one of the critical missions of the drug enforcement administration is enforcing and implementing the controlled substances act in order to prevent drug diversion and limit access to substances that may pose a risk if used incorrectly. one important lever d.e.a. has at its disposal to manage diversion or noncompliance with the law is the ability to revoke or surrender an individual's controlled substances registration which is needed to handle controlled substances. the recent report by the department of justice office of the inspector general found weaknesses in d.e.a.'s current registration processes and instances where the agency did not fully utilize its regulatory authorities to address noncompliance. specifically the inspector general found cases where entities whose registration was revoked were later able to obtain a new license. for example, the report included one case where a doctor who had -- whose registration was revoked for serious misconduct, and then moved to another state under the authority of a different d.e.a. field division and was want add controlled substances

what was the next job that you took in march 4th i was hired as a special agent with the drug enforcement administration or the d.a. what year was that approximate as a lot of and what were your duties as a dea agent primarily to address a large scale long term investigations into narcotics into what narcotics drugs and. you had to do some training for that job i assume correct and how long was the training for that proximately 4 and a half months at quantico virginia and what kind of well after during the training were you assigned to a specific location i was and where we were side initially to an unfortunate group in new york city and that i was transferred down to no gallus arizona where my primary sponsibility was investigating cartel activity. and when you say cartel we're talking drug cartels prior's and at some point then you leave the d.n.a. yes what year was that around 2013 why to move back to minnesota and when you moved. back to minnesota have you been here before yes this is one fall so when you went to the new york city police department that was. a change of location for it was just so o

prohibitively expensive, requiring law enforcement to hire expert witnesses to testify that the analogue is, in fact, a deadly drug. so in 2018, the drug enforcement administration took the necessary and prudent step of listing the entire class of fentanyl analogues as schedule 1 prohibited substances. this decision closed a deadly loophole that drug dealers were using to escape punishment for poisoning our citizens while still allowing legitimate researchers to apply for and obtain approval to research these analogues for potential medical or scientific breakthroughs. the evidence suggests that this law enforcement action has been getting results since the classwide scheduling went into effect in early 2018, law enforcement encounters with uncontrolled fentanyl analogues plummeted by almost 90%. of course, our work to solve the opioid epidemic is far from finished. we still have much to do to dismantle the cartels and the drug trafficking networks that spread fentanyl and its analogues and mix it with other drugs. but the d.e.a.'s efforts to control fentanyl analogues were a step in the right direction. last year, the senate voted unanimously, unanimously to ex

and anne milgram is being nominated to lead the drug enforcement administration.come on the "newshour," israel is suspected of destroying a power generator at a nuclear facility in iran. a new book exposes how the sackler family became a catalyst for the opioid crisis. congress returns to business with the president's infrastructure bill on the table. plus, much more. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism. judy: yesterday, a major explosion disabled parts of iran's uranium enrichment facility at natanz, south of tehran. iran quickly blamed israel. as john yang tells us, this also comes as indirect talks between the u.s. and iran over the 2015 nuclear deal are set to resume later this week. john: the facility was knocked off line just hours after launching its new advanced centrifuges. tehran said sunday's blackout at the natanz facility -- considered a centerpiece for iran's uranium enrichment program -- had caused a fire. they called the attack an act of nuclear terrorism and

>> i was hired as a special agent with the drug enforcement administration or the dea. >> what year was that? >> approximately 2011. >> what were your duties? >> address a large scale, long term investigations into narcotics. >> into what? >> narcotics. >> okay. >> drugs. >> and you had to do training for that job? >> yes, sir. >> how long was the training for that job. >> approximately 4 1/2 months in quantico, virginia. >> and what kind of -- well, after doing the training, were you assigned to a specific location? >> i was, sir. >> where were you assigned? >> to an enforcement group in new york city and then transferred to arizona where the primary responsibility was investigating cartel activity. >> and when you say cartel, we're talking drug cartel? >> correct. >> and at some point then did you leave the dea? >> yes. >> and what year was that? >> 2013. >> why? >> to move back to minnesota. >> and when you moved -- well, you say back to minnesota. had you been here before? >> yes. this is where i'm from. >> and so when you went to the new york city police department, that was a chan

