they say mckinsey worked with purdue pharma to turbocharge their sales.re was concern among doctors oxycontin was being abused, so purdue's sales went down. prosecutors say mckinsey advised purdue to target sales to high-volume prescribers including those who were prescribing for reasons that were unsafe and medically unnecessary. that often led to drug abuse and addiction. they even said mckinsey would do ride-alongs with purdue to get more scripts written. with this agreement, the $650 million, mckinsey avoids prosecution in the criminal and civil investigations, and mckinsey is accepting responsibility for their conduct. in a statement the company says they are deeply sorry, and as a part of the agreement they will do do any work related to marketing or selling controlled substances. guys? >> gio: all right. a major agreement there. perry, thank you so much for your reporting. >>> time for the weather, and somara theodore is here. all those atmospheric rivers, somara. >> somara: oh, they're flowing, and they're slamming into the west coast. we know it'

purdue is likely being rewarded for his years of service to donald trump as a solid election denier. in 2022, purdue tried to -- the governor, brian kemp, after he refused to go along with the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. now, david perdue is not entirely devoid of experience in china, he is a former resident of hong kong he reportedly spent time working in the region as a businessman at dollar general, which is a discount goods company, and at sara lee, the baked goods company, and at reebok, the shoe company. but it is kind of hard to see how a former businessman who spent years trying to court connie's businesses has the diplomatic chops to go toe to toe with the chinese government on delicate issues like the potential sale of tiktok. and yet, when it comes to's most questionable appointments, purdue's nomination is not likely to be high on anybody's list. that is because donald trump has nominated so many supremely unfit people to important government positions that it is hard to keep track of them all. considered's pick to lead the internal revenue service. for

it worked with purdue to improve sales including a 2013 to turbo charge sales of oxycontin. the company apologized saying our past work for opioid manufacturers will be a source of regret for our firm. the lawyers said it will deter from other companies. >> this was not hypothetical or marketing. it was a strategy and executed and it worked. the strategy resulted in oxycontin that was unsafe and new unnecessary. >> mckinsey won't do any work on controlled substances for a period of five years. the state of texas is suing a doctor in new york for mailing abortion pills. paxton said he prescribed drugs. the lawsuit seeks thousands of dollars in damages. it marks one of the first challenges to shield laws in states like new york designed to protect physicians who provide prescriptions on-line. eanl american who was impripped in syria, the associated press said timmerman has been flown to jordan and he was freed after rebel groupsous ted assad and opened the prisons. the 29-year-old was detained after crossing in a pilgrimage. russia launched a barage of 200 drones and ballistic

fifty-five -- $60 million purdue led education and training among universities on top of that that is a huge huge benefit to the alliance. to the people to people peace. i do think this is important and i will close on this. i started my political career living in arkansas national political career. i was writingar ads we could run the in midwest market we cannot do that today fourth most popular country in alliance partner in the nights is based on polling in the united states. you look at the soft power of baseball, everett university you laugh at it. that made japan a different country in the eyes of the american people. when he tried to do politics and move things to have a partner extremely popular in your own country a huge benefit poised just in the region but i want to close on prime minister i think set it right is not a regional alliance. we have a global partner that's ready to step up beyond the region that is important to know better friend to have. thank you. [applause] >> it's great to be back. thank you again. we have an incredible group here. so pick up questions we h

maria: there's no evidence that david purdue is going to be tough on china, that's for sure.ambassador to china? >> i'm kind of biased. when he was a brand-new senator he bought a lot of copies of 100 year marathon, passed them out to other senators, made a speech, telling me it explained his failures in asia. china treats our companies badly. we call it gangsterizing our companies. that's one thing david purdue wants to do is get better treatment foreour companies in china p bu but he's not a super, that's foresure. maria: thank you very much. police in new york city expanding the manhunt for the gunman responsibility for the shooting death of united healthcare ceo brian thompson, everything you need to know right here on this ongoing investigation. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay with us. the soul searcher. and - ahoy! it's the explorer! each helping to protect their money with chase. woah, a lost card isn't keeping this thrill seeker down. lost her card, not the vibe. the soul searcher, is finding his identity, and helping to protect it. he

