my vision for oklahoma is very clear and simple. to make oklahoma top 10. my purpose is to work with you to deliver a turn around that insures a better future for all 4 million oklahomans. before we get into the details of my first budget i want to discuss house we position oklahoma well for a turn around by defining the term and expectations for this vision. the turn around is when our state stops moving in a direction of decline and begins moving in the direction we want to go to be top 10 in the nation. to get there, it's going to require three steps: first, we must bring together people from across the state with various backgrounds, skills and talents, to serve in critical leadership roles, second, we must set measurable goals and put metrics in place so every state employee agency leader, member of my administration and each of you in our state legislature can be part of one team with one vision. third, we must hold ourselves responsible for delivery results and reimagining the possibilities. i have said it before, oklahoma's challenges are no differe

so the significance of the oklahoma settlement? >> this settlement is the first settlement in what is likely to be a wave of settlements or a wave of cases brought against purdue pharma as well as other manufacturers and distributors of opioids. it is also significant because it comes amid a threatened bankruptcy filing by purdue that would hold all of this litigation. it is really just the first move in what is a very complicated legal chess game. amy: do you think that is what oklahoma subtle because of the threat of bankruptcy? >> i think there's probably no question about it and that is also probably why purdue settled. there were deposositions schedud -- that is to say, several members of the sackler family were scheduled to get pretrial testimony a week ago here in new york city. those depositions were abruptly canceled. i think that was a major turning point in the company's decision toto settle and in oklahoma's decision to settle. amy: what do we know about this oklahoma settlement, this $270 million settlement? your you m

the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank my good friend from pennsylvania, ms. scanlon, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, we had quite a debate on this bill in the rules committee last night. and i expect the debate on the floor today will come along similar lines. today's bill, h.r. 1, which my friends on the other side of the aisle are calling the -- by the misnomer, quote for the people act, unquote, unfortunately this bill is completely misnamed. it's not for the people. it's instead for the democratic majority, by the democratic majority, and in hopes of maintaining the democratic majority for many years to come. and every provision in this bill reflects that goal. that began with the process the majority used to put this bill together. h.r. 1 was referred to 10 different committees, yet only one, house administration, held a markup. my friends hold a two to one advantage on that committee. there are o

city and in oklahoma. clean air lauper herself was arrested 26 times, just eating lunch. for just leading out for the rights of what every single human being should be allowed to do in our great country. after 26 arrests and the breakthrough leadership she has experienced, she now has been recognized with over 500 different awards and honors in her lifetime. she taught in the oklahoma city area for 41 years. she was a senior advisor for the naacp, the youth council in oklahoma city, a member of the oklahoma hall of fame. another great leader from oklahoma, shannon lucid. she was raised in beth knee, oklahoma. she became an astronaut in 1979 in a time period when ladies did not become astronauts. she set the pace. she's -- she was the chief scientist from 2000 to 2003. she was the first woman to receive the congressional space medal of honor. jeannie kirkpatrick is another oklahoman. born in 1926, she was the first woman appointed to serve sasse a permanent representative to the united states for the united

the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i want to thank my good friend from pennsylvania, ms. scanlon, for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, we had quite a debate on this bill in the rules committee last night. and i expect the debate on the floor today will come along similar lines. today's bill, h.r. 1, which my friends on the other side of the aisle are calling the -- by the misnomer, quote for the people act, unquote, unfortunately this bill is completely misnamed. it's not for the people. it's instead for the democratic majority, by the democratic majority, and in hopes of maintaining the democratic majority for many years to come. and every provision in this bill reflects that goal. that began with the process the majority used to put this bill together. h.r. 1 was referred to 10 different committees, yet only one, house administration, held a markup. my friends hold a two to one advantage on that committee. there are o

