back with us is john heilemann.e president rarely walks away that fast when they ask him anything. he always tends to hang in there and throw around as many words as he can come up with to kind of deflect. but he didn't even attempt a deflection when you mention the southern district and hope hicks and keith schiller. >> well, yeah. that's because donald trump is actually shook when it comes to these issues. these are people in his very close orbit. these are people who he not only had personal relationships with but people who he probably spoke to in very casual ways. but lawrence, this is the important thing to remember why this is so key. one, the president knows that it's his business dealings in new york that might ultimately bring him down. he also knows that hope hicks has already had turned over documentation to the house judiciary committee. he knows there could be potentially be investigations into shiler's consulting for the rnc nobody's been able to explain, 250,000 todd a former security chief who hasn'

along with joe, willie and me, we have national analyst john heilemann. he's the co-host and exit have producer of showtime's "the circus," we have hieidi pryzbyl, we also have eugene robinson and we have a birthday boy, willie, it's not you, it's joe. >> i'm surprised you're here on a national holiday, joe. happy birthday. >> yeah, you should really be off today. >> a big win, ralph finally got his national championship. >> took 35 years. people didn't stay up late enough last night. people thought it was going to be a defensive game. it was overtime, 85-77. virginia beat texas tech. virginia had it at 3 with about 12 seconds left to tie the game and go to overtime. think back to over a year ago when virginia was the number one seed and for the first time in the history of the tournament a one lost to a 16 seed. virginia now a year later is the national champion. >> that is really big news. >> it seems like, mika, you have so many friends and relatives that went to uva. >> tia went there and richard garner. i'm a uva family. my brother mark. >> i was act

john heilemann, ari melber, joyce vance, billio mavs, thank you all. and when we come back, the mueller report has now been handed to the house judiciary committee. the chairman of that committee said tonight it could be a road map. he's staying away from the word impeachment as much as he can. we'll have two members of that committee join us next. congressman eric swalwell and jamie raskin. itso chantix can help you quit "slow turkey." along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking, or life-threatening allergic and skin reactions. decrease alcohol use. use caution driv

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we have the co-host and executive producer of "the circus," john heilemann, national correspondent for msnbc news, steve kornacki is with us and associate editor for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. good to have you all with us this morning. >> and, willie, it's great to have you here. we talked yesterday about "the avengers" and you had that great interview with jeremy rinner. who would have guessed count chocula and booberry getting killed off at the end. this is going to be huge. >> it already is huge. the biggest record opener was $600 million. this one doubled that is correct $1.2 billion avengers has made in its first weekend. i think it already the 17th highest grossing movie in the history of movies and it looks look it's going to become only the fifth movie to gross over $2 billion. it helps, all the hype helps, all the "avengers" fans help and my son, 9-year-old george, who sat in the front row in the corner because that's the only tickets that were available, loved it. >> boy, a three-hour movie that is action packed the entire way through.

i find it appalling. >> john heilemann, thank you. could not ask for a better group of journalist, the journalist who make our program go every night to start us off in a new week. >>> coming up one house oversight member said mueller uncovered two things and we, quote, the president's blatant disregard for the law and his administration's sheer contempt for the truth. we'll talk to that member of congress next, fresh from tonight's conference call with the speaker. >>> and later she was once a top executive for the trump organization for that guy. we'll ask her about carrying out orders or not from donald trump as "the 11th hour" continues. and there's no better place to listen than audible. with audible you get a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. and now, you'll also get two audible originals: titles exclusively produced for audible. automatically roll your credits over to the next month if you don't use them, and if you don't like a book just swap it for free. enjoy 100% ad free listening in

i find it appalling. >> john heilemann, thank you. could not ask for a better group of journalist, the journalist who make our program go every night to start us off in a new week. >>> coming up one house oversight member said mueller uncovered two things and we, quote, the president's blatant disregard for the law and his administration's sheer contempt for the truth. we'll talk to that member of congress next, fresh from tonight's conference call with the speaker. >>> and later she was once a top executive for the trump organization for that guy. we'll ask her about carrying out orders or not from donald trump as "the 11th hour" continues. t as "the 11th hour" continues featuring three new dishes that are planked-to-perfection. feast on new cedar-plank lobster & shrimp. or new colossal shrimp & salmon with a citrusy drizzle. tender, smoky, and together on one plank... ...but not for long- so hurry in! you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal co

