. the nominee for drug zarqawi congressman tom marino is withdrawing his name after revelations he was the main proponent of legislation that limits the dea's ability to fight the crisis. cnn's sunlen serfaty joins us with that. >> john, some pretty quick action after that scathing "60 minutes" and washington "post" report. it was sunday when that hit. the president announcing tom marino has withdrawn his name. something that president trump not only tweeted about but spoke about on fox radio. here's a small portion of what he said. >> he's a fine man, he was a supporter of mine from pennsylvania, great state, i won pennsylvania, and he was a congressman from pennsylvania very popular, he told me look, if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, with insurance companies essentially, but if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything to do with it. whether we have insurance companies or drug companies, and there was a couple of articles having to do with him and drug companies, and i will tell you, he felt compelled, he fee

. the president saying tom marino was gracious and wanted to avoid even the perception of conflict, all of it coming after that explosive "washington post" "60 minutes" investigation into a bill that seemed to undercut the dea's ability to crackdown on drug companies flooding the market with pain pills. so on that topic, we're about to hear from the deputy attorney general. this is a live look right now, he's going to be making an announcement on the opioid epidemic. we are going to bring that to you live as we take a look at the new fallout from very tough comments overnight from a frequent faux of the president's. john mccain's half-baked nationalism. he said it's part of the family feud inside republican party. and in the middle of it all, we have to talk about what is happening in syria. with a major milestone this morning. the de facto isis capital liberated by u.s.-backed forces. we are live from overseas. >>> we have to lot to get to in the next 60 minutes. let's start with kristen welker at the white house. kristen, just down, i think, away from where you are over at the executi

tom marino has informed me he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar. tom is a fine man and a great

in the house by pennsylvania congressman, tom marino pro promoted as a way to ensure patients had access to the pain medication they needed. jonathan novak who worked in the dea legal office says what the bill really did was strip the agency of its ability to immediately freeze suspicious shipments of prescription narcotics to kth u.s. streets. >> they're toothless. i don't know how they stop this now. it's, a very sad state of affairs. >> reporter: last year, the bill was presented to congress and passed both houses through unanimous consent. with no recorded votes. >> without objection the bill is read a third time and passed. >> i just don't understand why congress would pass a bill that strips us of our authority in the height of an opioid epidemic. in places like congressman marino's district. >> i was a prosecutor and united states attorney. >> congressman marino has been nominated to be the next drug czar. what was your reaction when you heard that? >> total disbelief. >> the bill was bad. him being the drug czar is a lot worse. >> today, president trump said he is going to

have. and tom marino said i will take a pass. i have no choice, i will take a pass. i want to do it.

tom marino aside. we saw it with tom price, didn't last long after the plane trips, michael flynn whacked in february. when the president wants to move on somebody he moves quickly. >> right. it's actually amazing that, you know, so many members of the administration have been brought down by this kind of thing. there are so many vacant posts, they can hardly afford to lose more. but what we have seen, however, people getting blackballed by the administration from nominations for being disloyal to the president and that's still the currency that matters most to him. this is someone who supported

back. >> so they pushed back get tom marino, marsh isa blac n blackburn. we end up with really bad public policy. >> we got to fix that. >> right

congressman, tom marino has been nominated to head the office of national drug control policy. but president trump now says, he may withdraw that nomination. here is bill whitaker's report. this is an dennis tree out of control that allowed millions of drugs to go into bad pharmacies and doctors' offices that distributed them out to people who had no need for the drugs. >> one example, a pharmacy in kermit, west virginia, a town of 392 people. ordered 9 million hydrocodone pills. >> the companies are a big reason? >> absolutely they are. i can tell you with 100% accuracy we were in there on multiple occasions trying to get them to change their behavior. they flat out ignored. >> reporter: then there was congress, a bill introduced in the house by pennsylvania congressman, tom marino pro promoted as a way to ensure patients had access to the pain medication they needed. jonathan novak who worked in the dea legal office says what the bill really did was strip the agency of its ability to immediately freeze suspicious shipments of prescription narcotics to keep the drugs off u.s. stre

