outside the presidential palace here in panama city, where they meeting between us secretary of state medical rubio and president jose available, you know, has ended. the president came out with a very up beat expression, very different to the one that we were seeing when the meeting was taking place. and it's saying that the, basically, the danger was over, that the us president would keep insisting on taking over the panama canal, he emphasized that it's some ports in the canals that are operated by a chinese company that may be an issue, but not to the operation of the canal itself, he made the very big and he emphasized that there was a big difference. and you also said the panama is auditing the chinese company that operates these ports on the pacific, on atlantic side of the panama canal. and that in a couple of weeks, they will know, quote, if the results of that or did show that the point to being operated in a way that is beneficial to panama. that might have been a kind of a suggestion that these companies may be on their way out here as a concession to the united states. he also sa

for now, secretary of state medical review has a student control over the believe it agency, which she says has been failing to save us national interests. and i'm the action director of usa. i. d, i have celebrated that authority to someone that i stay in touch with him. and again, our goal was to go in, in a line our form for the national functions of usa. i'm either going to continue to be part of american form, but it has to be aligned with american foreign policy added to the usa ideas off it over the years is we are independent of the national we funds programs. here's freshman whether it's aligned or not aligned with a form you look at the waste and abuse that has run through usa id over the past several years. these are some of the insane priorities that that organization has been spending money on. $1500000.00 to advance the d. i in serbia's workplace is 70000 for production of a d. i musical and ireland. 47000 for a transgender opera in columbia. 32000 for a transgender comic book in peru. i don't know about you, but as an american tax fair, i don't want my dollars going towa

over the panama canal, the city is being plastered with national flags ahead of us. secretary of state medical reveals visit here to discuss donald trump's threats to take back us control of the canal. even american tourists here are perplexed. you have no idea we don't understand. yeah, we don't know why the issue or tool of the 5 ports that operates on either side of the canals run by hong kong company. a chinese company is also building a force bridge over the canal and present encompasses they present a threat to us national interest because china could potentially use them to block the flow of us commercial and military vessels. president consider only know, says claim to chinese control of the waterway or quote inventions and lies telling al jazeera that he knows of no threat left in the i gave him a threat. and secretary rubio would have to demonstrate to me that the chinese are deploying drones so, doing something that would impact the canals and security. but until now, i can't speculate about such a thing until now there's been no issues. the panama canal operates 24 hours a day, $36

that we understand just ended a short while ago, maybe 5 minutes ago between the secretary of state medical rubio and the president will, you know, from there they moved into a larger room where, right now there is a multi lateral technical team discussion taking place with both the, the secretary state and the president also sitting there. so clearly they are negotiating something i can tell you that they were rather long faces at the beginning, the panamanians were not very please, that the state department suddenly switched the time for the media. it was supposed to start in about an hour from now, and it was brought forward or backward or actually 2 hours without the whole country really having much to say about it. and then michael rubio arrive 20 minutes late to the presidential palace. so some see that as a way of the united states showing that they are the ones that call the shots and not the leaders of this country. but right now, as i said, it's very difficult to tell just what decisions they are actually making in terms of the canal, how it works, and the role of china, which is

and human reports now from panama city. stern faces all around a secretary of state medical reveal arrived at panama as presidential palace, with a message from us president donald trump, of the 12 president coast 7, only know that the quote influence and control of china is communist party. over the panama canal area is a threat to the canal and represents a violation of the canals, neutrality, and operations treaties. who be left without making a public statement, leaving leno to try to calm his country's fears about the u. s. taking back the canal by force if necessary, as president trump has suggested. okay, we've got another issue. there's no doubt that the canal is and will continue to be operated by a country. i don't think this a discrepancy that president trump has his opinion about the presence of china, which will be clarified by the canals. technical teams with that wasn't sufficient to the secretary to reveal who spokes person quickly issued a statement. clarifying that in the absence of a media changes, the united states will take necessary measures to protect its rights unde

