the pennsylvania department of health says it will happen by the end of the month, permits for 12 medical marijuana grow facilities and 27 dispensaries. two grower licenses have been allocated for the part of the state that includes philadelphia and the surrounding counties. so, what if a marijuana facility gets approved for your community? many residents in the area where permits are pending just aren't clear about how dispensaries, growers, and processors will be regulated. with me now to help us understand how the program will be rolled out in pennsylvania is william roark. roark is co-chair of the pennsylvania bar association's committee on medical marijuana and hemp law. he is also the chair of the medical marijuana practice with the law firm hamburg, rubin, mullin, maxwell & lupin. roark helps clients comply with pennsylvania medical marijuana laws. welcome, thanks so much for joining us. william roark: thank you for having me. lauren: now, you recently took a trip out of state to do some research about how this works. tell me what you found. william: sure, and i love the word "rese

a department of health spokesperson said no cases of harm to patients had been identified so far andh officials mindful of the need for transparency. in the commons, the health secretary said mistakes couldn't always be prevented. what we can do is make sure we react quickly when that happens, which happened on this occasion, but we can also make sure that we have better assurance than we had on this occasion. and i can assure the house that the appropriate lessons will be learned. but labour said it was a shambolic catalogue of failure. hugh pym, bbc news. one of germany's most highly decorated second world war pilots has achieved a long held ambition — to fly in a spitfire. 95—year—old hugo broch took to the skies over kent, where the raf held the line during the battle of britain. robert hall has been talking to him. the roar of a merlin engine, heralding the meeting of a great machine with a great pilot. during his career, mostly on the russian front, hugo broch was credited with 81 victories in 324 missions. every german squadron had heard of the spitfire, herr broch had waited

the kind of things were doing at the department of health and human services to make certain individuals across the land have the opportunity again to purchase the kind of coverage that they want for themselves. not that the government forces them to buy.to bring marketability so prices come down. so deductibles are not so high. that you have a health insurance card but you do not have care. we believe we will get more individuals covered than are covered right now. >> we will see what they say about that but let me ask you this. what do you say to senator heller of nevada who came out this week and said he cannot support the bill in its present form because over time the medicaid changes you are making will mean fewer people are able to afford coverage then are now getting it or would be getting it through medicaid? what do you take to him? >> i say medicaid is not the only vehicle to be able to purchase coverage or be able to have coverage. the goal of the senate plan and the president's plan and he is adamant about this. every american has coverage that they want. again there is a sea

the department of health, their recent policy, revised policy on suicide prevention, and the parliamentarycommittee both commented and commended the rugby league and state of mind, as a benchmark for other sports as well. we'll end the programme with two notable successes in the world of golf. we'll start in hastings, where olivia prokopova of the czech republic is celebrating after winning the world crazy golf championship. among the obstacles on the course were a classic windmill, a water wheel, an obelisk, a lighthouse, and various ramps and bunkers. the 23—year old won the event for the second time, and the thousand pounds prize to go with it, with a final round of 31 — seven shots cleared of runner—up steve lovell. and olivia wasn't the only one celebrating. frenchman fabien helbois has won the first major of the season on the footgolf world tour. he defeated fellow frenchman antonio balestra in a playoff in amsterdam to win the trophy and a prize of 3000 euros. that's just about it from sportsday, a recap of some cricket news and pakistan have beaten sri lanka to earn a semifinal cha

matter is that the bill is part of the plan and the kinds of things we're doing through the department of health and human services so that our goal is to decrease premiums, to make it so that health coverage is actually affordable again. right now, we've got premiums going through the roof, deductibles are sky rocketing. folks with health coverage card but no care because they can't afford the deductible. the status quo is unsustainable, completely. we've got to act. action is absolutely vital. we look forward to continuing to work with senator heller. i've had wonderful kfrgs with him. we've had conversations with the governor of nevada and look forward to working through this so that we have a health care system that works for the american people. >> you said you have goals and aspirations, but he is saying, point blank, that the bill before the senate does not bring premiums down. in fact, it will do the opposite. can you promise that at the end of the day what the president will sign will bring premiums down for the majority of americans? >> yeah. the plan in its entirety will absolutely br

lands is taking action to help people who may have overdosed but the department of health and mental hygiene issued order that allows pharmacist to stop. the drug reverse and opioid overdose, several months ago, governor larry hogan signed new law giving maryland better access to the law, previously people trained to administer the drug >> you know how hot it is outside. you can imagine what it is like inside the tunnels and stations that don't have ac. metro cannot supply cold air to the dupont circumstance nel north stations on it red lion because every maintenance problem. the transit agency, though, came up with a fix, it is bringing in huge truck, that will pump cooler air down into the station, lack of ac, though, not the only problem metro is dealing with, bethesda station had to close for short time today after the escalators, elevators, both stopped working. you see how long they are, right? they're really long. too hot for people just to walk up and down the steps, the metro had to close the station for about 30 minutes, while crews work to get everything moving again. >> w