>> reporter: former oklahoma state legislator dr. ervin yen tetempted to ban or restrict the non-medical exemption law in his state. is in oklahoma, i think it's t'ing to take an outbreak of somethin somebody dies, unfortunately. >> reporter: before 1963, when the measles vaccine was introduced, there were more than ea0,000 cases each year, causing hundreds of deaths. after 1963, those numbers dropped dramatically. >> they don't know that measles asn cause encephalitis, which, ,f course, is inflammation of your brain. i don't know about you, but i don't want my brain inflamed. ep reporter: last week, new york state senator krueger introduced a bill allowing any child 14 years or older to be vaccinated without parental consent. other states including oregon ed wsouth carolina already have similar laws, jeff. en glor: jon, those numbers you had there, pretty dramatic. all right, thank you very much. coming up here tonight, r. kelly wants to reduce his child dupport payments-- what the judge had to say. say.

>> reporter: former oklahoma state legislator dr. ervin yen attempted to ban or restrict the non-medical exemption law in his state. >> in oklahoma, i think it's going to take an outbreak of something like measles, where somebody dies, unfortunately. >> reporter: before 1963, when the measles vaccine was introduced, there were more than 500,000 cases each year, causing hundreds of deaths. after 1963, those numbers dropped dramatically. >> they don't know that measles can cause encephalitis, which, of course, is inflammation of your brain. i don't know about you, but i don't want my brain inflamed. >> reporter: last week, new york state senator krueger introduced a bill allowing any child 14 years or older to be vaccinated without parental consent. other states including oregon and south carolina already have similar laws, jeff. >> glor: jon, those numbers you had there, pretty dramatic. all right, thank you very much. his d up here tonight, r. kelly support payments-- what the judge had to say.

>> i would think maybe my home state of oklahoma, because oklahoma really was once called indian territory, which initially included kansas and nebraska. when the kansas nebraska act was passed, it reduced the size of indian country to the state of oklahoma and it became indian territory. but about 60 tribes were removed from different parts of the united states to the indian territory with about half a dozen indigenous tribes already. so it was a compression of various indian people from across the country forced to march, walked to the indian territory. you see a complex indian community there of plains tribes from california, the great lakes area, and also from the eastern and southeast part of the united states. all in one area. having tribal governments. 67. there are now 39. all these tribal governments working together and sometimes against each other. >> this year your meeting is in san antonio, texas. what about next year? >> next year we go to las vegas. last year we were in san diego. after las vegas, then we go to albuquerque. >> professor donald fixico, the president of the we

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like what's going on now as americans we cannot allow this to continue several states including oklahoma say big pharmaceutical companies have pushed opioids to boost profits the insist they don't play the risk of addiction while claiming their drugs would treat a wide range of conditions and while thousands die each year many more are struggling through addiction which has led to serious social problems including a spread of hiv and hepatitis c. dealing with the consequences cost states millions of dollars a year this is the first settlement in more than sixteen hundred claims perdue faces from states and cities and individual american counties the company says it might be forced to consider bankruptcy other major companies have so far refused to settle the first trial involving other companies is shared in oklahoma in me in the coming weeks. this team and i will continue preparing for trial where we intend to hold the other defendants in this case accountable. for their role in creating the worst a public health crisis our state and nation has ever seen the settlement in oklahoma provi

now, they will give $75 million to the state of oklahoma.tics worry that any settlement sets a dangerous precedent for the cities and states suing the drug maker. >> this begins a new chapter for those struggling with addiction. >> the oklahoma attorney general declared the settlement a victory, despite telling us he would take it to a trial. >> for people affected by the epidemic, the settlement felt like a set back. it was expected to be the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial and be televised. >> i almost lost my life because of their greed. >> now in recovery from addiction, he wants the company to face the accusers publically. >> they are being spared being transparent and open, and that is what needs to happen. >> more than 1500 additional cities and states have filed similar and active lawsuits against purr dpurdue, saying it aggressively marketed the drugs and did not name the risks. the family has made more than 4 billion in profits. >> $270 million that, is pennies to what we should have been getting. >> a majority of the sett

