Good morning everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis battles in the states. Now, make no mistake the term combatting and battled are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of devastation around every corner of the nation. In 2015 there were more than in the u. S. , more than 33,000 deaths involved in opioid. 24 increase from the prior year. Overdose death rate in 2015 was almost seven times the rate of deaths from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. For 2016 weve already announced from New York Times weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdose and that is more in one year than all the names on the Vietnam Veterans memorial wall. And likely that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year 2017. Its staggering. For every fatal overdose its estimated there are 20 nonfatal overdoses and for 2016 that could be near 1 million. More than 183,000 lives have
Journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern monday morning. Join the discussion. State officials discuss efforts to combat opioid addiction. Two hours, 15 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Today the subcommittee of oversight and investigation holds a hearing entitled combatting the Opioid Crisis, battles in the states. Make no mistake, the terms combatting and battles are entirely appropriate. Our nation is in the midst of a tremendous fight against death and devastation affecting over corner of our nation. In 2015 there were more than 52,000 deaths from Drug Overdose in the u. S. With 33,000 involving opioid. 23 increase. In 2015 it was almost seven times the rate of deaths from the heroin epidemic of the 1970s. In 2016, weve lost roughly 60,000 people to Drug Overdoses, more in one year than all the names on the Vietnam Veterans memorial wall. And likely that number is underestimated because much of the data will not be in until the end of this year, 2017. Its staggering. For every fatal overd
Because it gives us a little tough driving for me. Especially over oakland. It was really coming down. You didnt encounter much. I didnt pick up any of it. 30s to the north. Mid40s, even a few fire upper 40 force south. So the coldest air is up to the north, and the warm secretary her keep that from get doing cold, especially to the south. Unfortunately, theres not a lot of moisture here, so if there are any snow showers, looks like it will be brief. Some off and on rain, 40s and 50s until then. Over to pam again. Here is the east shore freeway. Some rain coming down there. Definitely wet out there along the east shore 0. Traffic moving along pretty steady. Taking a look over at highway 4 this morning. Liter traffic there, but lighter traffic there, but it is the observance of yew years day for a lot of people, so probably pretty light. And then over on the golden gate bridge, checking in on that. You can see the road is wet, but just a few cars and traffic moving along just fine. Well
To the podium and he told fans he is sorry. I apologize for the season. I apologize for being back here again and making a change. Today jed york promised he would reestablish a championship culture with the San Francisco 49ers. Yesterday the team wrapped up another dismal losing season in new york announced he was dismissing head coach chip kelly and also getting rid of general manager trent baalke. And things of course have gone downhill ever since the team got rid of jim harbaugh with many calls for york to step down. Today he stood his ground. I own this football team. You do not dismiss owners. I am sorry that that is the facts in the case. But that is the facts. And im going to do everything that i to get this right. This is about a business and running an operation to make money. We are making sure that we are doing everything we can to reestablish the culture. Reporter when he was asked today whether it was a mistake to get rid of jim harbaugh york said he did not want to look
That dont have answers. Joe fonzi was at that conference and what could be a turning point. I am starting to wonder if i should mark this on my cleveland. Early january because it happens all the time now. An early occurrence for the third state january, jed york stood before the media and explains why he fired the head coach and it included the general manager. He talked about a need for a culture change and after pointed questions, he explained why he doesnt mean the very top. Why shouldnt you be dismissed. Nothing i say will be satisfactory. Nothing i say will be satisfactory. We will be judged on what we do and accomplish. We havent accomplished enough. I own this Football Team. You dont dismiss owners. I am sorry that is the facts and the case but thats the facts and i will do everything i can to get it right. We can assume the search is now under way for the head coach and general manager. But according to york today, in no specific order. The search is getting to be a regular oc