from power. president trump is reconsidering the nomination of congressman tom marino as the nation's chief drug czar. mr. trump's second thoughts were prompted by reports by cbs news and the washington post that he played a key role in weakening federal authority to stop opioid distribution. west virginia senator whose state was hit hard by the opioid epidemic says the 2016 law needs to be changed. to be changed. >> they made it and camouflaged it so well that all of us, all of us were fooled. nobody knew. >> west virginia democrat says he's horrified that a bill everyone approved made the epidemic worse. >> there's no oversight now. that bill has to be retracted. it has to be repealed. >> reporter: the law sailed through the senate last spring. >> those in favor say aye. >> it had the backing of the justice department. it was sponsored by members of both parties so no one in congress thought to question it. >> it's not unusual for something like this to roll through without much fanfare. >> missouri democrat introduced a bill to repeal last year's law. >> how realistic is t

representative tom marino has just withdrawn his name to be the nation's next drug czar. he minutes investigation, making it harder for the dea to act against large drug companies. >> reporter: congressman tom marino withdrew his name to be the next head of the u.s. drug enforcement agency. president trump tweeted this morning, representative tom marino hasinformed me he is withdrawing his name as drug czar. >> he told me, look, if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything to do with it. >> reporter: marino came under intense scrutiny after a report showed a bill he sponsored tied the dea's hands when dealing with the opioid epidemic. >> when democrats and republicans sign off together, it's not unusual for something like >> reporter: president trump says he is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic, and plans to declare a national emergency. >> to get to that step a lot of work has to be done, and it's time consuming work. we're going to be doing it next week, okay? >> reporter: they announced indictments against two chinese nationals

. and you tried to talk with congressman tom marino of pennsylvania, who was nominated to be the drugs are but no czar but no drug longer is. you were thrown out of his office. did you just show up with the 60 minutes film crew, which is the scariest thing i can imagine coming in my front door? mr. rosen: this was one of the most viewed broadcast in recent history, but when we rocked in -- walked in and bill turned to sittingr guy behind the desk and said hi, we would like to talk to congressman marino, the guy behind the desk looked like he was going to faint. i have been covering washington for 17 years, and i have interviewed lots of members of congress and lots of people. onot of people will hang up you or slam the door or whatever, but i have never had the police called on me. ms. casey: did you say that happened to you all the time? mr. higham: that was a new one. mr. bernstein: no, it never happened before in washington. mr. rosen: we have done a lot of these kind of situational walk-ins, and frankly, most of the time the congressmen come out and try to make the best of it. extr

a second look at his nominee for drug czar, pennsylvania congressman tom marino. in that report, former dea insider-turned whistle blower joseph rannazzisi accused drug distributors aided by congress and lobbyist, of fueling the oil open epidemic. have a look. this map shows drug overdose deaths in 1999. and this 16 years later in 2015, when opioid deaths alone topped 33,000. bill whitaker has more now from this joint investigation by "60 minutes" and the "washington post." >> this is an industry that's out of control, that allowed millions and millions of drugs to go into bad pharmacies and doctors' offices that distributed them out to people who had no legitimate need for those drugs. >> reporter: one example, pharmacy in kermit, west virginia, a town of just 392 people, ordered nine million hydrocodone pills over two years. >> these companies are a big reason for this epidemic? >> absolutely they are. and i can tell you with 100% accuracy that we were in there on multiple occasions trying to get them to change their behavior, and they just flat out ignored us. >> reporter: an

attention, speaking of elections. tom marino, who was supposed to be up to be drug czar, out of the running. and, in fact, people are questioning whether or not he's going to hold onto his seat in pennsylvania. if you saw the "60 minutes" piece, it was damning. it was unbelievable in terms of how the dea, rather than defending a public that's going through an opioid crisis, seemed to be in cahoots almost with the drug industry. what happens with the bill? does this get undone? there's a movement for that. and what happens to tom marino? >> the drug-distribution industry, not the pharma industry. the distributors, like cardinal and amerisourcebergen, are shipping enormous quantities of opioids into communities in which the ratio of pills to people is completely out of kilter. >> well, i think marino probably survives as a congressman, but he's out as drug czar. >> you think he survives? >> i think potentially. i think he has a long-term type of deal going on there. i don't know. >> well, he represents a safe republican district. >> that's exactly right. >> but williamsport has a very serious