a private company though, part owned by the department of health. any and they should have been performance managing the contracts ina performance managing the contracts in a better way and ensuring that the service that they commissioned and the nhs commissioned delivered on the expectations on the contract. was anyone managing the performance as far as you are aware? well, i think that's something that you would need to ask the department of health and nhs england. i think we have real concerns that this went on for so long and that the information that gps needed to be able to treat their patients properly was not made available to them for many years in some cases. would have there have been an expectation that gps would have tried to find out where this information was if they were expecting a report on a particular patient and hadn't received it, was there any onus on gps surgeries or hospitals to chase up these reports? well, i think gps would try to chase up well, i think gps would try to chase up information of where it was clearly missing,

. >>> the pennsylvania department of health issued develop medical marijuana permits of medical paraphernalia marijuana >> they will have six months in which to become operational. growers, processors may notto g until the department hast they operational. >> two and processors are in southeastern pennsylvania. permits for will be later in his month. >>> newly passed legislation reclassified abuse as a felony if it causes severe injury or death or also those tether a dog with a chain. govern tom wolf said he will sign the new legislation. >>> the has signed a new contract for public schools in philadelphia. they voted on a three-year deal this afternoon. thay contract includes more time nor studenpa the philadelphia freshen of ra >>> today was an end of the era for the castle on the hill. it was the final class to graduate from camden high. a $133 million project will replace the school. building is too costly to maintain. >> we're going to remember 17 >> it's an ending and a beginning. it's opening up for a new beginning. >> the demolition of camden high school begins, temporary will be put

the department of health is introducing more rigourous language testing. streets of moscow and other russian cities to protest against corruption and the oppressive policies of president putin. scores of people arrested in moscow in saint petersburg and the russian opposition leader who organised the protest has been jailed for 30 days. ‘s one mile from the kremlin, a public holiday turned into a public battle. russia day is supposed to be a celebration. but riot police were sentin a celebration. but riot police were sent in to clear anti—government protesters from moscow's main street. thousands had come to a queueis street. thousands had come to a queue is the russian leadership of corruption. putin is a thief, they shouted. and one, two, three, putin, it's time to leave. families accidentally caught up in the violence fled. police detained hundreds of protesters. people don't have the right to protest here. they don't have permission. it is russia day, it is their d2, they say. —— bed day, too. there were demonstrations in 100 russian towns. as for the m

the department of health says it is working with the building research establishment. they are having a busy week doing the testing on the cladding. and an obstruction has gone out to hospitals, who did the contracting, what sort of cladding was use? —— and instruction. so this is going to ta ke and instruction. so this is going to take time. this is the trickle—down effect. in the wake of last week's tragedy, one of the immediate criticisms was that many of these regulations were too complex to be interpreted by standard local authorities. clearly, what we should remember is that this cladding and these buildings have been in existence for half a decade and this was a tragedy that stood alone, so we had that people are seen this with perspective but on the ban, these are tests that should not have been happening in this knee jerk speed, this haste to move things to the top of the pile, that should have been going on much more regularly. let's move on to the express , regularly. let's move on to the express, shall we? theresa may stands up to eu bullies. express, shall

. >>> the pennsylvania department of health issued develop medical marijuana permits of medical paraphernalia marijuana >> they will have six months in which to become operational. growers, processors may not begin to grow medical marijuana until the department has did i remember that they are operational. >> two growers and processors are in southeastern pennsylvania. permits for will be later in his month. >>> newly passed legislation reclassified abuse as a felony if it causes severe injury or death or also those tether a dog with a chain. govern tom wolf said he will sign the new legislation. >>> the has signed a new contract for public schools in philadelphia. they voted on a three-year deal this afternoon. they say it $202 million contract includes more time nor students, pay raises for teachers and changes to how the district operates. the philadelphia freshen of teacher ratified the agreement >>> today was an end of the era for the castle on the hill. it was the final class to graduate from camden high. a $133 million project will replace the school. building is too costly to maintain

