>> appalachia. >> appalachia? >> we say appalachia, are we wrong? >> you say tomato i say tomato. >> if i say appalachia, i'll look like i'm from here? do i really look like i'm from here? for those like me who got a strong d-plus in american geography, it belongs to a 13-state region along the appalachia mountain range. it includes tennessee, and where i am now, the eastern part of kentucky. this is coal country. coal is one of the three things most people think about when they think of appalachia. along with abject poverty and the movie "deliverance." the movie i was tricked into seeing once in high school. thanks a lot, rob. tell me what stereotypes people have about this area of the country? >> oh, my god. >> that we're not educated. we don't have teeth. we have teeth. >> people think you're not educated and you don't have teeth? >> the "deliverance" stereotype. ♪ ding ding ding now, you will find that. >> let's be clear. it does exist. >> i ain't going to lie. but on a whole, it's just good-hearted people. you know? >> as far as the two other t

coffee or wine. [ laughter ] >> anthony: linda mckinney is a true daughter of appalachia.is a long-time mine safety inspector. >> anthony: now your family is originally from naples, is that right? >> linda: yes. >> anthony: naples area? >> linda: came here in 1923 trying to strike it rich in the coalmines. my mother died when i was five, so we went to live with my nonna, and the first day i was there she pulled me up to a cook stove. this is a dish that my nonna cooked during hunting season, with squirrels. these aren't squirrels. this is chicken. >> anthony: dinner is a not untypical expression of hard scrabble appalachian practicality -- >> linda: now i don't measure anything, so nothing has a recipe here. >> anthony: -- and neapolitan roots. >> linda: basil. >> anthony: home kitchen gardens, hunting, and gathering. >> linda: these my dad would call pisellis, it's peas. mm, making mama dance. [ laughter ] now, this is what i'm famous for in these parts. have you ever had spaghetti pizza? no, you haven't. don't say you have. [ laughter ] the tomato sauce was made with joe

appalachia and the big bend here. not a lot of populated cities but a lot of small communities there that will just be swamped. here's our launch. they show us the spaghetti lines of where the storm will head. it's going to be a horrible blow for these people tomorrow afternoon. >> bill cairns, thank you for that report. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> ambassador nikki haley announces her resignation. the president said she brought glamour to the job, but what's next for haley and who is next at the u.n.? >>> there is a storm hours from arrival tonight that might have the power to knock politics off the front page tomorrow. tonight the strengthening hurricane michael and the danger it poses now to lives and property and the gulf coastline. "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night begins now. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 628 of the trump administration and we will get to all it have of it in just a . but first there's been a dangerous change

. >>> who here has been to appalachia or from appalachia? let's see.t's like the poorest white area in the country. in appalachia, not only is it poor, it's also in a very remote part of the country that it's hard to get to and isolated because it's in the mountains, which basically makes it the only poor neighborhood in america to never get gentrified. not enough subway trains go there. they will be poor forever

and if you go to the communities where it tended to be prescribed a lot in central appalachia. maine, it was clear that users quickly figured out an end run around the time release mechanism. put the pill in their moegt let the time release coden melt off and wash it on the sleeves and so they would go around with like orange from the 40 millgram. green from the 80 millgram. stains on their shirts and get the full effect of pill and that set up the addiction. they didn't know until 2000 to be abused but it took me about a half hour to who saw people walking around almost immediately with the orange and green stains on shirts. >> people tried to sound the alarm. people tried to call the company and say, hey, this is actually more dangerous than you are saying. >> right. a doctor who practices in a sliding scale clinic in central appalachia was one of the first to call on the phone saying i know you say it isn't addictive but we have high schoolers oding kids i immunized as babies farmers losing everything to this drug. it is addictive. and he wrote them a letter in 2001 saying m

appalachia cola. probably e f1 or it's ef 2 or 3, but instead of lasting 30 seconds, it's lasting for one hour. we don't have much to go here. we are not going to get too many lefts or rights at this storm. panama city beach right on down to port st. joe, and appalachia cola, and st. mark's likely gets flooding like they have never seen before, and grocery stores were destroyed, and this area towards the river will get storm surge. not just for the coast, the wind is not going to die five miles inland. tallahassee in big-time danger today as it moves inland. 100 miles per hour in tallahassee. trees will fall everywhere. students have been moved into better housing and stronger places, especially the off campus housing, and taking care of the students there. then we get back over here in the carolinas and trees will begin to fall because they are already in saturated ground. big warning hurricane for us. there will be hundreds of thousands if not millions without power for a very long time. power lines

