more than half of the states in e united states are suing purdue pharma. i think the interesting thing for the sackler family is that what this massachusetts case has l.ne is kind of pierced the corporate vai it's no longer just purdue pharma and the sacklers are show at a distance, now the sacklers have all been named and it sd seem that there may be some real liability on the parts of these individuals who were clearly directing the company. >> patrick rad enkeefe, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: finally tonight, the ather may be a bit frightful in some parts of the u.s., but there will be a chance to see an array of lunar events wherever you are in the world. a super moon, also called a blood moon, will be visible eryere. and in north and south america, northern and western europe, and northwest africa you'll also be able to see a total lunar eclipse. the next one won't be until 2021. 's all for this edition pbs newshour weekend. i'm ri sreenivasan. anks for watching. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by medi aac

some say purdue got the president america needed. governor mitch daniels this week on "firing line." >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible by... corporate funding is provided by... >> mitch daniels is, today, the 12th president of purdue university. he was the 49th governor of the state of indiana and the 33rd director of the white house office of management and budget, where he was dubbed "the blade" by president george g.w. bush for his ruthless fiscal conservatism. he broke a conservative heart when he announced he wasn't running for the republican nomination for president in 2012. applications and enrollment at purdue are on the rise since he arrived five years ago. he is putting his fiscally conservative philosophy into practice by freezing tuition costs through 2020 and trying to tackle the student-debt crisis. a proud motorcycle enthusiast, he owns and can be seen riding a dyna low rider and a fat boy, both harley-davidsons. the freedom of the open road, along with personal responsibility are recurring themes

you mean purdue or the sackler family, or are they one and the same? >> they're one and the seem. >> reporter: in one alleged instance, president richard sackler described his solution to the overwhelming evidence of overdose and death. we have to hammer on the abusers in every way possible. they are the culprits and the problem. this so-called culprit suggests sackler take a dose of his own medicine. >> i would personally tell him to take two a day for two weeks and see how he ends up. >> reporter: in a statement, purdue pharma calls the massachusetts lawsuit a rush to vilify the drugmaker, saying it distorts critical facts and cherry picked from among tens of millions of e-mails and other business documents. >> if purdue thinks we're cherry picking, i invite them to produce all of their documents and let the public judge for itself. >> reporter: you're saying they knew this was addictive? they knew people were dying? it was greed that drove them forward? >> of course it was greed. >> reporter: now, we should point out we did reach out to the sackler

the sackler family made its fortune from purdue pharma.il the 1990s in its production of oxyconton that the family made billions. the state of massachusetts wants these unredacted documents released. purdue fighting it. mass appellate judge could decide as early as today. certainly by tomorrow we will know whether the documents are out there and have a much better sense of how this travesty just happened and destroyed parts of the country. >> much more clarity coming very soon. that lawsuit is far from over even when that happens. >> thank you. >>> coming up for us, as several 2020 democratic contenders are pushing progressive policies like medicare for all, the former democratic governor of a key primary state says it is time for a more moderate candidate to jump in. he'll be here next. first, three months after hurricane michael hit florida, many residents are struggling to clear debris to allow the rebuilding to begin. volunteers are still there too and making a difference. here is this week's impact your world. >> there is so much wate

and then, four months before entering purdue on a presidential scholarship, the cancer returned. >> the i said to my doctor, i don't care how hard it is, but i'm going to school on time. >> reporter: in september 2017, tyler had surgery to replace his pelvis. 11 days later, he started school on time. guided by faith and driven by his fandom, not crutches nor chemo sessions stopped tyler from making sure he'd have tickets for the michigan game last season. >> he said, dad, i'm going to go camp out so i can be first in line, so i can have a front-row seat. and i said, tyler, do you really need to do that? and he said, yes, dad, i need to do it. >> reporter: head coach jeff brohm was among the first to see him. >> he didn't tell me his story, didn't tell me what he was going through. he had a positive attitude and brought a lot of life to the conversation. >> i thought it was a one-time thing. i thought coach brohm was coming over t't. from being on the field as an honorary captain last season, to being back for the season opener this year, all while the cancer spread to his spine, forcing

