want to go back to jay o'neal this whole issue of west virginia being in the forefront historically ofabor strikes, many of the teachers of today, children, or grandchildren of mine workers in was virginia. can you talk about this sense of history that the teachers are participating in and what you expect to happen in the next few days? >> sure. if eusebius or clips of people here, you will see a lot of teachers wearing red bandannas around their neck. that kind of goes back to some of the early history here of labor activism. the west thing called virginia mine lords that culminated in a something called the battle of blair mountain, which is the largest armed uprising in the united states history outside of the civil war . a lot of the miners wore red bandannas around their neck. some people think that is where the term "redneck the school came from. you are thing that memory here and that is coming up again. list every west virginia and knows somebody was been on strike. as, grandparents, friends, and some uncles. somebody. it is a rich history here and people know what it means to

west virginia ranked 46th among the 50 u.s. states for average teacher pay last year according to the national education association. one teacheher explained the mote for the strike. >> it has been very hard because the teachers -- they want to be in school just as bad as the parents want the kids to be there. but this is been one not for many years. the teachers finally said enough is enough. amy: while the state's republican-controlled house of delegates and senate were able to reconcile differing bills regarding salary increases, lawmakers have not yet answered teachers' demands for a cap on spiraling healthcare costs. governor justice signed an executive order appointing a task force to address the issue. the committee will hold its first meeting next week. the strike in west virginia has also inspired teachers and other states. on tuesday, the oklahoma education association announced teachers would go on strike able 23rd if the state legislature does not approve pay increases in funding for educational needs. they are the

we'll tell you about allegations in west virginia. his hearing of the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations is two hours and 25 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we go called to order the hearing today on the drug enforcement administration's role in combating the opioid epidemic. today the subcommittee on oversight and investigation convened the hearing on the dea's role in combating the opioid epidemic. this crisis is a top priorities the nation and certainly of this committee and subcommittee. a opioid related overdoses kill more than 42,000 people in 2016. that's an average of 115 deaths each day. an estimated 2.1 million people have an opioid use disorder pretense earliest hearing in 2012 subcommittee has been investigating various aspects of this epidemic. in may of 2017 the committee opened a bipartisan investigation into allegations of opioid dumping. the term is described in opiate shipped by wholesale drug distributed to pharmacies located in. [roll call] communi

what the governor of west virginia. three houses already passed it the senate has already passed is that's our last hurdle and right now. we haven't heard official word yet and i want to give some context for our international community who may not quite understand why it is that teachers have been striking for the past nine days i pulled up this here this is the a c.n.n. but it is the very best edition of this that we've seen this is from the bureau of labor statistics on the average annual wages for it teachers west virginia's teachers earned among the lowest pay in the nation forty eighth and that's according to the national education association a ranking of salaries average salary forty seven thousand while in west virginia while the national average is fifty nine thousand i know you work a part time job in addition to being a teacher what will this five percent raise mean for you. it could possibly mean that i won't have to work a second job i took that job because we were one of the lowest paid in the state of we

the pharmacy in mount shay, west virginia received 5 million oxycodone and hydrooxycodone pills, and they sent 80 million pills to a population in this same period, and in 2006, a pharmacy in kermit, virginia, population, 406 ranked 22nd in the entire country of the number of hydrocodone pills that it had a distributor of 76% of the supply of the hydrocodone pills that year. on the face, are these inordinate amounts of opioids shipped to rural markets. >> i would. >> the distributors are required to report shipped amount s s toe dea database called the automated reports and consolidated ordering system or arcos and these reports are filed monthly, is that correct? >> sir, monthly or quarterly. what's the distinction between when one is done quarterly or monthly? who makes that determination? >> it is done by, i believe the distributor or not by the distributor, but whether it is a distributor or the manufacturerer. >> and ten years ago would the arcos database flagged the dea diversion investigators about the unusual patterns such ads te stunning monthly increases of shipping amounts

