>> practically all of greenfield. >> what happened?ndma too become users of hard-core illegal narcotic drugs, the worst drug with the worst reputation? ♪ ♪ i'll take you there well, maybe start here. >> once you found the right doctor and have told him or her about your pain, don't be afraid to take what they give you. often it will be an opioid medication. >> here's a 1996 promotional video from the fine folks at perdue pharmaceuticals. sent around to doctors, it encouraged them to prescribe the latest, newest, most wonderful drug for long-term pain management, oxycontin. >> some patients may be afraid of taking opiods because they're perceived as too strong or addictive. but that is far from actual fact. less than 1% of patients taking opioids actually become addicted. >> sales of oxycontin initially and falsely proclaimed as not addictive absolutely skyrocketed. from $45 million in 1996 to $3.1 billion in 2010. that same year, perdue tweaked the way that we're making oxy in an attempt to, they said, limit its addictive qualities. fi

at the pump go up and up and up at the gas station across the street from his house drives lance greenfield. >> i personally just think that they are getting ready to get gasoline back up to a price so they can recoup their losses to when it was $2.85 a gallon for supreme a month and a half ago. >> reporter: greenfield documented the lows and new highs for a gallon of gas taking snapshots of the almost daily increases. $2.85 in late february then $3.65 and $3.85 and climbing in recent weeks but while it might feel like we are at the mercy of oil companies forced to pay whatever they decide to charge santa clara university professor alexander field says supply problems in california are largely to blame. >> the shortages in california is less the shortage of crude than it is a shortage of refined gasoline that meets the state's clear air requirements. >> reporter: gas prices spike in the summer in california when the state switches to a different more environmentally friendly blend. but greenfield says whatever the cause the spikes in gas prices are likely to fuel frustration and questions f

on the situation in burundi, i spoke with linda thomas greenfield.resident is back in burundi . what happens if he insists on running for third term in office? guest: we have already heard he has declared he will run for a third term. he has registered. this happened before the e.a.c. meeting. we made our views clear we do not think that he should run for a third term. this decision has led to an increase in violence and has really compromise the stability of burundi and we encourage that for the future stability of the country that the president takes that into account as he decides what he is going to do moving forward. anchor: you met with east african leaders in tanzania yesterday. do they have a plan on how to deal with the president? guest: that was the purpose of the meeting, and there were intense discussions the night before by the foreign ministers to look at options for the leaders to present to him. unfortunately, the situation on the ground changed, and that affected the meeting moving forward. there was not an ability to have a discussi

. >> by the big red barn in the great greenfield. >> reporter: hani hamden said he had to break the lawo afford the meds he needed. >> this is a big red barn. >> reporter: a dentist from jordan he had to look overseas when doctors prescribed him a drug which was $5.92 a dose in 2010 rang up at $119. >> it shocked me as being expensive. my deductible was very high. over $12,000. so i would have probably had to pay the entire amount. >> reporter: so he turned to relatives abroad to help him find a cheaper version of the drug. he said it was surprisingly easy. >> they found it for, close to $100 for a three-month supply. just $100 compared to for three months it would have been 15,000. i'm fortunate to have somebody who lives overseas that can send me the drug. i know most people don't have that privilege. >> i started taking money out of my i.r.a. and that's how we had to pay for it. >> reporter: and now, three years and $80,000 later, the saleses are struggling to keep their nest egg. >> savings is running out really fast really fast. >> it has taken a toll on our marriage. it has taken

i'm in greenfield. >> she's going over!e is about off the road. >> patrol officer anthony newmeister is pursuing what appears to be a drunk driver, out on the highway, late at night, and it's all caught on his dash cam. >> the vehicle is all over the road. it was left to right, i got in behind it. >> but newmeister is in for the surprise of his life, when he eventually catches up with the car after a 25-minute slow-speed chase. >> i was dumbfounded. i was -- you're kidding me, right? >> it's august 29th, 2009, if greenfield, indiana. and the seemingly intoxicated driver is oblivious and just keeps on going. at one point, when a vehicle stops at a stop sign, the officer thinks the driver is about to pull over, but instead, the car goes right through traffic, just missing two other vehicles. >> oh! >> i thought he was going to get hit, i thought it was going to be bad. i knew there was going to be some sort of chase. there was. >> as the pursuit continues, the driver becomes even more reckless, switching lanes numerous times,