purdue is quick to tell journalists why is everybody looking at us, we are only 2% of prescription.hey account for small number of percentage of prescriptions. if you measure opioid consumption in terms of wait opioid consumed. their pills pack an enormous dose and prescribed patients onto long-term. some that's really important to understand is that when purdue released oxycontin, they certainly promoted that specific drug. one of the main things they did was to promote opioid as a classic drug. much of their marking was unbranded. it was not just oxycontin that went up. it all went up as a consequenc s of their campaign. >> is this lawsuit alleging that the purdue family, the sackler family is liable for the deaths of thousands or if not hundreds of thousands of people. >> that's correct. >> that's what the state of massachusetts is arguing that the sacklers should be held liable. what we have not seen yet but what i hope we see is criminal charges against the sacklers. when a corporation kills people in its pursuit of profit, paying a fine or civil penalty is not adequate. it doe

score, he was accepted at purdue. the cancer came back.he beat it again, and along the way, tyler became an inspire ragts to the purdue football team. when the cancer came back a third time, the fans and the team were there for him. this fall, in hospice care at home, a wish, that purdue would win their biggest game of the year, against then number two ohio state. tyler was determined to be there, and he was. fist bumps waiting. >> he is in hospice at home and wanted to desperately to be able to come here and be apart of this night. >> here, with espn's tom rinaldi. >> just to be here is a wave of emotions. >> reporter: purdue would win. >> touchdown! they all say, tyler, this one is for you! >> reporter: and the players then thanking tyler for inspiring them. >> thank you. thank you. >> any time. >> you're an inspiration to us all. >> thank you. >> reporter: we learned tyler passed away 24 hours ago. but we remember what he said when he won the disney spirit award just last month. >> there's, you know, always a light at the end of the tun

(pam) purdue researchers are working on ... what could be known as the next medical breakthrough.w drug that battles cancer. micah upshaw reports. nat sound"here is the pcr instrument we use that we use to amplify some of the genes." professor herman (sin-tim) sintim with purdue's department of chemistry is working to reduce the deaths caused by acute myeloid leukemia.herman sintim/chemistry professor, purdue"i am interested in acute myeloid leukemia because it has one of the worst prognosis."to put it in perspective, if 100 people were diagnosed with a-m-l right now, only 30 of them would still be alive in five years.and that number drops to 10 if you're over the age of 60.herman sintim/chemistry professor, purdue"clearly there is a need to come up with new drugs or new therapeutic modalities that improve the survival of acute myeloid leukemia."a-m-l is an aggressive cancer that attacks blood cells.blood cells áfightá infections and diseases in our body.with a-m-l, an infection as ácommoná as the flu could be deadly.herman sintim/chemistry professor, purdue"we as molecular scient

the sackler family of purdue pharma, accused of fuelling the opiod crisis.onight. >> trace: from 1999 to 2017, almost 400,000 people in the u.s. have died from opiod overdose. now, a lawsuit by the state of massachusetts is accusing purdue pharma and eight members of the sackler family for selling the addictive painkiller. the state attorney general says when it came to the purdue pharfa sales campaign, they micromanaged and personally hired hundreds of workers to carry out their wishes, pushing doctors to get more patients on open yoidz at higher doses for longer periods of time. while paying themselves billions of dollars in profits. the litation mostly centers on richard sackler, became president in 1999 and is still on the board. documents released this week say in 2001 when richard sackler found out that 59 people in one state had died from oxycontin, he wrote to executives, quote, this is not too bad, it could have been far worse. and that the launch party in 1996 sackler posted that the drug would bring a, quite, blizzard of prescriptions that will bu

oxycontin was. >> we now know that purdue and sackler family were pushing for the strongest possible dosage to be prescribed. because they made more money. the stronger the dosage, the more money they made. but the stronger the dosage, the more people died. >> reporter: when oxycontin was first released, the massachusetts filing says richard sackler told the crowd, the launch of oxycontin tablets will be followed by a blizzard of prescriptions. the sackler family referred nbc news to purdue which said in part, the attorney general cherry-picked e-mails and the complaint is littered with biased and inaccurate characterizations of these documents. but debbie boris is furious. we followed her family for years. her son danny started on painkillers including oxycontin in high school, then turned to heroin. >> they pushed a product, they pushed a drug they knew would hurt people. i had a good boy who had a future. and he doesn't right now. >> reporter: their life, she says, will never be the same. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >>> tonight we're looking at yet another major storm taking ai

