according to our drug enforcement agency, one way or the other almost all of the fentanyl that is used in the united states comes from china. here's how. traffickers in china modify the chemical makeup of fentanyl to bypass the authorities there. scheduling all fentanyl-like substances as a class which is what the presidents agreed to do. is the single most important step that could be -- it's the single, most important step that could be taken to stop the deadly flow of fentanyl from china into the united states. let me tell you a story about one action that helped us get to that point. about four weeks ago, i led a senior delegation of five senators and two members of the house of representatives to beijing to meet with chinese leaders. they, of course, expected us to talk about agriculture and energy and trade issues, which are sources of major disagreement between china and the united states and we did. but at the urging of the united states ambassador to china, former iowa governor, terry branstad, we made opioid and the crisis our primary visit. president trump had already mentio

to see this campaign in action we joined the drug enforcement agency on an operation to bost a suspected dealer. in a manila parking lot undercover agents awaiting in this car to buy crystal meth or shop from the suspect. almost all of them about one of the michelin bomb about. it like. it's a tense weiss as agents negotiate the deal so we're still waiting for we're in signal. in the driver of the car. so what them that the lights flash. and the agency moving to make the rest. they seize just on the hof a kilo of shabu with a street value of about sixty thousand dollars. how much jail time is he looking at . you really be going to be there was a human. in the electorate and. the operation is a success but our investigation suggests that not all drug arrests on this clean. since two thousand and sixteen almost one hundred sixty thousand people have been arrested in the anti narcotics campaign. guilty or not they go straight to prisons like manila city jail. jails in the philippines were built to hold around twenty thousand people but today they house it more than one hundred and thirteen

seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents in a park just across the street from the white house well it turns out that the drug enforcement agency actually lower the dealer to the white house so that this point could be made now bush called for harsher penalties lock them up longer prison sentences thirty years later we've got the biggest prison population in the world in the united states but the drug crisis has spiraled out of control h. w. died shortly after the rise of me too and many women came forward at that time saying that he had certain proclivities he reached his hand around and to the group who is it did you know who my favorite magician is and we all said no move and he said david copperfield and at that moment i found him grab my behind the former president acknowledged that some of these allegations were true but he said that the quote padding of women's rears was intended to be good natured so american mainstream media has mourn the passing of george herbert walker bush much like it mourns the passing of other former leaders however it seems that american media has a bit of a selective memory especially if you do

the philippine drug enforcement agency just for a few weeks so there was some substance to it otherwise you wouldn't have taken that action would be not against the police the scion of p.v. . but in coordination with the policeman so there was not really a change to results from your policy your drug war so far your police have killed more than four thousand two hundred seventy nine people during their operations in july twenty sixth seen and may this year and the human rights groups that you hate as many say as many as twelve thousand the un human rights group you know dispute what they claim but they say as many as twelve thousand have actually died of aids of s. released hired killers drug syndicates etc exaggerated that killing is so much easier than toting trials and that no killing happens because there is resistance to police authorities. otherwise there would be knock only under those circumstances yes absolutely and the other fact of your policy is that the murder rate is actually going up in the country maybe because people are following the presidential role modelling that al

to see this campaign in action we joined the drug enforcement agency on an operation to boston a suspected dealer. in a manila parking lot undercover agents away sing in this car to buy crystal meth or shop from the suspect. almost all of them about another mission out of a bomb about. like that it's a tense weiss as agents negotiate the deal so we're still waiting for we're in signal. in the driver of the car. so what will that the lights flash. the agency using to make the rest. it wasn't until. they seized just on the hof a kilo of shabu with a street value of about sixty thousand dollars. how much jail time is looking at. you can be there was he really thought for a few minutes later and then. the operation is a success but our investigation suggests that not all drug arrests on this claim. since two thousand and sixteen almost one hundred sixty thousand people have been arrested in the anti narcotics campaign. guilty or not they go straight to prisons like manila city jail. jails in the philippines were built to hold around twenty thousand people but today they take more than one hund

