crisis in the state of ohio now those companies specifically include the drug distributors mckesson corporation which was down 2.2 percent ahead of the open cardinal health which was down 1.5 percent amerisource bergen which was down 1.8 percent and israel based drug maker tivo pharmaceuticals which was down 4 percent now for the 1st 3 mckesson cardinal and amerisource bergen all of those rank in the top 25 of the fortune $500.00 and together they controlled around 95 percent of the u.s. drug distribution market in 2018 now they agreed to pay $215000000.00 but kiva pharmaceuticals agreed to pay 20000000 and it says that it will donate around $25000000.00 worth of treatment drugs and now there is also a 5th defendant in this case the pharmacy chain walgreens but they did not agree with that all men and reports are claiming that the judge is postponing the trial in the case. so what can you tell us more about this case and specifically why ted as pharmaceutical is being punished so heavily when you have all the drug just videos barely have hit getting hit at all exactly well this case is seen as

they are amerisourcebergen cardinal health and mckesson corporation.ibutor called henry schein medical, a generic drug maker called t va and the pharmaceutical chain walgreens are also involved. the federal trade skews me the federal trial combines nearly 2000 cases involving state cities counties and communities and tribal lands. new numbers show that more and more consumers are actively doing whatever they can to avoid robo calls active registrations on the national do not call list increased over the past year. the registry is maintained by the ftc which allows consumers to opt out of receiving most legal telemarketing calls the ftc's new data also shows the total number of consumer complaints decreased slightly just for the second straight year of those complaints however, nearly 3 of every 4 were up about robo calls. consumers most often filed complaints about imposter scams which saw a significant jump over the last fiscal year. well, here's something you don't see every day and laguna beach you may see it in >>but not necessary laguna beach fire

"big three" distributors:e mckesson corporation,er ource-bergen, and cardinal health, as well as tevaicals, which is an israeli drug mak but thousands of government officials around the country are watching to see whethech bigger national settlement can $50 billion.ossibly as high as let's look at how the deal took shape, and what comes next. lennbernstein of "the washington post" has been covering this caserom the beginning. he's in cleveland where the settlement was announced. welcome back to the "newshour". before we get tosahese other ths of cases that are still pending, some form of an agreement, tell us what was settled late last night betwe these two ohio counties. >> t counties and the drug companies have agreed ope, o tht instead of going to trial, the big three distributors will provid$215 million in cash and teva will provide anotherin $20 millio anti-addiction drugs. that money goes as quickly as possibleo the people in cuyahoga and summit counties who need it for treoratment, law enforcement to take care of foster children, for all the needs created by the opioid epidemic

well, in may of this year west virginia resolved its fourth lawsuit against mckesson corporation for37 million. what should state officials do with that differently and what should other states and localities who find themselves in this same position do? >> i think one of the most important factors is to make sure we don't make those mistakes, for example, for the worst case in the country in west virginia the high overdose deaths, we've had a settlement altogether of less than $100 million. that's knowing that the state's losing about $8 billion a year in the opioid crisis. so we've got to make sure that the settlement matches the need of the communities. and then comes the thought of how do you use this money? it's very important to make sure that the states have some version of an abatement plan. naenz how much money will go into the health sector, how much of it will go to help babies that are born dependent on opioids and would need immediate help. how much would go into preventi prevention. and included knowing there is a number of criminal justice system including incarcerated