purdue was accused of misleading and defrauding physicians as to how addictive oxycontin is.s, putting its name on museums and galleries worldwide. a giant case. one small step in it. by tomorrow we should have, perhaps, a little more clarity. >> thanks very much for that. officials are announcing the largest ever seizure of the drug fentanyl, more than 250 pounds of the drug. here are the pictures for yourself, discovered inside an 18 wheeler of produce, crossing in arizona. largest seizure of this kind of drug at any point of entry. there you have it. >>> republican-led senate pass aid measure highly critical of president trump's push to withdraw troops from syria and afghanistan. update there. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. the lead request jake tapper starts now. >>> negotiating with the taliban and kim jong un but not backing the people who advise him on those threats. "the lead" starts right now. >> the president had a chance to give them a vote of confidence today. instead he continued to clobber his own top intelligence officials only because they gave

the sackler family referred nbc news to purdue which said in part, the attorney general cherry-picked e-mails and the complaint is littered with biased and inaccurate characterizations of these documents. but debbie boris is 4 yus. we followed her family for years. her son day started on painkillers including oxycontin in high school, then turned to heroin. >> they pushed a product, they pushed a drug they kuld hurt people. i had a good boy who had a ture. and he doesn't right now. or >> rr: their life, she says, will never be the same. kate snow, nbc news, new york. >>> tonight we're looking at y another major storm taking aim from coast to coast. get ready for rain, slush, and snow in a lot of parts.ok al with the latest forecast. al, where's it headed? >> lester, a quick hit with this first storm system. ou drops about maybe 1 to 2 inches of snow t the midwest, northeast, into new england. the secondtorm coming out from the west s brings heavw from the rockies making its way thursday into friday. as it moves across the rockies, on friday that snow is into th ains with an icy mix an

several members of the billionaire sackler family that owns purdue are accused of marketing that drugnowing how addictive it can be. duny dokoupil has more on this and a life lost in the epidemic. >> you can see he was a smiley, happy kid. >> reporter: tony lagreca remembers his son matthew's long struggle with prescription opioids, which ended his life in 2014. almost 20 years hooked on pills. >> yup, yup. and at the end, there was like no one would even speak to him but me. >> reporter: his son's addiction, he says, started with oust a single bottle of oxycontin. >> people say, "if used as directed." well, the drug abuses the patient, because the drug is what takes control of their brain. >> reporter: a massachusetts lawsuit is the first to name some of the purdue pharma's owners, eight members of the sackler family and other executives, claiming they participated in "a deadly and illegal scheme." the lawsuit cites portions of newly obtained emails and memos from then-president richard sackler. he once said, the launch of mycontin pills would create "a tizzard of prescriptions that

purdue pharma calls the accusations a "rush to vilify" the drugmaker.oupil is at suffolk county superior court in boston ahead of a hearing friday for this case. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, good morning. i'll tell you, one thing you notice reading through the lawsuit is that there is a lot that is still redacted. and lawyers for purdue pharma plan to argue tomorrow that it should stay that way. the attorney general of massachusetts says this is already the most complete record to date of how the opioid crisis began and why members of the sackler family itself should be held accountable. >> i'll be 29 on friday, and i didn't think i'd make it to 25. >> reporter: jonathan burke says his battle with addiction began 11 years ago with a dirt bike accident and a two-month prescription of oxycontin. just two weeks later, he was hooked. >> the way that your brain becomes rehardwired after an addiction is absolutely insane. >> reporter: burke later turned to illegal drugs and ended up stealing to fund his habit. >> it literally damaged every relationsh

purdue is unique and fascinating.n issue i tried to describe at length in the book the family really helped invent the whole modern day marketing of prescription drugs. so they have a legacy. they have a part within the pharmaceutical industry and the development of marketing techniques that's unique among drug makers. >> what about the drug distributors these are companies that distribute all kinds of different drugs. opioids is one of them there was a recent "60 minutes" of mike moore the lawyer who did the tobacco settlement for billions and billions of dollars in the past and he said he's now coming for the drug distributors is he going to win this case, the distributors should have known there was something nefarious going on >> i know mike moore from tobacco litigation which i covered while i was at the "times" many years ago there's no question in my mind as an observer that the distributors knew that they were shipping millions and millions of pain pills into areas like west virginia that were already rife wit

purdue personnel were told to suppress the fact to keep the prescriptions flowing.secutor noted that 59 overdose deaths had occurred in his state alone. sackler's response in an internal company memo, quote: this is not too bad. it could have been far worse. the company refused to take responsibility for the people had t. was killing so they went after the addicts themselves. in 2001, richard sackler said this in an internal memo, quote: we have to hammer on abusers in every possible way. they are the culprits and the problem. they are reckless criminals. unquote. as the crisis worsens, purdue continued to deny the addictiveness of their pills saying the epidemic was simply a matter of immorality on the part of individual users. meanwhile year after year the sacklers kaepernick kept pushing their company to sell more and more pain killers. sales personnel were pressured to market oxycontin to doctors for all kinds of ailments and higher and more addictive doses. if prescriptions didn't rise fast enough sales reps were threatened with termination and of course they g

