tv Beyond 100 Days BBC News October 26, 2017 7:00pm-8:01pm BST
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you are watching beyond 100 days. the epidemic killing more than 100 people a day in the united states. this is our president trump outlines what the government will do to address america's 0pi crisis. it doesn't discriminate by race or class, millions are addicted. brooke symonds was just 19 when she overdosed, now herfather symonds was just 19 when she overdosed, now her father is reaching out to others. —— america's opiate crisis. nobody wanted to say that they had an addiction in the family. but now people are talking because it can happen to anybody. president trump is due to speak any moment from the white house on the subject, we will take you there when he does. a defiant catalan leadership continues the bid for leadership. the central government prepares to ta ke the central government prepares to take back power from the the central government prepares to take back powerfrom the region. the final batch of documents linked to the assassination ofjohn f. kennedy will be released today. will they once and for all solve the mystery of dallas? also on the programme: in kenya only one side is voting in today's rerun
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of the presidential election. police have fought running battles with opposition protesters. and now we live in flanders fields... poetry and poppies, the words recording the horrors of world war i. recording the horrors of world war i, laid outline recording the horrors of world war i, laid out line by line in britain and in france. to get in touch... —— do get in touch... welcome. president trump is about to announce his plan for tackling the opioid addiction crisis which is ravaging much of america. the rate of overdoses is climbing. last year it exceeded the number of americans killed during the entire vietnam war. the epidemic affects everybody, black, white, poor, rich, urban and rural. from communities across the us we are getting heart rendering stories of patients and parents who
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have buried their addicted children far too young. we can now see the impact in marilyn and —— maryland. she was an exceptional athlete. all of that was dropped from her when she was introduced to opiates and eventually herrerin. it's been two yea rs eventually herrerin. it's been two years since ken lost his daughter to an overdose. a drugs force police officerfor many an overdose. a drugs force police officer for many years, used to look up officer for many years, used to look up addicts, now he has lost his daughter to drugs. this has never happened. this has reached epidemic proportions and something has got to be done. for kevin that something means building a women's only treatment centre in brook's memory. he says the way to deal with this problem is through more investment in recovery and education. we are doing it all wrong. for every illness we are prescribed a pill.
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there is no education. kids are more afraid to smoke a cigarette than they are to take a pill. kevin phillips in hagerstown, which sits on what has become known as the heroine highway. with opioid related deaths on the rise this sleepy part of america is now plagued by the crisis. hagerstown could be any town in america. the scale of the opioid crisis here and elsewhere is huge. in this state, maryland alone, more than 1100 people died from opioid related illnesses in the first six months of this year. the challenge for president trump is to come up with workable solutions to contain this epidemic. for some that means more vocational programmes like ladders to leaders, which encourages addicts to work and earn as part of their recovery. take this to people not doing anything. there are people
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out there getting high and they are working the system. for other addicts like jamal this means changing a system where drugs are often readily available. the doctors are the biggest drug dealers. you get a prescription from a doctor, you have a doctor selling drugs under the table. the conversation has come to the dinner table. now everybody is discussing it with theirfamily and everybody is discussing it with their family and kids. it had to get personalfor their family and kids. it had to get personal for kevin to face the issue. he hopes his experience will help americans opened up about a crisis which is claiming thousands of lives. before you never wanted to say your daughter is a heroin addict. nobody wanted to say that. nobody wants to say they had a problem with addiction in their family. now people are talking to their kit and saying to them that it could happen to anybody because i am telling you it can happen to anybody. accidental drug overdose is the leading cause in america. every 19 minutes somebody dies from taking opioids. the number of deaths has
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exceeded 64,020 opioids. the number of deaths has exceeded 6a,02016, opioids. the number of deaths has exceeded 64,02016, which is more than car crashes and gun deaths combined. that is a rate of 175 deaths every day. —— exceeded 64,000 in 2016. last year tennessee saw a 12% increase in the number of people who died in drug overdoses. the mayor of nashville has spoken out publicly after her own son died injuly, another victim of the epidemic. doctor tracey jackson joins us from nashville. thank you forjoining us. you saw the heartbreak that opioid addiction and death from it in america. we are very interested in the idea of a quick fix. even though it's a chronic problem. most physicians and patients are aware that opioid issues are a problem. it
