supported the indictments, but then there was an 11th hour meeting between a very high profile purdue pharma defense team that was being advised by rudy giuliani, and the top officials of the justice department balked and basically told the case prosecutors that they wouldn't support the prosecution and the prosecutors who were faced by kind of this overwhelming financial and legal firepower that purdue pharma had, had little choice but to settle the cas >> i mean, t's just pick up on what you just said. rudy giuliani was one of those who advised the company. i mean, he seems to be popping up everywhere these days. but to the absolute substance of this, you talked to dea officials, people who said they really missed a chance. this settlement robbed the country of a way to stave off this terrible crisis. >> it's actually sort of mind blowing, because when you look at the statistics about what happened afterwards. i mean, there was a prosecutor who stood up in court that day and tried to make the bet of things by saying that, this should send a message out to drug industry officials that they'

giuliani represented purdue pharma in an investigation into the company's deceptive marketing practices launched by the u.s. attorney for the western district of virginia. giuliani helped purdue win a deal that limited future prosecution of the company, avoided prison time for its executives, and permitted purdue to continue doing business with the federal government -- allowing purdue to continue raking in billion-dollar profits. oxycontin is at the center of a national opioid epidemic that has killed an estimated 300,000 people since the l late 199090'. in afghanistan, at least 16 people have died and dozens more have been wounded when a car bomb exploded as members of the afghan security forces were attempting to diffuse it. the majority of the victims in tuesday's explosion in the southern city of kandahar were civilians, including children. this comes after the taliban attacked two government centers in the southern province of ghazni late monday, killing at least 22 afghan police officers. in pakistan, a severe heat wave in the city of karachi has killed at least 65 people as temp

johnson & johnson, purdue pharma and san francisco based mckesson are all listed as --. >> there's a public health problem. getting changes in their marketing practices and provide health benefits. we hope to do the same here. >> the companies have said they have emphasized the importance of using opioid safely -- opioid safely. bringing all 400 cases filed across the country to be heard in ohio in an attempt to settle the case. the process could take six months. >>> our time is now 4:16. an ac transit bus driver is facing charges, accused of hearing a loaded gun on the job. 53-year-old stephen williams emailed his supervisor, saying he planned to bring a gun to work because he worried about his safety. ac transit the notified the sheriff's office. they tracked down williams during a layover at the bay fair bart station in san leandro and they say they found he had a loaded handgun. williams was arrested on misdemeanor charges of carrying a loaded and concealed weapon. >>> we highly discourage anybody from carrying a weapon onto the bus, especially a bus driver, and taking that they

the report found purdue pharma knew about significant abuse of oxycontin in the first years after thetroduced in 1996. the company appeared to conceal the information and promoted the painkiller as less addictive. a spokesman for purdue pharma told "cbs this morning" the company accepted responsibility for the actions some of its employees took in promoting oxycontin. the company says it has led industry efforts to help address prescription opioid abuse since 2002. >>> the "washington post" says china approved 13 new ivanka trump trademarks in three months, raising questions about conflicts of interest. whether the trademarks were an attempt to curry favor with the trump administration. the trademarks could allow her brand to market a wide range of products in china including furniture, perfume, and chocolate. president trump's daughter and senior adviser has stepped back from management of her brand but continues to profit from it. chinese officials say all trademark applications are hammed iancon -cerd -an off the classrooms affected by the shooting. >>> the "los angeles times" says

drug seller purdue pharma may be facing more legal trouble due to their very profitable and highly addictive opioid products oxy cotton and its predecessor m.s. cotton marketed the drug products as having less risk for addiction abuse than other opiates do. to their time release formula they did so with express authorization from the u.s. drug enforcement administration after oxy cotton was approved for sale in one nine hundred ninety five but a newly discovered justice department report documents at purdue was actually aware of the reports that oxy cotton n m s cut and tablets were being sought out by drug abusers criminals and addicted people and resold on the street for up to forty dollars per pill the justice department says the report says that members of the secular family which owns purdue richard raymond and mortimer sackler were directly informed of the problems general counsel howard you dealt previously testified before congress that the corporation was unaware of the problems until two thousand two hundred thousand people have died from prescription opioid over deusen overdoses i

us drug seller purdue pharma may be facing more legal trouble due to their very profitable and highly addictive opioid products oxy cotton and its predecessor m.-s. cotton marketed the drug products as having less risk for addiction abuse than other opiates due to their time release formula they did so with express authorization from the u.s. drug enforcement administration after oxy cotton was approved for sale in one nine hundred ninety five but a newly discovered justice department report documents at purdue was actually aware of the reports that oxy cotton n m s cotton tablets were being sought out by drug abusers criminals and addicted people and resold on the street for up to forty dollars per pill the justice department says the report says that members of the secular family which owns perdue richard raymond and mortimer sackler were directly informed of the problems general counsel how are you dealt previously testified before congress that the corporation was unaware of the problems until two thousand two hundred thousand people have died from prescription opioid over joyce's

