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The epidemic killing more than 100

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people a day

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The epidemic killing more than 100

people a day in the United States.

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This is our president Trump outlines

what the government will do to

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address America's OPI crisis.

It doesn't discriminate by race or

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class, millions are addicted. Brooke

Symonds was just 19 when she

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overdosed, now her father is

reaching out to others. -- America's

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opiate crisis.

Nobody wanted to say

that they had an addiction in the

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family. But now people are talking

because it can happen to anybody.

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President Trump is due to speak any

moment from the White House on the

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subject, we will take you there when

he does.

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A defiant Catalan leadership

continues the bid for leadership.

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The central government prepares to

take back power from the region.

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The final batch of documents linked

to the assassination of John F.

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Kennedy will be released today. Will

they once and for all solve the

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mystery of Dallas?

Also on the programme: In Kenya only

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one side is voting in today's rerun

of the presidential election. Police

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have fought running battles with

opposition protesters.

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And now we live in Flanders

Fields...

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Poetry and poppies, the words

recording the horrors of World War

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I, laid out line by line in Britain

and in France.

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To get in touch... -- do get in

touch...

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Welcome. President Trump is about to

announce his plan for tackling the

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opioid addiction crisis which is

ravaging much of America. The rate

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of overdoses is climbing. Last year

it exceeded the number of Americans

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killed during the entire Vietnam

War.

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The epidemic affects everybody,

black, white, poor, rich, urban and

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rural. From communities across the

US we are getting heart rendering

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stories of patients and parents who

have buried their addicted children

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far too young. We can now see the

impact in Marilyn and -- Maryland.

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She was an exceptional athlete. All

of that was dropped from her when

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she was introduced to opiates and

eventually Herrerin.

It's been two

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years since Ken lost his daughter to

an overdose. A drugs force police

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officer for many years, used to look

up addicts, now he has lost his

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daughter to drugs.

This has never

happened. This has reached epidemic

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proportions and something has got to

be done.

For Kevin that something

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means building a women's only

treatment centre in Brook's memory.

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He says the way to deal with this

problem is through more investment

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in recovery and education.

We are

doing it all wrong. For every

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illness we are prescribed a pill.

There is no education. Kids are more

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afraid to smoke a cigarette than

they are to take a pill.

Kevin

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Phillips in Hagerstown, which sits

on what has become known as the

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heroine highway. With opioid related

deaths on the rise this sleepy part

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of America is now plagued by the

crisis. Hagerstown could be any town

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in America. The scale of the opioid

crisis here and elsewhere is huge.

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In this state, Maryland alone, more

than 1100 people died from opioid

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related illnesses in the first six

months of this year. The challenge

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for President Trump is to come up

with workable solutions to contain

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this epidemic. For some that means

more vocational programmes like

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Ladders To Leaders, which encourages

addicts to work and earn as part of

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their recovery.

Take this to people

not doing anything. There are people

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out there getting high and they are

working the system.

For other

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addicts like Jamal this means

changing a system where drugs are

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often readily available.

The doctors

are the biggest drug dealers. You

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get a prescription from a doctor,

you have a doctor selling drugs

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under the table.

The conversation

has come to the dinner table. Now

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everybody is discussing it with

their family and kids.

It had to get

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personal for Kevin to face the

issue. He hopes his experience will

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help Americans opened up about a

crisis which is claiming thousands

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of lives.

Before you never wanted to

say your daughter is a heroin

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addict. Nobody wanted to say that.

Nobody wants to say they had a

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problem with addiction in their

family. Now people are talking to

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their kit and saying to them that it

could happen to anybody because I am

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telling you it can happen to

anybody.

Accidental drug overdose is

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the leading cause in America. Every

19 minutes somebody dies from taking

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opioids. The number of deaths has

exceeded 64,020 16, which is more

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than car crashes and gun deaths

combined.

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That is a rate of 175 deaths every

day. -- exceeded 64,000 in 2016.

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Last year Tennessee saw a 12%

increase in the number of people who

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died in drug overdoses. The Mayor of

Nashville has spoken out publicly

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after her own son died in July,

another victim of the epidemic.

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Doctor Tracey Jackson joins us from

Nashville. Thank you for joining us.

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You saw the heartbreak that opioid

addiction and death from it in

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America.

We are very interested in

the idea of a quick fix. Even though

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it's a chronic problem. Most

physicians and patients are aware

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that opioid issues are a problem. It

is a little bit in humane to just

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take people's opioids away without

providing them with other viable

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alternative methods to manage their

chronic illness.

We've just had the

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions

saying two things, one that

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marijuana is the gateway drug to

opioid addiction, and second, people

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should just say no to drugs and that

would solve this problem. What do

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you make of both of those points?

One of your native sons, Russell

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Brand, has been on about this for

quite some time. Saying that it does

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no good to criminalise addiction.

But this is a... This is your

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central nervous system processing

disorder. It has biological and

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psychological factors and social

factors which buy into that. It has

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to be addressed as fact and treated

long-term. In order to make any

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impact on its management. Anything

that continues to shame and isolate

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people or stigmatise or persecute

people who are seeking help, that

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only serves to worsen that brain

processing disorder and make people

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more likely to stay addicted or in

some cases in chronic pain for much

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longer than is necessary.

