walden: mr. chairman, i appreciate that. i know there are a lot of amendments that came through the system. i'm trying to figure out what the issue is here. i know there were, you know, i think we offered 16 amendments and got one. democrats got 25 amendments. had one technical amendment through the rules committee. and cot parliamentarians perhaps tell me -- could the parliamentarians perhaps tell me, or somebody explain what the problem is here and why we have to correct it here on the floor? guess that's my question. the chair: the gentleman may yield on his reservation. mr. walden: yes. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. deutch: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. walden: i yield to the gentleman from florida, is that right? the chair: yes. mr. deutch: mr. chairman, the amendment is a technical amendment to address a drafting error so that it's conforming and so that there will be no problems going forward. mr. walden: i withdraw my reservation, mr. chairman. mr. deutch: i than

walden: mr. chairman, how much time does each side have? the chair: the gentleman from oregon has nine minutes. the gentleman from new jersey as one minute. mr. walden: does the gentleman have other speakers? no. then i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, mr. chairman. let me address a few issues. first, my friend from new jersey, and he is my friend, referenced my amendment. it's unfortunate we couldn't debate my amendment because the rules committee wouldn't allow us to bring it to the floor nor a bill i offered that has more than 100 co-sponsors that would make sure that pre-existing condition prist are protected in case -- pre-existing conditions are protected in case the court decision in texas goes against the a.c.a. and wipes out those protections. see, this would be an insurance policy for people with pre-existing conditions in public law. we could do that today. if it has some shortcomings, then let's have a markup on th

walden: mr. chairman, i'll reserve. the chair: the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is ecognized. mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. well well -- mr. welch: this legislation is going to make health care more affordable and more accessible. two things, one, we finally are attacking the explosion in the cost of prescription drugs and i thank my republican colleagues in participating in that effort. in vermont, we just had a 16% rate increase request from blue cross/blue shield, 9% of that is attributable to the increase in phrma costs. phrma has been ripping us off. and this bill ends their abuse of outrageous practice of paying generic practice to delay bringing their lower cost drugs to the market. no excuse for that. this bill ends it. the second thing it does is deny them the opportunity to withhold samples so generic companies can come up with a competitive product. that is trem

walden: mr. chairman, i'll reserve. the chair: the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is ecognized. mr. pallone: i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. well well -- mr. welch: this legislation is going to make health care more affordable and more accessible. two things, one, we finally are attacking the explosion in the cost of prescription drugs and i thank my republican colleagues in participating in that effort. in vermont, we just had a 16% rate increase request from blue cross/blue shield, 9% of that is attributable to the increase in phrma costs. phrma has been ripping us off. and this bill ends their abuse of outrageous practice of paying generic practice to delay bringing their lower cost drugs to the market. no excuse for that. this bill ends it. the second thing it does is deny them the opportunity to withhold samples so generic companies can come up with a competitive product. that is trem

walden: thank you. i'll continue to reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. rouda: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i just want to go back to what's going on in america's health care costs. and look at some of what's going on elsewhere around the world. first of all, i would draw the members' attention, madam chair, to the kaiser foundation report that was reported on about people who have health insurance and still can't afford to use it. they talked about just over half of those with employer coverage have some sort of chronic disease. so they have health insurance, but the deductibles at $3,000 or so -- are so high, $3,000 to $5,000, that 3/4 reported skipping or postponing some type of care. half, 49%, said a family member had a problem paying medical bills or difficul

margaret thatcher being interviewed by brian walden, who has died at the age of 86.1 billionaires in the country. together they hold a combined wealth of 525 billion pounds, and london is home to more billionaires than any other city in the world. that's according to the sunday times. john mcmanus reports. if you woke up this morning to find that once again you haven't made it onto the sunday times rich list, well, don't be too envious. the very well—heeled can afford the largest yachts but life is not all plain sailing for the captains of industry. one of the most famous names, philip green, fell out with the british establishment over the collapse of his high street chain bhs and harassment claims, which he strongly denies. it is notjust his reputation that has plummeted. the sunday times says he lost over £1 billion and is now merely a multimillionaire. the top dogs of the list for the third time are the hinduja brothers, who made their £22 billion fortune in energy, property and finance. we've been much better off and richer as a nation. at numberfive is sirjames

