mr. chester: that is correct. mr. rubio: should it be basically assumed that all of it is being grown there, you can see it from the camera pictures being taken, all of that is coming to a city near you in the united states? mr. chester: that is the ascension we make him a senator, yes, that is correct. mr. rubio: well, i want to thank you both for being here. did you have a final question? mr. markey: no, i don't. thank you so much. to me, this is the top concern. it doesn't get any bigger than this. it is great to have you here and to know that you are the principal people knowing on this issue and i think it is absolutely essential. asked, let me just ask you this, mr. chester, your title is associate director of the national heroin coordination group. do you think it is time for us to just change the name to the national heroin and fentanyl coronation group? do you think we should change the name just so it ever ties is correctly what is going on to the american people? mr. chester: senator, when we began our work

mr. chester. mr. foote in 2000 mexico's congress passed a series of significant reforms to its criminal procedures. to promote greater access to justice and combat organized crime. measures that would make the mexican justice system look a little bit more like our own. these reforms were intended to be implemented by 2016. where does the implementation of these additional reform stand and how has the united states assist in this process and how do you feel about whether they are really doing what they committed to do? >> thank you senator. as you know mexico committed them pass legislation to implement a new criminal justice system which is an accusatory of justice system buts like ourselves. at this point up to 32 mexican states, 24 have implemented this with federal level crimes and i believe nine have implemented it at state level crimes. obviously this is a long-term process and some of the states in mexico will not meet next month's deadline. we remain can committed and contained to work closely

mr. chester: we were speaking about and our ability to detect fentanyl at borders. we brought up the idea of canines being able to detect fentanyl because it is so deadly. gaps,k to address those theetter detect fentanyl at southwest border and in our airfreight locations in the united states. that has been an area of ongoing discussion for us so that we can better determine how much fentanyl is getting into the country and detect it when it does arrive. and whether they are detecting the chemical itself or with the ant which with it is mixed. if i may conclude. i would strongly recommend to the administration that when the president meets with the presidents of canada and mexico that he raise fentanyl to the highest level with them and is thehem know that that threat to our country, and the same thing is true in any communications with the chinese government. it has to be at the highest level. >> it is an important issue in the northeast in the country, and we will welcome our next panel. we keep the record open for a few days. if you receive any questions and writ

mr. kemp chester, associate director for the national heroin coordinator group for the office of national drug control policy. the 2nd panel will present the honorable teresa jacobs and mr. steven dudley. thank you all for being here today. we appreciate your time and dedication and ii would like to thank all of those who worked alongside my staff in making this hearing possible. drug cartels operate out of countries in the western hemisphere by using sophisticated distribution systems that move narcotics into and across the united states. heroin supplied by these cartels has created a public healtha public health epidemic and fuel drug violence across the country. unfortunately it is becoming part of everyday events in society. it is our duty to find the best possible avenue to allocate resources to provide the best tools to equip those on the front lines to fight this crisis. we must examine what the united states, mexico command of the regional partners are doing to address the rising heroin and drug trafficking promoting the efficacy of proper execution of us initiatives to stop the s

mr. kemp chester the associate director for the national heroin coordinate a group of the office of national drug control policy. the second panel will present the honorable theresa jacobs america orange county florida and mr. steven dudley the code director inside crane. we appreciate your time. we appreciate your dedication and i would also like to thank all of those who worked alongside my staff in making this hearing possible. drug cartels operate out of countries in the western hemisphere and they do so by using sophisticated sister vision systems that move narcotics into and across the united states. heroin supplied by these cartels has created a public health epidemic that is fueled drug violence across the country. heroin epidemic are in force in becoming part of everyday events in our society. it's our duty to find the best possible avenues and allocate resources to provide the best tools to equip those on the frontline to fight this public health crisis. we need to examine what the united states mexico and other regional partners are doing. promoting the efficacy initiatives to sto

mr. believed to be stealing electricity. roaring in chesterlden cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> mark ruffalo was in our area today to learn about efforts to protect and restore clean water. ruffalo was in cheltenham at the toucan knee creek he put on waiters to collect water samples with high school students and others. he says the recent events in flip michigan highlighted the importance of save clean water. >> sad truth about flint it's really just the coalmine. these contaminations are happening all over the united states right now. we just happen to find it in minute and it happened to be really bad there. but the quality of water in the united states is definitely compromised. >> ruffalo praised the delaware river water shed initiative a group of nearly 50 organizations working on water quality right here in our region. >>> when you dine out at a restaurant it's always proper to tip your server but there seems to be different schools of thought how to come up with that number. >> so do you tip on the pre or post tax amount on the bill? good qu

mr. believed to be stealing electricity. roaring in chesteren cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> mark ruffalo was in our area today to learn about efforts to protect and restore clean water. ruffalo was in cheltenham at the toucan knee creek he put on waiters to collect water samples with high school students and others. he says the recent events in flip michigan highlighted the importance of save clean water. >> sad truth about flint it's really just the coalmine. these contaminations are happening all over the united states right now. we just happen to find it in minute and it happened to be really bad there. but the quality of water in the united states is definitely compromised. >> ruffalo praised the delaware river water shed initiative a group of nearly 50 organizations working on water quality right here in our region. >>> when you dine out at a restaurant it's always proper to tip your server but there seems to be different schools of thought how to come up with that number. >> so do you tip on the pre or post tax amount on the bill? good ques