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More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. Laura this is bbc world news america. Porting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. The head of the powerful gun lobby speaks out after the Florida School shooting, saying politicians and the media are exploiting the tragedy to erode gun rights. A warnings of ssacre in the besieged enclave of ghouta in syria, where hundreds have been killed in five days of airstrikes. The legacy of the black panthers, from the streets to the canvas. How a new exhibit is shining a light those still in prison. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Aye National Rifle Association Head spoke out tne week after the Florida School shooting, going on the offensive against those calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of the tragedy. Wayne lapierre said democrats and the media were using the shooting to try to erodeco titutional right. Simeanwhile, the pnt doubled down on his suggestion that some specially trained teachers could be armed to protect students. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Jon will the Florida School shooting come to be seen as a m landmaent when impotence gave way to rage and rage led to action . The vociferous udents who are taking to the streets are brinng change, but not alway in the way they wanted. The president has made clear that the way to make schools was secure is to train and arm more teachers, tweeting today jon fl he firsted the idea at an emotional white house meeting last night with victim families. One of those in attendances aof pupihe parkland school. How is it that easy to buy this type of weapon . Jon afterwards, he wasf dismissivee president s plan. Arming teachers is just not what we need. This is a problem because guns were brought into our school. Why would it make sensring more guns into our school . Jon he president held anothe white house meeting today to discuss the issue, promising action that will win the support of many of the sdents. President trump i can tell you, there is tremendous feeling that ng done. To get somet jon he wants increased background checks on those seeking to purchase weapons. Ban bump stocks this is the device that turns a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. And he backs raising the minimum age for buying a rifle to 21. Rg to thoseng for companies comprehensive gun control measures, what donald trump is proposing might seem like baby teenyweeny baby steps. But any measure will have to get congressiol approval, and ing that is never achieved without a fight. No one fights for gun rights like the National Rifle association. Today in a rare public appearance, the leader of the nra spoke out, and he was in no mood for compromise. Wayne lean in, listen to me now, and never forget these words to stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. Thank you very much. N jon her words, what America Needs is more guns, not fewer. The president is being pulled in one direction by the nra, anotheby the students. Past form is a guide, there will only be one winner, and it will not be the students. B jon sope news, washington. Laura for m our north america reporter anthony zurcher. If the president is being pued by the students one way and his staunch backers the nra in another, where do you think the president is going to end up . Anthony donald trump has a fair amount of allegiance to the nra. They were an early supporter of his president ial campaign when other groups worng hemnd hawing. He treated this morning tweeteds this morning ard for them. That is where his first allegiance is. Although today you could hear from the audience it was not as enthusiastic as you might think. For mike pence they cheered but for the nra leade, less of an enthusiastic response. Laura that is why the president may be suggesting things the nra doesnt like. Anthony he has a sense of where the public is. Donald trump did support of the assault weapons ban in the ca1990s when it firs up. He has changed a bit on this position, campaigned on it, and is listening t people speak passionately about some kind of measures. But it will be a real test for him. Laura anthony zurcher, thank you fo nat, efforts tore. Pass a resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire ia have stalled. Western diplomats say this delay gives Syrian Government forces more time to attack rebel held e areas tern ghouta. A Monitoring Group says dozens more people have been killed in a fifth day of strikes there. Our middle east edis r jeremy bowethis report, which does contain graphic images. Jemy more strikes, more bombs, and more casualties. It inot letting up. Across easternhouta, rescue workers sprint into broken and burning buildings before the dust of their destruction settles. This was another attack a fewle s away. A temporary ceasefire is undero tiation, brokered by russia,nd egyp turkey. Even if it happens, the horror of these days will stay with the survivors for a lifetime. Two sisters aged eignd 11 were in their home when it was hit. Jeremy this was sent to us by their mother. Please help us. Y . Where is the human you in the name of motherhood. Please help