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General are saying this deal is not therely enough particularly since the teptative deal reportedly does not include an admission of wrongdoing. joining me one of the attorneys general who has rejected the settlement as offered. attorney general, thank you for joining me tonight. what in your opinion is wrong with this deal? >> ali, this epidemic has been devastating across the country and we have alleged and a number of other states have allege thadt purdue pharma contributed to the opioid epid...

Its not a 10 to $12 billion pay out that will go to all the plaintiffs. >> my view and i know the view of others is that the amount that has been reported is not a reflection of the amount thats really at stake here. we believe that members of the sackler family need to make a larger contribution if were going to resolve this case because this is about getting fun that can then go to cities and counties and help to provide access to treatment, help provide prevention efforts and help with enforc...

Pennsylvania. he says, this apparent settlement is a slap in the face to everyone who has had to bury a loved one due to this familys destruction and greed. it allows the sackler family to walk away billionaires and admit no wrongdoing. what do you say to that? >> i think its in the interest of the people affected to have a deal in this framework approved. we recognize that the general attorney of pennsylvania, like the many other men and women in the country, have been upset with the sacklers a...

Is expected to go towards treatment, rehab and anti-overdose measures. the deal stipulates purdue pharma would declare bankruptcy, but the company will continue to sell oxycontin. >> so, lets get right to rebecca jarvis tonight. and rebecca, we know many states are coming out against this deal tonight? >> reporter: thats right, david. the opioid crisis, aording to the cdc, cost the u.s. $78 billion a year. and attorneys general in a number of states tonight, including new york, connecticut, penn...

Thats just a false notion people have that you must have s vote first in the house. we actually have thethe job, w have the jurisdiction in judiciary to investigate the wrongdoing of this president. >> i agree with that.gr there was a lot of investigation leading to nixons impeachment or almost impeachment when he left office. but you get into this detail and it was started by senator kenny and he did all the laying out and the whole thing, sure.th but the problem youre facing m here is how do y...

Have to understand. empowering these agencies to have a role in our democratic processes, usually when i talk about these issues i worry about marginalized communities. communities that dont have a lot of power that are trying to get their essential civil rights. here we have a case where during the presidential election the fbi was investigating both candidates campaigns and had an ability to influence the election about president. and do we really want to have an institution that can do that k...

Show loopholes. >> there is a point of agreement then. i agree we need to look at it holistically and consider the problem in all of its dimensions. >> and i hope we have many of these conversations. >> i look forward to them. >> north carolinas representative elect dan bishop. the arizona attorney general is confirming that arizona with at least 25 other bipartisan states and territories have tentatively reached a settlement with purdue pharma. the settlement is worth up to $12 billion for th...

Poll after poll showing that majority of americans including many democrats do not want to see trenton impeached. monmouth is reporting that 59% of americans said trump shouldnt be impeached. it lets a number thats remained largely unchanged since mid-2017. try and try again. well voters correctly understand that impeaching trump will be of bitter divisive fight, thats only going to further and damage the country. but the democrats who never accepted trumps election as widget enjoyment in the fi...

Happen when deep state launched a bogus investigation by surveilling innocent americans based on a phony wooden finance dossier paired by the way, they still found no russia collusion. that was the wrongdoing. i thought about this this weekend. 30 plus million dollars in two years of the nations political life wrapped up into that. but besides impeachment, the democrats are using tragedy to win away your second amendment rights. thats on the agenda. as we demonstrated last week, expect that the ...

It seems the fbi, mccabe specifically, spent more time trying to clean up their conflicts than actually pursuing wrongdoing here. >> yeah. sort of a lack of focus on whats really important as the save your skin, do what you need to do to preserve your job or whatever but thats right from the kievs own which we now have. we see now that he was scurrying around, in fact he said he spent the better part of the day working at "the wall street journal" trying to shape the story and so forth instead o...