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As opioid overdose deaths skyrocket in San Diego local leaders are working on a new comprehensive plan to tackle this epidemic. It will include treatment and support services.

People dead. jillian: donald trump unveiling a plan for a nationwide opioid epidemic by reigniting building that wall. >> $6 billion opioid plan. >> donald trump had a clear message in manchester. time to get tough in the battle against opioids. >> you are a dealer or doctor or trafficker, and blake the law and pedal deadly poisons we will find you, arrest you and hold you accountable. >> reporter: at a firehouse in new hampshire, a state hit hard by opioid addiction, the president unveiled his plan to address the crisis which claimed the lives of 42,000 americans in 2016. pending -- cutting t...

Today, what can you tell us about today's opioid event in new hampshire? >> yeah. very, very important idea to get up there. i mean, this is something that is ravaging, just hammering states all over the country. not just the beautiful state of new hampshire. you may remember back on the 1st of this month they had that very important policy push at the white house talking about opioids. jeff sessions, the attorney general was there. one of the headlines, of course, that will garner a great deal of attention today, sandra, is this. as as far as the president's new opioid plan it says the depart...

Point of this is, splitting the resources and unlike jeff flake who can even win a primary and red arizona, i don't think he should be leading the party when it comes to who should be defeating donald trump. >> sandra: the president and melania trump are making their way to new hampshire, as we been talking about, to unveil the president's opioid plan including the death penalty for traffickers. we will keep that live shot up as they make their way there and continue our conversation here. something that you feel very passionately about. >> kennedy: absolutely. we will see what the president h...