still getting a little spotty in appalachia. still in the eye at 1:30 in the afternoon and from there we take it to southern georggeorgia. a very dangerous storm and this will be one of those events where the community will not look the same after this horrible event. >> this community is not ready for a category 3, category 4 storm. >>> as we said, this is day 628 of the trump administration which brought a surprise resignation from perhaps the most prominent woman in the trump cabinet. nikki haley, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, joined the president in the oval office today for the announcement that she would be leaving at the end of the year. >> she told me probably six months ago, she said, you know, maybe at the end of the year, the end of a two-year period, but the end of the year, i want to take a little time off. i want to take a little break. she's made it a very glamorous position. she's made it a -- more importantly, a more important position. . >> there's no personal reasons. i think it's just important for g

here's the eye being picked up on radar and here's the first band of rain not far away from appalachiacenter line just barely to the east of panama city. if you have interest in panama city beach, you're hoping at this point that you can get this a little further to the east so at least they go through the back side of the storm instead of the right front quadrant with the strongest winds and the worst storm surge which as of now would be down towards appalachia and the big bend here. not a lot of populated cities but a lot of small communities there that will just be swamped. here's our launch. they show us the spaghetti lines of where the storm will head. it's going to be a horrible blow for these people tomorrow afternoon. >> bill cairns, thank you for that report. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> tonight a bright star in trump's orbit leaving. ambassador nikki haley announces her resignation. the president said she brought glamour to the job, but what's next for haley and who is next at the u.n.? >>> plus trump tries to keep his kavanaugh moment alive at a

and then you go east to appalachia cola. there were reporters in appalachia cola.e haven't had anybody tell us what happened in mexico beach. the road is going to be completely impassable. they're going to have to get chain saws out to get through. and, chris, your report about the gulf being 4 degrees warmer, when are we going to wake up and realize that the earth is heating up and 90% of that extra heat is absorbed by the oceans? it's no question about it. the science is strong on it people don't want to hear it but it doesn't make it any less real. >>> let me ask you something, this is a vicious political time. you're near the end of the political cycle. campaigning would stop. are people working together, are you getting the right minds and the right collaboration? >> well, i was there before the storm. i'll be there tomorrow and then i can answer your question. i suspended my ads up in the entire panhandle. we'll see. andrew gillum who is the democratic nominee for mayor, he is the mayor of tallahassee. he's going to have a clean-up. there are so many live oak

i would also create -- describe part of that is being a little bit like appalachia. it has shifted. the reason why mention that is it is a district that is always important. for the democratic party. it clearly has shifted started with reagan. and now clearly with trump. it is the last election plus 15. it is one of those few congressional districts over the last ten years that has actually flipped back and forth partisan control several times and it's a section of the state that i think really is now trailing republican. have the democrat decided to run. so been incredibly popular as he is in that district. both in the northern twin city suburbs. i'm clearly he is been their campaign. we don't know this. but certainly, in the same way that we see a shift occurring north been nebraska's back. on the issue of immigration in minnesota the cycle. it's interesting. they just did a poll that came out last week and it said that over a majority they oppose the policies on immigration. and i'm not surprised by that. we had head that. the religious groups. they relocate a lot of immigrants h

he said, love -- appalachia loves it. being, it's about the truth. speaking truth and joining entries. it's about appreciating that the vast majority has so much more common than what separates us. i reject this notion that we are divided by our nature or by our existence. there is certainly powerful forces trying to so hate and division among us. when we think about it, based on the thought that wakes us up in the middle of the night, when would wake up with that, we are never thinking that thought through the lens of the parties in which we are registered to vote. we are never thinking that thought through the lens of some democratic impulse. when we wake up thinking that thought, the vast majority of can i get a job cannot -- job, pay off student loans? to the extent that we all hold be anhat truth, it may unpopular truth to speak at this moment, but it is certainly a truth. if we hold onto that, we will be in a better place. interviewer: i'm regretting that we have to wrap up. it isou are telling us, clear that if we want to change the narrative,