undergraduate from purdue, masters from johns hopkins, doctorate from purdue in technology. i did all of the masters and doctoral work while i was working full time because during covid i said, hey, things are going to slow down. i was exceptionally well, because that was probably one of the most stressed and deployment written here is in the army's history, especially the last five years where we have been on multiple continents. things like iraq in 2020, shortly thereafter, and then planning for multiple non- combative evacuation operations across africa. things like haiti, and now of course, gaza operations and supporting learners all over europe and africa and the middle east. my portfolio is sort of the army. however, what the chief has asked me to focus on our three big portfolios. unmanned systems or on crude systems depending on where we are in terms of terminology, countering on crude systems, and electromagnetic warfare. those things are enabled by probably the biggest mo support priority in the army's repertoire right now, which is command-and-control in the netwo

a team at purdue university is revealing its 2024 stem gift guide. >> fox's gary baumgarten shows uso inject a little education into the holiday fun. >> stem is a term describing the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. according to the national center for science and engineering statistics, 24% of the u.s. workforce nearly 37 million people were in stem occupations in 2021. the bureau of labor statistics estimates that between 2022 and 2032, employment in stem fields is expected to increase at a faster rate than in non-stem jobs. to help ensure that there's enough skilled workers, advocates say it's important to expose kids to stem fields early on. it's led officials at purdue university to issue their list of this year's top stem toys to help kids have a fun but educational holiday season. >> this year, we focused in on the microelectronics while medical experts recommend against lengthy screen time for kids, many of these toys teach children about the technology behind some of their favorite gadgets. anything that has any sort of automation will have a microelectro

the us department ofjustice says mckinsey advised purdue pharma, the maker of oxycontin, on how to �*n the drug epidemic, which kills nearly 100 thousand people every year. former us house speaker nancy pelosi is in hospital after sustaining injuries in a fall, during an official trip to luxembourg, her office said friday. the 84—year—old is receiving "excellent treatment" and is continuing to work, according to her spokesperson. her injury comes just days after outgoing senate minority leader mitch mcconnell suffered minor injuries after a fall at the us capitol. french president emmanuel macron nominated a centrist ally, francois bayrou, as prime minister on friday. the announcement follows the collapse of macron�*s government after only three months. the country's former prime minister, michel barnier, was ousted by mps nine days ago. mr barnier lost a vote of no—confidence following a standoff over an austerity budget. now mr bayrou faces the same challenge. he must form a cabinet that can survive a no—confidence vote in a divided parliament and put forward another budget to limit

court documents say purdue paid mckinsey more than $93 million to improve profits from oxycontin.xycontin had on the american people in 2020. purdue pharma pled guilty to three felony counts related to its marketing of addictive painkillers. promoters call it the most powerful tech event in the world. the 2025 las vegas consumer electronics show is scheduled to begin in just three weeks. television technology will once again play a prominent role. look for companies to try to advance the work by lg, which created the world's first wireless transparent oled tv. the screen switches between transparent mode and more traditional black background. >> what we have been able to achieve is the highest military standards, from temperature shocks like high 60 degrees to -20 acceleration drop tests, as well as icing to make sure that the user is confident that the oled foldable display that you buy is going to be perfect no matter what the user scenario is. >> more of that foldable technology expected there. researchers say advancements in artificial intelligence technology will also be a bi

