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fort lauderdale's mayor and other officials reportedly believe they could be coming from a nearby oil tanker. police now believe an alabama realtor who vanished two months ago was abducted and is in danger. they issued warrants for five people in connection with the disappearance of ronald dumas. the 37 year old was last seen on surveillance video in december, leaving a liquor store in huntsville with two women. his car was found in tennessee, nearly 200 miles away. >> new concerns this morning about the bird flu, driving up egg prices and triggering shortages across the country. and those eggs are also becoming a hot commodity for criminals. here's abc's ike ejiochi. >> as the bird flu outbreak sends the price of eggs to record highs, more evidence that the grocery staple is becoming an attractive target for thieves. new surveillance video showing two suspects entering a refrigerated shed behind a seattle cafe in the middle of the night. loading hundreds of dollars worth of eggs and other breakfast foods into a white van before fleeing the scene. this comes as police are investigatin

>> i think i'm going to join the kids in fort lauderdale. >> yeah. that doesn't appeal to me. much better. dan, too. >> much going on. i just want to relax on the trip. >> i mean, murder mystery dinners can be fun. >> i agree. yeah. >> but i don't want to do it for a week. >> i don't want and be stuck doing it the entire time. right. >> well, yeah. i guess if you had, like, a group of friends and maybe you can go solve the crime or something like that, maybe that would be fun. >> it's fun, but. >> right. but yeah, i'll just see at the midnight buffet. i mean, i don't know. i don't need to solve a crime. >> all right. or commit a crime, larry. no, no. taking manholes. okay. >> coming back. >> i got a good memory there. >> bond. amazon. bond. amazon. mgm studios today announced they are taking over creative control of the bond franchise. amazon acquired the rights when it bought mgm for just over $8 billion in 2022. michael g. wilson and barbara broccoli, who brought the bond films to theaters, will continue on as co-owners of the franchise. >> wouldn't quite be a bond film with

reportera: los agentes de ice llegaron a este sito de construcciÓn en fort lauderdale, donde un gruporque estÁn entrando a una propiedad privada y se los estÁn llevando en una propiedad privada. Él enseÑÓ todos los papeles. reportera: la voz que se escucha es la de este hombre, quien grabÓ el operativo. es ciudadano estadounidense, pero prefiere ocultar su identidad. >> no tienen orden de arresto. quieren que salgamos de una propiedad en la que estamos para llevÁrselos. reportera: los agentes llegaron por un trabajador que tener el billete electrÓnico y era monitoreado por ice. luego llegaron y se llevaron a este otro inmigrante amigo de mario. ice no venÍa por esta persona a quien arrestaron. >> ellos venÍan por otra persona. lo retuvieron, se lo llevaron en un carro y luego regresaron al Área donde estÁbamos y le pidieron identificaciÓn a todo el mundo. reportera: fue cuando mario decidiÓ llamar a una abogada y la puso en altavoz. >> que no salga de la propiedad. >> estamos al aire libre pero dentro de una propiedad. no presentaron ni documentos ni nada para decir que Él tiene orden

the brothers, who have millions of online followers arrived in fort lauderdale yesterday after romanianors lifted travel restrictions. the dual u.s.-british citizens were arrested in 2022 and indicted on charges that they took part in a criminal ring where they exploited woman. the self-proclaimed misogynist was also charged with rape. they ignore the allegations. >> we live in a democratic society where it's innocent until proven guilty. i think my brother and i are largely misunderstood. there's a lot of opinions, lot of things that go around on the internet. we have yet to be convicted of any crimes ever. >> and florida governor ron desantis said he wasn't aware the brothers were coming to his state until they landed, and they're not welcome there. >>> and "newsday" says bird flu was likely found in about 20 birds on new york's long island. officials say ducks, geese, and other birds have been found dead on a beach. so far at least 128 birds in 37 counties across the state have been affected bird flu. at least 70 people have tested positive for bird flu in the u.s. during the current