there is legislation in congress to try and militate efforts by the drug enforcement administration torosecute marijuana cases in states where it is legal under state law. i think some of the advocates are overreaching when they say that won't stop federal raids. there is still a lot of turbulence on this issue. eventually, we will reach an accord similar to the end of alcohol prohibition where you get a similar massive states. -- mass of states. but it is going to play out differently in different parts of the country and be intensely debated. it is going to be part of our discussion for quite some time. i want them to understand the contrast and the people that paid the price for liberties that so many people are enjoying today in a casual way, to be able to go into a medical marijuana dispensary, or to use and cultivate recreational marijuana in various states. they do have to thank young men who were withering away and dying of aids in san francisco from the late 1970's through the 1980's. they have to thank courageous doctors who fought government resistance for medical marijuana

and, anne milgram is being nominated to lead the drug enforcement administration. wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost 55 points to close at 33,745. the nasdaq fell 50 points, and, the s&p 500 slipped a fraction. still to come on the newshour: israel is suspected of destroying a power generator at a nuclear facility in iran. a new book exposes how the sackler family became a catalyst for the opioid crisis. congress returns to business with the president's infrastructure bill on the table. plus much more. >> woodruff: yesterday a major explosion disabled parts of iran's uranium enrichment facility at natanz, south of tehran; iran quickly blamed israel. as john yang tell us, this comes as indirect talks between the u.s. and iran over the crippled nuclear deal are set to resume. >> yang: the facility was knocked off line just hours after launching its new advanced centrifuges. tehran said sunday's blackout at the natanz facility, considered a centerpiece for iran's uranium enrichment program, had set off a fire. they called the attack an act of "nu

the drug enforcement administration has seized £28,000 of marijuana more than £800 of cocaine. £75 of00 of meth. the d a. says the increase in fentanyl is even more troubling. the seizures of fentanyl that were made from 19 4020 could essentially kill half the population of america. what we made so far in on pace to seize this year to kill the other half. critics argue that white house policies are encouraging the migration. the administration, however, points to a crisis in central america and envoy will travel to guatemala and el salvador this week to talk with local leaders there about the problem. all right, it was kind of a cool day. today a lot of cloud covers cloudy right now it s fo. we had clouds pretty much all day in san francisco at sfo, burlingame san matteo. the clouds just lingered, low clouds and fog little bit of metal. cloud, too, but for the most part, we're going to see clouds again tomorrow, but they're not gonna linger as long. i think tomorrow's gonna be a partly sunny to mostly sunny day today i it's times it was mostly cloudy for a good half the day for many o

in 2018, the drug enforcement administration took the unprecedented step of placing all fentanyl-relatedces -- also known as fentanyl analogues -- on schedule 1 under the controlled substances act. that makes it easier to prosecute any individual who sells or simply possesses fentanyl analogues and subjects those individuals to stiff mandatory minimum penalties regardless of individual circumstances. typically, a drug is only added to schedule 1 after the department of health and human services conducts a scientific study to determine if it has a hypotension for abuse and no accepted medical use. the d.e.a. has temporary authority to bypass this process for two years. the authority was scheduled to expire february 6 last year, 2020. the d.e.a. warned us of dire consequences if it expired. in response, i worked with senator lindsey graham and senator feinstein and authored legislation extending the authority for 15 months, until may 6, 2021. so what did the trump administration do for the 12 months that they were in office with this issue still looming? nothing. and neither did congress.

we visited with the drug enforcement administration, the u.s. several other enforcement agencies state and federal and i can tell you that drugs are pouring across our border during this time of the border crisis. the cartels have exploited this to the max, there are drugs, they kill 70,000 plus americans every single year, it is a war and we absolutely are losing this war and the american people need to be told the truth about how this is happening and we need to reverse the policies of president biden and his administration and let's get the vice president down there. we invited her to come meet us at some point in our trip and itinerary. cheryl: if i was going to be the ceo of a company, the first thing i would do is the factory. the president unveiled infrastructure plan. it's a 2 trillion $package. they want to raise corporate tax rate to 28%. what is the response in washington to these proposed tax hikes, they are to use the word again overwhelming and anti-business, being in the minority, what can republicans do, congressman? >> if they do

