oxycontin is a pain killer. he told them, though, apparently that he was just a courier and would be paid ten grand to carry the pills with him. investigators believe this may be indicative of a larger rippinring but how big they're just not sure yet. christie smith, today in the east bay. >> thank you much, christie. >>> now "today in the bay" weather. >> reporter: hello here from at&t park on a very chilly morning. we've got the big fall classic about to get under way just about 11 hours from now, and it feels quite like fall. right now in san francisco chilly temperatures around the bay area. some patches of frost around the north bay as you wake up this morning. let's get into the forecast which you can expect around the east bay and beyond as we show you some of our weather headlines this morning. you'll notice, yes, it's a very chilly start. you may have to scrape your windshields this morning. now during the afternoon the temperatures are going to be pretty nice. we will see increasing clouds in areas fro

oxycontin is a prescription pain killer, often abused for its morphine-like high. the man arrested said he was actually just a courier here and was set to earn about ten grand just for carrying all this. agents think that this could suggest a larger drug ring, but they say exactly how large they just aren't quite sure yet. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:49 right now. california is dealing with its largest health epidemic since 1950. more than 6200 californians have whooping cough. ten people died. all were babies, younger than three months old. the highly contagious illness has symptoms similar to the common cold, but a persistent cough that lasts for weeks. the babies who died were too young to be fully immunized. doctors are urging parents to get booster shots. >>> you can expect to see a lot more monthly service fees on your bank statement. checking account fees have risen to all-time highs this year. banks are even charging now for trips to the atm. they are tacking on the fees to recover lost money that they lost und

. >> his action was clear. >> the police arrested him friday after he allegedly gave the man the oxycontinspecific instructions, including plans of the house. the weiss family is clearly relieved. >> the montgomery county police have been one girl. -- have been wonderful. >> his wife was granted a protection order in april. boyd was concerned about the outcome of the couple's impending divorce. still, this is a surprise for many. >> they were good neighbors. >> boyd is being held in jail without bond on solicitation for murder and other charges, facing a court hearing tuesday. richard reeve, abc 7 news. >>> tonight, the police are asking for the public's help find a gain missing lexus suv that may be connected with the murder of a fairfax county businessman. the police have released this photo of a similar vehicle. the police say the man's body was found inside of his fairfax station area home thursday his 2002 lexus suv was missing. the license plate is xyw-8197. the police are still searching for the suspects. >>> now some suspicious test scores at a police academy. county police transfe

. -- for $1,000 a few oxycontin pills. >>> investigators say a woman was sitting in the library when a man walked past and sexually assaulted her. he ran off and later came back to the library. campus security chased the man but he jumped into a car and sped away. >>> the race for maryland governor is heating up as the two candidates squared off in their first debate this campaign season. martin o'malley and robert ehrlich went head to head in a debate. >> we have not created one net new job in the state over the past four years. that is a real problem. we have doubled our unemployment rate. this is a huge problem. >> the truth of the matter is we have actually created over 33,000 net new jobs. that is not me saying that. that is the bureau of labor statistics and we have to continue to create jobs because we have a deep hole to climb out of. >> a second debate sponsored by the "washington post" and other organizations is scheduled for thursday. o'malley and ehrlich will take to the radio airwaves later this month. >>> a reminder to voters in virginia, if you are not registered and y

police say the drug runners used amtrak to move oxycontin across state lines.today in the bay's" christie smith is live in oakland with more on the big cross-country business. >> reporter: good morning to you. the feds say they arrested an e ex-con who was carrying oxycontin with a street value of $126,000. they say his big drug delivery actually began right here in oakland. they say it started at the oakland amtrak station a few days ago where he may have stood out buying a last-minute ticket on the coast starlight to seattle. they say lennel massey paid $360 cash for a sleeper car. on the other end at the king street station on a train much like this one, he got quite a shocker with members of a drug task force waiting for him. they say he reeked of marijuana and tried to bolt, but no dice. undercover officers grabbed him and say he was carrying about 1,650 pills with him. now, oxycontin is a prescription pain killer often abused for its morphine-like high. massey apparently said he was not actually a seller but just a courier who would earn a $10,000 payday

