in ukraine to accusations of hacking and then sanctions, relations between russia and the west have deteriorated dramatically under vladimir putin. it had of next week's election, a moscow correspondent has travelled through southern russia, the urals and siberia to explore how deep russia's rejection of the west now runs. under undeeradimir putin, a under vladimir putin, a tragic feeling has surged. to many russians, he is the strong man who stood up to the west. this country once embraced western—style freedoms and democracy. now there is increasing talk of russian values and a russian ways. here in the frozen heart of siberia, it feels an extremely long way from europe in every sense. but politics aside, in some ways, west and east now feel more similar than ever. as vladimir putin stands for a fourth term as president, i have been travelling around the country to see how deep russia's rejection of the west now runs. it stands as silent testimony to a brutal past. a time of paranoia and total power. this is the only part of stalin's do about survived. but this was a prison camp

across west virginia are closed for an eighth day as than 23,000 teachers and staff remain on strike demanding higher wages and better healthcare. it is the biggest strike in years. plus teachers and oklahoma are launching their own strike. then to the oscars. >> on oscar night, this is the dream we tell. freedom dwells. immigrants get the benefits. we put up monuments for the feminists tell the nra they and god's way. to the people of parkland, we say -- sentiments of love the people from africa, haiti, the puerto rico. amy: as common denounces of thee nra at the oscscars, mexican directoror guillermo d del toro takes home the night's two biggest prizes -- best picture and best director for his film "the shape of water." while the #metoo movement has rocked hollywood, women won just six oscars this year compared to 33 men. we will speak to april reign, , andor of #timesu #oscarssowhie soraya chemaly. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in syria, thousands of civilians are fleeing a government-led of

west tackle a resurgent russia which is again defining itself at least according to president putin as a great power. hello welcome to the program. the rhetoric of the cold war appears to be back with strong words at the u.n. security council and the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats from britain the us france and germany along with the u.k. have issued a joint statement blaming moscow for the poisoning of the former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter in the u.k. flooding here putin's expected to win a fourth term in sunday's presidential election and he's been talking about russia's weapons capability this month in his state of the union speech two weeks ago he said that new nuclear missiles that could penetrate any u.s. defense system of being developed the united states has been sending mixed messages on how to deal with russia president donald trump has repeatedly been ambiguous but others in his administration say that russia should be held accountable the united states stands in absolute solidarity with great britain. the united states believes that russia is respo

democracy now! >> who made history? >> we made history! amy: in west virginia, teachers have ended one of the longest strikes in history, winning a 5% raise for all state workers. will west virginia inspire teachers in oklahoma and other states to go on strike as well? we will get the latest. then as president trump's top economic advisor gary cohn resigns, we will look at how democratic senators are working with republicans to roll back key financial regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. >> this bill is a punch in the gut to american consumers. only a bunch of bank lobbyists and their friends in washington would call this a consumer protection bill. amy: plus, we go to texas for primaries. a record 50 women were on the ballot in what many are calling the year of the woman. we will go to austin to get the latest. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in west virginia, teachers have ended their historic strike after state officials agreed to raise the pay of all state workers by 5%. >> wh

of survival. to be inside of the west. of russia from the west. so far putin started to undermine the key principles of the current russian state and survival. i would say that president putin will be presided over his last chapter. this part of, you know, energy on the surface. this year apparently, the political scene that will be changed pretty soon. the older position, they will vanish. the older generation will go to the cemetery. and now the kremlin is trying to fill the vacuum with the new people and a lot depends to what extent of russian civil society. they knew russia would try to create new resistance and new alternative to the putin regime and to putin's state. thank you. >> that's really interesting. i would like to ask you one quick follow-up question. then i'll turn to vladimir. you say that he seems to be putting on a course to challenge the current russian system. could you just be a little bit more detailed on that? >> if the reck nism of survival of the personal system after the collapse of the soviet union to use the western finances, to use the western technology,

west means about this and to do that you need a coherent response, i am sceptical if that would come. obviously nato have said, the uk got the us, france and germany in thatjoint statement a couple of days back, and nato said that russia is underestimating the resolve of allies and their support for the uk — you disagree? warm words are one thing. actual actions, taking physical actions against the russian state and its interests are quite another. for instance huge amounts of russian debt are washed through the british, london financial markets. we would never dare do anything about it because it would be so damaging to the economy which is why i sadly agree, on the single point alone, with alexander that actually we are getting a lot of words but unfortunately... they talk over each other. you use the language putin and his thugs, this is bad manners. you are a journalist and you should not talk like a street thug yourself, so please forget this terminology. terminology aside, do you disagree? also i think the british media, the language is unacceptable. putin the thug and so on.