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than three hundred people have been killed in protests against cuts to social security benefits john heilemann reports from. the naked eye when opposition it cooled for a day of protests to mucky years since the country's crisis began. in the end they were vasili outnumbered by police together with a feature of recent times here shadowy paramilitaries on motorbikes. the small pocket of demonstrates as we found hope that a cop out would give them some protection from a rest of the government declared this protest illegal i said a million we're here despite the repression of all takers police to demand the release of all the political prisoners we know are innocent and justice for the victims of the ortega regime and democracy for the country was those are the demands of the civic alliance a collection of business civil and university leaders in dialogue with president will take his government but they say those negotiations are going nowhere i am one of the thank i would i get them all the dictatorship signs agreements but doesn't come through on them we have human rights in the constitution an

anita kumar and john heilemann have been kind enough to stay with us. hn, is this his go-to zen place? you hear him now repeating the sound bites of the points he wants broadcasts like this to play. and is, as someone said today, is that, that scene in the oval office, the evidence we need that he's been offered a glimpse of the mueller report? >> i'm having a bit of difficulty starting because i'm trying to contemplate the notion of compatibility between the notion of zen and donald trump. >> you also survived laguardia tonight. >> i did. >> we appreciate that. >> i was not zen in that situation at all. there's no doubt it's his go-to. it's his go-to place. i think there's a lot of political calculation involved in what he does in this area. i think he is looking towards 2020. he understands how difficult re-election is going to be. he thinks he can win. he thinks -- as with everything, the only touchstone of his entire administration has been, to his deficit in some respects because he hasn't grown his base, feeding the base, stoking the ire of those w

i'm joined by berit berger and john heilemann. i want to go to john first on the politics of this. the cheek of these people at the white house. they put out statements, called to testify by the congress, which is an equal branch of government. they say that's premature to ask me to come. they talk like they set the terms. here he is saying i will not be questioned by the committee's general counsel. where do they get this from? donald trump and his arrogance? >> they get it from trump who has been throughout his time in the presidency has had no respect for the notion of co-equal branches of government and an instinctive, i don't think well worked out of the supremacy of the executive. none of these rules apply to him. he's going to do what he wants. everything in organized crime families, chris, the fish rots from the head down. they all get it from trump. everything we've seen from barr, whatever his reputation in the past has all been blown apart from the moment he walked in to join this administration. he's become, as has been said on multiple occasions for multiple infraction

congressman eric swalwell, john heilemann, jennifer palmieri -- >> that was good. that was very strong. >> thank you very much for joining us. that was not written. >>> when we come back, bill weld, the only republican presidential candidate running against donald trump, will join us. >>> and later, the former assistant director of the fbi's counterintelligence division will join us to consider what jared kushner had to say today about the mueller investigation and the successful russian attack on our election which helped win the electoral college for his father-in-law. everyone's got to listen to mom. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet, coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants what's best. more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for yo

congressman eric swalwell, john heilemann, jennifer palmieri -- >> that was good. that was very strong. >> thank you very much for joining us. that was not written. >>> when we come back, bill weld, the only republican presidential candidate running against donald trump, will join us. >>> and later, the former assistant director of the fbi's counterintelligence division will join us to consider what jared kushner had to say today about the mueller investigation and the successful russian attack on our election which helped win the electoral college for his father-in-law. after walking six miles at an amusement park... bill's back needed a vacation from his vacation. so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. so you can move more. dr. scholl's. born to move. i was told to begin my aspirin regimen, blem. and i just didn't listen. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. liste

john heilemann, when this presidency is over, john mitchell will not be sitting alone as the worst attorney general in modern american political history, he will be side by side by william barr. i want to say, though, how ridiculous for barr to try to excuse donald trump's obstruction of justice, for barr to try to excuse donald trump running around telling people to fire the special counsel, telling people to lie to investigators, because he was angry, he was frustrated because of political enemies. my gosh, listen, i voted to impeach bill clinton twice. one on obstruction of justice or abuse of power. would bill clinton -- what bill clinton was charged for, i mean, again, we're talking about lying before a grand jury, lying in a deposition about his personal life, so pales in comparison to what lindsey graham, who prosecuted that case in the senate, to what lindsey graham now excuses every day of the week. it is shameful. and republicans like myself were going after blill clinton from day one. so that's no excuse. what about mitch mcconnell before barack obama even got d elected president