appalachia has been hard his. the first pill mills in america as many of you know in southern ohio, kentucky, west virginia, so these communities continue to suffer tragically high rates of addiction overdose and death. going to kentucky tomorrow afternoon to meet with prosecutors. a new strikeforce will be composed of 12 additional opioid fraud prosecutors, each with their own team of federal law enforcement agents. they will help us find the doctors and pharmacists, specialists of all kinds flooding the streets with drugs to put them behind bars. cannot allow this to continue. we will be relentless. we will continue to get smarter and better. these new steps are going to build on successes we already had as administration and department and keep up, we are not going to start this conference today would be a good way for us to consolidate and come together to determine where we are and what we accomplished and what we need to do in the future. the stakes have never been higher. we've never seen the challenge we h

appalachia has been hard hit. some of the first pill mills in america as you know started in southern ohio, west virginia. so these communities continue to suffer high rates of addiction, overdose and death. he will be going to kentucky tomorrow afternoon to meet with prosecutors and spectators. the new strike force will be composed of 12 additional opioid proprosecutors with their own tm of law enforcement agents and they will help us find those overclocking the streets with drugs and put them behind bars. we cannot allow this to continue. we will be relentless and continue to get smarter and better in our work and these are going to build on the success that we've already had as an administration and department and we are going to keep up the pace. this will be a good way for us to consolidate to determine where we are now into what we've accomplished what we would need to do in the future. the stakes have never been higher. we've never seen the challenge we have today. but our determination has never been highe

pensacola, stretching through appalachia and portions outside of that are going to see at least some impact from that. that is where the strongest winds are going to hit. here we are putting this into motion. we do see currently, it does jump this up right near a category four. will it get there, we don't know. likely making landfall. we are looking at maybe noon to 1:00 time frame. still a little bit of time for this to move a little bit, but landfall will be become a reality. that is when winds are at the absolute strongest. this model is still suggesting 1:00 tomorrow around that time when we see landfall. otherwise, it is about the wind feels that is going to stretch from tallahassee over into portions of alabama. you are getting that big. really, the most extreme winds are going to be there right at the heart of this around lunchtime. the other story with the scum of the initial wind, and the storm surge, especially their, spots getting up to 8-12 feet of storm surge. that is going to put some buildings underwater. this is going to be a big storm and and a big story tomorrow. >>

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this is going to be the equivalent of a john mere trail or appalachia trail. >>> start seeing a portion in six months in marin and sonoma. the whole trail could be finished in two years. is today a good day for hike something. >> yeah, i think so. in the north bay, it could be muddy in spots. the dewpoints are still in the muggy to humid threshold. not as muggy as the next several days. we will be in the upper 50s through 7:00 this morning. and this will last through noon tpf if you're heading out, it will be sticky. dry air moving into the north bay. during the evening hours, all of us feel that refreshing change. here's alexis. >>> now, no major issues to talk b. a live look at the san matteo bridge. slowly starting to fill in. that is about all we're dealing with in the entire bay area. 33 bart trains in service with no delays. ace 1 is on on time. we talked to ace and they're saying, yes, they're having gps issues. that should be fixed in two weeks with a new system. normal service, no delays for gold especially gate transit. >> alexis, thank you. i love the next story. check out th

where you have appalachia, it's going to catch the brunt of those forward moving wave heights.h the shallow continental shelf you're talking about appalachia coal, there are some homes and barrier islands, but panama city, dustin over toward fort walton, we just don't have that protection. so you've got that gradual slope of that ocean floor slowly rising and continuing. so this is going to inundate several, several areas of that big bend region. if there is an area to get hit, it would be this one. i don't mean that disconcerning, but we have nature land. >> i want to button up something else. here i quickly showed you in terms of the gradations of the shelf. as it gets more and more shallow as you go, it is going to allow wave, amplitude and volume to increase and that's going to create a bigger surge effect. also, you know, a lot of the folks who live in around here, yeah, you've got money in and around here living on the coast, beautiful homes and all that. but there are lots of pockets of rural communities as well and poverty. those people don't have the same access to eme