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isa that opioid issues are a problem. it is a little bit in humane to just ta ke is a little bit in humane to just take people's opioids away without providing them with other viable alternative methods to manage their chronic illness. we've just had the attorney generaljeff sessions saying two things, one that marijuana is the gateway drug to opioid addiction, and second, people should just say no to drugs and that would solve this problem. what do you make of both of those points? 0ne you make of both of those points? one of your native sons, russell brand, has been on about this for quite some time. saying that it does no good to criminalise addiction. but this is a... this is your central nervous system processing disorder. it has biological and psychological factors and social factors which buy into that. it has to be addressed as fact and treated long—term. in order to make any
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impact on its management. anything that continues to shame and isolate people or stigmatise or persecute people or stigmatise or persecute people who are seeking help, that only serves to worsen that brain processing disorder and make people more likely to stay addicted or in some cases in chronic pain for much longer than is necessary. i was taken by what you were saying about the culture of drugs in america. i was told today by one of my colleagues that when he was in america and he had a bit of the flu, a doctor prescribed him something, and the bill for the drugs was over $900. that's extraordinary. it makes you think that this could be a collaborative effort between doctors, pharmacists, and government to try and stop it. it is absolutely
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critical that that happens. you can ta ke critical that that happens. you can take some clues from the aids epidemic at its height. it's not just enough to educate doctors or reduce the number of pills prescribed. we've done that in tennessee. we have reduced prescriptions. but the number of deaths are not going down because we are not offering people viable alternatives that would manage their chronic illness. the cycle will continue until we are able to get oui’ continue until we are able to get our head around that. the other big issueis our head around that. the other big issue is that these pharmaceutical companies have a lot of money to pay the lobbies in washington. that's certainly an argument that has been put about. i always say if there were a magic bullet we would have all been shot by an now in america. sometimes it's not that straightforward. pharmaceutical companies have a significant role to play. especially with interaction
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with insurance companies. sometimes it is not dictated by what the science shows and what's the best for the patient, but what insurance companies will reimburse. we need to match need with what is out there. thank you very much forjoining us from nashville, tennessee. for more on this we will go when the president speaks to the white house. you can see the shot from the white house. we're waiting for him to announce his plan to deal with this crisis. we arejoined by announce his plan to deal with this crisis. we are joined by our political analyst ron christie. he has served as an adviser to president george w. before we get into the politics, the devastation this is causing, we saw it in that piece, it is heartbreaking. —— president george w bush. but it is moving so fast. when president trump was a moving so fast. when president trump wasa campaign moving so fast. when president trump was a campaign candidate, he said he
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would address this, it is part of the reason he won in new hampshire during the primaries. is he doing enough? i think so. during the primaries. is he doing enough? ithink so. it's during the primaries. is he doing enough? i think so. it's a good first step. the vietnam war is still one of the biggest scars we have an america. we lost 58,000 soldiers over several years. you are talking about an epidemic where we lost 66,000 in the space of a year. doesn't matter what your background is. i believe what trumpeted on the trail, when you go to the small towns and big cities, you see folks who are addicted and afflicted with this. that is something which affected him on the campaign trail. he has tried to do it. he wants to focus on health care and tax reform. from the political sense he realised this was something he needed to do as the american president, rather than deliver something from the base. you can only deal with this if you deal with the pharmaceutical industry and the power of the pharmaceutical companies. i have a friend writing a book on this. a
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republican politician said that we cannot deal with these problems until we deal with that. yes. the power and the sweet pharmaceutical companies have over congress is not to be overlooked. —— the power that pharmaceutical companies have. if they want something done or they do not want congress to do something, they will step out of the way and do it. i was thinking about the general culture of it and the number of pills people take in america. it's astonishing. the one thing i'm wondering is, when he makes this announcement today, ron, who is going to push the policy forward? he doesn't have a drugs ‘s you will have existing grants that
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can be redirected to help fight this opioids crisis. in the short time you will have a offices in the executive branch with more money at their disposal. they will work with governors. governors are familiar with this in their local areas. they will have to think how can we redirect these grants to where they are specifically needed so we can get money out the door and help into the hands of people that need it. i am for once not worried about the lack of senior officials in place, i am encouraged that governors, mayors, and officials are working on this issue to try and find sense out of this really horrific problem we have here in america. we will have more on this from the white house. as soon as the president makes that announcement we will bring it to you. let's talk about catalonia. if you are confused about events there, join the club. we thought we might be bringing you news that the
