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Nine days from now, when trump era title 42 comes to a close, because biden is getting rid of it. republican texas congressman pat fallon went after the president of the united states for ignoring the unprecedented crisis. >> he doesnt have any interest in going to the border, but hes had time to visit delaware 59 times. so its never been worse than it is right now. the its not a crisis anymore. its a catastrophe. >> delaware does have an opioid problem, but i dont think hes going for that, morg...

Prosecute teen as an adult, another failure on the part of george gascon. >> the perpetrators lucky that youre not prosecuting them. you wouldve thrown the book on them. i think maybe the city of los angeles should spend more time trying to protect its citizens and the crime problem instead of using this misinformation. by the way, this is what everyone uses now. everything is misinformation whenever they want to distract from reality of whats going on in los angeles. looking at the bigger pictu...

Not require narcan, in the schools. you will see that change relatively quickly here in the northeast as quickly as today, schools will reverse their policy. there is stigma about being narcan in your school, if your school has an opioid problem. it is like a fire extinguisher, you will probably never use it, but it is great to have it around. in hartford, this teacher is doing cpr, and it had no effect on stopping death, only narcan have. some school nurses have narcan, the prosecute is, they g...

Border when he unsecured the border on purpose was disgusting to every man and woman that works the border. he talks about the opioid crisis, the reason there is opioid crisis, d.e.a. said 95% of fentanyl comes across the open border he created. you cant fix a problem you created. if you want to fix the opioid problem, turn back on trumps policies and secure the border. >> todd: tom, i was under the impression this is what kamala harris has been working on for months? >> kamala harris is a failu...

Of overdose in the community. my top priority is to gain back that trust of the community because without the community members who know whats going on in their areas, law enforcement is hamper. >> violent crime is definitely one of my top priorities. there is a connection between that and we have a high opioid problem in our district. its being driven by the increase of fentanyl entering the system, we are seeing a concerning rise of methamphetamine. >> we brought charges to those worst defende...

Angel and Molly Caddell want those struggling with addiction and their loved ones to know they are not alone.

>> they see themselves as victims in this story. >> reporter: still the cdc says nearly a half million people have died from opioids since 1999, and the sacklers are being harshly criticized for their role in the sad tale, even if many victims think they already know the ending. >> and here we have to watch them again walk away. >> reporter: we reached out to the attorneys for members of the sackler family. they did not make their clients available for interviews but they pointed to written stat...

Misappropriation of settlement funds in connection with the 2018 death of his familys long-time housekeeper. cnns nadia romero joining me. >> reporter: the more we seen to learn about alex murdaugh, the more questions there are. he was in orlando, florida, because he admitted that he had an opioid problem and he was undergoing rehab there and he was arrested because of the now death investigation into his former housekeeper. gloria satterfield worked for the family for some 20 years. alex murdau...

Virtually against anybody who touched that money, anybody who participated in those settlements, and its by and through those lauwsuits we inted to make our clients whole again. >> family members of gloria satterfield say they have a lot of unanswered questions, what happened to her, and what happened to all the money that was supposed to come their way. now, alex murdaugh has been arrested in orlando, florida. he admitted to having a opioid problem. hes at a drug rehab facility. hes expected to...

Year. stephanie elam, thanks very much. right now four elite gymnasts including olympian simone biles, they are on capitol hill set to testify this hour about the abuse they suffered at the hands of dr. larry nassar and the fbis failed investigation into those allegations. plus democrats staring down a long list of key deadlines. the pressure is on to get all 50 dems on the same page. president biden meeting with two of the holdouts. later, a murder mystery, an opioid problem, a failed plot ...