appalachia has been hard hit.he first pill mills in america, as many of you know started in southern ohio, kentucky, west virginia and so this day, these communities and to this day, they continue to suffer, tragically high rates of addiction, overdose and deaths. in fact, we'll be going to kentucky tomorrow afternoon to meet with prosecutors and investigators there. i knew strike force would be composed of 12 additional opioid fraud prosecutors with their own team of federal law enforcement agent, they will help us find the doctors and pharmacists and professionals of all kind who are flooding our streets with drugs and put them behind bars. we cannot allow this to continue. we will be relentless. we will continue to get smarter and better with our work and these new steps will build on the successes that we've had as an administration and as a department and we're going to keep up the pace and we're not going slow down and this conference today will be a good way for us to consolidate, come together to determine

host: you started out this journey in virginia, and you discovered that there was a problem in appalachia, and i think you start out kind of covering henry and lee county in particular in rural virginia, is that correct? >> guest: i didn't cover the epidemic when it first bubbled up in the late '90s that was the purview of the core but when i wrote factory man which i finished up around 2013, which is a book about the aftermath of globalization in henry county in martinsville and all of the distressed communities and what happens when the jobs go away i started to hear from policemen and other sources that so much of the crimes in the community was drug fueled by methamphetamines and heroine. how was that happening and sure enough, it was. i didn't understand at the time how heroine and oxycontin and other opioid pills were connected. i didn't understand a word chemical cousins and if people were additionally prescribed to opioids whether it be oxycontin or percocet or whatever, once they are addicted and they get cut off, they get dope sick and that fuels them to have to get more. when t

to get sick ironically started off in roanoke virginia and you discovered there is a problem in appalachia and you start off covering henry and lee county in particular quack. >> yes. i actually didn't uncover the oxycontin epidemic at the time but when i finished around 2013 this is a book of the aftermath and also what happens to a community when the jobs go away. we started to hear from policemen and other sources that so much of the crime in the communities was fueled by methamphetamines and heroine. i thought like heroin and rural areas? sure enough i did not understand at the time how heroin and oxycontin and the opioid pills were connected that they were chemical cousins it if people were initially addicted to prescribe opioids for percocet or whatever once they are addicted and are cut off they get dope sick that fuels them to have to get more and when pills got expensive and hard to get around the time oxycontin was reformulated in 2010 then drug cartel started to bring in heroin and that was one hell of a business model t7 setting the stage a lot of constituents would be surprise

gusts of up to three hundred it's now lashing rain obviously not too much structural damage here in appalachia color itself but the big concern the authorities have now all those storm surges could be predicted up to four meters we've already had reports here that we've got a storm surge we're not too far away at the moment that's the big concern because as the storm gets eric and michael. in lot it's not just going to affect these coastal people it's going to push up and keep on pushing on all the way inland that poses real dangers to all those other low lying communities this storm just to give you a sense of how powerful it is and the hope is that it will weaken now that it's hit landfall is that even by the time it gets the state north of us if you look at it will still be a category one hurricane something that that state hasn't seen in the decades a strong this is the prime time of the most probable storm thing is since eighteen fifty one so things are still unfolding the storm is still blasting this coastline three hundred seventy five thousand people who are under mandatory evacuation

this is what we are most frightened of. 9 to 13 feet from appalachia to cedar key.e from 7 to 12 inches of rain stretching all the way into the carolina coast. this is a dangerous storm that is going to cause catastrophic problems. guys? >> all right, al, thank you. the sudden resignation of president trump's u.n. ambassador nikki haley is still causing political shock waves. the timing of tuesday's announcement, a month before the midterm elections, caught even west wing insiders off guard. but during the joint oval office appearance the president said haley told him six months ago that she wanted to take a break at the end of the year. >> it was a blessing to go into the u.n. with body armor every day and defend america. and i'll always do that. i'll never truly step aside from fighting for our country. but i will tell you that i think it's time. >> haley's resignation letter obtained by nbc news is actually dated last wednesday. the president said he will name his choice to replace her within two or three weeks. >> all right. we have the news checked off. how abo