hand. the system has -- it wants to insulate russia from the west. partyl -- so far putin's has undermined the key principles of the current state and its survival. i would say that president putin will be presiding over his last chapter, as part of this energy on the surface. we see the political scene that will be change. they willsition, vanish. the older generation will go to the cemetery. and now the kremlin is going to fill the back with new people. they knew the russian position would try to bring new resistance and alternatives to putin's regime and state. thank you. interesting.ally i would like to ask you one follow-up question. you say that he seems to be putting himself on a course to challenge the current system. can you be it -- can you give a more detailed to that? the message -- if the method of survival that has been created after the collapse of the soviet union was to use western resources, finances, technology. to build together with the west, it is very possible and rather cynical. putin, by his arrogance undermined this very prerequisite of the system's sur

win for public school teachers in the u.s. state of west virginia after a nine day strike that kept students out of the classroom and educators gathered at the state capital then to south africa what impact will a controversial proposal for land expropriation have but first to the border between ireland and northern ireland an issue that continues to be challenging in brock's that negotiations. i'm calling more and i mean the job last year of the stream i made the charge started in the school to break just the youth consider the implications on the good friday agreement and the invisible border currency shared between northern ireland and the republic now in a little over a year's time the island of ireland is said to be split into either you and non u.-turn tories and yes the population here the north and south fears to get an answer to the fundamental question or not how do we avoid returning to the border and the potential civil unrest comes along side of it in such a situation. the five hundred kilometer border between ireland and northern ireland is possibly one of the biggest

, russia!" they chanted. but, in putin's fourth term, are russia and the west destined for a cold war? later, the president dismissed british accusations that he was behind the nerve agent attack in salisbury. translation: it is rubbish, drivel, nonsense, to think that russia would do something like that ahead of a presidential election and the world cup. president putin's pitch to voters had been to stick with me and russia will be strong. and many russians believe that. "he is a genius", he said. "putin wants russia to prosper and for us to live in happiness." she says "it is thanks to putin that russia still exists". however, critics of the kremlin says that the election was fixed and only those candidates who stood no chance of unseating vladimir putin were allowed to run. the problem with russia is that there is no such thing as russian politics. politics has been eliminated in russia altogether. there is only one political institution in russia and that is the physical body of vladimir putin. which is why vladimir putin was always going to win this vote. this election was not ab

from philadelphia north and west where we expect the heaviest amount of snow. advisory to the south and east for lesser accumulation the rain/snow line will be right along the i-95 corridor. some people will be seeing significant snow. while others a few miles away could not see -- may not see much of anything much the rain/snow line during the early morning hours once again right along the i-95 corridor. so a wintry mix rain to the south with that big fetch out of the northeast with a storm to the south and then snow to the north and west with borderline temperatures. this is a heavy wet snow hard to shovel and also will be tugging on tree limbs and power lines as well. by about 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon, you still see that rain/snow line very close to philadelphia. so our suburbs in south jersey will see some snow but i'm becoming less confident that it will be heavy snow. i think you may see more mixing and then to the north and west, high confidence that you will stay in all noel tilt end. by 4:00 o'clock this system is winding up and heading out. it's coming in earlier and

environment agency has 12 flood warnings in place for parts of the north east and south west england. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. another day of britain taking a battering. after the snow come the high tides and the flood warnings. the sea has taken over the railway line. 0n the outskirts of cardiff, the snow is still hanging around. 400 homes across wales are without power, some people have now seen enough. very pretty and all that, but i must admit it is getting on my nerves now. it has affected me in not being able to get into work. i did not expect it to be as bad as it's been but we are getting cabin fever now. the motorway across the pennines was deserted for more than a day because of heavy snow and high winds. leeds and manchester were finally reconnected earlier this morning. the traffic may be flowing here, but most of the roads across these hills are still blocked with snow and there are strong winds in places too, potentially causing more snow drifts. further north, the a1 has reopened, the a66 is still blocked. over the border, just look what the trains are ha