agents four thousand agents of the drug enforcement agency fifty three thousand people who work for the transportation security administration and the numbers are going to go up for example at midnight on friday the environmental protection agency runs out of money so it's going to start furloughing its people and even this. shutdown even. reaches abroad because many people at embassies in u.s. embassies in other countries who are foreign nationals may find themselves being furloughed at least temporarily and in of course in low income countries that are desperately poor those going without those paychecks that could be a very very serious problem ok robel leave it there thanks very much. police in the democratic republic of congo have fired tear gas on opposition protesters just days before presidential and parliamentary elections there's anger after voting in some pro opposition areas was postponed the country's going to the polls on sunday catherine soy has more now from the capital city kinshasa. people in beni in eastern congo take to the streets to protest against the decision by

the detainees were transferred to the custody and drug enforcement agency's special agents. >>> two have been arrested for vandalizing the statute of frederick douglas, he was former slave. the statute was ripped from its base. the men claimed the incident was drunken prank, a witness said they were yelling racial slurs as they carried away that statute. a suspect posted the, we didn't say anything racial at the scene. i'm not sure how that started but i can assure you this was the opposite of a hate crime. he and my friend reached out to the sculpture apologizing and ready to help with any repairs. >> it doesn't shock me if it was vandalism, motivated by racial animosity, that's why we put the moniments on the street to raise the questions and confront the issues, 200 years after frederick douglas' life. >> the statute was worth $10,000 organizers of the frederick douglas bicentennial say it will be replaced. >>> the battle over the silent sam confederate monument continues in north carolina. protesters gathered on the university of north carolina campus in support and opposi ofme. on f

according to the drug enforcement agency, fentanyl is 80 to 100 times stronger than heroin and cocaine. and unknown to users of those drugs, heroin and cocaine are often laced with fentanyl. it has destroyed entire towns. now this. a new fox poll shows the crisis has now nabbed the number three top concern for voters, now beating out the economy as a concern. but there's more. the white house now calling it a national security threat and blaming china for opening the spigot and flooding the u.s. with fentanyl. the u.s. does have a major weapon in the battle to push back this deadly tide hitting our shores. narcan is made by emergent biosolutions. it reverses opioid overdoses. its president, robert kramer, joins us now. national security threat? this takes this crisis to a whole new level, doesn't it? >> it does, liz. the opioid crisis is very complex. it's going to require stake holders in many different areas to help with the overall solution. emergent biosolutions has a 20-year history of partnering and collaborating with governments around the world to address public health threats.

said, "daddy, that's the meanest pregnant lady i've ever seen." [ laughter ] i read that the drug enforcement agency ] doctor's like, "joe, you tested positive for steroids. that means you're not allowed to be tackled over and over again by a 6'4", 300-pound man who's also on steroids." [ laughter ] i'm like, "well gee, doc, that sounds bad. what are the steroids going to do?" he's like, "well, they're going to give you a deeper voice and smaller testicles." i'm like, "i could use both of those things. [ laughter ] scratch me right where i itch, doc." [ laughter ] [ applause ] i do a lot of traveling for stand-up. on a recent flight though, a a lady had her dog in the middle seat, and she bragged to me that she bought a fake service dog vest on the internet. now she takes her dog everywhere, and i thought that was a little off-putting. [ light laughter ] and she explained to me that technically her dog cheers her up. so, in a way it is an emotional support dog. i thought, "yeah, but what dog doesn't cheer you up?" if your dog doesn't cheer you up, you should check to see if your dog is a cat. [ laug

these are former experts from the drug enforcement agency for the u.s.orney's office in connecticut for major complaints for major wall street firms. people that live and breathe tax law and good governance and they put together this complaint. they assembled a lot of internal documents from the clinton foundation, perhaps most importantly, two legal reviews that the clinton foundation did on itself. what they found is that the clinton foundation itself, its own lawyers, warned that there was a strong possibility that donors were being made promises of quid pro quo favors from secretary clinton when she was in the obamama administration ad return focus to the foundation. they warned that there was a culture of noncompliance, not wanting to comply with the law, with the rules of the foundation had to follow. they said that bill clinton's personal interest and has comingling of his personal business with the foundation posed a grave threat to the foundation itself. these are not republicans, these are not partisans of saying it. these are internal document

