do you believe purdue's pharma's marketing was overly aggressive? xycontin was launched, richard sackler was still defending purdue's marketing practices. do you believe the marketing was appropriate? i believe so. i presume somewhere richard sackler in the dark of night knew what he was doing was wrong. but there was just too much money to be made. and i think, for me, we learned how for the banks they "were too big to fail" in 2008—2009, well, some of these pharmaceutical companies, it feels like they're just too big to care. in total, 48 states have now filed lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid crisis. new york is in the midst of a crisis, a crisis that has ravaged our communities and families. a crisis that is claiming lives young and old all across our state and our nation. a crisis that we firmly believe that was created and perpetuated by the manufacturers and distributors of opioid drugs. today we are suing the giant, the pharma lord who created 0xycontin. we believe the sackler family has contributed to the

connecticut is home to purdue pharma.y general is attempting to hold them to account for the lives lost and money spent on the opioid crisis. i don't think that we as a state, and as a country, understood the depths and the extent to which the defendant members, the sackler family and purdue were engaged in misconduct and how far—reaching it was. but now we know. this is an email conversation between then purdue president richard sackler and an acquaintance around 2001. and the acquaintance writes, "abusers die, well, that is the choice they made." "i doubt a single one didn't know of the risks." and richard sackler writes back, "abusers aren't the victims, they are the victimisers." and i got to tell you, every time i read this email it's hard to read, it's hard to stomach that someone would write that about people who are suffering, people who are in real distress and people who have died. we are learning more about a former football star found dead in an apparent drug overdose last friday in scottsdale... i am angry, t

connecticut is home to purdue pharma.its attorney general is attempting to hold them to account for the lives lost and money spent on the opioid crisis. >> i don't think that we as a state and a country understood the depths and the extent to which the defendant members of the sackler family and purdue were engaged in this misconduct and how far-reaching it was. but now we know. >> do you believe purdue's marketing was overly aggressive? >> no.e reporter: mily owned, ran, and profited from purdue pharmaa the sacklely. >> do you believe the marketing s appropriate? i believe so. >> i presume somewhere richard sackler in the dark of night knew what he was doing was wrg, but there was just to much money to be made. and i think for me, we learn how r the banks, they were too big to fail in 2008, 2009. well, some of ese pharmaceutical companies, it feels like they are too big to care. reporter: in total, 48 states have filed lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for their role in the ioid crisis. purdue pharma sent this st

purdue pharma sent this statement to the bbc.hdrawal. these two children belong to that frightening statistic. their father kevin also fits an alarming trend. do it to me! wow! his addiction began when he was prescribed opioids after a football industry. he was 13 years old. —— football injury. i am worried about my boys being subject to addiction and that whole lifestyle. it scares me to death to think they would do what i was doing at their age. i'm pretty sure i was high when i was watching and participating in the delivery of my son and couldn't wait to get out of there to go use more. come on, we've got to rescue them. they are father and son. they will dry out. when they first attempted life, their first breath of air came with withdrawal symptoms was just thinking about that... it always brings upa thinking about that... it always brings up a weird feeling within me, but it also drives me to do more of what i do today and moved the way i do today and set more examples for them. —— when the first and third life. kevin now w

thinking about pain and when that was combined with deceptive advertising from companies like purdue pharma which convinced doctors the opioids were not actually addictive, in combination it led to a situation where people were receiving more pain pills than ever before in their stories of places like kermit, west virginia, a town of 400 people that received millions of pills a year. there were pill mills and people had legitimate need for these pills found that with the prescriptions were finished they were addicted. so many of them turned to street heroin. and so heroin represented the second wave of the opioid crisis. now, as of the last five years or so in a lot of places it's a most impossible to find pure heroin anywhere. almost all of it is cut with fentanyl. fentanyl represents the third wave of the opioid academic. fentanyl is also an opioid and it satisfies the same craving as prescription pills like oxycontin as well as heroin. the biggest difference is 50 times stronger and so drug dealers use it as a cost saving measure and a lot of times when people think they're buying heroin