and oklahoma is reportedly one of 37 states to sue purdue since 2017. earlier this month, puue's ceo said the company is looking at a possible bankruptcy as a result of these claims. the company has dend wrongdoing, saying labels for its pain killer carriedtharnings abou risk of abuse and se mi from 1999 to 2017, nearly 218,000 people have died in the u.s. from overdoses related to prescription opioids, according to the centers forl isease contprevention. oxycontin came on the market in 1996. t some say pharmaceutical companies are not the only ones to b for the crisis. >> as a society we're always looking for bad guys. it's rarely tlet si there are a lot of people, the fda and physicians and drugrs develon insurance companies that can really play a role in making things better. >> reporter: today's settlement only involves purdue leaving claims pending against johnson and johnson and rael-based teva pharmaceuticals. i'm aditi roy, san francisco. >>> coming up, how artificial intelligence will change the way >>> former nissan chief carlos ghoan received

he's been an adviser to the governor of oklahoma. he's a trustee of various scientific and educational associations and corporations. he's a fellow of the american meteorological society and a fellow of the aaas. everyone who works with him finds him to have a very accessible manner. we scientists hope and trust that this will turn into accessible policy. we will call on him frequently and expect to find this access that he is so famous for. i think his winning manner will help him win the trust of the president and people in the administration so that he will be able to make clear to president trump and to others in the administration that science can help respond to the problems in front of us and in front of them. and to help them understand that almost every policy issue has science embedded in it. i hope that his winning personality will allow him not only to win the trust but to be given access himself so that he can provide advice beyond his work as the head of the -- as the leading scientist in the administration and the head

joining me now oklahoma attorney general mike hunter. it's good to see you. the baseline for why you went after purdue. any drug can be abused. why do you argue the responsibility of the opioid epidemic falls so significantly on the shoulder of drug manufacturers in general and purd purdue pharma in particular? >> our evidence is going to show at trial that opioid manufacturers in a calculated and as far as i'm concerned devious way have defrauded and misrepresented the addictive qualities of analgesics for the couple decades. they will be held accountable for the damages they've causedd oklahomans. in regard to purdue pharma, there was a proposition to an entity modelling bankruptcy. the options we had were to perhaps allow them to go into bankruptcy or to try to work out something that would be in the best interest of the state and the country, and funding the oklahoma state university center for wellness and recovery that's already carved out a national footprint in addiction science, we thought was in the best interest of all concerned. we really feel tha

pay two hundred and seventy million dollars freddy farmer and its owners have settled a claim in oklahoma that's used to septa practices to push their drugs out of serious alan fischer reports it is a new day in oklahoma. and for the nation in our battle against the addiction. it's estimated one hundred thirty americans die every day from an opioid overdose the president has declared it a public health emergency nobody has seen anything like what's going on now as americans we cannot allow this to continue several states including oklahoma say big pharmaceutical companies have pushed opioids to boost profits the insist they don't play the risk of addiction while claiming their drugs would treat a wide range of conditions and while thousands die each year many more are struggling through addiction which has led to serious social problems including a spread of hiv and hepatitis c. dealing with the consequences cost states millions of dollars a year this is the first settlement in more than sixteen hundred claims perdue faces from states and cities and individual american counties the compan

. >> the drugmaker purdue pharma has agreed to settle a suit brought by the state of oklahoma.he suit helped to create the opioid crisis. it claimed the marketing of oxycontin and it downplayed addiction. nearly $270 millionological go towards steak an addiction research center in oklahoma university. oklahoma is one of the states to file cases against purdue in the growing crisis. >>> unvaccinated children are banned from certain public spaces in new york's rockland county. a severe measles outbreak triggering a state of emergency there. officials say the ban will stay in place for 30 days until children get the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. rockland county is about 40 miles from manhattan. it has seen more than 150 confirmed measles cases. 52% of the case had not received the vaccine. most are children. >>> a federal judge with a decades old north carolina law after 20 weeks of pregnancy is unconstitutional. the 1970 statute made some allowances for concerns but a 2015 amendment narrowed those exemptions prompting groups to file suit. court across the country have shut