in five years they shipped 780 million opioids to west virginia. focusing on west virginia but we are hoping the lessons we learn can be applied nationwide including my home state of colorado i joined the chairman to welcome you here we have a lot of i questions and we would like to know what you think failed us in west virginia and more importantly what we can do to avoid this again. we know something went wrong. for example in the dea own or filing but also investigation found the number so if you work at one pharmacy which has a few hundred people they supplied the pharmacy with more than 4.3 million doses of opioids, more than 350,000 per month or in a single year than the next year, 4 million doses of that could think this was legitimate? news reports described pharmacy workers filling bags of opioids over a divider and onto a counter to keep pace. one law enforcement agent said the clerk could not get it to closet properly. this isn't the only pharmacy to receive such massivef quantities between 2006 and 2016 distributors shipped over 20 mill

not as the state of virginia sought and later at the state of west virginia. it did not belong to them. beginning with the end of the french and indian war, colonial governors and the governors of virginia granted enormous tracts of land to people like george washington and robert morris. there are two things that you should know about this land. the first is that the grantees themselves, george washington, robert morris, never, almost never took possession of the atlantic they didn't go there to live on it and in some cases in their entire lives they never even visited it. they were absentee land owners in the purest sense of the word. secondly, when they didn't pay any attention to that land, george washington had this piece of land on the river right near charleston, west virginia. the present down here. so when the colonial governor granted it to him, he granted land to washington all over the mountains. but washington hired his own surveyor, i can't for the new f crawford, and sing about there basically said i don't know what this is. it belongs to me. i w

we've got to put somebody on it and i am going to put west virginia state, marshal university and west virginia university working this and bringing us real ideas as to what we can do. i'll be able to tell them there is no way on that plan thet could work. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal.e the could work. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal.t th could work. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal.th tht could work. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal.is thet could work. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal.thist. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal.this could work. or i'll be able to tell them, yes, that's the real deal. now we can't possibly not talk about china. you talk about an 800-pound gorilla in the room -- not me. but china is a possibility beyond all of our possible dreams. it could really happen. and the reason it could probably happen is two things. and these are trump cards that we have and are true trump cards. president trump generally wants the trade imb

you see it no place worse than west virginia. sohave the dea reorganized that they have had a new section of teams focused on kentucky, tennessee, west virginia. that is where some of the highest problems are printe. i think for of the six will go to rural areas. designated every united states attorney's office a specialist on opioid cases. they are supposed to coordinate our efforts. i know they will be identifying in rural areas some of these hotspots. it is remarkable to me how this addiction -- these opioids have impacted our rural areas. with some of the dinner you just from west virginia is shocking to me. also have the new data analytics program. some of what you saw in west virginia many years before never reached epidemic levels that it did. >> we recognize this does not have any geographic boundary. our national center to figure at where the risk is. it will also bring us back to the mail. it makes all areas equal. we all receive mail. working with the post office, the dea, all of that as well. thank you very much. i wa

here's how one west virginia teacher put it.elling me my deductible is going up, but i can do exercises to earn an amazon gift card. are you kidding me? [ bleep ] you." [ laughter ] damn. [ cheers and applause ] the last thing that teacher needs is a gun. he's already dropping bombs. there's a lot more going on here than just a teachers' strike. what we're seeing in west virginia is a microcosm of what's happening across the country. working class people are being left behind by an economy increasingly dominated by the elite few. and they're pissed off. even in a seemingly deep red state like west virginia. and it's not just teachers who are unhappy about everything from health care, to the economy, to the opioid crisis. as one teacher put it, there's a feeling that the whole state is ready for a strike. wow. imagine if entire states could go on strike. "what do we want?" "legalized weed." "when do we want it?" "when do we want what?" [ laughter and applause ] [ laughter ] so clearly, this is not just a local issue. working clas

free trade hasn't worked well for west virginia. it really hasn't. we've lost thousands of jobs. >> reporter: the trump plan would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum coming into the u.s., intended to make u.s. steel and aluminum providers more competitive. but unintended consequences worry, the owner of iowa-based des moines steel. >> it's going to hurt us in the long run. our supply and demand now is going to be hard because almost all our stainless steel is made in china and overseas. >> reporter: with days to go or maybe more, until the president says he will sign the tariff plan commerce secretary wilbur ross said other nations want a chance to influence the terms. >> a lot of countries have been talking with the president. they've been talking with me. they've been talking with others. and we'll see. the president makes the decisions. >> reporter: ross dismissed concerns that threats of trade retaliation against american-made goods would hurt consumers. >> retaliation isn't going to change the price of a can of beer. it isn't going to change t