I was taken by what you were saying

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about the culture of drugs in

America. I was told today by one of

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my colleagues that when he was in

America and he had a bit of the flu,

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a doctor prescribed him something,

and the bill for the drugs was over

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$900. That's extraordinary. It makes

you think that this could be a

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collaborative effort between

doctors, pharmacists, and government

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to try and stop it.

It is absolutely

critical that that happens. You can

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take some clues from the AIDS

epidemic at its height. It's not

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just enough to educate doctors or

reduce the number of pills

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prescribed. We've done that in

Tennessee. We have reduced

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prescriptions. But the number of

deaths are not going down because we

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are not offering people viable

alternatives that would manage their

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chronic illness. The cycle will

continue until we are able to get

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our head around that.

The other big

issue is that these pharmaceutical

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companies have a lot of money to pay

the lobbies in Washington.

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That's certainly an argument that

has been put about. I always say if

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there were a magic bullet we would

have all been shot by an now in

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America. Sometimes it's not that

straightforward. Pharmaceutical

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companies have a significant role to

play. Especially with interaction

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with insurance companies. Sometimes

it is not dictated by what the

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science shows and what's the best

for the patient, but what insurance

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companies will reimburse. We need to

match need with what is out there.

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Thank you very much for joining us

from Nashville, Tennessee. For more

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on this we will go when the

president speaks to the White House.

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You can see the shot from the White

House. We're waiting for him to

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announce his plan to deal with this

crisis. We are joined by our

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political analyst Ron Christie. He

has served as an adviser to

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President George W. Before we get

into the politics, the devastation

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this is causing, we saw it in that

piece, it is heartbreaking. --

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President George W Bush. But it is

moving so fast. When President Trump

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was a campaign candidate, he said he

would address this, it is part of

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the reason he won in New Hampshire

during the primaries. Is he doing

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enough?

I think so. It's a good

first step. The Vietnam War is still

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one of the biggest scars we have an

America. We lost 58,000 soldiers

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over several years. You are talking

about an epidemic where we lost

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66,000 in the space of a year.

Doesn't matter what your background

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is. I believe what trumpeted on the

trail, when you go to the small

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towns and big cities, you see folks

who are addicted and afflicted with

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this. That is something which

affected him on the campaign trail.

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He has tried to do it. He wants to

focus on health care and tax reform.

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From the political sense he realised

this was something he needed to do

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as the American president, rather

than deliver something from the

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base.

You can only deal with this if

you deal with the pharmaceutical

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industry and the power of the

pharmaceutical companies. I have a

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friend writing a book on this. A

Republican politician said that we

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cannot deal with these problems

until we deal with that.

Yes. The

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power and the sweet pharmaceutical

companies have over Congress is not

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to be overlooked. -- the power that

pharmaceutical companies have. If

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they want something done or they do

not want Congress to do something,

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they will step out of the way and do

it.

I was thinking about the general

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culture of it and the number of

pills people take in America. It's

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astonishing. The one thing I'm

wondering is, when he makes this

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announcement today, Ron, who is

going to push the policy forward? He

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doesn't have a drugs 's

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You will have existing grants that

can be redirected to help fight this

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opioids crisis.

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In the short time you will have a

offices in the executive branch with

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more money at their disposal. They

will work with governors. Governors

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are familiar with this in their

local areas. They will have to think

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how can we redirect these grants to

where they are specifically needed

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so we can get money out the door and

help into the hands of people that

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need it. I am for once not worried

about the lack of senior officials

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in place, I am encouraged that

governors, Mayors, and officials are

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working on this issue to try and

find sense out of this really

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horrific problem we have here in

America.

We will have more on this

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from the White House. As soon as the

president makes that announcement we

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will bring it to you.

Let's talk about Catalonia. If you

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are confused about events there,

join the club. We thought we might

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be bringing you news that the

Catalan government had declared

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unilateral independence from the

rest of Spain, but that hasn't

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happened. Carles Puigdemont has

pulled back yet again.

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He was considering calling a snap

election in December if Madrid agree

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to suspend its plan to take back

control of the region. The Spanish

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government has appeared to renege on

that. Therefore Carles Puigdemont

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has decided against the election.

This is what he has to say...

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TRANSLATION:

I was prepared to call

these elections on the sole

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condition we were given guarantees

they would be held in an absolutely

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normal manner. But there are no such

guarantees that would justify

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calling these regional elections

today.

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They are still speaking in the

Catalan parliament in Barcelona. I

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think we can show you those

pictures. You wait to see Carles

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Puigdemont. But he is in the

audience. They are talking one by

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one at the rostrum. Our

correspondent is in Barcelona...

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What's the outcome of today's

indecision? He was going to call

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this election. Then he didn't. His

coalition partners starting to drift

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away from him?

They are. It has been

a day of rumours. And frankly chaos.

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We were expecting Carles Puigdemont

to make an address at one o'clock

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local time. That was then delayed,

then eventually suspended. We heard

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it was because so much of his

support in his coalition was

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draining away because he was going

to call a snap election. He wanted

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to do that in the hope Madrid would

not invoke Article one 55. When that

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happened students took to the

streets. -- Article 150 five.