walden. we have been considering the creates act, and the legislation like it, for years and has been long been one of my top priorities. so i introduced a bipartisan amendment that gained the support of my republican colleagues during energy and commerce consideration of the creates bill. there was only one outstanding concern still to be resolved after that amendment was adopted and i'm pleased to offer a bipartisan solution to address that concern today. the concern raised during our full committee markup was there was a lack of specificity in the provisions that describe the communication requirements related to the request and the delivery of the requested samples between the eligible product developer and the license holder. this bipartisan amendment, filed by myself and my colleague, the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. walden, will provide the additional needed clarity to ensure that communication requirements in these negotiations are understood so there is ce

walden: thank you, mr. speaker. republicans and democrats worked together on provisions to bring generic drugs to market faster. and to stop abusive practices. we did that on the energy and commerce committee and we brought this house multiple bills to achieve that goal and we did it unanimously. we believe our bipartisan work will increase competition and ultimately help lower the cost of prescription drugs. these policies passed unanimously out of the energy and commerce committee. they help consumers and they have the added benefit of helping the federal government by producing $4 billion in savings. unfortunately our friends on the other side of the aisle, democrats, decided to pair these bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with what they knew were very partisan bills that i frankly think waste taxpayer money in many cases. we ought to be working together on this, not descending into partisan politics on a seemingly bipartisan issue. those are the words of stat news as reported today. the fact is, when we do wo

the tv interviewer and former labour mp brian walden, has died at the age of 86.you as they think you are too dogmatic, that you have too much opinion, but you won't listen to anybody. he was known for exacting political interviews, including with margaret thatcher in 1989 which helped speed up the then—prime minister's downfall. brian walden died following complications from emphysema at his home in guernsey, on thursday. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: manchester city celebrate with their fans after bringing the premier league trophy home. they beat liverpool by one point to retain the title. the wait goes on for their rivals. no league crown since 1990, but a champions league final to look forward to. and novak djokovic wins another title, to draw level with rafael nadal for masters wins. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news that manchester city have held their nerve on the final day of the premier league season,

brian walden, who became one of the most tenacious political interviewers of the 1980s and 1990s, hasfore leaving parliament in 1977, and going on to host itv‘s weekend world and the walden interview. this is a flavour of walden‘s combative interviewing style in 1989, a year before margaret thatcher was deposed as prime minister. it may be the case, that even in private, you will have an argument and listen to other peoples opinions and listen to other peoples opinions and that you will be happy to accept the suggestion if it is correct. but you never come over in public like that. ever. you come over as being someone that. ever. you come over as being someone who, one of your backbenchers set is slightly off her trolley, authoritarian, domineering, refusing to listen to anybody else, why? why can you not publicly project what you have just told me as your private character? domineering in this interview, it is you. it is you. instead ofjust talking in a conversational way, yes, you are very domineering. but let us deal with your things quietly. no government has handed back more powe

walden. i'm probably going to be a little different than some of the folks you're going to have come speak from our side. i actually like the goal that we agreed -- the president agreed to in 2015. i believe it's an abdication, though, of our responsibility to actually build what the plan is, we'll call can the options out there. because if you think about it, once again it's congress passing the buck saying, well, here's the goal, let someone else take the blows of it. if we're going to have an honest conversation, let's say i'm a state that uses heating oil. heating oil is functionally filthy. ok. are you willing to encourage that community, that state, to allow more natural gas extraction, more pipelines so we can actually hit the numbers? or is it easier passing it on to the white house to let them take the slings and arrows of what it takes policy-wise? if you look at the reality, 2015, the year that president bama agreed to this, that year every functionally benefit from all this solar