. >>> the nation is remembering a former purdue university student and beloved college football super fan. he lost a fight with bone cancer last week at 20 years old. known for a positive outlook and passion for purdue's football team, trent received multiple awards for his spirit. udinerday a funerals we held. purdue's football coach and many players who spoke of trent's determination to live every day to the fullest. >>> now. bill karinsnings. >> a big storm going up tghengl. even thunderstorms over areas of connecticut. we still have winter storm warnings and watches and advisory. about nine million people in these right now. mostly northern new england getting hit the hardest, and the lake-effect snow machine. the storm will head up through maine. notice the snow showers still going later this afternoon, anywhere from western pennsylvania all the way through northern portion of new england and even continues into thursday as the cold winds will be r owing ove improving this afternoon. and in the south, a little cooler, but still a lot of sunshine. a lot of people keep wondering ho

he was named an honorary captain for purdue when the boilermakers played last week. he also received the disney spirit award in december. >> i think there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. and you know, as long as you rely on your faith, things will work out. >> trent helped raise more than $100,000 at a student-run event at purdue to support the children's hospital at indiana university health. tyler trent was just 20 years old. >>> the woman who helped kidnap elizabeth smart in 2002 is now living near an elementary school in salt lake city. wanda barzee was released from prison five years earlier than expected back in september after pleading guilty to helping her husband abduct smart when she was 14 years old. barzee is serving five years of federal supervised release, but the release guidelines don't set limits on how close she can live to a school. smart says anyone with a history of child abuse should not be allowed anywhere near a school, family, or community center. >>> from the dumb criminals file, look at this man caught on surveillance video tryin

. >>> tyler trent, the former purdue university student who inspirols across the nation has died from a rare bone cancer on tuesday. tyler moved fans with his courage, positive spirit, and his commitment to funding cancer research. he raised over $100,000 in his last months. trent was the recipient of the disney spirit award at the college football hall of fame. trent served as an honorary captain for purdue when they played the auburn tigers in the music bowl. the purdue cancer center tweeted twenty's legacy will live on in the future. >>> albuquerque got walloped by winter weather and more is potentially on the way this morning. residents were left to zedeal wh low temperatures, wind, and snow accumulations. but it was fun and games in many places. you can see families making the most of the snow day off. road conditions were hazardous for some commuters. state police shut down several roads as a precaution. >>> let's check in with bill karins. good morning. >> the kids do love it. for the second morning in a row, it's snowing in tucson, arizona. we're going to watch this storm. loo

. >>> sad news from purdue university. trent, known as the super fan of the purdue boilermakers, lost his battle with bone cancer tuesday. the 20-year-old inspired college football fans across the country. he was named an honorary captain for purdue when the boilermakers faced auburn last week. he received the disney spirit award in december. >> i think today there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. as long as you rely on your fai faith, things will work out. >> trent helped raise more than $100,000 at a student-run event at purdue to support the children's hospital is the indiana health. tyler trent was just 20 years old. >>> the woman who helped kidnap elizabeth smart in 2002 is living near an elementary school in salt lake city. wanda barzee was released in september, five years early. she is serving five years of federal supervised release, but guidelines don't set limits on how close she can live to a school. smart says anyone with a history of child abuse should not be allowed anywhere near a school, family,

agriculture secretary sonny purdue said tuesday that food stamps will be available through february.ding was only initially available until january --- but officials are using a provision to make those benefits longer. purdue said -that should provide enough time for lawmakers and president trump to agree on a spending bill to end the shutdown. ( robin ) california is trying to cut down on paper waste. a state lawmaker showed this display of a staff member wearing a large receipt at the state capitol tuesday to make his point. printed on it are not items... but reasons democratic assembly man phil ting says the paperless receipt bill he introduced -- is needed. the bill would require businesses in the state to issue receipts through text or e-mail or be at risk of a fine. customers would still be able to request hard copy receipts if they choose. the bill aims for paperless receipts to be the default in california by 20-22. committee hearings on the bill, a-b 161, are expected to begin this spring. ( robin ) and 4 your health... the high cost of health care is having an impact on the