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Carles Puigdemont was effectively

dead politically. Then we heard he

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would be making a statement at five

o'clock local time. Several of the

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coalition members said I think we

will get the result we want. In

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other words unilateral declaration

of independence. He spoke for about

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ten minutes. Then he didn't say that

either. He is now at the Catalan

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parliament behind me. He isn't going

to speak. But there is some

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suggestion that that illegal

referendum, according to Madrid,

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which they won with a 90% vote on a

40% turnout, would be put away vote

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sometime tomorrow before the

dissolution of the Catalan

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parliament, so they would have

declared independence. Cue 155. We

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can talk about this now. You are a

pro-separatist university lecturer.

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Will it go to a vote? Some of the

supporters of Carles Puigdemont well

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calling him a traitor and calling

for him to go.

You have put it well.

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It has been a day of chaos and

confusion. We are where we work 24

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hours ago.

Three weeks ago.

True.

Isn't that irresponsible? Some of

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your critics would say that is

irresponsible politics. You have

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people out on the streets furious

with him. And he has upset Madrid.

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Where is the leadership here?

We

need to stick to the facts.

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Officially he never said he would

call a snap election. There were

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talks behind the walls but

officially there was never any

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indication from Carles Puigdemont he

was going to call for an election.

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We must understand, we have some

people calling it history in the

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making here. There is lots of

pressure, tensions, lots of

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international and national

pressures. It puts the party under

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enormous pressure here and Carles

Puigdemont. It is only logic that

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there might have been some panic

attacks, you might call it.

For him

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or supporters? Many have resigned on

Twitter. It has been farcical

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because some have said that doesn't

count.

I know. I believe that some

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people both in parliament and

outside of Parliament might have

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gone through this...

Except it isn't

farcical when you think that direct

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rule probably will be imposed in

Madrid tomorrow. And it moves into a

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different phase. That will upset

many of separatist -- many

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separatist supporters. But may

reassure those who want to stay part

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of a united Madrid.

Indeed. We

expect tomorrow, at some point, that

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155 would be upheld.

After a

declaration of Independence?

I would

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say before. I think they want to

teach pro-independence Catalan is a

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lesson. They've made it clear that

they are not waiting for

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negotiations, they are not waiting

for moves by Carles Puigdemont any

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more. They are going to apply it. I

expect that after that there will

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probably be a vote on a declaration

of Independence here in parliament.

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Thanks very much. By which time the

Catalan parliament will have been

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dissolved, according to Madrid,

well, that is what we think.

If

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Carles Puigdemont was CEO of a

company the board would have fired

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him now just for the model he's put

people in. It is a lesson. If you

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are going to hold a referendum you

best have stepped two, three, and

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four worked out beforehand, and he

didn't.

He didn't. It's interesting.

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Because this is a man who from the

1970s and 1980s has been committed

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to independence. He said he didn't

want to be a political leader but he

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wanted to bring this region to

independence. Talking to his

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supporters and unionists, as well,

they have been spooked by the fact

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the rest of the EU hasn't come out

or even countries like Norway or

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other countries outside the EU to

say that they support them in this

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referendum. And I think the flight

of -- and many businesses have moved

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their headquarters out of the area,

and I think they have been spooked

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by that.

Thanks very much. Tim has been

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covering that story throughout and

he will keep us up-to-date with

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hopefully some sort of clarity. We

are still waiting for the president.

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He will be talking about his plan

for opioid addiction. It is

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something he spoke about during the

election campaign. It is a huge

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issue in America. I have a couple of

stories, a friend of mine is writing

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a book on the subject. One thing I

thought he said which was telling,

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as he went to West Virginia and he

spoke to officials there, they said

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they realised they had a problem

with opioid addiction. When they

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opened up a whole new slew of state

prisons and they could not find

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enough drugs to guard the and

prisoners who were not addicted.

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President Trump is now entering the

room. He will be announcing his

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plan. Let's take a listen now to the

president and the first Lady.

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APPLAUSE

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Thank you.

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Thank you. The set. Thank you. --

please set. Thank you all for being

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here today. It touches my heart to

see many familiar faces of the

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people I have been lucky to get to

know over the last few months. Thank

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you for the time and strength it

takes for each of you to tell your

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stories. We are here today because

of your courage. The opioid epidemic

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has affected more than 2 million

Americans nationwide and sadly the

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number continues to rise. We lost

more than 175 Americans to overdoses

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every day. And millions more are

struggling with addiction. As many

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of you know, addiction affects

children in many different ways. I

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have recently taken a larger

interest in what I can do to help

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fight this epidemic.

APPLAUSE

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I have been participating in

meetings and listening sessions and

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I have been visiting with people who

have been affected by this disease.

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I want to take a moment now to tell

you what I've learned from the men

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and women on the front lines this

epidemic. Don home and talked to me

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about his son Garrett, who took

medication for ADHD, and suffered

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from depression and anxiety. He

explained that social media played a

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part in his son's erratic mood and

behaviours. Garrett started to buy

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synthetic opioid online and self

medicated for his depression.

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Passing away from a overdose just

eight days before his 21st birthday.

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Don taught me that the stigma of

drug addiction must be normalised

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and talking about it is the only way

to do that. Coach David Magee talked

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about his friend who became addicted

after and his pain medication was

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prescribed for a sports injury. His

friend died from an overdose and

0:23:250:23:29

through his tragic loss coach Mickey

told me how important it is to

0:23:290:23:37

educate kids, athletes, and parents,

because his friend was not weak

0:23:370:23:41

minded. In fact, like so many of our

kids today, he was competitive and

0:23:410:23:46

strong willed. Another lady who is

now on the tenth year of recovery

0:23:460:23:55

helped me learn that drug addiction

is an effective disease. But with

0:23:550:24:00

the proper support and medical

attention a person can move on to

0:24:000:24:04

live a healthy and happy life. We

are so proud of you for all you have

0:24:040:24:10

overcome. We pray for you as you

continue on this journey. Where are

0:24:100:24:15

you? Hello. Thank you.

