Actions including signing a National Emergency declaration on the opioid epidemic. Were going to have a major announcement probably next week on the drug crisis and on the opioid massive problem. And i want to get that absolutely right. This country and frankly the world has a drug problem. Nbcs Edward Lawrence is in d. C. This morning and, edward, whats the latest on this potential Emergency Declaration and the white houses war on drugs . Reporter frances, i can tell you there is a major announcement by the Justice Department today related to this. The Justice Department expected to announce how they are going to fight this Opioid Crisis in america. Now, many advocates are concerned that the president has not done enough in order to fight this war on drugs. The opioid deaths last year increased 21 . The president or a president ial declaration on this would remove certain barriers that helps make it easier to get treatment, for example, medicaid or folks on medicaid would be able to get extra treatment covered by medicaid. Now, the president named tom marino, representative from pennsylvania, as his drug czar nominee. There are some concerns about that. A new report from the Washington Post and 60 minutes showed that marino pushed through legislation that would make it more difficult to go after Drug Companies related to any issues like this. Democrats, obviously very concerned about this, senator joe manchin from West Virginia says this bill was camouflaged to make it through both the house and senate. He says the bill needs to be replaced. Senator Chuck Schumer says that putting this czar in charge of the drug crisis in this country is like putting the wolf in charge of the hen house. Back to you, frances, philip. Edward lawrence for us. Thank you. Fire fighters in california say dying winds have helped them get a handle on the massive wildfires that have torched the northern part of the state. At least 41 people have been killed with hundreds more still messing. And now incredible new video shows the harrowing moments as one officer tried to help residents escape. Nbcs joe fryer has more. Reporter a week after wildfires began their deadly march across Northern California you have to go. Reporter the sergeant behind this body camera footage is sharing his story. I was scared beyond reason. Im not a fireman and never been trained to be a fireman so it was exceptionally shocking to me. Reporter brandon cutting with the Sonoma CountySheriffs Department urgently knocked on doors when the fires erupted. Shes disabled. Let me get her feet. Reporter before helping a couple into their car. We did as much as we could, but thats what wears heavy on us, what did we miss. Reporter the latest death, contract fire fighter killed when a water tender rolled off a road. Fire fighters are making progress attacking stubborn flames from above, blocking their path down below. On steep terrain like this, Fire Fighters are worried about something called roll out, logs and vegetation rolling down the hill starting in places that havent burned yet. Its why crews dig perimeters around the fire once the flames hit these lines they often vanish. Meanwhile tens of thousands evacuees are returning home. Lisa discovered her napa house still standing. Im lucky, and we have somebody who wasnt so lucky that is moving into our guest house today. Reporter peter langs house was destroyed because he focused his energy on saving the 1,000 exotic animals in safari west, his wildlife sanctuary. These are living breathing things and you have to stick with the living souls. Reporter Officials Say it will be days, if not weeks before evacuees in some of the hardest hit neighborhoods are able to return home for good. Fire fighters say they are cautiously optimistic right now and hope some of these fires will be fully contained by weeks end. Philip . Joe, thank you. Senator john mccain appears to be indirectly criticizing president trumps global leadership. He gave an emotional speech while in philadelphia in the nonpartisan National Constitution centers Liberty Medal presented by former vicepresident biden. Heres what the Arizona Republican had to say. We live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil. We are the custodians of those ideals at home and their champion abroad. Weve done great good in the world. That leadership has had its costs, but we have become incomparably powerful and wealthy as we did. We have a moral obligation to continue in our just cause and we would bring more than shame on ourselves if we dont. We will not thrive in a world where our leadership and ideals are absent. We wouldnt deserve to. Now, to a guilty plea from Army Sergeant bo bergdahl who walked off his army base in 2009. He was held for five years by the taliban and returned in a controversial prisoner swap in 2014. At fort bragg, North Carolina he pleaded guilty and could face life in prison. Hans nichols has details. Reporter sergeant bo bergdahl acknowledged he put his comrades in danger. I left my platoon in a battle field, he said, in a situation that could easily turn into a life or death situation. At least two American Service members were seriously wounded as u. S. Forces searched for bergdahl. The taliban had captured him almost immediately and would hold him for the next five years until he was released in exchange for five taliban prisoners. The guilty plea offered some comfort to one soldier in his platoon. The fact that hes admitted that he did desert and miss behaved in front of the enemy brought vindication and peace to me. Reporter the prisoner release was controversial. Then candidate trump was highly critical. And 30 years ago he would have been shot. Reporter bergdahl said he left his post to report miss r misconduct by his commanders. They say he may have been delusional. His mental state substantially contributed to his unreasonable decision to desert. The fact that the taliban kept him pinned up for five years is the result of his walking into the hands of the taliban. The United States of america still needs to extract punishment for what he did. Reporter the judge found bergdahl guilty of desertion for just one day, not his entire time in captivity. Sentencing is set to begin next monday and he faces up to life in prison. Philip . Hans, thank you. The troubles continue to moubt for Harvey Weinstein as senior law officials tell nbc news they are investigating two credible claims of Sexual Assault made against the movie mogul. The spokesman denies allegations of nonconsensual sex. Meanwhile a rallying cry is catching fire on social media many women posting me too if they ever faced Sexual Assault or harassment from anyone. Today the weinstein companys board is meeting to discuss potential sale of the movie studio which win stein cofounded. Now to nbc meteorologist bill karins with a look at our day ahead. Up in the northeast its starting to fill a little chilly. So many areas have beautiful weather. Theres only a couple exceptions. The Pacific