according to the massachusetts department of health, these trained bystanders have saved 6,000 people. >> you have a loved one who is overdosed. it's awful. of course it's hard. yes, so you just, but this is something you have to do. >> reporter: frank knows what he is talking b. the stoneham firefighter bystander at home. his son is a recovering heroin addict. >> he is my son. i love him. i will, i have this in my house because god forbid if i need to use it i have it. >> reporter: instructors in the class explain the signs much overdose and how nar caan reverses the potentially deadly effects. the bistanders get practice putting separate together. >> it takes approximately 3-5 minutes to work. if you are not getting any response from the person in three to five minutes give another dose. you are north going to hurt them. >> reporter: it's relatively easy to administer and easy to get. >> here is your receipt. >> reporter: the pharmacist gave it to us no questions asked. he showed us how to use it. >> you want to screw this in. people are starting to not be afraid to ask for it. or f

according to a massachusetts department of health, these trained bystanders have saved six,000 people. you have have loved one who is overdosed as it's awful. of course it's hard. yeah, so you just, but this something you have to do. frank gould know what is he's talking about. the stoneham firefighter considers himself a bystander at home. his son is recovering heroin addict. >> he's my son. i love him. i will, i have this in my house. because, god forbid if i need to use it i have it. instructors in the class explain the signs of overdose and how narcan reverses the potentially deadly effects. putting narcan spray together. >> it takes approximately 3 to 5 minutes to work. if you're not getting any response from that person in 3 to 5 minutes you can go ahead and give another dose you're not going to hurt them. narcan relatively easy to administer and we found its also easy to get. >> here's your receipt the pharmacist a walgreen's in malden gave us narcan no questions asked even showed us how to use it. ready to go. people are stunned to not be afraid to ask for it or feel ashamed.

and the program is getting according to the massachusetts department of health these trained bystanders have saved 6,000 people. you have a loved one that overdosed. it's awful. you just -- this is something you have to deal. frank knows what he's talking about the firefighter considered himself a bystander at home. his son is recovering heroin addict. he's my son. i love him. i have this in my house because god forbid if i need to use it, i have. instructor explain the sign of overdose and how it reverses potentially deadly effects. and the bystander get some practice putting narcan spray together. >>> it takes approximately 3 to 5 minutes to work. if you don't get any response from that person in 3 to 5 minutes you can give another dose. you will not hurt them. >>> narcan relatively easy to here's your reseat. the pharmacist at walgreens in malden gave us no questions asked. >> you want to screw this in. people are starting to not be afraid to ask for it. or feel ashamed. it's saving lives. >> in the last two years nearly 1500 addicts in massachusetts died of an opiatover dose. >> the

according to the massachusetts department of health, these trained bystanders have saved 6,000 people. >> you have a loved one who has overdosed. it is awful. of course, it is hard. yeah. so this is something you have to do. >> reporter: frank gould knows what he is talking about. the firefighter considers himself a bystander at home. his son is a recovering heroin addict. >> he is my son. i love him. because god forbid, if i need to use it, i have it. >> reporter: narcan reversing the potentially deadly effects of overdose. the bystanders get some practice putting the narcan spray together. >> it takes approximately three to five minutes to work. if you are not getting any response from that person in three to five minutes, you can give another dose. you are not going to hurt them. >> reporter: nar skan relatively easy to administer. it is also easy to get, we found. >> here is your receipt. >> reporter: the pharmacist at walgreen's gave us narcan no questions asked. he showed us how to use it. >> you want to screw this in. ready to go. people are starting to not be or feel ashamed.

department. >> but he is not useless to the commonwealth of massachusetts. he landed a sensitive top job the state and the department of public health as director of compliance investigation at the program. the police tell us the state never called for a ref reps. >> is he being held account freewheel did? >> he no longer is a police officer. i hope that he gets help. >> he declined our request for interview but the attorney says he doesn't believe the client received special treatment. the department of health is doing its own investigation and tells us that he is on administrative leave. 5 investigates. maria: new concerns relate there are a possible link for miscarriage. two pregnant american women contracted the virus while traveling abrd and both miscarried. one woman came back from hon durs are and miscarried at mine weeks. researches have identified a strong link between rick? a and birth defects of the brain. ed: well, an historic meeting today. the two shared a hug and hour's long conversation how to overcome his core call difference. leaders have not met since they split between the churches back in 1504. maria: now from c