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When I had the honour of visiting a

recovery Centre for infants born

0:24:300:24:38

addicted to drugs, I learned that

help baby succeed we must have their

0:24:380:24:43

parents succeed. By placing a

priority the whole family Lily's

0:24:430:24:49

Place is giving infants the best

opportunity because their parents

0:24:490:24:55

are being given the support and

tools they need to succeed. I want

0:24:550:24:58

to thank Rebecca crowd and the staff

at lily's Place for their heroic

0:24:580:25:04

efforts.

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I have learnt so much from those

brave enough to talk about this

0:25:130:25:17

epidemic. And I know there are many

more stories to tell. But what I

0:25:170:25:22

found to be the common theme with

all of these stories is that this

0:25:220:25:26

can happen to any of us. Drug

addiction can take your friends,

0:25:260:25:32

neighbours, or your family. No state

has been spared. And no demographic

0:25:320:25:37

has been untouched. Which is why my

husband and his administration has

0:25:370:25:43

dedicated itself to combating this

health crisis by using every

0:25:430:25:47

resource available. I'm so proud to

support him today as he sees this

0:25:470:25:55

commitment through. I look forward

to continuing my work on the half of

0:25:550:26:00

children across the country and I

hope that citizens everywhere will

0:26:000:26:05

join forces with this administration

to help...

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STUDIO: You are watching BBC News.

God bless the United States of

0:26:070:26:16

America. Thank you for being here

today.

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APPLAUSE

0:26:200:26:30

Thank you for your moving words. And

thank you for your deep devotion. To

0:26:390:26:48

our nation and its children. Thank

you also to members of Congress, my

0:26:480:26:53

Cabinet, governors, members of

Congress, state, local leaders,

0:26:530:26:58

first responders, and health care

professionals gathered here today.

0:26:580:27:02

We have some truly incredible people

in this room, that I can tell you.

0:27:020:27:05

Most importantly we acknowledge the

families present who have lost a

0:27:050:27:10

cherished loved one. As you all know

from personal experience, families,

0:27:100:27:16

communities, and citizens across our

country are currently dealing with

0:27:160:27:20

the worst job crisis in American

history. And even, if you really

0:27:200:27:24

think about it, world history. This

is all throughout the world. Fact

0:27:240:27:29

is, this is a worldwide problem.

This crisis of drug use, addiction,

0:27:290:27:35

and overdose deaths in many years it

has just been so long in the making.

0:27:350:27:42

Addressing it will require all of

our effort. And it will require us

0:27:420:27:46

to confront the crisis in all of its

very real complexity. Last year we

0:27:460:27:55

lost at least 64,000 Americans to

overdoses. That's 175 lost American

0:27:550:28:01

lives per day. That's seven lost

lives per hour. In our country. Drug

0:28:010:28:09

overdoses are now the leading cause

of unintentional death in the United

0:28:090:28:13

States by far. More people are dying

from drug overdoses today than from

0:28:130:28:20

gun homicide and motor vehicles

combined. Think of it. Motor vehicle

0:28:200:28:26

crashes, gun homicides, more people,

by far, from drug overdoses. These

0:28:260:28:34

overdoses are driven by a massive

increase in addiction. To

0:28:340:28:40

prescription painkillers. Heroin and

other opioids. Last year almost 1

0:28:400:28:45

million Americans used heroin. And

more than 11 million abused

0:28:450:28:52

prescription opioids. The United

States is by far the largest

0:28:520:28:58

consumer of these drugs. Using more

opioid per person than any other

0:28:580:29:03

country in the world. Opioid

overdose deaths have quadrupled

0:29:030:29:08

since 1999. And now I can't for the

majority of fatal drug overdoses.

0:29:080:29:12

Who would have thought? No part of

our society, not young or old, rich

0:29:120:29:21

or poor, urban or Rouble, has been

spared this plague of drug

0:29:210:29:26

addiction. -- urban or rural. And

this horrible situation that's

0:29:260:29:31

taking place with opioids. In West

Virginia, a truly great state, great

0:29:310:29:40

people, there is a hospital nursery

where one in every five babies

0:29:400:29:45

spends its first days in agony.

Because these precious babies were

0:29:450:29:52

exposed to opioid or other drugs in

the womb. They endure nausea, pain,

0:29:520:29:57

anxiety, sleeplessness, and trouble

eating. Just the same as adults

0:29:570:30:03

undergoing detox. Some of these

children will likely lose one or

0:30:030:30:08

both of their parents to drug

addiction and overdose. They will

0:30:080:30:12

join the growing ranks of America's

opioid orphans. Such beautiful,

0:30:120:30:19

beautiful babies. Beyond the

shocking death toll, the terrible

0:30:190:30:26

measure of the opioid crisis

includes the families ripped apart

0:30:260:30:30

and for many communities a

generation of lost potential and

0:30:300:30:35

opportunity. This epidemic is a

national health emergency. Unlike

0:30:350:30:40

many of us we have seen and what we

have seen in our lifetimes nobody

0:30:400:30:47

has seen anything like what's going

on now. As Americans we cannot allow

0:30:470:30:53

this to continue. It's time to

liberate our communities from this

0:30:530:31:01

scorch of -- scourge of drug

addiction which has never been this

0:31:010:31:06

way. We can be the generation that

ends the opioid epidemic. We can do

0:31:060:31:10

it.

