in 2012, we prescribed 250 million prescriptions of oxycontin. now there is only, bless him i checked 250 milli-people in our country, so that our country, so that is a prescription for every living american. just a few years ago the fda approves the soul hydro. i call it oxycontin on steroids. we are about to do this all over again team and guess what? when they approve that they did not make it tamper-resistant so you can snort it, you can shoot it. that is what led us into this mess. just this year they approved oxycontin for kids. you can not make this stuff up. so i ask us, to pause, to take a deep breath and to ask this question, are, are we willing to have an honest conversation about the way we are dealing with pain medication and america? i can tell you that until we do, all of the good work they were trying to do together will lead to more tragedy, more loss loss of life, more of our sons and daughters dine of opiate addiction because that is what has changed. what has changed is that we simply pass out painkillers like candy in america

that's my percocet, and my oxycodone and vitamin d, and this is an oxycontin 10 they suggest i take inight. >> shirley sharr is 86 years old and she takes a high dose of opioids every day, to deal with pain that began after she had knee replacement surgery 13 years ago. her morning dose is the most important. nighttime is the longest she goes without taking the medication. >> and then i take this with me when we leave to go on an errand or something. this is always in my purse. i cannot ever forget that or i'd be in trouble. >> shirley's daughter, cari, sets an alarm to remind her mother to take the next dose, in three and a half hours. over the years, shirley's doctors steadily increased her dosage because she was developing a tolerance to the medication... it wasn't as effective. >> does it still manage your pain? does it help? >> no. well it does. but i'm still always in pain. i'm never out of pain. >> i wanted to ask you about some of the side effects of the painkillers that you're on. shortness of breath to the degree that it can actually cause respiratory problems or respiratory

in 2012, we prescribed 250 million prescriptions of oxycontin. that's only last time i checked, roughly 250 million people in our country, so that's a prescription for every living american. just a few years ago, the fda approves xohydro. i call that oxycontin on steroids. we're about to do this all over again, team. and when they approved that, they didn't maic it tamper resistant so you can snort it or shoot it. that's what led us into this mess. just this year they approved oxycontin for kids. i mean you cannot make this stuff up! so, i ask us to pause, to take a deep breath, and to ask this question -- are we willing to have aen honest conversation about the way we're dealing with pain medication in america? because i can tell you that until we do, all the good work that we're trying to do together will lead to more tragedy, more loss of life, more of our sons and daughters dying of opiate addiction, because that is what has changed. what has changed is that we simply pass out painkillers like candy in america and we're unwilling to have that

we did, those are just facts. 2012, we prescribed 250 million prescriptions of oxycontin. only, the last time i checked, 250 million people in our country. a prescription for every living american. the fda w years ago, zohydro. on ll zohydro oxycontin steroids. we're about to do this all over again, team. guess what? approved it, they didn't make it tamper resistant so you can snort it and you can shoot it. that's what led us into this mess. listen, this year, they approved oxycontin for kids. i mean, you cannot make this stuff up. us to pause, to take a and to ask this question, are we willing to have an honest conversation about the we're dealing with pain medication in america? because i can tell you that we do, all of the good we're trying to do together will lead to more tragedy, more loss of life, more dying sons and daughters of opiate addiction, because that is what has changed. what has changed is that we painkillers like candy in america. unwilling to have that conversation. thank you. senator grassley: senator leahy? chairman, i y: mr. assume our senate colleagu