>> yes, but that's largely in the purdue pharma case.ewers may rmember, purdue pharma is also trying to craft a huge nationwide settlement to get rid of all the litigation against theover 0xycontin, and the attorneys general are divided roughly along party lines. more rteublicans are inter in settlings with purdue. more democrats want to push for more money particularly from the sackler family who owns the company. all that is playing out in bankruptcy court, a totally sprt venue from ones we've already talked about. >> reporter: this judge in ohio said he wants to bring all the parties together and force the settlement. is there any chce, from your reporting, that a grand settlement may not actually come to pass? >> well, the alternative is really sort of untenable. imagine if 2,400 cities and counties, one by one, went through lawsuits, or right up to the edge of a lawsuit, as cuyahoga and summit did today,ai again and and again and again agait various dru g companies, some against the pharmacies, some against th distributors, some ain

patrick, may turning to purdue pharma, they are appearing in bankruptcy court today pushing to freeze all litigation as it pursues a larger settlement. there are about two dozen states who don't want this to happen. meg has been following this from the beginning. what are ayou hearing? >> reporter: i just came from an incredibly packed courtroom where theres with dozens of lawyers arguing all different sides of this case to the sack letter farm family who owns purdue pharma to the different states with different views. a purdue lawyer stood up in court and called this a, quote, chaotic vortex of lawsuits they are asking for those lawsuits against them, more than 2,000, to be stapd as thyed as to get more support. some people have signed on and others they're not agreeing with. another settlement they put on the table they say is worth 10 building dolla billion dollars if the would turn the company into a public trust using the assets to help the opioid crisis, both cash and opioid reversal drugs. the sack letter themselves would contribute at least $3 billion. but at least 24 states a

purdue pharma was ordered to pay $10 million over the course of four years.he money went to a variety of things including lawyers and treatment facilities. but child advocates say not enough was invested in the child welfare system. the report reads, "nearly 6, 900 children are in state care, double the number from a decade ago." officials estimate that more than 80% have been impacted by the drug epidemic. joining me dr. rahul gupta who was quoted in that story, former commissioner for the west virginia bureau of public health, now chief medical and health officer for the march of dimes. this is so important. i appreciate you coming in. during your time as health commissioner you laid out a response plan that was developed by experts at three different universities and it urged officials to direct the settlement money to foster care, to babies born exposed to opioids. where did officials fall short here? >> well, thanks for having me. i think it was very important for us to focus or on where the need is the most. we really didn't see the amount of money, in

maryland's attorney general has filed charges against purdue pharma, accusing them of engagiging in dececeptiveade practices to sell h highly addidictive painkillers such as oxycontin. >> they knew its addictive properties. many people became addicted to heroin because they couldn't afford oxycontntin. they became addicted to certain opioid medications. >> maryland is just one example of how america is struggling with the epidemic. thousands of lawsuits have been filed over the opioid crisis. the targeted every facet of the health care industry, from drugmakers, to pharmacies, to individual doctors. they want the industry to pay up, to recoup the costs for communities grappling with widespread addiction. communities like this one in maryland, where they desperately need help to fight echo -- to fight the epidemic, but they want the pharma industry to admit their wrongdoing, and stop it. brent: stargazers are in for a special treat tonight. one of the most beautiful meteor showers in recent memory is about to peak. all you have to do is look up. you might be able to see 20 meteors traveling at 6

amount could make it more difficult for some states to settle opioid-related lawsuits against purdue pharmahe case of opponents of the tentative deal who argue the sacklers should contribute more than they've agreed to. thousands of lawsuits accuse purdue of fueling the nation's opioid crisis through the marketing of its painkiller, en onoxyc allegations. >>> the united auto workers say negotiations with general motors 49ve taken a turn for the worse. ou been on strike for three weeks. the talks involve several major issues including wages, benefits, and gm's use of temporary workers. in a statement, gm said the company is committed to continuing discussions around the clock to reach a resolution. >>> harbor freight tools is recalling more than a million pocket knives due to a stabbing reaction. the company says the knives' launching mechanism can fail when extending the blade. tools stores between july, 2008, and july, 2019. there have been several reports failing to lock resulting in at least six injuries. >>> and despite weeks of criticism over its controversial depiction of violence, "j