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0:31:100:31:19

We can do it.

0:31:190:31:21

That is quite effective today, my

administration is effectively

0:31:390:31:46

declaring the opiate crisis and

national public health or urgency

0:31:460:31:50

under federal law and while I am

directing all federal agencies to

0:31:500:31:56

use every appropriate emergency

authority to fight the opioid

0:31:560:31:59

crisis. This marks a critical step

in confronting the extraordinary

0:31:590:32:07

challenge we face. As part of this

we will announce a new policy to

0:32:070:32:11

overcome a restrictive 1970s Euro

rule that prevents states from

0:32:110:32:19

providing care at certain treatment

facilities with more than 16 beds

0:32:190:32:23

for those suffering from drug

addiction.

0:32:230:32:34

APPLAUSE.

0:32:360:32:42

A number of states have reached out

to us asking for relief and you

0:32:420:32:47

should expect to see approvals that

will unlock help for people in need

0:32:470:32:51

and those will come very fast, not

like in the past, very quickly.

0:32:510:32:59

Ending the epidemic will require

mobilisation of government, local

0:32:590:33:04

communities and private

organisations. It will require the

0:33:040:33:07

resolve of our entire country. The

scale of this crisis of the diction

0:33:070:33:13

is why soon after coming into

office, I convened a presidential

0:33:130:33:17

commission headed by Governor Chris

Christie that has consulted with

0:33:170:33:23

experts across America to listen and

learn and report back on potential

0:33:230:33:27

solutions. We await the final report

which will come in next week and I

0:33:270:33:34

know some of the report has already

been seen because I want to see it

0:33:340:33:39

as quickly as possible and some of

the things they are recommending our

0:33:390:33:45

common-sense but very important and

they will have a tremendous impact.

0:33:450:33:51

Today I will detail many of these

aggressive steps with my

0:33:510:33:56

administration, we have already

taken. After we have evaluated the

0:33:560:34:01

findings I will implement

recommendations that I want the

0:34:010:34:07

American people to know that the

federal government is aggressively

0:34:070:34:11

fighting the opioid epidemic on all

fronts. We are working with doctors

0:34:110:34:18

and medical professionals to

complement best practices for safe

0:34:180:34:23

opioid prescribing and we will do

something very special. We are

0:34:230:34:30

requiring federally employed

prescribers to receive special

0:34:300:34:32

training. The centres for disease

control and prevention has launched

0:34:320:34:41

a prescription awareness campaign to

put faces on the danger of opioid

0:34:410:34:46

abuse. I want to acknowledge an

acknowledgement last month that

0:34:460:34:56

first-time opioid prescriptions will

be limited to seven day supplies and

0:34:560:35:00

encourage other companies to do

their part to help to stop this

0:35:000:35:04

epidemic.

0:35:040:35:14

The FDA is now requiring drug

companies that manufacture

0:35:180:35:22

prescription opioids to provide more

training to prescribers and to help

0:35:220:35:28

prevent abuse and addiction and has

requested that one especially high

0:35:280:35:33

risk opioid be withdrawn from the

market immediately. We are requiring

0:35:330:35:40

that a specific opioid, which is

truly evil, be taken off the market

0:35:400:35:47

immediately.

0:35:470:35:57

The US Postal Service and the

Department of Homeland Security are

0:35:590:36:04

strengthening the inspection of

packages coming into our country to

0:36:040:36:08

hold back the flood of cheap and

deadly sentinel, a synthetic opioid

0:36:080:36:13

manufactured in China and 50 times

stronger than heroin, and in two

0:36:130:36:20

weeks I will be in China with

President Xi and I will mention this

0:36:200:36:25

as a top priority. And he will do

something about it. I am also

0:36:250:36:39

pleased to report that for the first

time, the Department of Justice has

0:36:390:36:45

indicated major Chinese drug

traffickers and they have really put

0:36:450:36:50

very strong clamps on them, they

have indicted them. They distributed

0:36:500:37:00

sentinel into the US, so Jeff, thank

you, good job. And they have been

0:37:000:37:10

indicted and we will not forget

about it, they are doing tremendous

0:37:100:37:14

harm to our country. The Justice

Department is aggressively and

0:37:140:37:21

valiantly pursuing those who

illegally prescribed and traffic in

0:37:210:37:26

opioids, both in our communities and

on the internet and I will be

0:37:260:37:30

looking at the potential of the

federal government bringing major

0:37:300:37:35

lawsuits against bad actors, what

they have and are doing to our

0:37:350:37:41

people is unheard-of and we will

bring some major lawsuits against

0:37:410:37:45

people and companies that are

hurting our people and that will

0:37:450:37:49

start taking place soon.

