in response to the heroin and fentanyl crisis. we are working with international partners to reduce the supply of illicit fentanyl, its precursors in and across north america. we are working diligently to turn the tide and are making some progress, we continue to work through numerous challenges, such as detecting illicit fentanyl on our borders, mail, reducing manufacturing and trafficking of fentanyl and disrupting the internet marketplaces where illicit fentanyl is marketed. as the federal government works to reduce the size of opioid through prevention and treatment and reduce availability of these drugs in our communities, your support for these efforts is google super success. -- is critical to our success. >> i want to put these overdose death numbers into context. major league baseball will kick off the season next month. .icture the mlb is anre we agree this unimaginable tragedy. the broader opioid epidemic are the number one threats facing our country. with fentanyl you have substances many times more heroin and increasi

not only can you see heroine affects specifically, but you can see the depression heroine has left on huntington economically. a possible way to alleviate the problem is treatment. recovery point, west virginia, a six to nine month program. many believe this sort of treatment deserves much more funding than it currently has. >> we need funding for treatment. we need funding for people when they get out of treatment because a lot of them have been in trouble with the police and the law. >> sadly, this sort of treatment is normally completed in over five months, which can be a hit hindrance with those who wish to see help immediately. another way is to lock up many of those who take drugs. this in theory takes addicts off the streets. >> we know what to do with people that are addicted. they belong in the criminal justice system. if we do not have a drug problem, they would be stealing rolexes or cars. >> it is a well-known fact the u.s. has the highest incarcerated population in the world. >> we don't want people to do this so we will have a really extreme penalty if they get caught. w

i never did heroin. >> never did heroin? >> never. >> what about all the suboxone? >> that was -- it was there for a while. but -- i don't know, man. >> how -- how did you get the suboxone in? >> are they going to reduce my sentence? >> what sentence? >> my ten-day sentence. >> it's ten days. you already got freaking seven in. what are you worried about? >> because it's elaborate. it's very elaborate. >> one hand always washes the other. >> battaglia says strips of suboxone are glued to sheets of lined paper in letters mailed to inmates. then covered up with a matching strip of paper. >> put this in the middle page. because y'all never check the middle page. you just -- >> glued? >> glued perfectly. >> so you've got to line up all the lines. >> perfectly. >> how much is coming in? >> eight -- eight suboxones a week. >> strips? >> strips. eight -- eight milligrams. >> what does that go for? >> 50 a pop. >> 50 a pop. i was shocked. never expected him to admit he knew about it, but i was more taken back by the fact that he actually could be providing helpful informatio

in others, there's heroin. we've seen evidence in some places that heroin deaths are prominent and sometimes -- in the implementation of our plans, we do two things, we try to respond to unique aspects of the environment and also develop a framework to share lessons learned from one state to another. so absurd states found to be successful with their aspect of the problem can be shared with other states who may not be facing that particular problem but may sit in the future. >> thank you. >> ambassador brownfield, i want to commend the state department and the good work that you have done recommend the dea for the recommendation on the march 16 commission for controlling two primary sent to know -- primary fentanyl precursors. i want to thank the chinese for many with the ambassador we sent a letter thanking them for their work to shut down some of the facilities. what you hope will be the impact from the un recommendation for the fentanyl product in the u.s.? >> first, the risk of shamelessly pandering to you

the attorney general compares marijuana to heroin. today, the experts weigh in. male announcer: nbc10 @issue starts now. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren mayk for nbc10 @issue. the focus now turning from the white house to local congressional seats here and across the country. last week, democrats hoped to strike back against president trump by picking up a georgia congressional seat in a special election. democrat jon ossoff got more votes than any of the other 18 candidates, but he needed more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. he fell short with 48%. now, instead of taking the seat outright, which is what democrats had hoped for, he's forced to go head to head with his republican challenger. in kansas, republicans held the seat vacated by mike pompeo, the new cia director, with 52% of the vote, but it was a good showing for the democrats, who had 45% in a strong gop district. the libertarian candidate was just shy of 2%. and with me now, democratic analyst eleanor dezzi, she had a long history of working in pennsylvania democr