. >> yeah, i did, to oxycontin. i didn't want to live with the day of my life anymore. when you're walking down the street and somebody recognizes you, hey, you're the guy that got in that wreck, right? and you're like, oh, that's how you're going to remember me, okay. so i didn't want to deal with that. and oxycontin for me was a way of numbing that, and i could have a conversation with you and easily forget about it and move on. >> because your basketball playing was forever altered from the accident, right? >> yeah. i have a crazy scar, 150 staples in my left leg, and it's forever going to be that way. >> tell us about the addiction. i understand you found yourself with strange people and strange situations, a lot of them you couldn't remember. >> one time i found myself, you know, waking up in the subway, you know, passed out. you know, you find yourself partying with random, different people that you have no idea who they are, how the heck am i even here? but i had a motorcycle accident, but a lot of people have had accidents in their life, if that's a divorce or l

just a few months ago, the fda approved oxycontin for kids. you cannot make this stuff up! the $11 billion a year opiate industry in america knows no shame. compassionate pain management has been transformed by big pharma into drug promotion and profit. and until america is willing to have an honest conversation about the way we're dealing with pain, our challenges will continue, i assure you, unabated. in light of it, i ask you to help me implement the following. first, we're putting it in to the system where doctors, dentists, health care providers, send patients home with 80, 90 pills in their pockets. i'm proposing a new system where a maximum of ten pills will be the limit for minor procedures. we're also looking at reasonable limits for major procedures that provide pain relief without filling up our medicine cabinets with unused opiates. that's just vermont common sense. let's get it done together. second, we're going to partner with local pharmacies and communities to expand drug take-back programs to get rid of vermont's most dangerous leftovers. that, too, is good

. >> oxycontin went off like a bomb in new england. >> reporter: it started with oxy. oxycontin.what many don't realize is that pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. in fact, they are so chemically similar that for an addict or abuser, they are essentially interchangeable. no surprise, then, 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. >> how did that happen for you? >> somebody in the hotel had offered us heroin. i almost looked at it like a science experiment. that was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it and it had an effect but it wasn't the effect that i was looking for. an hour later, i shot heroin. >> what were you trying to discover here? >> i just wanted relief. >> reporter: relief from? >> relief from my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions. if i had the power to choose, i wouldn't choose to use every day. >> reporter: what casey is describing is a substance use disorder. that's a new name for an age-old disorder. addiction. it's a brain disease. it causes you to seek out drugs no matter how horrible the conseq

karen: the fda has just approved oxycontin for children. what kind of risks does that bring? all opiates have risks to children and adults and one of the things we are working on as we look at these powerful medications is, again, how to measure pain relief that is needed for someone suffering from in stage cancer versus the public safety. one really important issue here is thinking about education. how do we make sure parents of children and adults know what a decision to use them? karen: we will finish up the program with commissioner monica bharel of the massachusetts karen: the opiate crisis has been identified. the next step is treatment and recovery. are there enough resources to bring the afflicted in and help them overcome the addiction? janet wu joins us again. janet: these are the faces of addiction, recovery, and hope for others. the staff of everyday miracles estimates that has been over 700 >> we had no stranger to seeing this but it has increased and the population is much younger. janet: the massachusetts department of public health updated their figures for ov

13:08:15 "i don't understand why someone who takes oxycontin or xanax can go work at a carwash and they don't have any issues with it, but whenever i'm taking a medication that a doctor says different." the car wash manager referred all my questions to pit stop's h-r department. there was no answer when i called. as for the unemployment insurance..the state office was closed for martin luther king day. in henderson..david schuman..channel 13 action news. if you have a problem or issue you'd like us to check out.. send an email to 13investigates@ktnv.c om.. and please be sure to include your phone number. now an update to a fatal drunk driving case. the man charged with causing a crash that killed twon women last christmas eve... should be sentenced on tuesday. police say ray diok-no ..was speeding when he ran a red light near cheyenne and hualapai. the crash claimed the lives of an 81-year old woman and her 63-year old daughter. new information... on the man police say shot and killed this ohio officer you see next to me. that suspect is herschel jones, and court records show jones has

