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Virginia governor. Governor. Live coverage of the richmond rally begins 6 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Watch both on cspan. Org were the cspan radio app. Next, before among opioid addiction and th the affect it s on families. Parents of a young man who died from a heroin overdose talked about their experience of losing a child and addiction. We will also hear from the senator portman and mansion and later a panel of journalists that cover the epidemic. Epidemic. The discussion was hosted by the washington post. Good morning, everyone. Im lenny bernstein, the health and medicine reporter at the wash...

One thing i learned right away is theres nothing i could have done. In the beginning you were pretty guilty about his death but they were telling you you couldnt have. Right, theres nothing i could do from 1994 to october 2, 2016. Nothing i could have done to change. But its hard as a mom. You spend months on this video, went up to williamsport and met with the peace folks and attended the group. Youve been with them long after words. What was your ambition when you started, and what did you find out as i think it was important andd this is something we discussed early on, that we wanted to sh...

Todd and dori, can you tell us a little bit about how his addiction began, and how it progressed . Well, in january of 2015, he had an injury, broke his hand and foot and we took him to the emergency room and everything. He got prescribed painkillers, and we had no idea that he got addicted to painkillers. Now, around october of 2015 his mom found pills in his room. And of course i i was upset. I yelled at him. I said, this is what inmates try to get in the prison system. And thats when he told us about his addiction through painkillers. I looked it up online, educate myself a little bit about...

Journalist who made that remark you just saw. [applause] us and doory, can you tell a little bit about how thads , pain kirl an addiction began, and how it progressed . In january of 2015, he had an injury. His hand and foot. We took him to the emergency everything. He got prescribed painkillers. We had no idea he got addicted painkillers. 2015, around october of his om found some items in loom. Room. Of course i was upset. Him. Led at i said, pat, this is what inmates conditions snsed to the prison system. Thats when he told us about his addiction. To painkillers. Looked it up online. Educate...

Are going to win this. The remaining question is whether we will win it in time to reduce the risk to an accessible level we will cross of some point of no return. It is a dangerous race between hope and catastrophic consequences we are creating. On sunday at 5 30 p. M. Eastern, and all the discussion on local diversity and free speech on College Campuses with professors. I do not want to demonize the protesters the way they have been. What is positive . They are passionately committed to social justice and racial justice. I want to thank them for it. I would love to have the opportunity to pe...