uh, a couple trips in and out of philly, port au prince, miami, fort lauderdale, albuquerque, fort lauderdale. uh mexico, veracruz, toluca. so it was a very busy plane, made about three flights a day. it would have had full fuel on board and coming down with like a lawn dart with that full fuel on board. that explains so much of this explosion. but, um, flight radar says it is registered to jet rescue, air ambulance, but registered in mexico. so i agree with les. it's probably two pilots on board. >> all right. jet rescue, air ambulance. >> in the us. i don't know mexico. >> okay. i just want to watch this again and give you a chance to look at it as well. um, chief ramsey, the explosion itself, the sound that you hear on the ground when we are thinking about horrible unknown here. the casualties on the ground what do you hear here? as you look at this, chief? >> well, clearly, i mean, it. was he went straight down, so. >> i earlier we were talking. >> about whether or not he was trying to land on roosevelt boulevard or cottman. obviously. that's not the case. >> and even if. >> it had been,

was backstage at fort lauderdale last we are, she's a super sweet girl, her husband is fantastic. parents are two of the nicest people you'll ever meet, they sat through the entire set before asking for the refund. [laughter] most people at the box office five minutes and. that said, i'm not entirely sure i agree with the official assessment of the drones over new jersey. >> up to research and study, the drones flying over new jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown [laughter] ,. [applause] all this money on plane, some media outlets say the money was going to a city named gaza and africa the white house speaking with the claims the terrorists were using condoms to make bombs. the only thing i will add is there no way men and hamas using condoms for sex because goats can't get pregnant. [laughter] for my money, the best exchange of the week and against michael stringham "good morning ame america". comes or all federal workers must return to the office. >> if there's any concern doctors and wednesday scie scientists. >> most doctors who work in hospitals and medical ins

reporter: notorious influencers andrew and tristan tate today touched down in a private plane in fort lauderdale, raising questions about how the brothers, charged with human trafficking, were free to fly to the u.s. from romania, after a ban on their travel was suddenly lifted. the brothers have denied the allegations against them, today, casting themselves as victims. >> we live in a democratic society where it's innocent until proven guilty, and i think my brother and i are largely misunderstood. there's a lot of opinions about us, a lot of things that go around about us on the internet. we've yet to be convicted of any crime in our lives, ever. >> reporter: andrew tate, a self-described misogynist, with millions of followers, is accused, with his brother, of forming a criminal group, allegedly luring women to romania and sexually exploiting them. andrew was also charged with rape. >> i will state right now that i am absolutely sexist and absolutely a misogynist. >> reporter: police raided the home of the far-right influencers and arrested them in 2022. andrew, a vocal supporter of president

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we will go to nixon in fort lauderdale, florida. good morning, nixon. caller: good morning. good morning, doc. doc, my wife has lupus. she is on ox, she's on serious pain meds. the doctor prescribed her fentanyl, and she had an allergic reaction that she basically hallucinated, "i don't want to take that anymore." so i told the doctor, all these pain meds you are prescribing my wife, i don't want her addicted to all these medications. is there anyway you can get to the root of the problem of what is causing her to have a flareup? he looked at me as if he don't know anything about what i'm talking about. i asked him, what is your background and studying lupus. he said, i have none. your wife's case is a rare case. and i'm basically going back to school dealing with your wife. so i basically said, what can we do to take her all follow these pain meds? because i don't want my wife addicted to the pain meds come and when she do have a flareup, i rush her to the emergency room , and they are looking at her like ok, here she comes again, she wants morphine, she wants this, and the

we will go to nixon in fort lauderdale, florida. good morning, nixon. caller: good morning. good morning, doc. doc, my wife has lupus. she is on ox, she's on serious pain meds. the doctor prescribed her fentanyl, and she had an allergic reaction that she basically hallucinated, "i don't want to take that anymore." so i told the doctor, all these pain meds you are prescribing my wife, i don't want her addicted to all these medications. is there anyway you can get to the root of the problem of what is causing her to have a flareup? he looked at me as if he don't know anything about what i'm talking about. i asked him, what is your background and studying lupus. he said, i have none. your wife's case is a rare case. and i'm basically going back to school dealing with your wife. so i basically said, what can we do to take her all follow these pain meds? because i don't want my wife addicted to the pain meds come and when she do have a flareup, i rush her to the emergency room , and they are looking at her like ok, here she comes again, she wants morphine, she wants this, and the