areas of our nation for the provision of health services and those have been present for long long time. there is a strong commitment on the part of our departmentnd the part of the president to make sure rural health services are available, so whether it's through grants to the state, through an opportunity for various health programs within schools or elsewhere to make certain children have the kind of healthcare and not just coverage that they need then we are absolutely committed. one of the things our budget includes is something called a new american health block grant which would provide resources to states to do just this sort of thing, make certain that folks in rural areas of states have the opportunity to gain the coverage and care that they need, so i look forward to working with you to make certain we are able to make that happen. >> the other area i want to cover and you and i talked about in my office during the confirmation process and i will bring up again today is i want to know your commitment to deal with minority health and health disparities. we have separate agencies today to deal with it. in institute at nih and as i go a

president, what a pleasure it is to lead the department of health and human services under your leadershipi cannot thank you enough. i had the opportunity to represent the united states at the g 20 health summit in berlin i cannot tell and you how excited they are about the united states. >> mr. president, as the seal on your staff, it is an honor to be the generator of the energy dominance. i am deeply honored and optimistic we can be great stewards and be the world's largest user of energy. president trump: we can do both. thank you. >> it is an honor to serve the country. a great privilege you have given me. clearly we are engaged with our allies. is. know what our vision america will continue to be a do more.t they must with from a national security standpoint and for prosperity. for our adversaries, we will engage but they have to know we will engage from a position of strength to protect america's national interest and we expect to make progress resolving some of these differences. >> it is an honor to represent the men and women of the department of defense. we are grateful for the

more than $1 billion according to the department of health and human services. e to an earlier settlement. mylan accused of overcharging medicaid by improperly classifying epipens. the drugmaker became the face of corporate greed last summer. remember this? seven years in a row, price hikes, raised epipen prices 400% to $600. parents outraged. imagine this, your amazon package floating down on a parachute the company was granted a patent for this shipping label. it's designed for drones and has a parachute built into the shipping label. you probably won't see this making deliveries any time soon. drones without a pilot are not yet legal in the united states. >> that would be fantastic. when christine romans' kid orders like 70 machine guns from amazon and 70 different parachutes would come down. >> they weren't machine guns, they were toy machine guns. >> would that involve 70 different miniature parachutes? >> i learned how to shut off that feature, my kids are not buying things on amazon anymore. >> the president today, 3:00, announces whether we stay in -- in

anthony, today the north carolina department of health said it will take a look at cancer rates, specifically in this region. >> mason: jericka duncan. thank you, jericka. the co-owner of a massachusetts pharmacy, barry cadden, was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for his role in a meningitis outbreak in 2012 that killed more than 60 people. the way the judge handled the jury's verdict may have allowed cadden to dodge a much harsher sentence. jim axelrod has been following the story from the beginning. jim? >> reporter: anthony, cadden was the co-founder of the new england compounding center, a pharmacy that prepared customized forms of prescriptions. as we've reported over the last several years, hundreds of cases of fungal meningitis were traced to unsanitary conditions in preparing doses of steroids at n.e.c.c. in march, cadden was convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges but not on acts of second-degree murder related to racketeering, but look at the final verdict form. it revealed the jury was split on multiple charges, including the more serious acts of second- degree mu

. >>> first look at business, department of health and human services are leveling charges against the drug maker mylan, saying they overcharged the federal government for more than a billion dollar for the epipens over a ten year period. they had gave medicaid less rebate money which means taxpayers more than should have for the drug. >>> uber lost $708 million in the first quarter. still that is an improvement over the previous quarter when they reported 991 million-dollar loss. they said they are on on the way thwart profitability. >>> stocks for now, the futures are pointing to a higher open across the board. >>> amazon is one step closer to perfecting their delveries by drone. they are grantorred a patent for a shipping label that has a parachute instead of packages being dropped and damaged as they land. >> rather than a big box of toilet paper, it's like right down to your lap. >> still to come on "action news," a surprise for a local world war ii veteran. the 95-year-old's show of patriotism is paid whole again. >>> dash cam video shows the moments leading up to tiger woods arr

. >> what an incredible honor a days to lead the department of health and human services that this pivotal time under leadership and i can't thank you enough for the privileges you've shown. seems like there is an international flair to the messages being delivered. i represent the summit in berlin in the world health assembly in geneva. i can't tell you how excited and tuesday i think folks are about the united states leadership as it relates to global health security. >> mr. president, as your ceo on your staff, it's an honor to be a steward of your public win of the generator of energy dominance. i am deeply honored and i am committed and optimistic that we can be both great stewards and be the world's largest producer of energy. >> thank you very much. >> mr. president it's an honor to serve the country. it's a great privilege you have given me. currently we are engaged with our allies to ensure that they know our common interests life, what our expectations are that america will continue to be a leader and a must win their obligations from a national security standpoint, but also grea

