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Thanks for joining us this hour. We start in the u. S. Where leaked documents reveal the extensive lobbying by drug maker Purdue Pharma to market its widely prescribed painkillers and downplayed the risks the drug has been blamed as a major factor in americas Opioid Epidemic relations were made by the investigative media outlet pro publica they include allegations that purdue hired sympathetic experts to appear at leading Media Outlets produce funded think tanks are also accused of writing misleading articles wont make it if coverage was often challenge by medical analysts with alleged ties to...

And no elevator service. Reporter thats right we are in fairfax, this is a threestory Apartment Building that houses low income seniors and the disabled, and tenant tell me they are angry and scared. Mark is among the other tenants at the tenant house in fairfax. The 68yearold is checking on disabled neighbors trapped on the third floor, no power, no elevator, since saturday. Ive been oxygen dependent, so ive had to rely on the tanks being delivered. With the power shut off its very frightening and is scary. Smacked down the hallway another tenant is also struggling. I have two candles left, w...

A bluff but the consequences are already quite real Boris Johnson wants the e. U. To take a no deal breaks seriously forcing the bloc back to the negotiating table but with every lurch toward his october 31st deadline the pound has reacted it slid steadily against the dollar leading up to johnsons election as conservative party leader it fell after his meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel failed to produce a breakthrough and then today a slide of more than one percent before recovering some losses. There have been fleeting gains here and there but at about a 1. 22 the pound is muddling...

Through to the open. The s p up about. 87 . Nice gain. The nasdaq up better than 1 . It is a rally. Please note, the market has completely reversed, the selling that greeted the inverted yield curve scare and the china trade scho scare even though that is a threat. The Hong Kong Police have banned the giant demonstration planned for this saturday and beijing has brought in fresh troops. The scene is set for a crackdown. If that happens, it would likely affect china trade talks. By the way, monday, the hong kong protesters have called a general strike when our market is closed. Watch out Tuesda...

I guess investors liked what they saw the dow is going to be up what maybe 80 points after whopping great gang in last two days same story with the s p up about a third of one percent. The nasdaq is going to be up a quarter of one percent. As of now by the way all three within a breath all time record highs. The political news of the day, my opinion good news for democrats howard shuttle starbucks billionaire will not run for the presidency so antitrump volt will not be split and it will be a straightforward election between mr. Trump and the left. On todays show is america the best performing...