david purdue, most unbelievably, herschel walker to be ambassador to the bahamas.g that the man who promised america would become tired of winning assembling a team of proven losers but trump isn't looking for competence and successful managers. he is seeking blind loyalty from team members who are completely reliant on him. a more confident leader might choose to surround themselves with other extraordinary people. but trump seems more comfortable around folks who couldn't hack it on their own. america deserves better than an administration of all rans but the stench of defeat already hangs over this trump white house and we haven't even reached inauguration day yet. i got you. inauguration day yet i got you. that's why at fisher investments we start by getting to know each other. so i can learn about your family, lifestyle, goals and needs, allowing us to tailor your portfolio. (wife) what about commission- based products? (fisher investments) we don't sell those. we're a fiduciary, obligated to act in your best interest. (husband) so how do your management fees

agreement that will resolve a federal criminal probe into the company's consulting work, advising purdue martin elling agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in the probe by the department of justice. the criminal charging document alleges the consulting giant knowingly and intentionally conspired with purdue pharma and others to aid and abet the misbranding of prescription drugs. the document also said mckinsey is accused of knowingly destroying and concealing records and documents with the intent to impede the investigation by the u.s. department of justice. mckinsey had previously agreed to pay a billion dollars to settle lawsuits by states, local governments and others related to its opioid consulting. this would seem to mark now, guys, an end to a disastrous chapter for the country and the company. back to you. >> eamon javers, following it from the beginning. thank you. >>> as we head to break, here's our road map for the rest of the hour. the major averages are trading around record highs, but there is some underlying weakness. we're going to dive into it, and discuss wh

peter: in your book you talk about sitting down at purdue university with the former president and formerovernor of indiana and he reminded you of a comment you had made 30 years ago that liberals in the media do not hate conservatives. do you think he is wondering if that was still true? peggy: i see. i am sure i said that, it is the way i experienced the past. i am a conservative and i have been a conservative for a very long time and been in media for a very long time. i do not think those on the left or non-conservatives or liberals hate conservatives so much as very unconsciously they patronize them. they just do. patronize them. if you're going to patronize somebody it should be from a great intellectual or moral height. i would rather not be patronized by people who do not have that height. if you are a conservative, you are familiar with the concept of being patronized by your inferiors. every conservative everywhere has this feeling. and it contributed to donald trump. peter: 7/3/2019, another column in your book of continuing racle is the name of the column. we are a people who

louis federal reserve and ceo, and purdue university sean of the de school, james bullard is here. >>aving me. maria: we appreciate your time. what is your expectation? why would we cut rates now knowing that the economy is getting stronger? doesn't that perhaps mean that we could actually trigger inflation with more rate cuts? >> no, i don't think so. you know, the rates have been too high. the policy rate has been too high over the last six months or so as inflation has moderated and so at this lower level of inflation you don't need the policy rate to be quite as high. you still want to be restrictive. you still want to get inflation down to 2% but you don't need the policy rate to be quite as high so this is a step toward normalization of rates but keeping them just at the right level to put downward pressure on inflation and get inflation to converge down to 2% during 2025 and 2026. maria: so how would assess things right now? >> well, the economy's in great shape and i think the new administration is coming in with great initial conditions for the economy, labor market, measured

court documents say purdue paid mckinsey more than $93 million to improve profits from oxycontin.20. purdue pharma pled guilty to three felony counts related to its marketing of addictive painkillers. >> our time now 650 resorts in the sierra nevada. they're using some new high tech tools to keep the conditions on the ski slopes smooth. now, when the fresh snow comes down, the resorts like palisades tahoe, they use what's called a snow cat to sculpt the trails out there. the latest technology from the company, snow sat, uses a laser guided vision to create the perfect jumps and those half pipes. they can also measure future water reserves and identify those avalanche danger areas. these fleets will be working all season long in the sierra. well, the slick roads in the sierra have led to chain controls on and off through the weekend. and as of this morning, we're told those chain controls have been lifted. but with more snow in the forecast, that may soon change. >> yeah, it could change today for chain installers. it's a lot of work to keep up with drivers who need that help. you