acquaintance $1,000 in cash to do the job and gave the man a layout of the couple's home and a handful of oxycontin and that is when boyd was busted. he found what was being asked to do, you know, shocking and to some degree, unbelievable. and when he realized that, he believed that the threat was real, then he did the right thing and contacted police immediately. >> reporter: investigators say that boyd wanted the man to shoot his estranged wife and said he wanted her dead because he was worried about an impending divorce. >>> and in fairfax county, police are reaching out to the county. they released this picture of a 2002 lexus ls 470. the victim's suv looks like the one picked and is now missing from the murder scene. the suv has virginia plates, xyw 8917. yong yun was found today in his home. the officers have gone through and looking for clues. they don't believe this was a random crime. >>> d.c.'s police chief is going one-on-one with concerned neighbors and a northwest community. today's meeting comes after a series of shootings in petworth. over 100 people gathered to talk about crime with

is accused of asking a stranger to kill his estranged wife in he can change for $1,000 a few oxycontinre still looking for the man behind a a bizarre sex assault. a woman was sitting in the library when a man sexually assaulted her. campus security chased the man but he jumped into the car. this happened in the tacoma branch of the montgomery county college. >>> the race for maryland governor heating up as the two candidates squared off in their first debate this campaign season. mart uno'malley and bob ehrlich went head to head at wyd steve in baltimore. ehrlich blasted o'malley's administration saying they were unfriendly to business. o'malley shot back touting his own work in the midst of a recession. >> we have not created one net new job in the past four years. that is a real problem. we have doubled our unemployment rate. >> the truth of the matter is we have actually created over # 3,000 net new jobs. that is not me saying that. that is the bureau of labor statistics. we have to continue to create jobs because we have a deep hole to climb out of. >> a second debate sponsored in

a friend said boyd came to him with $1000, oxycontin and a layout of the estranged wife's home.stead of carrying out the crime, the friend phoneed police. >> like a lot of people, his rraction, at first was fearr believed that the threat was real. then he did the right thinn. %-immediately.police >> investigators say boyd wanted the crime carried out very soon. and even suggested how his estranged wife ssould be killed. he is currently hhld without bail. >> a university of maryland professor wwll review aarests i3 the baltimore city police department. a criminnlogists will do a three %-lawsuit are being met.ecent in 2006, the a.ccl.u. and naacp filed a lawsuit on behalf of 14 people. they claim that they were wrongly arrested as part of aa3 policy that emphasized arrests for minor offenses. >> they have been blasting each3 other from afar for months now. ggvernor o'malley and former governor ehrlich met face-to-face today in the first john rydell joins us ith more on the bitter showdown tonight. john? >> these candidates really only agree on one thing, hat the economy is the key

i've had mothers crying on my shoulders because their daughters overdosed from oxycontin. i get it's a pressing issue. i've seen it firsthand. i have worked with -- [ overtalk ] >> worse since you became attorney general. >> oxycontin is probably down to be honest. >> prescription use is up. >> chris: you have gone after dr. paul on this issue. when you campaigned for attorney general you said you would set up a drug task force. it took you a year-and-a-half to do that. according to our statistics, the number of meth labs in the state increased during that time on your watch 60%. >> i said i'd start a prescription drug task force. when you're elect and you have a biggest drug bust, sometimes you can't jump in front of the microphone in middle of investigation. meth labs are a different issue. we have to look at the precursors, coming from out of state. meth labs changed in the last few years. they're not fixed. you have mobile meth labs the shake and bake operations. ksp has the hazmat capability to do the meth stuff. i've been focussed on drugs from day one. rand paul thi

chris i have had mothers crying on my shoulders because their daughters overdosed from oxycontin, i get it is a pressing issue and seen it firsthand and worked -- >> i have -- >> i have work with -- >> since you became attorney general. >> oxycontin is down -- >> drug abuse is up. >> chris: attorney general i want to ask you about this. you have gone after dr. paul on this issue. when you campaigned for attorney general you said you would set up a drug task force. it took you a year-and-a-half to do that. and, at least according to our statistics, the number of meth labs in the state increased during that time on your watch, 60%. >> i said i would create a prescription bill task force and you get into office and work with your counterparts and involved in an investigation that is going to lead to the largest prescription pill bust in the state's history, operation flamingo road you cannot jump in front of a microphone, and that is what we did and meth labs are different and we need to look at them in terms of precursors, coming from out of state and the labs changed chris over the last