, now synthetic heroin. according to the national institute of drug abuse, mexican heroin production increased sixfold in just four years from eight metric tons in 2005 to 50 metric tons in 2009. that number is now 70 metric tons. and it just keeps rising. according to the office of national drug control policy in this country, mexican opioid poppy planting increased by 64% just from 2014 to 2015. so it's getting worse, not better. according to the congressional research service, by the way, virtually all the heroin produced in mexico is consumed here in the united states of america. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, heroin use among young people doubled in the last decade. among those young people, 18 to 25 years old. and this affects all of us. it knows no zip code. it certainly knows no walk of life. since 2010, heroin overdose deaths have doubled among hispanic americans, african americans, native americans and whites. just a lot of those people who are addicted to prescription

but heroin is making a huge comeback. not just in suburbs or urban areas but into all different areas. >> alyssa schlossberg look no further than her own skin of heroin's comeback. >> i shot my feet, too, like in here, and little spots in here, here. my family, being around them, they know what these are. you know, people that don't know that i do drugs now can tell. so it's embarrassing. but nothing a little foundation can't fix. i have so many moments where i don't remember. i hear what happened, you know. when i was at the hospital, the nurse had told me that they found me naked on route 46. and i had no recollection. before coming here, i passed out in front of a judge and didn't remember anything in court and woke up in handcuffs with three cos around me and a sergeant. >> this is schlossberg's first time in jail. she's charged with distribution of cocaine and has pled not guilty. but she does admit to living a drug-filled lifestyle with her boyfriend. >> we always had drugs. people were always calling him. we got ca

in the meantime, a warning. >> if you are using heroin, you are local, you are running a high risk ofeath or injury. >> reporter: i called the local hospital to see if they are seeing a heroin trend. they are not. reporting in santa rosa, emily turner, kpix5. >>> if you have eaten at chipotle lately, the payment system got hacked. they detected unauthorized activity on the payment system from march 24-april 18th. it is working with a cyber security firm and law enforcement to address the problem. at this point, it is unclear how many customers or restaurants were affected. >>> while the university of california has been raising tuition on students, tonight, a state audit reveals the university was hiding millions of dollars in a secret fund, kelly ryan reports it is money that could have been spent on students. >> reporter: assembly members spoke out today saying they had called for a state audit of the uc office of the president after they say they were concerned over an increasingly bloated budget. >> one of the reasons we requested the audit, as we asked questions of uc, we found t

why when you have more heroin addicts?american judge said, you can no more repeal the law of supply and demand and gravit gravity. wire summary people in so much emotional pain? not just drugs by the way but also alcohol for sure. cigarettes are killing people much more lethally than opiates are. people are addicted to gambling, shopping, sex, these are addictive patterns. rooted in emotional pain and trauma. if we want to deal with these questions of addiction, what is traumatizing so many people? in your very excellent series, you talked about a county in kentucky. one of the poorest counties in the state where there are a lot of opiate addictions. don't you think the poverty and loss of jobs and the loss of hope and connection has a lot to do with my people are addicted? >> tucker: it's self-evident that that's true. here's the point i would dispute. a lot of what you said is true but not all addictions are the same and their effects, there's a weird kind of relativism -- smoking is totally bad for your health but it do

. >> a spike in heroin overdoses. the bay area city where the problem is prevalent. >> we've had five heroin overdoses in the last ten days. . >>> a warning tonight in the north bay after several isn'ted heroin deaths in a matter of days. the vice presidents says five -- sheriff's department says five people have overdessed on heroin in the last phi days and die -- ten days and died. >> a spokesperson says deputies believe there's a batted batch of heroin being distributed in santa rove 15. they say -- rosa. they say the deaths are happening across the city and across demographics. >> black tar heroin is one of the most common drugs drug and it's suspected to be responsible for the deaths of five people in the last ten days. >> the last death was yesterday in a coffee shop. >> it happened in a starbucks. the man was a transient. two other transients died in separate cases. one of them found outside a petco and two residents overdosed in their own homes. all victims were between 27 and 66. >> it's homeless, it's non ho