winner in today's settlement, oklahoma state university. a nearly $200 million endowment for its opioid treatment center from purdue pharma and the owners, the sackler family. ending a lawsuit brought by the state against the oxycontin maker, accusing it of driving the opioid crisis with aggressive and deceptive marketing. the suit called the damage catastrophic, with oklahoma drug overdose deaths increasing eightfold from 1999 to 2012. >> i wouldn't say that we're ground zero, but we're pretty close. >> reporter: among oklahoma's 10,000 fatal overdoses, gail box's son austin, a 22-year-old football player at ou. >> this settlement today lets us know, lets the public know this is dangerous. >> reporter: the sackler family says accusations about their role in the crisis are inaccurate, yet london's tate museums and new york's guggenheim are no longer accepting their financial gifts. now facing more than 1600 lawsuits nationwide, purdue pharma is exploring bankruptcy. >> we've gone to great lengths to ensure that this is real money, that it's

. >>> the drugmaker purdue pharma has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of oklahoma. suit claimed aggressive marketing of oxycontin led to thousands of deaths in that state. and that purdue downplayed the dangers of addiction. nearly $200 million of that settlement will go towards establishing a treatment and research center at oklahoma state university. oklahoma just one of six states to file lawsuits against purdue. >>> and neck cads old law banning apportion after pregnancy has been found unconstitutional. a 2015 amendment narrowing those exemptions prompting abortion rights group to file suit. the judge in siding with the advocacy group says courts across the country have struck down weak or event-specific abortion bans and north carolina is no different. the ruling will take place in 60 days pending an appeal. >>> unvaccinated kids are banned from certain public spaces in new york's rockland county. a severe measles outbreak triggering a state of emergency. officials say the ban will remain in place for 30 days or until unvaccinated kids get the measles, mumps an

the musicacal oklahoma, the peae symbol. and events i hadn't thought much about. a shooting in congress in 1954. the discovery of some uninhabited 10 islands -- juan oh islands -- guano islands. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the house judiciary committee launched a wide-ranging investigation monday into president trump, his businesses and his allies as lawmakers probe possible obstruction of justice, corruption and other crimes and abuses of power. the committee requested documents from at least 81 people or groups, who now have a march 18 deadline to respond. the list includes his sons donald trump jr. and eric trump, his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner, wikileaks and julian assange, the department of justice, the fbi, trump's charities, and founder of private security firm blackwater, erik prince, who is also the brother of education secretary betsy devos. an explosive new piece in the new yorker details trump's long-standing and far-reaching relationship with

this is what i did in oklahoma. we have to pool our exercises and we realize the portfolio approach allowed us to do so in a way that draws together rather than pushing us apart. the second pillar involves strengthening the connective tissue for the research and development system, and the nonprofit foundations and the private sector and we talked a lot about partnerships. but data and experience shows, and i think you would probably agree with this, that we could do much better in this area. we need a rigorous approach that leverages each partner's strength and mission and delivers value based on each partner's contribution and the needs as well. we've tackled this in oklahoma where i created a program facilitating interaction between industry academia and 10 areas of mutual benefit and you think about this, what does the private company exist to do or a university or college exist to do and what do they care most about and what are the intersection points and i came up with 10, not really inclusive but a good star

like what's going on now as americans we cannot allow this to continue several states including oklahoma say big pharmaceutical companies have pushed opioids to boost profits the insist they don't play the risk of addiction while claiming their drugs would treat a wide range of conditions and while thousands die each year many more are struggling through addiction which has led to serious social problems including a spread of hiv and hepatitis c. dealing with the consequences cost states millions of dollars a year this is the first settlement in more than sixteen hundred claims perdue faces from states and cities and individual american counties the company says it might be forced to consider bankruptcy other major companies have so far refused to settle the first trial involving other companies ish edgel in oklahoma in me in the coming weeks. this team and i will continue preparing for trial where we intend to hold the other defendants in this case accountable. for their role in creating the worst a public health crisis our state and nation has ever seen the settlement in oklahoma provi