we know that, you know, purdue and many other companies made these highly addictive drugs available throughause public safety dangers, as well. so through actions like nuisance and good consumer protection, we can enhance criminal prosecution with consumer protection, if you understand what i'm trying to say. the bottom line is, we need police and prosecutors prosecuting people who commit gun crimes, but we need glock, kia hyundai, the opioid manufacturers and marketers, the oil companies, companies that sell vaping materials, to be responsible. we need them to understand that they have a role to play in making for a safer community, as well. if their products are less easy to be modified into machine guns, less easy -- i mean, not misrepresented in terms of their addictiveness, in terms of the opioids, and not so easy to get stolen, like the kia and hyundais, we can have a safer community. we need everybody to step up, and we need to say safety is everybody's responsibility. starting with glock. >> how absurd is it then to you that you are taking these cases and doing them for the benefit

sticking to his truth social website, the president-elect said purdue brings valuable expertise to helpp with china. he meanwhile said he has picked david sacks to serve as ai and crypto czar, calling the two areas critical to the future of american competitiveness >>> let's get a check also on how bitcoin is faring. of course, important moment this week we crossed above the $100,000 benchmark. however, looking at how we are trading at this stage we have the bitcoin below that psychological level at 98,300. time for our what to watch as we approach end of the show let's get you up to speed on what to watch out for on wall street today on data front all eyes are on the upcoming jobs report state side with consumer sentiment and credit figures also do we will hear from four fed officials today ahead of this month's rate decision. >>> in the corporate, ulta beauty raised the outlook expectations and sees the benefit from a financial discipline plan. >>> lululemon shares jumped 9% after reporting strong sales abroad despite weaker performance in the united states >>> we bring you back to th

resolve a federal probe into that company's role in the ioid crisis, accusing them of conspiring with purdue so a former top partner will also plead guilty to obstruction of justice and the company will not work on the sale of a controlled substance for five years. >>> still ahead, the big backtrack. what donald trump is saying now about his promise to bring down grocery prices. but first, absolutely brutal cold temperatures freezing the midwest and northeast right now, where we have seen windchills plummet as low as 30 and 40 below. asthma. does it have you missing out on what you love, with who you love? get back to better breathing with fasenra, an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma taken once every 8 weeks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems. serious allergic reactions may occur. get help for swelling of your face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens or you have a parasitic infection. headache and sore throat may occur. ask your doctor if fasenra is right for you.

weeks after that big comeback win against stanford, and unlv's head coach has left the program for purduert at quarterback for cal, but we do know kickoff is scheduled for tomorrow night at 6:00. >> and san jose state is also bowling next week. the spartans are gearing up for the hawaii bowl, where they'll face off against the university of south florida. the spartans were the first fbs school in california to become bowl eligible, and are 9 to 4 in their last 13 conference games. >> i'm excited to go to the hawaii bowl, and it's been a lot of planning since the end of the season and logistically to get ready. i feel like we put in the work. we've had some good practices while our guys are finishing in their finals. so really excited for that. >> now a slight blow to the spartans. star wide receiver nick nash has opted out of the bowl game as he prepares for the nfl draft. kickoff is happening christmas eve at 5 p.m. also want to mention the san jose sharks lost to the jets tonight three four. that wraps us up for sports. the 11:00 news with mike starts now. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu. fox

he also represented a purdue pharma and of course it took all these great companies. that's like how says it has. yeah. so he sleeps at night and he he claims he sleeps in that someone an interview asked him that and i quote in my book he claims he sleeps tonight okay sure but he oh he's a democrat. he's he swears he's a yellow dog democrat, which we'll take his. yeah. whereas we're also talking about. oh, oh. so you just getting the workers. yeah. yeah. you just so jim the lawyer right. about was hesitant to take on these cases because he knew this dynamic that you drag out cases and also when people are sick or they're depending on the money to get by the longer you drag out these cases is if you're a blue collar worker you basically just have to capitulate because getting so sick like i yes you could if you could hold out for another ten years. yeah, you might you might get a million more dollars. but you don't have the luxury because you your medical bills. so you this happens in these kind of cases all the time you just have to settle eventually and also the famo

