attorney general sessions bring lawsuits against companies that make opioids. the president accusing chinese and medication can companies of worsening america 79 opioid crisis by sending powerful painkillers in to the u.s. in china have you some pretty big companies sending that garbage and killing our people. it s almost a form of warfare and i would like to do whatever you can do legally to stop it from china and from mexico. shepard: several states have already filed lawsuits against opioidmakers and distributers. the fox business network blake burman with the news live at the white house. blake? hi there, shepard. we have seen states engage in lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies the makers of opioid drugs all across the country. in fact, just this week new york state sued the manufacturer behind the popular drug oxycontin. in some cases the federal government, the department of justice has thrown its weight behind those lawsuits. but, today, during a cabinet meeting, pr
precise point, watts knew exactly where his wife and daughters were. he had, in fact, already killed them, dumped the bodies, yet, continued to claim he knew absolutely nothing. watch again. it s not something i could ever ever fathom would happen in my lifetime and i have no inclination of where she is. she said she was going to a friend s house with the kids and that s the last thing i heard that was it that was very vegas. now, watts is due in court in just about one hour s time, shep, for a bond hearing. formal charges, we re told, will be filed by monday at the latest we are told by the county jail where is he being held that those charges will include at least three charges of first degree murder. shep? shepard: jonathan hunt reporting for us. investigators say they are getting so many tips about the missing college student
convicted of 10 counts. is he probably looking at the same dozen years that really doesn t matter as much you get a couple convictions to get to sentencing. he is a 69-year-old guy who is looking at a lot of jail time. shepard: jeffrey cramer, thanks a lot. i appreciate it. certainly. shepard: some breaking news now on fox news channel. the secretary of state mike pompeo just moments ago announced a new group to lead the united states policy on iran. the so-called iran action group. secretary pompeo said the group will be focused on changing the regime s behavior. president trump has instituted a campaign of pressure, deterrence and solidarity with a long suffering iranian people. our hop is that one day soon we can preach a knew agreement with iran we must see major changes in behavior both inside and outside of the borders. too many people in the world are demanding that iran finally act like a normal nation. shepard: president trump announced three months ago that the unit
left public service when president trump took office, shep? shepard: no question here, democrats are wholeheartedly criticizing the president on this matter. no doubt about it senate democratic leader schumer talked to reporters just moments ago and he said he thinks president trump is doing this trying to create a distraction. when you are in trouble in one way and then you create trouble for yourself in another way, i don t think that serves the president s purposes, you know, all these theories well, is he trying to distract from one thing to move to another, he is doing one bad thing and then doing another bad thing. i don t think that helps him. a democrat on the senate intelligence panel says is he convinced this is political pay back. this is not normal times, so, those decisions should be made for whatever reason and let people make their own conclusion on why. i just think this is sad that it s gotten to where politics has come to this. democrats say the president
from president trump to his attorney general jeff sessions. i would like us to look at some of the litigations already started with companies rather than just joining them. i would like to bring a federal lawsuit against those companies. sobering numbers this week for the centers for disease control. the cdc reported this week that roughly 72,000 people in the u.s.s. died of a drug overdose last year. the majority of those 49,000 from opioids. synthetic fentanyl alone killing 29,000 people. during that exchanges there with the attorney general, the president also expressed his concern with synthetic fentanyl that is being sent over from china and in some cases routed through mexico before it makes its way into the u.s. the attorney general sessions assuring the president, shepard, that they are returning some indictments in those cases. shepard: blake burman from fox business live on the north lawn. there is word now that president trump is looking to relax the rules on how and w