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our time. recogniziining texas. mr. chairman, thank you very much, i am pleased from this moment of history to join my colleagues who have come together with a similar and very important purpose and that s to save lives. the ranking members on the committee dealing with crimes. we see tl after math over the years of a wrong policy. let me simply add to the record of startling facts. when an average day in united states, more than 650,000 opiate prescriptions are dispensed and 3900 people used non-prescription use of opiates. 78 people died from an opiate related deaths. $55 billion in health and social costs related to prescription opiate abuse each year and opiate poisoning. this conference committee is on the right direction. there are worthy bills. the problem is huge between 2014, almost half a million people died from drug over doses based on the statistic that i just read. also to fulfill our obligations for funding, i am glad to be a coresponsponsor of comm ....
thank you. donald trump is now 30 delegates away from the nomination. right now hillary clinton is ahead with 54% while bernie sanders has 46. but just 75% of the votes are in so far. now clinton was in southern california today asking voters to send a signal to trump on june 7th that they want a positive future. she is headed to salinas tomorrow and then san jose. we re following some breaking news in contra costa county. another freeway shooting at this late hour. multiple alleges of eastbound 80 are closed. this is near 80 and highway 4 in hercules. this is now an active crime scene. it is the site of a traffic cam. cheryl hurd is along i-80 with a lot of police officers on site. what can you tell us? reporter: well, i may be a little distracted. police officers are telling us that we have to move back about 30 feet. we get a chance to do this report right away. the investigation is taking place right now. as you can see, traffic is at a crawl. there was a shoo ....
abc action news taking you to school. or your kids at least, with team coverage. we re there as we head to several counties as they go back to school. good morning. rise and shine. today s a big day for school kids and parents we ve got janelle and ivan standing by now watching both traffic and weather together for you. any problems on the roads so far? just lingering construction but so far so good. weatherwise looking much better than the last couple of days. even if we had some light rain which we don t, that would be an improvement but titan doppler radar right now pretty quiet. i expect that to be the case, you don t have to worry about this morning, it will be dry. by the afternoon though a different story as we transition back into our typical july/august pattern now storms. coverage about 40% to 50%. and we ll continue to see that. by the way, sunrise coming up at 6:58. it will be dark the next hour and-a-half with temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. ....
i did not know judge scalia well. i only had an opportunity to speak with him at length once. but when i did, my lasting memory was that this conservative firebrand was such a gentle man. a gentleman. a person of clear faith who treated everyone he met with dignity and respect. judge scalia could be harsh in his o pinions but by his own admission, his favorite friend on the court was liberal jurist ruth bader ginsburg. and regarding the importance of civility, judge scalia famously said, i don t attack ideas, pardon me, i don t attack people, i attack ideas. if you can t separate the two, you ought to get a new day job. we celebrate judge ska caliscal. this town could use a big dose of both. now, turning to governing in 2016. new blood has rushed into the house over the last five years. more than 150 of the 246 members of the house republican conference have been elected since 2010. in the senate, more than half, 29 of 54, republicans, are in their first term. rep ....
blustery friday. cluds will be ononhe decrease and temperatures will be falling throughout the day as a strong canadian high pressure settles into the area. wind chills this afternoon will be below zero. tonight will be bitterly cold with lows in the single digits to teens below zero. wii chill advisories are out for areas along and north of highway 30. wind chills will be in the -15 to -25 range tonight and saturday morning. highs saturday stay in the single digits, but the wind will be ligt and variable. late saturdayyight into sunday we are racking the potential for accumulating snow. right now, 2-5 of accumulation is possible, with the higher northeast iowa. it will also be windy valentine s day. the snow should come to an end late sunday afternoon or early evening. stay tuned for updates. new this morning.police respond to a high school following a threat, now a student is facing charges. cedar rapids police responding to prairie high school yesterday after a thre ....