determined to lead by his own sustainable lifestyle, we joined greenfield as he "took a dive" in the name of ending hunger and food waste. [sea gulls calling] rob: 99% of all consumer goods that are produced are in the landfill after 6 months, if you can believe that. so what that means is we're filling our landfills, we're filling holes in the ground. a lot of it ends up in the ocean and the environments. animals eat it. it pollutes our oceans. um... so the bottom line solution is create only what needs to be created and use what the earth can provide that's naturally produced. i've decided that i just really want to simplify my life so that i can dedicate my time to being of benefit to the earth and benefit to myself, really, not bogging myself down with all this stuff i don't need. so i canceled most of my bills. it took some time. and now, the only bill i have is my cell phone, which is $60 a month, and the only possessions i have are my bike. i have some solar panels, a water purifier some clothes, enough that fit into a box. um, i've just found that the more simply i live, the

damián trujillo: así era yo también, por eso yo fui a san jose state porque estaba cerca de greenfieldgio macías: como ella dijo, casi no se ve. no sabía cómo ponerme mi traje cuando empecé pero ahora sí, nomas se pone un botón. y pues ahora ya sabemos que tenemos que hablar con otras personas, padres, porque sabemos que en el futuro nos van a hablar cuando queremos una carrera o una letra de recomendación. damián trujillo: ¿por qué es importante, cuando se conoce una persona por primera vez, saludarle, un saludo de manos, pero que se fuerte, y también verlos de ojo a ojo, verdad? uno puede ser un poco intimidado porque una persona es profesional, es abogado o es juez o que no, pero es algo que han aprendido, cómo se saluda y cómo se le ve de ojo a ojo a la otra persona. dorian rebolledo: ajá, es algo muy importante porque aún estamos a una edad que se nos hace todo difícil. y con la ayuda que nos ha ofrecido la escuela y el señor eddie, siempre hemos avanzado. y salimos más profesionales. damián trujillo: y es importante, ¿verdad?, a donde vas a progresar tú. sergio macías: sí, todo e

broken down vehicle at allegheny giving us speeds in the teens and on the main line in ardmore by greenfielding and the planet fitness 95 in delco not looking good and northbound is looking good from naaman's road up to 320, that crash continues to block the right lane, as you head to the blue route this afternoon. in west grove chester county an accident brought down a pole. evergreen is blocked offp harmony gets you around it. big day in dover with nascar a dover downs it's going to continue the closures throughout the week. and in east windsor mercy county, a sinkhole near airport road. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> a canadian farm dog has adopted a pretty unlikely best friend. friend. that's stormy the baby bird, and a new mom in tammy a 1-year-old golden retriever that lives at the same farm, they are inseparable since they met and they play together and nap together how cute. the owner is keeping both of them on the farm so nothing gets in the way of their bond. meteorologist, adam joseph, is back with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> lets get over to cecily ty

lower merion's annual memorial day event stepped off this morning along greenfield avenue.made its way to saint paul seminary in ardmore for a special memorial day service. >>> they also enjoyed a holiday parade in springfield delaware county today. among those in the parade the springfield high school marching band. the parade began at veterans memorial park and ended at the township building where they had a wreath laying ceremony. >> blackberry is going to be laying off an unknown number of employees worldwide. the job cuts will affect people who make the hardware, software and applications for its phones. the company is looking to reduce the size of its device operations to make it profitable again. >>> students all over the country are putting on their caps and gowns and getting ready to say goodbye to school. and loved ones are preparing to spend big bucks to congratulate them. the national retail federation conducted a survey and found americans are planning to spend close to $5 billion on graduation gifts this commencement season. that's the highest amount in the su

finally, i saw that ben & jerry's co-founder, jerry greenfield, has come out in support of bernie sandersresident. and even said he'd love to scoop ice cream for him during his campaign. yeah. actually, he's not the only candidate that ben & jerry are going after. they've released a whole line of new flavors named after the candidates, and they're pretty interesting. here's a few. first, there's a flavor based on donald trump called "cocky road." [ laughter ] next up, there's a flavor based on martin o'malley called, "vanilla. just vanilla." [ laughter ] and finally, there's a flavor based on chris christie called "i ate it already." [ laughter and applause ] it's an empty container. we have a great show, give it up for the roots, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey! thank you very much. happy friday, everybody. so i have two little babies. you know, i have a almost a a two-year-old and i have a a six-month-old. and one of the things i always think about is i want their first word to be "dada." secretly, though. i can't say that to my wife. but yeah, that's what i -- so i w