then the west is not pursuing these measures to have a cold war with russia nobody wants this this is not in our interest as i said we should actually be focusing much more on the competitive threat that's coming from china and elsewhere and not on on mr putin's russia was which is a security competitor but not an economic competitor with with the west and actually we're driving by having this confrontation with russia we risk driving mr putin's russia much closer to china than it would naturally be in the state of affairs saw sending a strong signal but then also being open to talks in case the kremlin decides to stop the aggressive acts and come to a more cooperative relationship based on on international law and mutually agreed terms and this is not a call how long do you think russia can withstand the sort of international and what looks like isolation now and pressure because russia is of course it's not the soviet union you know it has important relations with the e.u. important economic relations with the e.u. it is much more integrated into the world economy you know more than

dress that is i think why we see you know in the west the they simply can't believe a seventy six seventy seven percent return it's because the russian public understands that the country has been under attack all right all these years and that's why there's this widespread national consensus if putin leaves the country successfully i think you'll have moved it to a at the end of the next six years he'll have moved to a place where that type of consensus is no longer necessary where we could potentially either you know as he leaves or within you know a few years afterwards somewhere in the next decade i would like to see united russia which is is it as a party of power it doesn't have a political ideology of its own other than supporting the state you know in the country i would like to see it split i would like to see a real conservative. already there is because there is that if that is so that kids can speak to basically receive in the do it in majority russian majority is moderately social conservative by modern western standards and moderately less ditch without being left th

and the west on board at least an illegitimate peace deal more news on the web site it's always there for you of course al jazeera dot com tweet me i'll tweet you back at peter i'm here from ten g. tomorrow between now and the top of the inside story i'll see you soon. britain takes its case against moscow to the u.n. over the poisoning of a former russian spy at a time of friction of a break and an unpredictable white house how will a divided west tackle a resurgent russia which is again defining itself at least according to president putin as a great power. hello welcome to the program. the rhetoric of the cold war appears to be back with strong words at the u.n. security council and the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats from britain the us france and germany along with the u.k. have issued a joint statement blaming moscow for the poisoning of the former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter in the u.k. let me a putin's expected to win a fourth term in sunday's presidential election and he's been talking about russia's weapons capability this month in his state of the un

program i'm elizabeth piron i'm it is the worst diplomatic crisis between russia and the west since moscow annexed crimea four years ago drawing comparisons to the cold war more than twenty countries european powers as well as the us canada and australia have teamed up to expel more than one hundred thirty vosh and diplomats the u.s. led the way ordering out sixty russian officials and shutting down the country's consulate in seattle it is in response to the attack on a former russian spy and fortune earlier this month a u leaders and the u.s. agree with bush officials that it was highly likely that russian intelligence used of rare military grade nerve agent to poisons and his daughter russia has repeatedly denied the allegations many say the expulsions of a diplomatic victory for the british government. this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond over the past three weeks as we have confronted the aftermath of the salzburg incident and

quickly. out of the west things change as the wind picks up bringing in more cloud. i hope that we find temperatures in scotland and parts of northern and eastern england close to freezing if not just below. an area of low pressure sitting to the west on wednesday, thatis sitting to the west on wednesday, that is slowly rotating around and pushing in these bands of thick cloud and rain. the head of that we're bringing in the airfrom iberia, a much milder southerly wind through the day. it will turn into a breezy day. many central and eastern areas dry with some sunshine at times. further west we have stronger wind and also more cloud and rain put up deals quite likely in the south—west of england towards the hills and coasts. — quite likely. stronger wind around the sea coasts. but some sunshine on offer around the murray first and the south—east of england where temperatures are up around 14 degrees. things move on a bit by thursday, the rain still close to northern ireland but moving further north and east across england and wales. sunshine following on behind that some hea

now asking for help. hefty uber after he got drunk while visiting friends in west virginia. he said he thought the ride was taking him back to where he was staying in town, but instead it, took him home. to gloucester county. he has now started a go fund my page asking for donations to help foot the bill. would you help him, jim? well, still ahead. >> it happens when you drink and drive or order an uber. still ahead on "eyewitness news" at noon, love for animals becomes life-long passion for one very special couple. meisha? >> volunteering our time from a giving heart pace us back ten fold. one cep up is reaping the soul food in giving and i'm loving t that story coming up. lauren? >> all right, well, one day closer to the up coming weekend. we'll have some sunshine, quieter conditions, seasonable as we head into saturday. rain looks like it could return even wintery mix late day sunday, seasonable high temperatures through the upcoming weekend in the upper four's to near 50 degrees, of course we have to get through tomorrow first and talking about that nor'easter, more >> as we cer