henderson, even though he's a licensed pot user. 13:08:15 "i don't understand why someone who takes oxycontin or xanax can go work at a carwash and they don't have any issues with it, but whenever i'm taking a medication that a doctor says that i need, i'm treated different." experts tell us the car wash didn't break any laws... they can fire people for any reason they want as long as it's not discriminatory. what makes wortham really upset is he was denied unemployment benefits, and now he's filing an appeal. we spoke to an employment lawyer who says these issues will probably be fought in court in the coming years. our crews will be reaching out to the unemployment office today, to get a comment on the issue. a horrifying scene on the strip... masses of people injured and one woman killed after a woman drives her car into the crowds on las vegas boulevard. this morning... recognizing metro, clark county fire department and umc for their hard work and life-saving efforts during that car crash. dozens of people were rushed to the hospital, and others had to be treated right at the scene. good

henderson, even though he's a licensed pot user. 13:08:15 "i don't understand why someone who takes oxycontin or xanax can go work at a carwash and they don't have any issues with it, but whenever i'm taking a medication that a doctor says that i need, i'm treated different." experts tell us the car wash didn't break any laws... they can fire people for any reason they want as long as it's not discriminatory. what makes wortham really upset is he was denied unemployment benefits, and now he's filing an appeal. we spoke to an employment lawyer who says these issues will probably be fought in court in the coming years. our crews will be reaching out to the unemployment office today, to get a comment on the issue. meanwhile, some local dispensaries just started their first harvest of the year. most dispensaries have to get their products from pahrump or but nevada organic remedies tells us by growing it themselves... they have better control over what they offer their patients. take sot andrew jolley ceo, nevada organic remedies 19:43:15:02 it's important for us because we can choose to which st

you go to the dentist and they take out your wisdom teeth and they give you 20 oxycontin. now that the whole country is focused on how we can limit prescription drugs, you can't get them. we've been seeing prescribing dosage drop because now we have protocols. if you write a prescription, we know if you're out of bounds. and the limits have been set by physicians, so if you have chronic pain or acute pain, we're watching you. and we also have a medical board. now we'll take your license away. we're not screwing around with this. you can no longer go from emergency room to emergency room. you can't do it anymore. then we have a link that hooks the pharmacy with the pharmacy board so we can monitor everything. used to be you had to log out and log on again to report. now there's an interface where you go right to the pharmacy board and we fixed the pharmacy board too. these are all really great things. what's happening now is the price of prescription drugs, because we've limited the supply, has gone up. so people can get heroin next to nothing. grandma, clean out your cabin

knows a lot of people who are hooked on prescription medication. and a lot of people who moved from oxycontin to heroin. i think doctors are the big problem why so many people are on heroin today. >>> the doctor is educated professional. he or she should know better to prescribe an addictive medicine. you could join in on facebook. give us a like if you are there. >>> the e-mails and passwords of 320 thousand across the country nationwide has been stolen by hackers. the cable company says it was told by the fbi about the it's not yet determined how it was stolen. time warner now contacting customers who may be affected. they are asking them to change precaution. you've upgraded all your old technology... so what about this? it's time to get into the new come and get it if you really want it... new is a foot-activated new is tougher, stronger and lighter. new is ford. america's best-selling brand. now get into a new focus, fusion, or escape with 0% financing for 60 months plus $2,000 dollars trade-assist cash. >> she addresses the question everyone has been asking, where has she been? >> when

the drug box the effects of heroine , oxycontin and other painkillers. it will help prevent deaths by giving people time to go to a hospital. they start offering antidote in stores last fall. juliet: shake shack is expanding its menu. it's adding a chicken sandwich and it looks really good. it's called the chicken shack made with cage free hormone free chicken breast deep-fried in the same which is top with chicken lettuce and herb mail on a potato bun. go to shake shack, you have to lean out a little bit. why not have a non-fried version? >> the chicken shack will set you back 595 cal. >> herb mail is 85 cal. >> have to run. back. ben: . mike woods has a complete forecast. juliet: students and cleans come down with a stomach flu. they are trying to figure out what's going on. it was fight night at the debate. went at each other.some of these people were remarkably restrained. juliet: anderson california and her family with a very uncountable things getting dinner. ben: that's 11 months from now. >> maybe the memorial day picnic might not be comfortable.