us. Jeremy 400,000 people terrified by the sight and sound of aircraft in Eastern Ghouta, an area the size of manchester. ThSyrian Regime insists it targeting terrorists. But it is ear many children are among the wounded and dead. Improvised hostals have been set up in cellars and basements during the years of war. Now, though, the medics are at full stretch. This doctor wanted to send a message to the people of britain. We never wanted a war and we dont want to live under it. For the sake of our children pieces, for the sake of our children who died of hunger, what we have seen has caused us to collapse humanely and psychologically. We dont have anything more to t. Fer. We are being bled jeremy the doctor was treating a 12yearold who was dying. Himother had been cooking breakfast for her family went when three airstrikes came in. Im here waiting fory son to die at least he will be free of pain. I pray to god to end his suffering. Where are the arabs, where are the muslims . Do we have to appeal to israel . H my boy dies, he will go to least he willat be able to eat. I would like to die with him so i can look after him. Ri jeremy sys have cried so many tears in the last seven years of war. The killing is escalating, not ending. And once again the w is watching from a safe distance. Jeremy bowen, bbc news. Ura for more, i spoke a short time ago to an associate director at the Johns Hopkins school of advanced international studies. The united statehas strongly condemned the attack by the Assad Government on Eastern Ghouta. Is it going to make any difference . Unfortunately, it wont. Its a terrible situation. This is among the bloodiest attacks in the last three years. But how many of us even remember thterrible attacks in ghou in 2013, the attacks over these last few years . Ha therbeen one after another. Unfortunately for the world,be syria ha like the frog in boiling water it gets worse and worse and worse and will continueo do so. Laura the United Nations is pushing for a ceasefire. Do you have any expectation that will happen . Mara there could be a temporary cel efire. It w a bandaid, because at the end of the day, the assad regime wants to expand its exert i control throughout as much territory as possible. If there is a ceasefire, it will probably use that as an opportunity to consolidate gains and rest up a bit, but it will only be for a brief me. Laura is the Assad Government doing to Eastern Ghouta what it did to aleppo . Very ch so. This is as isis is defeated militarily, these are all steps for the assad regime, working with the russian iranians, hezbollah, to exert sovereignty throughout all parts of syria. W it will be a sd bumpy process, but it will keep going. Laura has the war in syria strengthened not only the Assad Government but also the hold of russia and iran . Maraoh, very much so. Iran and the Syrian Regime had close relations for a long time, but theyve deepened considerably. Frankly, assad has managed to stay in power not least because of the iranians and the russians , and it will be interesting to see what happens as he further consolidates his gains. The extent to which he decides russia and iran can mainin a substantial presence there. Laura you have extensiv experience within government. What is the u. S. Strategicob ctive in in syria beyond fighting Islamic State . Mara well, that really was the top u. S. Objective. Initially when president obamaha focused onto do about isis, the plan was to deal with isis but also to deal with the assad regime second, but not entirely ignore it. Now that we had the stage where isis is to be did this we have hit the stage were isis is increasingly defeated militarily this administration , has to figure out how much it cares we are hearing very Different Things from the state department, there is the view that the united states, the military personnel there, are going to stay to counter the iranians we hear Different Things from the pentagon. The difference can be dangerous. Laura thanks for joining us. Mara thanks for having me. Laura free african neighbors are facing a deadline to settle a disput ethiopia has almost finished building a massive hydroelectric dam, but each of is egypt is rried that it will disrupt water supplies. In the middle is sudan. Our correspondent reports from sudan. Ethiopianthe grand dam is almost finished. Africas biggest hydroelectr power station has already bridged the nile. Sudan is waiting expectantly for the cheap power that will soon fizz across its border. But that is not all. The waters of the nile transformed the sudanese desert into a land of plenty. Isa century ago for br textile mills, and now there are vast circles of high quali cattle feed, mostly for export to the goal. For sudan, the great advantage of this new dam is to regulate the flow of the blue nile. They are hing to dredge justice of the pumping station can receive water to take the field. The level is as high as that platform, it meters higher. That is what the dam is going to chan. These are turbulent times. Sudan has had a decadelong deal with egypt, butod it is a with its northern neighbor over how much water the country can use. Dans richest man owns a golf course in khartoum, as well as e