it is friday, april 26 r, along with joe, willie and me we have john heilemann, the co-host and, tiff approach dueser of show time's "the circus." renowned adman and political commentator donny deutsch is with us. >> and we're going to be putting master chain saw repairman as well. >> very good. >> republican strategist and analyst susan del percio. associate editor for "the washington post" and political analyst eugene robinson is with us on this friday as well. we've got a lot to get to this morning, joe, including more from the president's interview with fox news appearing to blame hillary clinton for the russia investigation. >> >> he also attacks john mccain given. and a coast guard lut ent accused of planning to murder politician and journalists will not face terrorism-related charges and can soon be released. >> the judge in that still is very, very fearful that this man who was plotting to launch a terrorist attack and kill nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and most of the members of the democratic caucus who are running for president and as well as media members, barr will not c

country as investment foreign investment is also hit by what's going on here obvious there is john heilemann there for us and thank you for that update john. well in ukraine the president petro poroshenko continues to trail behind television comedian of blood to me as a landscape in opinion polls ahead of sunday's second presidential election runoff robin forrester will visit at the ukrainian seaport adesa to find out why parson co is fighting for his political survival. you know desa ukrainian multiculturalism finds its truest expression. in the music with many different routes to. give a new york of an order is like new york city of immigrants settled by people of various initiation greeks germans jews moldovans russians ukrainians and this book a creates this music of the work with the move to the same diversity may explain why voters in odessa rejected the incumbent president in the first round of ukraine's presidential election petro poroshenko came here. five years old from ukraine's revolution russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict in eastern ukraine on result poroshenko has c

police crackdown has forced thousands of nicaraguans to look for a better life in other countries john heilemann met one woman who is hoping to reach the u.s. with her three children. here on from the mass protests which marked the start of the naked eye one crisis and it's not just a political problem now. the country's fallen into its worst economic slump in three decades scenes like this. have been great for attracting investment. christiane is one of many people laid off one influential think tank put it almost half a million votes in a population of just six million people seen. i've been looking for work for eight months not just in my area which is publicity but in administration tourism wherever i could find a job to provide for my children but i couldn't find anything in any company they're not hiring now they're firing more people. she's heading north to the u.s. with her three children to look for work. moving sixty thousand other nicaraguans have already left the country many are in costa rica saying they're fleeing persecution since the mass protests began the government's clampdown

still with willie and me, we have national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc john heilemann.o the george w bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. joining the conversation, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host on msnbc, kasie hunt. i wait. i wait. i wait. >> there we go. >> laser on. >> wow. >> metallica in the morning. >> mika isn't here. mika doesn't like the lightning bolt. joe, on the other hand. >> no, no, no. >> he is a fan. >> fan of the lightning bolt. >> the lightning bolt is amazing. you have gear. you have kasie d.c., like dog bowls and cups. >> our dogs are obsessed with kasie d.c. >> willie and i have a place in upstate new york, up by -- no, seriously. we get this. >> we got it, yeah. >> we have this place just north of el mira. we have this amazing, aboveground pool with your logos around the whole side. >> yes. >> wow. >> the kids -- kasie, the kids -- >> i need to check this out. >> it is the kasie d.c. doughboy. jonathan also with us. he's won a pulitzer prize. also, we have bob costa from the "washington post," also a moderator. man, i

treatment for my quince but he has been facing pressure from washington to stop the crossings john heilemann has the latest from mexico city. hundreds of people detained then in this caravan of about three thousand people it's being called the biggest mass detention since these caravans heading through mexico most of them from central america trying to get to the united states began and it's been seen here is quite a surprise and that's because president and raise money well lopez obrador of mexico for a long time has had a sort of softer line on migration he says that it's cause really by a lack of opportunities back home in the south of mexico or honduras el salvador salvador guatemala and he says that the all sorts of this really is for more investment in those countries for a long time he's been trying to get president donald trump to sort of join in investment attempts and schemes for those countries but this seems to be a sort of shift in the policy when it comes after in the beginning of the month of april president donald trump saying that he'd give mexico year and then if they didn'