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cata la n be bringing you news that the catalan government had declared unilateral independence from the rest of spain, but that hasn't happened. carles puigdemont has pulled back yet again. he was considering calling a snap election in december if madrid agree to suspend its plan to take back control of the region. the spanish government has appeared to renege on that. therefore carles puigdemont has decided against the election. this is what he has to say... translation: i was prepared to call these elections on the sole condition we were given guarantees they would be held in an absolutely normal manner. but there are no such guarantees that would justify calling these regional elections today. they are still speaking in the cata la n they are still speaking in the catalan parliament in barcelona. i think we can show you those pictures. you wait to see carles puigdemont. but he is in the audience. they are talking one by one at the rostrum. 0ur
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correspondent is in barcelona... what's the outcome of today's indecision? he was going to call this election. then he didn't. his coalition partners starting to drift away from him? they are. it has been away from him? they are. it has been a day of rumours. and frankly chaos. we were expecting carles puigdemont to make an address at one o'clock local time. that was then delayed, then eventually suspended. we heard it was because so much of his support in his coalition was draining away because he was going to call a snap election. he wanted to call a snap election. he wanted to do that in the hope madrid would not invoke article one 55. when that happened students took to the streets. —— article 150 five. ca rles carles puigdemont was effectively dead politically. then we heard he would be making a statement at five
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o'clock local time. several of the coalition members said i think we will get the result we want. in other words unilateral declaration of independence. he spoke for about ten minutes. then he didn't say that either. he is now at the catalan parliament behind me. he isn't going to speak. but there is some suggestion that that illegal referendum, according to madrid, which they won with a 90% vote on a 40% turnout, would be put away vote sometime tomorrow before the dissolution of the catalan parliament, so they would have declared independence. cue 155. we can talk about this now. you are a pro—separatist university lecturer. will it go to a vote? some of the supporters of carles puigdemont well calling him a traitor and calling for him to go. you have put it well. it has been a day of chaos and
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confusion. we are where we work 24 hours ago. three weeks ago. true. isn't that irresponsible? some of your critics would say that is irresponsible politics. you have people out on the streets furious with him. and he has upset madrid. where is the leadership here? we need to stick to the facts. officially he never said he would call a snap election. there were talks behind the walls but officially there was never any indication from carles puigdemont he was going to call for an election. we must understand, we have some people calling it history in the making here. there is lots of pressure, tensions, lots of international and national pressures. it puts the party under
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enormous pressure here and carles puigdemont. it is only logic that there might have been some panic attacks, you might call it. for him or supporters? many have resigned on twitter. it has been farcical because some have said that doesn't count. i know. i believe that some people both in parliament and outside of parliament might have gone through this... except it isn't farcical when you think that direct rule probably will be imposed in madrid tomorrow. and it moves into a different phase. that will upset many of separatist —— many separatist supporters. but may reassure those who want to stay part ofa reassure those who want to stay part of a united madrid. indeed. we expect tomorrow, at some point, that 155 would be upheld. after a declaration of independence? 155 would be upheld. after a declaration of independence ?|j 155 would be upheld. after a declaration of independence? i would
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say before. i think they want to teach pro—independence catalan is a lesson. they've made it clear that they are not waiting for negotiations, they are not waiting for moves by carles puigdemont any more. they are going to apply it. i expect that after that there will probably be a vote on a declaration of independence here in parliament. thanks very much. by which time the cata la n thanks very much. by which time the catalan parliament will have been dissolved, according to madrid, well, that is what we think. if ca rles well, that is what we think. if carles puigdemont was ceo of a company the board would have fired him nowjust for the company the board would have fired him now just for the model company the board would have fired him nowjust for the model he's put people in. it is a lesson. if you are going to hold a referendum you best have stepped two, three, and four worked out beforehand, and he didn't. he didn't. it's interesting. because this is a man who from the 19705 because this is a man who from the 1970s and 1980s has been committed to independence. he said he didn't wa nt to
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to independence. he said he didn't want to be a political leader but he wa nted want to be a political leader but he wanted to bring this region to independence. talking to his supporters and unionists, as well, they have been spooked by the fact they have been spooked by the fact the rest of the eu hasn't come out or even countries like norway or other countries outside the eu to say that they support them in this referendum. and i think the flight of —— and many businesses have moved their headquarters out of the area, andi their headquarters out of the area, and i think they have been spooked by that. thanks very much. tim has been covering that story throughout and he will keep us up—to—date with hopefully some sort of clarity. we are still waiting for the president. he will be talking about his plan for opioid addiction. it is something he spoke about during the election campaign. it is a huge issue in america. i have a couple of stories, a friend of mine is writing a book on the subject. one thing i