the department of health will announce the recipients of the first 12 permits to grow and distributeical marijuana. >> 4:38 is the time. new video on "action news" showing a rat dragging a bag of trash across a new york city sidewalk. >> it remains a tragic mystery at sea. investigators are trying to figure out why a u.s. naval destroyer collided with a massive cargo ship. david. >> all right, guys, we are looking at a warm one today with a high of 86 degrees, still a little bit muggy this morning but those temps t-, the dewpoints are going to fall and the humidity levels should get more comfortable as we go through the afternoon. then a couple more chances of rain in the seven-day forecast. that's all ahead from accuweather coming up. >> ♪ of the darkness and into the light. to everyone struggling in silence - addicts, family, friends - you are not alone. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a disease. don't suffer. don't wait. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj.gov the road to recovery starts now. harvey cedars beach patrol h

the department of health will announce today the recipients of the first 12 permits to grow and distribute medical marijuana in the state. >> a chester county family will be coming back home to find some major damage from last night's storms. it's estimated at more than three-quarters of a million dollars. lightning strike is being blamed for igniting a three alarm house fire in pocopson township last night. fire officials say lightning hit the chimney and then went down into the basement and first floor of the home. neighbors along osbourne circle spotted that bolt. >> we saw a huge lightning flash and instead of coming to a point, it was like two bars of the whitest lightning i have ever seen. >> the homeowners were out of town and a woman who was house sitting did make it out safely. >>> and this is wait looked like as the storm rolled through strauss town last night. a funnel cloud appeared to form right there but fortunately there are no reports of a tornado actually touching down. >> and that's the difference, right, days, it david -- david. >> that's right. it was trying to form a t

. >>> and, new this noon, pennsylvania department of health is expected to name the state's first recipient of medical marijuana permits. twelve permit being issued, the recipient will be allowed to grow and then offer medical marijuana in pennsylvania. governor tom wolf signed the program into law back in april, might recall, when implemented set for 2018 will allow patients with certain medical conditions to receive medical marijuana. >> in other news this noon, the trump administration is still considering how to respond to the death, ohio native died after falling into a coma last year, while in a north korean prison. correspondent with more from the white house. >> it is a brutal regime. and we will be able to hands it will. >> president trump criticized north korea for the death of 22 year old, in response, white house said to be considering a ban on americans traveling to north korea. the university of virginia student was accused of trying to take a propaganda poster while touring north korea he was detained and sentenced to 15 years hard labor, he was believed to have sustained cat

department of health and they told us they were investigating and the restaurant tie crossing on 9th street was shut down until they deem it ready for reopening. while it may give you the creeps the owner says he's equally upset. we tracked him down and he asked us to bring the camera inside to show that he and his staff keep the place clean. >> you're glad that we're here. >> yeah at least you can expose and there would be a response for that seriously. >> seriously. >> yeah. >> it's not supposed to be inside the restaurant. i agree. that's why things have to close. talk to health department and get okay we close it. >> figure out what's inv involved. >> we clean it up. >> while we were inside we spot aid mouse on one ever the numerous traps that have been laid out. and mouse or small rat possibly and the inspectors because he doesn't want his customers to have anything less than ideal. there's construction in the units next door to him and commercial kitchen etch on the other side. some patrons think he's victim of rodent problem within the city. they're calling him the vi victim.

. >> what an incredible honor to serve the department of health and human services under your leadership. i can't thank you enough for the privilege you've shown. >> mr. president, it's a great privilege you've given me. >> thank you for the opportunity to help fix the trade deficit and other things. >> i want to thank you for getting this country moving again. and also working again. >> thank you, mr. president, it was a great honor traveling around the country with you for the last year and even greater honor to serve in your cabinet. >> on behalf of the entire senior staff around you, mr. president, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people. we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals. >> at least one cabinet member, secretary of defense jim mattis, refrained from personally praising the president. >> mr. president, its an honor to represent the men and women of the department of defense and we're grateful for the sacrifices our people are making in order to strengthen our military. always

the department of health issuing a dozen permits today to local marijuana farms. >> the culmination ofot of work, a lot of time and a lot of money. >> reporter: bill rorric says the new grow operations will have just six months to get up and running. harvesting marijuana plants and transforming them into medicine. >> part of the facility is also going to have a lab where they will be turning the plant material into a pill, an oil, a cream. >> reporter: in our area, philadelphia missed out. permits were given to businesses in burkes county near reading including prime wellness of p.a., which already has facilities and franklin labs they'll open in a former pepsi bottling factory. >> franklin labs are excited. we had tremendous support from burkes county. >> reporter: advocates say this is progress for patients suffering from cancer, seizures and ptsd. >> we talked to many of these people and some of them have seen truly miraculous results and that's only the start. >> reporter: looming overhead uncertainty from the feds. jeff sessions said he would like to crack down on medical pot. >>