. >>> oklahoma attorney general holding a press conference settling a lawsuit against purdue pharma for $270 million over the role in the opioid crisis we will have more on this coming up shortly i'm not sure why we see the oklahoma state university logo there, but that must be the background for where the press conference will be held. >> 90 minutes until the closing bell a check on the markets right now. dow up only about 30 points. well off the highs of the session. up over 200. staying in positive territory just slightly for the dow and the nasdaq also up 12. s&p a quarter of a percent oil closing for the day. a big story today as well. wti crude was back above $65 today and up about a buck to $59.88 brent on the rise. the oil and production parts of the stock market today seeing gains of about 3%. all in all, a decent session for energy >>> a few days ago, oil was down and we were fretting up more than 30% this year so far. that's helping oil stocks, of course, but especially the two big u.s. players exxon and chevron have some sector nommics >> energy being a key sector in the ral

the sackler family itself contributed $75 million for a drug treatment center in oklahoma.said they made the payment, it was not an admission lp ility. but they issued a strong statement in response to thisti legal taken by the new york state attorney general andt they have sas, "expanding this baseless lawsuit to include former directors of purdue s a misguided attempt to place blame where it does not belong for a complex public health crisis." they have vowed to fight this action. jane: nick bryant in new york, thanksor joining us. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other news. ng least 19 people are now known to have died follo fire at a high rise office block in the bangladeshi capital. more than 70 others have been injured and dozens are still miing. it is not clear how the blaze began, and the casualties are expectedo increase. sathous of passengers have been left stranded after the icelandic airline wow airsoft trading and canceled all of its flights. the carrier, which had been in fundin talks with investors, operates out of multiple european and american

state of oklahoma over the role in the devastating opioid abuse cririsis.t accususes perdue, johnson & johnson of dececeptive marketin. deny any wrongdoing. oklahoma h had been seeking $20 billion in damages. a lot morore legal l actions to come. some --. >> brian quinn with a look at the business news. stay with us. but more to come. man: my y whole sionon ilife w s to live on a d deserted tropical south p pacific i island. watcht what y you tell the lord. [laug] reporter: america tried to bury its toxic legacy here, on a remotote coral atoll. man: they covered it over with an 18-inch-thick dome and left. reporter: now the sea is rising, and the dome i is leaking. and the men who tried to clean it up are dying. man: it's a total secret. we didn't even know. the guys didn't know. we were lied to. reporter: tonight, we journey to one of the most contaminatatd places s on earth and w we me

like what's going on now as americans we cannot allow this to continue several states including oklahoma city big pharmaceutical companies have pushed opioids to boost profits the insist they don't play the risk of addiction while claiming their drugs would treat a wide range of conditions and while thousands die each year many more are struggling through addiction which has led to serious social problems including a spread of hiv and hepatitis c. dealing with the consequences cost states millions of dollars a year this is the first settlement in more than sixteen hundred claims perdue faces from states and cities and individual american counties the company says it might be forced to consider bankruptcy other major companies have so far refused to settle the first trial involving other companies is shared in oklahoma in me in the coming weeks. this team and i will continue preparing for trial where we intend to hold the other defendants in this case accountable. for their role in creating the worst a public health crisis our state and nation has ever seen the settlement in oklahoma prov

then i'm back in oklahoma.irst boy i had ever dated and the first boy who had ever dumped me dropped back into my life one weekend. he's older than i am. he had finished school. he had a job, was ready to get married and he picked me. and it took me a nanosecond to say yes, and i dropped out of school and that was it. got married. >> comes under the heading of what you know now that you didn't know then. you worked your way through college. you had a child a couple of years later. you worked your way through -- and then another. you worked your way through college. >> baby, school, baby, school. >> i have to ask you about another family issue that you're probably sick of talking about, but this issue of your lineage and the native american issue that has dogged you since your first senate race. there have been all kinds of reports about it including going through your hirings and asse asserting that there was no favoritism paid to you, but the question that i've never understood is why, why did you, in 1986, fi

