Sell the drugs are partly to blame for the Opioid Health crisis 48. 00 states plus around 2000 local tribal governments filed lawsuits against companies in the drug industry and as you know this epidemic has killed more than 400000 people across the country since 2000 and thats according to the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention so Public Health Officials Say this is a public Health Crisis an epidemic and states across the country watch this trial knowing that it indeed would be a template for their own cases and so basically plaintiffs attorneys see this as a big win judges supporting what they have said has happened all along the pharmaceutical companies created this crisis by hiring doctors and scientists that they knew were willing to lie and they built glut into their Business Plan you heard about the millions of pills that are basically being pumped into communities across the country well they were well aware that a small city cant absorb a 1000000 pills every year
Lawyer now molly what does this mean for the fight against the Opioid Epidemic moving forward is this is as big a problem as it seems. Absolutely its its a huge deal for so many other cases that are pending against big pharma over this very issue so this is the 1st major legal decision daniel against a drug maker for its role in the Opioid Crisis the oklahoma trial is being watched closely by nearly every other state in the country along with thousands of other municipalities who have filed against big pharma over this crisis and this ruling is a positive sign for other plaintiffs attorneys who are making similar arguments to those that were made in the oklahoma case essentially that those who distribute and sell the drugs are partly to blame for the Opioid Health crisis 48. 00 states plus around 2000 local tribal governments filed lawsuits against companies in the drug industry and as you know this epidemic has killed more than 400000 people across the country since 2000 and thats acc
Talking about oil, weve been watching oil along with wild moves in stock market all week and last several months michigan congresswoman House Community member is here. Talking about china trade dont ms a moment of it. So weve got a rally this morning underway triple digits move after we saw that huge wild week last week. Three down weeks in a row looking to break the longest losing streak since may if weve got china trade, tensions President Trump commented on negotiations yesterday. Heres what the president said. Monetary manipulation and pouring money into the krnghts because they dont want to lose jobs but losing as you know because you reported it but they lost over 2 million jobs in a short period of time and they want to make a deal see what happens but they want to make a deal. If i wanted to mawk a bad deal and settle on china market would go up but not the right thing to do. Im not ready to make a deal yet. China would like to im not ready. President says that apple ceo tim co
Targeting base technology, House Judiciary Committee Holding First hearing today over anticompetitive practice, 450 milliondollar mystery solved. Wait till you see this. Many begins right now. Maria looking like the rally is continuing this morning, strong move this morning with dow futures up and nasdaq up 51. U. S. And china at odds over potential deal. President trump spoke yesterday on the negotiations which could happen at g20 summit after earlier threatening tariffs. I think president xi of china, great relationship with him, i think he will be there, we are scheduled to talk and to meet. Right now we are getting 45 from 250 billiondollar worth of goods, a lot of money pour to go treasury, weve never got 10 cents from china and now we are getting a lot of money from china. Maria joining me right now mitt romney chairman director. Good to be with you. Maria whats your take on the standoff of u. S. And china at this point . Well, look i think the dynamic is interesting because both
General William Barrs bar on the probe of the russian collusion narrative was propagated plus Peter Navarro on trade talks with china and where meeting President Trump and president xi stand right now and also the latest on the state of u. S. Mca, the trade deal the administration wants to replace nafta, and democratic congressman matt cart right and his partys push for a impeachment inquiry why he think s democrats need to move on to other issues that Americans Care about plus his take on the 2020 democratic field and also asia analyst god an chang reacts to marias interview with huawei s u. S. Securities chief isnt Chinese Telecommunications giant open to American Government officials really taking a closer look at their companys infrastructure, all that and more, as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. So first we begin with the latest on u. S. Tensions with iran, damage assessments are now underway, on those two oil tank ers attacked off irans coast last week and here is a look