Northwest has rain coming in and also the cold front that brought the cooler fall weather so many is held up. Showers and storms continue from tampa to orlando over towards daytona beach. And that will be on and off throughout the day today. Rainfall totals arent going to be that heavy but you will have clouds ask rain to deal with especially the east coast of florida. Thats where concentration could be the hardest around bra vard county. Todays forecast, theres a lot of beautiful weather to be had. A chilly morning for sure. Great lakes, ohio valley in the northeast, but this afternoon looks beautiful. Temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s in many case s. Texas all the wait through louisiana, mississippi, alabama this is what youve been waiting for. The beautiful fall weather, low humidity values. That continues into wednesday. As i mention the trouble spots continue to be the northwest and the rain chances there in south ar message from one of north koreas leaders. Well be right back. Today, huh . Yeah. Yeah. Why dont you go put that stuff in the laundry room right now . Ok. Do your athletes bring home big odors . Tide sport is super concentrated to beat even. The toughest stains and odors. Hey, buddy hey. 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Ask how enbrel can help relieve joint pain and help stop joint damage. Enbrel, fda approved for 18 years. Not quite dancing queen, but more like dancing dutches. Paddington bear greeted the duchess. He made a surprise event at a charity monday. He gave the princess a twirl at the padding ton rail station. Duchess kate was joined by her husband Prince William and brotherinlaw prince harry. They were on the pull man train before waving them off to enjoy a treat on the country side. I dont think ive seen padding ton bear without the yellow raincoat and hat. Its like a big bear that kind of maybe his cousin or something. Thats the real padding ton bear. Right there. A twirl for the duchess. All right. Leading the news this morning, north korea is claiming that Nuclear War May break out at any moment. The countrys deputy u. N. Ambassador delivered the disturbing warning to the general assemblys disarmament committee. He also alleged the u. S. Is planning to stage a secret operation aimed at the removal of our supreme leadership. This comes just a day after u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that diplomatic efforts would continue until, quote, the first bombs drop. The university of louisville is officially fired legendary basketball coach rick patino three weeks after the school was linked to a corruption scandal. They voted unanimously to oust him. He was suspended without pay since late september. When an investigation accused the school of paying a player 100,000 to join the basketball team. Pitino said he did not know about the alleged payments. He will fight tirelessly to defend his reputation. The end of a long successful career for him. Rick scott declared a state of emergency to boost security for White NationalistRichard Spencers visit to florida gainsville thursday. He was one of the organizers of the violent rally in charlottesville, virginia that left one person dead. 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Nbcs Anne Thompson reports on prescription price secrets. Reporter in small town magnolia, texas, steve hopper loves to talk to his houston area customers. But there are some things this neighborhood pharmacist says he cant say. How hard is it to keep your mouth shut when you see somebody overpaying for a drug . Its very difficult. I mean as a pharmacist, im here to take care of patients. Its extremely hard to see a patient spend more than what they really should be. Reporter how does this happen . Take the cholesterol drug. The patients copay is 42. 60. His price for a patient paying without insurance, 18. 59. A 24 difference he says he cant divulge because of the gag clause. So, just to be clear, there are instances where you cannot tell the patient theres a cheaper alternative . Yes. Its in the contract language saying that were not allowed to divulge that information. Its proprietary and we cannot share it. Reporter an nbc news investigation found it happens on a wide variety of generics on certain insurance plans. For a common antibiotic, it can be 18 more to use insurance than to pay out of pocket. And antidepression drug, 25 more. And a whopping 117 difference for an allergy and asthma prevention drug. Why . Pharmacists and consumer lawsuits claim its to hide something called a claw back. Money pocketed by middle men called pharmacy benefit managers who negotiate the price your Insurance Company pays for a drug. This is a list of prescriptions that i filled this year that included a claw back. A little bit over a thousand prescriptions. Reporter wow. So, in some instances its actually better to pay cash than use your insurance . Yes, it would be. It would be better to pay cash than use the insurance. Reporter now some states are o outlawing claw backs or gag clause iz. What surprises me is the brazenness of the practice to think they could get away with something so obviously prous gouging. Reporter not all benefit managers do it, but those used by United Health care and cigna are being sued. Cigna wont comment on the litigation and United Health care says, pharmacies should always charge our members the lowest amount under their benefit plans. Youre an independent pharmacist. What if you got blow back for speaking up for your customers . I would do anything within my own ability as a pharmacist to be vocal and active in saying were doing what we should be doing and thats taking care of patients. Wow. Yeah, wow. It was right. One of the most thats one of the most useful reports. Everybody should really see that. I never heard of the terms claw back, gag clauses and all of that, and knowing what a difference. So, now we ask, i guess you know definitely helps to ask any time. Of course it does. You know what they do ask, every time you go, the pharmacists are usually, do you have any extra questions . Usually its no, im fine. Especially if youve taken that medicine before. I feel like its a formality almost you say thats fine. But now that they say that, everyone who is watching, were going to put this story on our Facebook Page so we can spread the word because i think thats so important. Those are major carriers that are doing that. What an eye opener. Thanks to Anne Thompson for that report. Just ahead a large stockpile of weapons and ammo discovered at a missouri hotel. We have the late details. Facebooks new app brimming with compliments. Youre watching early today. P, switch to walgreens. We make it easy to seize the day, so you can get more out of life and Medicare Part d. Just walk right in for savings that will be the highlight of your day. Walgreens has 0 copays on select plans and 100 points on prescriptions. So, swing by and save today. 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