CRYPTO MINING BUSINESS, THAT
DEMAND ALMOST DRIED UP.
NVIDIA IS DOWN VERY STRONG 4%
LOWER.
THE FEDS, THAT IS, TO SUE OPIOID
MAKERS.
ROLL TAPE.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU
TO BRING A MAJOR LAWSUIT AGAINST
DRUG COMPANIES ON OPIOIDS.
SOME STATES HAVE DONE IT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE A LAWSUIT
BROUGHT AGAINST THESE COMPANIES
HAPPENING.
STUART: BRING IN TEXAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL KEN PAXTON.
MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, WELCOME
STUART: ARE YOU TRYING TO PUT
THE OPIOID MAKERS OUT OF
BUSINESS?
>> NO, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD
THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR LYING TO
DOCTORS AND GETTING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ADDICTED TO
THESE PAINKILLERS.
SOME HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
THAT NEED OPIOIDS BECAUSE
THEY'RE IN DIRE PAIN?
>> THERE IS NO DOUBT, THERE IS A
BALANCE HERE.
OPIOIDS HAVE A LEGITIMATE USE
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
USE CONTINUES, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY
HAVE LIED TO DOCTORS AND REALLY
PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A BAD
SITUATION WITH ADDICTION AND
SOMETIMES WITH, YOU KNOW, AS I
SAID, LOSS OF LIFE.
IT IS DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT
ISSUE.
YOU PUT THE MONEY INTO
TREATMENT?
>> THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL.
THAT MONEY BUT WOULD BE MY
PREFERENCE THE MONEY WE GET FROM
OPIOID MANUFACTURERS HELP PEOPLE
PROBLEM.
RUN A CLIP ABOUT A EDITORIAL I
DELIVERED ABOUT MONSANTO AND THE
WEED KILLER ROUNDUP AND THE
LAWSUIT.
BRING YOUR CASE TO A SYMPATHETIC
JURY.
THEN PUT A PLAINTIFF ON THE
STAND WHO WILL GET A LOT OF
SYMPATHY.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN UNPOPULAR
VILLAIN TO GO AFTER, AND DON'T
FORGET TO USE EMOTION, NOT FACT,
TO WIN THE CASE.
INGREDIENT, GUY FOE SATE HAS A
CONNECTION.
A LOT OF VIEWERS RESPONDED.
THIS CAME FROM ANONYMOUS POSTER.
STUART NEEDS TO DO HIS RESEARCH
WHEN HE ATTEMPTS TO COMMENT ON A
TOPIC HE OBVIOUSLY KNOWS NOTHING
ABOUT.
STICK IT TO THE STOCK MARKET
AND, THEN WE HAVE TONY WHO SAYS,
NO HEALTH PROBLEMS AND NO WEED
PROBLEMS.
SO WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE,
MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHEN I GO
OUT THERE AND SAY LOOK, DON'T
BRING YOUR JUNK SCIENCE INTO THE
COURTROOM AND DON'T MESS WITH
AMERICAN BUSINESS WHEN YOU HAVE
NO GROUNDS TO DO IT.
THAT IS MY POSITION.
HOW AM I DOING?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE IS NO CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP
RIGHT NOW BETWEEN CANCER AND
THIS PRODUCT, AND TO GIVE A JURY
VERDICT OF 289 MILLION WHERE
THERE IS NO CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP,
TO ME SEEMS LUDICROUS AND
IT AFFECTS CONSUMER'S ABILITY TO
GET THESE TYPES OF PRODUCTS IN
THE FUTURE.
STUART: AM I RIGHT TO SAY TEXAS
WAS WAY OUT FRONT WITH THIS,
CUTTING DOWN ON JUNK LAWSUITS,
FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS?
>> IT IS TRUE.
IN 2003 WE PASSED TORT REFORM.
IT WAS A MAJOR EFFORT ON THE
STATE'S PART BECAUSE WE WANT
COURTS TO BE OPEN TO LEGITIMATE
LAWSUITS BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE
HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH
ABILITY OF COMPANIES TO OPERATE
IN OUR STATE, PROVIDE JOBS AND
CREATE PRODUCTS.
AND SO THERE IS DEFINITELY A
BALANCE.
SOME STATES HAVE CHOSEN TO OPEN
THEIR COURTS TO FRIVOLOUS
LAWSUITS AND AWARD, YOU KNOW,
VERDICTS LIKE THIS.
STUART: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE
ENGLISH RULE, LOSER PAYS?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN
TO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN GO THROUGH
OBVIOUSLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF
LITIGATION COASTS WITH NO MERIT
AT ALL AND THERE IS NO RECOVERY
UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF
PROVISION THAT ALLOWS FOR LOSER
I WOULDN'T STOP THE LEGISLATURE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK
AT IT.
STUART: ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW THAT
I'M ON THE SAME PAGE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM THE GREAT
STATE OF TEXAS.
>> I AM HAPPY TO KNOW THAT TOO.