president, what a equitable honor to lead the -- what an incredible honor to lead the department of health and human services under your leadership. i cannot thank you enough. it seems like there's an international flair. i had the opportunity to represent the united states at the g 20 health summit in berlin and in geneva and i cannot tell you how excited they are about united states leadership. >> mr. president, as your seal on your staff, it is an honor to be the generator of the energy dominance. i am deeply honored and i am committed and optimistic we can be great stewards and be the world's largest producer of energy. president trump: we can do both. thank you. >> mr. president, thank you for the honor to serve the country. it is a great privilege you have given me. clearly we are engaged with our , allies. so they know where our common interests lie and america will continue to be a leader but they , must do more. they must meet their obligations from a national security standpoint and for prosperity. for our adversaries, we will engage but they have to know we will be engaging from

department of health and mental hygiene issued an order that allows pharmacies to 120bg meloxone.everal months ago larry hogan signed a law giving mar marylanderss better access to the drug. the previously the only people having access to the drug were people trained to use it. >> come to 1 lou ton east ha 11 a.m., i will thereby. tucker will be there. we would love to see you this friday, be there or square. >> you know that's close to redskins park. >> that's what i heard. >> you guys should get doug williams to come out. >> if you're watching or doug, hey, invite him on up there. why not. >> michael thomas good morning. >> fiping eringz crossed on that one. >> right. >> a little busy right. >> probably a little busy figuring out what is going on in that organization. looking at your forecast for today, highs 95. not a record. one degree short of dulles record of i 95. bwi shuterd their record. 97. 68 to 78 as kids get off to school and warm and humid to start out. 8 0 now in d.c. and after school 87 and 93 with sk skalterred thunderstorms across the reeming yoj. a bit of a cool

dozens of companies applied but only 12 where chosen and the department of health will announce the recipientss afternoon. the approved patients should be able to begin using medical marijuana next year under the state's new program. >>> there is strong evidence that young americans are slacking that the average teeth is no more active than the average 60-year-old. and researchers at john hopkins followed 1200 young people and found their activity lefts were alarmingly low. they should get 60 minutes of moderate activity every day and more than half of those failed to meet the world health organizations guidelines. >> a popular childrens toy is getting a modern makeover. mattel unveiled a more diverse new crop of ken dolls, seven skin tones and six hair styles including corn rows and a man bun. and barbie's boyfriend comes in three different body types. >> that is not me it's gray hall. >> the original plus the slim version and broad version with a slightly thicker middle. the new ken dolls are hitting store shelves after the company releases a slew of new barbies. >> that was gray? the one wi

a department of health spokesperson said no cases of harm to patients had been identified so far, andons, the health secretary said mistakes couldn't always be prevented. what we can do is make sure we react quickly when that happens, which happened on this occasion, but we can also make sure that we have better assurance than we had on this occasion. and i can assure the house that the appropriate lessons will be learned. but labour said it was a shambolic catalogue of failure. hugh pym, bbc news. us senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, has decided to put off a planned vote on a health care bill to repeal 0bamacare until after the senate's july 11th recess. the decision comes after five republican senators, enough to block a motion to proceed with the bill, said they would oppose the measure. 0ur senior north america reporter anthony zurcher is joining me now from washington. mr mcconnell did not believe he could get its roof. this is a setback for the republicans? absolutely —— this through. the votes were not there. the republicans needed 50 votes to pass this legislation. th

. >>> the clock is now ticking for pennsylvania medical marijuana dispensaries department of health justeleased the 411 on the 12 meryl medical marijuana permits issued throughout the state. department notified the businesses they have six months to become operational before they can start growing medical marijuana. three of the permits are in the philadelphia area including one on frankford avenue. a state government official said it is on track to ensure governor wolf' commitment making medical marijuana will be available boy 2018 tonight we're getting a look at the people police believe are connected to an assault in west chester. take look at a time that photo right there. police are very much hoping you can help find those people. they say they assaulted a man on sunday. on east gay street leaving him with a severe brain injury. if you have any information, give police a call. >>> all right. you see it, you shoot it, our fresco users are helping us show what's happening around you. iain, what you got. >> lucy fresco user bra him takes to us delaware county in an effort to combat dru