purdue sales reps were told to claim the drug had an addiction risk of less than 1%.chard sackler posted how successful the drug would be quote the launch of oxycontin tablets will be followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition.d the prescription blizzard will be so deep, dense and white. well, he was right.wh that blizzard came and people began to die. the sacklers didn't appear to care.e. in 1997, richard sackler deduced that doctors were prescribing oxycontin more often because they have thehe mistaken belief that it was weaker than morphine. in fact, oxycontin is stronger than morphine. purdue personnel were told to suppress the fact to keep the prescriptions flowing.es in 2001 a federal prosecutor noted that 59 overdose deaths had occurred in his state alone. sackler's response in an internal company memo, quote: this is not too bad. it could have been far worse. the company refused to take responsibility for the people that was killing so they2 went after the addicts themselves. in 2001, richard sackler said this in an internal memo, q

the suit alleged purdue sold oxycontin and downplayed its dangers.upil has been closely following this story. tony, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. according to propublic lia, blad out portions of the lawsuit accuse pharma of wanting to capitalize on addiction treatment. the article cites internal correspondence between purdue pharma executives discussing how the sale and treatment of opoid addiction are naturally linked. prublica reports while oxy sales were declining, purdue touted the fact that the addiction treatment market was expanding. propublica specifically names kathe sackler being involved in a project allegedly meant to help them break into the treatment market. the redacted documents also reportedly show that richard sackler complains over e-mail that a google alert was giving him too much information about the drug's dangers, imagine that. in a statement, purdue pharma called the release of this redacted information part of a continuing effort to single out purdue, blame it for the opoid crisis and try the case in the court of

a kind of nose out there from the very top, from the fackler family and purdue pharmacy down to ground and one thief wonderful things about the book is how much it connected the dots between the two and shows what is happening up high and down low are connected. they're quite comfortable watching a great massacre take place as they pocket the money. >> yeah. think one of the reasons that happened was that they persuaded themselves that they were doing good. at least some of them did. obviously there were doctors who were mass prescribing who understand fool fully they were make midnight but the drug companies persuaded themselves with the idea there was an epidemic of untreated pain out there and this becomes their justification in the early 2000s, one answer why it went went on for -- when you go back and look and think didn't nobody ring the alarm bells and you discover in the early 2000s, a lot of people were ringing the alarm bells and there was -- there's a doctor -- several heros in this book, one of the real heroes as i doctor called jane ballennine the head of pain at harvard u

. >> reporter: by the time abby arrived at purdue university in the fall of 2016, she was ready. >> i had graduated high school, valedictorian of my class. >> there's always something to learn from every situation in life. >> i was just excited to start college. >> reporter: abby chose a computer science major and moved into the dorms the first street towers where she met her boyfriend. >> i've always been just a very adventurous person. and not afraid of things. >> reporter: but surveys show 1 in 5 women experience sexual assault at some point during college, and studies reveal the highest risk period is in the first few months of their first and second semesters in school. statistics abby would come to learn firsthand. february 2017, you're at your boyfriend's, what happens? >> people are pretty much hanging out. playing video games. >> reporter: by 2:00 a.m., she fell asleep in bed with her boyfriend. his friends crashed on the futon below. abby says she's a very heavy sleeper, but something woke her. at some point you wake up and someone is groping you? touching you in a sexual wa

clear purdue is a tyler super fan. this young man first gained attention in 2017 when he camped outside the stadium before a game even though he just finished chemo for a rare bone cancer. the team took note. >> we want to fight with him and let him know he's not alone. >> reporter: the disease never stopped him from cheering for his beloved boiler makers, including when his team beat ohio state. >> hard to find words. >> reporter: he even flew to nashville last week to watch the music city bowl. >> he turned his own misfortune, his own tragedy into so much good for others. >> reporter: knowing each day could be his last, tyler wrote i still have a choice to make, to make that day the best it can be. that day came tuesday on espn "sportscenter" scott van pelt paid tribute. >> boiler up and hammer down. now you can rest young man. >> reporter: tonight, we're all tyler's fans. joe fryer, nbc news. >> incredible young man in a league of his own. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this wednesday. i'm lester holt.san jose )s

not just on the southern border as senator purdue is bringing attention to.s to be on the southern border, northern border with canada, ports of entry with both coasts as well as a and also within i toured the airports. is what the president seems to be missing and where democrats are willing to work together to make investments with what will be safer and more effective border security for the u.s. of america. our border security plans are tougher than what the president is laying forward that will be more effective than his fifth century wall idea. david: you mentioned the bill that was bipartisan. are the concessions of the democrats and republicans made, are they from the democrats point of view, still on the table? e-verify was in there, where employers would verify people who work for them. are things like that on the table? the president needs to lay down the foundation of what he wants to see as part of a deal. the president hasn't been clear. while he has talked about is his wall and in one form or another. if the president is serious about negotiati

