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The National Institute on drug abuse. This is two hours and 15 minutes. Good morning. Welcome to this hearing called fentanyl the next wave of the Opioid Crisis. America is in a full on Opioid Crisis. It started with the overprescribing of opioid drugs and then shifted more to heroin. Today, the subcommittee examines the next wave of the Opioid Crisis and fentanyl. Fentanyl is made in the lab and for many years, it has been a powerful pain medication used by patients with cancer or for those with extreme pain. When i was injured in iraq a few years ago, Battlefield Medicine they, and recovery,...

Practice. And today were here to talk about one of the most pressing Health Policy issues thats been making a lot of headlines recently, and that is the Medicaid Program. Medicaid covers over 70 Million People, as we will hear, and it is responsible todays briefing is going to examine the relationship between medicaid coverage, access to care and Health Outcomes, as well as what might be next for medicaid in the states and congress and in the administration. And id like to thank first our sponsor for todays event, our partner, the Commonwealth Fund. Were very grateful for their support of this...

Torrential rain. And more than 130 mile per hour winds slammed into haiti. Turning roads into rivers in the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. Across the aisle in the dominican republic, the deluge dropped inches of rain. Forcing cars to drive through the flood. In jamaica, the effects of matthew have already been felt. This road washed away in a mud slide. Along the coast of cuba, people were urged to head for mier ground. More than 300,000 people have report edly been evacuated. If matthew impacts florida, there will be massive destruction we have seen in years. Jeff rick scott is dec...

Telling us some extra curriculer activities have been cut. I can tell you my daughter was in sciences. I was in art club. They cut the art club this week. She paid 15 last week to join art club and not getting the art club anymore. Reporter all right. As you can see, they are trying to let more people into this meeting right now. We should mention theres a for the november election. If that doesnt pass, the school board has threatened there could need to be even more cuts. Romona, mark . Mark denise, for those who might be new to the story, can you explain where this money went to begin with ....

House. The people who live here, well, they are focused on hope and prayer for the baby shot in the head and the little girl who took a bullet to the back. Chaos at this house on clevelands west side and today absolute heartbreak. I dont know who would do this. Sally davis is the mother of the girl on the right elizabeth and the grandmother little savannah both shot when someone opened fire on their house where they arms. My daughter was on the front stairs where her little girl was sleeping on the shoulder. The baby got hit in the back of the head. And it went from her head and struck my litt...