With lester holt. Good evening and thank you for being here. We start with a dramatic white house announcement and pledge for action in the face of a catastrophe literally killing communities and destroying families across the country. No longer a slowmotion disaster, cheap, powerful, and plentiful opioids are taking more than 90 lives a day. Imagine that. And today the administration elevated the fight. The president declaring it a Public Health emergency. As americans we can not allow this to continue. It is time to liberate our communities from the scourge of drug addiction. Never been this way. We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do it. [ applause ] more federal help comes as welcome news to cities and towns struggling under the weight of the burden. Even now, worries that todays declaration may fall short. Our chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson has details. I learned myself. I had a brother, fred. Great guy. Reporter the president getting per
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