in white plains we are getting an order from judge essentially delaying all litigation against purdue pharma owns it. but only until november 6th. the parties purdue asked for six months of a stay of litigation as if faces more than 2,000 suits in the role oh over the op sid crisis bup at least 24 states are not onboard with the ininjunction junction. the judge splitting the difference and hoping the two sides can come together and come to agreement as to how information is sthard as they work toward settlement really at issue here is the disclosures around the sackler's bank accounts and financial information that the states who aren't onboard with the deal want more information about. and already we're getting a statement from the new york attorney general who has opposed the settlement offer from the sackler family saying essentially quote we're pleasewood the court as desire for transparency but they say we look forward to further proceedings and holding the sacklers responsibility for the role they played in the opioid kriez a stay or delay for three and a half weeks but could see it pi

pharmaceutical companies have been fueling the crisis maryland's attorney general has filed charges against purdue pharma accusing the company of engaging in the sept of trade practices to sell highly addictive painkillers such as oxycontin they knew what to do proper lose and the fact is that many people became addicted to heroin because they couldn't afford oxycontin they became addicted to turn opioid medications and switched to her own because it was cheaper maryland is just one example for how america is struggling with the epidemic cities and counties across the united states have filed thousands of lawsuits over the crisis targeting every facet of the health care industry from draka makers to pharmacists to individual doctors they want to industry to pay up to recoup the cost borne by communities grappling with widespread addiction. communities like this one in maryland where they desperately need help to fight the epidemic but they also. the want to pharma industry to admit their wrong doing and stop. golf greats tiger woods has returned to action after 2 months away because of need surgery the i

. >> until we hold those responsible, accountable for their actions -- purdue pharma, johnson adden johnson, we're going to continue to have the problem. >> the people who need to pay for the treatment are the people who got them hooked and killed them in the first place, the people who manufacture these opioids. ( applause ) >> trevor: yeah. i 100% agree with klobuchar. drug companies should have to pay to rehabilitate all the people they got addicted oftentimes on purpose. it shouldn't just be drug companies. every industry. you create something addictive, you should be responsible for making it harder to consume. like oreos. they're going to make those cookies so addictive, every fourth cookie, they should put a mouse trap inside. bam! slows the addiction down. i'll try again tomorrow. or porn, every hour they should randomly pop up a picture of your grandmother. hi, nana! the elephant in the room was bernie's heart attack. the moderators asked about it in a very awkward way. >> there is a question on a lot of people's minds and i want to address it tonight. you're 78 years old and you j

. >> there are many different lies purdue pharma told in order to turn oxycontin into the million-dollareporter: america's opioid conspiracy we are excited about this because we have been working on it for five munson we took a deeper dive, closer look into the enough areas dealings how pharmaceutical companies helped fuel the opioid crisis and we talked to a lot of people affected by the opioid crisis. i spent a lot of my time being angry, it invokes a lot of the motion and it motivates you to get involved and help those who are suffering. hopefully everyone will be available tomorrow on fox nation. the you don't subscribe to fox nation you've got to watch it. it will be amazing. thank you, guys. . rob: welcome pack, senator elizabeth warren teaming with rashida tlaib denouncing what's called environmental racism. >> he would are in the zip code that is considered the most polluted in the state of michigan. largest concentration of african-americans in southwest detroit. >> my mother died of lung cancer. i am a lung cancer survivor. my sister had cancer. why is it 3 to 4 to 5 people in

and not the guy who -- >> not the guy, yes -- >> not the one dealing with purdue pharma. >> the spacewho speaks to the -- >> let's get to a mad dash for also what we call hump day at "squawk on the street." >> yes >> united airlines. >> okay, keeping with this notion you brought up the high multiple stocks are really under a big assault. this is a low multiple stock it roared an incredible number, they have 389 million shares, five years ago, 257 now. remember the days when they had the issue shares constantly, doing so poorly. traffic up 1.9%. they raise numbers, they could earn about 1050, now 11 and a quarter, 12.25 the buyback is 50% lower than where the stock is so oscar munoz just a fantastic interview, with phil lebeau this morning. this one has to be bought. and look, the max came up. 737 max. you can argue it is distorting everybody's numbers and fuel is higher david, this is a really inexpensive stock versus say workday, versus service now. that's what those stocks, the money is coming out of those and looking for a home this is one of the homes >> that's an important trend