joining me to discuss this carol simpson and jeff greenfield. welcome to you both. >> hi. >> thank you. >> carol, when you heard about these donations, how did you react? i mean i was dumbfounded by it. how did you react to it? >> i was dumbfounded, too. i like george. i worked with him and have great respect for him. but i wanted to just take him by the neck and say, george, what were you thinking? and clearly, he was not thinking. i thought it was outrageous and i am sorry that again, the public's trust in the media is being challenged and frayed because of the actions of some of the top people in the business. >> that is ultimately what this always comes down to. and yet, jeff what we have not seen is a coordinated gop boycott, the leading contenders for the gop nomination come out against stephanopoulos. we've heard from rand paul. we've heard from ted cruz. but the rest have been noticeably quiet. do you think this suggests that this will be a short-lived story, not a long-lived story for stephanopoulos? >> what i think is -- >> are you ask

very little chance that south africa will attract the domestic or foreign capital investment new greenfield expansion in mining operations or agriculture and the like as long as the rhetoric and now policy is starting to place the state in the position where it can seize property rights virtually at its will and delay the payment of compensation should any be paid in the longer term at all. >> all right, thank you very much. over to the audience. please wait for the microphone to get to you and if you would please, state your name who your pay master is and keep your question informal question. first question here. >> hi doug brooks with international stability operations association. great presentation frans. could you address foreign workers, how that impacted the economy and how chasing them out may impact the economy as well. >> absolutely, doug. if you follow the news on south africa, you will have seen in recent weeks attacks on black foreign workers out of africa. and these are nothing new. we estimated that between 350 and 500 foreign workers have been killed in terrible circumstanc

rich greenfield was talking about this idea that it's like airlines.ernment has had misgivings about the size and scope even though they thought they were trying to create a check on some of the bigger guys. so, in this case, if you were going to allow this deal i am creating a check, if you will for more competition on comcast. but if you thought comcast was too big to begin with i'm not going to allow this deal to happen either. >> reporting of this. of wheeler at least saying i'm not against all consolidation. >> from netflix and all of this. all the content players going to scream. >> it seems hard to imagine another deal was stopped. to your point, they have not said specifically, this is the limit. we won't let you pass this amount of broadband market share. >> do the deal already. >> he said we won't look at consulidation. i'm not sure he told them. >> to be in the activist role of making that phone call speaks volumes. >> well, because there were a lot of people wondering, in fact, if they would allow anything. >> by the way, you have to assume

rich greenfield of be tig minces -- of btig minces no words. says they should go it alone and stick as an independent agency to keep their options open. brendan: a big week for retail earnings. we have a miss from lowes and first quarter results from target at 8:00 a.m. eastern. what is the state of retail in the household? were you part of the lines outside the door? >> there is nothing i want to see less than a grown woman wearing a toddler's dress in a hue of magenta, green and bright yellow. a company i am looking at is burberry. since angela aaron stepped down and made her way over to apple where she became the highest paid female corporate executive on the planet. the man who took her seat is having a much harder time. something that stood out to me is that currency fluctuations are really hurting. what does it mean? in hong kong and china they lowered prices on those same goods and raise them and europe and it is because of those travelers who take advantage of a week euro and that price crap. tom: you get 14 trenchcoats from rotary. it

heading into the springfield entered -- greenfield interchange a slow ride on the inner loop from thetate 66. looks good on the camera maryland avenue northeast continuing to block the ramp into the third street tunnel with northbound restrictions on massachusetts avenue impacting the drive on the southeast southwest freeway. jummy: montgomery county council is considering attack some electronic cigarettes. the have considered a hearing for tonight and rock though. health experts will hold a news conference on ways to reduce infant mortality a new report finding the infant mortality rate is more than two times higher in ward eight than in ward three. right now the news continues on news channel 8 with good morning washington. see you back here for the news at noon. announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, broadway, film, and television star, kristin chenoweth. and from the new series, "grace and frankie," the one and only lily tomlin. plus we'll meet a tall teacher from south carolina as we continue "live"'s "top teacher week." all next on "live." [captioning made possible

it is from haren in greenfield california. haren: yes, hello? susan: you're on, welcome. haren: yes my question is about john tyler's second wife julia. in the years after he left the presidency at the time when the civil war began he was trying to stop virginia from succeeding, but he was unsuccessful so later he supported the secession movement in virginia and because of that he was considered a traitor and -- but he died in 1862. and so my question is how did his wife julia -- trying to redeem his name -- good name after he died in the years following the civil war? susan: well actually we're going to let that story unfold over the next 15 or 20 minutes. thank you for asking the question. as we are talking about the evolving role of the first lady, we learned that mrs. madison practiced the art of polar politics. is this the first instance of a first lady getting more personally involved in a political issue that we know of? taylor: when you're talking about a main matter of public policy, i think it is tough to find another first lady who is so overtly engaged in a ki