and we should have known where do they go now that the pill mills are not open, they can't get the oxycontin, and the now the heroin is out there, and cheaper, easy, you don't have to go through the script and have an mri. the mri, you just give them the money. >> john: and the same kind of high? >> same opiate receptor sites. a little different. basically, you have legal heroin in a pill, and then the street heroin. everyone has opiate receptors. if they have an accident, and go to get surgery or anything like that, the same receptors are tapped into. the brain isette up for the drug. that's why it's so easy to get addicted to. >> john: maybe your back was out. you got on oxycodone back in the day. and now that's gone. maybe a lot of people are saying, just stop. you can't, can you? >> no. >> john: what's it like when your body comes off? >> it feels like you are going to die. if you don't have what you have, the biggest urge you could ever have, the biggest urge that you have to move from the situation that you are in or impending doom will happen. your brain says, go, go, go. and you have

this includes just last year approving oxycontin for children as young as 11 years old. at a time when opiate deaths are killing tens of thousands of americans every day, our f.d.a. would like to give these dangerous drugs to kids. someone at the f.d.a. needs to change its way of thinking, and they're given all the excuses in the world. it makes no sense whatsoever to meevment dr. califf's past involvement with the pharmaceutical industry shows that he will not be able to be this person -- person of change that's needed. he will not have the impact or leadership capabilities that this nation needs to stem the tide of the opiate crisis. these are the facts of what this who arhorrific pain reduction, , pain suppressor, opiates do to americans. within 51 americans every day die from opiate use. the f.d.a. now more than ever needs a champion who is committed to dramatically changing the way this agency handles opiates. every other federal agency is fighting to address opiate addiction. let me tell you about addiction, mr. president. there is not one person in the senate, not

ed markey of massachusetts is upset oxycontin was approved for use in kids as young as 11.e sanders expressed concerns over what he described as the doctors close ties to the drug industry. rick perry is joining the campaign of ted cruz in iowa. perry is scheduled to make seven stops with him today. . the longest-serving governor in texas history of twice ran unsuccessfully for president. he announced his endorsement of ted cruz yesterday. news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists and more than 150 news bureaus around the world. david: commodity markets are closing in new york. starting with gold surging into a two-month high. this has prompted traders to bets on when the fed will raise interest rates again. the minister after of iran said they could cooperate with russia. oil is down about 15% this year. joining me now is a chief equity billions inith assets. i was looking through the oil news and saw they were going to/ exploratory budget by 40%. it seems like a long series of stories of companies cutting back capital expenditures going forward. guest: i think t

we cannot do this and heroin is now cheaper than oxycontin and vicodin because it's being grown in theierra mad ray in mexico and the poppies are being harvested by preteens. we have got to do something about this. which brings me to the third thing. we've got to have inclusive politics. we have to actually get this show on the road. as hillary said, i'm a progressive but i'm one who likes to get things done. and let me just start with this. the next president will make between one and three appointments to the united states supreme court. i think it's important that -- [applause] mr. clinton: but i think she's proved she knows how to get things done. when she was secretary of state she spearheaded the development of iran sanctions. and got china and russia to sign off on them. i didn't think she could do that. [laughter] mr. clinton: and she worked with the then-muslim brotherhood president of egypt to stop a full-scale shooting war between hamas and israel in gaza. and she worked with republican senators to ratify a treaty her team developed called the new start treaty, which is the

they take out your wisdom teeth and they give you 25 oxycontin. what has happened is people have been getting hooked on that drug. now that the entire country is focused on how we can limit prescription drugs, you can't get them. the in our state we see prescribing dosage dropped because now we have protocols. if you write a prescription, we know if you are out of bounds. have been set by physicians. if you have chronic pain or acute pain, we are watching you. we also have a medical board and we will take your license away. we're not screwing around with t his. you can know longer go from emergency room to emergency room. theave a link that hooks pharmacy with the pharmacy board. we can monitor everything. you used to have to log out and to report.n now, there is an interface goes right to the pharmacy board. we have fixed the pharmacy board too. we have limited the supply of prescription drugs. so, the price has gone up. what happens? people can get heroin next to nothing. we have lost almost an entire generation to this prescription drug busines

