CNN CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto August 28, 2019 13:32:00
New this morning the owners of purdue pharma, a company accused in lawsuits of fueling the national opioid epidemic may give up ownership of the company. the sackler family is said to be in talks to setting thousands of lawsuits. that potential settlement could cost the family billions, that billions with a "b," billions of dollars. cnn's alexandria field has been following this story. this is really an attempt by the family to draw a line in the costs of these lawsuits? >> this may be an attempt to separate themselves from further litigation down the road and also settle the matter because yo...