host: fort lauderdale, florida, this is mark, independent. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i am just an average schmo out in the world so i probably will not be all that eloquent, nearly as eloquent as your guest, considering this is his business, talking. but the fact of the matter is he is an outright liar. you asked them several times about project 2025. you played a clip about trump, saying he doesn't know a single thing about 2025, and here we are in the midst of project 2025 started to run our country. everything they have been doing since trump came in was project 2025. when asked about the reasons for the start of 2025, he said it's because democrats do the same kind of thing and we did not want to be left behind. your guy has been well educated, obviously. he spent a lot of time talking and expressing his viewpoints, obviously, but the fact of the matter is he is so much like the rest of the conservative movement, he said he's not a republican so that's a conservative. now, thanks to trump, they lied whenever it suits their needs, whenever it

we spoke to two families from fort lauderdale, florida who have been here since tuesday.n a row and now it's really a family and friends tradition at this point. >> for me, the experience has been the family gathering, being here with the kids, spending time with the family, the activity that we get to do. >> it's the experience the first time, a bucket list, and now we're hooked on it and hanging out with friends and family the best part of the weekend. >> the nascar series is held every year here in daytona beach and set to be special guests tomorrow. rapper singer pitbull is set, and the actor from captain marvel's latest movie and so is president trump. he was the grand marshal for the 62nd daytona 500 back in 2020 and again, you can watch the action tomorrow at, 1:30 eastern on fox. kevin, send it back to you. kevin: that's it, i'm jealous. if you think he got a big applause at the super bowl. wait until you hear how he's received by the crowd there tomorrow. madison, thank you so much. as maddie points out, we have coverage of the daytona 500, 1:30 eastern tomorrow.

host: ok, james thoughts there, democrat in fort lauderdale.honda in new jersey, let's hear from you next. caller: good morning, c-span, and my beautiful country. i definitely feel that they have to oppose his agenda. i am terrified and everyone i know is. this man has now given elon musk total control of the checkbook. this is what is so dangerous about donald trump, this man, elon musk, gets $8 million a day from the treasury and now he is giving him additional money. he is giving him verizon's contract to upgrade our systems here, because the south is so far behind. this is incredible, the congress has forfeited their branch of government, which is the power of the purse. they are the only ones who can decide where the money goes, and the republicans have sold themselves out. and the worst part about all of this is he is now evicting legal immigrants who have the -- what do you call that -- they are allowed to be here, he revoked it and he is selling -- he is selling oligarchs, the kremlin, citizenship for $5 million a pop. next thing you kn

there were also more protests over the weekend at at tesla dealerships in places like seattle and fort lauderdale, florida, and new york and san francisco. there was also a very dramatic protest in yosemite national park this weekend, federal workers sending up a classic sign of distress american flag upside down at the top of el capitan, a way of letting the country know that things are not okay. we're going to be talking later on in the show about this big dramatic show of force we are seeing all over the country and about this real, i think, shock to the system for republicans who are daring to speak to their own constituents. but to be clear, democratic members of congress aren't necessarily finding it easy either. they are getting pushed really hard at their own town halls as well at their own congressional offices, not because they're siding with trump and his top campaign donor like republicans are. no, democrats are doing that. democrats are getting pushed because even though they are in opposition to what trump and musk are doing, many democratic, republican, excuse me, many democratic m

the pair briefly addressed reporters after touching down in fort lauderdale.y're charged with human trafficking in romania, among other allegations. andrew tate is also charged with rape. they deny any wrongdoing. the dual u.s.-british nationals are vocal supporters of president trump and have millions of followers online. andrew tate has described himself as a misogynist. florida governor ron desantis said today that he had no part in allowing them into florida. >> no, florida is not a place where you're welcome with that type of conduct in the air, and i don't know how it came to this, we were not involved, we were not notified, i found out through the media. geoff: the romanian case against the tates remains open and they still must appear before the court when summoned. and in the u.k., andrew tate faces a separate lawsuit from four women who accuse him of sexual violence. today, their spokesperson said a court lifted the seizure of some of their assets, and their bank accounts have been unfrozen. mexico is sending an infamous drug lord to the u.s., along

