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Shows up a lot, his numbers are going to improve. he talked about his successes, what he wants to do. he talked about how his older brother convinced him not to smoke and use drugs and he wants to deal with this opioid problem -- scourge in the country. he talked about north korea. he talked about cutting taxes. he was relaxed and made comfortable in his own skin and i enjoyed it. >> brian: on top of that, opioids -- they will be talking about that, as a national crisis. when you talk about the ...

The man in line to be potentially the next drug czar of this country is out. congressman tom marino drops out off a bombshell report by "the washington post" and "60 minutes" that revealed marino helped steer legislation and the chief architecture that restricts the deas ability to keep prescription drugs, opioids, off the streets. president trump spoke about marinos withdraw a little earl w yer on the radio. >> he told me look, if there is a perception he has a conflict of interest with insuran...

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Because each day she chooses to take the stairs. at work, at home... even on the escalator. that can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. scholls orthotics. clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes. so keep on climbing, sarah. youre killing it. dr. scholls. born to move. >> steve: welcome back, everyone. at 60 minutes in "the washington post" are out with a disturbi...

On "60 minutes" on sunday that marino championed a bill that allowed them to crack dis dodowe opioid crisis that has killed many people in america. >> he told me, look, if theres even a perception that he has a conflict of interest with insurance companies essentially, but if theres even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesnt want anything to do to do with it. there were a couple articles having to do with him and drug companies, and i will tell you, he felt compelled -- he f...

That we have seen over the last 48 hours that culminated with the president talking about tom marino withdrawing his nomination to be the drug czar. were getting reaction in from capitol hill already, for example, with chuck schumer saying that the decision to withdraw was the right decision, but he says the fact he was nominated at all is that when it comes to the opioid crisis, chuck schumer says the trump administration talks the talk but refuses to walk the walk. i want to play you a little ...

Seven months. and probably six months if you think about it, we started and probably total of six months. others were eight years and they didnt get it passed. this man is going to get it done and i think long before anybody else. as far as tom moreno, he was a very early supporter of mine in the great state of pennsylvania, a great guy. we are going to look into the report and take it very seriously, we are going to have a major announcement probably next week on the drug crisis and the opioid ...

Nation overdosed." how do you handle it when every student is affected in class? >> there is a real opioid problem. in east falmouth elementary, six parents have died. clair poole is a counselor that helps students who lost a parent and heres what she told me. >> you have something called a memory chain. when do you use that? >> when a child has experienced a loss, whether its a sibling, a parent, a cousin, when they experienced a loss and they need a place to put their grief, we will make what ...

The president is committed to solving a problem, it and we will turn over every single rock and make certain that we are identifying every single thing that could move us in a better direction. >> mack the present believes that we will treat it as an emergency, and it is emergency. when you have the capacity of yankee stadium or dodger stadium diene diene every single year, that is a crisis that has to be given incredible attention, and the president is giving a data that attention. >> at the cr...

Going to do. >> so what happens if you were to vote on a straight repeal and all that money is taken out of the system, then in the interim, between when you have that vote and how you figure out how to replace it, what happens to all those people who need the subsidies and who need medicaid to get health care? >> ill say it for the first time, chris. the bill we passed last congress the same bill we introduced this congress has a two-year time period on it. nothing changes in the two-year time ...