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Nba's free agency doesn't begin until saturday. but the drama is already underway. a huge trade going down. and you know who's happy about it, reamanc ancromans? >> i think andy scholes must be. look at that smile. yeah, let's say i wasn't upset about the transaction going down yesterday. you know what, the nba, it's all about super teams now. luckily for rockets fans everywhere, they are trying to be the next super team. the rockets acquiring star point guard chris paul yesterday in a trade with the clippers. paul will now play with houston, giving them one of the best courts in the league....

And my question to you is, what that offset the problems? why is it not good enough to put more money into that to address opioids? >> well, first of all, the $2 billion number is truly a drop in the bucket and doesn't begin to approach the coverage provided by medicaid expansion for substance use disorder across our country. but let's also step back. that it stems from root causes. the critical things to have integrated health care for people with substance use disorder. a man got up today to talk about a loved one who is in recovery and how she had been the victim of sexual trauma. that that...

There will be more money to an inducement. and my question to you is, what that offset the problems? why is it not good enough to put more money into that to address opioids? >> well, first of all, the $2 billion number is truly a drop in the bucket and doesn't begin to approach the coverage provided by medicaid expansion for substance use disorder across our country. but let's also step back. that it stems from root causes. the critical things to have integrated health care for people with substance use disorder. a man got up today to talk about a loved one who is in recovery and how she had ...

That doesn't begin to get us back on the path. the budget itself has significant cuts in places that are very concerning. they cut (100)000-0000 out of the naval operations, they cut 300 million out of missile defense. when the north koreans are very threatening and making alarming progress, the last thing we need to do is cut up defense. we really need to do more. more based on what we need to purchase. >> you mentioned secretary mattis testifying. what about the budget control act? >> i retired from military service after sequestration took effect. i returned to the department and had been s...

That doesn't begin to get us back on the path. the budget itself has significant cuts in places that are very concerning. they cut (100)000-0000 out of the naval operations, they cut 300 million out of missile defense. when the north koreans are very threatening and making alarming progress, the last thing we need to do is cut up defense. we really need to do more. more based on what we need to purchase. >> you mentioned secretary mattis testifying. what about the budget control act? >> i retired from military service after sequestration took effect. i returned to the department and had been s...