. >> host: you discovered that there was a problem in appalachia and i think you start out covering henry and lee counties, in particular, in rural verge, is that correct? >> beth: yeah, i didn't cover the oxygen econten epidemic when the bubbled up in the 90s, that was the police reporters at the moment with when i wrote factory man i finished in 2013, which is a book about the aftermath of globalization in henry county and martinival, and all descrevd communities, what happens to a community when the jobs go away. and started to hear from police many and sources that so much of the crime in their communities was drug-fueled. mostly by methamphetamine and heroine. and i thought heroine, heroine in rural areas? how is that happening? and sure enough it was, and i didn't understand at the moment how it -- how heroine and oxygen ecotten and other opioid pills were connected. i understand they were chemical cousins and that if people were initially addicted to prescribed opioids whether it be oxycontin our perk set or whatever, once they're addicted and they get cut off they get dope sick an

fighting for, and we have a new investment from shell chemical major in, the petrochemical facility in appalachia lot of good news. david: as you travel around the new district, what do you hear from constituents, what do they care about, and what will drive them to vote? lks are generally optimistic about where the economy is at. they would like to see the increase in wages that we are seeing, after we passed the tax cuts, one of the things that were surprised us was the immediate response from many companies to increase their minimum wage. we have seen a sense of optimism. s, i jobs now then jobseeker certainly see that when i go out and talk to local companies were having difficulty hiring workers. about's main concern health care, that has been a problem that was brought on through the affordable care act. even chelsea clinton talking about the crushing costs, so we have to continue to provide answers on flexibility, choice, and expanding options. right ofy restore the seniors to switch medicare advantage plans. that was a writer via aca had taken away that that is now law that i worked on de

almost all the rain, with this one especially on the east side of the eye in the big bend area, appalachiae than a story deep of water rushing on shore and going well inland. lauren: that puts home under water as janice dean pointed out earlier, i hope we are all wrong and i'm thinking of the poor folks who are recovering from florence and now we are expecting, i saw another 5 to 8-inches of rain in north and south carolina. >> there would be localized area that see 10-inches of rain, with that amount of rain falling in areas devastated by hurricane florence we will continue to see areas that are going to see more flooding, not as significant but more flooding as they try to recover but right there in the area from florida, the other story is we are going to see hurricane-forced winds well inland as the storm moves, once it moves to shore into parts of southern guillermo and also south carolina could even see tropical storm to low-end hurricane forced wind, millions of trees will be down by this storm and also we will have some locations hardest hit that are without power and water for day

i think that's something that governments should do, just like fdr bright to the appalachia, i thinkthese are things that fundamentally leaders do. but the biggest thing i believe we need to have leaders that step up from all walks of life and be folks that our kids can be proud of and look up to. i think that's the most important thing that this country needs right now. >> we will have to leave it right there, sir. thank you all very much. it's been a very rigorous discussion. we need another hour to get through all the issues. thank you. thank you. thank you for being here. join us next monday when we talk about election eve, election night on kentucky tonight. don't forget to tune in to comments on kentucky with bill bryant this friday at 8:00, 7:00, our coverage of course of the election will happen next tuesday, a week from tomorrow. thank you very much for watching. we appreciate it. i'm renee shaw. take good care. i will see you next week. >>> with the midterm elections just days away, watch the competition for the control of congress on c-span. see for yourself the candidates

. >> live from appalachia: florida. thank you. >>> a new law requires the -- apalachicola. >> a newly formed florida based company called brown -- ground start but never delivered tarps and plastic sheeting for repairs of damaged homes in puerto rico. it was one of several that bid and has never won a government contract before or delivered on the materials. a new law requires the inspector general to conduct an audit of the bronze star contract. >>> still to come. tesla being sued accused of paying unpaid taxes and how much money nevada wants from the country. >>> concerns of pesticides in the water in the new tests they are conducting to make sure the water is safe. >> you can see it's getting busier and we have a couple of things that popped up and we will let you know more about it straight ahead. >> cooler temperatures quite comfortable and we will see what's coming up next. fast, reliable internet is crucial. does it every go down? yes. can't do my job. business grinds to a halt. our gig-speed network not only dow