planned welfare cuts began but the government responded by targeting journalists and rights groups john heilemann has met one woman hoping to reach the u.s. with her three children. here on from the mass protests which marked the start of the naked eye one crisis and it's not just a political problem now. the country's fallen into its worst economic slump in three decades scenes like this. have been great for attracting investment. christiane is one of many people laid off one influential think tank put it almost half a million votes in a population of just six million people seen. i've been looking for work for eight months not just in my area which is publicity but in administration tourism wherever i could find a job to provide for my children but i couldn't find anything in any company they're not hiring now they're firing more people. she's heading north to the u.s. with her three children to look for work. moving sixty thousand other nick i will have already left the country many are in costa rica saying they're fleeing persecution since the mass protests began the government's clampdown on

along with joanne willie, we have moork barnic have mike barnicle, we have john heilemann -- >> wikileaks. >> white house correspondent for pbs "newshour" yamiche slalcido is here with us. >> do you have the clips? >> all the times with wikileaks? >> it's called a deep tease. >> the sunday before super tuesday claimed to know nothing about david duke, claimed to know nothing about the klan. in 2000 he said he wouldn't run on any ticket that would run on a ticket with david duke. >> in the wikileaks comment that ran again and again in 2016. >> when the president throws around terms like spying, much of the country simply tunes out. when attorney general does it, it's a whole different story and now the justice department is reportedly concerned about partisan allies of the president using william barr's phrasing to suggest that something illegal occurred. >> oh, are they. >> an attorney said barr was not trying to provide conservatives with rhetorical red meat. >> first of all, we just have to stop there. higheilemann heilemann, that's just such a total lie. everybody on the planet knew th

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with us tonight is john heilemann, our msnbc national affairs analyst and also coauthor of "game change" and cohost of "the circus" on show time. before i ask you to handicap the chances of pete buttigieg i want to show you a moment that happened here in new york tonight, he's approached on this dark and sad and awful night for all the people in france by a french reporter. here we go. >> well, i'll tell you brian -- >> also i know he's not running for president of france. that's impressive. >> i speak no french. the longest years of my life were high school french. >> i don't know if that was politically a good answer. impressive. the man speaks multiple languages fluently. if you believe the theory of opposites, bill clinton, to george bush, to barack obama, to donald trump. the guy who's opposite is fluent in multiple languages and can take down a reporter like that. and we don't know even know who the field is. we're still waiting on big time people like michael bennett, the governor of montana, waiting on joe biden still. we don't even know who the field is. he has had the only so

report's complicated place in our politics now, there's no one better to analyze that for us than john heilemann, a national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, co-host and executive producer of "the circus." ken, let me start with you and your reporting. i'm noticing that you don't see in any of these reports anyone quoting directly and including your reporting a member of the mueller team. it seems to be people who have spoken with members of the mueller team. is that an accurate representation of the sourcing? ing. > it is, lawrence. i'll be honest with you, it's not the kind of reporting i normally like to do. quoting anonymous sources speaking to anonymous other people. relating to second hand information, but in this case, the demand for the information is such and the investigation is sensitive enough, that we were all willing to accept information from trusted sources, people we've been dealing with a long time we know are talking to members of the mueller team. these are people, these members of the mueller team, many of them work for the justice department. they're putting their ca

. >> john heilemann, our guest here in the studio. >>> coming up an update from paris where the worldis day. d sadness was focused for much of this day. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in clinical trials to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin' down the only road i've ever known ♪ ♪ like a drifter i was-- ♪ born to walk alone! keep goin' man! you got it! if you ride, you get it. ♪ here i go again geico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> daybreak arrives in paris about an hour from now. so many parisians don't want to see what night has shielded from their view. yes, paris has lost a church, a parish has lost its gathering place. more importantly the catholic church has lost a holy place at the start of holy week and civilization has lost one of its centers. what we watched burning today was architecture of global importance, an icon containing icons and treasur