to see this campaign in action we joined the drug enforcement agency on an operation to bost a suspected dealer. in a manila parking lot undercover agents awaiting in this car to buy crystal meth or shop from the suspect. almost all of them about one of the michelin bomb about. like that it's a tense weiss as agents negotiate the deal so we're still waiting for we're in signal. in the driver of the car. so what of that subtle delights such. as the agency moving to make the rest. wasn't until they seized just on the hof a kilo of shabu with a street value of about sixty thousand dollars. how much jail time is he looking at . you really begin to be there was a human. in the players before. the operation is a success but our investigation suggests that not all drug arrests on this claim. since two thousand and sixteen almost one hundred sixty thousand people have been arrested in the anti narcotics campaign. guilty or not they go straight to prisons like manila city jail. jails in the philippines were built to hold around twenty thousand people but today they are housing more than one hundr

paul knierim, office of global enforcement of the drug enforcement agency. he for his current position, equity chief served as special agent in the denver field of vision is also assigned to the ecuador country office. he also served as the country at that share a in the costa rican country office and his assistant regional director for the north and central american region based in mexico city. thank you all for being here today. i would like each of you to provide us with your opening statement we know we have a written document for each of you so don't feel necessary to return that or repeat that. that would make part of the record. so mr. chester, we will turn to you for your -- >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> one matter of business. i need to swear you in, please. [witnesses were sworn in] >> excuse me, mr. chester. please start again. >> yes, sir. chairman cornyn, ranking member durbin and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of deputy director jim carroll thank you for inviting the office of national drug control policy here to discuss the threat pos

caneram is deputy chief of operations for the office of global at the enforcement at the drug enforcement agency. before his current position deputy chief knierim served in the denver field position and was also assigned to the quito. >> quito, ecuador, country office. he served as country attache in the costa rican country office and is assistant regional director for the north ask central american region based in mexico city. thank you all for being here today. i would like each of you to provide us with your opening statement. we know we have a written document from each of you so don't feel necessary to read from that or repeat that. that will be made part of the record. so mr. chester, we'll turn to you for your. >> thank you, sir. >> think rairanking member --? one matter of business. i need to swear you in, please. do you swaur or affirm that the testimony given before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing, but the truth so help you god? thank you. >> excuse me, mr. chester, please start again. >> yes, sir. chairman corn inayn and durbin, members of the subcommitte

drugs throughout the area, including new york, tennessee, maryland. a number of agencies and the u.s. postal inspectors and the u.s. drug enforcement administration served six search warrants and four arrest warrants in sunnyvale. they recovered 800 pounds of marijuana, hash oil, powder cocaine, xanax bars, ecstasy as cocaine, xanax bars, ecstasy as well as other drugs. live outside san jose police headquarters, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >>> thanks, amanda. should this san francisco police officer face punishment for a collision with a skateboarder last year. the department of police accountable just release said their decision. >>> and way mow, you can order a ride. >> mt. tam. look at all the clean air. look at all the clean air. pretty close to average. >>> clouds have been clearing from north to south. and you can see where they cleared first, how much cooler. 5 to 13 degrees up in the north bay. let's start there. 35 in rohnert park. you're going to have frost tomorrow morning. 36 in santa rosa. same thing in ukiah. a little milder in napa tiburon and vallejo. temperatures in the 40s to 50s elsewhere. let's talk about a

drugs across the bay area and taking the narcotics to different parts of the country. on november 28th, a team of agencies across the county, the u.s. postal inspectors, and the u.s. drug enforcement administration, searched six search warrants and four arrest warrants in sunnyvale. this was a huge bust. in the raids, authorities recovered more than 800 pounds of marijuana, illegal anabolic steroids, hash oil, powder cocaine, and other drugs. plus, handguns and an expended rocket launcher. several bank accounts were also frozen. and $600,000 was seized. sjpd reports warehouses in four other states were identified as well. four men were booked into santa clara county nail. nail. anthony le, barry phan, alejandro garcia. this was a culmination of a two-year hpbg long investigation. reporting live at police headquarters, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, amanda. a 17-year-old is under arrest accused in a deadly shoot anything san rafael. the boy shot and killed 21-year-old errol matthew friedman monday night in pickle weave park. the victim was found dead in a vehicle. witnesses tell investigators they saw a man running from the area. police announced that arrest last n

