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out from the conservative political action conference, with a look at the opioid epidemic. peter shumlin and mary taylor consider ways to reduce addiction and opioid related deaths. the moderator is greta van susteren. ms. van susteren: good afternoon. very happy to be here today to moderate this fabulous panel about a very distressing issue, an issue that is bipartisan. it affects republicans, democrats, independents, it affects everybody. and i want to get started right away because this is a problem we all need to think about and talk about. i want to start with the lieutenant governor of ohio. why is this topic important to you? we could be here talking about jobs in ohio and how many jobs you have open. why do you want to talk about this one? lt. gov. taylor: this is an impact on every finally. on every family. i ve also seen it in the state of ohio. havee talked to people who suffered in the crisis. it has touched every single person i have come across. we nee ....
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she s allegedly told them that she was helping the inmates run but then she got cold feet. here s anna werner. reporter: it s been five days since david sweat and richard matt escaped, and authorities now believe they could be heading for vermont. vermont governor peter shumlin: information suggests that they thought that new york was going to be hot vermont would be cooler in terms of law enforcement. reporter: tonight, we have learned that 51-year-old joyce mitchell a prison employee, told investigators she was supposed to pick up the two inmates after they escaped, but she had a panic attack and went to the hospital instead. after she was released she told investigators of her involvement in the escape plan. investigators believe she may also have assisted in acquiring the tools used by the inmates to break out. she has not not been named a suspect. the two murderers have been on the run for longer than most new york prison escape ease. new york s governor andr ....
she s allegedly told them that she was helping the inmates run but then she got cold feet. here s anna werner. reporter: it s been five days since david sweat and richard matt escaped, and authorities now believe they could be heading for vermont. vermont governor peter shumlin: information suggests that they thought that new york was going to be hot vermont would be cooler in terms of law enforcement. reporter: tonight, we have learned that 51-year-old joyce mitchell a prison employee, told investigators she was supposed to pick up the two inmates after they escaped, but she had a panic attack and went to the hospital instead. after she was released she told investigators of her involvement in the escape plan. investigators believe she may also have assisted in acquiring the tools used by the inmates to break out. she has not not been named a suspect. the two murderers have been on the run for longer than most new york prison escape ease. new york s governor andr ....
kissing her. i m automatically attracted to people. it is like a magnet. today in a democracy now! special, we expand the debate by giving the green party s jill stein a chchance to respond to e same questions posed to donald trump and hillary clinton. dr. stein: a horrific statement on the part of donald trump. it describes horrific abuse. this is not a trivial matter. i think this one out of four women in this country is subject to sexual violence. this is a real crisis. and for someone who is aspiring to be president of this country to be modeling this despicable and abusive he had your is absolutely behavior is absolutely inexcusable. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in haiti, the death toll from hurricane matthew has topped 1000 as the country battles a growing cholera epidemic and authorities dig mass graves for those killed by the category 44 storm. u.n. officials s said ne ....