And i believe senator durbin has some opening remarks. We will dive into the witness testimony as well. 1999, more than 700,000 people have died from a Drug Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction in the production of deadly synthetic opioids has exasperated americans staggering overdose death rates. Than 70,000 people died from Drug Overdoses, making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 68 involved prescription opioids and illicit opioids such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against the epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older abused opioids. 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder, and on average 130 americans tied each day from an opioid overdose. Cost and know the disrupted lives and untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids. We know from our family, our neighbors and our friends who bear the enduring imprint of lost love ones that the Op
Will be introducing tonights guest speaker but before we get started first please silence any cell phones or any other Electronic Devices we will be recording audio cspan is here recording. We will be doing a q a following the presentation we have plenty of copies at the register if you like to purchase after the event. A columnist from the Bloomberg Opinion covering industry over two decades his new book secondhand is a revealing investigation of what has happened to those billions of items we clean out our home they could end up to a thrift store flea markets in Southeast Asia or in ghana to examine all facets of the multibilliondollar Global Industry including the marketing practices to load up after the purge of Household Items please give him a warm welcome. [applause] thanks to everyone for being here including the man who commissioned my first article so thats quite a thrill to have him here at this reading. When you finish a book you get to questions typically the first is very
Just living life. Make some noise [ cheering ] im a proud dad, not because hes gay. Im a proud dad because hes a great person. Ive never been around such love before. Its amazing. Its about respect. Its about love. Its about valuing everyone in our community. Its a celebration for all our community and we need to remember, were all equal. Its incredible. This is my first pride. I came out to my parents last year. Its really important to me that im here and im really happy that i am. Pride means to live authentically and to be yourself. Crazy. Everyone is yelling in your ear, excitement. Its like right now. Its amazing. [ laughter ] its empowering. And its beautiful and its just wonderful. The party here at Civic Center Plaza just wrapping up. There were 10 stages going with music. Now the San Francisco public works cruise will come in. Theyll be working late into the night to get everything cleaned up. Thats Katie Nielsen live in San Francisco. Thank you. The parade was not completely
Feeling like you cannot open the door to a stranger without it being a potential person coming after you. Reporter the mayor wanted to continue the contract with vigilant. He did not have enough votes. He doesnt think ice can access the Police Departments plate readers. He speaks to us via face time from a mayors conference in hawaii. Im frustrated with everybody. Im frustrated with activist groups to make a big deal about this. Im frustrated with the police chief for not following the rules. Reporter the police chief should look for a different vendor sooner. They cant use the license plate readers for the next 3 to 6 months until they can find a new company. Right now we are getting live images of smoke from a fire in san jose billowing over 101 near mckee road. We learned the fire is coming from a one alarmed the spark in the city of san jose soviets service yard on mayberry road. No word on a cause. We are hearing the smoke is coming from piles of garbage and wooden pallet. Larry b
People nearby told us they knew when the flames were spreading because they could feel the heat blocks away. There was just huge, hot flames coming out. I could see flames pretty high in the sky. And the black smoke. And i had no idea it was this new apartment building. Reporter in fact, it was a new build under construction, 58 condos set to open next year. Word spread quickly, on social media. I look on my phone and i see people posting this fire. So i tell my dad, lets go check it out. We come over here and its just fire everywhere. Reporter the citys mayor weighed in. My heart just fell into my stomach. Reporter commenting on the of local families, a setback nobody needs as they fight the housing crisis. That project was a wonderful project that would provide muchneeded housing and even Affordable Housing for santa clara. To see it go up in smoke like that is just really heartbreaking. Reporter yeah, it is muchneeded housing. One santa clara city official telling me that the plan i