israeli hostages. he did not talk about the breaking events overnight which is of course what everybody wanted to hear about. wanted to hear about. jessica parker, thank wanted to hear about. jessica parker, thank you. let s turn now to some of our other stories. there s a warning here in the uk that more and more young people have got bladder problems because of their chronic use of the drug ketamine. ketamine is widely used in the nhs as an anaesthetic, sedative and pain reliever but increasingly it s also misused as a recreational drug and addiction rates are soaring. here s rachel stonehouse. to find out more about the risks associated with ketamine, let s speak to martin raithelhuber from the un office on drugs and crime. tell us more about where these concerns stem from. tote tell us more about where these concerns stem from. concerns stem from. we see an increase in concerns stem from. we see an increase in trafficking concerns stem from. we see an increase in traffi
trump s continuing grip over the republican party. joining us now, pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, msnbc political analyst and our dear friend, eugene robinson. good to see you this morning. let s start with that meeting. it s been a source of, let s be candid, frustration among democrats, that president obama doesn t do more in election cycles. the obama team pushes back and says, look, he plays the role of the closer. in part, his appearances have so much power because he only shows up in the last couple weeks and drives home big events, turns out the vote, whips up enthusiasm. what do you make of obama distributing to efforts so far, and what do you contribute to his strength? the headline is obama isn t just going to pitch the ninth inning. he ll be more of a middle reliever and a closer.
but he s running roughshod on desantis. they have to remind that guy to be human. how can you don t forget to talk about foreign policy, and by the way, be human. i mean, it s almost comical. and if trump goes down, he s going to be replaced with another trump maga person. i think the future of maga is j.d. vance, but that s just my guess. but it s not going to be, i mean chris christie is a friend of mine, but i ve got news for you, they re not looking for an alternative to trump. if they are forced to make one they re gonna get the person who most resembles and is most of sycophantic to trump. look at what they did to lindsey graham. it was hilarious. south carolina republicans. it does not exist. it s gone. it s a personality cult. all right, then, reliever there. james, always great to see you. james carville, tim miller, two
which i am now undergoing and that will happen over the next few months looking at how we can control public spending, at a difficult time when we still deal with legacies from covid. all sensible but explain to me how any of that has any bearing on the 8.7% figure in the next two months. i can understand and i really do understand the implication of high interest rates but there isn t a single quick reliever i m just asking you for one, one contribution. there are three elements to the government response the independent policy, controlling public expenditure and then helping those additional costs so we help with the energy bills expended that in the spring budget but they re not coming down