street journal five drug makers want to enact a global settlement that would be implemented throug purdue pharma'sankruptcy case allowing the companies to contribute money to a trust in exchange for a release from liability. the maker of oxycontin filed for bankruptcy protection last month. one of the drug makers called the report completely unfounded. >>> pope francis has warned about using artificial intelligence. representatives from facebook, linkedin and others attended a conference last week. the pope said if technical progress is an enemy to common good it will lead to a regression of barbarism dictated by the law of the strongest. >>> a new self-driving garbage can can now save you a trip to the curb. where did you get this video of me leaving my house? >> hurry up, reggie. >> this is the smart can that comes with an app to preprogram your trash so that can leave and do its business without you being there. it drives itself, as you can see, to the correct point. and then it goes right back home. it senses the vertical movement of being picked up and then it foes oh, it's time to go back to

executives received a misdemeanor version of that charge but because it is purdue frederick and not purdue pharma, is the that frederick which is then banned from doing business with like medicaid medicare and tri- care. so the pharma continues to sell oxycontin and it does and it increases. after zero seven. none of those executives went to jail. as another important moment in the epidemic when it could've, people would've gone to jail, that would've had a chilling effect. the prosecutors that we work on it now, we were helping that would let people know that this was a really bad thing that is happening and we should turn this around. but that didn't happen. the sales continued. in fact they went up. >> one of the things that struck me the book to beth that was sort of a chemical changes that go on in a person his body and brain with this addiction. in those chemical changes create a craving that is very hard to describe because most cravings for most human beings don't begin to rival this craving. describing gets parents to frankly no longer care for the children. this craving totally disrupts

>> yes, but t is largely in the purdue pharma case.mue remember, pu pharma is also trying to craft a hugeationwide settlement that would get rid of all the litigation against them over ocontin. the attorneys general are divided roughly along party lines. more republicans are interested in settling. democrats are interested in pushing harder for money from the sackler family, which owns the company. that is playing out in bankruptcy court, a totally separate vue. >> thisoh judge i has said he wants to bring all the parties together and a settlement. is there any chancerom your reporting that a grand settlement may not actually come to pass? >> well, the alternative is really sort of untenable. imagine if 2400 cities and counties, e by one, went right up to the edge of a lawsuit again and again and again and again and again against various drug companies, some against the pharmacies, some against the distributors, somehe against manufacturers, we would be added for decades. there is little alternative to some kind of widespread global ne

the -- purdue pharma, supposed to be part of the case and they got out of it.ng to be resolved by a jury. it's going to be resolved by one bankruptcy judges sitting in delaware with no emotion in the trial is about numbers. here is your assets. here's your debts. how my going to satisfy as much of the debts as i can? it's hard to say how this is going t to go. >> neil: why have they been fingered for this? just because they are the ones who make the stuff? >> they are privately held and the shareholders are so fabulously wealthy and because they made so much. the issue is did they break any law or any standard of decency in the manner in which they manufactured? >> neil: may get so addictive that it just grew to the point. >> their argument is there is an intermediate here, the physician. you can't go to a drugstore and say give me an op ua. you have to go to a doctor and demonstrate a need and the doctor prescribes it. produce argument, why should be responsible for what the doctor prescribed? >> neil: the tobacco settlement ran over $200 billion. we'll be at

