many of the jets not currently in service are parked in locations like this. modern aircrafts share space with vintage planes as well as the still in limbo boeing 737 max. with so many planes grounded, thousands of americans who are stuck abroad are trying desperately to get back to the u.s. the state department says an estimated 9,000 americans have been repatriated from 28 countries, but thousands more remain stranded. abc news caught up with just a few of them. my mom and i are travel buddies, and every year we make sure to do an international trip together. this year, we planned on going to antarctica. so we went through argentina, down to the end of the world, made it safely to antarctica. i m currently in honduras. i came a little over a week ago to visit my grandparents and my family here. the captain comes over the speaker multiple times a day. each time he does that, our stomachs drop, of course. and he lets us know what s going on as far as the pearl prin
the dramatic moments in a race to save homes from this fast-moving wildfire. the conditions called the worst of the year. disturbing news raising questions about airline safety. an american airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a plane. pilots forced to abort the takeoff. our aviation analyst on how this could happen. plus, the brazen theft. how someone stole a roller coaster from the county fair. the back to school proposal sparking debate. should kidding be allowed to take mental health days. the pitcher who made his major league debut and had to face his little brother at the plate. good friday morning, everyone. we begin with hurricane dorian battering the carolina coast right now with relentless rain and a storm surge that could top seven feet. here s where the storm is right now. it picked up speed overnight as it tracked along the coast of north carolina. at least four deaths are blamed on the storm here in the u.s. looking at the wind gusts, the effects
criminal suftis system more fair. they outlaw recommendations for them to consider. the vice president of government studies at the brookings institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal justice reform. we are webcasting this event live so a warm welcome to all of our viewers from across the country and also those of you watching it live on c-span. we will be archiving video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings.edu. we would also welcome any questions or comments that you have. we ve set up a twitter feed at #cjreform. that s #cjreform. you are welcome to post any comments that you have during the forum. so the united states has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. our prisons are overcrowded and there are racial disparities and we need to inform the criminal justice system and develop alternatives to the existing policies. today we ll be discussing criminal justice reform and
the 2016 we learned from the new york times we ve lost roughly 60,000 people to drug overdoses. that is more in one year that all the names on the vietnam veterans memorial wall and likely, that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year, 2017. it s staggering. for every fatal overdose it s estimated there are 20 nonfatal overdoses and for 2016 that could mean your 1 million. 183,000 lives have been lost in the us from overdoses between 2015. that s about 50,000 we lost over the last, 500,000 we lost over the next decade. the roots of this crisis began in 1980 when a letter to the editor in the journal of medicine was misinterpreted as evidence. it was unlikely someone become addicted out of 4000 cases a center was only four connections. years later the joint commission following the american medical association s recommendation assessment established standards for pain management interpreted by many doctors as encouraging the
good afternoon. good afternoon. can i ask everyone to take a seat? that s quite a rumble. thank you very much. good afternoon. i want to welcome you all here today to talk about one of the most important issues that affects every state in the country, every community in the country, every neighborhood in the country. that s the opioid epidemic that runs across this wonderful country of ours. i m charlie baker, the governor of massachusetts and i m vice chair of the nga health and human services committee and i m especially pleased today to be joined by governor roy cooper from north carolina who i serve with on the president s commission on opioid addiction. where is our host, governor gina raimondo? issue here? she s late to her own party. gina will be joining us later along with roy. as well as our distinguished speakers to talk about his opioid epidemic which obviously is a pertinent relevant issue for all of us. the opioid epidemic is now claiming the lives of an estima