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Rob: welcome back. turning to the opioid crisis in the u.s., as one state is calling out johnson a and johnsa judge will decide whether that drug company is to plame as the trial comes to an end. the attorney general's office slamming the company as a kingpin and cartel, accusing it of downplaying the addictiveness of their drugs. >> i don't buy that this was a good company. in the context of this case, it is not a good company. this company cut and ran, they took the money and they ran and they left us here, holding the body bags. rob: big accusations, oklahoma seeking $17 billion in damages ...

The company has denied any wrongdoing saying he has acted responsibly. several states have reached settlements with drug makers this trial could reveal documents and testimony that show exactly what companies knew about the addictiveness of their drugs when they knew it, and how they responded. so could be very revealing. >> bill: big story. dr. marc siegel is coming up later on that. in the meantime. a private group is putting up sections of the border wall and it is using donations to fund its work. it comes on the heels of federal judge's decision last week to block the trump administration...

They are reckless criminals. unquote. as the crisis worsens, purdue continued to deny the addictiveness of their pills saying the epidemic was simply a matter of immorality on the part of individual users. meanwhile year after year the sacklers kaepernick kept pushing their company to sell more and more pain killers. sales personnel were pressured to market oxycontin to doctors for all kinds of ailments and higher and more addictive doses. if prescriptions didn't rise fast enough sales reps were threatened with termination and of course they got the message. oxycontin salesmen held daily meeti...

They are reckless criminals. unquote. as the crisis worsens, purdue continued to deny the addictiveness of their pills saying the epidemic was simply a matter of immorality on the part of individual users. meanwhile year after year thepe sackler's kept pushing the company to sell more and more painkillers. sales personnel were pressured to market oxycontin to doctors for all kinds of ailments and higher and more addictive doses. if prescriptions didn't rise fast enough sales reps were threatened with termination and of course they got the message. oxycontin salesmen held daily meetings with ph...

Impressed. i did not think the evidence really stacked up at all. but as you start to look at other labs that are not federally funded, you go outside the united states, a different picture starts to emerge, and i think the last five years have really proven that. >> as i watch this, i am blown away. how is it as a society we did not know that opioids and painkillers were going to be so addictive and also seem to have also been so off on the medicinal benefits of marijuana? >> i think until our last days as journalists together hopefully here, we'll be asking that question in some ways. i thin...