jillian: ray bogen is live in appalachia, florida. >> reporter: good morning.chicola, the floodwaters have receded. it left behind plenty of debris, including a green dumpster that was picked up by floodwaters and thrust into this building. that's one of four dumpsters we saw picked up by floodwaters yesterday. this comes after hurricane michael made landfall, packing sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. it was nearly a category 5 storm. now, you're checking out some of this incredibl incredible drone. the winds were strong enough to rip off roofs and topple trees across the florida panhandle. >> it was like a jet engine. i mean, the wind just super, super high pitched. you could feel it in your ears, like the pressure just changing in and out. >> reporter: michael has since weakened to a tropical storm, setting its sights on the rest of the southeast. that includes areas of the carolinas slammed by hurricane florence just last month. >> going to see a lot of devastation along the coast, structurally and then as it moves in you're going to see power outages t

this is a myth of appalachia really developing during this time. one historian of liquor has described it as perhaps no other region in the united date had many misconception of this stereotype as of the mountain south. we have an idea, this is from the atlantic monthly and the 1870s, if you were asked to draw a hillbilly, i am pretty sure it would look pretty close to that. this is an idea that sticks as of the 1870s and we carry with us even now. it is constantly being manipulated or played out. i tried to go will this but people dressed up as hillbillies with you know fake teeth and overalls and carrying a shotgun or something like that. it's not that there is no proof to some part of these observations, i think these are actually sketches of people in the mountain cell. the problem is what we associated with those things or what these articles were actually writing about. images of drunken hillbillies, redneck, moonshiners, eccentric , illiterate, lazy, hard drinking, all of these things, you could have answered on monday -- when i asked what y

this is one of the many power lines thereat are down across appalachia cola and franklin county.he county has 85% customers without power at the moment. and yes, where is everybody? well, most people evacuated this area. about 2,000 people call apalachicola home, but some people decided to ride out the storm. remember, it's highway 98 you see just above me and behind me. this is a major bridge that goes to tallahassee, and it goes to panama city. both bridges are closed. the highway 98 towards tallahassee has been completely washed out. that makes it inaccessible for people either to come back from being evacuated or to leave to get supplies to bring back to their loved ones and property back home in apalachicola. >> you see it there, downed power lines, so on. that's why it's dangerous. that's why it's dangerous for folks to come back. again, a lot of the lost lives often happen after the storm. derek van dam there for us. >> let's jump over to dianne gallagher who is in panama city. as you were describing it last hour, and this is the common thread across from all of the report

that includes tallahassee and appalachia cola. it is going to feed on the warm waters of the gulf. it's also going to move fast once it moves inland. watches are posted from the alabama coast to the west, almost as far east as tampa bay, with a maximum storm surge of 8 to 12 feet predicted and with almost no time to plan. forecasters are sounding the alarm on this monday night for this wednesday landfall. forecasters like the weather channel's own hurricane expert dr. rick nab who posted this warning, michael could be one of the worst hurricanes to ever strike the florida big bend and florida panhandle region. we only have today and tuesday to complete lifesaving preparations at the coast and inland. the governors of florida and alabama have already declared states of emergency. mandatory evacuations are already being ordered in several florida panhandle counties. we will keep you updated on this fast-moving storm. >>> another break for us in the meantime. >>> coming up, the one story in the news today that affects all of us and the next generation of us as well. we're back right a

anywhere between appalachia coal land a pan in a city. maybe even pensacola. somewhere in that area. forecasters say it could be a dangerous category storm by landfall. plus, there is word google exposed the private private datf hundreds of thousands of google users but made the decision not to tell those google users. we'll talk to one the writers who broke the story coming up from the fox news deck on this columbus day afternoon. today the now category 1 storm is swirling over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, you see this there between cancun and cuba. and they are predicting it will get stronger as it heads directly towards the florida panhandle. the florida governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency in more than two dozen florida counties. and warns this storm will be extremely dangerous and life-threatening. his words. meteorologist adam klotz live in the fox extreme weather center. hey there, adam. >> hey, shepard. it is a big storm and intensifying quickly from a tropical storm this morning to category 1 off the coast of cuba. it's goin

