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Going. i've never seen that on any xhufrts university campus i've been to and shows you how big that problem is in that part of myanmar. when you talk to burmese officials as we did, law enforcement official from the area he insisted that there isn't really a serious heroin problem in that part of myanmar. errol. >> so a level of denial as many people continue to suffer. certainly an insightful report. many people's eye are open. thank you. rosemary. >> let's turn to the african continent now and there is fear, sadness and growing anger in kenya after the latest attack by al shabaab. militants...

Worse shape than we first thought after a bicycle accident here in new york. an orthopedic trauma surgeon says bono's injuries include a fracture to his left eye socket, three breaks to his left shoulder blade and an elbow bone that went through the skin breaking into six pieces. he's already had two surgeries and will need intensive physical therapy. 'tis the season for lots of gift buying. and almost as much gift stealing. police say much of that stealing is taking place right on our front porches. a surveillance camera was rolling when a u.p.s. driver dropped off a package at a home outsi...

Before. it is weird. we connect on a different level. >> tear came to my eye. i got choked up a bit. she figured out mine the same way. it is like we were on the same wave length. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you'll see most heroin users are really close to their moms. >> incite in to a unique aspect of bergen county's heroin problem. >> that's why i call it a mama's boy drug. >> one inmate in the rehab center thrives. another is forced to drop out. >> he's a guy i can't have back here. to me, what he did is that serious. unfortuna...

It is not regional, it's not state, it's not a section of the country. this is a problem national in scope. >> joining me now, connecticut democratic senator richard bloomenthal, previously the state's long-time attorney general, has studied the issue extensively. thank you for being on the show. >> thank you for having me. >> why have we seen all throughout the country, especially new england, the spike in the amount of heroin users as well as the number in heroin deaths. >> one of the reasons is plummeting prices, the result of increasing trafficking, well-organized criminal enterprises and ...

Every time we go to the meeting, it is bigger and bigger, and that is what we need to see happen. people with addictions to come forward. ask for help. don't be embarrassed. >> and the mckenzies are a big part in rutland, vermont, to try to eradicate the problem, and we should note that ryan who you saw there, he has been sober for a year, and doing much better now. >> and at the summit where holder spoke, the fbi director was there, too, and he said that le cently visited 25 fbi field offices and every single one this heroin problem came up. and law enforcement problem clearly as part of the ...