i am the associate editor at the washington post. the opioid epidemic that was before the covid pandemic swamped everything continued unabated during it. today, fentanyl is now driving the unprecedented number of drug overdoses in the united states. joining me now to discuss the opioid epidemic and other issues is the director of the white house office of national drug control policy, dr. rahul gupta. thank you for coming to washington post live. dr. gupta: thank you for having me. appreciate it. >> the fentanyl overdoses are in evolution from the prescription pain meds epidemic from the early 2000's. talk about that evolution and where does fentanyl come from and what is the administration doing now to stop it coming into the country? dr. gupta: as a practicing physician for the last two decades plus, i was right there in the trenches the result that would happen was we started to see people start dying because of over toys and opioids, prescription opioids. and as we moved forward to make really good policies to prevent that from h

here is the way the washington post reports that. i know in all of your experience as federal prosecutors this is something you have seen before. so i just want to deliver this. now the employee, who is working at mar-a-lago is cooperating with justice department and has been interviewed multiple times by federal agents according to the people familiar with the situation who declined to identify the worker. in the first interview, these people said, the witness denied handling sensitive documents or the boxes that might contain such documents. as they gathered evidence agents decided to re-interview the witness and the witnesses story changed dramatically. these people said. in the second p interview the witness described moving boxes at trump's request. paul butler, what do you make of that sequence in the testimony? >> there is likely not just one witness. it's probably people who moved these hundreds of thousands of documents around. so this one witness would have some credibility issues, so here she could be corroborated by other

washington post, longtime employee. is that correct? i am not. they brought me over from the new york times where i had been for 11 years on the books desk there, which i greatly enjoyed and loved. my colleagues there. but this was just such an exciting opportunity, kitty, to like i said, i think we've already heard from so many local readers who remember because it wasn't long ago when would get a book called on sundays, and they're just thrilled to have it back. so to be a part of both the legacy of that, but also kind of reimagining it for a new generation is really exciting. well, if you think of the new york times book review section as kind of the the grand dame of book review sections, how is book world different and how is it similar? well, the similarities are probably easier just because two degree book reviews are book reviews. if you're interested in fiction, nonfiction, you're going to find very thoughtful pieces in both places about them. but to the degree that they're different, i think it's there's a slight difference in audiences

>> the podcast on washington post live. am jonathan capehart, associate editor of the washington post. midterm elections are less than a month away and democrats are not only hoping to hold their majority in the senate but also to pick up two more seats. the person leading that effort is the chair of the committee, senator gary peters, welcome to capehart on washington post live. sen. peters: thank you. >> over the summer, you know the democrats seem to have the wind at their back. but we are less than four weeks from election day and key races are training for democrats. what changed? sen. peters: nothing change from what we anticipated. we knew the polls will be tightening, we knew the elections would be nailbiter's it would be very close. if you asked me last year where you see these races going into the last few weeks, i would've told you all of these battleground states are going to be tight. it is going to be critical for us to have a ground operation to make sure we turn out voters. as you know, voter turnout in the

to me, the big issue is actually the washington post reporting. when barb and i were at the department, we used to prosecute senior executives. the normal defense for a senior executive is -- i don't get involved in details! whatever was happening below me, i didn't know about. so of course i would have put a stop to that! and the issue here is that if there are witnesses to say that donald trump personally was personally loading the documents, personally returning some but not all, personally importuning council to issue a false certification, where it is clear, alex cannon is basically the don mcgahn of the mar-a-lago case, since the same thing happened -- i mean that is really devastating evidence and undercuts any sort of defense of lack of knowledge, or reliance on other people. and puts him squarely at the center. so yes, it is a misstep to have said what they said in the filing, it's completely opposite, saying that the documents are planted. [laughs] if they never were than in his possession -- but i don't think that at the end of the day

this event from the washington post is just under 25 minutes. >> good morning and welcome to washington post alive, i am a, lummis for the -- i am a columnist for the post. prime minister mateusz morawiecki, welcome to washington post life. -- leiva -- live. p.m. morawiecki: can you hear me? >> yes. thank you for joining me. we want to start with the war in ukraine. i was in warsaw this month and i was struck by how passionate polls are, many polish professionals and citizens that i've met are passionate about this war. can you tell our viewers why ukraine's fight against russia is so important to the polish people. p.m. morawiecki: it is very important for polish people but is critically important for all of europe. we also know the risks which are related to aggressive russian policies. with their aggression and war crimes in ukraine. this is why we are very active and we try to organize functions in europe -- sanctions in europe, so that they bite russian economy which has started to happen. this is why, by and large every pole understands what's going on on our eastern border, this

