and richard sackler writes back: "abusers aren't the victims; they are the victimisers."ell you, every time i read this email it's hard to read, it's hard to stomach that someone would write 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, that the world lost a really wonderful person. and i am angry that his daughter has to grow up without a father, and i am angry that i don't get to hug my son. this is wherejill hernandez came to watch her son brock grow up every weekend. this field brings back a lot of memories. he just lived for being on the field. that's brock, number 22, when he was 13 years old. he was just a gifted athlete — basketball, baseball, football. football was his passion. he was such a good player and he gave his heart every single game. there were injuries every year, if not every season, for whatever he was playing. and sometimes that led to a broken bone, a surgery, you know, screw

i presume somewhere richard sackler in the dark of night knew what he was doing was wrong. we learned how for the banks they were too big to fail in 2008— 2009. well, some of these fighter surgical 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 perpetuated by the manufacturers and distributors of opioid drugs. today we are suing the giant, the pharma law that created 0xycontin. we believe the sackler family has contributed to the death and devastation in indiana and across this country. i'm complaint alleges that purdue pharma knew as early as the 1990s knew that one of the drugs, 0xycontin, was among the most abused opioids in the country. this contains detailed allegations about the sackler

a state and a country understood the depths and the extent to which the defendant members of the sacklerfamily and purdue were engaged in this misw nduct and r-reaching it was. but now we know. >> do you believe purdue's marketing was overly aggressive? reporter: one famied, ran, the sackler familypurdue pharma, >> do you believe the marketing was appropriate? >> i believe so. s >> i presuewhere richard knew what he was dasof night here was just too much money to be made. and i think for me, we learn ho for nks, they were too big to fail in 2008, 2009. well, some of these 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 opioid crisis. purdue pharma sent this statent to the bbc. >> i am starting to get concerned that all of this attention paid on this one family is missing the role played by other pharmaceutical companies that did exactly what purdue and the sacklers did, and we are also missing some of the faures of our regulatory agencies, federal agencies, state agen

i believe so. >> i presume somewhere richard sackler in the dark of night knew what he was doing waswrg, 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 statement to the bbc. >> i am starting to get concerned that all of this attention paid on this one family is missing the role played by other pharmaceutical companies that did exactly what purdue and the sacklers did, and we are also missing some of the failures of our regulatory agencies, federal agencies, fate agencies, all of the problems that neing. if we blame this all on the sacklers and their greed, i'm worried we will not address these other failures.re rter: one of the greatest failures of all is that the hopes and dreams of so many children have been shattered by this epidemic. >> i cannot even imagine what they are li

getting a statement from the new york attorney general who has opposed the settlement offer from the sacklertially 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 pick up again then. back to you. >> thank you, meg with in while plains tonight lots of news not to get lost lost in the mix apple pb hitting theulate all-time high the chart master says the rally just getting started carter twoergt break it down. >> dpliet what might look like a rally the market is unch. >> that's nothing. >> what do we see? what do we know? what we know is this this is as of yesterday's close i've taken today away. we are right back to where we were essentially one year ago. look how you precise this is, this is october 3rd. yesterday was october 10th one year, no progress. let's look at price level. this is 229.spot 90, here pot 04 call that 230, call that 230 what it a conventional brey juncture or breakou

it could strengthen the case of opponents of the tentative deal who argue the sacklers should contributeed 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, "joker" shattered box office records over the weekend. >> one small thing -- >> yeah? >> when you bring me o

facing criticism, and the national portrait gallery ended up not receiving a major donation from the sackler american pharmaceutical company. myself am moved to woo thee for my husband... the rsc's name is now added to that growing list, deciding a commercial relationship is more trouble than it's worth. the problem the arts sector now faces is how to replace that lost funding, and finding a partner about whom almost nobody has a bad word to say. will gompertz, bbc news. much more on all the news anytime for you on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello there. what a changeable week of weather it's been so far. if we look back to tuesday, a typical weather watcher looked somewhat like this — threatening—looking cloud, lots of heavy rain, a disappointing day. by wednesday, it was all change. gin—clear skies across much of the country, but a noticeable chill in the air. now, if we take a look at the satellite picture from wednesday, you can see how widespread the dry, sunny weather was. but you can also see the threatening—

and the national portrait gallery ended up not receiving a major donation from the sackler trust, whosehee for my husband... the rsc's name is now added to that growing list, deciding a controversial relationship is more trouble than it's worth. the problem the arts sector now faces is how to replace that lost funding and finding a partner about whom almost nobody has a bad word to say. will gompertz, bbc news. in the champions league tonight there were victories for both liverpool and chelsea in the group stages of the competition. liverpool, the defending champions, eventually overcame salzburg at anfield 4—3, having led 3—0 at one stage. mo salah scored the winning liverpool goal. meanwhile, in france, a second—half goal gave chelsea a 2—1 win against lille. for both the english sides it was their first victories in this season's tournament. at the world athletics championships in doha, dina asher—smith has become the first british woman to win a world sprint title. the 23—year—old took gold in the women's 200 metres final. it was already a good day for british athletes, with katarin

