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President obama announcing this morning via twitter that his nominee to be drug czar republican congressman tom moreno of pennsylvania is officially withdrawing his name from consideration for the job. it follows a "washington post" "60 minutes" investigation that found he played a key role in a bill that weakened the federal authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. the president addressing the matter in a radio interview just over an hour ago. >> he told me, look. if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest with insurance companies essentially, but if there's...

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Mills and coal mines. absolutely none of that has happened. he promised to address the opioid problem that we have in ohio which is very severe. hasn't done anything, in fact, he's gone backwards on those promises supporting bills that throw 20 million people off of their health care and a lot of those people who receive medicaid get treatment for opiate addiction. he's gone backwards or stayed neutral and not even offered a jobs program for people in youngstown. at the end of the day, while they may not have the left him yet, they're going to be watching and they want him to deliver. >> why d...

More with less cost. >> we are sending a lot back to the states where it belongs. this will be something really special if we can get it done. every state is different. we have a tremendous opioid problem in some states. i have to tell you, this will be a tremendous plan. we will have a lot of very, very happy people in this country if we can get it done. we're going to have a great answer. hopefully will have it soon. we will keep you informed. thank you very much. this will be great for everybod everybody. i always say that. thank you all very much.