year, a drug produced largely in china then smuggled into the united states over our open southern border. and how bad is this crisis,de will ? last year, the dea seized fifty point six million fentanyl laced fake 10escriptionntanyl pills and moe than ten thousand pounds of fena fentanyl powder. that's enougl h to kill more the the u.s. population. here now is that grievingheard father you just heard from brandon, don brandon, br. w yo i started crying when i sawa your testimony as a parent. of almost now three teenagerste and everyoneenager out therens who judges anything that happens in anyone else's family he i my heartar breaks for you anda applaud your courage inki ou, because as we'red some looking at what's happening across the world, sometimes we forget about what's happeninge right here in our own country.in your messageow for the country tonight. fortoni having me
official confirmed this attack has taken place saying that it was a massive blow and there's been some criticism among military commentators in russia about the fact that a large number of soldiers were being housed in a facility without a shelter saying it was an easy target for the ukrainian forces in that part of the country.- in that part of the country. thank ou ve in that part of the country. thank you very much- _ thank you very much. senior doctors are warning that some a&e departments are in a "complete state of crisis" because of the extreme pressures facing the nhs this winter. the royal college of emergency medicine says it's impossible to provide the best standard of care — and it adds there's "no doubt" patients are being harmed. louisa pilbeam has the details. patients lying in a&e corridors... ...ambulance delays, and staff who say they're at breaking point, and surging flu cases, all at a critical time for the nhs. the diagnosis from a leading emergency care doctor?
i said, my maxim is if in doubt, dress up-_ dress up. her influence as a designer— dress up. her influence as a designer spanned _ dress up. her influence as a designer spanned five i dress up. her influence as a i designer spanned five decades, she was both a commercial and critical success, managing to rise up the ranks of the establishment without abandoning her antiestablishment credentials. sarah campbell they�* re looking sarah campbell they're looking back on the life of dame vivienne westwood, the fashion designer who has died at the age of 81. her maxim is, if in doubt, dress up. not a bad one, is it? let's return to the tributes that are coming in for pele, the legendary brazilian footballer who has died at the age of 82. i'm joined now by south american footballjournalist, tim vickery, who is in rio. thank you very much forjoining us again here on bbc news. i imagine you are in great demand at the moment. tell us what the reaction is in rio dejaneiro in particular and across the country. it is in rio de janeiro in particular and across the country.— in rio de janeiro in particular and across the country. it is a country that was braced _ across the country. it is a country that was braced for _ across the country. it is a country that was braced for this _ across the country. it is a country that was braced for this news. i l that was braced for this news. i went to do a tv show in rio de
say it— you say, it is an overused word to say it is— you say, it is an overused word to say it is moving to hear from these people _ say it is moving to hear from these people but— say it is moving to hear from these people but it is, astonishing what is said _ people but it is, astonishing what is said about vladimir putin, he says— is said about vladimir putin, he says compromise, never? only when he is fully— says compromise, never? only when he is fully defeated and this is a man whose _ is fully defeated and this is a man whose city— is fully defeated and this is a man whose city has been obliterated, himself— whose city has been obliterated, himself was kidnapped in a very egregious manner, filmed and shown to the _ egregious manner, filmed and shown to the world and he is utterly defiant _ to the world and he is utterly defiant. and what can you do except say i absolutely respect that man and the _ say i absolutely respect that man and the defiance that he represents in his— and the defiance that he represents in his own _ and the defiance that he represents in his own country.— in his own country. echoing exactly what ou in his own country. echoing exactly what you say _ in his own country. echoing exactly what you say about _ in his own country. echoing exactly what you say about paying - in his own country. echoing exactly what you say about paying tribute l what you say about paying tribute to everybody covering this story. incredibly brave thing to be doing. right, moving on to politics in france. there is the vote today and dramatic news from there as well with marine le pen within a whisker of president emmanuel macron. laura, your thoughts? what does this say?