west the they simply can't believe a seventy six seventy seven percent return it's because the russian public understands that the country has been under attack all right all these years and that's why there's this widespread national consensus if leaves the country successfully i think you'll have moved it to a at the end of the next six years he'll have moved to a place where that type of consensus is no longer necessary so where we could potentially either you know as he leaves or within you know a few years afterwards somewhere in the next decade i would like to see united russia which is is it as a party of power it doesn't have a political ideology of its own other than supporting the state you know in the country i would like to see it split i would like to see a real conservative part. because there is that if that is. conspicuously missing in the wording majority of the russian majority is moderately social conservative by modern western standards and moderately less ditch without being left this they believe in a strong state with strong social benefits that can manage a coun

, to accusations of kremlin fingerprints on a catalogue of cyber attacks against the west, combined with abuse of social media and plots to undermine elections and democracy in europe and the united states. russia's immediate reaction? translation: what the united states of america are doing today is destroying what little remains in terms of russian—american relations. i'd like to add that the entire responsibility for the consequences of that destruction lies on america. tonight, i asked the foreign secretary why so many countries had been willing to act together. the reason why you've seen this outpouring of revulsion at what russia ave done is because so many other countries in the last ten years have now experienced provocations of one kind or another. they've had destruction of the elections, cyber warfare, all kinds of russian aggression and malign behaviour. are you braced for whatever retaliation russia chooses? they might go, mightn‘t they, to cyber warfare. well, let's be very clear. it's notjust we who are obviously racing, we have every possible protection and preca

. and the system has elaborate mechanism of survival. to be the west and to be inside of the west. this is the interest of russia, et cetera and to isolate russia from the west. so far putin starting to undermine the key principles of the russian state and system survival. and in the end, i would say that president putin will be presiding over his last chapter. despite of the energy on the surface, we see it apparently, the political thing that would be changed pretty soon, the older position and parliamentry parties will vanish. the older generation will go to the cemetery and now trying to fill the vacuum with new people. it depends what extent -- the new russia position will try to create new resistance and alternative to the putin's regime and to putin's state. thank you. >> that's really interesting. i would like to ask you a follow-up question and then i will turn to vladimir. you say he is putting himself on a course to challenge the current russia system, can you give detail to that? >> if the mechanism of survival of the russian personal system that has been created after the c

colder again as an like it will turn colder again as an area of low pressure comes in from the west, particularly in the north, when we picked up more of an easterly feed, dragging in colder air. cold but bright start to the day, frosty for many of us, sunshine to begin with, gradually turning cloudy from the west with spells of rain moving into northern ireland, and western parts of scotland, wales and western parts of scotland, wales and the south—west of england later in the afternoon. in the east, holding onto a little more in the big weigh of brightness. maximum of 13 celsius. here's that area of low pressure i mentioned, it comes in from the west, as we move into tuesday, some rain overnight for a time, looks like through tuesday there will be some spells of rain which could be falling as snow over the hills of scotland, further south, brightening up a touch for south—west england. bright intervals with highs of 13 degrees. those associated weather front slightly pivot as we move into wednesday, still some spells of rain to be seen, and we get sleet and snow again, high gr

the country. a rare red alert for snow is now in force — this time in south west england and south wales — meaning there's a risk to life tonight. people here are being told to stay inside, to stay warm and to stay part. near glasgow, warm drinks and blankets are lowered down for hundreds of people stranded on a motorway, some for 20 hours. i got stuck here about eight o'clock last night and i've been here ever since. i have not moved an inch yet. a lucky escape for this driver — but police across the uk say they've dealt with hundreds of incidents in the past 2a hours. we'll have the latest on the situation around the uk as forecasters warn there's yet more to come tomorrow. also on the programme... britain's so—called lost children, forcibly sent abroad after world war ii. aow the government's urged to give survivors compensation. the prime minister holds talks with the european council president donald tusk in downing street ahead of her major speech on brexit tomorrow. a woman who bludgeoned her husband to death with a hammer wins the right to challenge her murder convict