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purdue pharma acknowledged it was considering trying to sell drugs combating addiction, but it says thesuit is filled with inaccurate allegations. >>> "the louisville courier journal" says senator rand paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses after a neighbor attacked him at his kentucky home during an argument over lawn care. rand sued his neighbor after he slammed him to the ground while he was doing yard work in 2017. paul suffered six broken ribs. boucher earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting paul and served 30 days in prison. >>> "the san francisco chronicle" reports a federal judge ruled the nation's largest utility, pacific gas and electric, violated the terms of probation it is serving for its criminal conviction in a deadly 2010 gas line explosion. the judge said pg&e failed to properly report its role in a 2017 california wildfire that burned 76 acres. the utility was convicted of federal crimes stemming from the san bruno gas line explosion that killed eight people. earlier this week, pg&e filed for bankruptcy, citing numerous lawsuits stemming from

the lawsuit is already the first to name some of the purdue owners.hat is the family claiming eight of them participated in a deadly and illegal scheme. purdue criticized the claims in the suit calling it a rush to vilify a manufacturer that represents less than 2% of the opioid pain prescriptions. the state has until friday to release an unedaredacted compla, but they seek a stay to prevent them from going public. 130 people on average per day continue to die of opioid overdoses. >> so you think the impact of this is what? more states get in on this? >> this could be a federal lawsuit. the massive one which has potential to bankrupt purdue and many other of the opioid . >> redacted, could make it quite explosive. >> exactly. >>> a measles outbreak is raising big concerns ash the safety of our children. ahead, we take you to washington state where misinformation about vaccines is leading more parents to skip immunizations for their kids. >>> and if you are on the go, subscribe t our "cbs this morning" podcast. you will hear what's happening in this wo

purdue pharma calls the allegations misleading and says it will aggressively defend against the claimsworker at a mcdonald's in kansas is sporting new wheels thanks to a kind-hearted customer who made good on a promise. when chris ellis found out that vicki anderson's car had died, he decided to get another one for her. he parked the car in the lot and surprised her with the key and the title bringing her to tears. ellis said he had promised to get her a car, but she thought he was just kidding. >>> muhammad ali's hometown is renaming its airport after the greatest. louisville, kentucky's airport is officially changing its name to louisville muhammad ali international airport. it's a nice birthday present too. ali would have turned 77 today. the renamed airport's three-letter code will not change. >>> well, up next in "the pulse," meet the e.t. burglar who has not phoned home. >>> also ahead, new video, what's believed to be the largest known great white shark and where it's been spotted. >>> and how the betty white is celebrating her 97th birthday. woman 1: proof of less joint pain...

tyler trent was an honorary captain of the purdue boilermakers at last week's bowl game.rom a rare form of bone cancer. tyler passed away yesterday at the age of 20. purdue's football program tweeting overnight saying that trent will be our forever captain. >> certainly will be missed. >>> on a much lighter note a rarely seen tennis quote battle of the sexes, if you will. two of the greatest ever, serena williams and roger federer along with their mixed doubles partners facing off on the court for the first time. i mean, this was history being made. federer and his partner won the match. afterward they posed for a selfie. williams and federer did. the two of them have won 43 grand slam titles combined. >> g.o.a.t. versus g.o.a.t. >>> now to some college football. texas, for you, pulled off an upset in last night's sugar bowl. >> yeah, lockhorns quarterback sam ehlinger ran three touchdowns against georgia. the dogs scored late but couldn't get close enough. texas sends their fans home after a 28-21 win. >> but the evening might be best remembered for some mascot mayhem. l

. >>> moving on now to a final farewell for a purdue university super fan tyler trent. last year as he bravely fought a rare bone cancer while becoming an adopted captain of the purdue football team. he passed away on new year's day. purdue's quarterback represented the team at trent's funeral in indianapolis, while one of peyton manning's jerseys hung behind him. >>> a long cold case has come to an end with a suspect's guilty plea for a murder committed back in 1992. raymond rowe is a deejay in pennsylvania. in court yesterday he admitted to sexually assaulting and killing elementary school teacher christine mirack 27 years ago. prosecutors broke the case by linking dna found at the crime scene to rowe's relatives. rowe is sentenced to life in prison without parole. >>> sears is staying in business for at least another week. a bankruptcy auction will be held next monday for the 126-year-old retailer. sears' ceo is trying to buy the company and keep the 400 stores open. at stake, though, are some 50,000 jobs. let's hope they got that done. >>> across the pond london air