Donald

Trump speaking at the White House on

0:37:490:37:57

his plan for dealing with opioids,

some of the highlights, cracking

0:37:570:38:03

down on the trafficking of sentinel,

a synthetic opioid sent in from

0:38:030:38:11

China, going after Chinese

traffickers and withdrawing one

0:38:110:38:14

opioid from the market, he didn't

say which one, and perhaps

0:38:140:38:19

critically requiring more training

for people who are prescribing these

0:38:190:38:26

addictive drugs, and then also

trying to limit prescriptions to

0:38:260:38:30

seven day prescriptions for

first-time users. Laura Bicker is at

0:38:300:38:34

the White House, you have been

listening to the president. Is the

0:38:340:38:39

plan he has announced the type of

plan that will make an impact on

0:38:390:38:43

opioid addiction?

A lot of this has

been about policy, a lot of what you

0:38:430:38:50

heard is about procedure but the

overriding message from the White

0:38:500:38:55

House is that President Trump wants

to do something about a problem that

0:38:550:39:00

is an epidemic in this country. He

talked about approvals for

0:39:000:39:04

treatments to aggressively fight

this on all levels but by declaring

0:39:040:39:09

a public health or urgency he is

creating another problem because

0:39:090:39:14

many critics said we need a state of

emergency, federal funds to flow

0:39:140:39:19

into states so we can give people

the treatment they need, but he

0:39:190:39:23

stops short of that, he has given a

more measured response and declared

0:39:230:39:30

there is public health emergency

which redistributes funds and

0:39:300:39:34

resources, you can get more doctors

into rural areas, but people say it

0:39:340:39:40

doesn't create extra funds. There is

talk of going to Congress to get

0:39:400:39:45

more approval for funding but right

now critics say they need the money

0:39:450:39:50

to get these drug treatments

available to those who need it.

0:39:500:39:54

Laura, thank you. We will see if

that funding becomes available. We

0:39:540:40:01

still have run Christie in the

studio. Ron, I don't know enough

0:40:010:40:08

about the opioid addiction process

and what is needed in terms of

0:40:080:40:12

treatment because it is complex and

there are so many parts but what do

0:40:120:40:16

you make of the steps he is laying

out?

So far so good, I think he is

0:40:160:40:24

using the power of the presidency to

elevate an issue that many Americans

0:40:240:40:29

have organised as a problem that he

is saying he has declared an

0:40:290:40:35

emergency and put the re-sources of

the government behind it, so that is

0:40:350:40:39

a positive step that I believe will

be nonpartisan, we heard Laura talk

0:40:390:40:45

about some of the frustrations about

funding but I think there will be a

0:40:450:40:50

bipartisan effort to give the

president the tools and money to

0:40:500:40:54

fight this.

Christian, you heard the

president talking about fentanyl, it

0:40:540:41:00

is not a prescription drug in

America, it is bought on the black

0:41:000:41:05

market but unbelievably powerful.

I

brought a prop in to show people the

0:41:050:41:12

scale of the problem. Here is a one

kilogram bag of sugar. If this was

0:41:120:41:18

heroin, this would sail on the US

market for about $60,000 as is that

0:41:180:41:24

when it is let down into one gram

wraps, that would bring several

0:41:240:41:29

hundred thousand dollars. If this

was fentanyl, and you heard the

0:41:290:41:35

president say it was 50 times

stronger, you would cut this down to

0:41:350:41:39

50 mg pills, and each one of those

is sold for $20 or $30. You can make

0:41:390:41:48

around a million pills from a bag as

big as this, so this bag would be

0:41:480:41:53

worth around 20 or $30 million.

Christian comic you heard the

0:41:530:42:01

president talk about getting the

postal service to track down on

0:42:010:42:04

people sending fentanyl into the

country but that sounds impossible.

0:42:040:42:12

You don't have to send a bag as big

as that, you consent some in an

0:42:120:42:18

envelope, and it is difficult to

stop people buying it on the black

0:42:180:42:22

market or over the internet and

bringing it in and the battle

0:42:220:42:26

against trafficking, heroin and

cocaine coming through the border,

0:42:260:42:34

that is the old work, this is the

new war and is much more difficult

0:42:340:42:39

to tackle.

Let's hope for all the

family suffering from this,

0:42:390:42:44

something gets done.

Let's return to

the independence process in

0:42:440:42:50

Catalonia. Carles Puigdemont has

ruled out at referendum for

0:42:500:42:58

independence today. As the day wore

on, he decided against calling one

0:42:580:43:03

for December.

Tomorrow lawmakers in

Madrid will try to push through a

0:43:030:43:12

bid to claw back power, this is

creating huge divisions among

0:43:120:43:17

friends and families in Catalonia.

So let's speak to two ordinary

0:43:170:43:23

people with different views, a

businessman who was against

0:43:230:43:29

independence and Maria, who says she

becomes more in favour of

0:43:290:43:34

independence in reaction to the

Spanish government's behaviour.

0:43:340:43:38

Carlos, what is it you do like about

independence?

I think it's a

0:43:380:43:47

nationalist, populist movement based

on selfishness and I will be for

0:43:470:43:52

unity and solidarity. That does not

justify exclusion of others.

Tell us

0:43:520:44:06

how divisive this has been in

Catalonia.

I don't think this has

0:44:060:44:12

been divisive only over the last few

weeks, this has created division in

0:44:120:44:18

the last years and not only

Catalonia, I have friends who are

0:44:180:44:23

against independence and I have

friends who work hard-core

0:44:230:44:28

pro-independence and we talked to

each other. I don't think there is

0:44:280:44:32

such a big social division, now of

course we have different standpoints

0:44:320:44:38

and some of us want to have a better

life and we think independence is

0:44:380:44:44

part of that.