vomiting out heroin. bubbles, and then the guy i just vomited on comes up behind me, and i am waiting for the beating. and he pats me on the back. to comfort me. and he says, don't worry, you will be okay. and that was it. i broke. i broke like a little girl. he broke me by being kind to me. i am sitting in the back of the bus with this gun pointed at me. after about half an hour, we pulled up outside of a big metal door. i did not have a clue where we were. >> come. move. there he was this sound, the sound of chains clanging. you can see that people with the huge leg chains. i remember thinking, what kind of criminal gets chained like this. i was about to find out. having this piece of metal chaped around your ankle is so soul destroying. in australia, you would not be allowed to chain an animal like that. i said, how long do i have to wear these? two years he said. twoer year i thought that he was joking. he wasn't. and then it started, the noise. there was screaming. yelling, screaming, shouting. now i

my nephew is in prison right now because of using heroin, also selling heroin, and the way this all started was he was in the air force -- he was not even in there for 15 months before he was declared disabled. he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. , ands honorably discharged he was given a check for over $2500 every month. this money was from the air force, he was considered a veteran, even though he never saw combat, and he was also declared disabled. he was using this money every month -- he did not get a job when he got out -- he was using this money to go out into buy heroin for he and his girlfriend. my sister called in, she called the v.a., she tried every way to get them to test him to see that they were on drugs and to stop them from getting this money, so what i would like to see happen, i would like to see anyone who is getting a government check in any form or government assistance to be drug tested areuse if these people using drugs, then there is no way that they are going to be able to go out and get a job because most places now drug test. so if they can't get a job and they

. >>> one north bay community has seen a spike in deadly heroin overdoses. kpix 5's emily turner shows us why authorities in santa rosa are racing to figure it out. >> reporter: heroin isn't new in santa rosa but the number of overdose deaths is, five dead in 10 days. the sheriff's office is trying to figure out the spike. >> there's something in a batch of heroin going around right now that's concerning to us not countywide. it's localized here in santa rosa. so we don't know exactly what's going on. but clearly there's a small group of people that have gotten this heroin that's not -- that's not good. >> reporter: three men, two women. three of them transients. two with homes. 27 years old to 66. the demographics of each victim are different. authorities are trying to run down what they have in common. >> the coroner's office is trying to put the links together investigating it. also santa rosa police department is investigating a majority of the deaths as occurred in their jurisdictions. but, yeah, we're trying to run down leads and figure out where this

, a loaded pistol, cash, a scale with heroin residue. they charged him with drug delivery resulting in death. the opioid epidemic in montgomery county is growing out of control. the drug fentanyl is 50 times more powerful that are heroin. >> montgomery county alone, 249 people died of overdoses last year. >> once the users find out someone died from an overdose they want to buy that bag. >> reporter: along with the attorney general, the charges against leon should serve as a warning against all drug dealers in montgomery county and the state. >> drug dealers should be on notice that heroin mixed with fentanyl is a killer. if you kill a buyer you will be held accountable. >> reporter: officials say if you know someone battling addiction, do your best to help them. call the cops on them, if you have to. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> in montgomery county, one person was trapped inside a house fire. this happened last night in lansdale. the fire started around 6:30 p.m. on the 700 block of abbey lane. thankfully firefighters rescue

my nephew is in prison right now because of using heroin, also selling heroin, and the way this all started was he was in the air force -- he was not even in there for 15 months before he was declared disabled. he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. , ands honorably discharged he was given a check for over $2500 every month. this money was from the air force, he was considered a veteran, even though he never saw combat, and he was also declared disabled. he was using this money every month -- he did not get a job when he got out -- he was using this money to go out into buy heroin for he and his girlfriend. my sister called in, she called the v.a., she tried every way to get them to test him to see that they were on drugs and to stop them from getting this money, so what i would like to see happen, i would like to see anyone who is getting a government check in any form or government assistance to be drug tested areuse if these people using drugs, then there is no way that they are going to be able to go out and get a job because most places now drug test. so if they can't get a job and they

another day in the heroin epidemic.oday atlantic county starting in atlantic city where i met jamie sewell who had his first scrape with heroin looking through a keyhole. >> me being a little guy i was being nosy looked in that hole. and i seen them sticking needle in his arm. and i said, ooh, i said i'll never do that. low be be hold 30 years later, that's what i was doing. >> reporter: jamie has been clean 15 months he's enrolled in methadone program going a all the meetings he can much he says he was just lucky. he qualified for rehab program money due to pre skiffing condition. >> a lot of people don't have that want to get help but they can't get it. they can't get it because they don't have enough money they just only got medicaid. >> reporter: that was one issue among many being discussed couple miles away in galloway at stockton university at the knock out opioid town hall atlantic county prosecutor says you can use the law to crack down all you want but,ing. >> we cannot arrest ourselves out of this problem in

