lenny year after year after year. bernsteine of the washington post. the united nations has warned that the deadly flooding in sudan may continue until october. at least 62 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been affected by flash flooding across 15 states. white nile state in the south of the country has been hit hardest. gareth barlow has more details. the desperate search for posessions swallowed by floodwaters that have engulfed entire villages. the united nations estimates more than 37,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed. translation: there were no floods before, but now when you look around, everything is gone. thank god there were no lives lost here, but all our belongings are gone. we're left with nothing. translation: all the houses have been destroyed. nothing remains. we were unable to collect our furniture. it is the first time in our lives such floods have happened. we only ask for one thing, we only ask for our right to have a place to stay. as communities take refuge in temporary camps, aid agen

for more let me bring in lennie bernstein. he is health and medicine reporter and cnbc's own meg tirrell. and this is a pretty extraordinary offering by the sackler family, but can it go far enough >> that's a great question so this is not a done deal it's proposed. 10 to $12 billion sounds like a loft money but we are hearing some folks say they are surprised by potentially how small that is considering purdue's role or alleged role in the opioid crisis and just the markeis or spot they have headlight there with oxycontin will this be 10 to $12 billion, and how does that sort of translate into what we might see from everybody else? >> lennie, how should we think about the potential exposure from purdue? what does the 10 to $12 billion offer mean to you in terms of possible financial outcomes? >> first off, just think about how complicated this is going to be for them to arrange they have to satisfy the 2,000 plaintiffs of the big federal suit in ohio and then there are 40 some-odd states across the united states that alsowant

here's lenny bernstein, the health and medicine reporter for the washington post, on why the case istime that a judge has held a drug company responsible for the perception opioid epidemic in this country. there are many cases coming up as you said and there has been one in which a judge throughout a similarclaim but been one in which a judge throughout a similar claim but this is the first time seeing anyone say these drug companies are culpable and they're going to have to pay to remedy the situation. is it likely to bea remedy the situation. is it likely to be a problem? this is quite an unusual application of a particular piece of law. it may be, johnson & johnson is going to appeal and will are going to see what the courts have to say about it. it certainly is an expansion or a normal use of this public nuisance law here in oklahoma, taking something that was generally used to protect property, to keep neighbours from doing anything with their property, that harms someone else. so it could be a problem down the road but for now, thejudge that it problem down the road but for now

joining us now from oklahoma is lenny bernstein — health and medicine reporter for the washington postu, i know yol done good to talk to you, i know you have done a lot of work on this, how significant would you say this ruling is? there are many other cases coming up. i think it's quite significant, it is the first time that a judge has held a drug company responsible for the prescription opioid epidemic in this country. there are many cases coming up, as you said, there has been one in which a judge throughout a similar claim, but this was the first time we are seeing anyone say that these drug companies are culpable and they're to have to pay to omitted they're to have to pay to omitted the situation. is it likely to be a problem? it's quite an unusual application of the particular piece of law. it may be, johnson &johnson is going to appeal and we will seal what the court has to say about it, it certainly is an expansion or another use of this public nuisance law here in oklahoma, taking something that was generally used to protect the body, to keep neighbours from doing anything w