. >> reporter: in court emily walden, her son died of an overdose in 2012. she is now a leading activist in the fight against opioid addiction and drugmakers. >> they need to pay billions of dollars for the damage that they've done in every single state. and then we need criminal charges. we need prison time for these executives. >> reporter: the lawsuit named multiple companies, but in march purdue, the makers contin, settled,$270 million while denying any wrongdoing. diva pharmaceuticals did the same just days ago, paying $85 million. this is one of a mountain of pending claims, around 2,000, across the country, suing drugmakers and distributors. what happens in oklahoma could set a critical precedent, which is why walden, who is from kentucky, felt she needed to be here. >> a mom in oklahoma or a mom in kentucky, we've lost our kids. we've lost loved ones. and we feel the same pain. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. >>> the fight over state abortion restrictions has trickled up to the supreme court after a compromise was made on indiana's abortion law

. >> reporter: in couremily walden, her son died of an overdose in 2012 she is now a leading activist in the fight against opioid addiction and drug makers. >> theedneed to pay billions of dollars for the damage that they've done in every single state. and then we need criminal charges. we nee td prisone for these executives >> reporter: the lawsuit named multiple c companies, but in mah purdue, the makesers of objectin oxycontittled while denying wrongdoing teva paid 85 million this is one of ainou mntain of ndpendclaims filed across the countrsuing drug makerd distributors set a critical precedent, which is why walden, who is om kentucky, felt she needed to be here >> a mom in oklahoma or a mom in kentucky, we've lost our kids. we've lost loved ones. and we feel the same pain. >> that was stephanie gosk reporting. >> the fight over state abortion restrictions has trickled up to the supreme court after wa compromi made on indiana's abortion law with the court invalidating bs on abortions based d on s s, race, or disability but allowing fetuses to be buried or cremedat meanilwhine in

. >> reporter: in court today, emily walden her son died of an overdose in 2012 she is now a leading activist in addiction and drug makers. >> they need to pay billions of dollars for the damage that they have done in every single state. and then we need criminal charges. we need prison time for these executives >> reporter: the lawsuit named multiple companies, but in march, purdue, the makers of oxycontin, settled, paying $270 million while denying any wrongdoing teva pharmaceuticals did the same just two days ago, paying $85 million. this case is one of a mountain of pending claims, around 2,000, filed across the country suing drug makers and distributors what happens in oklahoma could set a critical precedent, which is why walden, who is from kentucky, felt she needed to be here >> a mom in oklahoma or a mom in kentucky, we've lost our kid we've lost loved ones, and we feel the same pain this is just the beginning >> yeah, it really is. there is a massive case pending in ohio. it consolidates more than 1800 lawsuits the judge in that case wants both sides to reach a settlement wh

the broadcaster and former labour mp, brian walden, has died at the age of 86.gham constituency of all saints for a decade from 1964 and later became the mp for birmingham ladywood. he made impassioned speeches, not least calling for the abolition of capital punishment. he became a broadcast journalist, capital punishment. he became a broadcastjournalist, very successful. that interview with margaret thatcher where he quoted a backbencher as saying she had gone off her trolley, which she didn't ta ke off her trolley, which she didn't take kindly to. robust interviews. although he had been a labour mp he became a fan and became disillusioned with the labour party. his widow, hazel, announcing his death from guernsey, to where he retired some years ago, saying he had become an enthusiastic supporter of brexit and will be dismayed not to see the uk leaving. brian walden, the labour career who in —— labour mp who enjoyed a successful third career, after teaching, as a broadcaster. the headlines on bbc news. a cabinet minister describes the european elections as the

the tv interviewer and former labour mp brian walden has died at the age of 86.ht not vote for you is they think that you have got to much conviction, that you are too dogmatic, that you will not listen to anybody. why don't you say, all right... he was known for exacting political interviews, including with margaret thatcher in 1989, which helped speed up the then prime minister's downfall. brian walden died following complications from emphysema at his home in guernsey, on thursday. in 1992, an iraqi child called amar was brought to the uk from iraq after being severally injured in a chemical weapons attack carried out by saddam hussein. he was thought to be the sole survivor from his family, but nearly 30 years later he received a message suggesting that that might not be the case after all. this exclusive investigation is from our correspondentjon kay, with cameraman andy alcroft and producer alex littlewood. he was the little boy who lost everything in a napalm attack. that day, i physically got scarred, i lost my family — it changed my entire life. and for

