6 6 6 thank. you craig i'm from baltimore where. oklahoma judge finds the pharmaceutical giant. guilty fueling the u.s. state's opioid epidemic and causing a surge in drug related. johnson and johnson will finally be hill accountable for thousands of deaths and addiction. by their activity. triple threat tension so we're in the middle east israel carries a strike against the troops in syria comes just days after suspected this really drone attacks in lebanon and in iraq. also ahead on the program president putin

meets his turkish counterpart reject berta one of the 21000 marks earth show being held near the russian talks are being held between the 2 leaders after they took in the open. one minute past 4 pm here in moscow this tuesday august 27th a very warm welcome to the program my names you know o'neill. we begin this hour in the u.s. a judge in oklahoma has ruled that the drug maker johnson and johnson is responsible for driving the state's opioid crisis ordered it to pay a 572000000 dollars fine he said the pharmaceutical giant had run a full dangerous marketing campaign which don't play the risk of addiction directly

contributed to it johnson and johnson said it will appeal the decision. got a landmark ruling today in oklahoma the drug manufacturer johnson and johnson a giant big pharmaceutical company in the united states has been found guilty and has been ordered to pay $572000000.00 to the state of oklahoma in order to deal with the ongoing opioid epidemic in the united states this is the 1st time that a big pharmaceutical manufacturers corporation has gone to trial in a case alleging responsibility regarding the opioid crisis this is the prosecutor in the case stating what the judge ruled today judge bachmann has affirmed or position that johnson and johnson motivated by greed and avarice is responsible for the oak you would ready have to make. johnson and johnson will

finally be hill accountable for thousands of deaths and addiction caused by their activities now at the trial the prosecution argued that johnson and johnson and its subsidiaries had overstated the effectiveness of their opioid drugs in treating ongoing chronic pain and understated the risk of addiction posed by their products previously the way big pharmaceutical companies have avoided going to trial is by settling out of court and paying out hundreds of millions of dollars or do pharmaceuticals manage to withdraw themselves from the case by paying a $270000000.00 settlement for them or tell the pharmaceutical industries they withdrew from the case in may by paying an 85000000 dollars settlement so johnson and johnson was the only defendant in the case they were found guilty now they do expect to appeal the decision the defense argues that this will not hold up in a court of appeal they think that they will be exempt and that the the conviction

will be overturned however this is a landmark moment because this is the 1st time that. big pharmaceutical company has been found at trial to be a responsible for the opioid epidemic the rates of opioid addiction have increased dramatically in the u.s. over the past 20 years culminating in a nationwide epidemic in the late 1990 s. prescriptions for painkillers were made readily available as pharmaceutical companies assured doctors that there are patients would not become addicted but it quickly became clear that many people were becoming dependent with deaths from opioid overdoses reaching a record high of 42000 the following year the government declared a public health emergency currently an estimated 130 americans die every day as a result of opioid medicine up use the health crisis is also placing a significant strain on the u.s. economy and reportedly encouraging higher uses of her when u.s.

addiction specialist told us that both the pharmaceutical industry and doctors have failed and there are 2 t.'s to customers and patients. well doctors certainly there are some responsibility for the opiate epidemic but i think to really understand how this happened in the united states it's necessary to realize that a whole generation of physicians was educated to believe that opioids are not addictive as long as you're giving them to a patient in pain and this was a message that was eagerly adopted by produced by johnson and johnson by chance and by t.v. by many other opioid manufacturers why because it helped their bottom line to sell more opioids so certainly doctors have to be reeducated as they are now they have to withhold opioids they have to stop prescribing opioids for ankle sprains for chronic pain conditions we would not want the pendulum to swing in the opposite

direction and for people who really need opioids not to be able to get them so finding some kind of middle ground is going to be essential. another story we're closely following this week the u.n. is calling for maximum restraint between israel and its adversaries as fears of a new conflict in the middle east grow the plea comes after israeli forces carried on or a strike against iranian troops in syria on sunday and what it said was an effort to thwart a planned drone attack lebanon and iraq also accused israel of conducting aerial attacks against shiite militia groups and there are territory over the weekend. continued instability in the middle east and the alleged culprit is not the west's usual fall boy the israeli strikes were similar to a declaration of war and our country has a right to defend itself a series of attacks syria lebanon and iraq and people are pointing the finger at israel.