cattlefeed farm. For it is the best thing that has happened in a long time. The combination of ener and regular water levels. Reporter cheap power to keep his cows cool and bring faster sudanpment to a sedan under decades of sanctions. Egypt is firmly against the dam. The regional rivalries go back as far as the pyramids, the sudanese pyramids. Egypt once ruled career thousands of years ago. Influence s ethiopias influences growing. I think if case,hink in our between the threee ountries, if litical will is around involving behind authorities, i think it will work out. Reporter but the diplomatic row is far from settled. Where the rivers two great tributaries reach in khartoum, the blue nile in ethiopia supplies 85 of the water. The dam and its ability to control the flow is making downstream egypt nervous. Bbc news, sudan. Laura power struggles over the water supply in africa. You are watching ber world news a anthony. Still to come, an intimate look at americas opioid epidemic. What life is like for some of those crippled by the deadly addiction. Millions of people around the world take antidepressants, but in recent years there has been a r growing question of whetey have any beneficial effect. The issue has now been addressed in a Major International study, and the answer appears to be a resounding yes. Not only did the researchers claim that the pills to work, ey recommend that many more people take them, as our correspondent reports now. Porter know, i were times, you felt really low,o e point i did not want to be around anyone or have any interaction with family or friends. There were times when i didnt life. Tand my position in jon needed help. Hee. Was struggling to c his doctor prescribed an antidepressant. Still a lot ofemtigma around tnut if you take them . I had thimage of jack icholson at the end of one flew over the cucs nest, when he is a compyote zombie, anlose something about yourself that makes you you. That is what i was scared of. The only way i could describe it is it gives you a buffer over the thoughtsran your mind ng. Reporter 21 of some of the most commonnt aepressants were more effective at treating anxiety and depression than dummy pills. Those behind theep rt as well as other gps saye that results show that these tablets could help people cope with low moods. Alfor too long, care professionals have been denigrating the prescribed drugs that they know work. So many patients tell us they work. We want to do is for the best of our patients. Reporter in 2016, 60 5 million prescriptions for antidepressants were issued, and the numbers are rising. Laur the Opioid Crisis here in america claimed more than 30,000 lives in 2016. The use of these highly addictive drugs is so widespread that President Trump has declared a Public Health emergency. To illustrate the scale of the epidemic, time has devoted an entire magazine to photographing the issue. I was joined earlier from new york by the Deputy Director of photography and visual enterprise who spent months working on the story. These images are very graphic and very powerful. What do they tell us about the human cost of the opioidep emic in the states . I think with this issue wet did nt to hide anything about the epidemic, so we had our photographer, mostly known, renowned photographer for sotographing conflicts around the world, take thry on. With it, he gets very intimate mod close to people who ar affected, particularly people who use drugs, their families, and First Responders. I think what we are learning about the epidemic is o really listen to the voices on the ground and hear what people are saying, because it is so widespread. We are seeing great erlutions out from some parts of the country. Listening to the people is the most helpful part. Laura and you say there are Great Solutions out there. What did you learn from people, from addicts on the ground about what could help them . Paul we learn so much from Harm Reduction specialists about meeting people who are addicted, meeting them where they are, and hyoking at very simple ways of keeping them heand using that as an opportunity to look at a moment where thld open up to the idea of recovery. That is one of the most helpful things to witness as we were working on the streets of boston and San Francisco and cities hardhit by e crisis. Laura these images also show how often it is First Responders who have to deal with peopleho e overdosing. What is it like for the Police Officers and firefighters . Paul i think it is taking an incredible toll, and it is t Collateral Damage we are seeing with the officers and ems workers and fire departments, where they are seeing this day in and day out. I was talking to an ems worker this morning who was amazing, and she just talked about not u givihope, and every time she goes to one of these overdoses, she just wants to revive the person, because she doesnt it doesnt matter to her if they wake of angry or happy or thankful. She just wants to save another life and give a somebody another chance. That is how most of these departments were feeling laura how about the impact on the families of addicts themselves . Paul i think it is incredibly hard on families. They are consed about how to treat their