drug seller purdue pharma may be facing more legal trouble due to their very profitable and highly addictive opioid products oxy caught. and its predecessor and s. cotton marketed the drug products as having less risk for addiction abuse than other opiates do to their time release formula they did so with express authorization from the u.s. drug enforcement administration after oxy cotton was approved for sale in one nine hundred ninety five but a newly discovered justice department report documents at purdue was actually aware of the reports that oxy cotton n m s cotton tablets were being sought out by drug abusers criminals and addicted people and resold on the street for up to forty dollars per pill the justice department says the report says that members of the secular family which owns peru richard raymond and mortimer sackler were directly informed of the problems general counsel howard you dealt previously testified before congress that the corporation was unaware of the problems until two thousand two hundred thousand people have died from prescription opioid over deusen overdoses in

it started with as i said purdue pharma and now that we have cut back on that it made it harder to get it to be overprescribed with a number of things. now fentanyl has gone up and it's more dangerous. so you're trying to address that. >> this will be coming out in a week. >> next week. >> we will keep it on. we had the war on drugs. and we felt that people are being victimized and we have another situation. >> you have to do both. you have to make sure that people get the treatment that they need. >> thank you for joining us. the congressman mark dystonia. and let's turn to a brighter subject. the weather. what we got? >> we had plenty of sunshine. and temperatures are on the rise. we have been below average for two weeks and now finally we are going to see a little sunshine. and even warmer for tomorrow. his a look outside, 50 in oakland, 53 san jose 48 in santa rosa. and futurecast showing that a lot in the way of cloud cover that we are starting up with coastal clouds. they will clear out. and as we advance into the rest of your holiday weekend, plenty of sunshine. and we have more

. >> reporter: moore calls out one company in particular, purdue pharma. >> if purdue pharma did not uster, we wouldn't be here today. there would be no opioid epidemic in my estimation. he points to purdue videos like this one. >> the rate of addiction amongst pain patients who are treated by doctors are much less than 1%. >> reporter: was this a case when they went out and intentionally did this? >> when you train your workfo e workforce, thousands of salespeople, to go out and tell doctors there's less than 1% chance of addiction that you take this drug and you know there's no study that anybody has done that says that, of course, you're telling a lie. of course, you are. >> reporter: purdue told nbc news that moore's assessment is deeply flawed. that oxycontin represents less than 2% of current opioid prescriptions. and today's crisis is driven by trafficking and fentaninntanyfe. moore crisscrosses the country recruiting his coalition. >> they're going to the street and getting fentanyl and heroin and overdosing e ining and dyin. >> if i'm big pharma, i think mike is the devil. >>

johnson & johnson, purdue pharma are listed as defendants.it is similar to the one filed against big tobacco in the 1990s, the companies have denied allegations and say they have emphasized safe -- safety. >>> clinics in southern california may be shut down that are selling stem cell treatments for patients. the government says the clinics have sold unapproved, unproven cancer and heart disease treatments for thousands of patients. they also advertise treatment for a wide array of conditions. prosecutors say some patients have lost consciousness gone blind or developed severe infections after treatment. the clinics are licensed by doctors who say they will vigorously defend the practice. >>> golden state warrior fans, listen up. how you can get your hands on some tickets for the western conference finals later. >>> 8:57, later today injured elephant seal pups will be set free in the pacific ocean, the marine mammal center gave us photos of the seals and sea lions. the center will release the sea pups, during the spring veterinarians see more

six states filed lawsuits against purdue pharma, the makers of oxycontin. the states accused them of violating the consumer protection laws claiming it aggressively sold as pain killers, ranking in billions, down playing that they had a high likelihood of leading to addiction. in states grapple with how to deal with the huge expense and the human cost of the epidemic. more than 42,000 people overdosed on opioids in 2016. the main culprits were prescription pain killers. prescriptions like oxycontins. 16 other states have filed the lawsuit. they hope to resolve the concerns without heading to court. >>> deadly storms pummeling the northeast. an 11-year-old girl killed when a tree crushed her car in new york. a danbury man was killed by a falling tree. serious hail pounding ulster county, new york. governor cuomo declared a state of emergency in putnam, duchess, orange and sullivan counties. >>> officials in frederick, maryland, are reporting over 60 rescues with cars stalling out in rising floodwaters. 85 people were trapped on a double decker commuter train

