. C. A preliminary investigation found no signs of