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Out, hes sending first responders with supplies. >> it is creating an increasing strength on our first responders when we are asking them to cover the entire 640 square miles, when they are now in the process of going door to door. >> the mayor is also asking for $75 million, thats just for debris clean-up and wants more high-water vehicles this to carry out search and recovery operations, he says he doesnt have those on the ground. the death toll hit 50 early this morning, thats expected to con...

>> yeah. you hit it on the head. were really worried about all the water thats between texas and the gulf. and were not sure what the flow is going to be. all the rain seems to be subsiding at this point here in this area. we know that the threat of flooding continues, and were keeping our fingers crossed that theres not another wall coming at us. >> what are you most concerned about as more rain comes in the houston area? >> id like to say were concerned about a certain area, but the flooding h...

In the morning and he specializes in salsa dancing and twerking. bernard mcgerk is here. he once hosted whack pack bowling for howard stern and the former morning drive of 640 am sports and from wabc radio and specializes and anything bravo. sid is here. >> im addicted. my favorite real housewife is probably new jersey. i do watch new york. i talk about it, which is really odd. >> dont hold it against him. his a nice guy. >> i wont. sid, talking about these leaks. theres a bipartisan agreement t...

Control and prevention found prescribing practices are so inconsistent residents of some counties are prescribed six times more opioid painkillers than those in other counties. >> some of the states that have the hardest time over the years, ohio, kentucky, florida, have been the most successful in using state policies to change prescribing and start reducing some problems. >> in 2010, the amount of opioids prescribed in the u.s. peaked at a figure equivalent to 782 milligrams of morphine per pe...

Control and prevention found prescribing practices are so inconsistent residents of some counties are prescribed six times more opioid painkillers than those in other counties. >> some of the states that have the hardest time over the years, ohio, kentucky, florida, have been the most successful in using state policies to change prescribing and start reducing some problems. >> in 2010, the amount of opioids prescribed in the u.s. peaked at a figure equivalent to 782 milligrams of morphine per pe...

Opioids prescribed in the u.s. peaked at an equivalent of 782 milligrams of morphine per person. by 2015 that figure had dropped to 640. but that is still three times as high as it was a 1999. that concerns policymakers as they try to curb an epidemic of opioid abuse that led to more than 33,000 deaths in 2015. some states are taking action to catch people who are abusing opioids. a new georgia law requires pharmacist to control all substances to a monitoring database within 24 hours. >> the con...

Received the equivalent of 782 morphine milligram equivalents or mmes by 2015, that figure had dropped to 640mme, but only 180 mme back in 1999. listen. >> even though there is impr improvement in prescribing in todays report, we still see too many getting too much for too long, and that causes risks for families around the country. >> reporter: in 2015, opioid abuse was blamed for more than 33,000 deaths around the country. thats more than any other year on record. so shep, we still have a long...

Like andrea mackris and like wendy walsh to come forward in order to even get it out there. >> no question. that it not only takes the women, it takes their courage because they have to have a lot of courage because after they come out, they are doomed. they will never work in the industry again. and one of the reasons why the evidence never saw the light of day for the public is because we had to get money for andrea mackris because i knew shed never work again. >> wendy, you dont agree with th...

We had to get money for andrea because i knew she would never work again. >> i do agree then years ago the cultural climates were very different. i have no financial connections to fox. i have a radio show on am 640 in los angeles. >> i will continue to work on the media. most of many i report i got had been from men, thank you for doing this. i am going to keep working. >> it is not just men, it is also people, minorities who feel they are discriminated and afraid of going to hr. they think the...

Dollars away from subsidies and things like that would make it cost more. now lets look at who the winners and losers are because this is actually even somebody is even more interesting. so what youll see is that when you look at the totality of all the different pieces of this plan, tax changes, as well as benefit changes and so on and so forth, you can see that for people below median income about $50,000 a year youre the big losers. people making less than $10,000 they lose an average $1,421 ...