my law enforcement agencies tell come t 85% of those drugs across our southern border. you say you're for border security. but you don't want to pay for it. empty words. playing politics. 150 people in my district. in your district too. it's a cancer, it doesn't just effect my district. it's across this entire country. and you don't -- you say you're for border security and you won't take any action to stop it. mr. speaker, it's gone on long enough. illegal immigration holds down wages, stretches our social safety net, holds down our middle class. the opioids kill people across our country. it is a cancer and it's growing. it's not even leveling off. it's growing. killing people in my district, in yours too. empty words. shame on you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, as i yield to mr. bishop of georgia, i want to make it clear that most of the opioids, the drugs are coming through the ports of entry. and i'm very happy to

paul knierim is the director for the office of global enforcement of the dru drug in person agency. before his current position, the deputy chief knierim served as a special agent in the denver job division and was also assigned to the country office. he also served as the country attachÉ in the costa rican country office and assistant regional director for the north and central american region based in mexico city. thank you all for being here today. we likeih each of you to provide us with her opening statement. we know we have a written document for each of you so don't feel necessary to read from that were repeat that. it will be made part of the record. we will turn to you. >> thank you. >> one method of business. do you swear or affirm the testimony were getting the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god god >> please start again. >> yes sir. chairman cornyn, ranking member durbin and members of the subcommittee on behalf of deputy director tank you for inviting the office of national drug control policy here to discuss the threat posed to the united

employees of those agencies that would be impacted are considered essential exempted from the shutdown. you named a few of them. the fbi would also continue to work. the drug enforcement administration and others. we are talking about this deadline that is approaching. taking your questions and t.mments with jennifer shut theodore, from massachusetts, what is on your mind? caller: i'm just making a comment about building a wall. has never accomplished anyway of curtailing invasion. asked china. another thing is, if you go to dr. trump with a serious condition, he will put a band-aid on it and say that will do for now. the actual problem is never addressed. that is that central america as a whole needs america to help it out of the situation that causes them to come to this country in the first place. that is my comment. thank you for accepting me. host: one of the agencies that would be impacted, the state department is on that list. the department that would deal with some of these relations issues. guest: a lot of state department staff are exempt so they will continue to work. the one of the interesting points the caller brought up that i think is key to this is th

my law enforcement agencies tell come t 85% of those drugs across our southern border. you say you're for border security. but you don't want to pay for it. empty words. playing politics. 150 people in my district. in your district too. it's a cancer, it doesn't just effect my district. it's across this entire country. and you don't -- you say you're for border security and you won't take any action to stop it. mr. speaker, it's gone on long enough. illegal immigration holds down wages, stretches our social safety net, holds down our middle class. the opioids kill people across our country. it is a cancer and it's growing. it's not even leveling off. it's growing. killing people in my district, in yours too. empty words. shame on you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, as i yield to mr. bishop of georgia, i want to make it clear that most of the opioids, the drugs are coming through the ports of entry. and i'm very happy to

enforcement agencies abilities cooperate with ice. garcia got two years in federal prison for armed robbery and assault and two more years for drug possession but under california law that is not considered serious enough for police to honor and ice hold. the sheriff said he's forced to ignore 75% of ice detainers. shannon: we are back with homeland security secretary kirstjen neilsen who joins us on article day for the policies where somebody has been deported multiple times, had numerous allegations in the past, firearms and all kinds of things, not held on an ice detainer because law-enforcement officials say they can't because of sanctuary city policies, wreaking havoc. what options do you have? >> this is a particular issue of concern to the parliament of homeland security. we are the largest federal law enforcement agency in the country. we have thousands and thousands of sworn officers, the concept of putting against state and local law enforcement, the safety and security of officers, the communities themselves they are trying to serve, sanctuary cities as an example of a misunderstanding of what it means to cooperate with the feder

enforcement period during the holiday season. we see an increase in impaired drivers. alcohol or drugs. >> police set up check points tonight. police in pacifica will be stopping drivers tomorrow night. >>> san francisco's transportation agencyhearing today to get input on a plan to impose parking restrictions in a neighborhood where people are living in rvs. the people living there in rvs say they have no other place to go. san francisco public works asked for help to improve parking. residents say a half dozen rvs are parked along that area. >> i am not discarding massive amounts of debris, i am not doing drugs. this punishes me as if i am doing these things. >> the board is expected to take up the parking issue in january. >>> punishing pg&e. coming up, why the top prosecutor said the company could face manslaughter charges, even murder. >> with the warriors before a lay off and now he may be ready to continue his nba career. find out where coming up. >> and a study shows how serious the opioid crisis is, especially for children. the numbers are coming >>> new at 10 p.m. california's top prosecutor says pg&e could face manslaughter or murder charges for the wildfires. he went before a judge to discuss possible consequence

