in the united states and around the world. i m alex marquardt in washington. and i m anderson cooper on the canadian coast. a new mission to investigate the debris of the imploded submersible. the company under intense scrutiny, as we re learning about early warnings that the sub might be unsafe. cnn s new reporting on the special counsel s january 6th investigation. sources revealing that at least two fake trump electors were given limited immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony. and the chief of the wagner private military group makes a powerful claim, accusing leadership of killing a huge amount of its mercenary force, describing its actions as evil. we ll break down what this could mean for russia s war in ukraine. you re in the situation room. we are coming to you live from canada, st. john s, newfoundland. this is a key staging ground for the investigation of the deadly submersible. many critical questions remain unanswered, as a new mission is und
psychedelics, such as magic mushrooms and lsd, may be one step closer to mainstream therapeutic treatment. today, the fda released draft guidance for researchers investigating the drugs. they say it shows, they show, the drugs show initial promise in treating people battling health mental disorders. the psychiatric professor at johns hopkins matthew wayne johnson joins us now. dr., thank you so much for joining us on this fascinating subject. we are talking about the classic psychedelics. i believe that s the way the fda frames them. lsd, mdma, psilocybin. to treat things like ptsd, substance abuse, anxiety, conditions like that. there s been a lot of studying over the years, decades, even. how much concrete science exists proving that these drugs can be effective treatment? well, we re not quite at the final stage where any of these
you have politico which says that more than a dozen lawmakers, all democrats except for one republican senator met with a yale psychiatric professor. dr. lee warned them, quote, that he s going to unravel and we are seeing the signs. so is this whole thing with the yale psychiatry professor, is this a political stunt or do you think democrats are actually considering some sort of an attempt to build a case for and ultimately invoke the 25th amendment? democrats are just focused in the wrong direction, including on this, because they don t have any power to implement anything the psychiatrist or any psychiatrist has to say. what democrats need to look at are two things. one is 2018. the only path forward for our country and for democrats is 2018. so all talk of impeachment or invoking the 25th amendment is just in many ways extraneous chaff, much like this book.
your statements will be used against you. remember this is somebody who studied the brain. also based on dying his hair, everyone is suggesting that he s trying to embody the joker from the batman movies. the next thing is he s walking around saying his stomach hurbgts hhurts it didn t like the food. the joker in the movie said he had a stomachache, he implanted a bomb in his stomach. is this his attorneys saying, you re being evaluated be careful. or is he taking this insanity to the next step. we heard from the district attorney that this is still an on going investigation and we heard reports about a notebook that he apparently sent to a psychiatric professor, a doctor on the campus there where he was in school. where do you think, based on your experience, the investigation stands right now? what are they looking at? i think they are looking at everything. and i can tell you firsthand,