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thought he said which was telling, as he went to west virginia and he spoke to officials there, they said they realised they had a problem with opioid addiction. when they opened up a whole new slew of state prisons and they could not find enough drugs to guard the and prisoners who were not addicted. president trump is now entering the room. he will be announcing his plan. let's take a listen now to the president and the first lady. applause thank you. thank you. the set. thank you. ——
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please set. thank you all for being here today. it touches my heart to see many familiar faces of the people i have been lucky to get to know over the last few months. thank you for the time and strength it ta kes for you for the time and strength it takes for each of you to tell your stories. we are here today because of your courage. the opioid epidemic has affected more than 2 million americans nationwide and sadly the number continues to rise. we lost more than 175 americans to overdoses every day. and millions more are struggling with addiction. as many of you know, addiction affects children in many different ways. i have recently ta ken a children in many different ways. i have recently taken a larger interest in what i can do to help fight this epidemic. applause
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i have been participating in meetings and listening sessions and i have been visiting with people who have been affected by this disease. i want to take a moment now to tell you what i've learned from the men and women on the front lines this epidemic. don home and talked to me about his son garrett, who took medication for adhd, and suffered from depression and anxiety. he explained that social media played a pa rt explained that social media played a part in his son's erratic mood and behaviours. garrett started to buy synthetic opioid online and self medicated for his depression. passing away from a overdose just eight days before his 21st birthday. don taught me that the stigma of drug addiction must be normalised and talking about it is the only way
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to do that. coach david magee talked about his friend who became addicted after and his pain medication was prescribed for a sports injury. his friend died from an overdose and through his tragic loss coach mickey told me how important it is to educate kids, athletes, and parents, because his friend was not weak minded. in fact, because his friend was not weak minded. infact, like because his friend was not weak minded. in fact, like so many of our kids today, he was competitive and strong willed. another lady who is now on the tenth year of recovery helped me learn that drug addiction is an effective disease. but with the proper support and medical attention a person can move on to live a healthy and happy life. we are so proud of you for all you have overcome. we pray for you as you continue on this journey. where are
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you? hello. thank you. applause when i had the honour of visiting a recovery centre for infants born addicted to drugs, i learned that help baby succeed we must have their pa rents help baby succeed we must have their parents succeed. by placing a priority the whole family lily's place is giving infants the best opportunity because their parents are being given the support and tools they need to succeed. i want tools they need to succeed. i want to thank rebecca crowd and the staff at lily‘s place for their heroic efforts. applause
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i have learnt so much from those brave enough to talk about this epidemic. and i know there are many more stories to tell. but what i found to be the common theme with all of these stories is that this can happen to any of us. drug addiction can take your friends, neighbours, or your family. no addiction can take your friends, neighbours, oryourfamily. no state has been spared. and no demographic has been spared. and no demographic has been spared. and no demographic has been untouched. which is why my husband and his administration has dedicated itself to combating this health crisis by using every resource available. i'm so proud to support him today as he sees this commitment through. i look forward to continuing my work on the half of children across the country and i hope that citizens everywhere will join forces with this administration to help... studio: you are watching bbc news. god bless the united states of
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america. thank you for being here today. applause thank you for your moving words. and thank you for your deep devotion. to our nation and its children. thank you also to members of congress, my cabinet, governors, members of congress, state, local leaders, first responders, and health care professionals gathered here today. we have some truly incredible people in this room, that i can tell you. most importantly we acknowledge the families present who have lost a cherished loved one. as you all know
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from personal experience, families, communities, and citizens across our country are currently dealing with the worstjob crisis in american history. and even, if you really think about it, world history. this is all throughout the world. fact is, this is a worldwide problem. this crisis of drug use, addiction, and overdose deaths in many years it has just been so long in the making. addressing it will require all of our effort. and it will require us to co nfro nt our effort. and it will require us to confront the crisis in all of its very real complexity. last year we lost at least 64,000 americans to overdoses. that's 175 lost american lives per day. that's seven lost lives per day. that's seven lost lives per day. that's seven lost lives per hour. in our country. drug overdoses a re lives per hour. in our country. drug overdoses are now the leading cause of unintentional death in the united