enforcement alone. it is part of the solution, but really, it a social services, public health, mental health, drug treatment and so forth and what i saw when i was there were all of the agencies, d.p.w., d.b.h., health, homelessness, 311, working together to try and address the calls they were getting in a way that wasn't just law enforcement dominance. meaning it is not just officers going out because there's a homeless person on the street. so having these services available and being sent out to the locations back i think it's going to be a change for how we deal with the situation. in the short term. obviously the long-term solution is going to require a lot more, but i think we are seeing that from city government and the departments. i was also able to go out on a ride along with officers and i wanted to say i was very impressed by the conduct of these officers and dealing with some homeless encampment and individuals that were in a mental health, and substance abuse crisis. i thought they showed compassion , heart, integrity, determination, with each of the contacts. and i think when you drive by and you see the police engaging with homeless people, you don't always, i

my law enforcement agencies tell come t 85% of those drugs across our southern border. you say you're for border security. but you don't want to pay for it. empty words. playing politics. 150 people in my district. in your district too. it's a cancer, it doesn't just effect my district. it's across this entire country. and you don't -- you say you're for border security and you won't take any action to stop it. mr. speaker, it's gone on long enough. illegal immigration holds down wages, stretches our social safety net, holds down our middle class. the opioids kill people across our country. it is a cancer and it's growing. it's not even leveling off. it's growing. killing people in my district, in yours too. empty words. shame on you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, as i yield to mr. bishop of georgia, i want to make it clear that most of the opioids, the drugs are coming through the ports of entry. and i'm very happy to

enforcement 'agency's ability to cooperate with i.c.e.." he got two years in federal prison for armed robbery and assault and later two more years for drug possessionunder california law, that is not considered serious enough for police to honor a i.c.e. hold. out of 200 i.c.e. detainers, the sheriff said he is forced to ignore 75%. shannon? >> shannon: william la jeunesse, thank you. we are back now with homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen. she joined us on this critical day for the president's immigration policies. you saw there, madam secretary, discussing the case in california where someone had been deported multiple times, numerous criminal allegations in the past, firearms, drugs, violence, all kinds of things, not held on a i.c.e. detainer because the law enforcement officials there in california say they can't because of century city policies, gets out, wreaks havoc, what options do you have? >> this is -- this is a particular issue that is of great concern to both the president and department of homeland security. we are the largest federal law enforcement agency in our country. we have thousands and thousands of sworn officers.

law enforcement and the agencies that have a presence in mexico. issues, immigration and the war on drugs expect a lot of disagreement between mexico city and washington dc -- washington, d.c. host: let's go to bradley calling from virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. you.talking to i'm a vietnam veteran and i am strongly in favor of the wall, shutting down the borders. i am not just talking the mexican border. we need to shut it all down. this country is going to the dogs because we have so much imports coming in here. the generaln, ohio, motors plant setting down, and whether he knew it or not, he made a mexico. and his plate is getting shut down. -- and his plant is getting shut down. that.'t even a good company moved to vietnam. hey, i will not buy them. the american people need to wake up and start buying american products. need to sellpanies it there. don't bring it back here. sell it there. these foreign car companies coming in here, they are flooding the market with all foreign cars and everything else. 124 foreign cars in a car magazine for the new year. cars.s only 26 a

enforcement agencies' afwoilt cooperate with ice. this guy had gotten two years in federal penitentiary for armed robbery and assault and drug possession isn't serious enough to hold him. he is forced to ignore 75% of detainers. >> julie: president trump defending his announcement to pull troops out of syria. michael anton, former national security member in the trump administration. >> bill: a mysterious light moving across the night sky. what people saw streaking across the heavens, julie. look closely. >> julie: very cool. are you a veteran, own a home, and need cash? you should know about the newday va home loan for veterans. it lets you borrow up to 100 percent of your home's value. not just 80 percent like other loans. and that can mean a lot more money for you and your family. with our military service, veterans like us have earned a valuable va benefit. the right to apply for a va home loan. the newday va loan lets you refinance your mortgages, consolidate your credit card debt, put cash in the bank, and lower your payments over 600 dollars a month. newday usa has been granted automatic authority by the va. they could close you