here is a important moment in u.s. drug history because it- it is something that we don't really often think about. and the type of influence that it has on our drug policy into the present. so timothy leary if you are not familiar with, a sort of infamous proves frere the 1960s that was a strong proponent of the use of the psycho active substances for a range of health benefits, including the use of psilocybin, cannabis, acid, lsd to allow for humans to have mind altering experience that could be beneficial for themselves and their mental health. now as a strong proponent of the psycho active substances, in december of 196 appear o 5 he fwoes down on a family vacation to mexico. we as a psycho active substance consumer, he goes and purchases marijuana he consumes on vacation. and then he tries to return to the u.s. and re-enter the country through our port in laredo. and as he is entering there is this sort of misunderstanding. and he is subject to a vehicle search. as part of the vehicle search border agents discover smal

u.s. drug maker produce pharma has filed for bankruptcy the company produces the painkiller oxycontin one of the medicines at the heart of the u.s. crisis with the move produced trying to settle thousands of lawsuits that say it's responsible for cases of addiction and death. to graves bear witness to a tragedy every 11 minutes someone in the u.s. dies from an opioid overdose 400000 victims in the last 20 years. over 2000 lawsuits including actions from nearly all u.s. states and many local governments accused of faulty promoting oxycontin by downplaying the risk of addiction. last week per 2 reached a deal to settle most of the lawsuits with us federal states it allows the company's assets to be sold to provide over $10000000000.00 to address the opioid crisis but many states still oppose the settlement. half the states have dad agreed to the settlement with produce and many of them are expected to object throughout the bankruptcy process which could make it longer than it would be otherwise a

u.s. pharma company johnson and johnson pay the record fine for flooding the market with legal painkillers but trump says most of the illegal drugs especially fentanyl comes from china it's not the 1st time the u.s. has made here is asian and beijing says its basis paramedics in western pennsylvania are checking they have enough medicine available during the shift for people who overdosed on fentanyl the synthetic drug is 50 times stronger than heroin and kills thousands of americans every year. u.s. authorities have long accused china of being the main source of the drug but the narcotics control commission in beijing says it's investigated chemical industrial parks and closed down internet sites selling fenton online and concluded. president trump said in his tweet that fentanyl was mainly from china is completely groundless and untrue. about 2 weeks ago president trump tweeted that he's ordering logistics companies to search for and refused all deliveries of fentanyl from china and elsewhere he also wrote the chinese president. promised this influx would stop and that it didn't what's clear is that the drug comes in containers

of drug bust in the u.s. law enforcement officials point to china claiming most of the lethal opioids is being produced in secret chinese labs prompting donald trump to open another front in the ongoing trade war with aging. and they say that imitation is the form of flattery but now a textile brand from cuba to stop western rivals from stealing its designs. this is business. as well when we talk about the trade wars usually about tariffs on oil or oil or tronics or soybeans but it's also about one of the biggest drug problems the u.s. is facing at least according to u.s. president donald trump the opioid crisis in america is costing thousands of lives every year just days ago u.s. pharma company johnson and johnson paid a record fine for flooding the market with legal painkillers but trump says most of the illegal drugs especially fentanyl comes from china it's not the 1st time the u.s. has made here is asian and beijing says its basis paramedics in western pennsylvania are checking they have enough medicine

was he describing it as a witch hunt and as a hoax distracting from economic achievements in the u.s. drug markets as well as some up trade deals and defense pacts with various countries cameo appearance of course from 2nd. on tensions in the gulf as well. when one of the most closely watched french meetings at the u.n. general assembly of course just before that press conference you heard us ukrainian president facing reporters about that now infamous phone call but you also heard reference in that press conference there it's led to an impeachment inquiry being launched against donald trump rival democrats claim trump abused his powers by attempting to get the ukrainian leader to help investigate a potential election rival in return for aid funds. i think. he did was normal we spoke about many. and. so i think you read it is that nobody bullshit bullshit me yes it was no great you know there was no pressure or you have to do it is one of the goal but you know that's what you could ask a question and i appreciate the attention and i think it is if you look at what he did it is ok we're his

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u.s. pharma company johnson and johnson paid a record fine for flooding the market with legal painkillers but trump says most of the illegal drugs especially fentanyl comes from china it's not the 1st time the u.s. has made here is asian and beijing says its basis paramedics in western pennsylvania are checking they have enough medicine available during the shift for people who overdosed on fentanyl the synthetic drug is 50 times stronger than heroin and kills thousands of americans every year.