facing criticism, and the national portrait gallery ended up not receiving a major donation from the sacklertical company. myself am moved to woo thee for my husband... the rsc's name is now added to that growing list, deciding a commercial relationship is more trouble than it's worth. the problem the arts sector now faces is how to replace that lost funding, and finding a partner about whom almost nobody has a bad word to say. will gompertz, bbc news. tributes have been paid today to the former bbc and itn news presenter peter sissons, who has died at the age of 77. his career in broadcastjournalism spanned more than four decades. he was the first presenter of channel 4 news, and during his time at the bbc he presented question time. the bbc‘s director—general, lord hall, described him as one of the most recognisable and well—respected faces of television news. 0ur correspndent liso mzimba looks back at his career. for decades, peter sissons was one of the huge names of television news. good evening. you are watching channel 4 news. it's just after 5am in the morning, shortly after dawn. he

facing criticism, and the national portrait gallery ended up not receiving a major donation from the sacklerarmaceutical company. myself am moved to woo thee for my husband... the rsc's name is now added to that growing list, deciding a commercial relationship is more trouble than it's worth. the problem the arts sector now faces is how to replace that lost funding, and finding a partner about whom almost nobody has a bad word to say. will gompertz, bbc news. a priceless 18th century crown from ethiopia will be returned to the country, years after a former refugee found it in the netherlands. sirak asfaw who fled oppression in ethiopia during the 1970s, discovered the crown back in 1998 — and knew it had been stolen. he's been looking after it since. the bbc‘s victoria uwonkunda has more. locked away for safety, this priceless 18th—century crown will $0011 priceless 18th—century crown will soon be sent back home to ethiopia. found thousands of miles away in the netherlands, the story of its discovery reads like a mystery book. an ethiopian refugee says he stumbled upon the crown in a suitcas

democrats are interested in pushing harder for money from the sackler family, which owns the company.ut 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 negotiated settlement. right now,e are not there. >>ny lernstein of the washington post, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. ♪ judy:ju it has been five years since the flint waters cri rose to national attention. while it is not over yet, it has given rise to initiatives thatco age good nutrition to combat lead exposure and improve ovall health. we sent john yang to

by no form we say the sackler family caused opioid crisis on their own.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 focus on. we actually interviewed a couple whistleblowers from the pharmaceutical industry. i'll tell you it is very upsetting when you actually hear some of their calculated strategies to people medication. neil: we have a clip from the show doctor, right? we can show this? no, clip i'm sorry. >> it will be great. everyone should watch it anyway. it will take to you the point -- neil: the whistleblower said what, doctor? they were saying early on the push was, we got to get them hooked on this stuff? >> here is very interesting. they had very faulty data they realized was faulty data. essentially a five sentence letter we don't think opioids will ever be addicted. that is what their data was. they targeted phys

more democrats want to push for more money particularly from the sackler family who owns the company.s 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 ainst the manufacturers. we would ewe would be at -- w would be at itor decades. so i think there is lite alternative to some kind of a widespread global negotiated settlement, but right now we're not there. >> reporter: all right. nny bernstein of "the washington post." ank you very much. >> my pleasure. s >> woodruff: ien five years since the flint water crisis first rose to

share holder from my travel trust, don't get complacent here there is many more bad headlines coming sacklersa negotiation, bankruptcy, that's going to be very bad for -- >> is there a point at which the fundamentals overtake the concern about litigation >> this is what i keep -- i think they're going to report a good quarter, david. but i think shareholders are beleaguered here, the institutions are beleaguered i can't find an institution willing to stick its neck out. it is a shame. it is a good company it is the wealthy one, the biggest pot of gold if you're a plaintiff lawyer you got to go after it they have the money. so it is not asbestos -- not one of those situations, but talc, opiate, risperdal, too much for shareholders to take not for j&j, they'll withstand it. >> the litigation expanse annually must be extraordinary >> worst of all the major drugs. this is johnson & johnson, the finest this is not some -- this is not teva, right? it is not mylan. it is j&j, a national treasure, unbelievable >> a lot more stocks we're going to keep an eye on as we get you ready for the opening bell

what they would do is if you remember, purdue went into bankruptcy, has created a trust, the sackleriing about $3 billion in cash. one of the ideas being kicked around is there are five other major companies facing 2500 lawsuits. they may all kick in a ton of money into that trust in exchange for no more liability. no dollar amounts being discussed. but that is one option being explored. stuart: that is one way out. got it. thank you, ash. as you can see on the screens, ladies and gentlemen, the bell is ringing. they are all applauding and trading begins in literally three seconds. it is tuesday, october 1st. we are off and running. here we go, sports fans. right from the get-go we're on the upside, not a huge gain. 47 points up as we speak. bottom right-hand corner of the screen, that little gizmo will be up throughout the show. on the left-hand side, plenty of green for the dow 30. way more than half are up this morning. the s&p 500, that is up, a bit better than the dow, almo almost .33%. as for the nasdaq, where's that in the very early going? i'll tell you, it is up better than