clearly the relationship now has become far more intense than it was when the us secretary of state medical. rubio arrived there over the weekend, left on monday allegedly was, but we're making it at least sound as though some important agreements had been reached between both countries. to try to offset the threats by president trump, to quote, take back to us because the, the panama canal, which he claims really should belong to the united states. millions of us federal work has missed decide if they will leave. the job is by the end of the day, they have the option to resign and receive 8 months of pay or stay in risk levels present. donald trump says it's a way to cut over spending the critics and says the move is kind of productive. a correspondent, residential and his mall from washington dc. sir, just after taking office us president, donald trump signed an executive order eliminating remote work, as well as what he called thousands of unnecessary federal work. we're getting ready to beat cancer. cancer cancer caused by the by the trop wants to eliminate jobs from every part of the g

some tara points in panama use secretary of state medical reveal has made panama his 1st destination on his 1st overseas trip. the washington central issue is china and the fear that it could control the u. s. built panama canal. so actually the rubio says, it's no joke. just retired general richardson such the floor over the canal, looked down and saw those chinese port facilities and said, those looks like dual use facilities that are in the moment of conflict. can be weaponized against the chinese workers. first came to panama in the mid 18. hundreds, but their numbers and influence have expanded greatly in the last 3 decades, especially since panama cut ties with taiwan and recognized china 8 years ago. the pick a model was former military strong man. manuel unplug knew, noted as chief intelligence officer until they were both arrested during the us military invasion in 1989. to date the medical the leaves, the us is right and have concerns. very familiar. yeah, me the thought from the military intelligence point of view, especially the main submarine cables of all the americas a

over the panama canal, the city is being plastered with national flags ahead of us. secretary of state medical reveals visit here to discuss donald trump's threats to take back us control of the canal. even american tourists here are perplexed. you have no idea. we don't understand. yeah, we don't know why the issue or tool of the 5 ports that operate on either side of the canals run by hong kong company. a chinese company is also building a force bridge over the canal, and president trump says they present a threat to us national interest because china could potentially use them to block the flow of us commercial and military vessels. president consider only know says claim to chinese control of the waterway or quote inventions.

clearly the relationship now has become a far more tense than it was when the us secretary of state medical rubio arrive there over the weekend, left on monday allegedly was a, but we're making it at least sound as though some important agreements had been reached between both countries to try to offset the threats by prism in from the quote take back to us because the, the panama canal, which he claims really should belong to the united states. now donald trump has been to and beth ry citizenship in the united states is seeing push back. a federal judge has issued a nationwide order blocking the move compass long campaign on ending automatic citizenship for children. born to undocumented parents, for this particular head explains its been a long standing practice in the united states as a us hospitals. it doesn't matter if it's a boy or girl has a name yet, or if their parents are citizens. if they are born here, they automatically get the title, benefits and rights of an american citizen. it's been that way for a very long time for more than 150 years. and the reason starts with this man,

are you a secretary of state medical, julio? and it is to day visit the panama overseeing the duplication of 36 and documented migrants and the expulsion of 7 others accused of crimes. it's a theme that will dominate the rest of rubio, stripped of central america and the dominican republic. he described it as one of the great tragedies of the modern era. it's not good for anyone, the only people who benefit from mass migration or traffickers and um, and so this is a program that shows are cooperating with our strong allies here in panama, can help to stem the flow by creating a disincentive by of sending a clear message that if you come and you come you regularly i, you may be stopped and you may be returned to your country of origin, cooperation on, on, documented migration is what the white house is looking for in the region. panama is now offering to expand the co operation by facilitating a small airport in the w. yes. for the united states to directly report on documented migrants that come into this country on their way to

you know, secretary of state medical robeto's going to travel to panama later on saturday for this 1st overseas trip is america's top diplomatic process broke out in the capital, panama city on friday. i had this visit been taken by president donald trump's proposal for the us to take control of the panama canal. he says china as unfair influence over the waterway, panama, as president said, ownership of the canal is non negotiable. and president trump says venezuela has agreed to accept migrants deported by us authorities including gang members and comes after 6 americans were released from detention in venezuela and flown back to the united states president trump and boy was in the country to meet prevents where the president nicholas montana was called for the reset and relations coming next inside story is going to examine the global impacts of a us freeze and most foreign aid on robotics and stay with us on august the okay, with the changes of slow and the eastern metric currency, the weather is low, temperature was much the same. it's clear sky. so overnight, despite the fact you