drug kingpin known as el mencho. he is wris blamed for a flood o narcotics into the u.s. tonight's "eye on america," adriana diaz takes us on the hunt for this dangerous drug lord. >> reporter: it's just after sunrise, and on chicago's west side, we're out watching the morning rush for drugs. >> it's 7:15. >> reporter: 7:15 in the morning? >> yeah. >> reporter: and there is people in the alley back there. >> the seller is behind that boarded fence. >> reporter: the dea's brian mcknight showed us what's going on in broad daylight. >> there is literally a line. >> see the guy is putting his right hand in his possibility. >> reporter: last year in chicago alone, almost 800 people died from drug overdoses. what percentage of drugs in chicago do you think come from mexico? >> a significant amount. probably about 90%. >> reporter: 90%? >> yeah. >> reporter: the dea says this man is a major part of the problem. he is a rising mexican drug lord named nemesio oseguera cervantes. known simply as el mencho. >> he is a number one priority for dea, and frankly federal law enforcement

u.s. cancer drugs and seed. showing u.s. direct investment into china is slowing down at a just growing clip slightly there. watching stocks in asia slightly mixed. more breaking deal news. hong kong exchanges and clearing is proposing a 36.6 billion cash and stock offer for the london stock exchange it approached the lse with that bid. last month, they agreed to by the financial information provider in a $7 billion deal. those shares up about 9% right now. investors bracing for the first in series of banking decisions due in the next coming days. nor global manager, louise, how much will they play into the central thesis in the next coming days as opposed to other macroevents? >> we've seen some quite muted movements because of this kind of waiting to see what this decision will be on thursday >> louise, with that in mind, is there a central bank in particular we know the central fed has been driving much of the action will they set the tone given the negative environment we've been speaking about over the past few months >

drug i was on was not working -- the drug i was on was not like the u.s. company, so she wrote the prescription and said "directly." now i am thinking i could have all of my generic drugs like that. guest: i think that is possible. consumers can advocate for themselves. that is part of our reason for doing this story, to raise awareness about these issues. the best thing is always to talk to your doctor or pharmacist and how muchncerns you can do and they can do to help you get drugs you feel you can trust. someone for the .tory who runs a pharmacy ,hey seem to be one of the only if not the only, pharmacy that tests the drugs before they sell them to you. they are small. modelthink that is a good and hopefully there will be developed to do the same thing. just to let everybody know, in the testing they have done, they have had to reject 10% of the drugs they have tested for various reasons. carcinogens are obviously the most serious, thankfully the most rare. more often the case is that the drugs may vary in quality or effectiveness. reason the pharmacy was

u.s. deaths from the drug skyrocketed. n to raise tariffs on curb exports of the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl as u.s. deaths from the drug china, but china's narcotics regulator denies the claim. here is his exclusive conversation with tom mackenzie. >> some u.s. politicians out of their own political necessity disregard the facts, find fault, make small things big, and turn black into white. what is supposed to be a simple problem became complicated, and clean water is muddied. tom: the u.s. treasury has recently sanctioned three chinese nationals and two companies operating in china. will you be taking action against the companies they operate that produce, according to the u.s., fentanyl products? >> at the time that these people were making these substances, the chinese government had not announced wider controls. what these people were doing did not violate chinese law. but some in the u.s. political circle take issue with this and want to implement sanctions, which is not constructive at all. it only hurts the

"eye on america" series, an inside look at the fight against a major suspect contributing to the u.s. drugforcement administration says the drug lord known as el mencho is one of its top targets. the u.s. is offering, get this, $10 million for information leading to his arrest. adriana diaz is in chicago, one of the many cities where neighborhoods have been hit very hard by a massive flow of drumpths good morning. what are you -- drugs. odng.g. we're standing along i-290 in chicago. this is known locally as the heroin highway. this is the road many drug users ke to come into the city and buy drugs. last year alone in chicago, nearly 800 people died from drug overdoses. and the dea took us inside neighborhoods where many drug dealers go down. [ siren ] sire revenues part of the soundtrack in parts of chicago's west side. the dea's brian mcknight took us there to see the drug trade up close. she comes right now -- that's where we saw an ambulance responding to a suspected overdose. we were in unmarked cars, but the locals knew better. >> not happening. shutting down the business for the day.