back to you. >> ron allen a lot of news coming there out of west virginia. you very much for that report. >>> breaking news, i want to bring in senator joe manchin out of west virginia. what's your reaction to the news that there is a deal? >> it's great news, it's something that needed to come. kids want to get back in the class room. the educators want to get back and the personnel want to serve them. this is the first i've seen in my life time. you've had all the educators and administrates in unison on this to invest in education. they've done that and i praise the governor and all of them for coming together. democrats and republicans working together to find the solution, it's good. >> senator as you're reacting to this, i want to note house speaker paul ryan in the capital is talking with reporters as well so forgive me if i interrupt you. what can you do, what is your responsibility to make sure something like this doesn't happen again? >> on the state left, the educator, governor, we sent them estimates and make sure they invest in education. educat

breaki breaking news from west virginia.rs reached a at the present timetive -- tentative agreement that will end the picket lines that kept kids out of class for two days. >> it is over. they say the strike is over and a huge celebration. >> reporter: i have with me two teach thae teachers that made this happen. the question is this really over? is this strike over? >> we have the house and the senate passing the bill, we believe, as we speak. we know that all of the namthin that our members wanted to see has happened. so far we have the task force. what this is an uprising. we believe they will work together to go back in. >> you have been here before and you had a deal last tuesday night. the governor -- >> well, we will have documents that everything has passed and the real winners are the students of west virginia. west virginia is now making an investment in education, an investment in their future. while teachers stood strong hay did it for their kids. now they are making that investment. >> when it kicks in as far as

the next question comes from princeton, west virginia. greg pocket, last week, the usda issued some guidance on opioids in rural america and i think your question has something to do with that as well. >> it certainly does. thank you so much. i would like to thank the administration, the panel, for allowing us to come and be with you today. i have a couple of prepared remarks to preclude my question. i am a commissioner in west virginia, i have been for three years and i have been active in primary prevention strategies through local community-based coalitions for the last 17 years. i would also like to say -- i would like to give you a quick snapshot of what it is like to live in rural america. we started this in 1998 with oxycontin, when it first came down. it was designated "hillbilly heroin." we saw this coming but it also has harmed to society as a whole. in the last 19 years, the social survey system we have seen, has become overloaded. employment rates have risen to record levels and i can tell you to 2012, the amount of opioids th

. >>> a big victory tonight for teachers in west virginia. >> who made history? >> we made history. >> getting the pay raise they demanded. >>> and for millions of kids it's must-see tv drawing them in with stories that are nice. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. we begin tonight with break news. late word of another departure from the white house. this time it is gary cohn president trump's top economic adviser who is resigning. this game after the markets closed but it could have a big impact tomorrow. >>> cohn was noticeably absent from today's press conference where the president was asked to see if he wants to see more tax changes. >> they all want a piece of the white house. >> while there may be multiple factors contributing to cohn's departure, the president's new tariffs proved a tipping point. cohn was infur rating even drafting a letter of resignation after the president seemed to equate white supremacists with counter protesters during the charlottesville's clashes. >> where's gary? did a goo

, the west virginia teachers have won.hey almost into their strike lasted but decided to continue in the legislature did not comply with their demands. about that strike in terms of women. >> so like very's parts of the country, 75% of the teachers in west virginia are women. this large number of women in the profession, the profession itself has had become gendered in many, many ways. for instance, a lot of the schools -- west virginia is one of the poorest states in the nation. so for a vast majority of children going to public school, the school hotmail is perhaps one of the only hot meals they receive during the day. so teachers have to be more than public educators. they have to make sure that the children are fed. in a derogatory way, this is seen as care work and women's work. so that is a sort of sexist interpretation of it. but the core strength of it lies in the fact that because it is vast majority women and because women play a very significant role bridging the gap between the workplace him of the home, and th