susan: let's take our next question it is from haren (ph) in greenfield, california. you're on, welcome. caller: yes my question is about john tyler's second wife julia. in the years after he left the presidency at the time when the civil war began he was trying to stop virginia from succeeding, but he was unsuccessful so later he supported the secession movement in virginia and because of that he was considered a traitor and -- but he died in 1862. and so my question is how did his wife julia -- trying to redeem his name -- good name after he died in the years following the civil war? susan: well actually we're going to let that story unfold over the next 15 or 20 minutes. thank you for asking the question. that's where we're going to move on in just a couple of minutes. let me ask about, as you're talking about the evolving role of the first lady. we learned that dolly madison -- here, i'm bringing her name up again. she practiced the art of parlor politics and she -- and that was emulated by her successors. is is this the first instance of a first lady getting much

this "throwback thursday," we've gone back into the abc news vault and found a report from jeff greenfieldnew technology of the vcr. >> reporter: it didn't even exist as a consumer device ten years ago. in the decades since sony introduced the first half inch home recorder, vcr sales have skyrocketed. >> i think vcr is a permanent fixture on the american television scene. i think you'll find that the vcr will stay around for a long time to come. >> reporter: but as with so many other new inventions, vcr's impact isn't what was originally expected. it was supposed to let viewers record a program while they were out, viewing it later. in fact, relatively few viewers use the vcr for time shifting. but the vcr can do something else. it can let a viewer see anything at all that's been put on tape, like movies. and that's created a whole new business. more than 24,000 retail outlets across america now sell or rent tapes of all kinds. for rates as low as $2 a day or less. that's made literally thousands of features available to millions of americans. >> when you combine a video cassette recorder

only a short time before he left greenfield, oak ridge cemetery was created. mary and abraham lincoln were president on the day the cemetery was dedicated and all of the speeches were made. the apocryphal story is that on the way home, abraham lincoln said this is where i would like to be buried. >> you mentioned mary todd lincoln. yet she did not leave washington dc and travel to springfield. why is that? >> mary todd lincoln's life was one -- she had to face any many tragedies and this was perhaps the greatest of all -- her husband the assassinated, and she was rightfully devastated by that. she was just not emotionally capable of making that trip. her son, robert todd lincoln was there with her. >> if you look on your screen, there are some of the reenactors. who are those folks in the tents and how long have they been camped out? >> some of them have been here since last wednesday and thursday night, when i was out here, we came out for dinner. a lot of the tents were out at that time and it was a beautiful scene. it was beautiful and the oak ridge cemeter

only a short time before he left greenfield, oak ridge cemetery was created. mary and abraham lincoln were president on the day the cemetery was dedicated and all of the speeches were made. the apocryphal story is that on the way home, abraham lincoln said this is where i would like to be buried. >> you mentioned mary todd lincoln. yet she did not leave washington dc and travel to springfield. why is that? >> mary todd lincoln's life was one -- she had to face any many tragedies and this was perhaps the greatest of all -- her husband the assassinated, and she was rightfully devastated by that. she was just not emotionally capable of making that trip. her son, robert todd lincoln was there with her. >> if you look on your screen, there are some of the reenactors. who are those folks in the tents and how long have they been camped out? >> some of them have been here since last wednesday and thursday night, when i was out here, we came out for dinner. a lot of the tents were out at that time and it was a beautiful scene. it was beautiful and the oak ridge cemeter

. >> lovely lady from greenfield massachusetts. >> which artist is a finalist for top latin artist topmez and justin bieber are competing against each another in which category? >> what does that mean? >> c, social artist. >> what does it mean? >> twitter, instagram, i don't know. >> is she right? >> she's probably a millenial. yes. top social artist which means we're culminating and interacting on social media platforms, twitter followers instagram followers, facebook followers followers. if you're hedging a bet justin won three years in a row. >> it may be an upset. >> it might be. >> over to you kath and darius. >> miss indiana here. >> finish the lyrics to this top hot 100 finalist ♪ the players going to play play play -- >> haters going to hate hate hate, hate. >> you got it. hello taylor. all of her songs are so catchy. >> "shake it off" reached number one at the billboard. she's up for 14 nominations and 13 categories. she could totally sweep. she's already won 12. and, yeah she's going to debut her new video. >> wow. >> we're excited. >> kath and darius over to you guys. >> the