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Day," breaking news, israel accepted the terms of a proposed cease-fire with hamas militants, but hamas rejects the proposal and has fired at least 35 rockets at israel this morning despite mounting carpal tis in gaza. at least 15 are dead after a moscow subway train derailed. emergency officials say more than 100 others were injured. some 50 of them reportedly fighting for their lives. one survivor remains in a badly wrecked car, and a rescue is under way at this hour. new this morning secretary of state john kerry says there are very real gaps between iran and the west in negotiations ov...

Kind of monster that we didn't understand. i think many kids are saying okay, these drugs are prescription, they must be safe. my whom takes them. my dad takes them. my brother, my older brother takes them. how bad can they be? they get them from doctors. >> and, remember, shep, we are only focusing on those kids who actually take pain medication and die. there are tens of thousands of others who actually get medical treatment because of taking too many painkillers. shep? >> shepard: and in so many cases they are not getting these pills off the streets at all, trace. >> no. they're getting the...

Killers. by 2009 the number had jumped to 257 million. a 48 percent increase. and 75 percent of those who abuse painkillers do not have a prescription for it. again, most of it coming from family and friends. >> this is a cry out to anies to ask themselves, why am i prescribing this painkiller? does the patient need it? are they addicted? will it end up in a medicine cabinet in the wrong person's hands? >> dockets say most of the teens who were taking painkillers take them orally but many are snorting painkillers. >>shepard: thank you, former nfl players are using the new orleans saints cash f...