at least they owned up to that last attack and usually accusations that israel's attacked another sovereign nation are met with silence from tel aviv but this time benjamin netanyahu justified the attack claiming iran was targeting his country with explosive drones according to him the situation was kill or be killed. if someone tries to kill you rise up and kill him 1st in a complicated operation by our security forces we determine that iran's quds force dispatched a special unit of militants into syria to kill israelis on the golan heights with explosive drones i would like to emphasize that this was a mission if under the command of iran at the behest of iran. netanyahu often harps

on about the supposed dangers of iran but when it comes to the facts the islamic republic is often on the receiving end of military violence about a year ago israel struck nearly all of iran's military structures inside syria it was the country's biggest assault since the beginning of the civil war back then netanyahu played the very same preemptive strike card whenever we will hit back sevenfold whoever prepares to strike at us we will act to strike at them beforehand this is what we have done and this is what we will continue to do the never ending demonize ation of iran might have made israel its share of enemies in the middle east but in the west it's reeled in some powerful allies this is 40 years 40 years of the line behavior so whether it was seizing a british tanker that was in international waters or shooting down an american

u.a.b. that was also in international airspace for assassination campaigns in europe are trying to kill an ambassador here in the united states has this long history of the line behavior iran had its tankers detained its airspace violated by drones its military installations outright bombed all by the u.s. and israel what other aggressive provocations does iran have up its sleeve we asked allicin both iran and israel for their assessments of where the situation stands. iran is trying to envelope israel from all of the sides through hezbollah which is effectively iran through syria through iraq and even through gaza it's like a big octopus sending its arms in order to strangle israel the problem you have is israel is like this oil brat of the world and because no one no one calls it to account it's allowed to get away with essentially minute. talking to

hit 3 separate sobering countries in the past few days israel has no issue with iran if iran would focus inward on on its own people and stop trying to destroy israel as it explicitly says it will do and if amending terror around the world we would have no issue with iran however iran has decided to attack israel to build forces and to strangle israel but we're not going to wait with defense systems you don't win by playing defense you have to preempt and that's what we will do i see no one questioning why israelis doing something why israel is provoking the situation at the end of the day israel needs to understand that iran has said this time and time again that look you're playing with fire you don't do this don't be silly behave yourself iran has been a real interest in starting a war and iran will not stop the war it's a long time and i have said it categorically. what iran will do if it is attacked

or its allies within the resistance are actually directly attacked they will retaliate and rightly so because in this case the aggressive the one who's instigating problems who's lying and making up fairy stories because it's control and influence within the mainstream media is israel and everyone knows israelis are ropes that it's a country that is close to $400.00 nuclear weapons targeted at multiple countries and yet no n.p.t. and no questioning no no discussion about to get in. which has a nuclear program energy program it constantly gets accused of making nuclear weapons and all this stuff which is slightly from the supreme leader's own discreet discourse is forbidden. all right let's take to the skies now because russia's mux 29 ers show is in full swing at international airport and located just outside moscow all of the latest there are space technologies will be on display over the

next number of days on this year there's also some big name guests on the invite list a lot more potent turkeys. are currently holding talks on the sidelines of the event . we didn't. get in but you want to. i'm sure all of our foreign partners and of course the turkish delegation will be interested in the accomplishments of our aviation industry and the technical abilities of russia's aerospace forces of this latest generation and you know. mr president to friend mr putin we see the max 2019 aviation exhibition and as one of the leading events of its kind. the weather is absolutely fantastic here and you cough ski as you can see to the delight of the many international visitors from more than 30 countries but there is an ultra v.i.p. guest here and you called ski that is a target for president tiber daughter and he's been see shoulder to shoulder with

