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Distributors are cardinal health, mckessan and amerisource burden. >> you know the implication of what youre saying, that these big companyies knew they were pumping drugs into communities that were killing people. thats not and obligation, thats a fact. >> thats exactly what they did. >> thats stunning here, lenny. a representative for the distributors tells "60 minutes" the problem is not distributors but those doctors who overprescribe opioids. talk about this as it relates to the epidemic. >...

Take to the #me too in solidarity between those who have been victims. and now nra spokeswoman dana loesch says it happened to her. and sent her packing. her awful story is next. and a bombshell report titled the drug industrys triumph over the dea. a whistleblower saying that the drug industry used money and influence to allow the sale of millions of dangerously addictive painkillers. >> you know the implication of what youre saying that these big companies knew that they were pumping drugs int...

>> martha: trace gallagher joins me now live in los angeles with the back story. trace. >> martha, the 60 mince "the washington post" investigation is based on the allegations of the man you just saw former dea agent who claims he was forced out of the drug enforcement agency because he accused congress of teaming up with drug companies to allow the opioid epidemic to spread. critics say the law called the insuring patient access and effective drug enforcement act makes it nearly impossible for ...

>> melissa: new information on the story that we have been reporting. now looks like government regulators failed to keep unchecked amounts of pain killers off the street. last night 60 minutes and "the washington post" ran a very revealing interview with a whistle-blower from the drug enforcement agency. he is pointing the finger at lobbyists for big pharma and their enablers in congress. >> this is an industry that is out of control. what they want to do is do what they want to do and not worr...

These big companies knew that they were pumping drugs into american communities that were killing people. thats not an implication. thats a fact. thats exactly what they did. >> we should note the dea fought against the bill. the pharmaceutical industry lobbied hard to get it past. the law which sailed through congress was championed by pennsylvania g.o.p. congressman tom moreno who is now president trumps nominee for drug czar. democratic lawmakers and at least one republican are calling on the...

Dont want the patient to get well. is this about the nfl or the civil rights industry? >> i wrote a book on it in blood, we deal with this every single time some issue comes up to the point of ad nauseam. america knows that the so-called oppression happening to blacks is a joke. at one point tiger woods, we know the name. whos the number one talk show host in america? pete: i was going to save david webb. >> as blacks, we are successful in all walks of life. i challenge any black person. tell me...

Doesnt that encourage iran to do more missile testing, because the implication is this country wants to go to war with us so we better have missiles tested and ramp up our military activity because the country wants to invade us, and they did invade our neighbor. >> on a separate track, you continue to work on the issues david raised which are real problems but dont take apart something better than the alternative on the nuclear stuff. one of the things striking to me, when you look at secretary...

The implication here is that the deal you thought you had may not be a deal. >> well, well see. i mean, i think that you call them the palestinians they put out. theyre very unprincipled list of proposals that they put out. and the presidents tweet is irresponsible, of course, weve taken notes to protect and defend the american people, securing our border is our responsibility. and they know that. but its key, but its not real. >> the clock is ticking on this because the president ended the orde...

Next here, to that developing headline from las vegas. tonight, the hotel now revealing its own timeline, involving that hero security officer who was shot and who then called for help, and the massacre. abcs senior national correspondent matt gutman back in las vegas. >> reporter: tonight, the owners of the mandalay bay out with a new timeline of what they say happened the night of the massacre. the company disputing what police have said and insists there was no six-minute gap between the time...

Manhattan d.a.cy advance looked at it back in 2015. the police in manhattan even wired one of the women. weve all heard that audiotape by now but decided they didnt have enough evidence to go forward and charge weinstein. what else are you learn? >> that was in 2015. theres been fierce pushback by the district attorneys office about any implication that maybe campaign contributions from harveys lawyers may have influenced the decision not to prosecute. theyre pushing back against that. there are...