a time to compare and contrast. let's get to it. first to the white house, congressman tom marino dropping out a week before the president is set to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency and also just two days after a scathing report that marino championed a bill that hampered dea efforts to fight that very crisis. joe johns with the white house has this for us. joe, what is the president saying about this? >> you know, kate, tom marino of pennsylvania, was one of the first people to get behind the president in the campaign and when the time came for the white house to pick director of drug policy control, marino was it. now, he's out. the nomination has been withdrawn. the president talked about that this morning on the radio. listen. >> there was a couple of articles having to do with him and drug companies and i will tell you, he felt compelled, he feels very strong about the opioid problem and the drug problem, which is a worldwide problem, but it's a problem that we have, and tom marino said look i'll take a pass, i have no choice, i really will take a pass, i want to do it.

. >>> president trump meanwhile, has agreed to recar his nom if i for the country's drug czar. tom marino pushed legislation sign crisis. it stripped the dea of key powers to go after companies that send drugs to the black market. he allegedly received large campaign contributions from a political action committee representing the drug industry. >> as far as tom marino, so he was a very early supporter of mine, the great state of pennsylvania, he's a great guy. i did see the report. we're going to look into the report. we're going to take it seriously. >> the president also said he will officially declare the opioid crisis a national emergency next week. >> security experts are sounding a new wake-up call about the security of wi-fi networks. they've stumbled upon a major vulnerability in wi-fi connections everywhere that could put every device at risk of being hacked. the researcher says the flaw can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, even e-mails and photos. the good news a potential hacker woul range of the wi-fi signal. microsoft h

minutes report revealed that congressman tom marino tied the dea's hands in fighting the opioid epidemic. president trump wrote this morning, representative tom marino is withdrawing his name as drug czar. tom is a fine man and a great congressman. >> he told me look, if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything to do with it. >> the bill in question passed im missouri senator claire mccaskill has introduced a bill to repeal the law. >>> as part of the war on opioids, the justice department announced indictments against two chinese nationals. they allegedly used the internet to sell the painkiller fentanyl to drug traffickers, and people in the united states, which is part of a growing trend. >> more and more of our citizens are being killed by fentanyl. these are synthetic opioids that are much stronger, and much more dangerous than heroin. a few grains of fentanyl can be a lethal dose. >> the cdc estimates 20,000 people lost their lives just last year, due to fentanyl. in all, 64,000 people died from drug overdoses last year. that means near

from the white house. >> reporter: congressman tom marino withdrew his name to be the next head of the u.s. drug enforcement agency. president trump tweeted this morning, representative tom marino has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar. tom is a fine man and a great congressman. >> he told me, look, if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything do with it. >> reporter: he came under intense scrutiny after a "60 minutes" report showed that a bill he sponsored tied the hands of the dea in fighting the epidemic. the bill passed unanimously last year. >> when dea signs off and doj signs off and democrats and republicans sign off together, it's not unusual for something like this to roll through without much fanfare. >> reporter: missouri senator claire mccaskill has introduced legislation to repeal the law. president trump says he is committed to fighting the opioid epidemic and plans to declare a national emergency t. >> it's a very important step and to get to that step, a lot of work has to be done and

his nomination of the bill's chief author, tom marino, to be the nation's drug czar. >> it's like putting the wolf in charge of the hen house. >> reporter: many lawmakers are still trying to figure out why the dea and department of justice dropped their initial opposition to this bill. that would have been a big red flag before a vote and it's a sign that even some in law enforcement didn't understand how this bill might tie the dea's hands. cbs news, capitol hill. >>> thanks to cooperating weather fire crews in northern california report more progress in the battle against wildfires. at least 41 people have been killed since the fire started. many were allowed to go home yesterday. tom andrews returned to devastated santa rosa and found his home had survived. >> it was disbelief, you know, and just feeling like the luckiest guy on earth. you know, i can't believe -- i mean, total destruction 50 feet away. you know, and to have our house still standing here. >> authorities don't allow residents to return until utilities are restored. rain is forecast for later this week. >>> and a

