we have an important program for you today with the president of the united states, joseph r. biden. i sat down with the president in the roosevelt room of the white house on friday for an exclusive president biden is headed to europe for a trip that will take him to lithuania for nato s summit. holding nato together is really critical. it has been 500 days since russia invaded ukraine. is there any sign of an end to this war? and will nato offer ukraine membership? also, is there a thaw in relations with china or are we going to see an even more intense rivalry? and when can bibi netanyahu expect an invitation to the white house? all this in a special interview with america s 46th president. i think we have enormous opportunities, and i just want to finish the job. i ll bring you my take later in the show, but first, president biden is headed to europe today for a five-day, three-country tour. the main focus of which will be a stock in lithuania for n
solving the fentanyl crisis in america will take time and a wide range of efforts and doctors still prescribe far too many opioids, responding the commercial incentives and a 2019 study shows that american and canadian, post-operative patients were seven times more likely to be prescribed opioids than patients in sweden. drug treatment and rehabilitation programs are still far too small and underfunded. medications that help with withdrawal symptoms have proven extremely effective, but still only one in four people who need them in the u.s. can obtain them. in the meantime, though, it is much easier to bellow about going to war with mexico. let s hope that this is just campaign craziness. if we actually try to make these threats a reality, we will be asking for decades of turmoil. go to cnn.dom/fareed for a link to my washington post column
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