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Im jenna lee. jon: im jon scott. a brand new report describes a rising tide of death, people dying to get high, overdosing and overdoing it, losing their lives in the profession. senior national correspondent john roberts is live in atlanta with some breaking news. john? >> reporter: yeah, its a report released by the cdc just moments ago, jon, and its difficult to understatement the scope of this problem. heres the headline from the cdcs report. more people die from overdoses of prescription pa...

Grasped that and has performed extraordinarily well. >> you know, joan, this is not a partisan assessment. republicans are better at bragging. they are really good at it. theyd be -- i mean, george w. would still be dancing and hot dogging and spiking the ball in the end zone if he had caught bin laden. hed be doing it around the clock. >> right. >> the democrats seem to take -- they seem to have a -- what is it called? theyre almost british with their understatement. >> were very reserved and h...

welcome back. top of the hour, im brooke baldwin. a couple stories that we have percolating, revival of fear in europe as stock markets are stumbling today. both sides rested in the conrad murray trial. and time to play reporter roulette. alison kosik, i want to begin with you live at the new york stock exchange. we have 60 minutes away from the opening bell. we have to talk about greece. the prime minister of greece pulling a fast one and we see that reflected in the numbers of wa...

$4 million in independent expenditures and washed matt away like janet napolitano. >> as long as theyre limiting the control, this is going to be a problem. but weve got to start with the change that makes it possible. weve got to start with the change thats possible so that people can begin to have some faith this is not just another bought institution. as absolutely, i too was down on the occupy wall street and occupy k street as absolutely every one of those people down there believe. >> okay...

certificate, and when it came out, as you know, check out the internet, many people say it is not real. okay? that its a forgery. >> and the republican candidates. donald trump for the hour. this is "piers morgan tonight." donald, thank you for inviting me into your -- well, this is almost the kind of lair of the 1%. or even the 1% of the 1%. >> thank you for being here. its my honor. >> what do you think about this whole occupy wall street thing? you, i guess, are in the target rang...

situation room." herman cain has been flying high. a leader in the republican nomination. suddenly there are stunning allegations of sexual misconduct, threatening to potentially dramatically hurt his campaign. they date back to the 1990s, brought by two women who reportedly received a financial settlement. herm yan cane flatly denies the jl gagss. they were first reported in politico. he says the allegations are totally false but why was his campaign seemingly caught flat-fooded by ...

number one, you know, it took a long time to produce the certificate, and when it came out, as you know, check out the internet, many people say it is not real. okay? that its a forgery. >> and the republican candidates. donald trump for the hour. this is "piers morgan tonight." donald, thank you for inviting me into your -- well, this is almost the kind of lair of the 1%. or even the 1% of the 1%. >> thank you for being here. its my honor. >> what do you think about this whole occup...

be do you think they have justification for their anger? >> i think some are looking for girls, looking for men, looking for women, looking for anything. some are serious people. they should be serious because the economy is terrible. i personally think wall street isnt their target. i think their target is the white house. and certainly washington. but they are some very serious theres grandchildren coming out of every one of your kids at the moment. people and it was interesting, s...

>> for cheryl millers aunt who sat through every day of the trial, the thought of ferris being set free was too much to take. how anxious were you? >> i dont believe i have ever been so anxious in my life. like up and down, pacing the halls. anxious. >> but on just the second day of deliberations, jurors sent word to the judge. >> ladies and gentlemen, i received a note from you which indicates that you have reached a verdict. >> the jury had come together. >> i felt very much at ease. i had no ...

were going to start with this this hour. im don lemon. thank you for joining us. more occupy protesters are taking up space in jail cells. dozen of arrests in the last 36 hours. >> we got you. >> their message, fighting corporate corruption maybe getting lost in the mayhem. these scenes from austin, texas that you are looking at. police there say they took in 38 people who refused to leave city hall. portland and denver saw the same story. protesters refused to move out so police say t...