Carlos, a lot of

people would argue that Carles

0:44:440:44:50

Puigdemont has not handled this very

well since the referendum but the

0:44:500:44:56

sentiment that Marina expressed is

not going away. Whatever happens,

0:44:560:45:01

there will be a big chunk of people

in Catalonia who want independence.

0:45:010:45:07

Of course, and I respect any

political option but I am for unity

0:45:070:45:14

and fraternity and with time and

understanding and with the

0:45:140:45:19

propaganda and fake news, we have

seen this populism before in Europe,

0:45:190:45:25

this is what is happening here. Once

we stop the new wheeze and fake news

0:45:250:45:31

and post-truth, we will have a

better picture of what is going on

0:45:310:45:35

in Catalonia and can't think about

how we reached this point.

Marina,

0:45:350:45:42

has the exit from Catalonia of a

slew of Spanish companies made you

0:45:420:45:47

think twice? Has it made you think

that independence is something the

0:45:470:45:51

region cannot afford?

No, it hasn't.

Some of us think that is part of the

0:45:510:45:59

game, part of what was planned. It

is incredible to think that some of

0:45:590:46:06

these companies decided two days

later that they were moving their

0:46:060:46:09

headquarters. Moving their

headquarters has not meant moving

0:46:090:46:14

any of the jobs that are here, so it

makes you think, and then when you

0:46:140:46:20

hear something from the car company

saying they have been receiving

0:46:200:46:27

pressure from big government, from

the monarchy, to move away from

0:46:270:46:33

Catalonia, to bring their

headquarters outside Catalonia, you

0:46:330:46:37

start understanding there is more

happening behind-the-scenes.

Carlos,

0:46:370:46:43

a lot of frustration in Catalonia is

about the money they send to Madrid,

0:46:430:46:47

far more in taxes than they get

back, it pays around ten million

0:46:470:46:51

yours to Madrid.

This is something

you have to understand, this is a

0:46:510:47:01

rich people revolution, a rich

region that doesn't want to share

0:47:010:47:06

with the rest of Spain, it is like

London or New York not wanting to

0:47:060:47:11

contribute to pure parts of the

countries. Catalonia has a fiscal

0:47:110:47:17

deficit because it is a rich region

then Andalusia, that the fiscal

0:47:170:47:22

deficit is normal than any other

country, there are many studies, but

0:47:220:47:30

the pro-independence from they could

have spent a reasonable reliable 's

0:47:300:47:38

report on that by international

economists to show we are suffering

0:47:380:47:44

as fiscal deficit which we don't.

We

will have to leave it there. Thank

0:47:440:47:51

you both for joining us. Votes in

Kenya's rerun election are being

0:47:510:47:59

counted in many parts of the country

but the vote was suspended until

0:47:590:48:03

Saturday.

The opposition leader,

Raila Odinga, had called on

0:48:030:48:15

supporters to boycott the poll.

The

assassination of President John F.

0:48:150:48:25

Kennedy in 1963 has spawned

countless books and websites.

Today,

0:48:250:48:31

documents relating to the killing

had been made public for the first

0:48:310:48:34

time.

0:48:340:48:38

November the 22nd, 1963.

0:48:380:48:39

It appears as though

something has happened in

0:48:390:48:41

the motorcade.

0:48:410:48:42

Something has happened

in the motorcade route.

0:48:420:48:44

Not just one of the

most shocking days

0:48:440:48:46

in American history,

but also one of the most disputed.

0:48:460:48:48

President Kennedy has

been assassinated.

0:48:480:48:49

It's official now,

the president is dead.

0:48:490:48:52

The official explanation is that

John F Kennedy was assassinated

0:48:520:48:55

in Dallas by unknown

gunman, Lee Harvey

0:48:550:48:58

Oswald, but the case has never been

closed in the American mind.

0:48:580:49:02

Were there Soviets involved?

The Cubans?

0:49:020:49:04

The Mafia?

0:49:040:49:05

Renegade elements within

the government he led?

0:49:050:49:10

The National Archives holds

5 million documents

0:49:100:49:12

on the assassination.

0:49:120:49:13

99% have already been

opened in some form.

0:49:130:49:17

But it's that final 1%

of mainly CIA and FBI files

0:49:170:49:20

that's so intriguing.

0:49:200:49:21

I would welcome a eureka moment.

0:49:210:49:24

I doubt that we'd

get a eureka moment.

0:49:240:49:26

Most of what we're

going to see is going

0:49:260:49:28

to be about details and incremental

advances in our knowledge

0:49:280:49:33

about the assassination.

0:49:330:49:35

But again, I hope I'm surprised,

I hope there is something

0:49:350:49:38

there that'll help us to solve

the enduring mysteries

0:49:380:49:41

of the Kennedy assassination.

0:49:410:49:44

What's fuelled the conspiracy

theories is that Lee Harvey Oswald

0:49:440:49:46

was himself murdered just days later

by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby.

0:49:460:49:54

The documents may reveal more

about a trip that Oswald made

0:49:540:49:58

to Mexico just weeks before

where he met Soviet and Cuban spies.

0:49:580:50:01

It's more than 50 years

since America mourned the loss

0:50:010:50:05

of its young leader.

0:50:050:50:08

A national wound that

has never truly healed,

0:50:080:50:11

and a chapter in the national

story that has never had

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a satisfactory ending.