walden: thank you, mr. chairman. clearly today is unfortunately more about politics of climate change than rolling up our sleeves and getting to work on american solutions. climate change is real. but addressing climate change should not involve binding ourselves to international agreements that put united states workers and jobs at a disadvantage to our main competitors around the world and with no regard to the cost for american consumers and rate payers. we should have a serious solutions-oriented discussion about thousand address climate change risks through american innovation. american conservation. and preparation. but we all know that long-term sustainable policy is best developed through a thoughtful, logical, strong, bipartisan process. that's the approach we have taken over the last several congresses as republicans. the one i think we should continue in this congress. in fact in the last congress republicans worked with democrats to remove regulatory barriers to new technological advances in power generat

speaker to pay tribute to the former , labour mp for birmingham, all saints, brian walden, who passed away this week. he was a very formidable figure in this house and a very strong political interviewer which every politician really loved being interviewed by at the time but they only said that , afterwards. i think, mr. speaker it would only be right that the house of commons pays tribute to a leading hollywood icon and campaign for what animal welfare doors day. i am quoted to -- tempted to quote some doris day songs, but i won't. [interruption.] all all right, with crack away. -- whip crack away. [speaking simultaneously] i do apologize, mr. speaker. i have obviously started a parliamentary singalong here. speaking of icons, mr. speaker, it would be right to acknowledge it is 40 years since the friends of huddersfield and birkenhead were both elected to this parliament for the first time in the 1979 election. mr. speaker, in the last two years, nine of the u.k.'s richest hedge fund tycoons have donated £2.9 million to the conservative party. is this a government for the many or in

i would like, mister speaker, to pay tribute to the former labor secretary brian walden who passed away last week. he was a formidable figure in this house in a very strong political interviewer which every politician being interviewed at the time. >> they only said that afterwards. >> it would only be right for the house of commons to pay tribute to a leading hollywood icon and campaigner doris day who passed away this week. i'm tempted to quote doris day but i won't. crack away. no, no, no. i do apologize. i'm obviously starting a parliamentary sing-along here. speaking of icons it would be right to acknowledge it is 40 years since the members were elected to parliament for the first time in the 1979 election. in the last two years, nine of the uk's richest hedge fund tycoons have donated 2.9 million pounds to conservative party. is this government for the many in the pockets of an elite few? >> can i first of all respond to the tributes the right honorable gentleman placed? across the house everybody would wish to recognize the passing of somebody who gave many hours of entertainment

walden? >> chairman nadler, ranking member collins, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. i appreciate your leadership on the important issues of hate speech and free expression online and am glad to have the opportunity to discuss google in these areas. i serve in the role of policy rights and human expression for google. i find out how we can have free expression in a complicated legal environment. broadly, if the internet has been a force for creativity, learning and access information. at google, supporting this brief role of ideas is to coordinate and make the information more accessible and useful. this openness has democratized what stories can be told. it's created a space for communities to tell their own stories and created platform where anyone can be a creator and succeed. around 2 billion people come to youtube every month and we stare at video for five hours every minute. we know, however, that the very platforms that have enabled th

. >> emily walden's son, t.j., served his country in the kentucky national guard.was also addicted to opioids and tried to get clean. >> i did everything from following him to drug testing him. i put $11,000 on a credit card to put him into treatment and he wanted to get better. >> reporter: in 2012, t.j. died after overdosing on oxymorphone. he was only 21. >> opioids take a hold of you, and it's extremely hard for people to overcome that. >> reporter: emily and thousands of other families are now watching closely as the opioid maisis is on trial in oklahoma in a case that could affect more than 1,800 other pending lawsuits. >> the worst man-made public health crisis in the history of our country. >> reporter: in 2017, oklahoma attorney general mike hunter filed lawsuits against several pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of "executing massive and unprecedented diction" and making millions of dollars in profit. >> money can make people and businesses do bad things, very bad things. and that is why i'm here today. >> reporter: drug companies purdue and teva bot