> i want to thank president donald trump, vice president mike pence, agricultural secretary sonny purdue, and you all, the members of the general assembly as well as agricultural commissioner gary black for their solid leadership in the wake of this disaster. thank you so much. [ applause ] >> i want to also applaud the efforts of officials at dnr, the georgia forest he -- forest commission, the department of public health, the department of corrections, the department of community supervision, and all of the first responders who provided necessary aid after the storm. thank you. [ applause ] >> we will continue these recovery efforts and last -- let us revive and rebuild and renew hope in rural georgia. there is no doubt that criminal justice reform will be a lasting legacy of the administration, and without question, the leadership of the governor and the general assembly as change our state for the better. i look forward to supporting initiatives that say costs, strengthen communities, and give nonviolent offenders a second chance at life. to keep all of georgia safe. [ applause ] >>

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of e-mails and other business documents produced by purdue.he complaint is littered with biased and inaccurate characterizations of these documents. purdue and the individual defendants will aggressively defend against these misleading allegations. now, purdue pharma's statement goes on to say that we continue to fight for balance in the public discourse so that society can simultaneously help pain patients in need and create real solutions to the complex problem of addiction. the company and sackler family are facing dozens of other lawsuits across the country. robin. >> all right, whit, thank you. >>> now to a major fortnite breach. parents, you're going to want to pay attention to this. a vulnerability may have let hackers take over players' accounts and use their credit cards. linsey davis is here with these details. good morning. >> reporter: this is scary. a lot of parents just pay attention to the dance, the floss dance, but now you have to pay attention to your bank statements, parents, that's if you have kids that play fortnite and al

president of the national black farmers association, i've reached out to secretary of agriculture purdueown meeting and that request has went on deaf ears. i visited with every ag secretary in this country since the carter administration. and this administration has turned a deaf ear to african-american farmers and small scale farmers alike in this country. >> when did you put in that request? >> well, basically that i would like to meet and talk with secretary purdue and ask him what is he going to do to get crop prices up for family farmers. what is he going to do to expedite payment to family farmers like myself who are hurting right now. he's not speaking to the american farm bureau, and i know those farmers are going to support the president. most of them are republicans -- >> and you put in that request and you have not heard back to meet with him? >> i've not heard back. basically what we've been hearing from the ag secretary is he's too busy. and if he's too busy to meet with the constituents that he needs to be representing, then he shouldn't be ag secretary. that's my message t

the farmers who have already been notified of this by me and my representatives and by sonny, sonny purdue is here, secretary of agriculture i think that was music to your ears, right? >> absolutely. >> that's a big number even to you to hear? >> good news. >> will you let the farmers know right away >> before i know. >> and that was more than even soybeans that was the other things that we discussed before the press came in. they discussed other things that they're buying, as well. if you would let everybody know. were you surprised to hear that? >> pleased to hear this. >> keeping the farmers busy. that's going to keep them busy that's a big order so, let's keep going let's start our discussions and we'll ask the media to leave thank you all very much. we appreciate it thank you very much, everybody thank you. i think so steve, you're going? >> ambassador lighthizer. >> are you going are you going to that? ask -- ask mnuchin she wanted to know about mnuchin. >> come on, guys. >> we need to confirm it in the next couple of days. >> will you -- >> say hello to your parents. >> i will. >> w

it says that sackler directed purdue not to tell staff how powerful oxycontin was. >>>lready several efforts to control gun bills have gone down in defeat. red flag laws and requirement for all gunor owners to r stolen weapons have been killed by the senate. one bill that has survived called for a ban on bump stocks. similar bills will be in the virginia house. but each faces a tough road there, as well. >>> virginia lawmakers seem poised to act on bill that would hike the fine for illegally driving around the stopped school bus. that's a50 increase. the fine would be $600 for anyone whooes that while texting. >>> talk about incredible. look at this. a 100-pound doberman pinscher fell through ice that formed on a pond and needed rescuing. he was 15 feet off of the shore. first responders arrived and were able to bring him to dry land. this morning, buddy, the dog's name is safe and warm. 100-pound doberman?ot that's a of work. >> named buddy. i feel hike he shoulde a stronger name. like killer. > there's more than one way tosc re a dog. this morning, a program is to