u.s. cancer drugs and other goods from new levies trump said he liked to reach an agreement to end the trade war which has been going on for more than a year now of both sides have increased and added tariffs in recent weeks affecting global markets and supply chains but despite some disruption there are also opportunities for business is in asia a scott higher reports now from bangkok. with trade negotiations between the world's 2 biggest economies still a work in progress china's close and reliant neighbors are feeling the impact. on the outskirts of bangkok wrote the poem runs a house where a company started by his father the medium sized business is heavily dependent on china factories their supply raw materials wrought upon users to manufacture products for his thai customers the trade war is costing him money but despite that he sees an upside. down i think there's a benefit to be made china may have all the materials that are needed but here we have skilled labor who know the we can export our products without going through china worry about the trade war in one high profile case thai

u.s. cancer drugs and other goods from new levies trump said he liked to reach an agreement to end the trade war which has been going on for more than a year now a both sides have increased and added tariffs in recent weeks affecting global markets and supply chains but despite some disruption there are also opportunities for business is in asia a scott higher reports now from bangkok. with trade negotiations between the world's 2 biggest economies still a work in progress china's close and reliant neighbors are feeling the impact. on the outskirts of bangkok wrote the poem runs a house where a company started by his father the medium sized business is heavily dependent on china factories their supply raw materials wrought upon uses to manufacture products for his thai customers the trade war is costing him money but despite that he sees an upside. down i think is a benefit to be made china may have all the materials that are needed but here we have skilled labor who know the we can export our products without going through china worry about the trade war in one high profile case thailand ha

u.s. cancer drugs and other goods from new levies trump said he liked to reach an agreement to end the trade war which has been going on for more than a year now of both sides have increased and added tariffs in recent weeks affecting global markets and supply chains but despite some disruption there are also opportunities for business is in asia as scott had a reports now from bangkok. trade negotiations between the world's 2 biggest economies still a work in progress china's close and reliant neighbors are feeling the impact. on the outskirts of bangkok wrote the post runs a house where a company started by his father the medium sized business is heavily dependent on china factories their supply raw materials wrought upon users to manufacture products for his thai customers the trade war is costing him money but despite that he sees an upside. down i think there's a benefit to be made china may have all the material that i need but here we have skilled labor who know the we can export our products without going through china worry about the trade war in one high profile case thailand has a

locking people up for a small drug offenses, nonviolent drug offenses in the u.s. has been devastating for minority communities in terms of the money spent. and so to me it's, the war on drugs isn't working. >> host: to me it really is a public health issue at this point. one of the issues that we're focusing in on is to understand that people who are incarcerated do not get, typically do not get access to system is used reall, any addiction treatment, or even the underlying mental health or trauma that they might have been dealing with. and what we're looking at, the reason for that, if years ago when congress created medicaid, they had an exclusion for people during incarceration. so their medicaid coverage stop the day they go in, whether it's county jail, state prison, federal penitentiary. and for 50 years all across this entire country, people often had sufficient healthcare and access to treatment. and then they come out and all i shocked that they go back to their addiction and go back to their crime. we live with these incredibly high recidivism rates of pe

first up, carcinogens in the u.s. drug supply.ks begin to account for climate change risk. hidden carbon footprints on the books could be the next dodgy mortgage. and the poet whose lawsuit couldn't stop the party. the story behind the fabled lawsuit against rita ora and the estate of notorious b.i.g. joining us are the bloomberg businessweek editor and bloomberg's sonali basak. let's start with carcinogens in drugs. i was deeply disturbed by this. reporter: about 90% of the drugs prescribed to americans are generics, and 80% of those generics are manufactured abroad in factories in india and china, where the fda does not have nearly as much oversight as they do at home. this is a look at how something like this happens. david: you were talking about something called mdma. i'm not even going to try to pronounce what it is, but it is a really toxic thing that makes its way into these generics. reporter: it is a byproduct of processes are the main effect. instead of creating the drug here at home, the active pharmaceutical agreement

u.s. drugmaker purge you pharma has filed for bankruptcy the manufacturer of oxycontin the drug at the heart of the u.s. opioid crisis wants to shield itself from fastens of lawsuits last we heard you reached a deal to settle most of the lawsuits by providing more than $10000000000.00 u.s. dollars to address your p.r. crisis. trying not to cringe buck maggots could revolutionize the way we feed the world's fusing insects especially for animal food ingredients looks like a sustainable option for the future up the dutch company pro takes is hoping to grow this rigging market these maggots or 20 days old under showing a lot of promise and i just said these one the particularly me get today yet state why is it a going to harvest it's your me to get novice because that that haiti being and is still the life leaving i take a look reading looks so date did give him the lots of broaching maggots are cheap to feed and live off waste like finally ground potato peels from a french fries factory to company let's a spillman some of the crates but not in the big breeding plants next store it contains a st