discuss the issue on friday or latin america editor at lucy, a newman as more to us secretary of state medical julio, was ending his visit to the dominican republic when he received a public reprimand from the president of panama. where he started his 5 nation regional tour days earlier. an angry president for several mino said that it was intolerable. the deal of the state department live by a noun. seeing that his country had agreed to waive fees for us naval ships transiting the panama canal. you'll find them up on the death of a who stay before you in the world. i express my absolute rejection of continuing to conduct up bilateral relations on the basis of lies on false hopes at austin. i mean, i'm not confused about panel. rubio insisted that it was absurd for the us to pay fees to transit a pin. now it's obliged to protect yes and he offered in all of fractions. but i respect very much. the fact that panama has a process of laws and procedures that they need to follow as it relates to the kind of a import, the permanent and canal authorities, will allow them to work through those process

clearly the relationship now has become a far more tense than it was when the us secretary of state medical. rubio arrived there over the weekend, left on monday allegedly was a but we're making it at least sound as though some important agreements had been reached between both countries to try to offset the threats by prism in from the quote take back to the us kind of the, the panama canal, would you, james, really should belong to the united states and what all of us extra estate market. rubio and his trip to central america, which is wrapping up now. and the majority of the countries he visited focused on, on immigration, on documented immigration or migration to the us border and on the ways. so it comes that countries like costa rica el salvador and guatemala can help the united states and work together to, to try to ward off these also the flow of drugs, fentenol, etc, across the us border. and he, there were agreements reached particularly with those salvador and also in the dominican republic where he is now basically to, to ensure cooperation. countries like a salvador have agreed

i do a secretary of state medical rubio saying bilateral relations cannot be based on lies and deceptions the time to half on the 11th expensing level of change during the whole, she can to change perceptions about the the high pressure dominated the weather across a good positive year up for the time big, but that will change. we have a system pulling in from the atlantic. this area of light pressure will bring when, when the weather it despite the poor school, the part of fronts as we go on through friday. we have got some of the live you, whether to just across the other side of the continent. so some thought different types of boss when the weather winfrey weather to put a real field conditions. i would towards a touchy a just around the black sea. then here's a hi, this is where it is a good deal quite to some of you, whether it's a little band of cloud slipping. further south puts in a switch around at high, which is just being in a few showers across the southern parts of england. wells pushing back towards that stormy weather that we have rounded by a bisk. i know the positive spa

the patient came to the united states from medical care.la menor cumplió con el procedimiento médico sin pensar en que una tragedia la esperaba de regreso a casa. hasta el momento se desconocen las identidades de las víctimas. para telemundo, rafael colorado. y después de un enero extremadamente seco, la lluvia ha llegado a la bahía, trayendo alivio, pero también preocupaciones en el este de la bahía. las autoridades locales están tomando precauciones, como ofrecer sacos de arena. esto es en livermore y también en otras ciudades cercanas. a pesar de la necesidad del agua, el sistema de alcantarillado también está bajo vigilancia. esto es fugas de aguas residuales debido a la sobrecarga de lluvias. las agencias están haciendo un llamado a los residentes a estar atentos a las advertencias y también a las señales de la seguridad. mientras se preparan para posibles impactos de esta tormenta. y con esto pasamos contigo, francela pérez. qué tal? buenas noches, césar y dayanna. continuamos con lluvia bastante ligera para esta noche. las próximas h

louisiana wants to prosecute a doctor in new york state for sending abortion medications across state lines. they're charging doctor margaret carpenter for allegedly prescribing a pill to a pregnant minor in louisiana. now, this case appears to be the first of its kind. the louisiana state attorney general says it's not about abortion. quote, this is about forcing somebody to have an abortion who didn't want one, unquote. now, prosecutors argue the minor's mother requested the medicine and gave it to her daughter. the daughter called 911 after experiencing a medical emergency. that's when officers discovered a doctor from new york prescribed those pills. new york's governor says it's not going to comply with any extradition order and signed a new law allowing doctors to withhold their names on abortion prescription labels. with me now, julie kay. she's the co-founder of abortion coalition of telemedicine, which advocates for access to telehealth abortion in all 50 states. she started the group with doctor carpenter. julie, thank you so much for joining us. you know, doctor carpenter,

