steve: it is 6:00 a.m. here on the couch in new york city. it is monday, july 1st. katie: new month. steve: welcome to fox & friends. that s katy. prespresident biden istold keeps exclusive. brian is in north dakota this morning getting to know another one of trump s potential vp picks. governor doug burgum and his wife. they met through mutual friends and then all of a sudden, the doug burgum, the businessman, says, i d like to get into politics. well, sometimes i have called myself the accidental first lady because it was never on my radar. and going for the gold again. simone biles is heading to paris to compete in the olympics for i m one with the earth. i m totally changing my persona live on television. lawrence: cowboy boots. brian: i may not leave north dakota. katie: got to get the hat, the full fit. brian: i need a chin strap. steve: the governor is going to be joining brian live there at the diner as well. so we have got a busy three hours that s
overdose deaths ticked town on pump s watch. last year first time ever you had overdose deaths about 100,000. 29% increase from the year before. another year 100,000 plus overdose deaths. and interest is a correlation where you don t stop the drugs at the border. they come in texas department of safety apprehended enough fentanyl to kill 200 million americans last year. when you don t visit the border you don t secure the border you allow drugs to come over, this is what happens. human lives are lost. people don t have to take the drug. and you know, addiction isn t something that aflickets everybody. so on and so forth. your thoughts? tammy: we also see in city facilitating drug use if you don t want to interfere somehow in the choice to be an addict. you have these centers that can you control and have it be safer to be a drug addict.
i want to welcome everybody tonight. reporter: social interaction important for the addicted. their families too. the butchers founded parents of the addicted loved well, send him somewhere and fix him or fix her. it doesn t work like that. why don t they just stop? why don t they just stop? don t they know they can stop? you d think they d know what they re doing to their children. you see, drugs take over the brain. matthew s brother glen says there is no easy way to recover and money alone won t solve the problem of addiction. addiction isn t something you can just turn off or it is not for a lot of the people it is not a choice. they re addicted it these drugs and i think the only way they can get off is through support and love. this is his wallet. he didn t have much. reporter: karen butcher now clings to the few physical
worked to serve of their son matthew. send them our fixer. it doesn t work like that. why don t they just stop. why don t they just stop? don t they know they can stop. you would think they would know what they are doing to their children. but drugs take over the brain. reporter: matthew s brother glen says there s no easy way to recover and money alone won t solve the problem of addiction. addiction isn t something that you can just turn off. for a lot of these people it s not a choice. they are addicted to these drugs, and i think the only way they can get off is through support and love. this is his wallet. he didn t have much. reporter: karen butcher now clings to the few physical reminders of her son matthew. her favorite, a quilt made from all of his favorite shirts. sometimes i would think, okay, i ve got matthew s arms wrapped around me. it includes the last photo
it was fentanyl. reporter: how much did you use? very little. less than 0.1 gram. and i found out it was straight fentanyl. reporter: that is a tiny that is tinier than tiny. it is like barely a sprinkle of salt i want to welcome everybody tonight. reporter: social interaction important for the addicted, their families, too. jean butcher founded the kentucky chapter of parent of addicted loved ones and over the years they ve had it all as they struggled to free their son matthew from opioids. well, send him somewhere and fix him. or fix her. it doesn t work like that. why don t they just stop? don t they know they can stop? you would think they d know what they re doing to their children. but you see, drugs take over the brain. reporter: matthew s brother glen says there is no easy way to recover and money alone won t solve the problem of addiction. addiction isn t something you