dr. howard owen who worked alongside dr. ford in the department of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine and sits on the jars. he's going to tell us about fountain house and a couple of minutes. i want to say how much i deeply admire both of your works working in one of the most challenging careers possible, caring for those in our country that our country often abandons. please join me in welcoming dr. owen to the strand. [applause] >> i want to thank you and the strand for being here for this event. there are two reasons why i am here. first is because i'm a very old and dear friend of elizabeth ford and the second is i'm also an old friend of fountain house. fountain house is an organization that is not quite as old as the strand. it was first established in 1948 by it are the people who had been patience at the rockland state hospital and they came back to new york city and wanted to create a place for themselves where they wouldn't be shunned and stigmatized, where they would have their own place. one of the main problem

dr. christopher owens walked out of the courthouse avoiding questions. the 50-year-old ucsf vascular surgeon entered a not guilty plea monday on charges he unlawfully prescribed oxycodone 36w2 people who weren't under his care. >> my wife was one of the people that he was writing these fraudulent prescriptions to. >> reporter: the 35-year-old worked at the medical center with owen's and she mysteriously died last june and what investigator stop was at drug overdose. >> she had become involved with chris. she was found deceased and he was the last person that was with her. >> reporter: once was placed on leave. he was fired five months later after he was booked on drug charges. those charges with the san francisco das office never stuck for >> i think that this shows that the federal courts will take this seriously and start cracking down and they need to>> reporter: once was arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent opioid prescriptions spearheaded by jeff sessions >> to have a person in position of power contributing by providing very str

>> reporter: dr. owens walked briskly out of the federal courthouse, avoiding any questions. the 50-year-old former ucsf vascular surgeon entered a not guilty plea monday on charges he unlawfully prescribed oxycodone 36 times to people who weren't under his care. >> my wife was one of the people that he was writing these fraudulent prescriptions to. >> reporter: danielle pattillo worked with owens. she mysteriously died last june in what investigators initially thought was a mere drug overdose. >> she'd become involved with chris and she was found deceased and he was the last person with her. >> he was booked on local drug charges. but those charges with the san francisco district attorney's office never stuck. >> i think it shows that the federal courts are going to take this seriously and start cracking down and they need to. >> reporter: owens was arrested by the dea as part of the nationwide crackdown on fraudulent opioid prescriptions spearheaded by attorney general jeff sessions. >> when you have a person in a position of power contributing by providing very, very stron

that changes the game to me. >> wrapped up and brought down by owen thomas. >> narrator: because he'd never had a diagnosed concussion, drd thomas might have gotten cte from the everyday sub-concussive hits that are an inherent part of the game. >> another nice play by owen thomas. >> those sub-concussive hits, those hits that don't even rise to the level of what we call a concussion, or symptoms, just playing the game can be dangerous. >> the rock is home. a crucial matchup in the afc... >> mckee is saying, "look, this is very much an issue at the core of the game, of offensive linemen and defensive linemen pounding the crud out of each other..." >> (grunting) >> "...on every single play, on every single down at every single practice, and there's no getting around that." >> narrator: it was a controversial theory that raised fundamental questions about the way the game was played. >> the human body was not created or built to play football. when you have force against force, you're going to have injuries. and i'm not talking about the knees and, you know, all of that stuff is a given. but from a neurological standpoint,