. >> seriously have you been to fort lauderdale? i mean it would be a lot easier just to make the dress code violators into boarding groups. barefoot and inadequately clothed. group one offensive and lewd tattoos. group two. and group three is illegal immigrants. and the good news is, trump is flying you home for. >> free. >> uh, new rule. the women all over social media who are justifying whatever is wrong with their love lives with men's first love theory, which is the theory that men never truly get over their first love, must look around and ask themselves, who is your man with now? it's you. he he's with you, not the girl from 10th grade with braces. he he married you. he lives with you. is that really not enough? if not, maybe you should take that wand from men in black that erases memory and use it on his high school sweetheart. or here's another. or here's an idea. if you can't endure the trauma of your man having a past, cut him loose and have a relationship with the wand. >> oh. okay. >> uh, new rules. spare me the lame ps

florida is at the top, with orlando, fort lauderdale, miami and tampa all making the top ten u.s.ies. international destinations include london, paris, barcelona and madrid. >> now remember, miami was the one that said, don't come here. >> yeah, that's sassy commercial. >> yeah. >> it was a whole reality show. >> yeah. >> it's still on the list. >> i mean, people are going to come. the sun, the fun, the warm weather. it's hard to. >> get ready for me. coming. >> come here. you know. yeah. can you imagine a city saying, don't come here? well, we're begging for people to visit. if >> michael: good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, the dangerous winter blast overnight. the escalation over the war in ukraine. plus, a special anniversary as we celebrate

. >> andrew tate, a self-proclaimed misogynist, and his brother tristan landing in fort lauderdale, refusingpresident donald trump helped them return to the united states. the brothers online influencers, both permitted to travel out of romania after prosecutors lifted a years long travel ban. >> listen, listen, listen. we live in a democratic society where it's innocent until proven guilty. and i think my brother and i are largely misunderstood. i think it's extremely important that we stop allowing media spin, wrap up, smears, lies, or carefully constructed narratives. >> police arrested the brothers in december 2022 and later charged them with offenses including rape and human trafficking allegations they deny. >> we're innocent until proven guilty in any of this. >> legal proceedings in romania are still ongoing, leading many to question why romanian prosecutors have now chosen to lift the travel ban and what connections there may be to the trump administration. tate has long been a vocal supporter of the u.s. president, posting. just two weeks ago the tate's will be free. trump is the p

. >> right wing influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan, moments after landing in fort lauderdale, florida, from romania, telling reporters they are, quote, largely misunderstood. the brothers, along with two romanian citizens, were arrested just after christmas in 2022 and formally indicted months later on charges of rape, human trafficking and setting up a criminal gang. the brothers have denied all allegations of wrongdoing. >> it's about the fact that she belongs to him, and the intimate parts of her body belong to him because they're in a relationship, and if she wants to sell those, he has a stake in those intimate parts of her body. >> besides suggesting men own women, andrew tate has often referred to women on social media as sex workers. despite his comments, andrew tate hasn't taken a clear position on whether or not he's misogynistic. >> i have nothing against women at all. i'm not sexist in any regard. i'm not misogynist either. i will state right now that i am absolutely sexist and i'm absolutely a misogynist. >> romanian prosecutors allege that tate seduced victims b

. >> influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan, moments after landing in fort lauderdale, florida. >> from romania. >> telling reporters they are, quote, largely misunderstood. the brothers, along with two romanian citizens, were arrested just after christmas in 2022 and formally indicted months later on charges of rape, human trafficking and setting up a criminal gang. the brothers have denied all allegations of wrongdoing. >> it's about the fact that she belongs to him, and the intimate parts of her body. belong to him because they're in a relationship, and if she wants to sell those, he has a stake in >> besides suggesting men own women, andrew tate has often referred to women on social media as sex workers. despite his comments, andrew tate hasn't taken a clear position on whether or not he's misogyni regard. i'm not misogynist either. i will state right now that i am absolutely sexist and i'm absomisogynist. planned to controversiabillions of views online.was banned from 2017 forn shoubear responsibility foassau 2022, facebook, instagram, 2022, facebook, outube also ban advoc

. >> right wing influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan, moments after landing in fort lauderdale, florida, from romania, telling reporters they are, quote, largely misunderstood. the brothers, along with two romanian citizens, were arrested just after christmas in 2022 and formally indicted months later on charges of rape, human trafficking and setting up a criminal gang. the brothers have denied all allegations of wrongdoing. >> it's about the fact that she belongs to him, and the intimate parts of her body belong to him because they're in a relationship, and if she wants to sell those, he has a stake in those intimate parts of her body. >> besides suggesting men own women. andrew tate has often referred to women on social media as sex workers, despite his comments, andrew tate hasn't taken a clear position on whether or not he's misogynistic. >> i have nothing against women at all. i'm not sexist in any regard. i'm not a misogynist either. i will state right now that i am absolutely sexist and i'm absolutely a misogynist. >> romanian prosecutors allege that tate seduced victims