. >> reporter: he says he had been in a coma following a car accident and recovery required oxycontin. he has lived for months on the street he says. he was trying to find a ride to get a prescription filled for oxy. he was going to sell the oxy on the street for a hotel room. when he couldn't find a ride he says mentally he gave up and headed to the roseville galleria. >> i didn't want to hurt anyone. i wanted to be there when people weren't there. >> reporter: that was just after 10:00 a.m. listen to what the clerk heard. >> are you religious? do you have any kids? are you a good guy? he said no to two of them and yes to the one about kids and i was like what do you live for then? said for my neices. how do you believe in god? i told him today is your lucky day. >> reporter: he barricaded himself in a back storeroom and set it ablaze. >> he was being so stubborn and trying to be a hero he went and get security guess. >> reporter: he stripped nude and climbed into the air- conditioning ducts that led him to a gap where he changed clothes but was soon overcome by smoke. that allowed p

such as vice tin and oxycontin. unfortunately, many abuse them. people have taken prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes. and most of them were painkillers. for those who become addicted, treatment is difficult. in the past, the therapy meant using others, like methadone to wean addicts off the painkillers. now the fda is considering a new approach with just one injection a month, a drug called naltrexone stops drugs from activating the part of the brain that produces drug euphoria. prolonged exposure makes that same part of the brain hypersensitive, which means once an addict stops, he or she may be at increased risk of drug abuse since a small dose of them will produce a big drug high. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timmothy johnson. >>> cvs will have to pay fines. the company will give $2.6 million in profits earned from the sales of pseudoephedrine, which can be often found in cold medicines and is used to make meth. authorities say cvs didn't provide enough safeguards to monitor how much pseudoephedrine people were buying. >>> maryland

emergency room visits linked to painkillers like oxycontin have more than doubled just since 2004.here's a new treatment. just this week, the food and drug administration gave its blessing to a medication called vivitrol. it's actually a new form of an older drug, but there's reason to think it's going to work much, much better. we wanted to get a better sense of how it's going to work. take a look. t.j. voler grew up around cars. it's a family business. >> convertible, 380 stroke, small block. >> 36 years ago his life went off the road. at age 23, he got hooked on painkillers. >> i went from being on a fast track to being on no track whatsoever. >> it all slipped away. vollor sold the cars one by one for pennies on the dollar. then his father died, and voller hit rock bottom. all he could think about was the drugs. >> that's the worst thing. you get these mind crippling cravings, and your mind becomes solely focused on that next fix. >> it's not that he didn't try. he was in and out of detox programs ten times. nothing worked. until one doctor tried something new. a monthly shot t

, accused of asking an acquaintance to kill his estranged wife in exchange for a grand and a few oxycontin pills. boyd is currently being held at the montgomery county detention center. . >>> a sex assault at a local college library. shawn yancy is everywhere at 11:00. >> this bizarre attack happened on the montgomery college campus in takoma park over the weekend. a man sexually assaulted a woman in the library. the victim got a good look at the man before he ran off. he returned to the library. campus security was called. officers chased the man, but he jumped into a car and sped away. >>> an unnerving discovery at a new york city cemetery today. a garbage bagful of powerful explosives. police say a worker dug up the bag last year but left it there. a worker found it and called police. investigators are trying to figure out how the explosives got there. [ singing ] >>> her rich and powerful voice delighted audiences more than 40 years. tonight the opera world mourns not death of renowned soprano joan sutherland. her family said she died yesterday at home in geneva after a long illness. s

police say he met with the man at his home yesterday morning and gave him cash and oxycontin tablets. he didn't know the acquaintness had tipped off police already. >> like a lot of people, his reaction at first was fear and he was -- he found what he was being asked to do shock, and to some degree, unbelievable, but when he realized that -- he believed the threat was real, he did the right thing and contacted police immediately. >> reporter: now, boyd was arrested last night and is being held without bond, charged with solicitation of murder and distribution of a dangerously-controlled item. >>> to prince georges county now where two men were found shot in bowie. police were called to the scene of a go-go concert at 5 a.m. both men were shot several times and one of them died. the other may not survive. the police say it appears the two men had an argument. it's not clear whether there was someone else involved in the shooting. >>> investigators want to you get a good look at a vehicle connected to a murder in fairfax county. look at this this is a 2002 lexus lx 470 suv. the vehicle