britain's bianco walden one goal that will tie quando championships with 3rd time beating olympic champion. with controversial penalties she was disqualified for target and you can't do that although she couldn't believe it herself and refused to accept it should mean was to strong after the loss collapsing on the podium and leaving a stand alone on the fools. and heard some news doesn't it certainly does not love to be in the news or about that today ever from the sport we move on . to stay 5 of the count film festival the world's largest celebration of cinema spotlights on the director's fortnights which runs in parallel to the bank competition charlie angelo reports now on who is generating the biggest buzz. a newly discovered voice in cinema celebrated in cannes to prevent director molina lay on their. it is a vital platform for her 1st film. is the heartbreaking true story about an indigenous woman whose baby is stolen a tale of human trafficking told in a unique style but director leone struggled with funding it was terribly hard nobody trusts. that they were there that was the. city

say that winning isn't everything but one chinese competitor didn't get that memo britain's bianca walden one b. wells taekwondo championships for a 3rd time is a limbic champion saying she and with controversial penalties she was disqualified tucking she couldn't believe it and refused to. except it was just straw toss the last collapsing on the podium and even moved into a stand alone on the floor. all right that is a useful for now. well that's it for me for this news hour but i'll be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's news do you stay with us. the latest news as it breaks local communities here importing are very frustrated because the lack of post storm services with detailed coverage of this vast knowledge of the flag the people's thoughts and say this struggling to make ransom notes and just want a better life from around the world as agassi has been offered to those who rebel against the government of equal except those involved in human rights abuses a war crimes. stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives julio the su

say that winning isn't everything but one chinese compressed didn't get the memo britain's bianca walden won the won't taekwondo championships for a 3rd time be seen in the championship with controversial penalties sheehan was to spawn fired for talking she couldn't believe it and refused to accept it sheehan was distraught talked of the loss lapsing on the podium and even moved on to stand alone on the floor. all right that is all your support for now have. thanks and that's it for me in the stars for this news hour during a guide is in next with more of the day's news. for ya. newsstand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera just a few months after journalist jamal a special she was killed another arab dissident was under threat norwegian security officials had to take him from his home in oslo to a secure location after attempts at the saudis were targeting him. human rights activist addle baghdadi talks to al jazeera. in a 2 part series. 0 observes the lives of 2 children. over 20 years. where insights into circumstances that shaped lives. in a

hardcore brigs that is galloping into the european parliament with france's economy minister for walden saying the quicker the u.k. leaves the better something britain say you vote shouldn't even be happening. i mean a supporter of the 2nd referendum for about 2 and a half years it's just gone on too long and i never once heard of. this i think this is a turd trying. to get bricks if you stick to their hearing about it you'll be voting in european elections. well i'm going to leave your. well it's like this being absolutely info taking is really important it's. oxycodone i think it's completely useless and a waste of time for the english and a waste of money for the european union it's going to cost us a lot and it is ugly enough i wanted on the english have never really been in the europe they always had their conditions in the surrealist an absurd. example i think it's important that they can vote they are still a part of europe at the moment. i think the british like the french and all europeans leave and democratic countries and as long as democracy exists it is necessary that every

more than a 3rd of those were using drugs prescribed by doctors this trial is so important emily walden son died from an overdose in 2012 he was 21 years old she says companies like johnson and johnson need to be punished it's time to be held accountable you've killed thousands of people across this country maybe not some of them directly but many and directly and you lied about your drugs you marketed them and appropriately and it's time to pay rather than go to court to drug companies and settled out of court giving the state more than $300000000.00 but health experts say the cost of long term addiction treatment programs will be almost $90000000000.00 it's not anywhere compared to the damage that the epidemic has done to oklahoma and it's not going to be enough to abate the problem and to get us back to where we were before they started releasing these medications irresponsibly over the next few weeks state lawyers will present the evidence to the judge attorney general my concept told the court that johnson and johnson only care about profits at the end of the day your honor i was s

