i guess there will be two of them. >> david culver joins us now. us about those experiences? >> yeah, two different trips as i mentioned in that clip, jim. these are two different dosing ceremonies as they call them as part of this therapeutic retreat. we have to stress it is a therapeutic retreat. this wasn't recreational. the retreat structure required preparation leading up to it and an integration period that followed the five-day retreat. the biggest takeaway for me was two parts. one was certainly the personal experience of finding what i didn't really expect, and that was encountering kind of a peacefulness of some guilt that i had carried from losing loved ones in recent years and not being able to be there towards the final grieving period in particular. but then i think the other aspect, it's the folks you see there in these clips. it's the other participants. my being there and going through with this as a participant was, i think, primarily just to be a conduit of their stories. i think initially when we approached this and talked to the

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not what you want. >> david. >> good morning. >> david culver. we are so entranced by this. -- >> it was. it was a journey. not the kind of trip i thought i'd be here on tv talking to you guys about. good morning. >> it's so interesting. you went there to jamaica, right, as part of your reporting, as part of your research. all of the people we were just talking about in the break briefly, they agreed to let you film what they were experiencing on one condition. >> that i went along with it. >> yeah. >> look, so i'm big on immersive reporting. i feel like that's part of what i did in wuhan, libya, china, shanghai in particular and even covering the migrant crisis at the border and going along on a freight train. this was an opportunity to go forward with it, yes, but in a respectful and, hopefully, appropriate way. i hope that's how it comes across because it's so intimate and so personal. for these individuals in particular, it's something that they really were going to divulge a lot of their personal lives on camera so that , their words, it could potentially help others. w

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for this weekend's "the whole story," cnn's david culver went on a mind-altering journey to oregon anda psychedelic trip requires a willingness to be as avulnerablo hold nothing back. >> this wasn't easy, i imagine, for any of you to say, yeah, let me jump in. you're here fair reason. >> reporter: documenting it with cameras for a story to be shared with the world? that suggests a mere total surrender to the unknown. >> let go. let go of it and just go with the flow. >> reporter: the experiences you're about to witness, they're intimate. they're exhilarating. and exhausting. after taking a dose of sill sooifen, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, you wait. >> sal sooifen brings you what you need, not what you want. >> and david culver is with me now. so, david, you went to a -- wellness center in jamaica as a reporter but also as a participant. >> right. >> why? >> so, this is not a when or an if so much, but it's already happening, right? it's coming out in oregon. so, i wanted to see what exactly plays out with this. and what's happening in jamaica, where it's legal to grow

david culver has the details. >> reporter: on the texas mexico border, u.s.aw enforcement patrol the tranquil waters of the rio grand. the flow of migrants here slowing to a trickle since title 42 ended in may. on sidewalks in el paso that last month were covered with migrants, today only a handful camp out. but travel more than 500 miles south into places like mechanics compamechanics -- mexico city and the numbers are overwhelming for the catholic nuns who run this shelter. sister maria says at night every aspect of the floor inside and outside covered with the thin mattresses you see stacked around us. mexico city which is very far from the border as she sees it is now a border town but in the center of mexico. >> reporter: migrants try to get an appointment with a u.s. asylum officer using the app. getting a confirmed date nearly impossible for some. so i said what are you going to and she said just wait, wait for the date. >> reporter: maria jose and her husband entered from venezuela, and they arrived two weeks ago in mexico with their 4-year-old daught

david culver, thanks very much. can't wait to see the episode. really appreciate it. don't miss this new episode of "the whole story" with anderson cooper. it starts next only on cnn. reporting from washington, i'm jim acosta. i'll see you next weekend. have a great week, everybody. >>> welcome to "the whwhole story." i'm anderson cooper. you've probably heard of magic mushrooms, mushrooms which contain psilocybin, a natural substance. they became popular in the united states in the 1960s, but in the last decade, there's been an increasing amount of research into psilocybin to see if it can help treat depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. magic mushrooms are still illegal on the federal level but a few states have decriminalized them. oregon became the first state to use them in licensed therapy centers. there's still a lot we don't know about psilocybin's effect on the brain long-term. many are asking if it's too soon to offer these treatments. over the next hour, cnn's david culver takes us into this fascinating new world and takes us on a mind-altering journey