addressed this in a press conference as well as on a radio show. he talked about tom marino, and the president said tom marino said if there is a perception of a conflict of interest, if there is a perception, he does not want have to have anything to do with it. this was not about insurance companies. neither has the white house responded or are they savvy to what this story broke and what the future of this wise. >> do i think the white house was? the white house definitely was. they knew this story was in the works as well. they did not know how the impact would be. one of the things about a collaboration is it causes all social platforms -- you are covering news, tv, all the various things -- and we also share an audience. we have a different audience, "the washington post" and cbs. they are being introduced to each other, and it brings up everything. know, trump "60 minutes -- president trump is a regular watcher of "60 minutes." >> not a regular reader of "the washington post." [laughter] mr. rosen: that night he was tuned in. >> one of the things you have not seen is the hundr

opportunities to stop the bill, and they did >> tom marino from pennsylvania did not respond to request for comment. people are still dying out there from the opioid epidemic. more than 200,000 americans have died so far. >> representative tom marino is mentioned in the report as to having helped move that law through congress. he is also the drug czar nominee. president trump says he will be looking into that as well. >>> it's been downgraded into a tropical storm. that didn't stop ophelia from doing a lot of damage in ireland. wind gusts of 130 miles per hour, and 30-foot waves battered the coast. towned power lines knocked out electricity to 100,000 homes and businesses. the government says ophelia could be the worst storm to hit since hurricane debby. >> you know hurricane season is bad, if it's affectg >> seriously. yesterday, it was a category 2. and it was the only category 2 storm that far east since 1960. >> we're going to be talking about something much different this time tomorrow. >>> a little frost. i'm kind of excited. because you know what comes after frost advisory, don'

congressman tom marino who abruptly pulled his name from consideration after a bombshell name from the "washington post" on "60 minutes" on sunday that marino championed a bill that allowed them to crack dis dodowe opioid crisis that has killed many people in america. >> he told me, look, if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest with insurance companies essentially, but if there's even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything to do to do with it. there were a couple articles having to do with him and drug companies, and i will tell you, he felt compelled -- he feels very strong about the opioid problem and the drug problem which is a worldwide problem which is a problem that we have. >> joining me now is democratic senator from west virginia, joe mansion. senator, you had called for him to step down. you've been fierce on this subject for the last 24 to 48 hours. your reaction to the fact that tom marino, the congressman, has pulled himself out of the drug czar nomination post. >> first of all, i think congressman marino did an ho

as tom marino, so he was a very early supporter of mine. >> tonight as trump's pick for drug czar pulls out -- >> the opioid crisis is an emergency. >> how the president who promised to help solve the opioid crisis could be making it worse. >> what about declaring a written national emergency? >> then -- >> obamacare's finished, it's dead, it's gone. >> the new bipartisan fix for obamaca obamacare sabotage. plus john mccain -- >> people have to be careful because at some point i fight back. >> and the man who says he was recruited to collude with the russians talks to robert mueller. >> russia is fake news. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the president's nominee for drug czar is out. after an investigation by "60 minutes" and "the washington post" uncovered his role in fueling the deadly opioid crisis. the president chose>> were congressman tom marino from pennsylvania to lead the office of national drug control policy at a time when drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for americans under 50. according to that investigation

nomination for drug czar. tom marino sponsored the legislation that weakened the dea and millions of women say me too online. former fox news studio 57 with her play book to help women fight back. >> plus, dozens of cities are competing for amazon's new headquarters and up to 50,000 new jobs. the best chance of winning and why some cities say it's not worth the price. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's you opene -- eye opener. >> we're at least as i'm concerned closer than we've been before. >> i have a very good relationship with steve bannon. i like steve a lot. steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. >> and he's standing next to mitch mcconnell while he's saying it. >> winners make policy and losers go home. >> time is just about up for isis in raqqa. >> kurdish forces retaking the isis strong hold. >> troubles continue to mount for harvey >> the company's board is meeting to discuss po sensutent sale of the movie studio. >> a collision of two collapsed stars resulting in a huge shock wave that rippled across the universe. >> more people are getting to go h