u.s. automakers, drug companies and banks.n: house democrats have launched a formal impeachment inquiry into president trump following a whistleblower complaint about the president's conversations with the ukrainian leader. the exclusive report comes as we await the release of the transcript from the ukrainian phone call. cheryl: we've got garrett tenney in washington with the latest for us. garrett, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the white house is expected to release several key documents today including the fully unredacted transcript of president trump's july phone call with ukraine's president. a senior administration official tells fox news the white house will also be releasing a document showing that the intelligence community inspector general found the whistleblower who filed the complaint regarding the phone call had political bias against president trump and in favor of a rival candidate. despite the white house agreeing to release the transcript, on tuesday nancy pelosi announced the house is moving forw

u.s. census. them, did you use to have a problem with alcohol or drugs and no longer do? it abroad because we want people to self defined public resolution. i wanted to identify those who identify as being in recovery. we found 9.1% of the u.s. population has resolved significant drug or alcohol problem. that's 22.3 5 million people. the significant drug or alcohol problem in the united states. 60%, up primary substance, the biggest one of those in recovery is alcohol. national survey of drug use and health came out this week for 2018, of all but 20 million to -- 20 million cases, 25% are alcohol. 25% are other drugs. all other drugs combined. a largeraw was portion, 60%, roughly, of those in recovery had their primary substance as alcohol. we had about 10% of cocaine. 10% of methamphetamine. 6% opioids, 13% cannabis. also, onenteresting of the reasons i wanted to ask that question, did you once have a problem with drugs or alcohol but no longer do? i wanted to estimate the proportion of people who identify as being in recovery who adopt that label. roughlyfound was that h

u.s. courts. so there are two laws that we could use. the 959 law is for anyone distributing drugsestined for the united states. the 960 law is a narco-terrorism law, which means people conducting high-level drug trafficking in supporting people in terrorist activities or terrorist organizations. in this case, it was both. haji bagcho, his intent was to get drugs into the united states as a form of jihad to get american citizens adrikted to heroin and also supporting terrorist activities in afghanistan. so at the beginning of the investigation we just started talking to everybody we could talk to to gather intel on haji bagcho. >> dea's bread and butter is human intelligence. that's how we do narcotics cases domestically and how we do them overseas. that is what dea brings to the war on terror. but the taliban was regaining a foothold in the more rural communities that made it more difficult for us to move around and operate. we had to be much more careful. we had to conceal our identities. >> so every day my partner and myself would put on afghan clothing. we'd cover up our weapon

drugs. >> pelley: two deaths in akron in seven days made assistant u.s. attorney matt cronin wonder where all the fentanyl was coming from. the target of an investigation, a low-level drug dealer, had the answer. >> matt cronin: the target said that he can get any drugs he could ever imagine, over the internet from china. >> pelley: cronin's investigators went online and discovered overseas labs offering most any illegal drug. >> cronin: we just said, "hey," according to the source's instructions, "we're interested in buying fentanyl." and the result was, to say the least, surprising. we have dozens, probably over 50 different drug trafficking networks reaching out to us, saying, "we have fentanyl. we have even more powerful fentanyl analogs. whatever you want, we'll get it for you, for cheap. we'll get it for you in bulk." >> pelley: you got 50 replies? >> cronin: at least. >> pelley: and all of these came from where? >> cronin: it was universally china. >> pelley: what did you do next? >> cronin: instead of trying to find our way to a target, we had far

drugs and getting addicted. so you know, talking with chinese officials that they don't want to take responsibility which is not surprising. they blame the u.s. for its own culture of drugs and they have a good point in the u.s. for example we use four times as many overweight as a been a country like the uk for example so some recently released documents that you were alluding to were referencing these lawsuits against the pharmaceutical companies. now the most famous of these was responsible for oxycontin and favor shown to be really pushing this drug trying to make sales even while other studie their sd how addictive it was so they certainly get a lot of the plane but from these new documents, we learn that pharmaceuticals are a much well-known company based in st. louis where i live and made more of these pills these 29 billion opioid pills and so now they are getting into the phase that is compatible to the tobacco lawsuit. >> the states and cities and towns that have consolidated a federal court in ohio, actually oklahoma a judge recently ruled against johnson and johnson but the judge in ohio said he thinks that this will be a massive