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not what you want. >> david culver is with me now.ica as a reporter, but also as a participant. wife. >> reporter: this is not a when or and if so much, by my expression was timeless. i wanted to see what exactly plays out with this and what's happening in jamaica where it legal to grow and consume is coming in some fashion to oregon in the next few weeks. it's rolling out as we speak for folks who we are going down there with, this is very personal. it's a private journey for them. the folks who run the retreat and the other participants said we do not want somebody who is an outsider looking in. if you are with us you are with us. that's why i went with them. >> if you are going to be here, get involved. you then here all day. >> the first question everybody has been asking you, what did it feel like? >> we took two doses each, and they called them ceremonies. over the course of five days. the first one, i felt nothing but exhaustion, i had no visual distortion to hear about, nothing profound. the second one lasted me to the cosmos.

some people are taking part in wellness retreats now and cnn correspondent david culver takes us on a to oregon and jamaica in the next episode of "the whole story" with anderson cooper. ♪ >> reporter: embarking on a psychedelic trip requires a willingness to be vulnerable, to hold nothing back. >> this wasn't easy. i imagine for any of you to just say, yeah, let me jump in. you're here for a reason. >> reporter: documenting it with cameras for a story to be shared with the world? well, that suggests a near total surrender to the unknown. >> let go. let go with it. and just go with the flow. >> reporter: the experiences you're about to witness, they're intimate. they're exhilarating, and exhausting. after taking a dose of cy cylacybin, magic mushrooms, you wait. >> it brings you what you need, not what and david culver is jo us no now. we want to know what happens next. tell us what you witnesses? >> this is a fascinating, first off, and one that got surprisingly personal for me. so, you saw those individuals there. we were down in jamaica. this is part of a therapeutic structured ret

over the next hour cnn's david culver takes us into this fascinating new world and takes us on a mind-altering journey of his own. ♪ >> embarking on a psychedelic trip -- >> thank you. >> -- requires a willingness to be vulnerable, to hold nothing back. >> this wasn't easy, i imagine, for any of you to just say yeah, let me jump in. you're here for a reason. >> documenting it with cameras for a story to be shared with the world? well, that suggests a near total surrender to the unknown. >> let go. let go of it, and just go with the flow. >> the experiences you're about to witness, they're intimate. they're exhilarating and exhausting. after taking a dose of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, you wait. >> psilocybin bring you what you need, not what you want. >> and slowly the plant medicine, as they call it, takes hold. >> you're your own guide. you're your own healer. you're going to tap into your inner self. >> you feel it first in your body, then your mind. >> i'm crying, but like these are tears of happiness. >> before showing you how this all plays out, we've got to

cnn's david culver spoke with many of them. >> reporter: on sidewalks in el paso that last month werets, today only a handful camp out. but travel more than five money miles south into places like mexico city and the numbers are rapidly rising. overwhelming for the catholic nuns who run this shelter. sister maria silva says at night every aspect of the shelter floor is -- [ speaking non-english ]. >> reporter: inside and outside covered with the thin mattresses you see stacked around us. wow. mexico city, which is very far from the border, as she sees, has now become a border town but in the center of mexico. >> reporter: the migrants here spend their mornings trying to get an appointment with a u.s. asylum officer using the cbp 1 app. in a confirmed date, nearly impossible for some. you can tell it's crushing here. i said what are you going to? they said wait. maria jose camacho and her husband from venezuela arrived two weeks ago in mexico with their 4-year-old daughter. living here for the past several days. they feel like after title 42 expired, it's now much more difficult to try