and south—west england as well and in actualfact, if we south—west england as well and in actual fact, if we look at the snow radar if this clump of snow that's going to be moving up through the channel isles that will cause the issues. we've got a rash of snow showers piling into eastern scotland but it's not as bad as it was yesterday. we've lost the red warning, take action. we still got amber warnings warning, take action. we still got amberwarnings in warning, take action. we still got amber warnings in force for east of scotland, be prepared forfurther disruption. the same for north—east england and northern ireland. down into the south—west we have another red warning, this means take action. we are looking at severe weather for the end of the day, blizzard like conditions here. we will widely see as much as 20 and two metres of falling snow and we could see more, 30-40 falling snow and we could see more, 30—a0 centimetres to higher ground. it will be awful out there and with strong gusty winds it will blow the snow around. it will move through wales and into norther

he has played this ca rd of has been in power he has played this card of basically the west being opposed to russia and trying to close it in and encircle it, and that works, it works for him and has done for quite a few years, he's running now for his fourth term stop he knows the narrative works. people respond to that. they agree with what he says, and they do believe that they face a real problem from the west. theresa may was speaking earlier today. there is a lot of talk of taking further action. how is that perceived in russia? is the narrative of the west really being against vladimir putin and the country believed wholeheartedly?“ there is further measures from britain, there is no doubt russia will respond in kind again. they have made that absolutely clear in their announcements today. following when they made the announcement about their brutality action, so absolutely, it will carry on. —— about their retallick treat retaliatory action. if britain goes further, russia will respond. you could see the whole thing ratcheting up and already it isa thing ratcheting u

,ning us now in texas is kirsten west savali, associate editor for justice and education at the root. you can read the work there at theroot.com. good morning. thank you for joinin. guest: thank you for having me. host: the timing is certainly apt for your visit. we have two police shootings around the country, one not far from where you are in baton rouge, louisiana. the baton rouge holy storm has fired an officer who shot alton sterling. they write that after nearly two years of investigations in the public outcry over the shooting of mr. stirling, the baton rouge police to fired -- police chief fired one officer and suspended to heal thehe six wounds and look forward to what is your reaction to the news out of baton rouge? guest: i think what happens with that stirling is should not be an hr issue. have beenhe should fired. we should be able to call it murder, but we cannot outside of the legal realm. occupied territory since james baldwin told us in 1966. alton sterling should still be alive. about that situation should have occurred the way it happened. what we are seeing now is

the same division, died at a plane crash at gander, newfoundland. this is run by the west point history. it runs about an hour. is the afternoon, this 24th of february 2016, i am here ith the west point center for oral history with mrs. susan rothmann. how are you? susan: fine, thank you. >> would you please spy your -- please spell your last name last name.your susan: rothmann. susan. >> thanks very much. tell mail a bit about yourself, where you were born, where you grew up and what your life was like when you were a child. susan: i was born in the state of new jersey, grew up in new jersey. part of the time down at the part of the time down at the jersey shore and then monitor clarify, new jersey, is where i school. high >> what did your folks do when you are growing up? susan: my father was a for pringle beer. my mother, during world war ii, legal secretary in new york city. but once she started having children, she was a stay-at-home mom. >> how did you meet your husband? susan: i met harry on a blind date a mutual friend who was harry's o one of classmates. >> did you star

distributors to pharmacies located in rural communities like west virginia and from press reports we have learned of shipments in west virginia that over ten years 20.8 millions were shipped to pharmacies in the town of williamson home of 3000 people. another 9 million opioids were distributed to a single pharmacy in west virginia to a population of 406. between 20,102,012 doug distributors had more pills in west virginia. these raise serious questions about complying and to be administered by the dea. the csa was enacted in 1970 the law established schedules of controlled substances to provide the authority to be engaged in the manufacture, distribution and then to provide that all legitimate handlersd -- handlers would have a dea registration with the condition to maintain such registration must take reasonable steps to ensure it is not used as a source of diversion the dea regulations specifically require all distributors to report suspicious orders of controlled substances in addition to the statutory responsibility to exercise do diligencevo to avoid filling suspicious orders. this h

snelling. him -- i will unpack the significance of west point first in the history of american arts and culture. we will take a look at his time there is a cadet and later as a member of the faculty. we will consider his paintings in relationship to the hudson and west point this is a very important destination for painters at one point in our history. we will also take a look at exhibition -- expedition narrative is -- expedition narratives. they have been excluded from the narrative so far and i hope that more of them are inserted into the canon in the future. i have been inspired by them and i hope to inspire others accordingly. i will conclude with a discussion of eastman's final project, which is a series of 17 paintings, the principal, the fortifications of the united states which he completed between 1870 and 1875. proceed let me share a little background about myself. i conceived a series of paintings of battlefields that were under threat from property and real estate developers. moved to virginia and carolina and spent about 10 years going from site to site. these are here bec

