that has made a tremendous difference across south dakota and other facilities that avera supports. you can have an advance practice primary care provider not a physician in the er that can quickly access a board certified physician. more important even than that is a finding that the use of that telehealth helps in recruitment and retention of primary care providers. this goes to a broader point that the more we can do to support the professional activity of those healthcare activities in the local environment, the greater the likelihood they will come there because that is how they want to practice. with the support of board- certified physicians and the greater likelihood they will stay because they are getting that kind of support. the other example is in the case of pharmaceutical services inside the hospital in particular which is how he health from avera reaches out. you can meet the requirements for review of medication -- much more efficiently. we have put forward multiple policies that were signed into law this year that will reduce barriers in medicare and promote telehea

the unemployment rate is lower than the ,national avera thanks in part to a huge chrysler plant. >> it'sa good place to live. >> reporter: chuck mccoskey is a lifelong resident of kokomo. he's a drug aiction counselor and former probation officer who's seen first-hand incarceration affects families here. says at the same time t city's economy is thriving, me are drug cris. >> drastic increases in terms of the substance abuse, drug d traffickinrug changing, you know, to new designer drugs. >> reporte last year, the kokomo area had 44 overdose deaths, almost double the number during the previous year. the number of people put in jail has increased 18% over the last two years. local law enrcement say almost everyone they arrest has issues with drugs. >> and when they're arrested and taken to ja department of child services, comes in and takes over the children, and try to find homes for them, whether it's with their relatives fi they have to foster homes. so you got a lot of or displaced children. and it's horrific. you know, it just destroys the family. and i don't want to sound like kokom

temperatures anywhere from two to seven degrees warmer than avera average. >>> number six, looking good commute. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights will be on very soon. >> i was away for the weekend. when i came home, i came in and saw the wind had broken the bloom off and that's when i got a whiff of it. >> it smells like decays meat. the famous conservator only has two corpse flowers, he has seven. how does this even happen? >> now, how is the neighbor doing? has he not told the neighbor? we're coming back with another 90 minutes of news including the start of early voting for the june 5th primary and the looming deadline if you haven't registered. >>> the action that got a u.s. senate candidate booted from the republican state >>> good morning on this monday, may 7th. coming up on 5:30. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >>> on the coast the sea breeze will keep you from getting too warm. look at this. the lack of clouds, lack of rain on live doppler 7. let's talk about my accuweather forecast 12-hour day planner, 49

. >> but conservative media like the "wall street journal" and avera -- anchors at fox saying the lies are concerned about when people need to believe you, such as a national security crisis. he talked last week about the three americans detained in north korea saying the obama administration tried to get them out and they weren't successful but stay tuned maybe i could get them out and god bless we hope they're able to get them out, but two of the three were taken hostage during the trump administration and the idea that doesn't matter, i'm sorry, as a journalist, that offenders me. >> it might be offensive -- there is a bigger issue and that will play out in the next 30 days. number one on the iran deal, say the president said the iranians are not in compliance. i could tell you, as a professional, i'll say i need to hear from the secretary of defense and what will -- potentially be then the new cia director -- >> because you don't believe him. >> and if he said we have a deal with the nor-- with the north koreans and i'm confident -- how the heck should i believe that. and i think g