relatives. We met families who are just not giving up hope. We met an incredible mother out in massachusetts who just talked about her son, about having to come out about her son being an opioid user and being homeless on the street. Ar as at, people are always asking, how are your kids doing, things like that. Th here is a who is reaching this level of openness. E think we are seeing that more and more around untry. Parents are coming out in their childrens obituaries talking about what happened. People are using this moment to raise consciousness. Timepaul moakley of gazine. The legacy of the black Panther Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in the u. S. Is one of black empowerment and armed struggle. These young africanamerican men for blackines calli liberation and clashing with police. Now an exhibit in new york focuses o 20 former black panthers who remain in prison. Nada tawfik reports. Nada it hasen been half ary hesince the black pa marched with raised fists. Many of the black nationalist ovmovements most consial figures remain in prison today. They are the subjects of a new exhibition. It is powerful to have someone whose story was supposed to be forgotten or buried under a rug, to have them on the outside, largerthanlife, and in front of people who are encountering their stories for the first time. Nada sophia says this is a project of passion and protest. For the last eight years she has written and visited former black panthers still incarcerated. Those letters are featured i many of the portraits, and even her technique is a nod to blac empowerment. Sophia i start witha allblac, litical statement in sodarity with the Panther Movement, and black is beautiful. Nada they we black revolutionaries who openly carried weapons. They said it was for armed selfdense against police brutality. To the fbi, the panthers were militants. To others, they were freedom fighters. Sophia i didnt know that the Free Health Clinics in this country didnt exist fore the Florida School<\/a> shooting, saying politicians and the media are exploiting the tragedy to erode gun rights. A warnings of ssacre in the besieged enclave of ghouta in syria, where hundreds have been killed in five days of airstrikes. The legacy of the black panthers, from the streets to the canvas. How a new exhibit is shining a light those still in prison. Laura welcome to our viewers on Public Television<\/a> in america and around the globe. Aye National Rifle<\/a> Association Head<\/a> spoke out tne week after the Florida School<\/a> shooting, going on the offensive against those calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of the tragedy. Wayne lapierre said democrats and the media were using the shooting to try to erodeco titutional right. Simeanwhile, the pnt doubled down on his suggestion that some specially trained teachers could be armed to protect students. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Jon will the Florida School<\/a> shooting come to be seen as a m landmaent when impotence gave way to rage and rage led to action . The vociferous udents who are taking to the streets are brinng change, but not alway in the way they wanted. The president has made clear that the way to make schools was secure is to train and arm more teachers, tweeting today jon fl he firsted the idea at an emotional white house meeting last night with victim families. One of those in attendances aof pupihe parkland school. How is it that easy to buy this type of weapon . Jon afterwards, he wasf dismissivee president s plan. Arming teachers is just not what we need. This is a problem because guns were brought into our school. Why would it make sensring more guns into our school . Jon he president held anothe white house meeting today to discuss the issue, promising action that will win the support of many of the sdents. President trump i can tell you, there is tremendous feeling that ng done. To get somet jon he wants increased background checks on those seeking to purchase weapons. Ban bump stocks this is the device that turns a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. And he backs raising the minimum age for buying a rifle to 21. Rg to thoseng for companies comprehensive gun control measures, what donald trump is proposing might seem like baby teenyweeny baby steps. But any measure will have to get congressiol approval, and ing that is never achieved without a fight. No one fights for gun rights like the National Rifle<\/a> association. Today in a rare public appearance, the leader of the nra spoke out, and he was in no mood for compromise. Wayne lean in, listen to me now, and never forget these words to stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun. Thank you very much. N jon her words, what America Needs<\/a> is more guns, not fewer. The president is being pulled in one direction by the nra, anotheby the students. Past form is a guide, there will only be one winner, and it will not be the students. B jon sope news, washington. Laura for m our north america reporter anthony zurcher. If the president is being pued by the students one way and his staunch backers the nra in another, where do you think the president is going to end up . Anthony donald trump