. >> reporter: and now, the maker oxycontin -- a pain killer popular with teens -- unveiled a new version of the pill that's supposed to be more difficult to crush or dissolve, so addicts can't snort it or inject it. already, there are dozens of websites where addicts are trying to figure out a way to crush those pills. but many teens have moved on. >> it's unexplainable. >> reporter: these teens undergoing rehab last spring told us heroin had become their drug of choice. >> i was paying $60 a pill. for okay si contain, heroin. it was cheaper. >> reporter: we met jake in march. he told us he was trying to quit using heroin. trying. when's the last time you used? >> last night. >> reporter: last night. heroin, now leaving its mark on suburban kids all over the country. sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >>> and still ahead on "world news" tonight, what helps? a message from the caregivers, reaching out to each other from the front lines of alzheimer's. >>> and we say farewell to the man who led us through some of our happiest days. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people

down payment $5,000 and oxycontin tablets. boyd had arranged the meeting with a so-called hitman here at the boyd household. the money and pills were exchanged and looked like the plan was a go. that was pretty much the end of it. boyd was arrested shortly after that meeting. court records show that elizabeth boyd had taken out a protective order against her husband alleging domestic violence. they were to appear in court next month. still, the murder for hire charges are hard for her to fathom. >> it's a shock for everyone, friends and family, at this point. >> reporter: likewise, neighbors are stunned that behind all e trappings of a happy family lurked a murder plot. >> out playing with his son with the basketball, his basketball hoop. he's out there a lot playi with him. >> reporter: boyd remains in custody. a bond hearings scheduled fo tuesday. derrick ward, news 4. >>> we now know the man killed in bowie. 26-year-old kenneth lamarr prince was shot after an event at the west bowie village early saturday morning. shots ran

richard offered $1,000 and five oxycontin tablets to kill his wife. he was going through divorce and was concerned above the old come, according to police. >>> tuesday morning, president obama will visit george washington university to energize young people. you'll to move america forward town hall at the marvin center tonight at the university. he will take questions from the university community and some people watching all live webcast. >>> pedestrian safety will be the focus of events featuring transportation secretary ray lahood. today's events follow a number of pedestrian accidents in recent days. on friday for woman and child would hit on georgia avenue in silver spring. yesterday a teenager was injured by gaithersburg police officer. on sunday two people were killed on rockville pike in north bethesda. >>> 5:36, 65 degrees. >>> a popular pizza restaurant could shut its doors for good. this strange reason behind the troubles. >>> the countdown has begun for 33 trapped chilean miners, they could be alice from freedom -- they could be ho [ femal

his rockville home on friday, investigators say that he handed the man $1,000 cash, a hand full of oxycontin and a layout of the wife's home. what he didn't know was that the acquaintance had gone to the cops already. >> and like a lot of people, his reaction was fear at first and he found what he was being asked to do, you know, shocking and to some degree, unbelievable and when he realized, he believed that the threat was real, then he did the right thing contacting police immediately. >> reporter: he wanted the crime carried out soon and suggested a weapon of choice. >> at one point during conversations between boyd and the subject, boyd mentioned a firearm might be -- and needs to accomplish the murder. >> reporter: all of which neighbors say seems completely out of step with the man they know. >> -- not in any trouble they know of, you know, and like i -- and that is just a regular family. >> reporter: he was arrested yesterday and remains behind bars and held behind bond. has the hearing on tuesday and faces two charges of murder and a drug charge. >> and thank you for. that. >>> inves

. >>> police say richard boyd, jr., paid an acquaintance $1,000 and a handful of oxycontin at his home to have his estranged wife kills. he tipped off cops. and the charges are attempted murder, and distribution of a controlled substance. >>> the 33 men trapped in a chilean mine are set to be free on wednesday. crews put the finishing touches over the escape tunnel. all men are being closely upon forked. precautions have been taken to prevent blood clots and nausea. >>> karzai has told larry king live that discussions with the taliban is ongoing. >>> police have arrested the director of the company that owns the metals plant where a reservoir flooded several continues with toxic red sludge. the prime minister said the government is taking over direction of the company, is freezing its assets. pen people died and one is still missing in the wake of the red flood deluge from a storage pool where a byproduct of aluminum production is kept. and residents are being told to wear protective gear because the air is not safe. >>> candidate carl paladino said he does not discriminate against gay