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states by far. more people are dying from drug overdoses today than from gun homicide and motor vehicles combined. think of it. motor vehicle crashes, gun homicides, more people, by far, from drug overdoses. these overdoses a re by far, from drug overdoses. these overdoses are driven by a massive increase in addiction. to prescription painkillers. heroin and other opioids. last year almost1 million americans used heroin. and more than 11 million abused prescription opioids. the united states is by far the largest consumer of these drugs. using more opioid per person than any other country in the world. opioid overdose deaths have quadrupled since 1999. and nowi overdose deaths have quadrupled since 1999. and now i can't for the majority of fatal drug overdoses. who would have thought? no part of
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our society, not young or old, rich or poor, urban or rouble, has been spared this plague of drug addiction. —— urban or rural. and this horrible situation that's taking place with opioids. in west virginia, a truly great state, great people, there is a hospital nursery where one in every five babies spends its first days in agony. because these precious babies were exposed to opioid or other drugs in the womb. they endure nausea, pain, anxiety, sleeplessness, and trouble eating. just the same as adults undergoing detox. some of these children will likely lose one or both of their parents to drug addiction and overdose. they will join the growing ranks of america's
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opioid orphans. such beautiful, beautiful babies. beyond the shocking death toll, the terrible measure of the opioid crisis includes the families ripped apart and for many communities a generation of lost potential and opportunity. this epidemic is a national health emergency. unlike many of us we have seen and what we have seen in our lifetimes nobody has seen anything like what's going on now. as americans we cannot allow this to continue. it's time to liberate our communities from this scorch of —— scourge of drug addiction which has never been this way. we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. we can do it. applause we can do it.
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that is quite effective today, my administration is effectively declaring the opiate crisis and national public health or urgency underfederal law national public health or urgency under federal law and while i national public health or urgency underfederal law and while i am directing all federal agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid crisis. this marks a critical step in confronting the extraordinary challenge we face. as part of this we will announce a new policy to ove rco m e we will announce a new policy to overcome a restrictive 1970s euro
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rule that prevents states from providing care at certain treatment facilities with more than 16 beds for those suffering from drug addiction. applause. a number of states have reached out to us asking for relief and you should expect to see approvals that will unlock help for people in need and those will come very fast, not like in the past, very quickly. ending the epidemic will require mobilisation of government, local communities and private organisations. it will require the resolve of our entire country. the scale of this crisis of the diction is why soon after coming into
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office, i convened a presidential commission headed by governor chris christie that has consulted with experts across america to listen and learn and report back on potential solutions. we await the final report which will come in next week and i know some of the report has already been seen because i want to see it as quickly as possible and some of the things they are recommending our common—sense but very important and they will have a tremendous impact. today i will detail many of these aggressive steps with my administration, we have already taken. after we administration, we have already ta ken. after we have administration, we have already taken. after we have evaluated the findings i will implement recommendations that i want the american people to know that the federal government is aggressively fighting the opioid epidemic on all
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fronts. we are working with doctors and medical professionals to complement best practices for safe opioid prescribing and we will do something very special. we are requiring federally employed prescribers to receive special training. the centres for disease control and prevention has launched a prescription awareness campaign to put faces on the danger of opioid abuse. i want to acknowledge an acknowledgement last month that first—time opioid prescriptions will be limited to seven day supplies and encourage other companies to do their part to help to stop this epidemic. the fda is now requiring drug
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companies that manufacture prescription opioids to provide more training to prescribers and to help prevent abuse and addiction and has requested that one especially high risk opioid be withdrawn from the market immediately. we are requiring that a specific opioid, which is truly evil, be taken off the market immediately. the us postal service and the department of homeland security are strengthening the inspection of packages coming into our country to hold back the flood of cheap and deadly sentinel, a synthetic opioid
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manufactured in china and 50 times stronger than heroin, and in two weeks i will be in china with president xi and i will mention this asa president xi and i will mention this as a top priority. and he will do something about it. i am also pleased to report that for the first time, the department ofjustice has indicated major chinese drug traffickers and they have really put very strong clamps on them, they have indicted them. they distributed sentinel into the us, sojeff, thank you, good job. and they have been indicted and we will not forget about it, they are doing tremendous