u.s. president on the drug that regarding the automotive industry would you know that there will be new transitional nereids. following the partial trade deal with the u.s. the japanese auto industry claims that talks are underway to exempt cars from task lionfish the car park is standing by to break down the latest on the big deal. maybe only a decade old budget coin has already disrupted the payments sector but is there a future for crypto in the global currency market boom bust managed to catch up with rogers vera the founder of bitcoin dot com for his take on the future of finance we're going around a big world of business news today to counter trivial if we let's go. a challenge to china's belton road initiative leads our global report today as japan and the european union unveil a sweeping deal to build asian infrastructure and to facilitate commerce in energy european commission president john claude juncker signed the highly touted connectivity plan on behalf of the e.u. on friday morning at a regional forum on e.u. asia relations in brussels after affirming the $60000000000.00 cord with his

u.s. border is a stronghold of drug cartels but it's also the world capital of murders of women now was as launched a special task force to stop them. at any any particle is a policewoman in the mexican border city of juarez. she's part of a special task force designed to eliminate domestic abuse. we respond to imagine c. calls we get at least a dozen of them in a single shift that's. the 1st order of the day is interviewing witnesses what is has a 1000000 residents and the highest rates of violence against women in all of mexico over 100 women were murdered here last year alone and you know he suffered domestic violence at the hands of her ex-boyfriend so she has a special sensibility toward other abuse survivors such as this 15 year old girl whose partner is 17. that was escaped available at much argued about his behavior he's very aggressive suddenly he started beating me up pulling my hair and strangling me. by the time and yelling and her colleagues arrive he's long gone the officers can't arrest the offender but they take time to talk with the survivors making sure their children are

. >>> nbc news investigates the staggering number of prescription drugs imported to the u.s. from china why officials warn it is a major health and national security threat >>> the felon on the run found posing as a surgical assistant accused of stealing identities and money from hospital patients how was he allowed inside the operating room >>> and growing outrage. millions vanishing from personal bank accounts across the country. the mystery about where all the money went >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone. the storm devastated bahamas as well as parts of florida are staring down at a new tropical threat tonight just a week after hurricane dorian, forecasters are keeping a sharp eye this hour on a disturbance expected to become a tropical storm a tropical storm warning has just been issued for the bahamas where heavy rain and winds may hit as soon as this evening. much of florida is in the possible path of the storm nbc's gabe gutierrez has the very latest. >> reporter: less than two weeks after hurricane dorian pummelled the

u.s. cancer drugs and other goods from new levies trump said he liked to reach an agreement to end the trade war which has been going on for more than a year now of both sides have increased and added tariffs in recent weeks affecting global markets and supply chains but despite some disruption there are also opportunities for business is in asia a scott higher reports now from bangkok. with trade negotiations between the world's 2 biggest economies still a work in progress china's close and reliant neighbors are feeling the impact. on the outskirts of bangkok wrote the poem runs a house where a company started by his father the medium sized business is heavily dependent on china factories their supply raw materials wrought upon users to manufacture products for his thai customers the trade war is costing him money but despite that he sees an upside. down i think is a benefit to be made china may have all the materials that are needed but here we have skilled labor who know the we can export our products without going through china worry about the trade war in one high profile case thailand

including some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very very bad drug dealers. >> u.s. customs and border protection says it has deployed an enormous amount of resources to florida to help hurricane refugees. >> we still have to balance the humanitarian need and assistance of those that needed versus the safety of this country. there are still people coming here that could have criminal convictions. >> the united nations says the storm left more than 70,000 people homeless. >> it is about a 4:45 and a little bit cooler. >> that seabreeze kicking and once again. so low clouds and areas of fog this morning, and we are looking at temperatures below average for the today. temperatures a little cooler compared to yesterday, but if you want it hot, we will heated up as we go through the week. this is a live look at the salesforce tower camera looking east to the bay bridge. you can see the low clouds and areas of fog right over the bay. temperatures running in the 50s and low 60s. it is also a breezy to windy start today. tracking the wind for you, looking at 24 mile-per-hou

u.s. food and drug administration.icials warned it may have broken the law by marketing its products as safe. the agency sent a letter requesting documents on their advertising efforts, especially as they relate to children. the acting fda commissioner tweeted that "juul has ignored has ignored the law" adding that, "we put the industry on notice if the disturbing rise use of e-cigarettes continues especially through the use of flavors that appeal to kids, will take even more aggressive action." coming up, the crossroads of medicine and technology. in our new series, we will take a look at how technology will change health care over the next 20 years and how investors can position their portfolios. this is bloomberg. ♪ week, bloomberg technology is a flooring medical technology in a series we are calling wired for health. whether it be diagnosis, treatment, research or investment, we will be looking into how innovation plays a crucial role in sustaining health. we begin with the future of health. to give you some conte