again were continue to strengthen the capacities of those governments a particular colombia, brazil, purdue ecuador. our survey said shown migrants from venezuela prefer to migrate to those countries and we will continue to work with them to build the capacity both at a national level and municipal level to be able to welcome by? and venezuela. but currently witnessing a significant uptick in migration since the election but certainly it is a concern. >> thank you. i now recognize ranking member castro for five minutes and thank you for your patience. >> i'm going to allow representative stand to go first as airplay to get. >> thank you very much, ranking member castro, and chair salazar for your leadership and putting together this very important hearing. thank you to the brave voters of opposition leaders and a election observers in venezuela for the police in democratic systems. on july 20 venezuelans turned up an impressive numbers to vote for the return of democracy and economic opportunity and rule of law. and yet their votes were ignored. maduro still claims that one declarant withou

what we put out in our story is purdue work in singapore and hong kong helping american firms sources is something trump is trying to bring that labor home. this shows a balancing act when it comes to china and trump going back to who he is, which is a dealmaker. jonathan: chevron planning to slow production growth next year in the permian basin as america's biggest oilfield, reducing capex by 10%. this could be a hurdle for trump's progress to unleash crude production. dani: it shows trump cannot have it all. either you have lower energy prices were higher energy prices that encourage people to drill. they work against each other, as does his approach to opec. one of those will have to give. jonathan: can tesla have it all? bank of america raising price target, john murphy writing on a visit to the austin factory saying "the trip gave us increased confidence that tesla is well-positioned to grow in 2025 and beyond with its core business and longer-term investments." let's stop are in the car. -- let's start on the car. what was that experience like? john: there were many things that

did you see him throw the ball against purdue? i mean, this guy grew up like in the frigid north. he thought he looked pretty good to me that night. so i don't think it's going to bother him very much. and so much revolves around that guy. right. uh, everybody else will find a way to stay warm. uh, but it's not a. >> concern yeah, certainly not a concern for rourke. >> he is from ontario, canada. so this weather not going to bother him one bit, but the temperature at kickoff for the game tonight is going to be 28 degrees. and it's actually going to be even colder tomorrow at penn state and ohio state you got three games on tap tomorrow smu at penn state clemson at texas. you can watch both of those on our sister network tnt. and then the nightcap is tennessee taking on ohio state in columbus. but it all gets started here tonight guys in south bend. these two schools indiana and notre dame both here in the state. but they have not played each other since 1991. and such an interesting dynamic with the indiana fans because, you know, they're a traditional basketball school, usually n

a system that puts people in prison for smoking marijuana while allowingr corporations lie purdue pharmaho are responsible for the opioid -related deaths of thousands of people to walk away scott free with their coffers full. this so-called criminal justice system which favors the rich and powerful and punishes the poor cannot stand. we must join hands and stand up against those who perpetuate bigotry, hatred and violence against our brothers and sisters because of their race, religion or sexual orientation. [cheering and applause] we must stand up against this administration that claims to believe in america first but who sells our troops, our weapons and our interest to whatever foreign country is the highest bidder. we must stand up against those who dishonor our troops treating them as political ponds and mercenaries for higher and wars around the world. [cheering and applause] we must stand up. stand up. against powerful politicians from both parties who sit in their ivory towers thinking of new wars to wage, new places for people to die. wasting trillions of our taxpayer dollars, h

their coach left to go to purdue but did a great job building up the program. >>> in florida, james madisonthe boca raton bowl. the 12-team college football playoff kicks off tomorrow night. number seven, notre dame, hosting number ten, indiana, in the first round. the winner moves to the quarterfinals to play second seeded georgia in the sugar bowl on new year's day. that's kind of a fun, in-state rivalry. it's not really a rivalry, but indiana going down the road to play south bend on a friday night. should be fun. >> i was just thinking that. it's an unlikely rivalry. football anyway. it should be a fun one. i think more than anything, we're finally there. we're kicking off this college football playoff, newly expanded. some controversial selections along the way. we won't mention one particular s.e.c. school that didn't make it. >> roll tide. >> this is college football clearly experimenting, moving to 12 teams. see how it looks. let's see, the games are here. >> it's odd that alabama is not among the 12 teams. >> it's weird, right? >> i was looking at it yesterday, looking for alabama.

