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strike on a un—run school in northern gaza. israel hasn't commented. if the ceasefire does go to plan, the four—day pause in the fighting in gaza will begin on friday at 7:00 in the morning, local time. the first group of israeli hostages — 13 from a group of 50 — will be released a few hours after that. israel has confirmed it has a list of names and has been contacting the families. and in return, israel will release 39 palestinian prisoners with a commitment to free 150 if things go well. according to hamas, four trucks and 200 aid trucks will be allowed in to gaza. israel...

Today, opening arguments begin in the trial of a former ohio doctor accused of overprescribing his patients' pain killing drugs to quicken their deaths. he's facing 14 murder charges for allegedly giving patients lethal amounts of fentanyl. jean casarez brought this story to our attention and joins us now. this is really interesting and troubling in many ways. >> it is an important trial. i think we all can relate to it. someone in our family or close friend that is dying and giving that comfort care medication so they're not in so much pain. the prosecutor in the case has to prove beyond a re...

Just the drug companies, retailers and distributors are being sued. again, this was just one small subset of what you're going to see. you're just going to see a lot of litigation over the rest of this year and beyond, so this isn't going away anytime soon. >> do you think they make a good argument that really doctors are on the forefront of this and that they should be held as responsible? >> they make the argument that the fda approved this drug as an effective pain killing medication and the drugs are prescribed by physicians. why should we, the pharmaceutical companies be held responsible....

Just the driver and one passenger were in the car. they both died. if you play football you get hurt. that's just a fact. and if you play at the pro level, pain management is a critical topic. but there is a long list of pain killing drugs that are banned by the nfl, including marijuana. for years some players have advocated easing rules on pot saying it should qualify as acceptable alternative therapy. and as more states legalize at least some use of marijuana that argument gets louder. as of now, 33 states in the district of columbia have passed laws that broadly allow the use of medical mar...

Narcotics. one of the most chilling on new york's long island. four people, two of them customers shot dead last father's day execution-style by a pill-popping drug addict. laura engles live in the newsroom. what can you tell us more about this disturbing trend? >> reporter: the number of armed pharmacy robberies in the u.s. rose 81% over last five years according to the united states drug enforcement administration. it is a huge problem. many pharmacies around the country immediately tightened up security last year by that father's day shooting, posting more cameras and saying they don't carr...