enforcement. tom marino is now president trump's nominee to be federal drug czar. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with all the reaction. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. this bill was sold on capitol hill as a way tone sure that patients had access to pain medication, but former dea officials say that it actually stripped their agency of its ability to go after suspicious shipments. for example, when one town of 400 people in west virginia got 9 million hydrocodone pills over just two years. now, as bill whitaker mentioned, pennsylvania's tom marino and tennessee's marsha blackburn introduced this bill back in 2015. each of them received significant contributions that year from the pharmaceutical industry. more than $70,000 for marino, more than $160,000 for marsha blackburn and $177,000 went to utah senator orrin hatch who negotiated this bill with the dea. it ended up passing with unanimous consent and signed by president obama. former administration officials, some of them now say they didn't realize how much this one bill would change things. we reached out to marino and bla

areas they're being sold to the addicts. the proponents was republican congressman tom marino, who is the president's nominee to lead the office of the national control policy, to be the drug czar who has received donations from pharmaceutical companies that are making a great deal of money from the sale of opioids. >> there was very little congressional opposition to this law at the time when it was signed by post. how did that happen if it contained an enforcement loophole? >> reporter: it's not entirely clear, but the investigation suggests the legislation ran through a protective cover under the idea there was nothing controversial in it. why did they do that? because these investigators found the pharmaceutical industry made generation donations to a good many campaigns while the law with his being developed and passed. but we just received a statement that we have to report here from the pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america. what they have said is with regard to the recent washington post and 60 minute stories, we want to be clear that pharma did not support o

breaking news, congressman tom marino, the president's next pick to be the drug czar has officially withdrawn his name for consideration. i have the best team to break it down, starting with kristen welker at the white house. kristen, what do we know about this marino story? >> reporter: this is a big development, steph. let me read you the tweet and we can do some analysis on the other side. president trump tweeting just moments ago representative tom marino has informed me he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar. tom is a fine man and a great congressman. now, this comes after "60 minutes" "washington post" report that found that congressman marino founded a piece of legislation that sailed through congress and was signed by former president obama that effectively stripped the dea of its authority to crack down on suspicious packages. this came during the opioid crisis. i actually asked the president about that at the impromptu news conference at the rose garden. he said he was very concerned about the developments. so all signs were pointing in this direction.

talked about tom marino and the president said what if there's even a perception or conflict of interest with an insurance company this wasn't about insurance companies at the white house. >> they knew that it was in the works as well. they didn't know how the impact would be. one of the things of that thingt collaboration as ithatcollaborae various platforms. you are covering all the various things and we also share the audience, so the "washington post" audience is being introduced to 60 minutes and vice versa and it hopes t helpsp everything and i think that from what i know, president trump is a regular watcher of 60 minutes. and i think that was tuned in from what i understand. >> i think one of the things you have not seen is the hundreds of thousands of e-mails that we are getting from people coming and they are basically two teams at least the ones that i am getting. number one coming at us at time when the press is under so much pressure and under attack from the highest levels of our government and the other is i know someone who died of an opioid overdose and if i had

the president's nominee to be head of the national drug control policy. represent tom marino, of course, by mischaracterizing and trying to rewrite the history of a bill that he championed. they are being aided in their efforts by a group of former d.e.a. employees who took an extremely hard line against drug companies when they were at the agency and who are upset that d.e.a. chose to pursue a more collaborative approach after they left. i don't fault these individuals for, or their passion -- or for their passion but i reject the notion there was some sort of sinister conspiracy at play. and i find it unconscionable that critics of the bill and representative marino would flat-out ignore the very real patient concerns that motivated this bill, that motivated my personal involvement with it. you think this bill was a sock to the drug industry? tell that to the fibromyalgia and chronic pain network, to the american academy of pain management, tell that to the american drug-free foundation. if we're going to make this bill a political football and try to use it to sink representat

president said he will look into a recent report about his drugs are nominee, tom marino's relationship with drug companies. asked about contacting the families of four servicemembers killed. >> we have been friends for a long time. we are probably now, i think, as far as i am