>> there are many answers, but one is thing, purdue pharma, the company that produced oxycontin was ableticular they were able to target a very small number of doctors. they realized a couple thousand doctors were all they needed to carry their epidemic forward, and they ruthlessly pursued, persuaded, exploited, manipulated those doctors, and that same dynamic doesn't hold in other countries in the west. >> the covid epidemic and the opioid epidemic, i can see why those things may make you feel darker than you did 25 years ago. is there more than that? we spend our whole time on the program saying there's so much going on in the world that's not particularly sunny at the moment, but is there something structurally in the world or in your relationship with the world that has made you less optimistic? >> maybe it's because i'm older. i have kids now. once you have kids, you worry about things you didn't worry about before. i have a chapter in the book on a town, called poplar grove. it's a perfect, upper middle class suburb that's had this ongoing crisis in their school system over the las

you saw him read articles about incoming or nominated ambassador purdue that he will bring a pragmaticrelationship because of his experience at doing business in china. i think these will all lead to a highly pragmatic environment. >> ben, you mentioned the performance, i think, of your actively managed etf. i don't know what its asset number s i think it's fairly small, but i am curious are you going to continue to own the same names? any change in the construction of your own portfolio based on your expectations for what china will or won't do in 2025. >> >> we came into the year and came into this strategy thinking you need an active approach to china just because of the constant back and forth on the rade front, new names being added to the entities list or other export restrictions side from the united states side and of course watching the immediate impacts of these stimulus measures, be it trade-ins or otherwise and their effect on consumers in china. we've been trading in and out not only of names but markets and i think that approach has paid off. we're beating our nearest com

engineers at purdue university are sharing their list of this year's top stem toys to help kids and theirere we focus in on the microelectronics. anything that has any sort of automation will have a microelectronics piece in it. so your phone, your earphones, you know, your your if you have a smartwatch. so we focus in on things that have circuitry. >> while medical experts recommend against lengthy screen time for kids, experts say many of these toys teach children about the technology behind some of their favorite gadgets, and not all of them. as you can see, have a screen. >> all right, ali. time is 547. opentable's annual list of the top 100 restaurants in the country includes five of them from the bay area. look at your restaurants on the screen for the ones that made the cut. opentable generated this year's list for more than 14 million verified opentable diner reviews. the factors included diner ratings, reservation demand, and the percentage of five star reviews. >> i'm sure our friend sal castaneda has dined at some of those fine establishments. >> yeah. i happen to know for sure

former treasury undersecretary, now with purdue university, the debt limit law, good to see you, i debtes it look like? how would it work? >> joe, recognize what a deep hole we are in, $36 trillion in debt. there is no mechanism right now to control what washington spends. the swamp works together with congress to spend as much as possible and whoever is president goes along with that. and so trump, i think president trump is trying to stop that. so you see d.o.g.e. coming up. it was pointed out that it was spent by the democrats so they should have to vote for the debt increase. that will be problematic in june when the deadline comes up. ronald reagan, who i worked for, he rounded up the votes on democrats and you had to really do things to get them to vote for the spending they had already approved. so we need a new system. i think we could use this opportunity to rewrite and create a debt limit that actually constraints washington so that it can't keep spending like drunken sailors. rand paul did that recent report, $1 trillion of waste that he identified. biden is leading -- leavin

