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The suits? >> well, the goal is to hold the drug companies accountable. we are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of millions more in civil penalties. here is what i would like to see ultimately. i'd like to see fully funded recovery programs for those who are suffering because of the epidemic. rehabilitation programs. job training programs for those who have been taken out of the workforce and the labor market because of what they suffered through. programs to help people get back on their feet and help communities heel. that is the ultimate goal. to be accountabi...

Administration helped to deliver $70 million in federal aid. that went mostly to hoboken's residents and businesses. >> if you look at our recovery programs in totality, i'm scratching my head a little bit about, you know, any community that's getting the short end of the stick other than to say that i understand, we've got very limited resources at our disposal to date. >> bigger issue for christie, he's fighting a two-front war, the bridge scandal, new e-mail rev layings, and new jersey lawmakers are expected to announce they're creating a special new joint senate committee to investigate th...

Congress is back at work today which means for republican lawmakers turning a blind eye to the horrific budget cuts hurting americans all across the country. today "mother jones" reports programs that fight domestic violence and sexual assault will lose $20 million this year, meaning more than 70,000 victims of domestic violence won't have access to recovery programs and shelters. thousands of abused women and children with nowhere to go. the director of one shelter in utah says it's already happened. >> we literally had a lady call, she had four children and begged to get in our program, she ...

It. it's going to be the mainline saying, that's enough. >> well, where is the mainline courage? >> courage? there is no courage. >> i've toured with newt gingrich. we are trying to show that we can have civil disagreement but this kind of ugliness that is veiled and unveiled is not tolerated. this is wrong. this is what we must see. >> if they encourage, we'd have universe stall background checks passed in the law. >> well, i would settle for condemnation of the zombie thing and then let's take more universal background checks. thank you for your time tonight. >> they don't deserve to be pres...

This 1931 bela lugosi film. chuck? >> what is dracula. >> dracula, yes. >> all right. >> that leaves you with $18,100. but we bump that up to $50,000. >> chuck just cleaned up last night. his total winnings of 50 grand went to the d.c. based charity samaritan inn, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. chuck, nice work. tonight, keeps getting better, our own kelly o'donnell on "jeopardy." still ahead on "way too early" while you're awake your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mi...