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Universe that cannot be solved, ever, as we learned with nancy reagan in just say no. it cannot be solved by slogans, and by grandstanding. addiction treatment is hard work. and it is expensive work. and it requires compassion, and dedication, and understanding. and i don't think any of those things are present in this president, especially in light of the fact that he completely blew off his own blue ribbon commission. >> i want to give people the sense of the scope of the problem in west virginia. here are overdoses. the rate. so this is per 100,000 deaths i imagine that is. you can see that...

The rate. so this is per 100,000 deaths i imagine that is. you can see that shooting up, 41.5, shockingly high number, the national rate at 16.3. this piece from the "washington post," that there have been so many overdose deaths they have overwhelmed the state program for burial for needy families. out of money four months before the end of the fiscal year. does it feel like a top of line front and center crisis there, both in people's lives, but also as a political question? >> chris, it is so in the front of people's minds in west virginia, that almost nothing else can get through. because ...

Texas. we were doing okay. then, all of a sudden, in 24 hours, we went from no stage as far as flooding, to record stage. they have never seen this kind of flooding. we are now at record 41.5 feet is what we are talking about here and that just occurred in 24 hours going from nothing to 41 feet! that is amazing stuff! and that is why we have had so many people getting in trouble, obviously, the firefighter there that lost his life trying to save someone. >> an incredible amount of rain there. wow. thanks, ivan. we have a different problem out on the west coast. beautiful southern california ...

Contrary event apart from the fact that when you pour the money in, it leaves no trace. look what happened to the seminole piece of social legislation. the 1996 be a abolition of welfare as entitlement signed by president clinton. next six years liberals were screaming this is going to throw kids into the street. will cause dessubstitution a spike in poverty the poverty rate for black children declined from 41.5% since records have been kept. that's because when -- this is a lesson we learned in the 80's and the 90's when we saw the results of the war on poverty, when you pour money in, and yo...

Stocks were mixed today. the dow gains 41.5. the s & p lost 7. for the week, the dow gained .13%. the nasdaq was up about a half. up next, president obama desperately tries to get fellow democrats to support his iran policy. but first, here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering. fox25 in oklahoma city, with word from republican senator tom coburn that he will leave office two years early. coburn, who is battling a recurrence of prostate cancer said the decision was not due to his health. >> fox45 in dayton, ohio, where the children of a man executed by lethal in...