richard boyd, jr., is accused of paying an acquaintance $1,000 and oxycontin to kill his estranged wife. boyd is being held at the montgomery county detention center. >>> maryland's candidates for governor scare squared off in the first of the debates. alley and former republican governor robert ehrlich went head to head on wjz in baltimore on everything from education to campaign ads. >> all of the money, it is uniformly negative and that speaks volumes about what governor o'malley feels and thinks and believes about what he's done. >> for four years on that radio show the governor has been going negative on everybody we are trying to do to move our state forward. >> both candidates face of on thursday in a debate hosted by the washington post and in two radio enterviews later this month. >>> now to a story that you'll only see here on fox 5. d.c. police arrested hundreds of people in pershing park back in 2002. the case sparked a major lawsuit. but now documents and audio tapes are missing from evident. charles ramsey is one of 15 witnesses called to testify. paul wagner has this stor

making a downpayment of $1,000 plus five oxycontin paents. they revealed the alleged murder for hire scheme to a rockville city police sergeant. last friday, montgomery county police arrested rhard boyd, jr. >> the maximum penalty for solicitation to commit murder is a life sentence. the maximum penalty for distribution is 20 years. he faces life plus the possibility of 20 years incarceration. >> reporter: richard boyd, jr. said the murderer would have to use a silencer on the gun because the homes are close together. boyd provided address and a key, and said once inside, he would help kill his wife elizabeth. she was not in court, but spoke to us over the weekend. >> it's a shock to everyone, friends and family at this point. but we're working with the police, and like i said,hey're working digently on, and i'm thankful for that. >> they were going through a divorce, they were engaged in a custody battle and that richard boyd was upset that elizabeth was going to move out of the area with their children. it was also revealed that elizabeth b

he reached out to an acquaintance, offered him $1,000 and five oxycontin pills to kill her. the acquaintance instead went to rockville police, and shortly after a final meeting to put the plan in motion, police arrested boyd putting an end to this bizarre story. >> he found what he was being asked to do shocking and to some degree unbelievable. but when he realized he believed the that was real, then he did the right thing. >> boyd's soon-to-be ex-wife says she's cooperating fully with police and they've en extremely supportive. >>> this morning we now know the name of the man killed in a double shooting in bowie. 26-year-old kenneth lamar prince of on hill was shot after an event at the west bowie hall early saturday morning. another 26-year-old man was shot but has not been identified. he remains in the hospital this morning in critical condition. police are still looking for the shooter and trying to establish a motive. a resent spike in crime in d.c.'s pet worth neighborhood has residents looking for answers. more than 100 people showed up for a meeting with police. ther

and allegedly making a downpayment of $100, and giving the confidential informant five oxycontin pills. boyd would po a danger if he were released from jail. >> i think there were two concerns, one was the threat to the victim, who was the intended victim of the contract. and the second was -- as was noted in the charging document, ere is a confidentl inform an the in this case, and we want to make sure that that individual remains safe as well. >> court documents reveal new tax that boyd said whoever does the murder would have to use a silencer on a gun because other houses are close together. that boyd provided the confidtialal informant with a key, the addressnd that boyd said he would help once inside the house. kill his wife elizabeth. she was not in court forhe bond hearing, but spoke with reporters over the weekend. >> i'm working with the police, the detectives have been extremely supportive. so i'm thankful for that. >> bore the alleged murder for hire plot came to light, mrs. boyd had gotten an order of protection from the court, requiring her husband to stay away fro her. th

reached out to an acquaintance and offered him $1,000 and five oxycontin pills to kill his wife, elizabeth and arrested boyd. >>> and the capitals offense was on display last night as the capsmashed the new jersey devils, 7-2 in their home opener at the ver eye zob center. alex ovechkichipped in two goals and an assist and rookie goalie michael stopped 41 shots for the win. the next game monday against the ottawa senators. >>> welcomback. sun's . brilliant and bright all day? >> a good looking day. two in a row around here. friday really wasn't that bad either. enjoy it. tomorrow may not be as pretty as today. nonethess it's going to be nice. temperatures right now are in the low to mid-50s all across the region. highs today will climb into the upper 70s and i wldn't be surprised if a lot of spots down to fredericksburg and out to culpepper didn't make it up into the low 80s today. everybody back into the 80s tomorrow. in fact, some spots down towards griffin mit be near 90 degrees tomorrow. a little chance of a shower tomorrow. a little better chance as we get into tuesday but warm weathe

