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Years with a democratic congress. it wasnt aimed at passing an agenda on any issues that republicans actually have any real, that really care about such as permitting reform or his bow on immigration was very small. what do you make of that? >> i think it was faux bipartisanship. it was just one coe dressing for the speech. -- window dressing for the speech. lets remember he basically said that republicans were going to destroy abortion and destroy social security is and medicare. so he was real...

We had to prove that the mri, the patient files and examinations were window dressing that allowed them to deal drugs legally. >> all florida pills right there. theres another one there, south florida pain. roxicodone, xanax. >> when i first seen the first doctor, i was 17. we would just go see the doctor and come back, just like going to the mall. yeah, a 40-hour trip to the mall. >> it quickly grew from almost 100 percent local patients to about 95 percent out-of-state patients. >> i was going...

I mean, it just seemed too good to be true to me. >> we started to work with informants, some of the patients. they told us about whats going on inside the clinic. >> i used to work fraud cases. committing fraud is just a matter of understanding the system and taking advantage of its weakness to commit a crime. and thats exactly what these guys did. we had to prove that the mri, the patient files and examinations were window dressing that allowed them to deal drugs legally. >> all florida pills ...

Of the united states. in less than two years, they pushed about 20 million dosage units to the street with a street value of almost half a billion dollars. and the drugs went as far north as boston from florida, and as far west as texas that we know of. >> one of the fascinating aspects of this story is that these brothers were not technically doing anything illegal. do we have that right? how did that impact the investigation? >> the brothers used what we like to call window dressing. my fellow...

So, its an interesting situation. >> its really devastating to think about, just the span in reach of the opioid crisis. thank you for your reporting, and makes us all that much more aware, connor. thank you. >> thank you for having me on. >> you know, look, more than 100,000 people a year are now dying of drug overdose in the united states. the majority from opioids, according to the cdc. around 1 million have lost their lives to overdoses since the opioid crisis began. 20 years ago. now, the n...

Rise and fall of the identical twin brothers who ran one of the largest opioid pill mill empires in this country. heres a preview. >> the george brothers did not start the opioid crisis. but they sure as hell poured gasoline on the fire. >> lets talk about growing up in florida. >> anything having to do with money, perks interest. the big money was at the pain clinics. >> window dressing allowed them to deal drugs legally. >> there was a line down the street. >> it was like a frat house. >> we w...

Group. they diverted legitimately produced pharmaceuticals to the streets and put over 20 million doses of opiods on the streets of the united states. their drugs went as far west as texas and as far north as boston. the scale of the addiction they contributed to was enormous. >> what they were doing, was that technically illegal? how did that play into your investigation? >> the hardest part for us as investigators was that the george brothers had what i like to call window dressing. in other w...

Window Dressing: (1) An adroit but superficial or actually misleading presentation of something, designed to create a favorable impression. (2) The act of making something look more attractive than it

To allow his critics, greater influence on key house committees. im joined now by our correspondent david willis. these concessions, will they have any real practical effect or are theyjust any real practical effect or are they just window dressing politically? to be totally frankie had no option, kevin mccarthy. he was boxed in. there were 20 members of his party, right wingers all, who were dead set on foiling his long—held ambition to become the new speaker of the house of representatives, ...

Present. joe concha is joining us, i guess he knows what is going on at the border, weve confirmed that with this new book, what do you think? >> joe: there was once a time when joe biden bragged about supporting border security. he said unlike most democrats, i voted for 700 miles of fence. unless you change mexico and punish american employers who violate the law when they hire illegals, unless you do that, the rest is window dressing. joe biden said that and he was well into his 60s when he s...