johnson & johnson, purdue pharma, and san francisco based mckesson are all listed as defendants. the lawsuit is alert to one filed against big tobacco companies in the 1990s. >> there's a public health problem. local entities banded together with states to sue the company -- companies. and money to provide health benefits. we hope to do the same here. >> reporter: the companies have denied the allegations and say they have emphasized the importance of using opioids safely. the federal judge brought all 400 cases filed across the country to be heard in ohio. it's an attempt to settle the cases. but the process could take six months. >>> san francisco health department investigating where the syringes gets out end up. every month, the health department hands out 400,000 needles. 246,000 come back through its syringe access and disposal sites. that means more than 154,000 needles are unaccounted for every month. many are thrown into trash cans or into private needle retrieval boxes. but thousands of them also wind up on streets, on sidewalks, and in parks. >>> 6:31 is the time. a ve

johnson & johnson, purdue pharma, and san francisco-based mckesson are all listed as defendants. lawsuit is similar to one filed against big tobacco in the 1990s. >>> there is a public health problem. local entities banded together to sue the tobacco companies. and money to provide health benefits. we hope to do the same here. >>> the companies have denied the allegations and say they have emphasized the importance of using opioids safely. the judge brought all 400 cases filed across the country to be heard in ohio in an attempt to settle the case. but the process could take at least six months. >>> ac transit bus driver is facing charges of carrying a loaded gun on the job. authorities say 53 old stephen williams of oakley emailed his supervisor. said he would bring a gun to the job because he didn't feel safe. ac transit then notified the sheriff department and a deputy located williams during a labor at the bay fair bart station in san leandro. they say he was carrying a loaded gun. williams was arrested on misdemeanor charges of carrying a loaded and concealed weapon. >> we h

marketed this drug. >> what has been purdue pharma's response to your book?pay no attention. we're a little part of the problem. there are a lot of other factors here the drug problem today is multi-filled it's two-pronged >> how many deaths a per year are there and how many would you say are linked to oxycontin? >> there are about 60,000 overdose deaths a year i don't know how many today are linked to coax e oxycontin, certainly a decade ago, there are large number of deaths and overdoses and hospitalizations. >> so reactivists, the cdc says more than 200 people have died, not just opioid's broadly. this is what purdue does u does say, suggesting they occurred for today's complex and multi-faceted opioid crisis is deeply flawed? >> correct but the fact of the matter is, that purdue marked this drug in an aggressive and illegal manner >> so then the next question is, what should happen to purdue and, by the way, where was the justice department throughout all of this? >> let me start with that second part first the justice department had an opportunity to pro

new york times reporting purdue pharma, opioids being abused after introducing them but continue to marketbig deal. >> this goes back to the new york times uncovering a confidential justice department report that suggests purdue pharma knew about the abuses of the drug whether it is snorting and injections of oxycontin a few years after it hit the market and they continue to market it is less addictive than of their opioids. this justice department report suggests despite this awareness and knowing about the abuses goes back to the early 2000s and continue to tell the market it is less addictive than vicodin because it is a slow release drug. $35 billion last year up from a few billion in 2007 owned by one of the richest families in america which is worth 13 $13 billion and this leads back to the opioid crisis which is called a national health epidemic, 200,000 died of overdoses but should be pointed out we had them pay one of the largest pharmaceutical fines in justice history, $600 million from mislabeling, oxycontin, the three executives only pleaded guilty to misdemeanors and they shou

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the names people are most familiar with, purdue pharma, but others as well.in creating this opioid epidemic that has become such a public health crisis that we are seeing across the country. david: why did they do are not do that you think gives rise to damages? travis: it is what they actively did. on doctors andd patients in terms of all of the things they were saying and information they were putting into the market about the opioids. properties of our complaint is 100 pages long so i don't expect viewers to dive into everything, but it walks you through the story of the epidemic and the steps the company's actively took -- companies actively took. they included creating independent groups that were actually funded by drug companies disseminating false information saying opioids weren't addicted. a have known for more than century that opioids are incredibly addictive and should only be used in closely monitored situations. instead, we saw prescriptions spiking. effects, notter only including health care costs, the subject of our suit, but the effect on th

the fight against oxycontin maker purdue pharma intensifying as sycamore states sue the country.ptively market the opioid to generate millions of dollars in sales. florida ag pam bondi said enough is enough. >> this had to be done. these opioid manufacturers and distributors are not taking responsibility. they have got to be held accountable. jillian: officials in 16 states and puerto rico have filed similar suits. >>> a candidate for governor is hitting campaign trail in a bus but not like anything you ever seen. watch. >> hi, i'm michael williams. boy we have exciting news for you. we have our bus ready to go. it will not be one of those pansy political bus tours. we have got the deportation bus. we'll implement, 287-g deportation plan that will fill the bus with illegals to send them back to where they came from. jillian: that is georgia state senator michael williams pitching his immigration agenda. the state primary is next week. >>> four states reporting primary result this is morning. starting in pennsylvania, president trump's pick, congressman lou barletta beating out re