CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 08/15/24
CBS Evening News
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3.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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President Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris today appeared together at the first public event since she became the democratic nominee. In the heat of the presidential campaign, the two teamed up to talk about the economy, inflation, and lowering the cost of everyday items. Vice Presidential Candidates Governor Tim Walz and Senator J.D. Vance have agreed to a debate.
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| 0:33.6 | We filed numerous federal charges. New criminal charges against five people in the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry. |
| 0:41.5 | They knew what they were doing was risking great danger to Mr. Perry, but they did it anyways. |
| 0:47.7 | Nine months after the friend star was found unresponsive at his Los Angeles home, prosecutors accused two doctors, a so-called ketamine queen, |
| 0:55.6 | and two others of providing lethal doses of the drug. |
| 0:58.9 | The way that his doctors were prescribing him ketamine was completely unconventional. |
| 1:03.7 | The CBS Evening News starts now. |
| 1:10.8 | Good evening, everyone. I'm Major Garrett in for Nora. |
| 1:13.7 | Two of those people, a doctor known as Dr. P. and an alleged dealer called the ketamine queen, |
| 1:19.4 | are set to appear in court today in connection with the accidental death of Matthew Perry. |
| 1:23.9 | In all, five people were charged for allegedly supplying large quantities of the drug |
| 1:28.5 | ketamine to the friend's star who relapsed. Federal prosecutors say this was a broad, underground |
| 1:34.3 | criminal network that conspired to prescribe, sell, and inject Perry with ketamine. The U.S. attorney |
| 1:40.2 | said the group took advantage of the actor's addiction for one simple reason, money. |
| 1:45.8 | CBS's Adam Yamaguchi is outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles. |
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| 1:55.1 | In the days leading up to his death, Matthew Perry was spiraling out of control, according to investigators. |
| 2:00.2 | In the fall of 2023, Mr. Perry fell back into addiction, and these defendants took advantage to |
| 2:07.9 | profit for themselves. Five people have been charged with conspiring to distribute the ketamine |
| 2:12.1 | that killed him, including two doctors and Perry's personal living assistant. |
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