that includes vicodin and oxycontin. summer: a lender police are looking to hand out tickets. pedestrians, 30 cyclists and 75 out of that group, 21 people were ticketed, and another 362 were given warnings. it was part of the under pedestrian safety grant, where the goal is to crackdown on pedestrians or bicyclists. meredith: a milestone in nasa' s newest spacecraft "the orion." the pressure vessel is complete and now headed to kennedy space center. it was built in a new orleans facility which is where this picture was taken. it' s aimed the hardware will go out past the moon and back in 40 years. s official launch date. on your forecast. meredith: tony mainolfi is joining us. this calm pattern we have today, not sticking around. tony: if you are flying out tomorrow around lunchtime and 3:00, that is the window where we will have thunderstorms and rain over the airport and downtown orlando, back toward the attractions. that could cause delays. we only assume this with winter weather, but you can get them with thunderstor

addiction when determining which opioids are safe also wants the fda to rescind its approval of oxycontin for children. >>> a heads up if you're a commuter could be more delays on the red line red line trains had trouble in both directions yesterday. this is all because of work on the longfellow bridge. trains could only cross at 10 miles per hour. >>> 6:20 on your tuesday morning taking a closer look at guns on local college campuses. >>> who is urging northeastern university to reconsider its officers. >>> and a dog left starving in the cold, the efforts to help stitch recover this morning. energy supply rates keep going up and down. at eversource, we don't like it any more than you do. it doesn't mean more money for us. it means that the market price of the energy we buy for you has changed. so we're working with partners across the region to increase our natural gas supply and bring in affordable, clean hydropower from canada. we're leading the way toward the solution... because more energy means lower energy supply rates for you. >>> welcome back new this morning two boston city coun

this bill will allow the professionals to prescribe seven-day drug such as vicodin and oxycontin but would prevent them from prescribing psychotropic drugs to people under the age of 18. >>> police in matlen are investigating a frightening phone call that forced the evacuation of a school in a jewish community center this morning ask the caller told the jewish academy of orlando on matlen avenue near maitland on campus and he wanted to her children. jeff deal has been there all day. the f.b.i. could be getting involved in this case. >> reporter: maitland police have reached out to the f.b.i. and we know that a school in palm beach county and one near tampa received a similar threats today. in matlen, and you can see they have a police officer parts in front of the center. the call came directly into the school but the entire complex including the community center and the museum had to be evacuated. it was right around 10 am, police and other emergency crews swarmed the jewish academy of orlando. >> we found out from the wftv website and i was driving and got a call from my wife. >> r

, a committee approved a bill to allow them to prescribe heavy duty painkillers like vicadin and oxycontin, however there would be restrictions, like the nurses and the pas could prescribe a 7-day supply and the bill goes before the full house. >> moms on a mission hoping florida lawmakers make it mandatory for kids to have at least 20 minutes of recess each day. talking kindergarten through 5th grade and the bill moving forward in the legislature. >> recess if we think back when we were children on the elementary school playground, that was kind of who we were. we didn't necessarily get a chance to be who we were in the classroom. but, when we got out there, we were able to run, be free. >> these children. they are not little learning robots. and, i just think it is with all of the important stuff that we taught and have to learn, we have to let our kids be kids. >> joining us to talk more about that possible mandatory recess for elementary students, is fox political editor, craig patrick. good evening to you. i'm surprised recess isn't already mandatory here in florida. >> it certainly w