a 100th of their wealth to get people off their back for the oxycontin mess and the mess from purdue pharma and the opioid industry. don't worry. that industry is still making a ton of money even after the johnson&johnson lawsuit. we're 50,000 people dead a year from that addiction for profit business. then we mention the 747. we look at the tobacco industry. 450,000 people dead a year for the past 50 years, an industry that lied to the american people for almost a century, that said in 1999 that tobacco wasn't addictive. they said that in 1999 -- not 1899, 1999. if you know about the history of tobacco, tobacco didn't kill many people until about 100 years ago. that's when the lung cancer incidents took over when the big tobacco took over. they came and took a plant that had been used for thousands of years for many cultures. it was an irritant but it wasn't killing the number of people it kills now worldwide. big tobacco took that and turned it into the deadliest weapon that man kind has ever produced. now i'm looking at the one that's about to be the fourth one. our friend marijuana. rig

until we hold those responsible accountable for their actions, purdue pharma, johnson & johnson, we'reng to continue to have this problem going on again. so that veteran that i met and anyone with drug addiction today is not a problem for the criminal justice system, they're an opportunity for our public health -- >> thank you. senator harris, you want to hold the drug manufacturers that fueled the are you in favor of sending those drug company executives to jail? >> i am. i will tell you as a former prosecutor, i do think of this as a matter of justice and accountability because they are nothing more than some high-level dope dealers. they have been engaged -- and i've seen it happen before. i've taken on the pharmaceutical companies when i was attorney general of california and led the second largest department of justice. i've seen what they do. the biggest pharmaceutical companies, the eight biggest pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies last year profited $72 billion on the backs of people like the families that we are talking about that have been overwhelmed by this cri

until we hold those responsible accountable for their actions, purdue pharma, johnson & johnson, we'reng to continue to have this problem going on again. so that veteran that i met, and anyone with drug addiction today, is not a problem for the criminal justice system. marc: thank you. mr. o'rourke: they're an opportunity for our public health system in america. marc: thank you, congressman. senator harris, you want to hold the drug manufacturers that fueled the crisis accountable. are you in favor of sending those drug company executives to jail? sen. harris: i am. and i will tell you, as a former prosecutor, i do think of this as being a matter of justice and accountability, because they are nothing more than some high-level dope dealers. they have been engaged -- [applause] and i've seen it happen before. i've taken on the pharmaceutical companies when i was attorney general of california and led the second largest department of justice. i've seen what they do. the biggest pharmaceutical companies, the eight biggest pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies last year profited

neil: arizona withdrawing support for proposed nationwide settlement with purdue pharma amid calls tonicole saphier joining us right now. she has a "fox nation" special coming up on opioids months in the making. the doctor joins us now. good to have you. >> thanks for having me. neil: i caught you earlier on "fox & friends" about what prompted the special, the concern how we as a nation have become so addicted to this. a lot of it centers around the role of pharmaceutical companies. exclusively but what happened? >> the documentary out tomorrow exclusively on "fox nation," called, "america's opioid conspiracy." it focuses on the history of the sackler family, how it grew to have huge steak about opioid crisis. by no form we say the sackler family caused opioid crisis on their own. neil: just a player. >> it started with pharmaceutical companies, distributors, and people abusing the medication. for the documentary i wanted to know the nefarious doings behind the scenes there were victims including patients but some people were doing pretty evil, evil tasks. that is what i wanted to foc

purdue pharma is not a defendant. they're out of the case.l: they are making a large settlement. >> their settlement was before the case. so they're not settling with these two ohio counties. very interesting constitutional issue. state of ohio tried to stop the counties from suing. they saw the dollar signs. it wanted dollar signs rather than the two counties. looks like the money is going to the two counties. their theory, we have a lot of people on financial assistance. you raised the cost of that financial assistance because you got them addicted to your drugs. we want to be reimbursed. neil: that's wild, really wild. judge, thank you very, very much. not playing off the seriousness of this, the fact of the matter is in prior selloffs drugmakers have done very well. in other words, the argument you need them no matter what is happening you're in the middle of a selloff you need them as well. that whole line might play out today. it is not extending to big insurance players and rest like unitedhealthcare. it is fascinating side issue here.