. >> west virginia among the states where the power is out. but schools will be closed monday for a different reason. the continuing teacher strike. tony dokoupil is following this. >> 55 united! >> reporter: one of the few statewide teacher strikes in american history will keep a quarter million students out of class for an eighth school day monday. after the west virginia senate, outraged educators by voting to reduce a 5% pay raise agreed to by both the governor and the house. awe off it is, a bait-and-switch. it is unacceptable. >> west virginia is hardly the only state where teachers are making far less than other college educated professionals. nationwide, the average earnings of workers with at least four years of college, are now over 50% higher than the average earnings of a teacher. that's because teacher pay is actually declining, relative to inflation. while income for all other college graduates has risen almost $6,500. teachers in oklahoma are using socialed me y to organize their own walkout. after legislators voted down a $5,00

see a shift in that place because everyone talks about west virginians like everyone takes from west virginia yeah they take our coal they take our resources and everyone's been taking no one's putting anything back in and that's what has that group of people very upset and what's really interesting is. you mentioned earlier you could also wrote it was also the democratic party led by the majority governor joe mansion that enacted corporate tax cuts a decade ago that currently cost the state missed a minute two hundred twenty million oh you're if you put that to twenty million in the issue and to stay workers now which is what that strike was over a pay raise five percent pay raise you could give every public employee a twelve percent raise that's incredible so these are things he of one group who fought teachers thought for a five percent raise and you literally step back and say all this money you could have given everyone in the whole state is a public employee twelve percent revenue grants gave that away democrats didn't act collective bargaining there so it's not a right and left problem

west virginia had the highest rate of women smoking while pregnant, 25%.a had the lowest, about 1.5%. smoking during pregnancy is linked to low birth rates, birth defects, and premature births. >>> "usa today" reports the organization behind the nobel peace prize says president trump's nomination for the award was fake. the head of nobel institute says it appears the nomination they received had been falsified. they refused to reveal who was behind it. the unidentified american identified mr. trump's ideology of peace by submission. >>> and the "national geographic" reports a 7,000-year-old native burial site was discovered. they buried them at the site when sea levels rose. the remains stayed preserve. a diver found the site in 2016. it was announced yesterday. the discovery is being called unprecedent. >>> still ahead, the perks of being a celebrity. we'll peek inside this year's oscar swag bag and show you the extravagant gifts nominees will be receiving. >> announcer: this portion of the "cbs morning news" sponsored by vagisil, shameless about health.

new jersey from west virginia? kenneth had been out with buddies near the campus of west virginia when he said he wanted to call eight night. he ordered an uber ride, which he doesn't quite recall doing and fell asleep >> i just woke up in the uber next to an older dude >> once he made it home, the price tag of the blurry trip became clear >> $1,635 and change >> he accidently ordered a more expensive uber x l >> it would have been $800, but came to 1600. >> reporter: john denver since country roads take me home, in kenneth's case, they took him home but won't be here flash flood warning >> i'm going back to west virginia, pick up my bags and >> reporter: alexandria hoff sewell new jersey. >>> youtube sensation, children spending hours watching other children play wind guth toys >> how parents should handle. . plus this >> i'm a survivor and i'm on season 36. >> what does it take to become a cast away on the long running cbs hit survivor? vittoria woodill asked how he finally made his dream come true >> kate tracki

nbc's ron allen remains on duty for us in charleston, west virginia., first of all, is the deal firm? and do we know how the state legislature plans to pay for these pay raises? >> well, let me, this is a huge day here, because this is not just pay raises for teachers at 5%. it's pay raises of 5% for every state employee. hundreds of thousands of people. so the pay raises potentially impact just about every family in the state of west virginia. if you extrapolate it out to retirees and current workers. that's how big a deal this is. $106 million. the governor says he can pay for it by cutting other programs. we'll see. yesterday, it was $60 million. today they came up with $106 million. the bottom line is the strike is over. these teachers are going back to work. there was a huge party a little while ago. you stayed behind. >> yes. >> you believe this is really it? >> we hope so. we sure hope so. i mean, this has been a long fight. we've been standing on our picket lines. we've been making trips to charleston through the sun and the rain and the cold.