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harm to our country. thejustice department is aggressively and valiantly pursuing those who illegally prescribed and traffic in opioids, both in our communities and on the internet and i will be looking at the potential of the federal government bringing major lawsuits against bad actors, what they have and are doing to our people is unheard—of and we will bring some major lawsuits against people and companies that are hurting our people and that will start taking place soon. donald trump speaking at the white house on his plan for dealing with opioids, some of the highlights, cracking down on the trafficking of sentinel, a synthetic opioid sent in from china, going after chinese traffickers and withdrawing one
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opioid from the market, he didn't say which one, and perhaps critically requiring more training for people who are prescribing these addictive drugs, and then also trying to limit prescriptions to seven trying to limit prescriptions to seven day prescriptions for first—time users. laura bicker is at the white house, you have been listening to the president. is the plan he has announced the type of plan he has announced the type of plan that will make an impact on opioid addiction? a lot of this has been about policy, a lot of what you heard is about procedure but the overriding message from the white house is that president trump wants to do something about a problem that is an epidemic in this country. he talked about approvals for treatments to aggressively fight this on all levels but by declaring a public health or urgency he is creating another problem because
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many critics said we need a state of emergency, federalfunds many critics said we need a state of emergency, federal funds to flow into states so we can give people the treatment they need, but he stops short of that, he has given a more measured response and declared there is public health emergency which redistributes funds and resources , which redistributes funds and resources, you can get more doctors into rural areas, but people say it doesn't create extra funds. there is talk of going to congress to get more approvalfor talk of going to congress to get more approval for funding but right now critics say they need the money to get these drug treatments available to those who need it. laura, thank you. we will see if that funding becomes available. we still have run christie in the studio. ron, idon't still have run christie in the studio. ron, i don't know enough about the opioid addiction process and what is needed in terms of treatment because it is complex and
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there are so many parts but what do you make of the steps he is laying out? so far so good, i think he is using the power of the presidency to elevate an issue that many americans have organised as a problem that he is saying he has declared an emergency and put the re—sources of the government behind it, so that is a positive step that i believe will be nonpartisan, we heard laura talk about some of the frustrations about funding but i think there will be a bipartisan effort to give the president the tools and money to fight this. christian, you heard the president talking about fentanyl, it is not a prescription drug in america, it is bought on the black market but unbelievably powerful. america, it is bought on the black market but unbelievably powerfullj brought market but unbelievably powerful.” brought a prop in to show people the scale of the problem. here is a one
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kilogram bag of sugar. if this was heroin, this would sail on the us market for about $60,000 as is that when it is let down into one gram wraps, that would bring several hundred thousand dollars. if this was fenta nyl, and hundred thousand dollars. if this was fentanyl, and you heard the president say it was 50 times stronger, you would cut this down to 50 mg pills, and each one of those is sold for $20 or $30. you can make around a million pills from a bag as big as this, so this bag would be worth around 20 or $30 million. christian comic you heard the president talk about getting the postal service to track down on people sending fentanyl into the country but that sounds impossible. you don't have to send a bag as big
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as that, you consent some in an envelope, and it is difficult to stop people buying it on the black market or over the internet and bringing it in and the battle against trafficking, heroin and cocaine coming through the border, thatis cocaine coming through the border, that is the old work, this is the new war and is much more difficult to tackle. let's hope for all the family suffering from this, something gets done. let's return to the independence process in catalonia. carles puigdemont has ruled out at referendum for independence today. as the day wore on, he decided against calling one for december. tomorrow lawmakers in madrid will try to push through a bid to claw back power, this is
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creating huge divisions among friends and families in catalonia. so let's speak to two ordinary people with different views, a businessman who was against independence and maria, who says she becomes more in favour of independence in reaction to the spanish government's behaviour. carlos, what is it you do like about independence? i think it's a nationalist, populist movement based on selfishness and i will be for unity and solidarity. that does not justify exclusion of others. tell us how divisive this has been in catalonia. i don't think this has been divisive only over the last few
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weeks, this has created division in the last years and not only catalonia, i have friends who are against independence and i have friends who work hard—core pro—independence and we talked to each other. i don't think there is such a big social division, now of course we have different standpoints and some of us want to have a better life and we think independence is pa rt of life and we think independence is part of that. carlos, a lot of people would argue that carles puigdemont has not handled this very well since the referendum but the sentiment that marina expressed is not going away. whatever happens, there will be a big chunk of people in catalonia who want independence. of course, and i respect any political option but i am for unity