has a fair amount of allegiance to the nra. They were an early supporter of his president ial campaign when other groups worng hemnd hawing. He treated this morning tweeteds this morning ard for them. That is where his first allegiance is. Although today you could hear from the audience it was not as enthusiastic as you might think. For mike pence they cheered but for the nra leade, less of an enthusiastic response. Laura that is why the president may be suggesting things the nra doesnt like. Anthony he has a sense of where the public is. Donald trump did support of the assault weapons ban in the ca1990s when it firs up. He has changed a bit on this position, campaigned on it, and is listening t people speak passionately about some kind of measures. But it will be a real test for him. Laura anthony zurcher, thank you fo nat, efforts tore. Pass a resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire ia have stalled. Western diplomats say this delay gives Syrian Government<\/a> forces more time to attack rebel held e areas tern ghouta. A Monitoring Group<\/a> says dozens more people have been killed in a fifth day of strikes there. Our middle east edis r jeremy bowethis report, which does contain graphic images. Jemy more strikes, more bombs, and more casualties. It inot letting up. Across easternhouta, rescue workers sprint into broken and burning buildings before the dust of their destruction settles. This was another attack a fewle s away. A temporary ceasefire is undero tiation, brokered by russia,nd egyp turkey. Even if it happens, the horror of these days will stay with the survivors for a lifetime. Two sisters aged eignd 11 were in their home when it was hit. Jeremy this was sent to us by their mother. Please help us. Y . Where is the human you in the name of motherhood. Please help us. Jeremy 400,000 people terrified by the sight and sound of aircraft in Eastern Ghouta<\/a>, an area the size of manchester. ThSyrian Regime<\/a> insists it targeting terrorists. But it is ear many children are among the wounded and dead. Improvised hostals have been set up in cellars and basements during the years of war. Now, though, the medics are at full stretch. This doctor wanted to send a message to the people of britain. We never wanted a war and we dont want to live under it. For the sake of our children pieces, for the sake of our children who died of hunger, what we have seen has caused us to collapse humanely and psychologically. We dont have anything more to t. Fer. We are being bled jeremy the doctor was treating a 12yearold who was dying. Himother had been cooking breakfast for her family went when three airstrikes came in. Im here waiting fory son to die at least he will be free of pain. I pray to god to end his suffering. Where are the arabs, where are the muslims . Do we have to appeal to israel . H my boy dies, he will go to least he willat be able to eat. I would like to die with him so i can look after him. Ri jeremy sys have cried so many tears in the last seven years of war. The killing is escalating, not ending. And once again the w is watching from a safe distance. Jeremy bowen, bbc news. Ura for more, i spoke a short time ago to an associate director at the Johns Hopkins<\/a> school of advanced international studies. The united statehas strongly condemned the attack by the Assad Government<\/a> on Eastern Ghouta<\/a>. Is it going to make any difference . Unfortunately, it wont. Its a terrible situation. This is among the bloodiest attacks in the last three years. But how many of us even remember thterrible attacks in ghou in 2013, the attacks over these last few years . Ha therbeen one after another. Unfortunately for the world,be syria ha like the frog in boiling water it gets worse and worse and worse and will continueo do so. Laura the United Nations<\/a> is pushing for a ceasefire. Do you have any expectation that will happen . Mara there could be a temporary cel efire. It w a bandaid, because at the end of the day, the assad regime wants to expand its exert i control throughout as much territory as possible. If there is a ceasefire, it will probably use that as an opportunity to consolidate gains and rest up a bit, but it will only be for a brief me. Laura is the Assad Government<\/a> doing to Eastern Ghouta<\/a> what it did to aleppo . Very ch so. This is as isis is defeated militarily, these are all steps for the assad regime, working with the russian iranians, hezbollah, to exert sovereignty throughout all parts of syria. W it will be a sd bumpy process, but it will keep going. Laura has the war in syria strengthened not only the Assad Government<\/a> but also the hold of russia and iran . Maraoh, very much so. Iran and the Syrian Regime<\/a> had close relations for a long time, but theyve deepened considerably. Frankly, assad has managed to stay in power not least because of the iranians and the russians , and it will be interesting to see what happens as he further consolidates his gains. The extent to which he decides russia and iran can mainin a substantial presence there. Laura you have extensiv experience within government. What is the u. S. Strategicob ctive in in syria beyond fighting Islamic State<\/a> . Mara well, that really