. >>> the big deal for teachers in west virginia. getting the pay raise they demanded. >>> and for kids, must-see tv, drawing them in with shows that are nice. >>> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, and thank you for being here. with another potentially crippling storm forming tonight, there is rising anxiety and some anger in parts of the northeast. they're still reeling from last week's nor'easter that left downed trees and widespread power outag outages. nearly a foot and a half of know is possible in some spots, from pennsylvania to maine, disrupting travel as airlines are prepared to cancel and reroute flights. stephanie gofx h stephanie goss being has the latest. >> reporter: another nor'easter is bearing toward the northeast. winter storm warnings from philadelphia to bangor, maine, and it's expected to be mostly snow. >> stay close to home. stay off the road. >> reporter: north of new york city tens of thousands still without power from the last storm. >> you're staring down the barrel of a

in west virginia, senator capito joined a roundtable at a hunting ton chamber of commerce where she heard about increased optimism. in nevada, 90% of the business owners that senator heller spoke with say they plan to increase benefits, hire more workers, or invest in their operations. now, mr. president, it's a shame our democratic colleagues still haven't been able to extract themselves from their lockstep opposition to this historic law. if they had gotten their way, none of this good news would have happened. none of it. only one of the senators from pennsylvania voted for the law that is allowing that lynnwood manufacturer to expand, only one senator from ohio voted for the new law that is helping those workers in lima. only one senator from nevada voted to give small businesses the flexibility to invest more in their employees, and only one senator from west virginia and one senator from montana voted to take money out of washington's pocket and put it back in the pockets of the middle class. so every single senate democrat, every one of them, did all they could to block tax reform.

good to see you. >> thank you, brooke. >>> west virginia, this is a key story. you have teacher who is are still walking the picket lines as the strike closes all public schools in the state for the eighth day. these teachers want a pay raise. they are demanding a 5% pay raise, nothing less. lawmakers are scrambling to see if there is enough money to fulfill the wish in the state budget. west virginia's teachers are all off the job and parents are looking for places to put their kids. a lot of striking teachers are bringing their own children out to protest with them at the state capitol in charleston. let's go to polo sandoval. he's been covering the teacher strike in west virginia. is there any sign of agreement? will they get the 5% raise? >> the short answer, brooke, is no. here's what it boils down to. these are the nuts and bolts of the legislative battle. you have the house here saying there is no room in the budget. they cannot do better than a 4% raise. opposite that argument you have the teachers and the backing of the house and governor jim justice wh

new jersey from west virginia? >> kenneth had been out with buddies near the campus of west virginia when he said he wanted to call eight night. he ordered an uber ride, which he doesn't quite recall doing and fell asleep >> i just woke up in the uber next to an older dude >> once he made it home, the price tag of the blurry trip became clear >> $1,635 and change >> he accidently ordered a more expensive uber x l >> it would have been $800, but came to 1600. >> reporter: john denver since country roads take me home, in kenneth's case, they took him home but won't be here flash flood warning >> i'm going back to west virginia, pick up my bags and >> reporter: alexandria hoff sewell new jersey. >>> youtube sensation, children spending hours watching other children play wind guth toys >> how parents should handle. . plus this >> i'm a survivor and i'm on season 36. >> what does it take to become a cast away on the long running cbs hit survivor? vittoria woodill asked how he finally made his dream come true >> kate tra

sticking to west virginia, school back in session today is west virginia teachers get the pay raise they. estate lawmaker voting unanimously to grant a 5% raise and other state employees. kept more than a quarter million students out of class. we will talk about this on "fox and friends". the time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour. potential diplomatic breakthrough. kim jong un willing to talk about giving up his nukes but is at all smoke and mirrors. >> hopefully a peaceful beautiful path, we are prepared to go whichever path is necessary. heather: breaking down the critical step. >> if you don't know what it is like, you don't have to beat them and that is what teaches them. heather: the dad going viral for his tough love joins us live with a message to his critics. meet the walmart worker, a stunning national anthem performance of her own. ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ heather: north korean dictator kim jong un shocking the world by saying he is open to the possibility of denuclearization if his regime stayed in power. donald trump cautiously op