i joined my colleagues, republican leader walden and representative laptop to urge latta to push forward the use of self driving cars. i want to think the chairwoman for holding this support and hearing for us to explore ways in which we can improve auto safety and save lives. thank you, and i yield back. >> the gentlewoman yields back. i now recognize chairman alone for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you madam chair. hearing is timely as memorial day weekend is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. millions of americans are taking to the road to travel to barbecues and beaches, with many having to the jersey shore. this could be a dangerous weekend too. in 20 overople died the same weekend. as temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat stroke for children left in cars. 2017, more than 40 people died as a result of a motor vehicle accident and .6 alien were injured. -- 4.6 million were injured. motor vehicle death rates have increased since 2014 after a decade of falling. it is a troubling trend suggesting we need to double down on the efforts to improve our

the broadcaster and former labour mp brian walden has died at the age of 86.r became the mp for birmingham ladywood. he became a successful broadcaster with weekend world and other programmes. he started out in the labour party and became disillusioned under harold wilson leadership, which he thought was a bit tawdry and he became increasingly enthusiastic about margaret thatcher. he famously interviewed her in 1989 and said one of her backbenchers had told him that she was going off her trolley. she gave a typically robust response. the attacks between them went on for some time but he remained an admirer. he died on thursday at the age of 86. the stars of the small screen will gather in london tonight for the top awards in british tv, the baftas. killing eve — which is up for six gongs — will go head—to—head with bodyguard, for the prize of best drama series. here's our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. are you all right? killing eve was one of the most talked about shows of 2018. it leads the way with six nominations including one for best drama and

is enjoying he quiet reflection at walden pond, only to have it pierced by the sound of a train was good he argues that the disruptive disjunction, the tension between those two aspirations, be one of the generating forces of american literature in the 19th century. for these purposes, i think he is actually wrong. what is remarkable to me about these photographs is not that they somehow show us a painful tension between nature and progress, but that they are beautiful to us. we do not see a daemonic machine belching fire and brimstone. we continue as americans to on scenic ride railroads, and send pictures and postcards of our trips experiencing nature from a rail car. these lines have become a kind of synecdoche for america as a whole, a wholesome amount of nature in progress. again, it is merely a suggestion, but it seems to me that one of the reasons why the triumphant story of the transatlantic railroad has persisted so long is not simply because the associates burned their books. it is not something because the work of a-- generation of historians who recast these boorish, sometime

billnder, maggie hassan, cassidy, john barrasso, and representatives kevin brady, devon nunez, and greg walden. [applause] president trump: my administration is already taken decisive action to make health care more affordable for american families. we have vastly expanded lower cost health insurance plans happening and it has been an incredible success. we began a bold initiative to reduce the price of prescription drugs. the year, drug prices saw first decline in 46 years that drug prices have gone down. longwill be going down a way further. including the fact that we may allow states to buy drugs in other countries if we can buy them for a lesser price. that will be very unique. we will allow them to go to other countries because the drug companies have treated us very unfairly. the rules and restrictions within our country have been absolutely atrocious. will allow them with certain permissions to go to other countries if they can buy them for 60% less. it is pretty pathetic, but that is the way it works. many yearsry -- for drug companies gave foreign countries better deals than they gave

episode,begins with an and a person sitting enjoying contemplation and quiet reflection at walden pond only to have it pierced by the sound of a train whistle. the author argues that that disruptive juncture, the agonizing tension between those two aspirations, one of the generating forces of american literature of the 19th century -- for these purposes, i think he is actually wrong. what is remarkable to me about these photographs is not that they somehow show us a painful tension between nature and progress but that they are beautiful to us. we do not see a demonic machine belching fire and brimstone. americans continue as to flock to ride on scenic railroads and to send pictures and postcards of our trips to experience nature through the window of a railcar. indeed, these lines have become for us a kind of situation for america as a whole, a wholesome amount of nature and progress. again, it is merely a suggestion, but it seems to me that one of the reasons why the story of the transatlantic railroad has persisted for so the is not simply because associates burned their books. it is

