Robotics, 300 60 degree cameras and selfdriving cars. Watch tonight on cspan2. Now, look at the opioid beingic and how it is exploited. Representatives from the state department, u. S. Postal service, Border Protection, and the Drug Enforcement administration. This is two and half hours. This meeting will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Todays hearing continues from the subcommittee investigation work. The Opioid Epidemic is gripping our communities around the country. The subcommittee issued a bipartisan report on fraud on the metacard part the program. This subcommittee held up hearing on the growing problem of individuals buying opioids on the internet and shipping them to the United States through the mail. The up your it crisis, sadly, continues to get worse the Opioid Crisis, sadly, continues to get worse. 2016, Many Americans die from the opioid overdoses. In 2017, that is higher. My own home state of ohio, we were told recently, is now second in the country in term
11 countries from asia and the americas agreed to press ahead with final talks in a meeting on the sidelines of an annual asian economic summit. President trump ditched the tpp earlier this year in favour of an America First policy. Andrew plant reports. Big progress. That was canadas verdict is the Prime Minister arrived this gathering in the numb, describing a deal being worked on here, the tra ns pacific describing a deal being worked on here, the Trans Pacific partnership, a long hoped for trade agreement. Justin trudeau. A long hoped for trade agreement. Justin trudeau. Translation now the justin trudeau. Translation now the japanese and vietnamese finance ministers have met, and announcing six countries have now ratified the deal. Talks, they say, with more possible partners are still ongoing. Any such deal had seemed in doubt after us President Donald Trump very publicly abandoned the idea earlier this year, saying it was bad for america. Japans premier as well, shinzo abe, has
State. Leon thank you. The coverage of the catastrophe in West Virginia continues at 5 135. We will get a live report ahead. Alison a Massive Wildfire out in california is now covering an area of more than 29 square miles. That fire about 35 miles northeast of bakersfield has destroyed 100 buildings including 80 homes. Another 1,500 buildings are threatened. Hundreds of people have been evacuated and are waiting to find out if they still have homes to return to. Its hard. The kids are scared. We have to maintain calm for them. I have to stay inside. The sky was orange. I have asthma. About 600 firefighters are battling the blaze and hundreds more are on the way. Alison we are on storm watch here as some people may see rain this evening. Meteorologist steve rudin has details. Steve and a few showers and across the metro. The strongest storms are now over West Virginia. Show you a closeup view. We will head to the storms ape cross West Virginia. We have a newly issued Severe Thunderstorm
Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. There is a lot to tell you about tonight. We want to start with the threat of dangerous weather. Strong storms and the potential for tornadoes popping up across a huge part of the country this hour. Storms from texas all the way to connecticut. It started what is looking like a severalday outbreak. Lets turn to al roker who joins me in the studio. Al, where is the bigge tonight . Right now, texas, lester. In fact we have a tornado watch in effect for northern texas and a Tornado Warning currently just south of amarillo. Were watching this cell develop. It was a funnel cloud on ground. Warning is in effect until the top of the hour. For tonight we are looking at this risk of strong storms from lubbock, houston, austin, but we also have an enhanced risk, including dallas. 22 Million People at risk for severe storms and 70mileperhour wind gusts and tornadoes, twoinch hail. Tomorrow the risk moves to the east. New orleans under the gun. 24 mill
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