and the number three, and that is important, we hold purdue phar pharma, johnson & johnson, the pharmaceuticals responsible for the devastation and death accountable for their actions. if we fail to do that, then we can expect to see the same kind of effect and consequences in our communities. >> all right. thank you very much, congressman o'rourke. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> and next, jeanne on trump bothing about building a wall nowhere near mexico's border. woman: what gives me confidence about investment decisions? rigorous fundamental research. with portfolio managers focused on the long term. who look beyond the spreadsheets to understand companies, from breakroom to boardroom. who know the only way to get a 360 view is to go around the world to get it. can i rely on deep research to help make quality investment decisions? with capital group, i can. talk to your advisor or consultant for investment risks and information. till he signed up for unitedhealthcare medicare advantage. (bold music) now, it's like he has his own health entourage. he gets medicare's largest healthca

with just these counties up to $30 million to avoid going to trial here otherdrug makers like purdue pharmaclared bankruptcy the claims here are a couple things for the manufacturers, it's only teva now, the claim is that they engaged in a massive false marketing campaign to drastically slow the market. they claim they reaped enormous financial rewards by refusing to restrict the improper distribution of the drugs. this kicks off at 9 a.m. implications if they don't reach a settlement after this. back to you. >> meg, thanks very much >> meg, real quick we're looking at a statement from henry schein that they're to be dismissed. the company will make a donation it's just crossing the wire. i don't know if you've heard anything about this. >> reporter: not yet, andrew, although we've seen henry schein's name included in the defendant's list not entirely surprising that we're seeing this this morning to get out of this trial we'll see whether they're part of any bigger, broader settlement talks i guess it will just be five. >> thank you, meg. >>> joining us right now to talk more about this is

coming from just about every state after big names including cardinal health, mckesson, wall ceens, purdue pharmanson and johnson settled in ohio seeking a broad settlement to cover the multitude of lawsuits coming their way. the suits blame the drug manufacturers and distributors for the opioid crisis in the u.s. seek to recover money spent on law enforcement to overdoses to addicts behaving badly and they seek money for drug treatment. that includes providing anti-addiction drugs for free. millions of documents have been piled up and millions of dollars spent on expert witnesses, six men and six women have been seated on the jury. you have lawyers in cleveland going from hotel to hotel room trying to reach this 11th hour deal that would be intended to combat the opioid crisis and keep it from going the trial. >> sandra: we'll be watching that. >> bill: hours after the u.s. brokered cease-fire new fighting breaking out in one town in northern syria. dan crenshaw is live with that in a moment here. >> sandra: president trump touting republican successes at a huge rally in dallas last night but co

>> well, good morning, becky this is no straightforward bankruptcy for purdue pharma it's going throughe than 2,000 cases that have been filed against it over its role in the opioid crisis. purdue values this settlement at more than $10 million. he's converting it to a public trust. cash and opioid overdose reversal medications would be the ploy to abate the opioid crisis purdue's billionaire owners, the sacler family would contribute at least $3 billion in the settlement there's a major divide over whether to accept this settlement purdue is asking whether the investigation be suspended temporarily while it tries to work through this process and potentially get more people on board with the settlement. 24 states and the district of columbia are opposing the settlement and asking for the stay to be denied. that's what we're going to hear about today. we may get a decision about that many state trials are pending. coming up early this year if that state isn't granted, guys a lot of news coming out today it starts at 10 a.m. back over to you >> meg, thanks we're seconds away from the late

. >> there were many different lies that purdue pharma told in order to turn oxycontin into the multi-billion-dollare: >> they flooded the marketplace with these opioids, got people hooked, and as a result of getting them hooked, they were able to sell even more. >> i would hear the doctors come like brain is trying right now, 106 fever. 105 fever. 107 fever. brain is frying. i wanted to tell them i'm not brain dead i can hear you. steve: take a look at it. dr. saphier. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] brian: tom homan is walking into our studio right now and he's up next. steve: and look who is here. [cheers and applause] can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? woman 1: president trump, i are a walking, talking disaster. you will not be president for much longer, guaranteed. man 1: finally, your crimes have caught up with you. woman 2: in my humble opinion, you, president trump, and your henchmen, will continue to bloviate. man 2: i just want to let you know that your plan ain't going to work. you're not going to separate us, and you're not going to destroy this country. because we're