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and fraternity and with time and understanding and with the propaganda and fake news, we have seen propaganda and fake news, we have seen this populism before in europe, this is what is happening here. once we stop the new wheeze and fake news and post—truth, we will have a better picture of what is going on in catalonia and can't think about how we reached this point. marina, has the exit from catalonia of a slew of spanish companies made you think twice? has it made you think that independence is something the region cannot afford? no, it hasn't. some of us think that is part of the game, some of us think that is part of the game, part of what was planned. it is incredible to think that some of these companies decided two days later that they were moving their headquarters. moving their headquarters. moving their
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headquarters has not meant moving any of the jobs that are here, so it makes you think, and then when you hear something from the car company saying they have been receiving pressure from big government, from the monarchy, to move away from catalonia, to bring their headquarters outside catalonia, you start understanding there is more happening behind—the—scenes. start understanding there is more happening behind-the-scenes. carlos, a lot of frustration in catalonia is about the money they send to madrid, far more in taxes than they get back, it pays around ten million yours to madrid. this is something yours to madrid. this is something you have to understand, this is a rich people revolution, a rich region that doesn't want to share with the rest of spain, it is like london or new york not wanting to contribute to pure parts of the countries. catalonia has a fiscal
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deficit because it is a rich region then andalusia, that the fiscal deficit is normal than any other country, there are many studies, but the pro—independence from they could have spent a reasonable reliable 's report on that by international economists to show we are suffering as fiscal deficit which we don't. we will have to leave it there. thank you both forjoining us. votes in kenya's rerun election are being counted in many parts of the country but the vote was suspended until saturday. the opposition leader, raila odinga, had called on
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supporters to boycott the poll. the assassination of presidentjohn f. kennedy in 1963 has spawned cou ntless kennedy in 1963 has spawned countless books and websites. today, documents relating to the killing had been made public for the first time. november the 22nd, 1963. it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade. something has happened in the motorcade route. notjust one of the most shocking days in american history, but also one of the most disputed. president kennedy has been assassinated. it's official now, the president is dead. the official explanation is that john f kennedy was assassinated in dallas by unknown gunman, lee harvey oswald, but the case has never been closed in the american mind. were there soviets involved? the cubans? the mafia? renegade elements within the government he led? the national archives holds 5 million documents on the assassination. 99% have already been
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opened in some form. but it's that final 1% of mainly cia and fbi files that's so intriguing. i would welcome a eureka moment. i doubt that we'd get a eureka moment. most of what we're going to see is going to be about details and incremental advances in our knowledge about the assassination. but again, i hope i'm surprised, i hope there is something there that'll help us to solve the enduring mysteries of the kennedy assassination. what's fuelled the conspiracy theories is that lee harvey oswald was himself murdered just days later by dallas nightclub ownerjack ruby. the documents may reveal more about a trip that oswald made to mexico just weeks before where he met soviet and cuban spies. it's more than 50 years since america mourned the loss of its young leader. a national wound that has never truly healed, and a chapter in the national story that has never had a satisfactory ending.
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the assassination ofjohn f kennedy was a turning point notjust because a 46—year—old president had been cut down in his prime, but because many americans came to believe that their government simply wasn't telling them the truth. part of the reason why congress ordered this document dump was to regain that lost trust. the historical irony is that the decision to release the files rests with the modern—day president, donald trump, who has promotedjfk conspiracy theories himself. but will they bring a sense of closure? i know nick has been waiting for those documents all day. he wrote a book about kennedy, so he is anxious to see what they say. let's talk
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about a supercar. what do you get when you mix a fighterjet, a formula 1 racing car and a spaceship? the answer is a card designed to reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres per art, and the brains behind that hope it will set a new lands speed record next year. to date during testing in cornwall, bloodhound barely broke us sweat. it was tested on the runway at newquay airport. on the taxiway at newquay airport, a five tonne vehicle that can generate six times more power than an entire formula 1 grid and accelerate to 130 mph in eight seconds. you are clear to roll. the wind is 2 o'clock, and five knots. this is a really important day for bloodhound and her team. if they can get the engines and the systems working together at 200 mph, then the car is well on its way to its eventual target.