spencer crum says right now we have confirmed that all of them have heroin in their systems. with toxicology we will be checking for fentynal or any type of drug that might be mixed with the heroin. >the concern now is that more people may use heroin from that tainted batch and authorities are hoping to warn the public before it's too late.sot so far, the victims in this case have not been identified. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. (pam) one of two student groups behind ann coulter's u-c berkeley speech .... are now backing out.(steve) the young america's foundation says they are pulling out amid safety concerns. the group says the university has not ensured protectio

manage heroine. you have heroin addicts that live 50, 60, 70 years. the problem with the opiates we have now is that there is no understanding of them, right? [crosstalk] >> since you honestly answered the question. [laughter] >> i guess anyone can respd to this, but using the tobacco industry, like falling out of power in the past, and not having as much of an influence over government, do you think something similar as possible with the pharmaceutical industry? do you think it is related to education, as you were talking about before? it is more on the individual, but do you think it applies to the greater national level and i guess that certain level of government? >> tobacco kills hundreds of thousands of people a year, and it is still legal, so i'm not sure that they don't have any -- i think the people most addicted to tobacco is the legislature to -- who get the revenues from the taxes. the premise there, i'm not sure entirely correct, but i will say, again, the pharmaceuticals -- my worry as

-- all suspected of overdosing on heroin in santa rosa.(pam) this is just the latest tragedy in a nationwide opiod epidemic that we have seen take lives across the country.(steve) kron4's charles clifford has what we know about the toxic heroin that could now be circulating in the bay area. over the past ten days, 5 people in santa rosa have died from apparent drug overdoses. 3 men and 2 women, ages 27-66. the sonoma county sheriff's office says that 3 of the victims died in public places. sot toxicology tests on the victims showed they all had heroin in their systems but it's highly unusual for so many people to die from overdoses in such a short period of time in the same area. authorities suspect the victims may have gotten the heroin from the same source and that the drugs may have been tainted.sot

and i did think, "well, i've never done heroin and if i'm going to convincingly play a heroin addict, thought, well, he could give us some. ( laughter ) >> stephen: really? >> yeah, he could give us some. >> stephen: doctors in scotland have heroin? >> i'm sure their access to some somewhere. >> stephen: surely. >> i thought, that would make it safe. and so i thought about it, and then i started working with danny boyle and we went up to glasgow and we worked with this extraordinary group of recovering addicts called the calton athletic club, and one guy named eamonn became our heroin advisor on set. i went to one of their recovery meetings and i sat there, and i watched these young guys and girls come in and i saw the extraordinary suffering they were going through and the pain in their eyes and i thought it would be enormously disrespectful to them for me to go and try heroin. >> stephen: to dabble. >> i didn't need to. it wasn't necessary. so what i did is i asked all of these people that were generous enough to give us their time, and i asked them to describe what it was like to w

(catherine) the heroin epidemic is making its mark on the bay area... in just the last ten days, the sonoma county coroner's office says there have been five deaths due to overdoses.. authorities say the type of heroin being sold in the area is extremely volatile and potentially toxic. there's concern about the sharp spike in deaths.... all five of the cases were in the santa rosa area.. the exact cause of death is still being determined....but warnings are going out to the public about the disturbing trend. (grant)police are looking for five teenagers. accused of stealing from the apple store

who have lost loved ones to heroin overdoses.hen they understand the situation, when they understand how easy it is to push people into the fringes -- we have people dying because they are in isolation. this type of approach just pushes people further and further into isolation an end that's where the experience and these overdose deaths. to most of the people who are out there selling aren't these major drug dealers, these are people trying to manage their addictions. are these people the worst? the scum of the earth? not in my opinion, these are people suffering from an illness who need medical attention. if >> dana: thank you so much, that is it for us tonight, thanks for watching us, i'm dana perino and for the vacationing at bill o'reilly and please remember the spin stops here because we are looking out for you. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome totonight" despite donap being an alleged russian puppets, the american tensions with russia keep rising. a russian official said relations are at the lowest point since the col

