president trump launched a commission to fight opioid addiction. new jersey governor chris christie will run it. last month, chrisstie signed legislation that requires insurances companies to pay for treatment and put as limit on prescriptions for oxycontin. everett washington claims that its heroin crisis is fueled by the aggressive distribution and supply of pain pills. kenneth graig has our report. >> reporter: everett, washington is filled with camps like this one, with makeshift tents and the equipment heroin addicts use

to get high. social worker caitlyn dowd says it's become an epidemic. there's a whole trail, needles, baggies, spoons. debbie's son spencer died from an overdose in 2012. warfield blames oxycontin. she says that's where it began. >> oxycontin and heroin has taken such a toll on our family, you know, for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: the city of everett has now filed a lawsuit against the maker of the drug, purdue pharma. the lawsuit claims purdue knowingly, recklessly and negligently supplied it to pharmacies and physicians and monitored the illegal trafficking of its pills, knew

high volumes were being distributed and didn't share the informations with law enforcement. everett's mayor -- >> i believe it's about greed, and they need to be held accountable to make our community high. >> reporter: purdue pharma denied our request for an interview but says it has a strong record of working with law enforcement and information it's provided in some cases has led to convictions. in a statement, they told us the lawsuit paints a completely flawed and inaccurate portrayal of the events that led to the crisis in everett. he says the lawsuit is about rebuilding his community. >> they give corporations a bad name, and they've affected lives. people have died. and they need to be held accountable. and i believe they will be. >> reporter: purdue also told us they look forward to presenting the facts in court. everett's mayor says if they win any money from purdue, they'll use it for treatment programs and law enforcement. >> kenneth craig, thank you. we have breaking news, a tragedy in texas. at least 12 people have been

killed today in a crash in the texas hill country. a church bus carrying senior citizens home from a retreat collided head on with a pickup truck on route 83, that's a two-lane highway. again, 12 confirmed dead. parts of texas and oklahoma were pounded last night by tornados. 100-mile-per-hour wind and hail. near oklahoma city, a truck was blown off the road, and the driver was killed. and near lubbock, texas, three storm chasers were killed when a vehicle ran a stop sign. there is growing concern tonight that the u.s. military may be responsible for the deaths of many dozens of civilians in the tough, urban combat in mosul, iraq. iraq's military, backed by u.s. airstrikes and special operations forces is liberating the city of 1 million from isis. since last fall, nearly 800

iraqi troops have been killed. 4600 wounded. david martin has been looking into the civilian deaths. >> reporter: american officers have now inspected the collapsed building where upwards of 100 civilians, including women and children, were buried alive. and the top u.s. commander for the middle east says he agrees with the assessment. >> there is a chance that our operations may have contributed to civilian casualties. >> reporter: but a march 17th airstrike which targeted an isis fighting position was not designed to tear down the entire building. >> the munition that was deployed here should not have created the effects that we that have been observed. >> reporter: one possibility is that shock waves from the fighting in west mosul, the heaviest urban combat since world war ii had so weakened the structure it could not stand another blast.

but how did so many civilians end up in that building? had they gone there to take shelter? or had they been herded there by isis? congresswoman, martha mcsally. >> isis knows they can use civilians as a defense. it's their air defense system. >> reporter: late last year, the delegated to officers closer to the battlefield. that was intended to speed up the time it takes to call in a strike, but it also reduced the number of double-checks needed before a pilot can squeeze the trigger. >> david martin at the pentagon. thank you. coming up, the first lady takes a rare turn in the spotlight.

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