the 42-year-old allegedly gave an acquaintance cash, five oxycontin pills and other items to kill elizabeth the couple is getting a divorce. the murder for hire plot unraveled when the acquaintances went to the police. the 0 two major candidates for governor in maryland debate tonight. the first debate for o'malley and ehrlich since four years ago and you can watch it tonight at 7:00 on our digital channel 9.2. that's channel 203 on comcast, 461 on fios and 805 on cox. >>> it is 6:50. 63 degrees here in northwest washington. >>> a montgomery county man faces criminal charges accused in a deadly hit and run on sunday. the latest is three minutes away away. well, we are four days away from the latest edition of the game night report. campus correspondent play of the day is from rachel of stone bridge high school in ashburn. this is their running back marcus harris. looking like franco harris. pulling down the right sideline. 55-yard touchdown as they blank the rebels of fairfax high 56- 0. >>> high schoolers, if you would like to be a campus correspondent, you get a free flip cam and a chance

at his rockville home on friday, investigators say boyd handed the man $1,000 cash, a handful of oxycontin and a layout of the wife's home. what he didn't know was that the acquaintance had already gone to the cops. >> like a lot of people, his reaction at first was fear. he was -- he found what he was being asked to do was shocking and to some degree unbelievable, but when he realized that he believed that the threat was real, then he did the right thing and contacted police immediately. >> reporter: boyd wanted the crime soon and suggested a weapon of choice. >> at one point during the conversations, boyd mentioned that a firearm might be the best means to accomplish the murder. >> reporter: all of which neighbors say is out of step with the man they know. >> there wasn't any trouble that i know of, no. seemed like just a regular family. >> reporter: boyd was arrested on friday. he remains held without bond. does he have a hearing on tuesday. he faced charges of solicitation of murder and a drug charge. roz plater, fox 5 news. >>> investigators are trying to figure out who shot two men o

asked an acquaintance to kill his estranged wife for $1,000 oxycontin. boyd met with the man at his house on friday investigators claim. >> he believed the threat was real. then he did the right thing and contacted police immediately. >> boyd is facing two charges including solicitation of murder and distribution of a dangerous controlled substance. he's being held without bond. he'll have a review hearing tomorrow. >>> a police action minimum structuror no longer teaching re-- academy instructor no longer teaching recruits after being accused of helping cadets their exams. initially it was believed dozens of recruits may have cheated, but police say the problem was the instructor. they say some students got perfect scores because the instructor was too lazy to write down their actual grades. the instructor has denied any wrongdoing. >>> the candidates for maryland governor faced off in their first debate this campaign season today in baltimore. martin o'malley and robert ehrlich went head to head on everything from education to campaign ads. let's start

. >>> in washington state, federal officials shut down what they're calling an oxycontin drug trade that area. investigators say that a passenger la nell mass rode from oakland to seattle, with him, over 1600 pills worth about 126,000 bucks. police say he was using amtrak to transport the drugs across state lines. they say he was just a kaeer, not a seller. officials say this case hints to a large conspiracy. >>> also in washington, a man survived a massive heart attack for a second time. and thanks hi co-workers again. in july, the 52-year-old was operating this excavator when his heart gave out. his co-worker rushed over and pumped his chest for ten minutes. he survived that ordeal and then returned to work. then this week it happened again. >> the exact same style, head down. i thought, oh, no, this can't happen twice. >> they say i was dead for a half hour, which -- who dies for hour without brain damage? >> both of the workers learned cpr on the job and thanks to their training and quick action, swift is scheduled to leave the hospital this week. i guess at some point he'll go back

parents have cried on my shoulder because their children have overdosed on oxycontin. you said you would not seek federal assistance. i think that is callous. i think that is problematic for the people of eastern kentucky, including the partnership that we have. this is an all hands on debt situation. >> as a way to attack the deficit, you can either cut programs and save money or raise taxes to generate income. as far as content is concerned, what is your view on downsizing for knox and fort campbell as a part of saving money. >> i am for that. they have a plan moving forward for fort knox that is very exciting. they will actually triple the number of officers. there is incredible investment down there. people in and around fort knox are cited for their future. they are also standing by fort campbell. i am a fiscally responsible democrat. i balance my budget eight times. if you get to my website, you can see we have specific proposals on how we can trim about $1 trillion in spending. there is about $100 billion in medicare fraud we could get if we had medicare fraud u