states. hospitals have suspended medication and surgeries for people under the age of 18.oday, senator wiener affirmed that he will support transgender youth here in the bay area. in national news tonight, president trump is pushing to expand school choice programs saying the current to public education system is failing students. critics say, though, that programs like that take money from public schools ultimately >> hurt education. kron four's washington correspondent. many beer-temple reports. >> president trump met with lawmakers and governors at the white house today for a roundtable about school choice. you really is focused on making sure that we're empowering parents, florida congressman byron donalds says they talked about policies that could give parents more public funding for nonpublic schools. children fallen further behind. and so we have to think outside the box. the meeting comes after the president signed an executive order wednesday, expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families. it directs the education department to prioritize school choic

louisiana wants to prosecute a doctor in new york state for sending abortion medications across state lines. they're charging doctor margaret carpenter for allegedly prescribing a pill to a pregnant minor in louisiana. now, this case appears to be the first of its kind, but louisiana state attorney general says it's not about abortion. quote, this is about forcing somebody to have an abortion who didn't want one, unquote. now, prosecutors argue the minor's mother requested the medicine and gave it to her daughter. the daughter called 911 after experiencing a medical emergency. that's when officers discovered a doctor from new york prescribed those pills. new york's governor says it's not going to comply with any extradition order and signed a new law allowing doctors to withhold their names on abortion prescription labels. with me now, julie kay. she's the co-founder of abortion coalition of telemedicine, which advocates for access to telehealth abortion in all 50 states. she started the group with doctor carpenter. julie, thank you so much for joining us. you know, doctor carpenter,

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states. hospitals have suspended medication and surgeries for people under the age of 19. today, senator wiener affirmed that he will support transgender youth in the bay area. meantime, president trump is pushing to expand school choice program saying that the current public education system is failing students. critics say school choice programs take money from public schools and ultimately hurt education. kron four's washington correspondent maddie beer-temple reports. >> president trump met with lawmakers and governors at the white house today for a roundtable about school choice. you really is focused on making sure that we're empowering parents, florida congressman byron donalds says they talked about policies that could give parents more public funding for nonpublic schools. children fallen further behind. so we have to think outside the box. the meeting comes after the president signed an executive order wednesday, expanding educational freedom and opportunity for families. it directs the education department to prioritize school choice with discretionary funding.

. >> states is actually medical and pharmaceutical products, followed by motor cars and vehicles. so that could be the sector that could be hurt the most. >> if. >> we indeed see tariffs from the united states. on the other hand, let's not forget. >> that this. >> is a two. way relationship. >> the european. >> union also. >> buys products from the united states. >> in terms. >> of imported. >> goods from. >> the into the european union. >> oil and. lng are among the top goods. >> that the europeans buy from the united states. >> now, we. know that there's. >> a realization. >> in brussels that perhaps buying more energy from the united states is the way forward here. >> to. >> mitigate a. potential severe trade conflict with the. >> united states. >> there's perhaps no. >> way. >> really around that. i just want to share this comment with you from one of my sources. >> a senior. >> eu diplomat told me over the weekend that the hope. >> of the eu is. >> to negotiate. >> with the united states. >> if they impose tariffs on the bloc, but ultimately it will be very hard to avoid. >> a

trump's executive order to pause gender affirming care for young people and some states hospitals have suspended medication and surgeries for those under 19 years old today, senator wiener affirmed he will support transgender youth across the bay area. still to come here at 10 o'clock wet roads flooding concerns. >> it got your weekend forecast coming up after the forecast coming up after the [chatter] it's a robotic money expert. clever. how do i start a savings habit? famous cabbage. savings habits. shaving rabbits. tech can make life simpler. but when it comes to savings habits, nothing's as simple as bmo. a bmo savings account helps you build the habit with a cash reward every month you save. cash reward? ingenious. sardine fest. this year's top prize goes to bmo. i'm just in it for the saving. it's nice to be recognized. [♪♪♪] [bmo sting] with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. [♪♪♪] excited about saving big five years? -five years. and he's not alone. -high five. it's five years of reliable gig speed internet. five years of advanced securit. five years of a great rate that won't change

some states hospitals have suspended medication and surgeries for people under 19 years old.rom 2 will port transgender youth in the bay area. >> i is mourning the rising price of eggs to soon affect the price of your favorite pastries prices have more than doubled since summer 2023 due to bird flu concerns. the owner of a walnut creek bakery says the price hike is taking a toll on their business. unfortunately, we will have to raise the prices. it's just gotten. way too high. the when your prices go from. >> you know, here to there, you're like i have to do something that's just you don't want to you don't want to pass it on. but if you keep thinking it's it's going to back down. but it's not. >> the average price per nation per dozen rather nationwide hit $15 in december. the agriculture department predicts prices are going to soar another 20% this year. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, some south bay county leaders pushing back against president trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. >> plus, the bay area's to spare powwow is happening today. hear from o