oklahoma has a lot of substandard jails and huge issues that need to be addressed in oklahoma by ourtoring the situation and we will be right back. here... or, here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. . jillian: good morning, time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. as always we start county good. a fairly dickenson senior has a touching moment with his coach during march madness. [cheers] >> and 1. baseri. you have to understand how excited they are. this kid has been hurt the whole year. he just got back just last week. jillian: getting a big bucket and hugging his coach. returned to the court last time after season long injury. his team lost to gonzaga but still that was a great moment. rob: high wire crew plunging 30 feet to the ground. happening at circus rehearsal in florida two years ago. this video just released. everyone survived. finally the ugly, 2020 hopeful beto o'rourke has a run-in with the law on the campaign trail. the democrat reportedly getting a $50 ticket for illegally parking that van you see right there in new

who's joining us live from norman oklahoma via skype thanks us faking to us so what are the chances that this tweet by the president actually translates into actual u.s. policy. it could we've seen us move their embassy to jerusalem something that was not supposed to happen until there was a peace settlement we've seen the us take away a two under while the agency set up by the un to help ousting refugees there's been a lot of pressure placed on the palestinians to. give way to israel and this would be a similar step on the part putting pressure on syria so it's very possible the united states has an increasingly backed away from the two state solution in in the arab israeli conflict but saying is this flouts un security council resolutions a resolution for ninety seven declares israel's onyx a cent of the golan heights now and avoid without international legal effect and what does the international community do what is it able what can it do well it and it can do very little because the united states is the country with the most leverage with israel and for a long time the world de

oklahoma attorney general says a request by the drugmaker to delay the trial was rejected by the oklahoma supreme court. oklahoma is the first of several states which includes california to accused drug companies of causing the opioid epidemic. that is a brief look at some of the top stories we are working on. >>> it has been two weeks since the fa grounded the boeing 737 max 8 and airlines are warning of more cancellations to come. we have >>> there is the problem of making sure these airlines or airplanes are safe. customers have to add. >> reporter: american airlines is telling passengers they are canceling about 90 flights a day. they expect this to be in place until the end of april. southwest airlines says they are canceling 130 flights a day and all of this because it is unclear how long the faa will keep these grounded. >> these are huge claims. when they cancel these flights that is a lot of passengers affected. we see it every time there is weather delay. you cancel one plane it . what biggest issue is in trying to get these back on track and we have the software issue >> the ai

officials in oklahoma announcing a $270 million settlement with perdu pharma.he attorney general filed suit against the maker accusing the company of aggressively marketing the painkillers and fueling the drug crisis that has killed tens of thousands of people in oklahoma alone. >> the addiction crisis facing our state and nation is a clear and present danger. puwe are doing something about it. >> more than two thirds of that 270 million will go towards an addition treatment center in tulsa. local governments will receive a portion of the funds. >> we will create a better future for oklahomans to live and raise a family addiction free. >> the lawsuit is far from over, by the way. oklahoma is still suing several other pharmaceutical giants like tiva and johnson and johnson. >> today is just a first step in our goal to ending this nightmarish epidemic. >> they are still analyzing statistics from 2018. however, 2017 stats show nearly 50,000 americans died from opioid-related overdoses with the most significant jumps being in midwestern states. the latest from dall

graduated from and are a native of oklahoma. when you were growing up in oklahoma, did you say, i want to be the ceo of at&t one day? was that your ambition? mr. stephenson: i probably did not set out that goal at 17. -- until i was about 17. it just kind of worked out. david: you grew up in oklahoma, and there was a cattle business. were you ever interested in that business? mr. stephenson: lou higgins and i started out as animal husbandry majors. david: and switched to something else? mr. stephenson: obviously. [laughter] did you know what an animal husbandry major is? david: i do. i realized that private equity work better. so, ultimately, you got a job with southwestern bell, and southwestern bell resulted in the breakup of at&t in 1984, so how did you get a job there? you were out of college. how did you get your job? mr. stephenson: i like to say i got it the old-fashioned way. my brother got me the job. my wife said i can get you a job. i went to southwestern bell, and i started out -- my first job, david, was to hang 19-