did you get interested in west point? >> that sorted it was long story but i will try to make it short. first, i mentioned to my father at the end of world war ii, talking about my mother's brother, who was one of the first paratroopers who volunteered for the service, and he was involved in or part of the airborne infantry and made the first combat jump of the war into north africa, and then he jumped into italy, where he was seriously wounded so badly that eventually they sent him back home before the war ended. so between the war stories of my uncle, which were not really war stories. we never talked about combat. you generally talked about, well, we were over there in italy, and we saw this, so on and so forth, but my father in the railway engineers did not see direct combat but had great admiration for infantry soldiers. home, he usedack to draw diagrams of infantry soldiers. as i got older, his favorite book was great me and i read itn, -- was "great men," and it affected me and i liked it. one summer, he took me to gettysburg, pennsylvania, and it me a critical moment for becaus

lump kazakhstan or belarus with countries that are part of the west or made strides to join the west in list of countries susceptible to russian meddling and intervention. belarus and kazakhstan are military allies of russia, core members of the euro -- union and part of the rusky mir. and kremlin needs them to stay that way. the eurasian union doesn't function very well and seen in both countries uptick of socioeconomic dishonest and disconnect between the government and public. unrest in both countries. in kazakhstan it's taken a nationalist turn, unnerving for the kremlin. and economic problems exacerbated by the eurasian union and russia's economic slowdown is inhibiting countries from keeping up with social contracts. limited popular participation in decision making but basics of life guaranteed in belarus and higher standard of living each year in kazakhstan and both have had a difficult time keeping up of those issues. other thing that makes then similar. luca shanko of belarus and naz ar bye have created political systems that depend on them. if either of them leave, more lik

when tensions are running high between russia and the west with the u.k. and others accusing moscow of being behind the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia the charge that russia has blasted as rubbish drivel and nonsense so who's right and will there be a further escalation of the crisis question here on quadriga this week putin reelected a toxic presidency and i've got three guests here in the studio to discuss that question beginning with the w.'s only christiane trip but a senior correspondent who has in recent years been very sort of thing in kiev and moscow christiane argues that it's wrong to demonize vladimir putin and don't please russia he's saying he's start planning for a post in russia also with us ellen posner commentator for the berlin daily devote ellen believes that putin not only poison seems enemies his army of internet trolls these points in ing the political atmosphere in the west is a piece of our lives democracy and a warm welcome to gemma perth's current a freelance journalist an expert on eastern europe germany s

american west, next, we his paintingsf depicting the u.s. military force. the u.s. historical society hosted this event. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] thank you for slogging through this dismal weather we are having today. my name is chuck. i am the chief historian. james, what has he been up to in terms of his work as an artist-slash-scholar. i have been keen to talk to him. the special focus is on a little-known group of paintings in the capital building. it is not seen very often. throughle to see him these visuals and share what he brings as an artist, what he can glean out of them. james is a visual artist, an author and historian. .e was educated at yale he received a fellowship from the nea. he has conducted numerous for jesus -- smithsonian center and the arthur miller foundation. he comes to us today from new york, with his wife, kathy. we will have time for questions and answers afterwards. please help me welcome james. [applause] good afternoon. it is a great pleasure to be here. laurento thank chuck and for th

you about allegations in west virginia. his hearing of the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations is two hours and 25 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we go called to order the hearing today on the drug enforcement administration's role in combating the opioid epidemic. today the subcommittee on oversight and investigation convened the hearing on the dea's role in combating the opioid epidemic. this crisis is a top priorities the nation and certainly of this committee and subcommittee. a opioid related overdoses kill more than 42,000 people in 2016. that's an average of 115 deaths each day. an estimated 2.1 million people have an opioid use disorder pretense earliest hearing in 2012 subcommittee has been investigating various aspects of this epidemic. in may of 2017 the committee opened a bipartisan investigation into allegations of opioid dumping. the term is described in opiate shipped by wholesale drug distributed to pharmacies located in. [roll call] communities such as those in west virginia. from press reports in th