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Here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us tonight as we track what could become a verdict that could hinge more than anything else on mierk call cohens testimony. Al sharpton is here more than anything else weve tried on the beat before. You see us with james brown. The rev is here. An artist making his beat debut harry mack. Our top story shows why a verdict is on the way in trumps criminal trial. His Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call Defendant Trump to testify as is their right to call or not call. So they finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers called two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the da called. Some of whom you can see right here. The star witness cohen, former trump aides like hope hicks, Stormy Daniels, tabloid chief and an array of many different important people. Now legally youre looking at the typical mismatch. The da the the prosecution calls more witness
226% spike in fentanyl sees this year since 2018. greg, the first time i read that number had to go back. 226%. if we say that this is a nationwide health crisis, this opioid crisis, what about the border? greg: it s absolutely crazy. but first off, saying the cause of death is opioids is like saying the cause of drowning is water. all right? technically correct, but actually wrong. it completely eliminates how the water was introduced to the victim. as opioid prescriptions go down and clamped down, opioid overdoses spike. but they are badly reported as opioid overdoses when they are actually caused by street fentanyl, which comes through china, through our border, and it s mixed with regard to dosage. the cause of death is accidental because of the unknown dosage. if they could get a
year since 2018. greg, the first time i read that number had to go back. 226%. if we say that this is a nationwide health crisis, this opioid crisis, what about the border? greg: it s absolutely crazy. but first off, saying the cause of death is opioids is like saying the cause of drowning is water. all right? technically correct, but actually wrong. it completely eliminates how the water was introduced to the victim. as opioid prescriptions go down and clamped down, opioid overdoses spike. but they are badly reported as opioid overdoses when they are actually caused by street fentanyl, which comes through china, through our border, and it s mixed with regard to dosage. the cause of death is accidental because of the unknown dosage. if they could get a prescription, whether they are doing it recreationally or it s
greg: in case you forgot, kirsten gillibrand is running for president and like all candidates she won t let ignorance about an issue stop her from talking about it. take this tweet. if we want to end the opioid epidemic will must work to address the root causes of abuse. that s why senator cory gardner and i introduced legislation to limit opioid prescriptions for acute pain to seven days because no one needs a month supply for wisdom tooth extraction. because no one needs a month supply for a wisdom tooth extraction. what does that sound like to you? the invasive hand of the arrogant bureaucrat. hey, we don t think you need these drugs. why should you have them? it s government excess in everything but clear thinking. curing individual problems with an overdose of bureaucracy and she is dead wrong on the root causes. you want to target the abuse? it s not painkillers for surgery or acute pain or wisdom teeth, you wacko. it is street fentanyl and the mixing of recreational drugs. i