security reform but it then became a movement against the government of president daniel ortega john heilemann reports . it's in the specially somber easter weekend. those here are remembering not just the events of two millennia past but those more recent far more local. in this town a bastion of the opposition during the first months of nicaragua's crisis street barricades went up and running battles with security forces were regular site some are still struggling to come to terms with the human cost of it all. but it's really hard to speak about this for me is about what the people of nicaragua have gone through even the love of life is leaking away because of so much pain so much barbarity. easter week this year whose exactly on the first anniversary of protests against naked i was long term president daniel ortega he labeled those against him as violent who inciting terrorists pointing to the death of policeman and his response was brutal concepcion portal's may says her brother darwin was killed by a sniper's bullet that she says was just the start of her family's troubles me in the ten

began a year ago and the government responded with a crackdown on journalists and rights groups john heilemann met one woman who was hoping to reach the u.s. with her three children. here on from the mass protests which marked the start of the nicaraguan crisis and it's not just a political problem the. country is full of into its worst economic slump in three decades sings like this. having been great for attracting investment. christiane is one of many people laid off one influential think tank put it almost half a million votes in a population of just six million people seen. i've been looking for work for eight months not just in my area which is publicity but in administration tourism wherever i could find a job to provide for my children but i couldn't find anything in any company they're not hiring now they're firing more people. she's heading north to the u.s. with her three children to look for work. moving sixty thousand other nicaraguans have already left the country many are in costa rica saying they're fleeing persecution since the mass protests began the government's clampdown on

planned welfare cuts began but the government responded by targeting journalists and rights groups john heilemann one woman hoping to reach the united states with her three children. i hear on from the mass protests which marked the start of the nicaraguan crisis and it's not just a political problem now. the country's fallen into its worst economic slump in three decades sings like this i. have been great for attracting investment. christiane is one of many people laid off one influential think tank put it almost half a million votes in a population of just six million people seen. i've been looking for work for eight months not just in my area which is publicity but in administration tourism wherever i could find a job to provide for my children but i couldn't find anything in any company they're not hiring now they're firing more people. she's heading north to the u.s. with her three children to look for work i moved in sixty thousand other nicaraguans have already left the country many are in costa rica saying they're fleeing persecution since the mass protests began the government's clampdow

directly from china is also being imported by mexican cartels john heilemann reports from the heartland mexican drug trafficking in the state of sinaloa. three young men out in the woods in sin a low of mexico it only takes these pots and pans to cook up a drug that's wreaking havoc in the u.s. then to new the synthetic opioid that's killed tens of thousands in the last six years some of it enters the u.s. directly from china but mexican traffickers are also importing it from the asian nation before processing and smuggling it's across the border for them it's a gift about fifty times more powerful than the poppy based heroin they've been growing in the mountains here for decades and far less work for growing the poppies is a three month process venton all comes in by ship to match that land port from china or germany and it gives better profits poppy based opium means a lot more investment and less money the cooking's done in these floating labs set up in the middle of nowhere we got this area very controlled you have to be a member of the cartel to be here if you're not you're in dang

they're with us responded those gathered here john heilemann. messiah. saturday is the twentieth anniversary of the columbine high school shooting in the united states twelve students and one teacher were killed when two teenagers carried out their planned attack in colorado there have been many other school shootings since then but little change to the gun laws as alan fischer now reports . it was until then the watched school shooting in american history a nation watched twenty years ago as terrified students run for their lives the lucky ones could hug their parents but twelve students and one teacher never would they died when two students took their guns and their rage into the corridors of their high school and columbine became new in the world over among the community it's among the american people there really was at the time a sense that ok maybe maybe this will be a change maybe change will will come from this and there was quite a popular appetite to see it happen but the colorado shooting brought copycats and contagion it wasn't the first mas

john heilemann has the latest for us from mexico city. hundreds of people detained then in this caravan of about three thousand people it's being called the biggest mass detention since these caravans heading through mexico most of them from central america trying to get to the united states began and it's been seen here is quite a surprise and that's because president and raise money well lopez obrador of mexico for a long time has had a sort of softer line on migration he says that it's cause really by a lack of opportunities back home in the south of mexico or honduras el salvador salvador guatemala and he says that the all sorts of this really is for more investment in those countries for a long time he's been trying to get president donald trump to sort of joining investment attempts and schemes for those countries but this seems to be a sort of shift in the policy when it comes after in the beginning of the month of april president donald trump saying that he'd give mexico year and then if they didn't stop the problems of migration

