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Wasp spray. on average, 130 americans will die of an opioid overdose today. another 130 tomorrow and every day this year. thats according to the centers for disease control and prevention. its an unrelenting epidemic. one that tears apart families, separates children from their parents and created a generation of addicts. new data from the cdc shows the suburbs are getting hard hit. jackie deangelis rolling with more. >> were waiting for the crucial ruling in oklahoma on whether or not johnson &...

Described a horrendous stench when they walked into the facility. the vice president himself said this was tough. weve heard a lot more republicans acknowledge the conditions here in these facilities are just unsustainable. okay. where do we go from here? are you comfortable with this situation? >> oh, absolutely not, which is why i was supporting the emergency funding measure for months before democrats finally decided to cooperate and grant the $4.6 billion or vote for the $4.6 billion in fund...

Googled the number, it came back at social security, so she called. the person on the other end already knew her social security number and address, then said fraudulent bank accounts had been opened in her name. >> youre so scared in that moment that theyre saying youre going to go to federal prison. youre like oh, my god, no, how do i stop this from happening? i will tell you everything. >> reporter: the scammer said she should act quickly to safeguard her money, transfer into a digital wallet...

And her drink cart right into the aisle. several passengers were injured. and abcs david kerley covers aviation. >> reporter: tonight, one of the most extreme cases of turbulence caught on camera. a flight attendant, picking up empty beverage cups, slammed to the ceiling of the 737. the strength of the turbulence highlighted by how much is thrown to that ceiling, including the beverage cart, as the jet drops significantly. the cart crashing onto passengers, some scalded by hot water, according t...

And millions of people in our country today are forced to work two or three jobs just to survive. and here is something quite incredible that tells you all that you need to know about the results of unfettered capitalism. all of us want to live long, healthy and happy lives but in america today the very rich live, on average, 15 years longer than the poorest americans. in 2014, for example, in mcdowell county, west virginia, one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was ...

Trade more fairly and consumers will not be squeezed. >> the government of china and mexico will pay for it and the producers in mexico and china pay for this. >> reporter: but china already feeling the heat of trumps trade policies is currently threatening to hit back by restricting exports of rare natural minerals mined there. metals critical to high-tech and manufacturing companies in the u.s. such a move could drive up the cost of electric cars, cell phones, and other products paid for once ...

Letting their own personal bias -- >> tucker: can i ask you a super quick, sincere question? as a person. answer it however you want. having been inin the workforce r a while, on average, who do you think treats female employees better, more decently, with greater kindness: male bosses or female bosses? honestly? >> i have seen it equally. i have seen women who have treated other women badly, men who treated women badly. ive been very fortunate to see it pretty equitable in terms of that. but i ...

The candidate when they are hiring to make sure they hiring a qualified person and not letting their own personal bias -- >> tucker: can i ask you a super quick, sincere question? answer it however you want. having been in the workforce for a while, on average, who do you think treats female employees better, more decently, with greater kindness: male bosses are female bosses? >> i have seen it equally. i have seen women who have treated other women badly, men who treated women badly. ive been v...

Now at the top of the hour, we told you about the president claiming his former fixer michael cohen asked for a pardon. you remember that. under oath cohen said he never asked for that. and so hence we have another he said, he said battle. whether that is true or false, we know the president has made more than -- we keep count here on saturday, 4500 false claims since taking office according to the toronto star. if you go to the washington post, the number is a little bit higher, breaking it dow...

>> there is a challenge. many private pension funds are under funded. state pension funds are under funded. companies have been expecting significant returns for very long period of time which theyre not getting anything close to. we are facing a challenge though about replenishing those funds and making sure -- people in their 20s and 30s can expect to live probably to 80, 90 on average. theyre not doing to be able to live on a pension for 30 plus years. we are going to have to do something abo...