. >> the new york department of health said the cases to come in. the infection has been found to ten other woman. a woman in new york city, alone. get this, eight of the woman identify with this infection went to the same clinic as linda in the dominican republic known as supply. that's been reported from march through april of this year. >> there's other woman out there going to this clinic getting infected like me but they don't want to talk about it. they don't want to come on talk about it. >> linda will be medicated through november. she's spending about $10000 on the recovery process. that's compared to how much the surgery abroad cost. which is $5300. she went to the dominican republic and think she think it she was getting a bargain. >> to what extent did you know she ran arrest quest mark. >> i don't think should issue it there was a risk. it's interesting coming out talking about this. a lot of other women have been calling her on the phone say the same thing has happened. she's like this is great that your tell me but we need to tell othe

. >> the white house requested $1.1 trillion for the department of health and human services.cludes cuts in public health and biomedical research. tom price talks about his department's budget adhering at the senate finance committee. the two-hour hearing begins with opening remarks by the chair of the committeein

. >>> south east pennsylvania could soon have 19 new melodies expenseries, the state department of healthnnounced which co will get licenses, to grow and sell drugs. that includes four dispensar iness philadelphia, bustleton, east mt. airy, fishtown and northeast philadelphia outside of the city there will be six dispensariness montgomery county, three in bucks county and two each in berks, chester and delaware counties. they all have six months to be operational before they can begin dispensing medical marijuana. >>> maybe you have seen men on the streets of philadelphia addressed like monks, and then they hand you a training death and ask for a donation, "eyewitness news" reporter henry rossum caught up with those men today and what he learned about them, may surprise you. >> reporter: walk around center city long enough and you are bound to see these guys. they are dressed in what looks like traditional buddhist closing, they hand you something and ask for money in return. real buddhist monks we spoke with said don't be fooled. this man dressed in an orange robe zigzagged up and down c

sworn in as the 23rd secretary of health and human services on february 10, 2017, as a policymaker and as a physician, surgeon in particular, he brings to the department a lifetime of service and dedication to advancing the quality of health care in america. secretary price first began his career in care for patients as an orthopedic surgeon. he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and began a solo medical practice in atlanta, georgia. since its founding, that practice has grown to be one of the largest, nonacademic orthopedic practices in the country. hoping to make a different type of impact on health care, secretary price ran for public office and was elected to four terms in the georgia state senate and i believe would have continued on forever if he wanted to. during his tenure there, secretary price served as minority whip and later as the first republican senate majority leader in the history of georgia. most recently, secretary price served as u.s. representative for georgia's sixth congressional district from 2005 to 2017. during his time in the house, secretary price served in various roles including chairman of the house

we reached out to the department of health about the incident and they're aware and they're investigating. >>> bill cosby's accuser took the stand and defense attorneys tried to tear her story apart. >>> later, we will meet the youngest member of the air force rival firing team. why he said it is so important to honor our fallen servicemen and women. >>> please look at all the rage in new york. the mta has a ban that prevents subway prepared to bringing a dog on the train unless that dog fits in a quote container. of course, you'd imagine riders are getting creative with how they transport the dogs posting these pictures on social media. our fan favorite you'll see it in a second. there it is, a dog in a blue ikea bag. ♪ ♪ award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. narrator: progressive organizations across virginia endorse dr. ralph northam. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam stand

the department of health said no cases of harm to patients had been identified so far.ontinuing with nhs england to ensure that this didn't happen again with officials mindful of the need for transparency. the issue was raised by labour in the house of commons. isn't it a scanned that will 709,000 letterses were failed to be delivered, left in an unknown warehouse and many destroyed. delivered, left in an unknown warehouse and many destroyedlj delivered, left in an unknown warehouse and many destroyed. i no government on any side can ever guarantee there will be no breach of contract. but what we can do is make sure we react quickly when that happened, which happened on this occasion and we can make sure we have better assurance than we had on this occasion and i can assure the house that the appropriate lessons will be learned. our top story this lunchtime: google has been fined £2.1 billion by the european commission for breaking competition regulations. coming up: the queen gets a £6 million boost to help with repairs for buckingham palace. coming up in sport — engla

the department of health recommended the development of a specific modules to cover this.but that module is still awaiting approvalfrom the general medical council. although we haven't had final sign—off of the curriculum changes, we have put steps in motion to make sure that people are aware and that they are delivering the training on the ground. for sarah, family problems rather than social media are to blame for her self—harm and attempts at suicide. she is finally accessing help but does continue to have some dark days. at the time, itjust kind of takes all my bad thoughts away. and it kind of feels like i'm taking all the pain out of my brain and putting it out of yourself, so i have it on my skin and people can see it and obviously they can judge me or know that i am hurting, but it is a relief for me. the majority of children under the age of three haven't visited an nhs dentist in england in the last year. dental surgeons have expressed concern that many parents don't know when young children should have their first check—up. nick quraishi reports. medical advice