fled the country and the government strategy to hold on to power seems to be yet more repression john heilemann how does it or. now international architects will be invited to help recreate the spire of france has not done cathedral the collapse of the spire was one of the most dramatic moments of monday's fire which devastated the eight hundred fifty year old structure the french president wants to restore the knotter down to its full glory within just five years but some experts are warning it could take much longer to talk about the reports now from paris. from above the extent of the damage to not a dam is clear monday's fire ravaged the twelfth century cathedral destroying its roof and making the spire collapse dozens of precious artworks were burned centuries old stained glass windows melted. firefighters continue to assess the cathedral safety and used water jets to cool parts of it the spokesperson said risks remained. the surely most money toward a hot spot that can be found in the cracks between the stones that make up the votes the lead which covered the entirety of this vote as comp

joining the conversation, national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann. is with us. senior adviser at move on.org and msnbc contributor, careen john pierre. and correspondent for msnbc, author of "the red and the blue," steve kornacki is with us. great to have you all on. great panel. >>> the justice department is expected to release a redacted version of robert mueller's final report tomorrow. now, we're going to talk about what we may or may not be seeing of the report, inside the report, this time around. but in the leadup up to it, th president has been tweeting about monday's fox news town hall with bernie sanders. he tweeted 9:00 p.m. washington time, many trump fans and signs were outside of the fox news studio last night in the now tlif i thriving, thank you, president trump, bethlehem, pennsylvania, for the interview with crazy bernie sanders. big complaints about not being let in. stuffed with bernie supporters. what's with fox news? huh. 11 hours earlier, trump tweeted, so weird to watch crazy bernie on fox news. not surprisingly, bret baier and

involved in any sort of confrontation there so we might be seeing that play out now as here is john heilemann there for us in mexico city thank you john. well mexico is also marking five hundred years since the first europeans arrived to settle on the american mainland but the events have been overshadowed by a diplomatic spat between the mexican president and the king of spain reports from vera cruz. it's been five hundred years since spanish conquistadores arrived in what is now modern day a bit of good news. and for residents of one of mexico's most valuable port cities the studios are in order to commemorate the event though it up more so and that's why we've seen a lot of participation from our community which understands the difference between commemoration as celebration and this context the city has prepared a serious of activity has. been a cruise was founded by the spanish conquistadors it and i'm sure that this is a rival signal the downfall of a thriving empire by way of european diseases and the enslavement of native peoples . officially the first township on the american contine

directly from china it's also being imported by mexican cartels john heilemann reports from the heartland mexican drug trafficking in the state of sinaloa. three young men out in the woods in sin a lower mexico it only takes these pots and pans to cook up a drug that's wreaking havoc in the u.s. then to new the synthetic opioid that's killed tens of thousands in the last six years some of it enters the u.s. directly from china but mexican traffickers are also importing it from the asian nation before processing and smuggling it's across the border for them it's a gift about fifty times more powerful than the poppy based heroin they've been growing in the mountains here for decades and far less work growing the poppies is a three month process venton all comes in by ship to match that land port from china or germany and it gives better profits poppy based opium means a lot more investment and less money the cooking's done in these floating labs set up in the middle of nowhere we got this area very controlled you have to be a member of the cartel to be here if you're not you're in danger we

directly from china it's also being imported by mexican cartels john heilemann reports from the heartlandf mexican drug trafficking in the state of sinaloa. three young men out in the woods in sin a low of mexico it only takes these pots and pans to cook up a drug that's wreaking havoc in the u.s. then to new the synthetic opioid that's killed tens of thousands in the last six years some of it enters the u.s. directly from china but mexican traffickers are also importing it from the asian nation before processing and smuggling it's across the border for them it's a gift about fifty times more powerful than the poppy based heroin they've been growing in the mountains here for decades and far less work for growing the poppies is a three month process sentinel comes in by ship to match that land port from china or germany and it gives better profits poppy based opium means a lot more investment and less money the cooking's done in these floating labs set up in the middle of nowhere we got this area very controlled you have to be a member of the cartel to be here if you're not you're in dange