i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high.en i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. this is governor chris christie. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. ♪ >>> if you enjoyed the convenience of using your smart phone to pay the parking meter here in philadelphia, you better brace yourself. the philadelphia parking authority is putting the brakes on its meter up app. as of 12:01 tonight knock longer use the mobile payment option. ppa says it's suspending due to app financial problems with service provider. so until the ppa finds new one it's back to feeding the kiosk in and placing that receipt stub on your dashboard. >>> jury selection in bill cosby's sex assault case set to get underway next more. jurors will be picked in pittsburgh on may 22nd. opening statements will take place in montgomery county starting on june 5th. the 79-year-old cosby is charged with drugging and molesting a former temple university employee in 2004. trial expecte

start you are a heroin addict for life.there only two things that come from this, prison and death. i have been down here personally, watching many people die right there. >> die right here. >> right there. >> i have watched them pick up body, carry them over there, and so they don't stop what is going on here. you look at them people in your life, that is somebody's son, somebody's husband. i'm sure they had kid. and how meaningless our life is. we do this and we die. >> living here we know this, doctor oz, that philadelphia, just likely the heroin capitol of america. certainly the east coast. what surprised you? >> well, i was shocked by how brazen the whole process is. while we were shooting, mess of the addicts scattered but every once in a while folks will come down with jackets, ties, coming from work with the hope of shooting up under the bridge. i also did not understand the money behind addiction. that man you just heard from steve, last time he filed income taxes he made $575,000. >> yeah. >> wow build homes, for

toxicology tests show that all five had heroine in thier systems. authorities suspect it had been mixed with other toxic substances. they're also warning the area to be aware that tainted heroine could be circulating the area. in sonoma county, charles clifford, kron 4 news. (terisa)here in corte madera, authorities say a small mob blasted into this apple store and stole several items.some of the items included iphones, ipads and computers. about 24 thousand dollars worth of merchandise. customers say they are surprised. all of the suspects are said to be teens. police are looking into whether surveillance cameras captured images of suspects. te (rob fladeboe)here in the santa cruz mountains crews are tackling several storm-related repairs along highway 35. a stretch just south of black road was closed tuesday as caltrans installed new storm drains and paving. beginning monday, a more ambitious project will require a 10 day, around the clock closure between zayante road and highway 17. father north, at las cumbres road, a 300 foot long section of th

they found heroin and loaded pistol and cash and scale with heroin residue at his home. >> it equatesporter: as the opioid epidemic is growing out of control. the drug fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin and flooding the streets. >> montgomery county alone, 249 people died of overdoses last year. >> once the users find out someone died from an overdose they want to find that bag. >> reporter: along with the attorney general, the charges against leon should serve as a warning to drug dealers in pennsylvania. >> drug dealers in pennsylvania should be on notice that heroin mixed with fentanyl is a can i a killer. if you kill a buyer you'll be held accountable. >> reporter: police say if you know someone battling addiction do your best to help them even calling the cops on them to help help them. bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >>> a fire started in lansdale at 6:30 p.m. on the 700 block of abbey lane. medicine i cans transported the person -- medics transported the person to the hospital this morning. police are not releasing any details about the investigation, but a neig

it's 25 to 50 times more powerful than heroin. so, these folks were buying what they thought was a legitimate hydrocodone pill on the black market, yet they were buying a pill that contained fentanyl. >> and it killed them. >> and we had 15 people die of overdoses. >> wow. well, lieutenant simmons, you have the unique perspective from being a pharmacy technician turned police officer. now you're training other officers and district attorneys how to recognize the dangers from prescription-drug abuse. can you give us -- what did you see before and now? >> so, working in the pharmacy as a pharmacy technician, in the profession, you saw a lot of individuals who were most likely addicted to the opiate-based drugs, who were doctor-shopping or pharmacy-shopping or altering prescriptions and trying to find other illicit ways to get their hands on more of the opiate drug or amphetamine drug that they were addicted to. and now in law enforcement, you see those people out on the street, whether they just purchased something illicitly or whet