will oklahoma ever see the money that it won? that in a moment. >>> george papdopoulus he told martha mccallum, he applied for a presidential pardon. martha will be with us later this hour. will she think he will get one. what about michael flynn? we'll ask about him too. >>> maxine waters dropped impeachment talk but still going after the president's finances. we'll ask the trump campaign about the endless investigations this is the second is hour of "varney & company". cake in the conference room! showing 'em you're ready to be your own boss. that's the beauty of your smile. bring out the best in it with crest 3d white. crest removes 95% of surface stains... in just three days. you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. ifor another 150 years. the fire going ♪ to inspire confidence through style. ♪ i'm working to make co

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joining me now from tulsa, oklahoma, dr.rutcher, the twin sister of terrence, and the family of simmons, and civil rights attorney, benjamin crump, who is the attorney for the clark family. let me start with this -- with you, attorney crump. i got the call from the grandmother of stephon clark yesterday when this announcement was made, and she couldn't join you today, because she is now hospitalized >> yes, sir. and it's so unfortunate, reverend al, because in her backyard is where he was executed. and when the d.a. rendered the verdict -- her decision, it was overwhelming for miss saquita, and she had to be rushed to the hospital, so we're asking for everybody's prayers for the family, especially miss saquita, as she struggles with her health. >> absolutely. let me say this. you and i worked on several civil rights cases. and we do not say people had to be convicted one way or another, but it should not die in the prosecutor's office. one of the reasons i'm so outraged about sacramento, they didn't even bring this to a gran

the warriors in oklahoma city's has reached the halfway point.an set this up with his injured ankle and other people pick up the slack. cousins pulled a rebound and does all himself, making a move on steven adams on the way to the who. the warriors led the game from wire to wire stephon curry goes to work on marty's morris and pulls up for a 3. he had 5 of those tonight. the warriors scored 40 points in the first quarter. cousins at 12 points in 27 minutes. when he was not hitting, the warriors were hitting the board. cousins missed, followed by klay thompson, 23 tonight for thompson. thompson flexing his muscles there and doing so again on the way to a jam, riving at the hoop and increasing part of the game this year. now watch the move by curry to get rid of the ball. keep moving and get to the corner, hitting another 3. carla the warriors with 33. once more, the warriors play and they are doing it right, cousins with a beautiful assist to livingston. a rare one these day when the warriors can coast to the finish. they win 110-88. they need to

against thursday, and followed that dominant defensive including two steals and two blocks against oklahoma city.oklahoma city. blocks against steals and two including two outing, defensive dominant up with a followed that thursday, and houston last points against season-high 27 put up a uniform...he in a warriors performances two of his best is coming off to-day. cousins listed as day-is currently listed as day-to-day. cousins is coming off two of his best performances in a warriors uniform...he put up a uniform...he in a warriors performances two of his best performances in a warriors uniform...he put up a season-high 27 points against houston last thursday, and followed that up with a dominant defensive outing, including two steals and two blocks against oklahoma city. big night on the ice...the sharks can clinch a playoff spot if they earn one point in the game against their divisional rival las vegas tonight...that point can come courtesy of a win or even just forcing an overtime period.san jose coming off back-to-back losses for the first time since january...but the sharks are still

cole of oklahoma. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 172, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of my amendment to h.r. 1. mr. chairman, this is a commonsense amendment that will maintain current law. beginning with the national defense appropriation act of 2012 and continuing to appropriation processes for every fiscal year since, i sponsored an amendment that tpwheard government from requiring federal contractors to disclose campaign contributions as a condition for submitting a bid on a federal contract. the amendment was adopted by the house on at least four separate occasions on a bipartisan basis and was signed into law by president obama. since h.r. 1 would remove this prohibition, i offer this amendment today to ensure that this ban remains in law. i have strong concerns that h.r. 1 attempts to repeal this provision. the federal government would require contractors to disclose campaign contributions, it is