with the department of health and human services, the department of justice, and the drug enforcement administration, and she testified that an extension of this temporary authority would allow executive branch agencies time to convene and present a long-term solution to this ever-changing drug environment that balances the risk of elicit fentanyl with the need to ensure appropriate enforcement. the biden administration is taking this drug epidemic seriously and has delivered a thoughtful, thorough set of drug policy priorities. and i ask my colleagues to join me in giving these agency experts time to produce a thoughtful, thorough solution to this scourge of overdose deaths. i urge my colleagues to support this measure and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from washington is recognized. mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i'm disappointed that we're kicking the can down the road on a short-term extension of the scheduling order to keep dangerous fentanyl out of schedule one. while i will vote in favor of this bill today, because allowing this life-saving or

billions of dollars not only trafficking children but also trafficking drugs and the administration is complicit because their enforcement policies are joe, the cartel is playing with the administration, we are being played for fools because this administration will not enforce the border. alicia: ralph norman fresh off the visit to the border, congressman norman giving his take when he joins us next hour. carley: congress pays tribute to fallen police officer billy evans lying in honor in the capital rotunda after being hit by a car while guarding capital grounds. video shows the moment as his young daughter kisses his mom before wiping tears from her eyes. dc police in colored helmets salute the motorcade carrying the fallen officer. evans was an 18 year veteran of the force, he leaves behind two children. ashley: republican and democrat house leaders will layout their vision for infrastructure, they will discuss what constitutes infrastructure and how to pay for the $2.3 trillion proposals as mitch mcconnell reveals shocking estimates of president biden's plan. >> 865,$000. that is roughly the cost of every new job th

from high security risk nations into the united states and preventing the food and drug administration from enforcing in-person dispensing and signature requirements for abortion-inducing drugs during the coronavirus pandemic. in my view nationwide injunctions place far too much power in the hands of a single judge ultimately allowing that one judge to control how the federal government will act towards all americans, not just towards the aggrieved party in a particular case or controversy. until the last 50 years or so, it is my understanding that these types of injunctions were rarely used, very seldom used. in fact it has only been in the last few years that they have been used extensively to really upend the authority of our former president. this has created a system where politically motivated attorneys can essentially get an activist judge who will help them achieve their political goals. it seems highly problematic that actions taken by congress or the president can be stymied by a single activist judge, but they certainly are. professor morely, how significant a problem is this forum shoppin

drugs. and this administration, in my view, is complicit because their enforcement policies are a joke, thetes, simply because this administration will not enforce the border. it is that simple. >> lawrence: so, congressman, when people look at this crisis, they always go to the kids, and because you see them. they are in these tight spaces. many of them have covid. they have been abused. i think the one question that people are all worried and pondering on is what is the difference from these kids that were in these -- they look like cages without the wire -- then when trump was in office? what is the difference? >> the difference is very simple. what we were seeing at that time was a move by cartels to bring families, as well. turbine administration put policy in place so a lot of asylum applications were actually being handled in mexico. when this president was inaugurated, president biden, he ramped up not only the mexico policy, but everyone put in plae by the trump administration. you have the cartel laughing at us. they know we are not going to enforce the border. they know we are es

drug cases. and overhauls qualified immunity protection that prevents law enforcement officers from being sued while doing their jobs the biden administration has backed this bill saying that trust needs to be rebuilt between law enforcement and communities, and that can't happen unless officers are held accountable for abuses of power. sponsoring this bill, california congresswoman karen bass she's also trying to get it passed in the senate on cnn yesterday, she praised the republican she is working with she said she is hopeful this time that it will get passed >> we have got to come up with the solutiont see this happen and to the extent it is happening now. so having legislation that will hold police officers accountable so that they don't have immunity and feel that they can do derek chauvin did and act with imp impunity >> a similar bill last year but it stalled in the senate republicans came up with their own version. but democrats said that version did not go far enough. this one needs at least 10 republican votes to pass to land on the president's desk. phillip? >> ten republican yeses. all right, tracie, thank you >>> georgia congr

drug cases the biden administration is supporting this, saying that it would also overhaul qualified immunity protection that's protects police officers from being sued the administration says to rebuild community and law enforcementelationships, that needs to be in place california congressman karen best sponsored this bill and she says she's working with republicans to get it passed on the senate on cnn, she praised those members of the other party and also says she's hopeful that this legislation will get passed >> we have got to come up with a solution we just can't see this happen to the extent that it is happening now. and so, having legislation that will hold police officers accountable, so that they don't have immunity and feel that they can do what derek chauvin did and act with impunity. >> now, the house passed a similar bill last year but it stalled in the senate. republicans came up with their own version of the police reform but that was blocked by democrats. they said it didn't go far enough this bill that george floyd justice and policing act will need ten republican votes in the senate in order to make it to president biden's desk >> certainly high stakes now, as we see the closing arguments and a

