Hello. Ajudge in oklahoma has ordered the giant Healthcare Company Johnson Johnson to pay 572 million for its role in the opioid addiction crisis in the us. The case is the first to go to trial out of thousands filed against drug manufacturers and distributors. Two other firms have reached settlements with oklahoma out of court. The judge said prosecutors had demonstrated thatJohnson Johnson contributed to a public nuisance in its deceptive promotion of highly addictive prescription painkillers, and compromised the health and safety of thousands. The company is to appeal. Those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of oklahomans. Specifically, defendants caused an Opioid Crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, Overdose Deaths and neonatal abstinence syndrome in oklahoma. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has more on the significance of the ruling. This is a landmark ruling that could have far reaching consequences because as you imply, there
Good morning. Welcome to the Wilson Center. Im the director of the Brazil Center here at the center. It is a pleasure to have you he here. This period is marked by i would say mostly difficult negative news with one good news at the very end of this period of six months which is the announcement of the agreement between the European Union 20 years in the making. Whether the agreement will be implemented remains obviously a question mark. There will be detailed negotiations now at the different elements of the agreement. Its a complicated matter, but its important that the agreement has been confirmed. Also quite important is the lift of veto the United States had on negotiations between brazil and the oecg geared towards brazi s brazils. This is a very important development. Was an accomplishment of president bolsonaros visit here in washington in april. Again, remains to be seen how the negotiations between brazil and the countries of oecg will develop. We know this was accomplished t
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This period is marked by mostly difficult, negative news, with one good news at the very end of this period of six months, the announcement of the agreement between the european union, 20 years in the making. Whether the agreement will be implemented remains, obviously, a question mark that we will detail in negotiations. Different elements of the agreement. It is a complicated manner, but it is important that the agreement has been confirmed. Also, quite important is the lift of the veto the United States had on negotiations between brazil and the oecd geared toward brazil. This is a very important information, very important development, was an accomplishment of president bolsonaros visit here in washington in april. Again, remains to be seen how the negotiations between brazil and the member countries will develop. We know that this was accomplished thanks to the white house over the objections of ustr and commerce department. So we start in a scenario where it is uncertain. Uncerta
Coronavirus even as officials continued to downplay it. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. This is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us. Our top story, amid the crisis, u. S. President number 44 having some harsh words for president number 45. It is extremely rare for a former u. S. President to scold his successor no matter what and barack obama has been mostly silent since leaving the office. But that was before 88,000 people died from coronavirus. An Alarming Number of them, people of color. The former u. S. President would stay silent no longer. Doing what feels good, whats convenient, easy, thats how little kids think. Unfortunately a lot of socalled grownups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs still think that way, which is why things are so screwed up. To be fair, President Trump publicly attacks mr. Obama on a regular basis and the former president rarely if ever rises