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State. it was in six counties in western pennsylvania. sometimes the biggest cities in the state you hear about and any state, in our state whether it's philadelphia or pittsburgh, these deaths occurred in places pretty far from a big city. so helping us get to the origin or source of that is one part of the challenge. also, dealing with this question of the -- the potency of the heroin, as well as the efforts made by the bad guys to get it into the hands of younger and younger people. this is an issue that frankly was highlighted a couple of years ago by the so-called ndic in pennsylvania, wh...

Just last month. take a listen. >> vermont since 2000, we've seen more than 770% increase in treatment for all opiates, what starts as oxycontin problem in vermont, has turned into a full blown heroin crisis. >> he devoted nearly his state of the state address to addiction in this state. he noted that prescription opiates are often the gateway to heroin, many experts say the success of the crackdown on drugs like oxycontin, that that's led to a lot of addicts turning to heroin. do we need to look at how we prescribe oepiates as well, is that a large part of the problem? >> it seems to be craig...

>> this is the whole idea as you tip toe out there with outrageous allegations. they are guilty of corruption, and there's a cover-up involving the response in benghazi, when you get right down to it, it's a whole lot less than that. i think the republicans can maek a good case on all of these by sticking to the facts. maybe this will help them in terms of short term politics in 2014 but hogan was just talking about the trust issue with this president and that's a real issue. when the opposition is just making stuff up along the way, they are going to have a similar problem. >> krystal, this i...

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