was the top u. S. Objective. Initially when president obamaha focused onto do about isis, the plan was to deal with isis but also to deal with the assad regime second, but not entirely ignore it. Now that we had the stage where isis is to be did this we have hit the stage were isis is increasingly defeated militarily this administration , has to figure out how much it cares we are hearing very Different Things<\/a> from the state department, there is the view that the united states, the military personnel there, are going to stay to counter the iranians we hear Different Things<\/a> from the pentagon. The difference can be dangerous. Laura thanks for joining us. Mara thanks for having me. Laura free african neighbors are facing a deadline to settle a disput ethiopia has almost finished building a massive hydroelectric dam, but each of is egypt is rried that it will disrupt water supplies. In the middle is sudan. Our correspondent reports from sudan. Ethiopianthe grand dam is almost finished. Africas biggest hydroelectr power station has already bridged the nile. Sudan is waiting expectantly for the cheap power that will soon fizz across its border. But that is not all. The waters of the nile transformed the sudanese desert into a land of plenty. Isa century ago for br textile mills, and now there are vast circles of high quali cattle feed, mostly for export to the goal. For sudan, the great advantage of this new dam is to regulate the flow of the blue nile. They are hing to dredge justice of the pumping station can receive water to take the field. The level is as high as that platform, it meters higher. That is what the dam is going to chan. These are turbulent times. Sudan has had a decadelong deal with egypt, butod it is a with its northern neighbor over how much water the country can use. Dans richest man owns a golf course in khartoum, as well as e cattlefeed farm. For it is the best thing that has happened in a long time. The combination of ener and regular water levels. Reporter cheap power to keep his cows cool and bring faster sudanpment to a sedan under decades of sanctions. Egypt is firmly against the dam. The regional rivalries go back as far as the pyramids, the sudanese pyramids. Egypt once ruled career thousands of years ago. Influence s ethiopias influences growing. I think if case,hink in our between the threee ountries, if litical will is around involving behind authorities, i think it will work out. Reporter but the diplomatic row is far from settled. Where the rivers two great tributaries reach in khartoum, the blue nile in ethiopia supplies 85 of the water. The dam and its ability to control the flow is making downstream egypt nervous. Bbc news, sudan. Laura power struggles over the water supply in africa. You are watching ber world news a anthony. Still to come, an intimate look at americas opioid epidemic. What life is like for some of those crippled by the deadly addiction. Millions of people around the world take antidepressants, but in recent years there has been a r growing question of whetey have any beneficial effect. The issue has now been addressed in a Major International<\/a> study, and the answer appears to be a resounding yes. Not only did the researchers claim that the pills to work, ey recommend that many more people take them, as our correspondent reports now. Porter know, i were times, you felt really low,o e point i did not want to be around anyone or have any interaction with family or friends. There were times when i didnt life. Tand my position in jon needed help. Hee. Was struggling to c his doctor prescribed an antidepressant. Still a lot ofemtigma around tnut if you take them . I had thimage of jack icholson at the end of one flew over the cucs nest, when he is a compyote zombie, anlose something about yourself that makes you you. That is what i was scared of. The only way i could describe it is it gives you a buffer over the thoughtsran your mind ng. Reporter 21 of some of the most commonnt aepressants were more effective at treating anxiety and depression than dummy pills. Those behind theep rt as well as other gps saye that results show that these tablets could help people cope with low moods. Alfor too long, care professionals have been denigrating the prescribed drugs that they know work. So many patients tell us they work. We want to do is for the best of our patients. Reporter in 2016, 60 5 million prescriptions for antidepressants were issued, and the numbers are rising. Laur the Opioid Crisis<\/a> here in america claimed more than 30,000 lives in 2016. The use of these highly addictive drugs is so widespread that President Trump<\/a> has declared a Public Health<\/a> emergency. To illustrate the scale of the epidemic, time has devoted an entire magazine to photographing the issue. I was joined earlier from new york by the Deputy Director<\/a> of photography and visual enterprise who spent months working on the story. These images are very graphic and very powerful. What do they tell us about the human cost of the opioidep emic in the states . I think with this issue wet did nt to hide anything about the epidemic, so we had our photographer, mostly known, renowned photographer for sotographing conflicts around