overwhelmed that the biden of administration is minimizing it i invited vice president harris down to the border to come visit with me into talk about the law enforcement issues in the drug i don't know how a bunch of folks in d.c. can c understand at the border coming here and see daintily what's going on that fear for their safety and talking to the sheriff's and letting you know about one or two pursuits per day, all the drugs coming across the border, talking to the local officials and how their overwhelmed that they don't know what to do withe all the migrants coming in and how their overwhelmed the social services. liz: a critic might say this is deeply cynical the administration's reaction to this and they don't want to go there because they don't want to take responsibility for so they don't get hammered on later on in election, that's why they are avoiding it, san francisco, more people are dying from synthetic opioids that now pouring in to san francisco and people dying from covid-19, that is san francisco now we have a biden border fixedco collapsing. your state and in texas,co for hotels, we are not going to house 600 illegal immigrant families in the border

people and drugs are packed into trains, trucks and flatbeds any way they can fit republican lawmakers putting the blame on the biden administration, claiming the president is not making enforcement of priority. meanwhile legal border traffic is still on hold in many areas due to the covid-19 outbreak. it's having a big impact. act on businesses in border towns and mayors there are pleading with the vice president to visit the area, but the white house says she's looking at a big picture solution. her focus is not on the border. it's on addressing the root causes in the northern triangle. the situation remains dire for thousands of migrant children being held currently at detention facilities. senator ted cruz took this video during a recent visit. he claims a humanitarian crisis is developing their echoing what many my. vagrants are saying as well what you have compassion? there are children here. joe biden was also a child. let him see that we suffer. he has not suffered what we have. on tuesday, the biden administration announcing a new enforcement operation targeting carts, hells andught smuggling o the united states. that's the latest from laredo, texas. casey steagall, ktvu

administration is minimizing it. as you know into mere viewers note i invited vice president harris down to the border to come visit and talk about law enforcement issues and drugs in d.c. can understand what's going on with the border without coming here and seeing what's going on in talking to the ranchers and folks that fear for their safety, talking to the sheriff's and letting you know about one or two pursuits per day, all the drugs coming across the border, talking to the local officials and how their overwhelmed and they don't know what to do with all the migrants coming in and their overwhelming social services. liz: a critic might say this is deeply cynical their reaction, the administration reaction to this and they don't want to go there because they don't want to take responsibility for it so they don't get hammered later on an election. that's why they're avoiding it. san francisco, more people are dying from synthetic opioids like fentanyl pouring in to san francisco the people are dying from covid-19. that is san francisco. now we have abide in border collapsing. in your state and in texas, for hotels say we are not going to house around 600 ill

enforcement officials on the border have allowed for the importation -- the free importation of drugs like fentanyl and heroin across our border. due to those failures, it is understandable why the previous administration instituted a policy that required the enforcement of our laws. for four years, we listened to members of congress have these discussions on the border and in the halls of congress about the misfortune of those who've crossed into our country without the benefit of citizenship. but what exactly does it mean to put forward a zero tolerance policy? it means enforcing the laws and giving needed support to our frontline border officials. no one wants to see a child separated from their parents. this is a problem that congress needs to fix. this is a problem that congress can fix. to understand why this has happened, we look back to the court case of reno vs. flores in 1997. we look at the asylum laws that were passed late in 2008. the flores settlement prohibited the detention of children from a noncontiguous country for more than 20 days. after those 20 days, they are placed in the care of the office of refugee resettlement if they cannot be met up with am if aly. -- met up with family. b

or during the obama administration, and you have this bizarre situation where the chemists working for the drug dealers are able to cook up new chemical concoctions that law enforcementasn't seen before and are not illegal because they aren't schedule. legislators haven't said this product with this chemical makeup is illegal because it is brand-new. and so you would have a situation where people are making new concoctions, getting people high, in many cases overdosing and dying and you can prosecute them. the idea is to be able to broadly schedule a number of fentanyl analogues in the fentanyl class and call them all illegal to enhance prosecutions. it's not simple, to be fair. i'm not on pathetic what the biden -- i'm not unsympathetic to what the biden administration is going through trying to balance the necessity of fentanyl to be used legitimately for painkilling purposes and the necessity of keeping the stuff off the streets and keeping people alive and prosecuting people who are up to no good. i'm hopeful they will find a way through. i understand they want to ask a lot of questions about the previous policy but there is no question that law enforcement needs