0:50:140:50:16

The assassination of John F

Kennedy was a turning point not just

0:50:160:50:19

because a 46-year-old president had

been cut down in his prime,

0:50:190:50:24

but because many Americans came to

believe that their government simply

0:50:240:50:28

wasn't telling them the truth.

0:50:280:50:31

Part of the reason why

Congress ordered this

0:50:310:50:34

document dump was to

regain that lost trust.

0:50:340:50:40

The historical irony

is that the decision to release

0:50:400:50:43

the files rests with the modern-day

president, Donald Trump,

0:50:430:50:45

who has promoted JFK conspiracy

theories himself.

0:50:450:50:49

But will they bring

a sense of closure?

0:50:490:50:59

I know Nick has been waiting for

those documents all day.

He wrote a

0:51:010:51:08

book about Kennedy, so he is anxious

to see what they say.

Let's talk

0:51:080:51:14

about a supercar. What do you get

when you mix a fighter jet, a

0:51:140:51:19

Formula 1 racing car and a

spaceship? The answer is a card

0:51:190:51:25

designed to reach speeds of up to

100 kilometres per art, and the

0:51:250:51:30

brains behind that hope it will set

a new lands speed record next year.

0:51:300:51:36

To date during testing in Cornwall,

Bloodhound barely broke us sweat. It

0:51:360:51:45

was tested on the runway at Newquay

Airport.

0:51:450:51:52

On the taxiway at Newquay airport,

a five tonne vehicle that can

0:51:520:51:55

generate six times more power

than an entire Formula 1 grid

0:51:550:51:57

and accelerate to 130

mph in eight seconds.

0:51:570:51:59

You are clear to roll.

0:51:590:52:01

The wind is 2 o'clock,

and five knots.

0:52:010:52:03

This is a really important day

for Bloodhound and her team.

0:52:030:52:06

If they can get the engines

and the systems working

0:52:060:52:09

together at 200 mph,

then the car is well on its way

0:52:090:52:13

to its eventual target.

0:52:130:52:16

Hurtling down the 1.5 mile

runway, driver Andy Green,

0:52:160:52:19

a former fighter pilot,

had no room for error.

0:52:190:52:26

Switching from throttle

to brakes, just in time

0:52:260:52:28

to halt Bloodhound safely.

0:52:280:52:31

How did it go, Andy?

0:52:310:52:33

That was surprisingly hard work.

0:52:330:52:36

It's the longest runs we've

done so far, the fastest

0:52:360:52:39

runs we've done so far.

0:52:390:52:40

This is massive for us.

0:52:400:52:41

Bloodhound is go.

0:52:410:52:42

This car is now operational

and is demonstrating something

0:52:420:52:44

it was never designed to do.

0:52:440:52:46

Short distance runs to a very high

speed with high acceleration

0:52:460:52:48

and it's making it look easy.

0:52:480:52:50

This project has cost £30 million

to date and captured the imagination

0:52:500:52:54

of a worldwide audience.

0:52:540:52:56

Over 4000 watched today's run,

and thousands more will be

0:52:560:52:59

here over the weekend.

0:52:590:53:01

Among them, the 85-year-old

engineer who came up

0:53:010:53:04

with the original blueprint.

0:53:040:53:07

I'm proud that we've got this far.

0:53:070:53:12

What I really want to do is make

nice loud supersonic bangs that

0:53:120:53:15

will reverberate around the world.

0:53:150:53:17

In the coming months,

rocket systems will be added

0:53:170:53:20

to Bloodhound as its speeds

are gradually increased ahead

0:53:200:53:23

of that record attempt on the sandy

plains of South Africa.

0:53:230:53:33

Do you want my start of the day?

When they go to the Kalahari Desert

0:53:360:53:42

next year, it has to be really

smooth. No chips and stones on the

0:53:420:53:48

desert. Some 300 people have spent

the last four years clearing an area

0:53:480:53:55

of 20 million square metres in the

Kalahari Desert to make sure it gets

0:53:550:53:59

the perfect bride.

I guess that's an

employment programme.

You might

0:53:590:54:07

notice that every year we were a

poppy to remember those killed in

0:54:070:54:11

World War I and this year as

Remembrance Day approaches, the

0:54:110:54:16

words of one of the most famous

poets to emerge from the horrors of

0:54:160:54:21

the First World War have been

written in poppies across locations

0:54:210:54:24

in England and France. It is the

work of the Royal British Legion to

0:54:240:54:30

launch this year's Poppy Appeal. In

Flanders Fields was written by the

0:54:300:54:38

Canadian War poet John McCrae.

0:54:380:54:41

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row...

0:54:550:55:00

That mark our place and in the sky,

the larks still singing, scarcely

0:55:000:55:10

heard by guns below.

0:55:100:55:18

We are the dead, short

days ago we lived, felt

0:55:180:55:21

dawn, saw sunset glow.

0:55:210:55:28

Felt love and were loved and now lie

in Flanders Fields.

0:55:280:55:40

Take up our quarrel with the foe,

to you from failing

0:55:420:55:45

hands we throw the torch

0:55:450:55:49

If you break faith with us to die,

we shall not sleep, though poppies

0:55:490:55:53

grow in Flanders Fields.

0:55:530:56:03

They hope to raise £45 million for

fallen soldiers and veterans so do

0:56:030:56:08

give generously. Goodbye for now.

0:56:080:56:11

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