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Sisters right now. the elderly. people who are in need who might not have enough to heat themselves in this kind of situation because people can get bad -- it can get bad fast. >> speaking of the midwest, chicago, we are doing a story that has been discussed a and it is the alleged attack involving jussie smollett. >> from "empire." >> the actor from "empire" in chicago. and we're going to have a report on that and discuss where police are now in this situation. but it is interesting. also, the president is obsessed, as you know, with mar-a-lago, right? he loves mar-a-lago. >> mm-hmm. >> the a...

Abuse in the udz. the state of ohio suing five drug companies including them of misrepresentatives the rescues of prepgsz pain killers. 33,000 people die in the 2015 due to over dozing on opioids including prescription pain kills and heroin. that is more than any year on record according to the cdc. there are five companies named in the suit blames the drug makers spending millions prom e promoting pain kill and are down playing addictive qualities. >> reporter: now to a fox extreme weather alert today marks the official start of the atlantic hurricane season. as secretary of home land securit...

China shook hands before starting a historic meeting marking the first high-level contact between both sides since 1949. the summit in singapore is historic with the aim of prom e promoting peace. the world health organization is set to declare sierra leone ebola free. since the outbreak started nearly two years ago, there have been more cases of violence than its neighbors. ebola has killed thousands in the west african country. [ chanting ] >> reporter: and these protests in romania. in a fourth straight day, demonstrators there are calling for an end to government corruption. the protest vs...

He grew up in puerto rico and was in the national guard there for a number of years before joining the army in 2010. >> all right, nbc's charles hadlock, thank you very much. let's bring in retired general. we've been talking a little bit off camera about this young man, mr. lopez, the alleged shooter in this case. you were making a very interesting point about his rank versus the time he's spent in the military. >> somebody who's spent nine years in uniform and who's 34 years old has the rank of somebody who's about 19 or maybe 20 years old. very, very unusual. i mean, you would expect somebo...

I'm curious about why somebody has spent so much time in a very low grade -- hasn't been prom e promoted. it's very unusual indeed. >> let's talk just a little bit about the mental health aspect of it. if you could tell us what is the procedure when somebody is seeking help? how does that impact potentially their ability to move up in rank in the military? >> well, it is not supposed to have any impediment to their moving up in rank. from what i understand, from the information that's been divulged so far, his personal assessment that he was suffering from some traumatic brain injury is relati...