it takes only two milligrams of fentanyl to kill an adult which is why the d.e.a., drug enforcement administration permanently classified fentanyl as a schedule 2 drug. in order to avoid prosecution, drug traffickers started making slight modifications to fen fentanyl. so you've got some evil scientist in china or in mexico that makes a slight md indication to fentanyl -- modification to fentanyl. sometimes adjusting a single molecule and create whag are called fentanyl analogues, in other words it's not prosighsly pure fence -- precisely pure fentanyl. even though it has the same properties, the tiny variations allows the traffickers and the scientists to evade prosecution. oftentimes by the way, these analogues like carfentanil are even more deadly, believe it or not than fentanyl itself. in response in 2018, the d.e.a. temporarily scheduled fentanyl analogs but under law, that designation expires after may 6. again, only 15 days from now. in that deadline lapses, evil scientists and criminals who run labs in china and mexico will be able to avoid law enforcement as they flood the united states

on october 6, 2018, the drug enforcement administration public libbed a temporary order -- published add temporary order scheduling and placing all fentanyl-related substances on schedule 1. congress subsequently extended this authority until may 6 this year, just around the corner. so we have 23 days until this authority expires. congress must act to extend this scheduling order. if we do not, we will face a surge of rapidly emerging fentanyl drugs, something where the chemists and the criminals will be ahead of anything that the justice department does. the justice department then has made clear that this class-wide scheduling order has made a big difference in chinese fentanyl entering our country. china has agreed to match u.s. policy targeting synthetic fentanyl. but if we lose the authority to rapidly detect and outlaw fentanyl anna lags, we analogues, we lose any authority we have with the chinese government in preventing fentanyl from entering our country. this scheduling order saves lives because china reciprocates. china's motive in scheduling fentanyl analogues isn't neces

. >> with the president supports, the food and drug administration intends to finalize a guidance document that would commence enforcementrequire that all flavors other than tobacco flavor would be removed from the market. this would include meant -- mint and menthol flavoring. >> congress enacted legislation that would raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21 nationwide. >> with the exception of menthol and tobacco flavors. >> the trump administration regulation band all flavors except menthol and tobacco. health officials did not believe it would eradicate the epidemic. >> you have fda following the lead of industry. industry self-regulation. if you have a regulator that is doing what the industry is already doing, that is not regulating. >> the second reason -- let's take a look at the history of menthol. >> menthol's properties cool the throat and make it easier for children to inhale the poison. >> it has been used by the tobacco history to target communities of color. that is where they market and that is where they have lower prices. >> menthol is in lot of flavors. >> what happens in the disposable market, the sale

. >> the food and drug administration intends to finalize a guidance document that would commence enforcement to require all flavors other than tobacco flavor would be removed from the market. this would include mint and menthol flavoring. >> in december of 2019, congress enacted and the president signed legislation that would raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21 nationwide. >> a company came under scrutiny from every angle. it began taking its products from retail stores and its on website with the exception of menthol and tobacco flavors. >> the trump administration regulation banned all flavors except mental and tobacco and only cartridge-based products leaving all disposables and mod products unregulated. >> health officials -- why? three main reasons. the first one being industry self-regulation. >> you have fda following the lead. and another term for that is industry self-regulation. if you have a regulator that is doing with the industry is already doing, that is not really regulating should we are just doubling down on with the industry is voluntarily doing. >> let's take a look at

declared. 2018, >> with the president's support, the food and drug administration intends to finalize a guidance document that would commence enforcementrequire that all flavors other than tobacco flavor would be removed from the market. this would include mint and menthol flavoring. >> in december of 2019, congress enacted and the president signed legislation that would raise the tobacco purchasing agent to 21 nationwide. >> however, during this time, juul came under scrutiny from every angle. thus juul eventually began , taking off its flavored pod products from retail stores and eventually, even its own website, with the exception of menthol and tobacco flavors. after juul's actions, the trump administration -- was finalized. the trump administration regulation banned all flavors except menthol and tobacco in cartridge-based products. health officials did not believe this would target big tobacco or help eradicate the epidemic. why? three main reasons, the first one being industry regulations. >> you have the fda following the lead of industry. another term for that is industry self-regulation. if you have a regulator that is just d