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Sources. the patriots confirmed last week that the leaks communicated to the team that there would be an investigation, but publicly, the league has not given details of the process. personal conduct policy could well be enforced which would entail cooperation from the football star. he practiced all last week, played on sunday. he has yet to be placed on the commissioners exempt list, but it hasnt been rolled out. he is not facing criminal charges. his representatives have flatly denied the all...

♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ thats going to do it for us tonight. theres one story you should watch for developments in over the weekend. one of the things weve been talking about on this show is the potential that there might be a -- the opioids version of what was the multibillion dollar tobacco settlement back in the 90s. the company that makes oxycontin, purdue pharma, is trying to pursue that settlement. a bombshell story tonight in "the new york times" which says the subpo...

Tonight. theres one story you should watch for developments in over the weekend. one of the things weve been talking about on this show is the potential that there might be a -- the opioids version of what was the multibillion dollar tobacco settlement, purdue pharma is trying to pursue that settlement. bomb she will story tonight in "the new york times" which says the subpoena has turned up more than a billion dollars to entities controlled by the sack ler family that owns purdue pharma. there ...

Watch for developments in over the weekend. one of the things weve been o multibillion dollar tobacco settlement back in the 90s. purdue pharma is trying to pursue that sort of settlement. bombshell story tonight in "the new york times" which says the new york attorney general from subpoenas to one financial institution alone have turned up wire transfers of more than a billion dollars to entities controlled by the sackler family that owns purdue pharma. there are allegations now that that famil...

Morning on the sackler family who owned purdue pharma. theres been discussion that the family could give up ownership and pay billions of dollars of their own personal wealth to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits, but reports about those discussions may be premature. jean cacarez is here with more. >> reporter: the litigation is set to begin in october. if the pharmaceutical manufacturer wants to negotiate a settlement before trial, now is the time. more than 2,000 states, counties, municipalit...

Hurricane. first the tropical storm will hit puerto rico today. billions of dollars in company ownership on the line. the family blamed for helping spark the opioid crisis now in settlement talks. outrage at the attorney general. you wont believe where hes hosting a $30,000 holiday party. and in midst of a chicken sandwich war, one of the combatants is out of bullets. what popeyes is telling its hungry customers this morning. welcome back to "early start." im dave briggs. >> im christine...

Litigation -- these settlement talks are something that would have been going on weeks or months now. but this news coming on the heels of this major oklahoma ruling where a judge sided with the state and said johnson & johnson was at fault for fueling the opioid epidemic there and deciding the company would need to pay some $572 million there. so pharmaceutical companies absolutely are going to be taking note of that ruling. >> does this effectively put a barrier between them and potential clai...

Detention to 20 days. five minutes past the hour. breaking overnight, a prominent, wealthy family would give up ownership of purdue pharma under a proposed settlement stemming from this opioid epidemic. the sackler family would also pay at least $3 billion of their own money, this is according to multiple reports. purtuesday pharma -- purdue pharma, widely blamed for sparking the opioid crisis. the family getting rich off of it. it introduced octobxycontin. >> settlement talks say purdue is of...

More breaking news this afternoon. purdue pharma are offering to settle 2,000 lawsuits against the company. this comes on a day after an oklahoma judge ruled that johnson and johnson intentionally downplayed the dangers of opiods. a corporate drug maker to pay $572 million. whats the story? >> they have just confirmed with us, they are indeed in settlement talks. this is the national opiod litigation. its where tribal governments have all merged together in one consolidated suit out of oklahoma,...

Chris wallace, asked homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen about the shooting. chris: i understand dhs officials had been in this synagogue recently. >> we conducted a site visit there with our protective security advisor in the area. this is something we often do. this is a way to support community protection. to be there on the ground and understand their need. jon: you can telecast entire interview with kirstjen nielsen tomorrow. or you can watch it here at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. east...