shift for people who've overdosed on fenton ill the synthetic drug is 50 times stronger than heroin and kills thousands of americans every year. u.s. authorities have long accused of being the main source of the drug but the narcotics control commission in beijing says it's investigated chemical industrial parks and close down internet sites selling fenton online and concluded. the. president trump said in his tweet. from china is completely groundless and untrue. 2 weeks ago president tweeted that he's ordering logistics companies to search for and refuse all deliveries of fentanyl from china and elsewhere he also wrote the chinese president. promised this influx would stop and that it didn't what's clear is that the drug comes in containers and through the mail law enforcement officials from virginia took down a major drug ring last week they found 30 kilograms of fentanyl one official involved in the investigation said that most comes directly from china. chinese officials say they're doing everything they can to keep their promise of cracking down on illegal shipments to the u.s. they're urging u.s. president trump to deal wit

introduced a bill that would be the democratic proposal for addressing the prices for prescription drugs in the u.s. how do you reconcile those? how do you work with the white house to make these proposals become a lot? rep. pocan: -- become a law. rep. pocan: i would assume the white house is looking for some wins. a few of the areas we have had some agreement on, at least the general conversations about trying to do something is around prescription drugs. you could argue trade would also fall into that category. the president, hopefully, will be looking for some wins. on prescription drugs, this has been one of the top priorities for democrats. when that is likely voted on in the next month or two, it is something the white house and hopefully the senate republicans will be working at -- looking at closely. we have been very clear about what changes we need. there is a clear path to getting 390 plus votes. paul ryan is not the speaker anymore. nancy pelosi is. there are lots of opportunities and from a political perspective alone, the president should want some wins. it is the right thing for us

u.s. products certain cancer drugs, live stock, lubery can'ts and certain chemicals. beijing said it will consider further exemptions china is removing quota restrictions as it looks to boost capital inflows. saying it will make it more convenient and that china will be more internationally accepted china is looking for inflows amid decreasing yuan >>> white house trade supervisor said we should be optimistic doing trade with china >> we know the structural issues we'll have important, frank discussions about that that will be behind closed doors. i think the chinese really do want a deal. they were getting hammered by trump tariffs. they were having to cut their prices and manipulate currency down to the toilet and they were losing their supply chain. >> let's bring in the ceo of richman's global capital the markets are reacting positively today over signs between china and the u.s. i want to take it back to some of the numbers out of china this week negative 0.8% year on year i was having a discussion with some people about whether or not the rest of the world shoul

drug-related spending on law enforcement. ♪ former president george h. w. bush on september 5, 1989, what many site as the beginning of the u.swar on drugs. good morning, this is "washington journal." 30 years later, the fight against drug abuse continues with news yesterday from president trump of another $2 billion in funding for the opioid crisis. the first hour talking about the legacy of the war on drugs. what experience have you had with it? the numbers to call for those in eastern and central time zones, that is 202-748-8000. the mountain and pacific regions, 202-748-8001. we also welcome your comments on our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan. and send us a tweet at @cspanwj. we will show you momentarily the news yesterday from the oval office from president trump. the reporting in the washington times, trump doles out nearly $2 million for opioid fight is their headline. we want to give you a chance to go back 30 years and hear that notable speech from george h. w. bush about the war on drugs. here is a bit more from that speech. [video clip] >> this is the first time since taking the oath of office i thought it issue

u.s. soybeans and part from its next round of tariffs that follows an exchange of concessions earlier this week between the 2 countries china agreed to exclude products like ounce or drugs and pesticides from its tariff regime the u.s. in turn agreed to delay a plan terrifying on october 1 by 15 days. yes court joins us now from wall street yes how big of a deal is it that the u.s. and china are exchanging some all of branches here and there well i mean at least we have those some guests and there is a certain possibility they have to maybe those trade talks might leads to a deal at some point there was a lot of speculation of actually washing might be open for an interim deal and so that some of the tougher issues between the 2 countries might be pushed aside that there's no confirmation for that but there is some speculation and that actually did tell put to drive the markets higher for the entire week now on top of all of that the upcoming week will have plenty to occupy investors' minds can you give us an outlook. well i mean the biggest. issue is going to be monetary policy so when the federal reserve is going to meet on wednesday and the bets on another raid decre