house for shipment to florida, and the washington post reports that even more importantly, the 15 boxes that were sent from florida to the national archives in january this year were packed by donald trump. the post reports, trump himself eventually packed the boxes that were returned in january, people familiar with the matter said. after donald trump, personally packing those boxes and having them sent to the national archives, when the fbi searched his home months after that, they found classified documents in his desk. so, there is very strong evidence that when donald trump personally was packing those boxes to be sent to the national archives, he was willfully withholding and continuing to willfully, criminally possess a very government documents, including classified documents in his desk. after sending the first shipment of 15 boxes to the national archives in january of this year, donald trump asked a lawyer to say that all the government documents have been been returned to the national archives. but the lawyer refused to say that. the washington post reports, alex cannon, a f

this coming in an exclusive report from "the washington post." we are calling for sources right now to try to find out what we can about the story. it is interesting because "the post" tax crimes with the s related to a gun purchase. hunter biden has not been charged with a crime. david weiss, the u.s. attorney in delaware has quite a task ahead of him deciding whether or not to in tight a sitting president's son. the question, what would hunter biden be indicted on? we know that president joe biden kept david weiss on the payroll as a u.s. attorney when he came into the oval office in jan january 2021 to avoid any types of conflict of interest. but ultimately, martha, attorney gen eral merrick garland and lisa monaco, these are characters briefed on hunter biden investigation. we reported fox news about a month and a half ago that the grand jury looking into potential charges for hunter biden ended its term over the summer. it is possible that prosecutors went back to a new grand jury to bring more information to a grand jury to try to get charge

also, breaking news tonight from the washington post. they are confirming the name that was reported in the new york times last night, the name of walt now xia who is a 39 year old former white house staffer working now for donald trump at mar-a-lago. he is the witness who the washington post first reported without a name identifying him as supplying information to the fbi about donald trump ordering the movement of the classified information within his residence in florida. moving up from the storage room to his personal residence he's now reported as being seen on surveillance video at mar-a-lago, personally carrying those boxes himself. the new york times first repealed his name. walt nauta, the washington post is now confirming tonight that that is the person who they first reported on without a name attached to it. . the washington post reporting also in quotes, christina blog. revealing that i've been -- the lawyer in the case who got her to sign the falls at a station, the false certification to the fbi, that they were handing ove

tonight we have reporting from "the washington post." a trump employee told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at mar-a-lago at the specific direction of the former president. agents gathered witness accounts that after trump advisors received a subpoena in may for classified document that's remained at mar-a-lago, trump told people to move boxes to the residence. that was corroborated by the security c camera footage which showed people moving the boxes. the employee is working with the justice department and interviewed multiple times by federal agents.in in the first interview the witness denied handling sensitive documents. agents decided to reinterview the witness and the witness's story changed dramatically. the witness described moving boxes at trump's request. the witness is now considered a key part ofes the mar-a-lago investigation offering details about the alleged actions and instructions to subordinates attempt to e an thwart demands of classified documents. i can tell you that a source familiar with the matter t

washington post is nothing but a democratic greg. -- rag. just like c-span is.ou talk about the president we cut, playing with the little 12-year-old girl when he is 30. host: like candidate walker, those are allegations. tony in florida, democrats line. hello. caller: yes, sir. herschel walker is just like trump. the hypocrisy of the corrupt gqp. whether it is his lover, his girlfriend, not only once but twice, and he is denying it. come on, man. it is on record. when there is a record, you cannot deny it. host: aside from candidate walker, what do you think about character overall when considering who to vote for? caller: well, all i know is, like, i am going to vote democrat because they care. they care about the american people. i mean, people that have, like, cancer or diabetes, like, they are paying $30 or less for once, and the republicans just want to pay like $2000 or more. it is common sense. that dude from florida -- i am not talking about the dude right now in charge, the other one, looks like skeletor, the skinny one. host: that is from florida. was

sarah, what else is in this washington post reporting? about what reportedly happened between the former president and his lawyers? >> i think what this tells you, you know, the former president, going to one of his attorneys, alex cannon, earlier in 2022, and saying, well, you tell the archives that everything they've asked for, we have returned it. and you see in this washington post report, the attorney is not comfortable making that statement. and of course, we would later learn why. you know, he had made that statement, and then he came out after, he made a subpoena after the august search, that there will all these classified documents at mar-a-lago, that puts his lawyers in legal jeopardy. it's clear that this attorney had enough misgivings that he didn't want to make that declaration junk. >> there's also some reporting about who packed the boxes that were initially returned to the national archives. what did they say about that? >> that's right, these are boxes that were returned to the archives in january, and according to the w

