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

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 family and their lawyer. three of the sacklers declined to comment through a press representative who advertises crisis communication, and the rest never got back us to, but it's really no surprise there. this is a family that rarely publicly addresses its connection to the company that made it rich. >>> you have may have seen this story on your social media. it's getting a lot of attention. commerce secretary wilbur ross is drawing fire over his comments about

the sackler family made its fortune from purdue pharma. l 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 water

glor: today, the attorney general of massachusetts pushed ner the release of more documents from purdue pharmaany that makes oxycontin. several members of the billionaire sackler family that owns purdue are accused of marketing that drug despite knowing 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

>> some 36 states and 1500 cities and counties around crit have sued purdue pharma since they won a multi-state00 million as part of a plea deal. purdue was accused of misleading and defrauding physicians as to how addictive oxycontin is. the family made billions, 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 pre

tell him to take two a day for two weeks and see how he ends up. >> reporter: in a statement, purdue pharmae massachusetts lawsuit a rush to vilify the drugmaker saying it distorts critical facts and cherry-picked from among tens of millions of emails 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 think they knew that 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 family and their lawyer. three of the sacklers declined to comment through a press representative who advertises crisis communication. the rest never got back to us. it's no surprise there. this is a family that rarely publicly addresses its connection to the company that made it rich. we'll have much more on that tomorrow, norah. >> i'm glad we're doing that two-part series. really interesting. great reporting. >>> hackers using compromised passwords are finding ways to a

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

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

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in a statement, purdue pharma called the release of this redacted information part of a continuing effort out purdue, blame it for the opoid crisis and try the case in the court of public opinion rather than the justice system. now the fate of massachusetts, according to a court order, has until midday friday to release blacked out portions of the lawsuit. so who released it early? at this point, it's unclear. the attorney general's office in massachusetts told us it wasn't them and, in fact, they would not confirm the content of the prop propublica article. >>> the fbi is investigating a tunnel in florida that may have been built to rob a bank. utility workers found the tunnel on tuesday night. they were checking a reported sinkhole and noticed a power cord running through it. they followed the cord and found an entrance nearby in the wood. >> would like to say i saw something like this in movies, however this hole is so small -- yeah, it's unique. >> reporter: the tunnel runs about 50 yards. it apeers to head towards a branch of chase bank. a wagon and generate we're also found. workers

they own purdue pharma, the maker of one of the most widely prescribed and abused pain killerin america, oxycontin. in 2001 when richard sackler wap head of the y, he wrote this e-mail. we have to hammer on abusers ina everpossible, they are the culprits and the problem, they are reckless criminals." the e-mails part of a court filing by the massachusetts attorney general. the filing alleges ricrd sackler directed purdue staff not to tell doctors the truth inabout how powerful oxyco 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 mo money they made. but the stronger the dosage, the more peoe 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 e ofriptions. 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

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

purdue pharma telling abc news that the attorney general has cherry-picked from among tens of millionsf e-mails and other business documents produced by purdue. the 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

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that is something that we have learned, and that's -- i don't know how much neuroscience pharma, purdue pharmaatements they did about oxycontin, but that stuff so offensive. >> it really is, and they're going to be held to account for that conduct. at the end of the day, the best way to fight addiction is to not get people addicted in the first place. if you have lower likelihood of addiction with something natural like cannabis, our government should rush to be making that available to people rather than having stupid laws in effect. kennedy: and expensive drugs that medicare hats to pay for -- has to pay for for seniors and, you know, help veterans with ptsd and anxiety and other chronic conditions. matt gaetz, thank you for your work. good to talk to you. >> thank you, kennedy. ken ken topical storm is as a fitness junkie, i customize everything - bike, wheels, saddle. that's why i switched to liberty mutual. they customized my insurance, so i only pay for what i need. i insured my car, and my bike. my calves are custom too, but i can't insure those... which is a crying shame. only pay for

prior to the release of oxycontin purdue pharma argued that the less addictive than the other opioidscause of its packaging. they had no proof this was true and of course this turned out not to be true at all. oxycontin was and is again remarkably addictive. it didn't matter. purdue sales rechs were told to claim the drug had an addiction risk of less than 1%. at the drug's launch richard 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. the prescription blizzard will be so deep, dense and white. well, he was right. that blizzard came and people began to die. the sacklers didn't appear to care. in 17, richard sackler deduced that doctors were prescribing oxycontin more often because they had the mistaken belief 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. in 2001 a federal prosecutor noted that 59 overdose deaths had occurred in his state alone. sackler's resp

label, which defined what the drug was but the only fda on only allowed that on because that what purdue pharma told them, and the fda did no checks itself. it simply endorsed what the company told it. then what the company does is says this is the fda approval, what the fda is saying. it is a real turn-around nor fda because by that point it's become deeply compromised and deeply complicit in the promotion of opioids with the drug companies, but the fda in the 1960s had set a global standard. it was drug called thalidomide which was very widely prescribed in europe to pregnant women as a -- to treat morning sickness and my mother was offered it in 1959 and she turned it down. and it led to thousands of babies being born with very serious deformities, and before that was known, the drug came to the states and it went to the fda for approval, and there whereas a scientist, a woman at the fda, who looked at the data and said, there's not enough here. we need more information. and she kept saying, there's something missing from this. and she kept asking for more. and because she was a woman, she w

. >>> "rolling stone" reports on new accusations about oxycontin makers purdue pharma.the 1990s oxycontin would generate a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition. details were made public in a lawsuit brought by massachusetts attorney general. the documents alleged produced strategy for addressing criticisms of the drug's risk was to deflect blame on to patients who later became addicted. perdue pharma says the attorney general's complaint distorts the facts, and it will, quote, aggressively defend against these misleading allegations. >>> the "florida sun sentinel" reports a hotel was ordered to pay a former hotel worker $21 million for religious retaliation. the woman had been a dishwasher for 20 years at the conrad miami to work on sundays 6 for being because she wentleab to chuh. 60-year-old mother of six sued hilton worldwide claiming it had violated the 1964 civil rights act. the hotel said she was fired for alleged misconduct, negligence and unexcused absences. this week a jury in miami ruled in the former dishwasher's favorch the damages are ca

he said it changes how purdue and pharma allegedly launched an opioid epidemic. targets eight members of the family. purdue rejects the accusations. we have been following the story for two years. gor good morning. >> reporter:ing this a big break. good morning to all of you. the massachusetts attorney general's office, told us the judge's ruling adds to what may be the most complete allegations to date against the company and the family behind it. it means nearly 200 previously redacted sections of the lawsuit could soon be made public. that includes how much money members of the family made in massachusetts and the alleged illegal tactics they used to make it. the lawsuit is already the first to name some of the purdue owners. that 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 g

eight members of the sackler is the founding family of oxy cotton manufacturer produce pharma as well of nine purdue board members had been previously implicated in a cover up of that drug deadly risk the two hundred seventy four page filing by the massachusetts attorney general lays out the case that members of the secular family truly made what the aged calls a deadly deceptive scheme to sell opioids a family affair with efforts that included claims that the time release formula of oxy cotton was less addictive than come. p.t. opioid products perhaps the most notably produced chairman and president richard sackler who is listed as an inventor on the patent for oxy cotton and is the son of producer founder raymond sackler micromanage efforts to push oxy cut and even accompanying some sales representatives on their visits to doctors. and the c.e.o. of global mega bag j.p. morgan chase jamie dimon spiced up a call with reporters by warning that the persistent partial shutdown of the us government could quote reduce growth down to zero if it lasts for a fourth quarter for what it's worth the white hou