. >>> the pennsylvania department of health has issued 12 medical marijuana permits, those permits allow growing and processing of medical marijuana. >> today signals the start of the next phase of medical marijuana pick up program, the 12 permits will have six months in which to become operational. growers, processers may not begin to grow medical marijuana until the department has deemed that they are operational. >> two of the growers and processors are in southeastern , pennsylvania, both in berks county, permits for dispensary will be issued later this month. >>> pennsylvania is toughening its an mule cruelty and neglect laws for the first time in more than 30 years new ly passed legislation re classifies such abuse as a felony if it causes severe juror death. it also targets those who tether a dog with a chain, state law currently makes animal abuse a felony in certain situations such as animal fighting or repeated and severe abuse of cats or dogs, and governor tom wolf says he will sign the new legislation. >>> funeral services for otto warmbier will take place tomorrow. we are le

the department of health and human services analyzed epi-pen payments from 2006 through 2016. that is a lot of money, rahel. >> we hear some healthy hotel news, hilton trying to make it easier for people to work out while away from home, what is that all about. >> reporter: hilton is unveiling is what called, five seats to fitness, mini gym, 11 pieces of gym equipment including stationary bikes and you have a personal trainer, too. is there fitness kiosks and they do work out routines, five seed of fitness comes with the meditation chair and blackout shade for better sleep. i think this is a great idea. >> i will say, i like the meditation chair and blackout shade but i don't think i have ever worked out on vacation, ever. >> reporter: you know what, maybe, in your room, you would >> no. >> reporter: or make you just feel guilty probably just to make me feel guilty but when i go on vacation, i don't want to do anything no working out, nothing. >> reporter: sit at the beach, i get it. >> all right, jill, see you next hour. good idea though for more over achieving folks unlike my

. >>> well, pennsylvania department of health has issued 12 medical marijuana permits. those permit is allowing growing and processing of medical mar juan. >> too day signals start of the next phase of the medical marijuana pick up program. the 12 permits will have six months in which to become operational. growers, processors, may not begin to grow medical marijuana until the department has deemed that they are operational. >> two of the growers and processors are located here in southeastern pennsylvania, or soon to be, both in berks county. permits were dispensary will be issued later this movement. >>> pennsylvania is toughening its animal cruelty and neglect laws for the first time in more than 30 years. newly passed legislation re classified such abuse as a felony if it causes severe juror death. state law currently makes animal abuse a felony in certain situations, such as animal fighting or repeated, severe abuse of cats or dogs. also, those who tether a dog with a chain. governor tom wolf says he will sign the legislation. >>> philadelphia public schools teache

the department of health and human services said between 2006 and 2016, the u.s. government may have overpaid mylan. that dollar amount is nearly three times a proposed settlement that the company announced in october. mylan says the company continues to work with the government to finalize that settlement. >>> north carolina's largest health insurer may increase rates by more than 20% for the second year in a row, tied to uncertainty over subsidies for low income enrollees. >> this is an urgent situation. we simply need to know what the rules of the game are going to be for 2018 in order to hit affordability as well as stability. >> if those cost sharing subsidies are funded next year, blue cross of north carolina says it will still need to raise rates but by only about 8.5%, not 20%. >>> lawmakers are back in their districts this week. but as senate republicans work on their version of the health care bill, there's one issue that looms large. what will happen to the expanded medicaid program for low income americans? and as kayla tausche reports, that debate is

. >>> in other news this morning the pennsylvania department of health issues 12 medical marijuana permits, those permits allow growing and processing, of medical marijuana. >> today signals start of the next phase of the medical marijuana pick up program. the 12 permits will have six months in which to become operational. growers, processors, may not begin to grow medical marijuana until the department has deemed that they are operational. >> two of the growers and processors are in southeastern pennsylvania, both in berks county, permits for dispensar ies will be issued later this month. >>> pennsylvania's toughening its animal cruelty and neglect laws for the first time in more than 30 years. newly passed legislation re classifies such abuse as a felony if it causes severe juror death. it also targets those who tether a dog with a chain. state law currently makes animal abuse a felony in certain situations such as animal fighting or repeated and severe abuse of cats or dogs. governor tom wolf says he will sign the new legislation. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, more

