WE’LL TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURE CHANGES THIS WEEK COMING UP, A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER AT THE SUPREME COURT TODAY. THE JUSTICES WILL CONSIDER WHETHER THE FAMILY BEHIND THE MAKER OF A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE OPIOID CAN BE HELD LIABLE. AMY LU JOINS US LIVE AT THE SUPREME COURT NOW. AMY, HOW COULD A DECISION LIKE THIS IMPACT THE DRUG EPIDEMIC. WELL, JACKIE AND AUDREY, WE KNOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT WILL BE HEARING FROM THE FAMILY BEHIND THE MAKER OF OXYCONTIN AND WILL DECIDE WHETHER THEY ARE IMMUNE FROM BEING SUED. NOW, THAT COMPANY, PURDUE PHARMA, WILL AGREE TO A MULTI BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT OVER UNETHICAL MARKETING PRACTICES OF THE DRUG WITH ITS OWNERS. THE SACKLER FAMILY CONTRIBUTING $6 BILLION TO HELP FIGHT THE EPIDEMIC THAT THE WELL KNOWN PAINKILLER HELPED SPARK. NOW, IN EXCHANGE, THE SACKLER, SEPARATE FROM THE COMPANY, WOULD NOT HAVE TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY, BUT WOULD BE PROTECTED UNDER FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY LAW FROM LEGAL LIABILITY, POTENTIALLY ALLOWING THEM TO KEEP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM EXISTING OXYCONTIN SALES COMPANIES ARE NOW TRYING TO PUT THEIR SUBSIDIARIES IN BANKRUPTCY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY THEMSELVES. INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY. AND THEY’RE TRYING TO PAY SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL RELEASES. YEAH, SO SOME VICTIMS WHO ARE UNSATISFIED WITH THIS AGREEMENT ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO HOLD THE SACKLER FAMILY LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE. JACKIE AND AUDREY AND AMY. AT ONE POINT, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BACKED THIS AGREEMENT. WHY THE CHANGE? MAGE WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAD ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED AND ACTUALLY HELPED WORK OUT THE PLEA BARGAIN AND AGREEMENT. BUT THEN UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THAT ACTUALLY CHANGED COURSE, CHALLENGING THIS AGREEMENTS LEGALITY. WE SAW A BIDEN APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE. THEY ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT THE SETTLEMENT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. AND THEN WE SAW ANOTHER PANEL OF FEDERAL JUDGES OVERTURNED THAT DECISION THIS YEAR. ULTIMATELY, THAT BACK AND FORTH HAS BROUGHT THIS CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT FOR RECONSIDERATION. JACKIE AND AUDREY AMY LU LIVE FOR US. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. JUST ABOUT 604 NOW AT GREENE IN GREENSBORO, A PERSON WHO WAS SHOT IS WAKING UP IN THE HOSPITAL NOW WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE FOUND THAT VICTIM LAST NIGHT. THEY SAY ON TURNBRIDGE CIRCLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY. WE’RE TOLD EMS RUSHED THE VICTIM TO THE HOSPITAL. RIGHT NOW, OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE ANY SUSPECT. ARTS INVESTIGATORS IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA, ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY A PERSON FOUND DEAD IN A HOUSE FIRE. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THIS BROKE OUT ON SCHOOL FIELD DRIVE. CREWS ARRIVING ON THE SCENE FOUND FLAMES AND SMOKE POURING FROM THE HOME. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS GOT INSIDE, THEY FOUND THE VICTIM INSIDE A BEDROOM. WE’RE TOLD CREWS RESCUED A DOG FROM THE HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY DISCARDED SMOKING MATERIALS STARTED THE FIRE. THE BROTHER OF A MURDER VICTIM IS DEMANDING JUSTICE AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE HOMICIDE CONTINUES. ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, POLICE IN WILKES COUNTY EMS WERE CALLED TO ELM STREET, NORTH NORTH WILKESBORO. THEY SAY THEY FOUND 32 YEAR OLD LAVERNE JOHNSON SHOT AND HE LATER DIED ON OCTOBER 10TH. HIS BROTHER TELLS WXII THAT HE IS FRUSTRATED THERE HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ANY ARRESTS. IF YOU CAN LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST KILL SOMEONE AND AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I MEAN, THE GUYS HAD GUYS HAD TIME TO GET OUT THE COUNTRY BY NOW. IF THEY HAD THE MEANS. I WISH I COULD HAVE HELPED THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS MUSIC AND ALL THAT. UM. HE WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD, GOOD PERSON, THOUGH. LIKE, HE DOES, HE DOES MUSIC. HE WAS REALLY MOTIVATE TO, TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. NORTH WILKESBORO POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS HOMICIDE. JOHNSON AGAIN, TH BROTHER BELIEVES HE KNOWS WHO SHOT HIS