medical side of it, if you pull usaid out of these countries, you're going to have a medical crisis here in the united states. it will come here. >> congressman, in addition to the incredible work of usaid, we have come to understand that it's not just usaid. there are other relief services out there. catholic charities, for example, a significant player here domestically as well as globally. catholic relief services, right. which is, you know, a companion organization working hand in hand with usaid, national catholic reporters already indicating that catholic relief services is laying off staff cuts and programs. after this usaid shakeup. the reality of it is you look at catholic relief services basically receives about half of their $1.5 billion budget from this type of funding. >> exactly. >> talk about the impact across the board for humanitarian services. that soft power, that soft power, yes, is putting food in place, medicine in place for people. but that also translates as simone and alicia were talking about in other ways to secure the us presence on the ground locally. because here's the deal. whe

the former philadelphia medical examiner, doctor osborne, in a sworn affidavit, stated that after gettingnew information, he has changed his professional opinion and states that the death certificate should be designated something other than suicide. and then this week, in a dramatic development, the greenberg family settled a civil lawsuit against the city of philadelphia for an undisclosed amount. as part of the settlement, the philadelphia medical examiner says it will take a new look at ellen's manner of death. the death certificate would need to be formally changed in order for the philadelphia police to re-investigate ellen's death as a crime. just this morning, the greenberg family told us, in part, more than anything, that vindication is most meaningful. we can turn our full attention to bringing justice to the murderer or murderers responsible for ellen's tragic death. that's it for today's true crime news, i'm anna garcia. see you next time, ev (suspenseful music) - [nancy] a beloved real estate agent kidnapped on the job. - all of us realized mom had been taken. (suspenseful mu

fight diseases like ebola and bird flu to prevent them from coming to the united states and they provide life-saving medical care and food assistance for children. through these activities and others, usaid has been a valuable pillar of u.s. foreign policy and projecting american power overseas. it's elimination only helps our adversaries, russia and china, who want to see our global influence reduced at any cost. it is no coincidence that elon musk, the world's wealthiest man with billions of dollars in investment in china, is doing china's bidding. what trump and musk have done is not only wrong, it is illegal. usaid was established by an act of congress and can only be disbanded by an act of congress. [applause] stopping this, stopping this will require action by the courts and for republicans to show up and so courage and stand up for our country. further, i'm urging my fellow democrats to use every legislative tool we have at our disposal to slow down and stop this crime from succeeding. we are here to shine a light on this. you see the wonderful people here with us. let me give you my good friend, sen

states before 1990. and i'll give a medical since it is copy, trusted, it breaks on its agreements, it's unpredictable. it's about the biggest danger to well police, all of these things of the case. i'm the trump, and i think the rest of the world it's becoming impossible to deal with and that will do. he will force natural allies to full other allowances. and we are seeing the nature of american power, which is up to now being closed and available to gloves being already exposed. i think i'll continue to see eric, what do you make of that? at the united states, as at the danger of becoming a rogue stays on the donald trump. and i know you wanted to come in earlier as well . well, i've actually written an account and where i do say that the united states has gone wrong. but back to your original point about donald trump, to print a rating, we see donald trump coming into office. actually having of crew were rating 10 points lower than what joe biden's was when he came into office. in addition to that, when you looked at a number of the executive orders that donald trump has already implemented, many of

states. but i have to protect my doctors, and my doctors have a right to prescribe prescribed, fda approved medicationctor in the state of new york who simply answered the call of a mother who wanted to get this prescription filled legally, and now to be facing jail time and conviction as a, you know, an accomplice to murder here. where has this country gone? it feels like we've lost our minds. we're now penalizing doctors who are trying to do what they can. in a state like louisiana that has 60% higher maternal mortality rates, sometimes these medication assisted abortions can be life saving for someone who's having complications. my gosh, where are they? what has this country come to? so i will continue to stand up strongly to support women's rights to abortion. this was my mother's generation's fight. it's something we all took for granted, and it's not there for my daughter. and it better be back in place for my granddaughter. these are the values we espouse in new york, and i will protect this doctor. i will never, ever sign an extradition agreement to send this doctor into harm's way, to be pros