. >> opiates, oxycontin? a lot of stuff out there on the street right now?. >> if i leave tomorrow, i'm scared. >> you leave tomorrow? >> yeah. >> what are you going to do different this time? >> go to my meetings. trying to do the best i can to stay away from old people, places and things. >> easier said than done. >> yes, sir. >> talk is cheap. >> yes, sir. >> knowing that drug use led to 80% of arrests here, jail officials have dedicated special housing units to inmates who want to make a change. >> we talk about women have very difficult in recovery because of guilt, shame and remorse they experience. it's hard for them to let that go. because you made a mistake doesn't mean that you are a mistake. >> the program is called enough is enough and it's run by the jail's substance abuse program coordinator kentucky wright. >> you have a disease and you are not responsible for having it but you are responsible for recovery. >> the focus on basic recovery to help them get back into main stream society. one of the things that happens traditionally in corrections

. >> reporter: hooked on oxycontin at age 11 he says the easiest place to score drugs was at school. >> everyone in the school had access to drugs. you could ask anyone in the halls and they would know where to get it. >> reporter: now 15, he went to rehab but says going back to his old school with easy access to drugs would be a disaster. >> it was terrifying. i didn't want my life to go back down that road. >> reporter: but he doesn't have to. new york city now has its first sober high school. >> i don't think i could be in a more supportive violent. >> reporter: it's the newport academy day school. it's a private school and tuition is steep $5,000 a year. -- $50,000 a year. >> the price is on par similar to almost all other private schools in manhattan. >> reporter: in addition to giving students the tools to stay off drugs and alcohol. there's therapy, meditation, yoga. >> without wellness and well- being, what do you have? country there are 35 public sober high schools but none in new york city. >> i absolutely feel like i'm knocking my head against the wall. >> reporter: a grou

i cannot get them, i cannot get the oxycontin, and now we have a problem in ohio with another drug. this one.n to this is how wacky this is. thank you if you are die cancer parent -- they are is a drug that they give you if you are dying of cancer. fennell.led they have figure they can take the drug and laser with her when to give you even stronger effects. that means that there are people who are actually taking this stuff, making money, taking it out of the hospital. every time youd get your hands on it, there is another amoeba out here. i believe it is busting the drug dealers, and here is another thing, this is interesting. el chapo. you wait and watch how they try to glamorize the sky.

heroin is now cheaper than oxycontin and vicodin.eing grown in mexico and being harvested by preteens. we we have got to do something about this. that brings me to the third thing. we have to have inclusive policy. we have to have to get the show on the road. as hillary said, i'm a progressive progressive but i want to get things done. let me just start with this. the next president will make between one and three appointments to the united states supreme court. i think it is important -- [applause]. but i think she is proof she knows how to get things done. when she was secretary of state she spearheaded the development of the iran sanctions, and got china and russia to sign off on it. i didn't think she could do that. [laughter] she worked with that then muslim brotherhood of egypt to stop a full-scale shooting war between hamas and israel. she worked with republican senators to ratify a treaty or team developed called the new start treaty which is the only thing that survived our temps to do better with russia. they are honoring t

have you ever done oxycontin? >> yes, sir. >> okay. have you ever been through any treatment for drug abuse? >> no, sir. >> okay. do you think you might be interested in participating in something like that while you're here? >> yes, sir. >> okay. we'll have you up here monday, okay? >> okay. >> next is a counseling session designed to give new inmates a sense of what to expect in their daily lives at brushy mountain. >> i try to comfort the guys that first come in because most of them are scared. a lot of them won't admit it, but if they would, they are. just let them see a friendly face, tell them they are not going to get raped and beat up, things like that that they've been told. you're pretty much going to be in a two-man cell 23 hours a day. >> i've heard of that. >> you're not going to shower with eight or ten guys, there's not going to be 20 guys standing there watching you. you'll go in chow hall and eat. other than that, you'll pretty much be in your cell. >> not only is john terry an intake counselor, he's also an inmate. >>