>>> coming up, teachers in west virginia are on strike for an eighth day. remember, when teachers are on strike, our children are not going to school. they are not being educated. you want to move up? education. that's how you're going to do it. the fact that the state legislature refused to meet their demands for higher pay and better benefits. >>> first, you know we are keeping track of gun violence in this country. according to the trace, there have been 9,353 incidents of gun violence in the united states this year. 411 of them took place just this weekend. last years' ad campaign was a success for choicehotels.com badda book. badda boom. this year, we're taking it up a notch. so in this commercial we see two travelers at a comfort inn with a glow around them, so people watching will be like, "wow, maybe i'll glow too if i book direct at choicehotels.com". who glows? just say, badda book. badda boom. nobody glows. he gets it. always the lowest price, guaranteed. book now at choicehotels.com when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he

. >>> school's out, thousands of teachers still on strike shutting down every school in west virginia. what they say will take to get them back in the classrooms. >>> in the dark, hundreds of thousands without power in the northeast after friday's monster storm, and out west, dry weather fuels dangerous fire conditions. >>> cold case, why did police in his hometown arrest ben of ben and jerry's? >>> girl power, girl scouts give tech its own badge with the hope of breaking up silicon valley's boy's club. >>> this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. >> good evening. tonight, the massive $19 trillion u.s. economy is president trump's weapon of choice in a battle over manufacturing jobs. his promise to quickly implement tariffing on steel and aluminum imported from overseas sparked tough talk from america's biggest trading partners in asia and europe, and heated responses is not just coming from overseas, but members of the president's own party said it's a risky move going against the globalism that republicans advocated for decades and could actually cost more jobs than it creates. kell

west virginia is among the states where the power sowt. but schools will be closed again monday for a different reason. the continuing teacher strike. tony dokoupil is following this. >> reporter: one of the few statewide teacher strikes in american history will keep a quarter million students out of class for 1/8 school day monday after the west virginia senate outraged educators by voting to reduce a five percent pay raise agreed to by both the governor and the house. >> it is a bait and switch and it's unacceptable. >> but west virginia is hardly the only state where teachers are making far less than other college educated professionals. nationwide, the average easternings of workers with at least four years of college are now over 50% higher than the average earnings of a teacher. that's because teacher pay is actually declining relative to inflation, while income for all other college graduates has risen almost 65-- 6500 since 1-9d 96. now teachers in oklahoma are using social media to organize their own walk out after legislators vet

west virginia the teacher strike is entering its 7th day. every school there closed. more and more pressure building on both sides. >>> let's start back in washington with nbc's hahn nickels over at the white house. the president started his morning up and out. he's over in charolette getting ready for billy graham's funeral. he has been on defense about this tariff he made yesterday. you can see his plane right there as he gets ready to head out. hahn, the white house isn't backing down they're saying this is going to happen. >> it depends how you define it, pretty certain, those are the words sarah huckleby used. she said the president is pretty committed. she didn't expect the amounts to changism she had no reason to believe that john comb, the white house economic director would leaf. here's what the president's saying on twitter. he says when a country, usa is losing many billion dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good and easy to win. example, when we are down a hundred billion with a certain country they get cute

or take west virginia. as my friend, senator capito, recently noted, her state understands the problem all too well. one recent study suggested that west virginia has the third highest proportion of its population living in economically distressed communities. opportunity zones will make a difference to her state. of course so will the rest of tax reform. a few weeks back, senator capito reported that worldwide equipment in west sulfur springs plans to reinvest $8 billion into its operation, including more than a thousand employee bonuses, all thanks to tax reform. i imagine west virginians are quite glad that senator capito used her vote to make tax reform a reality. it's a shame their senior senator didn't follow suit. it's a shame he and every other democrat tried to block him from taking effect. fortunately, this president and this congress didn't let that stop us. we accomplished tax reform anyway because we're committed to fighting for all americans.

