emails will eventually be made public. our job as ags was to look at what our families needed. they wanted full disclosure, transparency, a light shown, the secrets to be told. reporter: the sacklers will pay more than $4.3 billion of what s expected to be an $8 billion settlement sackler family members called the resolution an important step toward providing substantial resources for people and communities in need. but no agreement to remove the sackler name from major museums. the sacklers are shielded from future liability, and don t admit any responsibility for the opioid crisis. nine states and washington, d.c. still oppose the deal, though it s highly unlikely they could stop it. washington state s attorney general saying this settlement plan allows the sacklers to walk away as billionaires with a legal shield for life. once they pay this, they re done they walk away and live the rest of their lives. i can t do that. reporter: we first met sandy blankenship and her adopte
today. reporter: the biggest new item, millions of documents will be made public. our job as ags was to look at what our families needed. they wanted to full disclosure, transparency, a light shown, the secrets to be told. reporter: the sacklers will pay more than $4.3 billion in a settlement, they called it an important step toward providing substantial resources for people and communities in need. but no agreement to remove the sackler name from museums, they re shielded from future liability and don t admit any responsibility for the opioid crisis. nine states and washington disease still oppose the deal. washington state s attorney general saying the plan allows the sacklers to walk away as billionaires with a legal shield for life. once they pay this, they re
cognitive impairment or early dementia, the population that participated in the clinical trials are the only ones who will have access to the drug. this is a major change from the original label that included everyone with the illness. the drug was approved early last month, becoming the first alzheimer s medication cleared since 2003. after years of negotiations, states that once opposed a settlement plan with perdue pharma in its role over america s opioid pandemic said they re now on way for the wealthy sackler family to pay billions but is it enough? kate snow has the details. reporter: with the bankruptcy court deadline looming, 15 states cut a deal with purdue and the family that founded the company, the sacklers. they should be held responsible for their conduct and that s what we re doing
speculate. there is an investigation going on reporter: first lady martine moise was critically wounded and is being treated at a miami hospital in haiti, the prime minister has declared a state of siege today protesters gathered outside a police station where suspects would be being held and late today, haiti s minister of elections confirmed to nbc news that at least one u.s. citizen is among those in custody. peter? gabe gutierrez. gabe, thank you. after years of negotiations, states that once opposed a settlement with purdue pharma for its role in the opioid crisis are changing paving the way for the wealthy sackler family to pay billions. here is kate snow. reporter: with a bankruptcy court deadline looming, 15 states cut a deal with purdue and the billionaire family that founded the company, the sacklers. they should be hold responsible for this conduct, their conduct, and that s what we re doing here today. reporter: the biggest new item, millions of new documents in