you are a native of oklahoma? randall: correct. david: when you were growing up, did you say you're going to be the ceo of at&t? randall: i probably didn't set that as an ambition until i was 17. it has worked out. david: you grew up in oklahoma. your father was in the oat -- agriculture business? the cattle business? you have registered in that business? boone pickens and i started out as animal husbandry majors. david: and you switch to something else? randall: obviously. david: do you know what animal husbandry was? randall: yes i do. david: i realize private equity worked better. job withy, you got a southwestern bell. southwestern bell was the result of the breakup of at&t in 1984. there? you get a job you are right out of college and how did you get a job back out randall: the old-fashioned way. my brother got me on. my wife and i were getting married, and she said yes, i will marry you, but you have to get a job. i was in school. my brother said he could get me on. i went to southwestern bell and mytarted out my first job, f

liz: we need to take you right now live to oklahoma for breaking news. this is a live picture of the oklahoma attorney general talking about the first settlement of its kind in the opioid world. the oklahoma attorney general is announcing that there was a deal to reach a settlement in an opioid lawsuit with purdue pharmaceuticals, that's the maker of oxycontin. purdue pharma and its owner, the closely held company not public, will pay $270 million together to settle the lawsuit brought by the state two months before a trial was set to begin. listen. why are we showing you the guggenheim museum in new york? that's actually a demonstration last month where demonstrators who were crying out about the opioid crisis and the family's involvement were flinging down thousands of prescription pad sheets to protest the owners of purdue pharmaceutical because they have given millions to institutions including the guggenheim worldwide. the company's star drug, oxycontin, has been blamed for devastating the lives and causing the deaths globally due to the opioid epid

the state of oklahoma came up with a great solution. that is to impose a tax on the money being wired out of oklahoma by people who are not in the country legally. as a way of recapturing some of those funds which were denied to american workers and are i will gotten gain and put them to work for the state. and the united states federal government could do the same. congress could pass a law imposing a similar kind of program and that would be a way to raise fund for border security. for the border wall. susan: 7% tax would fund the border wall and manning it as well and putting the facilities to work. >> that's right. lots of things could be done with it. border security. interior enforcement. restitution for people harmed by illegal immigration and put that money to work in our economy. this gives a clue as to why why these countries in central america are not doing much about their citizens coming here to live in the united states. susan: maybe they will do something about it to protect their own borders. >> that's right. but they ne

the students attend konawa junior high, which is about an hour outside of oklahoma city. their school principal tells us they are absolutely devastated. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. guys, just a really tough time for that community. >> a disaster. stephanie, thank you. we move on to chicago where the actor jussie smollett has just been indicted by a grand jury on 16 felony counts. >> the "empire" star claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. prosecutors saying it was all staged. now the star's legal team is fighting back. abc's erielle reshef joins us this morning with the latest. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, eva. jussie smollett pleaded not guilty to one felony charge, but now that 16-count grand jury indictment casting added uncertainty on his future. overnight his defense attorney swinging back. this morning, mounting legal turmoil for actor jussie smollett indicted by a chicago grand jury on 16 felony counts. now facing two separate sets of charges for disorderly conduct and false police report. al

the warriors were back in action tonight and an long- time rival....the oklahoma city thunder.....rivalry....but granted a rivalry granted a the warriors the warriors were back in action tonight and an long- time rival....the oklahoma city thunder.....>it's been a pretty one-sided rivalry....but granted a rivalry nonetheless....>there is demarcus cousins....fresh off his season high 27 point performance against the rockets on wednesday....>3rd quarter....dubs up by 17....draymond green to stephen curry....that's good for three in the corner...>48 seconds left in the 3rd....curry to alfonso mckinnie...back to curry....curry with 5 trays tonight....he had 33 points for the dubs...>4th quarter....warriors kept their foot on the gas pedal...klay thompson for the three....klay had 23 points tonight for golden state...>thunder never really got it going.....warrio rs go on to defeat the thunder....110-88....the dubs clinched a playoff birth with this win....7 straight playoff appearances....that's a franchise "all we got is ourselves on the bench. top to bottom, coaches and