purdue foods recalling more than 16,000 pounds of ready to eat chicken nuggets with 12-ounce packages with fun shapes. the products contain milk and that's a known alelergen not declared on the packaging. to read and share >>> you know, the commercial breaks i'm literally on facebook right now follow me. i posted about girl scout cookies going on sale and you know it's so much more than just the cookies. there's a great message there that i want you to go read. it'll probably change your perspective of when you pass a little girl selling cookies. >> i read that. i never thought of that. >> check it out. laura garcia nbc. >>> well, billionaire couple, power couple, that is, taking on the pharmaceutical industry pledging to fix a broken system. >> these kinds of companies have a monopoly on the regulatory system, on the delivery system, on the products. so this isn't capitalism. i mean, this is a form of oppression. >> is this a broken system? a broken market? >> absolutely a broken market. >> yeah. >> we have a monopoly with no price regulation on itnd h co-o political process sigh thi

and here at tufts, they're reviewing all their ties to purdue pharma. me the one place we could not find the sackler name is on a drug rehab facility. >> all right, tony, thank you very much. maybe after the sacklers have seen tony's reports, and i'm assuming they're watching, they may say yes, sit down and talk. because you want your side of the story out there now. >> look, in all of these types of stories in a crisis, it's important to follow how it started. >> exactly. >> and there was a massive marketing push behind it, we needed new pain drugs. and now we're trying to roll back the problem that was created by a whole group of people, doctors were involved, the fda was involved, companies behind it. >> there's lots of blame to go around on this particular story. >>> a mother took on facebook after she discovered that her 12-year-old son unwittingly, she says, spent hundreds of dollars on games. ahead, what her lawsuit revealed about a practice called friendly fraud by facebook workers that brought in millions of dollars. >>> and if you're on the go

trent was an honorary purdue captain at their bowl game last week in nashville.way yesterday at the age of 20. purdue's football program tweeting last night, saying trent will forever be our captain. >>> we're getting our first look at a tense armed faceoff with police in arkansas all caught on camera. >> then caught in the middle of it all was a little girl, only a year old. here is abc's steve osunsami. >> don't do this with your baby. >> listen, just drop it, man. >> reporter: little rock police are sharing this dash camera video. >> he's got a gun! >> reporter: of an intense standoff between a father behind the wheel of this white suv and these city police officers who had to chase him for miles before he stopped the car. the 43-year-old holding a gun with his 1-year-old daughter in the side seat. police believe he had just used the same gun to fire at the baby's mother during a child custody exchange at this nearby walmart on december 19th. >> he was picking up the kids, an argument ensued and that's when shots were fired. >> reporter: here is the moment whe

purdue foods recently recalled 68,000 pounds of chicken nuggets that may have been contaminated with wood. inspectors are recommending anyone with the recalled products to return it to the store or simply throw it away. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> next tonight, the father and son who rescued a teen after a fiery head-on crash. >>> then the mystery police found under what they thought was a sinkhole. >>> next tonight the shocking video, a fiery head-on collision and the miracle rescue by father and son good samaritans. with more, these nbc's kristen dalgren. >> reporter: no one saw it coming. >> they're going about 50 miles an hour into the wall of fire. >> reporter: 18-year-old sam lachance headed back to college in new hampshire when his jeep veered off course and into a tractor-trailer, all captured on mark cramer's dash cam. >> what ensued was a miracle. >> reporter: he and son john were on their way to the dentist. but ended up saving a life. pulling sam from the burning wreckage. >> we don't know what's going to happen, if it's going to explode. >> reporter: sam's family got

you saw that recently in purdue where we helped out during a very unfair.f time when people were trying to affect the election and no one brings it up but in this case it was china. i'm not her too much about that. have you heard about that? but they were. we helped our farmers. no one understands better than our farmers that the tough choices we make today reap rewards for centuries to come. more than 200 years ago at this very city was at the center of america's negotiations during the legendary louisiana purcha purchase. no one knew how it would all turn out but president thomas jefferson acted decisively for the american people and after months of negotiations we got what no one ever imagined possible. not only did we gain new orleans but we doubled the size of the united states and we secured new ports and new parts of the map in globe we never thought and new ports, very importantly, for american agriculture and we made our nation the greatest farm country on god's earth and it remains that and it is now for the first time in a long time getting bette