the world, take thry on. With it, he gets very intimate mod close to people who ar affected, particularly people who use drugs, their families, and First Responders<\/a>. I think what we are learning about the epidemic is o really listen to the voices on the ground and hear what people are saying, because it is so widespread. We are seeing great erlutions out from some parts of the country. Listening to the people is the most helpful part. Laura and you say there are Great Solutions<\/a> out there. What did you learn from people, from addicts on the ground about what could help them . Paul we learn so much from Harm Reduction<\/a> specialists about meeting people who are addicted, meeting them where they are, and hyoking at very simple ways of keeping them heand using that as an opportunity to look at a moment where thld open up to the idea of recovery. That is one of the most helpful things to witness as we were working on the streets of boston and San Francisco<\/a> and cities hardhit by e crisis. Laura these images also show how often it is First Responders<\/a> who have to deal with peopleho e overdosing. What is it like for the Police Officers<\/a> and firefighters . Paul i think it is taking an incredible toll, and it is t Collateral Damage<\/a> we are seeing with the officers and ems workers and fire departments, where they are seeing this day in and day out. I was talking to an ems worker this morning who was amazing, and she just talked about not u givihope, and every time she goes to one of these overdoses, she just wants to revive the person, because she doesnt it doesnt matter to her if they wake of angry or happy or thankful. She just wants to save another life and give a somebody another chance. That is how most of these departments were feeling laura how about the impact on the families of addicts themselves . Paul i think it is incredibly hard on families. They are consed about how to treat their relatives. We met families who are just not giving up hope. We met an incredible mother out in massachusetts who just talked about her son, about having to come out about her son being an opioid user and being homeless on the street. Ar as at, people are always asking, how are your kids doing, things like that. Th here is a who is reaching this level of openness. E think we are seeing that more and more around untry. Parents are coming out in their childrens obituaries talking about what happened. People are using this moment to raise consciousness. Timepaul moakley of gazine. The legacy of the black Panther Movement<\/a> of the 1960s and 1970s in the u. S. Is one of black empowerment and armed struggle. These young africanamerican men for blackines calli liberation and clashing with police. Now an exhibit in new york focuses o 20 former black panthers who remain in prison. Nada tawfik reports. Nada it hasen been half ary hesince the black pa marched with raised fists. Many of the black nationalist ovmovements most consial figures remain in prison today. They are the subjects of a new exhibition. It is powerful to have someone whose story was supposed to be forgotten or buried under a rug, to have them on the outside, largerthanlife, and in front of people who are encountering their stories for the first time. Nada sophia says this is a project of passion and protest. For the last eight years she has written and visited former black panthers still incarcerated. Those letters are featured i many of the portraits, and even her technique is a nod to blac empowerment. Sophia i start witha allblac, litical statement in sodarity with the Panther Movement<\/a>, and black is beautiful. Nada they we black revolutionaries who openly carried weapons. They said it was for armed selfdense against police brutality. To the fbi, the panthers were militants. To others, they were freedom fighters. Sophia i didnt know that the Free Health Clinics<\/a> in this country didnt exist fore the Panther Movement<\/a>. I didnt know that free breakfast programs didt exist before the Panther Movement<\/a>. Nada under constant pressure from law enforcement, the movement faded. This exhibition leaves psonal weave personal stories with the larger societal issues the panthers were fighting. Since sophia began painting her subjects, a number have been released, and they say the sam justices they say so many years ago are present today. A leader of the black panthersin ew york, he served his time on charges for attempted murder after a gunbattle with police. He maintained he was a political prisoner, given a heftier sentence for his activism and beliefs. O the media always projected us as being some ki terrorists, a wild, violent bunch. Unovoked attacks on police. They never talk about how many black men, women, and chdren were dying at the hands of the police eve day, and still do. Nada the fight against racism and inequality is once again demanding public attention. The upraised fists, athletes taking a knee in protest black lives matter movement. Sophia believes understanding the panthers will help activists pave the way forward. Nada tawfik, bbc news,ork. Laura i am laura trevelyan. Thank you for watching bbc world news america. 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