florida is at the top, with orlando, fort lauderdale, miami and tampa all making the top ten u.s. cities. international destinations include london, paris, barcelona and madrid. >> now remember, miami was the one that said, don't come here. >> yeah, that's sassy commercial. >> yeah. >> it was a whole reality show. >> yeah. >> it's still on the list. >> i mean, people are going to come. the sun, the fun, the warm weather. it's hard to. >> get ready for me. coming. >> come here. you know. yeah. can you imagine a city saying, don't come here? well, we're begging for people to visit. if >> michael: good morning, america. for our viewers in the west, the dangerous winter blast overnight. the escalation over the war in ukraine. plus, a special anniversary as we celebrate some heroes. millions waking up to record breaking bone chilling cold, with wind chills as low as 40 below. a dangerous cross-country winter storm dropping more than a foot of snow in some areas. and ginger is tracking it all. >> george: stunning turn around. the fallout after president trump falsely accused ukraine of

infrastructure footprint and a container -- and moving a phenomenal amount of containers, more than miami, fort lauderdale, jacksonville for that type of volume. on the other side, we have a very small, but strategic port on the atlantic. i don't know how they don't make money. right down to it, it has been operating for 20 years and they haven't made money, so they haven't been able to pay the government. that is what concerns me. sen. budd: appreciate that. what would be the consequences for u.s. trade and the u.s. economy if access to the canal was suddenly revoked or significantly decreased for u.s. shippers? mr. kramek: it would be pretty catastrophic, senator. we have experienced that with the denial of the red sea right now being able to use that and as the chairman said, having to go around the continent of africa, 40% longer voyages, significant more costs, crew, maintenance, fuel. sen. budd: do you have a ballpark on the difference to transit the canal versus go around south america? mr. kramek: i don't have a figure, i can tell you in days and it depends. it is about 30 days if you can go throu

and so they landed in fort lauderdale this morning, much to the chagrin of florida's republican governorconduct in the air. i don't know how it came to this end. quote. neither do we, ron. neither do we. up next for us, another round of shocking but not surprising comments from donald trump today about his cozy relationship with vladimir putin. we'll have that story more when deadline. white house continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. >> i told you i don't need these anymore. i have sling. >> okay. >> morning. i only let sling deliver. >> the news. >> i need. >> to stay informed. thank you very much. nice one. >> nope. >> sling gives. >> us all the. >> news we. >> want in. >> a quick and. >> reliable manner. >> and at a wonderful price. >> this critical. >> time calls for. >> the critical news coverage that. sling provides. that. sling provides. >> okay. see you still have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis... ...or crohn's disease symptoms after taking... ...a medication like humira or remicade? put them in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when symptoms tried to take

fort lauderdale. >> earlier in the week. yeah, no. >> diminution. >> at least from their perspective in terms of the orders at this point. >> well, don't you think it was really microsoft? >> this is off the. >> microsoft stuff. the one that showed the microsoft is really the outlier here. i felt that, you know, one of the stories i thought was that if, let's say they do have a real dispute with chatgpt, they don't want to be building for chatgpt. but you did correctly say to me, that is still a bonafide union between the two. >> yeah, they still. >> have a. >> partnership microsoft, but. >> obviously they are now. >> being, i don't. >> know, equaled. >> if. >> not superseded. >> by softbank. >> potentially. >> absolutely. but anyway, let's just leave it like this. i don't want people to say, you know what, we should just trade nvidia. i just don't think that's the right thing to do because they still arehethere. e trend, in part because microsoft was the, not the other people. >> microsoft watch. >> margin will watch margin

host: next up is melvin in fort lauderdale, florida, and our line for democrats.ood morning, melvin. caller: good morning. you know, it is really pitiful. this is the same thing he did to afghanistan. he made a decision with the taliban. he had afghanistan's back. never had any kind of conversation with the leadership. i don't understand why these people get short memories about what is going on. this has been going on with this man ever since. him and his administration. whether he made those agreements with the taliban to take over in afghanistan without even talking to the government. the people keep overlooking it like biden did something. it was not biden. you have the secretary of state released 5000 prisoners who were part of the situation with the military. you better start waking up and bring this stuff to attention. and then you have musk, who is supposed to be such a genius. the man paid twice as much money for twitter than he should have. what are you saying about that? get some sense in there. they are really going crazy. trump, he is the worst person