rural america has not received receive,tion it should and i'm not talking about appalachia, i'm talking about all of america. so i would apply these programs of using government tax credits and government financing to bring private enterprise to bring new business to rural america, that will raise the quality of life there. that is the kind of solution i want. in other words, we have tried the big government way, now let's try the private enterprise people wait to get progress for america. that is my solution. [applause] mrs. kato, i understand you mrs. cato, i understand you are familiar with private enterprise. you have the next question. churches ort mean buildings in which religious services are held or where union members meet for their meetings. mr. nixon: what you may be referring to is the question of oft operatives, -- question eratives that is sponsored by tax-free organizations that compete with private organizations that pay taxes. my opinion is that we have to be very careful to draw the line you indicated in the last part of your question. i do not want to have any kind of

journey as a reporter in the roanoke area in virginia, and you discovered that there was a problem in appalachia and you start out covering henry and lee counties in particular in rural virginia, is that correct? >> i didn't cover the oxycontin epidemic in the late 90s. that was the purview of our courts and police reporters at the time. when i did factory man, finished 2013 and aftermath of globalization of in henry county in martinsville and what happens in community when the jobs go away. i started to hear from policeman and other sources that so much of the crime in their communities was drug-fueled by methaphetamine and heroin. i thought, heroin in rural areas? how is that happening? sure enough it was and i didn't understand at the time how it had been, how heroin and oxycontin and other opioid bills were connected. i didn't understand they were chemical cousins and that if people were initially addicted to prescribed opioids, whether it be oxycontin or percocet or dilaudid or whatever, once they're addictinged, they get cut off, they get dopesick and that fuels them to get more. when the

proctor franchised this pill mill all over the rust belt in appalachia. in 2000 fight when the fbi started going after the drug cartel. not much longer come sure you're all wanted to go back to questions, but in 2002 dr. proctor, 11 years after he started this drug trafficking, is caught, served 11 years in jail. in 2005 the drug cartel is fully operational in 17 states. they open the ground of in floa and because of loose regulation laws the pill mills in florida become epidemic. in 2008 overdoses surpass motor vehicle accident deaths. in 2011 ohio becomes the first state to regulate the pain, pain clinics. it took 12 years from the first pain clinic to open, the first, open to stick of how to regulate it. and in 2000 -- in 2014 it was one of the first high-profile persons, philip seymour hoffman died of an overdose. i was talking to someone who talk about the aids epidemic and when rockettes and died, and despite the fact that philip seymour hoffman keith ledger, praise, major celebrity status overdoses it was never a moment definition set and said we n

>> there are certain regions of the country like appalachia for example or oklahoma, certain areas ofountry that are harder hit than others. but whenever somebody asks me about that like you did, my answer is every state, every town is getting hit. and it is getting hit unnecessarily. we don't have to let all these people die. you take a patient, any patient, who is addicted to opoids, if they get treated, they should be treated with the current science. and i wake up tonight with a chest pain and i go to the doctor, i can go to ten hospital, ten doctor, they will all treat me within our health care system that is regulated with basically the same protocols. >> and we need that. >> this is not rocket science to bring this into the health care system and it is not being done at the rate that it could. it is certainly moving in that direction. >> gary, thank you for helping us understand this as you always do. >>> right now protesters are gathered on capitol hill for a #cancel kavanaugh protest. we've seen them gathering inside the hall and on the streets. we'll have a decision in just

i think you start in part with the social issues, whether it is appalachia or the inner cities. we have a government in washington that continues to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in the country. we don't invest in infrastructure. we don't invest in community policing. the governor, his attorney general was caught not spending money on training for police officers. police officers want to do a good job, there are a few bad apples like anywhere else, but we don't focus on community relations. in columbus, they are working hard, but we have to deal with the issues of housing better than we do. we have to deal with the issues of income disparity and inequality better than we do. we have a government in washington that cuts funding on housing and a government in columbus that does the same. we have governments to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people and forget about helping struggling people and working families. moderator: your rebuttal? rep. renacci: again, i do think we have a divide, and especially in the inner-city and it's one of the reasons i started opportunity cle

that is something governments should do just by fdr brought electricity to appalachia. believe we need to have leaders who step up from all walks of life and the folks that our kids can be proud of and look up to. i think that is the most important thing this country needs right now. moderator: we will have to leave it right there, sir. thank you all very much. we need another hour to get through all of these. thank you. thank you. thank you for being here. join us next monday when we talk about election even. don't forget to tune in to comment on kentucky with bill brian p and our coverage of the election will happen next tuesday, a week from tomorrow. thank you for watching. take good care and i will see you next week. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] with midterm elections just days away, watch the competition for the control of congress on c-span. candidatesrself the and the debates from key house and senate

