be convicted. right. those are good things in his column. do you think there would be any downside here for president biden were hunter to be convicted? of course, as the personal toll, of course. do we think there is political im impact? yeah, there are low information voters who are like, they re both in trouble with the law. i would say hunter biden is very different than donald trump and being a crack addict because you have an addiction is very different than a myriad after criminal charges, many cases which you ve been able to punt. then you have the fraud cases. i don t think they re the same at all, but i do think, you know, everything can be a problem, especially in politics. certainly, those close to president biden worry about just how he will receive this news. we know he is deeply worried about his son. also, the first lady coming back from france to go to the trial. i mean, the sister has been there. everyone in biden world, they re a close family. i t
Hall. they feel it is an important moment. do you think, though, that we know american voters tend not to vote on foreign policy. there is hope some will weigh in on that. the other audience, there are other heads of state gathered yesterday, and he is trying to reassure them the u.s. can be counted upon. we hear it time and time again, he is greeted with skepticism. on both, the american people don t vote on the basis of foreign policy. the polls show, yes, americans, what do you care most about? things like the border, inflation. foreign policy, as difficult as it is for me to admit it, it is not career enhancing sorry, richard. it is very low on the list. that rattles the rest of the world, by the way. they don t get a vote in the american election. the election will affect their security and well-being. americans not being mindful of that makes the leaders uneasy. the great, untalked about issue at the summit, of all this, is what happens after november. that s what is so
Disastrous. bill clinton s approval rating when he left office was over 60%. i think it was close to 70%. by the way, this is the tension that nancy pelosi is managing right now. yeah. which is, the politics of it versus the job of congress to perform its oversight duty and look into all these questions that were left wide over by bob mueller in volume 2 of the mueller report. which we re waiting to see. nancy pelosi is managing the political side of it. you have three critical elements that have gone un-talked about here. number one is going to be bob mueller s testimony. at some point, he is going to testify. by the way, he has to testify publicly. he wants to testify privately. no good. not enough. there is going to be a transcript that the public will be given. we ll understand what he said in testimony. that s one thing. the second thing is the incredible pressure that mounts each and every day on speaker
Of the safest cities in the united states of america and has been for 20 years running. there are solutions here that we can bring to the table to ensure we address the concerns that people have and it s not going to be through walls. we asked about something somewhat related. how they were affected by the opioid epidemic. let s take a look at how they responded to that. how many people in this room know someone who has been affected by opiate? this is the untalked about story. a lot of hands went up. you can t see it, but i would say three quarters of the room saying a family member or close relative or a neighbor has been hurt or killed by opioids. i talked to the attorney general of pennsylvania, josh shapiro. he and other attorneys general across the country are going to make sure that purdue pharma and the pharmaceutical corporations
Opioid abuse. how many people in this room know someone who has been affected by opiate? this is the untalked about story. you are a nurse. tell us about your experience with opioid addiction. i m a nurse and i m still a nurse. i was an er nurse for 35 years and of course we call this the opiate crisis now. those of us who work in hospitals and emergency rooms know it has been around forever and ever. okay? it certainly has increased in the numbers that we see overdotesing. the drugs are stronger and not as pure and mixed with other things. how does a young person get caught up into it? does it start with a prescription? it can be either on the street, you know, with their peers or getting messed up with the wrong type of people.