latimer putin watching their performance by the pilots working their magic with some of the most advanced aircraft technology that this country and the rest of the world have to offer but they're also here to check out all that up close including the newest russian fighter jets that have the ass-u. and also make plus something that came out of a copper. ration by russian helicopters and also the manufacturer of mr putin's new limo it's called all rose but coming back to military aircraft think of why this is worth mentioning america previously threatened to reconsider the deliveries of its own military aircraft to turkey because ankara decided to purchase russia's air defense systems the ass 400 the 2nd round of the shipments of this missile defense

system is underway as we speak by the way it's been confirmed by the turkish ministry of defense but when it comes to the fighter jets russia does have quite a few options to offer so the people in washington will definitely be watching well that brings us to the unofficial but probably the most important reason why the turkish leader is here that has some tough negotiations on what's going on in syria is it live we know that in the past few weeks turkey has been complaining about what they're calling violations of the cease fire there by the syrian government forces we do have to remember that moscow is an ally of the syrian government led by president bashar assad and turkey is backing the rebels in the only remaining syrian opposition on klav that is the province of idlib so indeed it will be

difficult to avoid quite a few thorny issues on tuesday but judging by what we've seen from the 2 presidents in the past couple of years they have always managed to find common ground and their friendship has really helped solve many crises. yet another fan to happens a whole week long still to come in the program the g. 7 summit has been praised by world leaders as another productive get together but what was achieved we look into the to the brain.

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hello again the french president among us has hailed in his words an extraordinary productive g. 7 summit after 3 days of talks wrapped up in b odets on monday but the spike the group of attending world leaders voicing optimism for the future this year is meeting bridges very few concrete commitments or senior correspondent morocco's the if. it was nice nice stuff the weather was decent lots of people nice people good conversation and good stuff nice good new. first of all i would like to thank president trump and all the heads of state and government present here for the extremely productive work and very productive discussions we've had since saturday evening together i want to thank you very much mr president for the credible job you did this is a truly successful g 7 there was tremendous unity it was great unity as i said

nice not exactly wonderful or amazing but yet pretty nice i mean could have been better they could have agreed on something significant the cheveley little more argued the little less and the fee there was a lot of nervousness at the outset a lot of expectations a lot of tensions and we had a lot of conflicts just look at the bright side there's always next year to get something done is not nice to be fair there was a lot of stuff on the agenda a trade war with china the brazilian president's rudeness breck's it should not ignorance whether to invite the largest country in the world iran for the millionth time. we all know what trump thinks about iran much as a bit of a cold war between the 2 most of the rest of the world actually wants to go back to

the nuclear agreement trump ripped up what a conundrum huh so invites the foreign minister of iran hoping to break the ice and surprisingly things became a little all could also unsurprisingly trump would heed his own tide before admitting it it was coming in and i respected the fact that it was coming in he met with president mcbroom in iran is a very difficult situation. in the position not a very good position from the standpoint of economics and that's ok because we concluded a very quickly even said he's open to meeting iran's president when the time is right perhaps after another few rounds of sanctions once they find something in iran they haven't sanctioned yet speaking of sanctions that trade war is still raging. one man's sanctions are another

man's tariffs and the united states likes both so much so trump says he regretted not imposing more tariffs on chinese made goods because trump making companies and consumers the average american pay more for ordinary stuff is great for everyone which didn't go down well with the rest of the summit squad just think one. of of you trade. to be honest it wasn't trump's greatest performance there they were having a nice dinner all in cincy is smiles and forced laughs and use and brings up the boogie man. trying joining your michel in star red chuen a stew prepared mommy tackled style while trump talks about inviting russia back