they fought in west virginia. they saw the power of collective action in west virginia. they're going to see the power of collective action in oklahoma. and it's not simply about the teachers. it's about the kids. because if you don't pay people, they can't survive. this is what it's about, my friends. collective action. democrats have their backs. i've seen it in tennessee. when i was there. the moral bankruptcy of the republican leadership in tennessee. eight rural hospitals in tennessee have been shut down in the last two years. because of the ideological refusal of the republican leadership and people like congresswoman marsha blackburn, the nominee, in all likelihood, for the senate, who's going to lose to phil brettesen. their ideological aversion to obamacare. they refuse to expand medicaid. that's why those hospitals closed. and so that family suffering with opoid addiction. they don't know where to go. and as you know in rural america, these rural hospitals are not only the health care hub, they're the employment hub. and people have lost their jobs. that is mor

there you go. >>> classes in west virginia will remain dark for an eighth day today.nds of teachers say they are not being given the raise that they were promised. in a saturday night vote in the state senate is only strengthening their resolve. nbc's ron allen has more on the fight that's keeping nearly 280,000 students at home. >> reporter: in a high school that will be empty come monday -- >> 19 people need to change their mind and do what's right. >> reporter: -- west virginia teachers plotted their next move. some 20,000 of them on strike for nearly two weeks. the state ranked 48th in teacher pay nationally, an average of $45,000. they walked out demanding a raise and release from soaring health care costs. >> i just watched my father's chemotherapy session. if i get cancer tomorrow, do you think i could afford chemo? >> reporter: days of angry protests and negotiations inside the state capital building. a deal for a 5% pay raise. agreed to by the delegates but blocked by the state senate. >> what will it take to get the teachers back in the classroom? >> all it

after the west virginia senate, outraged educators by voting to reduce a 5% pay raise agreed to by bothhe governor and the house. awe off it is, a bait-and-swi it is unacceptable. >> west virginia is hardly the only state where teachers are making far less than other college educated professio.wides of workers with at least four 50% higher than the average earnings of a teacher. that's because teacher pay is e inflation.s risen almost $6,500. teachers in oklahoma are using socialed me y to organize their own walkout. after legislators voted down a >> i would eat them in a boat. >> reporter: in arizona, hopi v force change as many teachers, likeau second jobs just to make ends meet. >> things would be really tight if i were just living on my >> you do not like them. >> way back in 1990 teachers in oklahoma and west virginia walkutn them but a generation later, elaine, those two states still are near bottom in teacher salaryinrage $47,000 a year. >> critical issue. the cbs "overnight news" will be the cbs "overnight news" will be right back. hey, need fast heartburn relief? try cool mint

take me inside west virginia.o you believe there really are those who support a slightly different version of the second amendment? or more commonsense gun laws? because when the only thing we see is dana loesch or wayne la pierre, they don't look like they want to make a lot of concessions. >> i've been an nra member most of my life. i'm a lifetime member. i came into the nra membership way back when, when it was basically a safety, responsibility, ownership, gun ownership, and how to handle safely, teaching children the dos and the don'ts, and, you know, as the law-abiding gun owners, we're taught, you know, you don't sell your gun to a stranger. you definitely don't sell your gun to a criminal. you don't sell your gun to someone you consider mentally unstable or insane. you sure don't even give your gun to a family member that's not responsible. that's what we're taught. so you have to assume ta lhat law-abiding gun owners will do the right thing. it make sense if i want to sell a gun, the easiest way for me to

free trade wasn't worked well for west virginia. we've lost thousands of jobs.re taking about fairness to the system. >> brennan: concerns about trickle down cost, price going up, you've dismissed that? >> that's wall street talking. that's all wall street talking. i know exactly. follow the money. that's what is talking here. the people in main street we got hurt. we've lost good jobs with benefits we can't compete. when you have china producing 50% of the world's steel, you have united states of america basically as consuming largest importer of steel, put the dots together, lindsey talked about. that connect the dots we've got to do something. but also she wouldn't punish our favorite trading nation, we have surpluses with them. there's not a negative trade war. >> brennan: i want to ask you because you sit on intelligence committee, three dozen white house officials have their security clearances downgraded this week. does it concern you how the white house is handling classified? >> the consideration, sitting on the intel committee, 15 of us. we captain eve