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hurtling down the 1.5 mile runway, driver andy green, a former fighter pilot, had no room for error. switching from throttle to brakes, just in time to halt bloodhound safely. how did it go, andy? that was surprisingly hard work. it's the longest runs we've done so far, the fastest runs we've done so far. this is massive for us. bloodhound is go. this car is now operational and is demonstrating something it was never designed to do. short distance runs to a very high speed with high acceleration and it's making it look easy. this project has cost £30 million to date and captured the imagination of a worldwide audience. over 4000 watched today's run, and thousands more will be here over the weekend. among them, the 85—year—old engineer who came up with the original blueprint. i'm proud that we've got this far. what i really want to do is make nice loud supersonic bangs that will reverberate around the world.
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in the coming months, rocket systems will be added to bloodhound as its speeds are gradually increased ahead of that record attempt on the sandy plains of south africa. do you want my start of the day? when they go to the kalahari desert next year, it has to be really smooth. no chips and stones on the desert. some 300 people have spent the last four years clearing an area of 20 million square metres in the kalahari desert to make sure it gets the perfect bride. i guess that's an employment programme. you might notice that every year we were a p°ppy t° notice that every year we were a poppy to remember those killed in world war i and this year as
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remembrance day approaches, the words of one of the most famous poets to emerge from the horrors of the first world war have been written in poppies across locations in england and france. it is the work of the royal british legion to launch this year's poppy appeal. in flanders fields was written by the canadian war poetjohn mccrae. in flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row... that mark our place and in the sky, the larks still singing, scarcely heard by guns below. we are the dead, short
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days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. felt love and were loved and now lie in flanders fields. take up our quarrel with the foe, to you from failing hands we throw the torch if you break faith with us to die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in flanders fields. they hope to raise £45 million for fallen soldiers and veterans so do give generously. goodbye for now. u nfortu nately for most
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unfortunately for most of us today, it's been a pretty grey and dreary day and this weather watcher picture illustrates it. a lot of low cloud, thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle and across the country, the exception northern ireland and central scotland seeing some beautiful spells of sunshine, a lovely afternoon in st andrews but the clear air and skies will start to move steadily south, that weather front that brought the cloud and drizzle sinking down to channel facing coasts through the night so here it stays cloudy and milder but cooler further north and we could see temperatures low enough for a touch of frost in rural spots but it will start off largely dry and sunny across much of scotland and northern ireland, a bit chilly with temperatures slowly recovering through the day.
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there could be a little patchy cloud lingering across the channel, down into the south west and murky conditions first thing in the morning, maybe the odd spot of drizzle but the mist and fog will lift, the cloud will thin and break and through the day the story will be dry, settled and more sunshine. the winds will strengthen, perhaps to gale force in the northern isles. we could pick up and isolated rogue shower across the east anglian coast. but generally speaking temperatures down a degree or so but the sunshine should compensate. as we move into saturday the winds will continue to strengthen, moving to a westerly, that will drive in more cloud off the atlantic, thick enough for the odd spot of rain. the cloud will continue to push its way along west facing coasts but sheltered eastern areas should see some dry and sunny weather but it's all change as we head into saturday, northerly winds kick in, driving colder air into scotland and running down across
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north sea coasts. only the sheltered south and west will stay dry and mild. so this is reflected in the temperatures, there should be some sunshine but feeling cold with the wind, moving south and west, a little milder with a lot of cloud around, the exception being on monday. this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: the husband and wife convicted of planning a terror attack in birmingham. she is found guilty of buying a knife for her husband to use. the toll of long—term mental health problems — 300,000 people are forced to give up theirjobs every year. stand clear! 11 people are arrested across the uk as part of an international operation against people smuggling. president trump calls the us opioid epidemic a "national public
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