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about this plan which is called the public safety power shut off program as kron four as justine walden found out the gene is warning people to be prepared for the power to before out for as many as 5 days. >>it destroyed communities now pg e customers could have their power shut off during fire season, so power lines do not spark war flames, we do anticipate that this may happen several times this year just smith with pg need tells me the public safety power shut off program could impact all of pg knees 5 million electric customers, especially people the darker areas on this map which have a higher fire threat. lighter areas are at an elevated fire risk but because of the web of the power grid. no matter what where you are a blackout could come this summer the decision of when to turn power off involves a variety of factors, including the cfmbination of red flag warnings low humidity, high winds and super dry conditions pg any wants to give a 48 hour notice before a planned blackout which could last almost a week likely 2 to 5 days we would. >>expect to get most customers back within t

more than a 3rd of those were using drugs prescribed by doctors this trial is so important emily walden son died from an overdose in 2012 he was 21 years old she says companies like johnson and johnson need to be punished and it's time to be held accountable you've killed thousands of people across this country maybe not some of them directly but many indirectly and you lied about your drugs you marketed them and appropriately and it's time to pack. rather than go to court to drug companies and settled out of court giving the state more than $300000000.00 but health experts say the cost of long term addiction treatment programs will be almost 90000000000 dollars it's not anywhere compared to the damage that the opioid epidemic has done to oklahoma and it's not going to be enough to abate the problem and to get us back to where we were before they started releasing these medications irresponsibly over the next few weeks state lawyers will present the evidence to the judge attorney general my concert told the court that johnson and johnson only care about profits at the end of the day you

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well this is emily walden women are outside the court she's not taking part in the trial but has son was 21 years old when he died from opiate addiction in 2012 he starts it off with a back injury i wonder prescriptions run out he found the drug illegally something is quite easy to do so she has no doubts about it that these companies need to pay for what they've done $1.00 estimation says that it will cost the state of oklahoma $90000000000.00 over the next few years to fund long term treatment addiction programs she's all for that she thinks this is a day of reckoning for big pharma as they call it here in the united states not just here in oklahoma but across the entire country and the many thanks of zeros and gallagher reporting live from oklahoma who got a weather update next year on the news out then. ball so now we won't have any negotiation with the united states iran's foreign ministry says there will be no talks until the nuclear deal is put back on the table. 2 people including a schoolgirl were killed in a mass stabbing attack near the japanese capital. and the women's wo

distinguished members of the subcommittee and thank you chairman's alone and ranking member walden and wait ranking member to testify today. i am a senior vice president at the pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america or pharma. as many of you know pharma represents the leading research-based biopharmaceutical company. since year 2000, our companies have collectively invested half a trillion dollars in the search for new treatment in new cures including more than $70 billion in 2017. which i would note is the amount twice the entire operating budget of the mia. we have yield breakthroughs in continuous progress in acute conditions. creating discovery and developing a new therapy is a challenging our rout high risk f those molecules that enter click clinical trial ultimately securing fda approval. in other words, of those molecules entering the clinical trial phase nine times out of ten we feel. it is not for lack of trying. the average cost to develop the new medicine is $2.6 billion in the entire process takes an average to ten to 15 years from start to fda approval. despi

walden for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. >> i've got a question to miss -- mr. holtz-eakin and ms. feldman. hr 2064 is -- i'm worried that the bill will have unintended consequences for patients. manufacturers of drugs and -- often provide samples to providers that help low income patients who may have trouble accessing a therapy. either because they lack insurance or the insurance does not provide robust coverage for a drug or device. yet the bill places new reporting requirements on manufacturers. my question is, doesn't this bill create a perverse incentive for manufacturers to not provide samples to physician offices and can you describe how low-income patients benefit from samples provided by drug and device manufacturers and any other unintended consequences? i throw that out to you. >> thank you for that question. very briefly, i think there is a real question as to whether this could cause the lessening of provision of samples. i would also note that significant amount of information is already reported to the fda with regard to samples. in some respects