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exhaustive reporting is republican congressman tom marino. what is he doing now? he's donald trump's nominee to be drug czar. adding to the discussion is lenny bern stein, one of the investigative reporters that broke that story. what should people know about this? how do you deal with opioid crisis with corporate or capitalist component in this environment? >> if you want to talk swamp, this story is swampiest thing we've seen in long time. u.s. congress, drug industry, justice department, dea, all of these thrown into a big stew and end result, at time when 60,000 people are dying of drug overdoses, is that the dea loses its most potent weapon against large drug companies that are letting letting hundreds of millions of pills out on the street. if that's not swampiest thing that affects people, i don't know what it is. >> and this is one of the parts of it. don't blame on another country or foreign element right? you're talking about companies that operate in america under american law that are dealing with the american congress and your reporting shows are getting sweetheart deal

drugs are nominee, tom marino's relationship with drug companies. asked about contacting the families of four servicemembers killed. >> we have been friends for a long time. we are probably now, i think, as far as i am concerned, closer than ever before. the relationship is very good. we are fighting for the same thing. ,e are fighting for lower taxes the biggest tax cuts in the history of our nation. tax reform is part of that. we're getting close to health care. it will come up in the early to mid part of next year. we think we arty have the votes. we pretty much know what the plan is. i believe republicans and democrats are as we speak working together very hard to do an intermediate plan, a short-term plan because obamacare is a disaster. the rates have gone up. the premiums have gone up. the deductibles have gone through the roof. it's terrible. you look at the deductibles, unless you really have a problem, you are not going to be able to use them. we have been working together long and hard. we think we are good shape for the budget we hope. be in good shape for the lar

that republican congressman tom marino was withdrawing his name from consideration. the move comes after a "washington post"/"60 minutes" report claiming the representative helped legislation in congress that would make it more difficult for the d.e.a. to act against drug companies. larry: the move comes as president trump is vowing to declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency. as kristine frazao reports, today, federal grand juries indicted two chinese nationals with distributing and manufacturing fentanyl and other potential deadly op war on drugs a small win for the department of justice. >> for the first time we have indicted major chinese fentanyl traffickers. >> they are behind the import of the highly potent drug directly to the united states. where death from the synthetic opioid spiked 264% in the last three years. lawmakers on capitol hill say the issue is on their radar. >> we have an emergency on our hands. >> is there anything that congress can do as far as making it so the drugs can't get here from china? >> there is a series of reforms that are in for example

"60 minutes"/"the washington post" investigation. a whistle-blower claims tom marino sponsored legislation that weakened the dea's power to control opioid drugs. >>> there are multiple reports that the isis capital raqqah has fallen. holly williams is there where u.s.-backed forces are celebrating. >>> women around the world say me too online revealing how they endured sexual harassment or assault. gretchen carlson is in studio 57 with her playbook to help women fight back. >>> dozens of cities are competing for amazon's new led quarters and 50,000 new jobs. the areas with the best chances of willing and some say it's not worth the price. >>> we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> we're probably now i think at least as far as i'm concerned closer than before. >> the president plays both sides with mcconnell and bannon. >> i have a good relationship as you know with steve bannon. i like steve a lot. steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. >> standing next to mitch mcconnell as he's saying it. >> winners make policy. losers go home.