who was working for hillary at the time went out with his girlfriend, drink a few beers, took some oxycontin, got a buzz, fell asleep and never woke up. i want to tell all of the young people here, do not do that. even if you are not a dig to do it deadens a part of your body that can tell your brain to keep breathing while you were asleep. we worked on a project for 3.5 years. a has approved the use of miracle drug and a spray form. we need to get it to every police department, every first dorm,der, every college every school, so we can save more lives. have got to do this and we have got to do it together. we've got to do is keep the new president from rolling back the things the president has done. we do not need to re-up the books on health care, we need to keep going until we get everybody we can help by medicaid and then we will help 5%-seven present more. druged to work to get the prices down so they are closer to other countries. we need to keep going. we need to protect the gains that have been made in gun safety. --y want to reinforce them reverse them. look, chelsea spent her earl

can lead to cultural change and as far as the education, you go for a toothache and get 30 days of oxycontin. >> why can't we take the knowledge we have and train them? >> we see all is a leadership role. they are doing several things. we have protocols and we have to be open to new innovations because their new technologies that could help we are doing what is called academic detailing. that means teaching them. >> and continuing education. they had no continuing education. >> and they maybe get less than one week. it is just awful. they are not going to change unless you will take the lead on this. going through our process is quite cumbersome. you will have experience and success. alternate care of chronic pain. those who might have mental challenges, you can cure and work on that. >> we have a leadership role in american medicine. this is a big innovation. >> if i may. you have come from private sector at the highest level. very good corporation, procter & gamble. a very, very smart, very good corporation. with that said, the difference in the public sector versus the private sector, the

ed markey of massachusetts its upset that the fda approved oxycontin for use in kids as young as 11. senator bernie sanders expressed concerns over what he described as the doctors close ties with drug industry. former texas governor rick perry is joining ted cruz's campaign in iowa. make sevenuled to stops with him in iowa today. here he is the longest-serving governor in texas history and twice ran unsuccessfully for president. he announced his endorsement of ted cruz yesterday. dayal news 24 hours a powered by our 2400 journalists and more than 150 news bureaus around the world. back to you. 16% so farrices down this year. while that might translate into good news for consumers, it may mean falling revenues and a hit to housing for states and municipalities in oil-producing regions. scarlet: the mayor of houston was elected in december. he joins us from houston. guest: thank you for having me. alix: you have a lot on your plate. last year at this time, is talking to bankers, housing developers and everyone said no big deal, the oil price is not affecting us. as time around, i can'

attempted suicide twice the second time being the worst where i wanted everything to go ot addicted to oxycontin and tried to overdose on that and thought many people on tv -- e my new passion. >> just happened like that. how do you reinvent yourself going from nearly dying, nearly killing yourself to then all of a sudden saying, aha, ireat life? >> you know, it took a while. it didn't just happen automatically overnight. i found a board. they helped me to havedards and surrounded myself my outlook is so different. i take a shower in the morning and think, i couldn't take a shower by myself so it's aspective on life. >> grateful and thankful. >> every day. >> you've had incredible people in your life. you write about your >> uh-huh. >> had some great words of wisdom for you along the way. >> like a second father to me. look, the relationship isn't always rosy any other way. >> what's the most important thing he taught you. >> probably to move on to the next play. you know, when i was a freshman i used to turn the ball over all the time and used to bringlay into the other and that's very much sim

applause] i think her plan on this is really important. .e cannot do this heroin is now cheaper than oxycontinbeing grown in the sierra poppies areico and being harvested by pre-teens. we have got to do something about this. which brings me to the third thing. we have to have inclusive politics. we have to get this show on the road. i am a progressive but i'm one who likes to get things done. me start with this. the next president will make between one and three appointments to the u.s. supreme court. [applause] i can she has proved she knows how to get things done. when she was secretary of state she spearheaded the development of the iran sanctions. she got russia and china to sign off on them. she worked with the president of the muslim brotherhood in egypt to stop a full-scale shooting war between hamas and israel. were public and senators to ratify a treaty that her team developed called the new start treaty which is the only thing that survives our attempts to do better with russia. they are honoring that treaty. a is a good thing in dangerous world that we reduce the chances of a nuclea