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Evening establish? raising questions about whether this chronic problem is now the leading cause of americas prescription painkiller addiction epidemic. dr. manny alvarez, i could have done that without a written introduction. thank you so much for joining us. there is a big concern about people overusing these prescription drugs which can have other effects on your liver and also addiction, right, which can interfere with your future. back pain is a real problem, isnt it? >> ive got two things ...

Do is be with someone else, you want to be by yourself and get through the emotion on your own. >> right. its -- i would resist isolating. to sit and be calm and be sort and be calm with nature is fine but to isolate from people is usually not an idea. trying to go from acute stress reaction or prevent acute stress reaction which is normal, we may feel anxious or depressed to post traumatic stress disorder. duration of exposure to trauma, proximity to trauma, history of previous trauma all can a...

Difficulties with financial troubles. as we talk about those circumstances, can you speak to the generality of why the military can would put this guy back into a rotation and why there werent red flags that would alert them to thinking that he could be a risk in the field? >> well, clearly the investigation to sort out what signals were coming off this guy, he had two run-ins with the law, potential criminal assault. he ran off in the woods after a traffic accident, very strange beha behavior. ...

Are you kidding me with that? >> no, it doesnt make a whole lot of sense. the guy almost died. >> head first in all those digested twinkies all night. >> dont -- come on. leave the twinkies alone. >> cheerios back in the news. i think we told you about this. that was good. they introduced a peanut butter flavor. but now parents whose kids have peanut allergies are upset because of the way they look. kids take cheerios to school in their little baggies and all this and if they get mixed up you co...

>> my feelings are, as well as the family, the truth will come out. its something weve been long awaited for. and its up to the point now where its been a lot of speculation and hearsay, but i think that were all going to -- its not going to bring closure but it will give us a clear understanding of what really happened. i think its important that the fans and the public as well as ourselves, need to know what really happened. what took place. theres so many things that happened that w...

other books that were unauthorized and people saying things that didnt know us. >> jermaine jackson the primetime exclusive. this is "piers morgan tonight." ♪ let me start with the imminent trial of conrad murray, dr. conrad murray. obviously, hugely significant for you and your family and for the world, to try to discover if through the process of this trial, we work out what really happened to your brother, michael. as we approach the start of this trial, what are your feelings? ...

let me start with the imminent trial of conrad murray, dr. conrad murray. obviously, hugely significant for you and your family and for the world, to try to discover if through the process of this trial, we work out what really happened to your brother, michael. as we approach the start of this trial, what are your feelings? >> my feelings are, as well as the family, the truth will come out. its something weve been long awaited for. and its up to the point now where its been a lot of s...

the sickening scene of violence and looting. and one party is paying a bigger price over the showdown over the regular debt. stand by on whether members deserve to even be re-elected. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." wall street following big gains after some of its biggest losses of the year. the s&p and nasdaq also rebounded. the dow on a roller coaster all day after the federal reserves afternoon announcement about interest rates and future economic conditions. lits...

Which as you point out, pretty easy to tell your kids, wash your hands before you put them in, take them out, that kind of thing, make sure you soak them at night, but some of these other devices, what do you say to parents so that they know that theyre not going to wind up hurting their kid? >> look, ventilator, especially if you have a child with a chronic problem, where they have a catheter placed in them, that catheter, you have to go through the mechanics of how to identify an infection, ho...

This has been going on forever. part of the problem here is that its an independent government agency so congress is sort of involved. when you try to close a branch, a congressman goes crazy. you protect roots, you protect jobs. theyve never had job cuts at the postal service. they rely on attrition and people retire. >> you make it sound like this is a problem? >> half of those people who work for the postal service are eligible to retire over the next ten years. theyre going to get a chance t...