department of agriculture today are an important first step in the process of reopening this lucrative market to american businesses. tomorrow the vice president will be speaking at the department of healthand human services about the continuing death spiral of obamacare and why we need to keep our promise to the american people and repealed and replaced it with a patient centric alternative as soon as possible. this week in the president was in wisconsin. the president will be there tomorrow when he met with everyday americans lost their plans, the doctors and a lot of the help for the failing locker as the vice president said on saturday, president trump will never stop fighting for the families who are facing possible choices every day as their premiums and deductibles continue to skyrocket. he will not rest until we fixed this. the president's tax reform teen is intended to hold meetings and discussions both at the principal of and the staff of as a work towards consensus plan to will deliver middle-class and tax implication for everyone. secretary mnuchin of the treasury the national economic health director gary cohn continued to listen to methods of congress from both sides of the

the department of health promise to get people out of institutions.ce and something that this country should be shamed by. we are not unique in this regard. but in this day and age, to abuse people‘s human rights in this way, i think is utterly shocking. tony's care provider and local authority both agree he should be back in brighton. we agree long stays are not desirable and we are working with the local authority as they try to source a placement. we appreciate challenges in providing the right services and the timescales to achieve this can be frustrating for families. i thought he was going to die there. like tony, eddie is on the autistic spectrum. he also went into a the autistic spectrum. he also went intoa unit the autistic spectrum. he also went into a unit after crisis. he was 12. he was in a solitary blog that they called the extra care unit. in fact there has been a 26% increase in young people with learning disabilities referred to a secure unit in the last 12 months. why? the national audit office says there is not enough support for fa

pennsylvania's department of health just issued 12 permits for legally growing medical marijuana in thete. they will be good. coming up, starting in september, they'll start the registration and on until next year, when the program will be operational. many more permits, up to 25, will ultimately be issued, but this is the first group out of 450-plus. what do you think, ed, of the way that they're going about it? in fact, a company from woodbridge, new jersey, got one of them and a company from berks county -- no philadelphia companies yet. >> [ chuckles ] >> there's just a lot of money tied up in this, and as sympathetic as i am to people who are in need of medical marijuana and the research that could go on, and i think that we have to find a way to do it right. i'm just very skeptical that we will not transition from medical to recreational. >> you're afraid that it won't be tight enough? >> i think the way they're spreading this, it's -- >> in the poll that we did in may for 6abc, 56% of pennsylvania voters now support the legalization of pot. that's the first poll that i've seen --

we have seen a pattern across government not just in the department of health but work and pensions,e contracts are awarded to companies, home office too, and they fail miserably. they have the contracts taken away from them but then they get awarded another government contract. so clearly there is a lesson to be learned across government that some companies simply are not fit for purpose when it comes to delivering public services. in my own constituency, a tenderfor cancer care was ended prematurely, costing millions of pounds to the taxpayer. but are these not examples of where the ideological agenda of the party opposite to contract out our nhs services is failing and as a result of that, patients are suffering? quite the opposite. because what those examples show is that when the private sector lets us down, we take the contracts off the private sector. jeremy hunt. nicola sturgeon has abandoned her demands for a new scottish independence referendum before the brexit deal is signed. the first minister of scotland had called for an independence vote in either autumn next year or

i think you for the opportunity to be with you today and the continued support of the department of health and human services. it is my privilege to serve as secretary. >> were proud of you know that you are next what member of the house and so far it looks to me like you are on top of what these problems are. although you are pretty well on top of them before as a member of the house. the opaque crisis seems to be spreading across the country affecting families and communities in unprecedented ways. the new york times reported earlier that overdose deaths are at an all-time high, tackling the crisis is a priority for you and for president trump. can you describe the efforts their undertaking to address this ongoing epidemic. >> this is one of those things across the nation that tears your hair out. 52,002,015 died of an overdose. 33000 of an opiate overdose. we hear day after day what they are put in place a five-part strategy to make certain were identifying the treatment and recovery efforts that work on assisting the state. be to make sure we have the overdose reversing drugs available

invited his cabinet to "what an incredible honor it is to lead the department of healthices at this pivotal time under your leadership." "i am deeply honored." "mr. president thank you for the honor to serve the country.""mr. president we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people." donald trump's star on hollywood's walk of fame was targeted by marchers in a gay pride parade. they covered it with a rainbow of stickers urging resistance. the star has been vandalized several times since trump entered the political arena: graffiti, a border wall around it, and one man smashed it with a sledgehammer. (grant) today marks one year since the deadliest mass shooting on american soil crried out by one gunman -- hundreds have gathered at orlando's pulse nightclub to pay their respects. 29-year-old omar mateen - who had pledged allegiance to isis - walked in...opened fire... and held hostages for hours before