All right. Good evening. Thats wonderful to see you all again. Most especially the students from university and high school and delighted to have back the last time some of may have seen don, it was during covid had to do a webinar version its much better have back in person. I feel fortunate i kind of a friend and through the council now i think we know each other about ten years. Youre one of the worlds foremost experts on the cartels and the narco violence that goes along with it in mexico. But youve also covered Central America of brazil, gangs in jamaica we will get to yemens book and a little bit later, gun money about the flow of of a huge number of weapons flowing in the united into mexico, but just because its so much in the news lately, i just want to look a little bit more at. The fentanyl crisis and maybe. Can you those people come to some of the basics and why it is kind of in recent years, a lot of the cartels in mexico have taken a shift away from almost what wed call pl
He was willing to kill whoever he needed to kill. The drug lord, el chapo. The most wanted fugitive besides osama bin laden. They said, no one will ever catch him. But heand in this team did it in the most astonishing way. Surprise you . I could not believe it. The american agent who helped capture el chapo comes out of the shadows. I did not know who we would be able to trust. Exclusive details of this whiteknuckle man hunt. We would jump out of the back of the helicopter, pure chaos. Pictures seen here for the first time. Secret drug dens, hidden escape rooms. It was like harry houdini. Every single time we got close, the chopper would escape. It was beyond imagination. To catch the bad guy, you have to become the bad guy. You are inside this real life thriller. This is it. He is there. He is there. It was like living in a movie. Hello, and welcome to dateline. He was the infamous kingpin who inspired fear amongst criminals and Law Enforcement, on both sides of the border. His name w
Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight. Mitch bye plus, stephen welcomes chris hayes and Carrie Preston. Featuring louis cato and the late show band. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert [cheers and applause] stephen beautiful. Good to see you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome very welcome in here, out there, mr. And mrs. America and all the ships at sea to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. [cheering] there is everybody knows. Everybodys heard this. Big news from washington today, because this just this just happened this afternoon, right . Just a little while ago, Mitch Mcconnell announced he will step down as the senates republican leader. [cheering] but, um, but is this true . Hes not stepping down till november, because at 82, thats how long it takes him to step. Mcconnell made his announcement on the senate floor and then took a fond shamble down memory lane. My career in the United States se
Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning. Its 11 00 a. M. Eastern, and 8 00 a. M. Pacific. I am jose diazbalart. Moments ago President Biden wrapped up his speech to the u. N. General assembly, and his message about beating back russia. In less than two hours, ukraines president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the crowd. And then the aircraft that disappeared 24 hours ago crashed. How do you lose track of a 100 million airplane . Then on capitol hill, what we just learned about the first Impeachment Hearing. And an nbc news exclusive. The number of migrants crossing at the border for hopes of a better life in the u. S. Is on the rise. Just moments ago President Biden wrapped up his remarks before the u. N. General assembly, delivering a highprofile address centered around top global challenges Like International security and Climate Change and reaffirming his commitment for the forces in ukraine, and expressed the need to protect democracy around the globe. Allowi
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