. >> five deaths in just 10 days, all blamed on heroin. a warning about a bad batch of heroin that's being called toxic. >> tomorrow more clouds, chance of a sprinkle, and temperatures trending down. we'll have the forecast when i come back. >> up next, a south bay man awaiting sentence in the murder of a family friend who investigates on a man's claims that help is innocent despite accepting a plea deal. >> i did not kill that woman. >>> 2 investigates is take act fresh look at a three-year-old murder case that may finally be coming to a close. >> the suspect is accused of killing the wile of a well- known doctor in gilroy, and has accepted a plea deal, but still insists he's innocent, and questions remain about whether justice is being served. >> reporter: inside the santa clara jail sits a man accused of killing a family friend in 2014, a murder he add pantly says he didn't commit. >> i'm not a murderer. i don't have no criminal record. i never owned or possessed a weapon of any kind. >> reporter: it was back in april of 2014 at this ho

all suspected of overdosing on heroin in santa rosa. this is just the latest tragedy in a nationwide opiod epidemic. kron four's charles clifford explains what we know about how this drug is circulating in the bay area. over the past ten days, 5 people in santa rosa have died from apparent drug overdoses. 3 men and 2 women, ages 27-66. the sonoma county sheriff's office says that 3 of the victims died in public places.sottoxicology tests on the victims showed they all had heroin in their systems but it's highly unusual for so many people to die from overdoses in such a short period of time in the same area. authorities suspect the victims may have gotten the heroin from the same source and that the drugs may have been tainted.sot

i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high.n i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. this is governor chris christie. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> now we'll take you state by state and county by county for a look at stories across the area. >> in atlantic county, a knock out abuse town hall will be held today at stockton university focused on opioid abuse. experts will have advice on how to make decision its your loved one is addicted. >> to chester county, the bra y brandywine aspca is part of a program saving the lives of animals being put to sleep at overcrowded shelters in puerto rico. >>> in montgomery county today, a dog that's a true survivor will visit students in a program on pet safety. you're looking at aladdin. a certified therapy dog. his owner took him in after finding him abused and underfed. the program is designed to promote humane education and end cruelty. >>> at the jersey shore, a baby seal is getting the had.

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heroin, a loaded pistol, cash, a scale with heroin residue, they charged him with drug delivery resulting in death. >> it equates to third degree murder. >> reporter: the opioid epidemic in montgomery county is growing out of control. the drug fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin. >> montgomery county alone 249 people died of overdoses last year. >> once the users find out someone died from an overdose, they want to go buy that bag. >> reporter: along with the attorney general josh pa -- shah shah -- shapiro said this is a warning to all drug dealers in the state. >> heroin mixed with fentanyl is a killer. if you kill a buyer we'll hold you accountable. >> reporter: drug dealers have been put on notice. officials say if you know someone battling addiction do your best to try to help them and even call the cops on them if you have to. reporting in norristown, bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> one person was trapped inside of a burning home in lansdale, montgomery county. the fire started around 6:30 on the 700 block of abbey lane. firefighters pulled the victim out of the h

they found heroin, loaded pistol, cash, a scale with heroin residue. montgomery county district attorney general charged him with the death. the opioid epidemic is growing out of control. fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin and flooding the streets. >> montgomery county alone, 249 people died of overdoses last year. >> once the users find out someone died from an overdose, they want to go buy that bag. >> reporter: steel along with attorney general josh shapiro say the charges should serve as a warning to all drug dealers in the montgomery county and the state. >> drug dealers in pennsylvania should be on notice that heroine mixed with fentanyl is a killer. if you kill a buyer, we are going to hold you accountable. >> you hear drug dealers have been put on notice, officials say if you know someone battling addiction you should do your best to help them and call the cops on them if you have to. reporting in norristown, bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> in montgomery county, one person was trapped inside a house fire. this happened last

before you know it, you are a heroin addict. think that has been a crucial reason for why it did so well. >> bret: we will continue to follow it. last beast tomorrow night. next up on the >> white house press secretary sean spicer has worked in the white house before, believe it or not. the bush white house. he had a tough week this week. he'll even tell you that, but one late-night host decided to combine the two go of spicer's house jobs. >> he's had a rough week. the sore he was press secretary, he played the easter bunny at the eggroll during the bush administration. that's not fake, that's the real thing. which means this week for the first time it may be in history, we got to see the easter bunny apologize for comments about the holocaust. >> i've done bad things. as figure to be clear, you recognize that hitler obviously did. >> i'm well aware of what he did. >> how could you be mad as him but he? it's impossible. >> come sean. it was too good to pass out. thanks for inviting us into your home today. that's it for tonight