advance new treatment for patients that have no therapies available like with the former chairman and walden said about sickle cell but one of the goals is to reduce the burden of discovery for small companies to ensure new therapies to patients who literally had no hope so i'm a little bit worried. one of the bills we are looking at today's perhaps in the opposite approach. it sets up an arbitrary launch price but triggers put in some price reporting for companies. many of the drugs produced often developed by small companies and the price threshold doesn't price threshold doesn't always account for rebates and discounts provided by the manufacturers to consider the price reporting shouldn't we keep the focus on the price increases rather than those produced by smaller companies advancing cures what is your reaction to that? >> a couple of thoughts. in the end i think it's important to focus on what the beneficiary ends up paying it off and there's a big gap often they pay the list and it is through the rebate structure. i do think the kind of documentation and fish and is unprecedented. fo

energy and commerce ranking member greg walden offered an amendment to more appropriately title the bill, this bill has nothing to do with protecting americans with pre-existing conditions act. i hope this amendment will alert members to the partisan word play of the democrats when we should be focusing on improving health -- the health insurance marketplace. taking flexibility away from states is one step closer to a single payer government-run health care system, and the single payer government-run health care system would only further deteriorate our nation's health care. the affordable care act was one step in that direction, and while it is clear the affordable care act has proven to be nothing but affordable for americans, section 1332 waivers would have allowed states the flexibility to employ innovation that works for their citizens. to date, eight states, alaska, hawaii, maine, maryland, minnesota, new jersey, oregon, and wisconsin have approved state innovation waivers, and seven have created their own reinsurance programs. premiums in these states -- and this is important. pre

. >> reporter: but nothing emily walden did could save her son t.j., maybe of the kentucky national guard, from an ultimately fatal opioid addiction. that's what brought her here from kentucky for the start of this land mark case. >> the trial will set the stage for every lawsuit across the this y. country. >> reporter: oklahoma attorney general mike hunter is asking the judge to hold johnson & johnson liable for creating a public nuisance, contributing to the opioid epidemic through deceptive and misleading marketing. through opening remarks he accused the company of running a brainwashing campaign. >> money can make people and businesses do bad things. >> reporter: the state says drugmakers pushed clinicians to prescribe opioids making 149,000 sales businesses. others settled out of court without any evidence of wrongdoing. >> we're going to show these companies worked together and johnson & johnson was in it up to their neck. >> reporter: johnson & johnson said their drugs were designed to be difficult to abuse and only prescribed a minimal share of oklahoma's market and the defense la

>> michael walden is the president of the brennan center and law school of nyu, and we have the senior reporter at real vision. and pete dominant is the host of stand-up on sirius xm insight. it's been a busy week in the news and things are not slowing down. as we begin explosive reporting from "the wall street journal" matched by my colleagues here at nbc news, president trump asked don mcgahn two times in the last month to say president trump did not obstruct justice. don mcgahn refused and president trump thought mcghan showed disloyalty telling the special counsel about mr. trump's efforts to maintain control of the russia investigation. he said down with mueller's team for more than 30 hours of questioning. they documented how in january 2018 president trump pressured mcghan to deny the reports he tried to fire the special counsel. in that case mcghan also rejected the president's request. the former white house county had been subpoenaed to testify before congress. white house advisers were trying to stop that from happening. the chairman of the house judiciary committee tweet th

and it was always said that margaret thatcher had indeed enjoyed being interviewed by brian walden, and gentleman, he raises issues about fairness and about equality and those who are better off in our society, can i do say to him that income inequality is down since 2010. as conservatories, we want everybody to be better off, everybody to be better off, everybody to be better off, everybody to have good jobs, and everybody to have good jobs, and everybody to have a better light. that is always the difference between us and labour. labour want to bring people down, we want to raise people up. the nobel prize—winning economist, sir angus dean, says that the uk risks having extreme inequality levels of pay, wealth and health. of the g7 countries coming only the united states is more unequal than britain, is that something the prime minister is that something the prime minister is proud of? what is important, as i say, talking about income inequality, it's down since 2010. the lowest paid have seen their wages grew the fastest since 2015, the top 1% are contributing more income tax than at