host: next up is melvin in fort lauderdale, florida, and our line for democrats. good morning, melvin. caller: good morning. you know, it is really pitiful. this is the same thing he did to afghanistan. he made a decision with the taliban. he had afghanistan's back. never had any kind of conversation with the leadership. i don't understand why these people get short memories about what is going on. this has been going on with this man ever since. him and his administration. whether he made those agreements with the taliban to take over in afghanistan without even talking to the government. the people keep overlooking it like biden did something. it was not biden. you have the secretary of state released 5000 prisoners who were part of the situation with the military. you better start waking up and bring this stuff to attention. and then you have musk, who is supposed to be such a genius. the man paid twice as much money for twitter than he should have. what are you saying about that? get some sense in there. they are really going crazy. trump, he is the worst pers

accountability office found that fuel tank level indicators were improperly calibrated on the uss fort lauderdale built by huntington it seems like an easy fix, you go in and recalibrate these things. the navy technician were denied information that they needed to do that so every time they had to recalibrate the indicators the navy had to fly out one of the contractors technicians. does this sound like and not being able to maintain an important ship card and put the navy readiness at risk. >> it sounds like i mentioned earlier these contracts are something that need to be reviewed and better understood and if confirmed that something i tend to do is focus on the. >> i appreciate that. i want to see more than just reviewed, sailors need to rely on it. that means being able to maintain their own equipment but from fiber-optic navigation, cranes that employ search and rescue, sailors do not have the right to repair their own equipment thanks to defense contractors who need more money out of the military. many people on this committee, both sides, democrats and republicans understand the risk here,

host: fort lauderdale, florida, this is mark, independent. good morning.ler: hello, good morning. thank you for c-span. i'm just an average small out in the world. i probably will not be all that eloquent. nearly as eloquent as your guest considering this is his business talking. but the fact of the matter is, he's an outright liar. you asked him several times about project 2025. you played a clip about trump saying he doesn't know a single thing about 2025. and here we are in the midst of project 2025 starting to run our country. everything they have been doing since trump came in is project 2025. when asked about the reasons for the start of 2025, he said, it's because democrats do the -- dems do the same thing and we didn't want to be left behind. you guys have been well educated, obviously, he spent a lot of time talking and expressing his viewpoints, obviously. but the fact of the matter is he's so much like the rest of the conservative movement. he said he's not a republican, let's say conservative. they now, thanks to trump, they have been liberated

prime minister justin trudeau posted on x just after that game -- host: let's go to michael in fort lauderdaleida. independent. hi, michael. caller: good morning. i'm calling to advocate for more representatives in the united states house. so initially when we -- when the bill of rights was first proposed, it was proposed that we have a cap on the size of house districts and i believe that -- around 1913 it was basically fixed at 435 representatives and i'm advocating that that be -- that the size of the house be expanded to be more representative. host: do you feel like there isn't enough representation for the amount of pop flaition a given congressional district -- population in a given congressional district? caller: correct. the house was supposed to be the chamber that is representative of the people and very democratic and i believe that the fact that house districts are so large forces house representatives to spend all their time fundraising to be able to afford media outreach to a very large district and -- immediate outreach to a very large district and if house districts were small

we will go to nixon in fort lauderdale, florida. good morning, nixon. caller: good morning.morning, doc. doc, my wife has lupus. she is on ox, she's on serious pain meds. the doctor prescribed her fentanyl, and she had an allergic reaction that she basically hallucinated, "i don't want to take that anymore." so i told the doctor, all these pain meds you are prescribing my wife, i don't want her addicted to all these medications. is there anyway you can get to the root of the problem of what is causing her to have a flareup? he looked at me as if he don't know anything about what i'm talking about. i asked him, what is your background and studying lupus. he said, i have none. your wife's case is a rare case. and i'm basically going back to school dealing with your wife. so i basically said, what can we do to take her all follow these pain meds? because i don't want my wife addicted to the pain meds come and when she do have a flareup, i rush her to the emergency room , and they are looking at her like ok, here she comes again, she wants morphine, she wants this, and then she'