the dirty side, the most intense side of that storm, is going to be from say panama city through appalachiaola and florida, where most of the storm surge is going to be, as well. we now have hurricane warnings in place from pensacola all the way through cedar key. and 8 to 12 feet of storm surge possible across the big bend. that includes appalachiacola to cedar key. we could see 12 feet of water push inland, wolf. this is huge for florida. again, a very fast-mover, but it is going to pack a powerful punch with major hurricane-force winds. wolf? >> let's see what happens after it hits the gulf coast, as well. jennifer gray, thank you very much. we'll stay in close touch. >>> also tonight, we're only four weeks away from the midterm elections. that means the 2020 presidential election is close enough for potential democratic candidates like senator cory booker of new jersey to be testing the political waters in iowa. cnn's rebecca berg is in des moines for us right now. so how is the senator being received, rebecca? >> reporter: well, good evening, wolf. very enthusiastic reception so far fo

our phil keating is live in appalachia right now., phil. >> hi, shep, compounding the chaos is this is one of those hurricanes everyone saw coming seven days out. two days ago a depression. right now it's already one mile an hour slower than a category 3. one mile away. so, all along water street today, plywood went up today. sand bags went on the ground and down the street just minutes ago, 18-wheeler hauled away tons of frozen shrimp. the warehouse is a shrimp processing facility. i talked to the owner inside. she said we wanted to get everything out that is valuable so it doesn't get ruined because they fully expect on this road tomorrow, throughout the day anywhere between 3 and 7 feet of water covering the entire roadway. you think this place is a ghost town. city hall on the right. there is really hardly anybody driving or walking around this town founded in 1823. it is still standing and they have senile a lot of hurricanes and flooding but everyone is really fearing that this one is going to be a really bad one, probably not

to them about the issues they face.ue you start in part with the social issues that whether it's appalachia or inner-city in our state face but we continue and government in washington we continue to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people in this country. we don't invest in interceptor and don't invest in community policing and the governor i know with the governor of canada and his attorney general has cut training for not spending money on training for police officers and much of the police officers want to do a job and there are a few bad apples as there are in politics and anywhere else but we don't focus on training or focus on community relations and i know in columbus they are working hard and city council and police department are doing that but we got to deal with the issues of housing better than we do and deal with the issues of income disparity and inequality and we have a government in washington that cut funding on government that does the same p and we have government to give tax cuts to the wealthiest people and forget about helping people struggle working famili families. m

appalachia has been hard hit.rica, as many of you know started in southern ohio, kentucky, west virginia, so this day, these communities and to this day, they continue to suffer tragically high rates of addiction, overdose and death. in fact, we'll be going to kentucky tomorrow afternoon to meet with prosecutors and investigators there. our new strike force will be composed of 12 additional opioid fraud prosecutors each with their own team of federal law enforcement agents. they will help us find the doctors and pharmacists, professionals of all kinds, who are flooding our streets with drugs and put them behind bars. we cannot allow this to continue. we will be relentless. we will continue to get smarter and better at our work. and these new steps are going to build on the successes that we've already had as an administration and as a department. and we're going to keep up the pace. we're not going to slow down. and this conference today will be a good way for us to consolidate, come together, to determine where w

time in rural america that i'm aware of, a hospital in lee county, virginia, in the coal fields of appalachia that was closed a number of years back is opening by year end. americorps is reopening the hospital. mr. levine talks about repurposing hospitals. it won't open exactly the way in its configuration when it was closed. but we've been working with these folks in lee county for a long time. they've had to go through a million hoops and hurdles, and it might be if there are 670 that are in jeopardy of closing, it might be interesting to bring one back after they're up and running so that they can offer their ideas about here's how we did it. we wish we had known these other things. i hope we might do that. the reopening is scheduled in december. mr. read, you used uva as an example on the telemedicine side. the opioid bill we just passed, and sent to the -- i against it's in conference and hopefully the president will sign it soon, included a directive, i guess, that came out of the finance committee to allow -- to clarify, cms to clarify medicaid reimbursement could be received for telem