apparently he wouldn't shut up about it i think if you're working. with a number of people who would like to see russia back i think it would be and it would be advantageous to. many things in the world or das it worse some of those present agreed why on earth would you want to invite a country that's a key player in almost every major global issue. well it would make sense but not off the crimea g. 7 is for friends and friends pretend to be there for each other everyone knows that and putin it seems has better things to do. to get a little g 8 doesn't exist anymore how can i return to an organization which doesn't exist today it's the g 7 regarding a potential format with 8 member states we never reject any proposals some time ago

it was russia's turn to hold a g. 8 meeting but our partners didn't come but there are other international organizations which play a significant role in international affairs take the g 20. all in all as i said nice all the great is g 708 sco but the total catastrophe what this year trump even scientists single page unlike last year when he simply stormed out that really wasn't nice. we asked our vision for a us libertarian politician whether he thought there were any positives to be drawn from this year is that. the g. 7 is to the world at what the federal reserve is the united states is a meddling problematic internationally damaging organization whose time has come and gone and we no longer should be having decent meetings at all in my view to me it was political theater i think that the united states and iran should talk i

think that talking to an unstable regime that is on the verge of becoming a nuclear power is a diplomatic mistake what should be doing in terms of tariffs is getting rid of all of them there is every reason to get rid of tariffs that does not require a g 7 or g 8 or a g 20 it simply requires individuals to say i don't want to pay more for the same thing i mean a country that unilaterally lowers tariffs is going to benefit its own citizens immediately. you know the big gulp in our news bulletin today dozens of families have returned home 200 shoehorn in syria's north western province after government forces entered the city on monday it was one of the 1st times to fall to opposition fighters in the early days of the conflict and had been under since then the control of an islamist. militants flared last week as bashar

assad's forces with russian backing push deeper into the province which has seen intense fighting in erbil bombardments some of the return he's told r.t. are up like. a lot but how much. i can describe my happiness i was very happy for my son i kissed him a lot and i said thank god you will be back in one single it indeed. we came today to check our lands and properties and to visit the city where we were born thing god i cannot describe this return is incredible the feeling i have is incredible. and the saddest in. we were in hama for 7 years we were forced to leave her and she whom because of terrorism and sabotage the terrorists forced us to leave our house hopefully all of syria will be brought back under government control our happiness can't be described. all right let's switch gears on the

program going on a world tour a can sometimes be a lonely little business the further you get from home so one russian traveler decided to take a bit of his beloved homeland with him his very own russia manufactured classic known as book which in russia means loaf of bread tell you what i've seen quite a slice of the globe so for. i've decided to do something extraordinary to make the journey in a typical russian bend the russian behind come in to be precise.

one african man whose sole are you a zeke right and explain to us that he took part in a war in this event as a driver he said in the end that thanks to bands like this one we won the war. our trip is not finished yet we want to cross every time zone that's why would have a route from light of all stock to moscow for the moment with 80000 kilometers i think we will have done 95 by the time we're finished. yeah can you imagine the conversation being hard on many many borders control places around the world ok all the latest news and views can be fun 24 7 busy on our news album vailable for download codes for more great programs starting here.

well that's my life that you know i started on wall street 40 years ago and i've been living in the log cheeriest life of ever cheaper money ever since and literally not having to work a day in my life because so spotted 40 years ago i've gone straight up. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

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agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants there's no question otherwise why would that the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments that often in day you have many of these people have one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power.

this is a boom bust broadcasting around the globe and covering the world of business and finance an impact upon us all i'm daniel britto in washington and kristie eyes on assignment here's a look at what's on deck for today if you feel like you may have lost track of all the drama coming out of the g. 7 summit in france don't worry because producer bridgeboro is here to track storylines and subplots at the surprisingly controversial conclave plus dramatic developments just keep coming in and the transfers of a trade fight but could there be cause for hope on the horizon peter schiff of you're a pacific capital is standing by to delve into the details of what a deal might look like and later is that the trade climate couldn't get any more tricky a new threat is descending upon one of the world's favorite fruits heard.