Order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insights and solutions on this critical issue. The energy in Congress Committee led several bipartisan initiatives. And the comprehensive Addiction Recovery alct and the 21st century act are now law at the state and local levels. Much needed policy changes are being implemented. The inflicted passage of kara and cures. As a result, patients now have greater access to evidencebased treatment, adiks
Those are only two of my good things. I dont want to tell you about the bad things. But he really helped me. I had had had somebody that guided me and he had a very, very tough life because of alcohol, believe me. Members of the u. S. House met recently about combatting the Opioid Epidemic. They also shared their own stories in dealing with opioids and other drugs. Subcommittee will come to order and for an opening statement. In the midst of a fierce battle against an epidemic by opioids. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. Whielt new england and the regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic. Health officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all reported growing over dose deaths in those counties. The latest deaths is astounding. 91 americans died every day from an over dose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expect todays member state will bring to the forefront key insigh
As claude even said, happyity day. Protests are expected around the by area. First ever march for science will be held in San Francisco. And so we can local professor to give us an earth day report card. How are we doing on the federal, state and local level. But first lets see how our weekend is shaping up. And feels pretty nice out there. I am giving it a two thumbs up. Cooler, but still nice. We have enjoyable weather for Outdoor Activities whether you are going to participate in earth day, it is National Parks week, you could get into National Parks for free. Weve got a mix of sun and clouds and a beautiful view there at the start of your sunday. Temperatures in the mid 40s to mid50s right now. 48 degrees in santa rosa. San francisco checking in at 52. Oakland 51. Liveliver moore. Fairfield and cooler in napa. Santa rosa up 5 degrees over yesterday morning. Can you see the cloud cover moving overhead with a trough moving through for today. That is going to increase the cloud cover
Turkish air space on saturday. Russian jets began bombing syria last week to prop up the assad dictatorship while the u. S. Is targeting the terrorist army known as isis. Now two of the Worlds Largest air forces are fighting on different sides, and keeping them separated is the job of u. S. Commanders in the persian gulf. David martin has a rare look. Scott, this is the nerve center for the air campaign against isis. And through this window is the operations floor where all the missions are being tracked, including the ones over syria, where russian aircraft are also operating. You can see it on the screen. The yellow aircraft are russian, the green american. U. S. Pilots flying f16s out of turkey first picked up the russian planes on radar. The russians closed to within 20 miles, at which point the american pilots could visually identify them on their targeting cameras. Lieutenant general charles brown, commander of the air campaign, says the russians have come even closer than that t
The nation mourns another mass shooting. Nine people were gunned down in roseburg, oregon. The shooter, Chris Harper Mercer, is also dead. Witnesses say the gunman asked the students their religion and specifically targeted ones who were christians. We are the only advanced country on earth that sees these kinds of Mass Shootings every few months right now Hurricane Joaquin is pounding the bahamas. It is a powerful category four storm and winds near 130 miles an hour. State and local officials along the east coast preparing for the worst. The latest forecast suggests they may dodge a bullet. 11 americans have been killed in the crash of a military transport plane in eastern afghanistan. The troops are now on the ground in syria as russia continues its air strike on rebelheld territories. We dont believe they thats a problem. Benjamin netanyahu blasting the nuclear deal with on. He stared at the delegation for 45 seconds. Five people hospitalized after their passenger jet encounters sev