. >> senator purdue. >> thank you. i appreciate your work over there, over the last couple of years and i only have two questions and i'll tell you what they are up front. unlike my colleagues, i'm not going to waste time in the hearing talking about political. i'm not making a political statement about the crisis we're in. i want to talk about another crisis, that's our debt crisis. the budgets process is broke and the proof of that is over the last 46 years now and it's only worked four times to fund the government before the fiscal year. >> you had ideas on this bill and we're happy to work with you to be able to identify actual spending levels and when we have it. we don't actually -- we work through the budget process for the president in the fall. to some extent, february is the soonest we can get it done and if we started earlier, it would backup earlier. that's the real world challenge that t we face. our hope is the proposals we put forward and going to have them to be used to be able to be a template for thos

. >> and purdue being named as ambassador to china. >> right.at he's done. >> absolutely. and then you could throw in elon musk. he has a sizable business. it all adds up to a lot of unpredictability. from what i understand, the trump administration sees unpredictability in their favor for the negotiations. >> china doesn't particularly care for unpredictability, right? >> yes, exactly. they don't like unpredictability. but you know, so they see it as favor. at the same time, it could be also leading to miscalculation depending on what happens. >> but generally speaking, do you think that the chinese -- i'm curious what the press said after the election, they were happier that trump was the president or they were happier -- they were pushing for biden? >> there's -- >> kamala harris -- >> there's a lot of uncertainty. i was asked many times bytivity government officials what is going to happen over the next several months. >> right. >> people just don't really know. and the -- they see that on maybe on the trade side that there are going to be t

"the new york times" reported that in negotiations with opioid manufacturers like purdue pharma, the pharmacy benefit managers traded away protections designed to reduce the rate of opioid overdoses and addiction in order to make yet another fast buck. these, mr. president, are the people donald trump is letting off the hook at elon musk's direction. the bipartisan agreement, i might also add, is particularly important for us westerners because we've seen our small independent community pharmacies hit so hard. these small businesses have been closing their doors at an alarming rate over the past decade. again, in large part due to the practices by these pbm giants. the pharmacy benefit managers are able to pay independent pharmacies whatever they feel like, and then the little pharmacy in arizona or oregon or idaho or anywhere else, the small pharmacies have got to accept what the pbm's will pay. what we do in our bipartisan legislation, what a number of committees in the senate have worked on, what has been the effort in the house and what our program is all about is giving the smal

control the senate and there are is some that said maybe president trump didn't go hard enough for purdue at that point. and then, if you recall, perdue challenged a very popular georgia governor, brian kemp, for the governorship and was unsuccessful >> but very unusual. has there ever been a time where we had an ambassador whose job was to be genuinely combative, meaning you go live in the country and your job is effectively not to have relations. >> whoever we put in, not david in particular? >> i would assume that when you are assigning somebody to be an ambassador, part of the role has to be we -- at the minimum we want you to be the guy who is going to have some kind of diplomatic relationship with these people, even if our policies are such that are going to make it challenging or do you look to a person to actually sort of manifest that policies and then how does that even work? >> i'm not convinced that trump wants an open confrontational relationship i think he wants to show he can work with china and he said these positive things about xi, xi said these positive things about him

i went to purdue university and remember when brian france was a rock 'n' roll dj.will come from what we can do and what the people want done. it was a mandate that we the citizens are in charge of this country. we have a system. we have a lot of other things. to the rational thought and say we have people up there. we will do the best. we have to hold their feet to the fire. we cannot just get something done and then sit back and think they are going to do it. you have to participate, participate, which means keep track of what they are doing in washington, d.c. with this great nation of ours. host: you and others can do that right here on c-span. keep track of what washington is doing. what are the decision-makers debating and what are they voting on? do that right here on c-span. c-span.org or on our free video mobile app c-span now. for the house keep it here at c-span and for the senate, c-span2 and c-span3. when the house and senate are in, think tank discussions, book tv, watch it and find it all on the c-span networks. the said our about the gavel in for a q