state department. >> but if the medicaid. let me just do you know anything about hiv medication? because if you stop hiv medication, the virus flares back and it mutates. so if you have millions of people who are dependent on. >> hiv medication against pepfar. >> well, you seem to be because you're avoiding. asking, answering. any questions about it. well, if it's shut down, do you think. >> that's what. no, of course it's not wise. i'm not arguing it's pepfar. i'm arguing that you can administer that out of the state department, and we can make sure that all those programs align with our foreign policy goals. that's that's that's that's the objective here. >> but i think the i think the concern, by the way, is when senior senators can't get basic answers on is pepfar still funded? what what is getting out to where we've made commitments and folding it to state, i don't think is a major issue that people have. it's more what is actually where funding where is funding being stopped? where are we not living up to our commitment? >> if the whole thing is, let's hold everything for 9

state department. >> specifically talking about hiv medication. >> programs. >> hiv medication and pepfar. >> he. well, hold on just a second, though. the goal is to make sure the programs and the people administering them align with u.s. foreign policy goals. you know, we started usaid in 1961 as a way to counter the soviet union's influence. today, we need to use it to counter the belt and road initiative is china. but pepfar. >> which is what van was talking about, was actually started by george w. bush, and it saved 25 million lives over it. since that time. >> pepfar. right at pepfar is a great program, but there's no reason it shouldn't be run directly out of the state department. >> but if the medicaid let me just do you know anything about hiv medication? because if you stop hiv medication, the virus flares back and it mutates. so if you have millions of people who are dependent on. >> hiv medication against pepfar. >> well, you seem to be because you're avoiding asking. >> and answering any questions. >> about it. well, if it's shut down, do you think. >> that's what. no, of course it's

. >> her recent comments prompting her state appointed guardian to petition the court for a new medicalion for primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, and to say they will put a pause on a lawsuit related to a recent documentary about wendy. >> this whole thing about frontotemporal dementia is ridiculous, and i don't want this lawsuit. >> most know her as the larger than life self-proclaimed queen of all media, host of her own namesake daytime gabfest the wendy williams show. >> here's wendy. >> but lately, she's been in the spotlight for a more serious reason. according to her care team, she was diagnosed with a form of dementia. her reported public decline shocking her loyal fans. >> we had heard so many rumors about how she was doing, you know, we didn't know where where wendy williams was. >> for nearly three years, she's been under a court appointed guardianship to manage her health and finances. recently, wendy has been speaking out in phone interviews advocating for her independence. the filing states that wendy appeared to indicate that she does not want to proc

medical services. >> they protect us here in the united states from. infections and pandemics that could come our way. and also, we are feeding people that are in desperate trouble. i often i've been saying that before. musk puts the usaid in the wood shredder. he ought to go to a. >> famine camp. >> and hold a starving baby in his arms, and then come back and decide whether usaid is appropriate in us. usaid has figured out and is actually producing an emergency supplemental program that could save that baby that's on the way to dying from starvation. it is a horrendous issue, but also it goes beyond we're talking economic development. we're talking about the support for the ukrainian government. all these things are part and parcel of usaid, and shutting it down is a major hit to national security, guaranteed. we pull out china moves in, russia moves in. we know that china wants to establish a base in western africa, on the eastern part of the atlantic ocean. why? so that they can threaten nato and the supplies of oil and other shipments around the wo

as the opioid crisis continues, states can draw down federal funds to cover medication assisted treatment, medications and therapy, expand coverage of community-based benefits to support treatment and recovery, and to integrate behavioral health services and primary care and other settings. all that will stop with the medicaid cuts that we are hearing the republicans want to implement. and the republican plans to cut medicaid will further limit access to care for substance use disorders, jeopardize treatment for medicaid beneficiaries, and lead to more deaths as a result of termination of treatment. so again i understand that the republicans are talking today about law enforcement and penalties. it completely ignores the fact that for many people and for this crisis is really dependent upon the fact that people continue to seek out fentanyl. if they don't get treatment, then there are going to be more people doing the same. so part of the reason that we are opposed to this bill today is because it doesn't say anything about treatment. which is one of the major aspects of this crisis. and