of our -- we have 23 chapters across massachusetts. we have about 80 parents who are trained to give narcan out, thank you to the department of public health in massachusetts. we've had over 80 saves. that is families saving their own family members' lives. and they know the most important piece is calling 911. and then we're there to try and help them get treatment. that's where the problem really can begin, once you save their life, then it's really tough to get a bed. it's getting better. there's a lot of work that's being done that we're very grateful for, but there's that gap, and there's also -- opiate addiction, it takes a long time. you need long-term treatment, and i can say that from teeing it myself, and living it, watching somebody suffer. without that long-term treatment, it just costs states more money because then they're in and out, in and out, in and out. i think i'd like to leave everyone with that thought, if you invest the money into it, maybe in the end, it will cost less, and maybe in the end, people will get their lives back. and i'd like to also mention siblings in families, they are a really underserved population.

department. >> julie: donahu has anticipated a position at fischer college. he and his wife are expecting a second child in april. >>> massachusetts has the highest rate of neglect in the country according to the department of health and human services. that report shows that the state reported 31,000 victimized children to the department of health and human services in 2014. that works out to nearly 23 victims per 1,000 children. the governor is saying progress has been made since its administration took over, but it is a long climb. >> there is a lot of work that needs to be done and will take a while for all of it to sort of take hold, but we have had systemic problems for a long stime state officials say the larger number of cases reflects greater public awareness and vigilance. >>> the president has passed his time budget to congress and asking for $4.1 trillion. $19 billion has been allocated for a broad cyber security plan. barack obama's budget calls for millions of dollars for cancer research and opiod abuse programs. the pentagon requested $580 billion for a range of threats like isis. >>> a setback to the president's plans to stop climate change. the supreme court has temporarily stopped a plan to limit

massachusetts and vermont. residents in petersburg are told to use bottled water. department of health says they found a toxic chemical in the water that may have come from a nearby plastics plant. officials are working to clean the water supply. >>> it's time now for our daily talker. red sox spring training is underway and one player is feeling some extra heat down in florida. >> third baseman pablo he sandoval was told to show up in better shape but appears i may- - he may not have listens. >> reporter: late face it not are in the middle of february crate rateings period so in january i did extra crunches and lungs and hit the salad bar after all cbs pays me huge bank right? well the red sox shelled out 95 million bucks to sign panda and told him to drop pounds and lookand decide for yourself if he looks slimmer. boston herl doesn't think so they call him extra large and like triple xl. red sox manager confirms that the team told him to show up in better condition but they didn't give him a specific weight as a goal. panda told reporters he doesn't weigh himself in the off season. h

massachusetts ranking number one in the country for the rate of abuse and neglected children. fiddle numbers reported in the globe show the state reported more than 31,000 demise children to the department of health and human services for the 2014 fiscal year. that works out to nearly 23 victims per 1000 children. governor saying today progress has been made demonstration took over. but it's a long climb. >> there is a lot of work that he's be done it's going to take a lot for all of it to sort of take hold. but we have had problems there for a long time. state officials and the larger number of cases reflects greater public awareness and vigilance advocates also blame >> district fire chief in the boston fire department convicted today of stilling $46,000 in city money. to pay credit card bills and buy a gas grill and a flatscreen tv. fox25 is been following the case of edward stagliano before for three years now city's fire chief says he will fire him unless he resides first. defense attorneys argue that spending was part of a district attempt to improve the boston fire academy. sentencing will be held later this month. >> local transit officer who nearly lost his life in the watertown should i

massachusetts had the highest rate of abused and neglected children in the country, about 32,000 children were victimized at the end of september 2014. according to a report by the u.s. department of health and human services. almost the same amount of child victims occurred in 2015, as state officials say the increased number of reported cases are because of greater public awareness and also increased vigilance by the state. >> sarah: new this morning, conan o'brien coming back to harvard. the late-night tv host will be on the campus on friday to discuss liberal arts education with the president of the university. he will then answer questions from the audience. the event will be held at harvard's sanders theater and will also be streamed live on the university's web site. o'brien is a brookline native and graduated from harvard in 1985. >> christa: still ahead, on alert. how the president plans to fight the zika virus and the warning for u.s. athletes headed overseas for the olympics. >> sarah: plus fire & ice in raynham. meet the man behind this artfully crafted snow dragon. >> chris: something to do with the snow right there, right? it's easier snow to clean up. it has lower water co