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Brian: kiron skinner thanks so much. >> thank you. brian: treating overdoses as murders help americas addiction problem. what do you think? thats next. this robot just hit the streets. what could possibly go wrong? it turns out a lot. you won

And they have to answer that at some point if it is pressed. so its a problem for trump, its going to come back and be a live issue, it ought to be a live issue and ought to be a live issue for republicans who have enabled him since the "access hollywood" video came out. >> shannon, i always accused the right over the years of conflation. theyll conflate something like what happened, the horror of 9/11 with iraq and say we have to go to iraq. theyre very good at this. and in this case, theyre co...

Or not? >> i wonder if megans law relates here? sarah huckabee sanders today said comparisons between franken and trump were unfair, because franken admitted to wrongdoing, and the president has not. just a reminder, the president once bragged about being able to get away with grabbing women by their private parts. lets listen to that infamous quote from the dap. >> at the time donald trump the candidate dismissed that as "locker room" talk. but during the campaign, more than a dozen women accus...

Raping leslie staal. well, trump is the man who once bragged about being able to grab womens private parts. more than a dozen women accused him of sexual assault or misconduct. hes denied all of them. any way, sarah huckabee sanders was asked about all the different responses to the two stories. lets watch her. >> some critics have said it was hypocritical of the president to tweet about al franken and not weigh in on roy moore. >> he has weighed in on roy moore. he did it while he was on a fore...

The opioid industry. >> pretty much the same thing. they minimized the dangers by telling doctors, there was a less than 1% chance of getting addicted under these drugs. doctors should have known better but frankly, the salespeople told the doctors this and i guess they believed it. i think they also duped the fda. the fda should have never approved some of these drugs like oxycontin for the things they approved it for and they didnt tell the truth about the use thefs drugs for treating chronic ...

Ive talked to senators in both parties who privately say they think they need another 6 billion or so to deal with what clearly is an epidemic. i think the presidents point was lets get a better idea of the scope of the problem. get the federal government more focused. maybe they can put the money in the budget at the end of the year. the notable part was the president did something today he doesnt do very often. he got personal and talked about his older brother fred who had died in part becaus...

Think they need another $6 billion or so to deal with what clearly is an epidemic. i think the presidents point was lets get a better idea of the scope of the problem. get the federal government more focused. they have all these budget deals coming up at the end of the year. maybe they can put the money in the budget at the end of the year. the notable part was the president did something today he doesnt do very often. he got personal and talked about his older brother fred who had died in part ...

Is. a lot of people do having connections with this -- unfortunately, too many people have connections with it, and there are those that dont and just read the headlines. explain what its like to be in the headlines? >> i see the broad scope of people that are affected by a single person who has an addiction problem, and from anybody that is in their family, any children they may have, their loved ones, whatever medical care they might need, it becomes a problem for them. you know, one person th...

The problems that i understand is that people start using again because they cant get jobs because they now have a criminal record, so is there anything that can be done in this national emergency need to come back to about back to that? >> speaking with jeff sessions. we have a diversion programs for people who are basically in the criminal justice system because they have an addiction problem, they are not violent, they are not big drug traffickers. the federal government actually does a prett...

Minute its. hes like, you can do this, you got this. he was staying in touch making sure i was doing the right thing. are you working today? yeah, im working. >> it can take an emotional toll? >> absolutely. you can get burned out doing this. my phone never stops ringing. people calling me 24 hours a day. i wont not answer that phone. >> its making a difference in the overwhelming addiction problem in lucas county. elizabeth cohen, cnn. also, in puerto rico recovery efforts got everyone helpin...