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The National Institute on drug abuse. This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning. Welcome to this hearing called fentanyl the next wave of the Opioid Crisis. America is in a full on Opioid Crisis. It started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and then shifted more to heroin. Today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the Opioid Crisis and fentanyl. Fentanyl is made in the lab and for many years, it has been a powerful pain medication used by patients with cancer or for those wit...

Practice. And today were here to talk about one of the most pressing Health Policy issues thats been making a lot of headlines recently, and that is the Medicaid Program. Medicaid covers over 70 Million People, as we will hear, and it is responsible todays briefing is going to examine the relationship between medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes, as well as what might be next for medicaid in the states and congress and in the administration. And id like to thank first our sponso...

Torrential rain. And more than 130 mile per hour winds slammed into haiti. Turning roads into rivers in the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. Across the aisle in the dominican republic, the deluge dropped inches of rain. Forcing cars to drive through the flood. In jamaica, the effects of matthew have already been felt. This road washed away in a mud slide. Along the coast of cuba, people were urged to head for mier ground. More than 300,000 people have report edly been evacuated. If matt...

Telling us some extra curriculer activities have been cut. I can tell you my daughter was in sciences. I was in art club. They cut the art club this week. She paid 15 last week to join art club and not getting the art club anymore. Reporter all right. As you can see, they are trying to let more people into this meeting right now. We should mention theres a for the november election. If that doesnt pass, the school board has threatened there could need to be even more cuts. Romona, mark . Mark de...

House. The people who live here, well, they are focused on hope and prayer for the baby shot in the head and the little girl who took a bullet to the back. Chaos at this house on clevelands west side and today absolute heartbreak. I dont know who would do this. Sally davis is the mother of the girl on the right elizabeth and the grandmother little savannah both shot when someone opened fire on their house where they arms. My daughter was on the front stairs where her little girl was sleeping on ...

Moves north. It could be the worst part of this is still to come. Reporter Hurricane Force winds snapped trees and destroyed the side of a boathouse. All over the state, debris littered streets. In jacksonville, huge waves crashed ashore. Officials are worried matthews storm surge could cause major flooding in low lying areas. On top of the wind, the storm surges are going to be significant. 10 feet plus waves. Reporter theyre g t from this widespread and powerful storm. South carolinas governor...

Northeastern florida braces for impact. We are focus odd jacksonville and potential for significant flooding there. Reporter coastal communities are on notice as Hurricane Matthew continues on its path. Storm force winds are possible for the next 24 hours. It is getting worse and so we are looking at major surges. We are the greatest impact is saturday and sunday. President obama is urging those in that area to be on guard. Those of you who live in georgia i think should be paying attention beca...

Near bradley was robbed. The robber, a white male then fled in a white mazda which crashed at crocker and detroit. Now one witness tells us that a police car rammed his car as he entered the intersection, that no Police Cruisers were chasing him. Westlake police has not confirmed any of those details just yet. After the collision is when police say shots were fired. Certainly alarming those live and work in this busy area. I heard what sounded like a single gun shot and a couple gun shots afterw...

Nopoliasantana get it going. In the meantime the tribe storms into the alcs with everybody playing a key role. We all did it together. It wasnt just one guy that did anything. We all came together as a group. To go out there and play as a team and check your ego at the door. It has been pretty special. Fruits of our labor, you are seeing the hard work put in by not only players but the front office to make the moves they did and a into what we have here. Cliche or not you hear that. When you buy...

School here and they told us there would be Cleveland Police a patrolling, extra patrols in the area after a 12yearold girl rushed back to school yesterday afternoon after class was dismissed and told everyone here that someone had tried to get her into their vehicle. This is the intersection at west 44th and hyde where a 12yearold girl says that a man possibly in a black jeep liberty like this one beeped the horn. The young girl says the man told her to get in. So she took off and biked back to...