david culver, thank you so much. >>> joining me for more of what's happening.aulina nevanova and dmitry, the former special advisor for the defense department, both russia experts. dmitry, let me start with you. you described what we saw from vladimir putin over the weekend and the past few hours as an angry and scared leader right now. what exactly is he scared of? >> well, he's scared of the fact that he's just seen the biggest challenge to his power in his entire presidency. the fact that for the first time since 1941 when hitler invaded russia, hostile armor ed militay approaching russia and the russian military was unable or unwilling to stop them is really an incredible achievement by prigozhin. he's ang rip because putin values loyalty above all else. you can steal under him, you can kill. you can be a criminal. one thing you cannot be is disloyal. the fact that prigozhin challenged the system, even though he didn't challenge putin directly, is very significant. >> paulina, given that, what i'm having trouble understanding is why the kremlin who has such

david culver has this story you will see first here "out front." >> reporter: on the texas-mexico borderrs of the rio grande. the flow of migrants slowing to a trickle since title 42 ended in may. on sidewalks in el paso that last month were covered with migrants, today only a handful camp out. the trouble more than 500 miles south into places like mexico city and the numbers are rapidly rising. overwhelming for the catholic nuns who run this shelter. at night every aspect of the shelter floor is full. inside and outside covered with the thin mattresses you see stacked around us. wow. mexico city, which is very far from the border, she sees it, has now become a border town but in the center of mexico. >> reporter: the migrants here spend their mornings trying to get an appointment with a u.s. asylum officer. a confirmed date nearly impossible for some. it's crushing her. what are you guys going to do? they said just wait. wait for the date. maria jose comacho and her husband from venezuela arrived two weeks ago in mexico with their 4-year-old daughter, who have been here for the past sev

david culver explores this billion-dollar industry in "the whole story" with anderson cooper. >> youhaking the snow globe. what do you mean by that? >> sometimes to make progress you've got to break things down, so there's something about how these compounds like psilocybin stimulate the serotonin system that opens up the brain and mind to potential change. >> reporter: dr. harris is going to see if psilocybin physically changes anything in my brain. >> how is it going in there? >> all good. >> we're going to do some structural scans now. >> with the cabling scan, we can look at the health of the fibers, we'll see their health before and after your trip to jamaica. >> and the trip while in jamaica. trips, i guess there will be two of them. >> "the whole story" airs tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on cnn. ted the ring v video doorbell for r moments like that. and ring security cacameras for moments like this. [ring floodldlight cam siren sounds] [bear growls] and ringng alarm with professional monitoring. ten years of reinventing home security, and tens of millions of

david culver takes us on a mind-altering journey in the next episode of the whole story with andersonsilocybin experience helps kind of break that up. >> that doesn't mean it streets everything in psychiatry, but i think it is realistic to think this could be a breakthrough in mental health care. >> reporter: sounds promising, but by no means a cure-all. >> psychedelics may not be entirely safe for people with a personal or family history of psychosis. bipolar disorder may have another manic ep-sode. >> the risks come in psychology. without support in some cases it could be destabilizing

. >> david culver, you're a terrific reporter. you've been to a lot of places. thank you so much. can't wait to see the report sunday night. t whole story with anderson cooper. >>> the news continues here on earth with kaitlan collins and "cnn primetime." "cnn primetime." kaitlan? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening. i'm catlin collins. tonight, donald trump is lashing out at key figures that he put in the highest levels of his administration, including one who said he is, quote, toast, if even half of what is in the latest indictment proves to be true. >> doing it because he hates trump. i fired him. it's very simple. he knows the indictment is total bull [ bleep ]. i watched him sitting there pontificating, sometimes with other rinos who are almost as bad, like a very stupid person named john bolton, mick mulvaney who's got nothing going, absolutely nothing. you can't have people like that in our party. >> a reminder that bill barr was his attorney general. john bolton was his national security adviser. and mick mulvaney, his acting chief of staff. these are t