. >> congressman tom marino withdraw his name to be the next head of the us drug enforcement agency. president trump tweeted this morning representative tom marie even owe has inform me he is withdrawing his festival of families from consideration as drug czar, tom is a fine man, and great congressman. he told me, look, if there is even a perception that he has the conflict of interest, he doesn't want anything to do with it. >> marino came un intense scrutiny after a 60 minutes report showed that a bill he sponsored tied the dea hands in fighting the opioid drug epidemic. bill passed unanimous mustily last year. >> when the dea signs off, and the deal signs off, democrats and republicans sign off together, it is not unusual for something like this to roll through without much fanfare. >> missouri senator claire introduced legislation to repeal the law. president trump said he's committed to fighting the opioid epidemic, plans to declare a national emergency. very important step, and to get to that step a lot of work has to be done, and time consuming work, going to be doing it next

friend of my for a long time, representative mike kelly. thank you, mike. tom marino going to be the drug czar. he's going to do a great job. thank you, tom. will be amazing, the drug czar. patrick meehan.

help. >>> president trump's nominee for drug czar has withdrawn his name from consideration. tom marino came under fire for his role in a law weakening the dea making suspicious drug shipments. the justice department may ask congress to repeal the law. >>> in los angeles emergency crews are fighting a fire at the chevron oil refinery near l.a.x. airport. the fire reportedly broke out after an explosion at the refinery and flames were threatening storage tanks. residents nearby were advised to close their windows. chevron says the refinery is the largest on the west coast. >>> new details about the deadliest hot air balloon crash in history. investigators say the pilot's poor decision-making caused the crash that killed 16 people. several medications were found in his system including valium and oxycodone. that's prompted investigators to urge the faa to change a policy that allows balloon operators to certified. >>> a state of emergency before an appearance tomorrow by a prominent white nationalist. richard spencer is set to speak there. the security for the event could cost $500

on medicaid would be able to get extra treatment covered by medicaid. now, the president named tom marino, representative from pennsylvania, as his drug czar nominee. there are some concerns about that. a new report from the washington post and 60 minutes showed that marino pushed through legislation that would make it more difficult to go after drug companies related to any issues like this. democrats, obviously very concerned about this, senator joe manchin from west virginia says this bill was camouflaged to make it through both the house and senate. he says the bill needs to be replaced. senator chuck schumer says that putting this czar in charge of the drug crisis in this country is like putting the wolf in charge of the hen house. back to you, frances, philip. >> edward lawrence for us. thank you. >> fire fighters in california say dying winds have helped them get a handle on the massive wildfires that have torched the northern part of the state. at least 41 people have been killed with hundreds more still messing. and now incredible new video shows the harrowing moments as o

el fin de semana. tom marino impidiÓ que a travÉs de la dea pudiesen recorrer y hacer una normativa mÁs fuerte contra muchÍsimas de las farmacÉuticas, que supuestamente reparten medicamentos, especialmente opioides en las calles tambiÉn. carolina: ha habido ya muchÍsimos comentarios, especÍficamente de parte de los legisladores. uno de ellos que llamÓ mucho la atención, de lÍder de la minoría del senado, confirmar al congresista marino como zar de las drogas en nuestra naciÓn, serÍa como poner al lobo a cuidar el rebaÑo. palabras fuertes. javier: esto se da con no tenemos esta tremenda crisis de los opioides en las calles. ustedes saben que la mayor cantidad de personas que mueren en estados unidos, mÁs que accidentes de trÁnsito, más que por incendios, son por opioides. carolina: el presidente donald trump habÍa dicho que la prÓxima semana querÍa hacer una emergencia nacional por este incidente. pero, ahora seguimos. el presidente trump perdiÓ $600,000,000 y su capital neto bajo a $3,100,000,000. javier: esto lo indicÓ la revista forbes. el aÑo pasado estaba e

next u.s. drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job. the move by congressman tom marino to pull his name comes after an explosive report that he played a key role in passing a bill that weakened the ability of federal authorities to stop the distribution of opioids, potentially exacerbating that epidemic. >>> and a new crackdown in the opioid crisis today. the justice department has charged two men in china with shipping tons of illegal opioids to the u.s., drugs that prosecutors say led directly to death here. and the trail that led to one of them began with a death in the heartland. here's nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: for first responders in grand forks, north dakota, it was an all-too-common call -- drug overdose. they found 18-year-old bailey henke dead of an overdose of fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. police discovered that henke got it from a man in grand forks who bought his from a supplier in oregon that came from canada and was made and shipped from china by a 38-year-