i had mothers crying on my shoulders because their daughters dose everdoesed from oxycontin. >> worse of a problem since you became attorney general. >> actually it is down. >> prescription drug abuse is up. >> chris: you said you would set up a drug task force and took you a year and a half to do that and aleast according to our statistics the number of meth labs in the state increased 60%. >> i said i would create a prescription pill tax force. when you are involved in an investigation going to lead to the largest pill bust in the statehistory sometimes you can't jump in front of a microphone when you are in the middle of an version. the meth labs the precursors are coming from out of state. meth labs are not all fixed. you have the mobile meth labs that are the little shake and bake operations and the ksp has the hazmat capability to do the meth stuff. i have been focused on drugs from day one and rand paul thinks they are not a pressing issue. the local governments can't do this on their own. it is fine to say -- >> here is the problem. he is concerned drug issue. he has been in c

parents have cried on my shoulder because their children have overdosed on oxycontin. you said you would not seek federal assistance. i think that is callous. i think that is problematic for the people of eastern kentucky, including the partnership that we have. this is an all hands on debt situation. >> as a way to attack the deficit, you can either cut programs and save money or raise taxes to generate income. as far as content is concerned, -- this is an all hands on that such a way and. >> as a way to attack the deficit, you can either cut programs and save money or raise taxes to generate income. as far as content is concerned, what is your view on downsizing for knox and fort campbell as a part of saving money. >> i am for that. they have a plan moving forward for fort knox that is very exciting. they will actually triple the number of officers. there is incredible investment down there. people in and around fort knox are cited for their future. they are also standing by fort campbell. i am a fiscally responsible democrat. i balance my budget eight times. if you

my shoulders as i travel for eastern kentucky that have told me how their daughters overdosed on oxycontin. is about people. it is about who would put kentucky first. i am asking for your vote for the united states senate because i want to put kentucky first. i have earned your trust and it is about people. it is not about me. >> my apologies, mr. paul, you now have 90 seconds. >> i think that my greatest attribute is that i never have held office. people who have never been in the business world that do not know how to run a business do not know how to meet payroll. i think that being an ounce after -- an outsider is a wonderful actor do. so often, we develop such bland candidates because they talk in circles and they do not present solutions for the demagogue the issues. i think people are ready for solutions. our country faces grave problems. they want somebody that will discuss these issues and the other free to present solutions. when people say that this could be extreme, i say that what is extremas what is going on in washington. a $2 trillion deficit is extreme. hundreds of billion

my shoulders as i travel for eastern kentucky that have told me how their daughters overdosed on oxycontinis about people. it is about who would put kentucky first. i am asking for your vote for the united states senate because i want to put kentucky first. i have earned your trust and it is about people. it is not about me. >> my apologies, mr. paul, you now have 90 seconds. >> i think that my greatest attribute is that i never have held office. people who have never been in the business world that do not know how to run a business do not know how to meet payroll. i think that being an ounce after -- an outsider is a wonderful actor do. so often, we develop such bland candidates because they talk in circles and they do not present solutions for the demagogue the issues. i think people are ready for solutions. our country faces grave problems. they want somebody that will discuss these issues and the other free to present solutions. when people say that this could be extreme, i say that what is extremas what is going on in washington. a $2 trillion deficit is extre. hundreds of billions of

my shoulders as i travel for eastern kentucky that have told me how their daughters overdosed on oxycontinbout people. it is about who would put kentucky first. i am asking for your vote for the united states senate because i want to put kentucky first. i have earned your trust and it is about people. it is not about me. >> my apologies, mr. paul, you now have 90 seconds. >> i think that my greatest attribute is that i never have held office. people who have never been in the business world that do not know how to run a business do not know how to meet payroll. i think that being an ounce after -- an outsider is a wonderful actor do. so often, we develop such bland candidates because they talk in circles and they do not present solutions for the demagogue the issues. i think people are ready for solutions. our country faces grave problems. they want somebody that will discuss these issues and the other free to present solutions. when people say that this could be extreme, i say that what is extremas what is going on in washington. a $2 trillion deficit is extreme. hundreds of billions of d