this what else is in this "washington post" reporting?does it reveal about what purportedly happened between the former president and his lawyer? >> i think what this tells you is, you know, former president going to one of the attorneys earlier in 2022 and essentially saying will you tell the archives that everything they asked for we returned it. and you see in this "washington post" report the attorney is just not comfortable making that statement. a person would later learn why. he made that statement and then came out after the subpoena after the august search that there were all the classified documents at mar-a-lago. that puts the lawyers in legal jeopardy. it's clear this attorney had enough misgivings he didn't want to make that declaration. >> they have reportings about who packed the boxes initially returned to the national archives. what do they say about that? >> that's right. these were boxes returned to the archives in january. according to the "washington post," donald trump was the one who packed up the boxes. certainly t

out of the washington post into being a first book editor and eventually a book publisher. so it was a mid-career move. i brought with me all the experience. i had in journalism, which turned out to be very valuable and connections. so i i know one of the last thing i realized almost as soon as i got there that the difference is in the newspaper business you went out and got the story in the publishing business you get the story and then you have to sell the story. and i kind of enjoyed that part of it as much as i enjoyed getting stories. so that's why i ended up doing the career. i did well in a recent article and publishers weekly that you penned you say that you became a specialist. in acquiring political books how to how did that happen well, i'm my background in journalism certainly was important. i mean i've been in you know, i've been in washington as the national letter of the washington post. which was a very high ranking position, but not that was number two in the national desk. um, i covered presidents as i i was in covered the vietnam war from both ends. i cov

and on targeting loss because cooled washington post, just quote hypocrites. as he responded to hawes criticism from the news outlet repulsing on him, this reaction comes as a media res, several article slightly anonymous top. government officials of the said to believe the beginner has become quote, too powerful and increasingly reckless as he proposes piece in ukraine to a solution in taiwan. he's been a, he's a, his business interest around the world of influencing his views. well, small mosque files that transform one sided and subjective twitter rule. some more objective warms and have him earned a security risk label because musk has business investments in china and according to russian and other news reports said last year at a kremlin sponsored event for students that he was planning on in russia. several top us government officials wonder if musk business interests affect his views on foreign affairs. yes, the was richard man, cause a ways of online hysteria when he showed opinions on how to solve the cleaning crisis. he proposed to recognize crimea

this is from "the washington post."p into cooperating with the national archives and records of the administration and justice department as the agencies for months sought the return of sensitive or historical government records. the former president was adamant in private conversations that he would resist. among them was alex cannon, a trump lawyer who repeatedly argued that his client should hand the documents back but his advice fell on deaf ears. he told aides they screwed up, according to people who heard his documents. they are my documents, trump said. this may be what land him in the deepest doo-doo of all. no, they are not. >> they are not his documents. the key line in this story is after receiving a subpoena. that is a guy who has a consciousness of his guilt. i'm not a lawyer, but i'm a reasonably educated guy. this is a consciousness of guilt flag on the play. he moved those documents because he knew he was in the wrong. did so after receiving a subpoena which i'm guessing is obstruction of justice no matt

and again, i think the policy of the washington post the new york times on, on what causes them outrage depends on who agrees with them and who doesn't agree with them. and that is a far cry from journalism being fair telling both sides of the story, but they've completely abandoned that they've gill, is where we leave the newsroom for node. but whatever else you do this monday, make sure to join rory at the top for all the latest developments on a busy day. you, too bye. i look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such order that conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. the point obviously is to great trust, rather than fear a job with artificial intelligence. real, somebody with a robot most protective phone existence with a conflict in ukraine is not only about which side will eventually prevail. the stakes are much higher. the outcome of this conflict.

it's a political enterprise investigative reporter with the "washington post"ne rejoin the post and 2019 previously covered the white house. before that he spent five years at bloomberg report on politics and policy i guess not people. [laughter] washington and florida. thank you for coming. thank you to everyone today for coming in. allow me too introduce to you our moderator today, moderator polyp farmer who's been for a long time in host panels just like this very, very often throughout the months. always happy to be a producer behind them now i get to introduce her. please, paula, toluse olorunnipa, and robert welcome. >> welcome. a. i guess i need to adjust that i can see everybody come there you go, hello. thank you for doing that. after reading the book step up from host to moderator. i've lots of questions for you. we will get to audience questions towards the end. i want to start off with just a little bit of backgroundh information about the view both covering george floyd's murder ande the aftermath for the post at the time. and if so are you following the same or maybe a diff

washington for example the washington post wrote a pulitzer -- won a pulitzer prize for investigating me not corruption in the government. you need to have the spirit of investigative reporting and citizens need to do it. have a renaissance to go back to what was done decades ago. now it doesn't happen anymore. it goes back to what i talk about in the book which is economics. the commercial imperative which a lot of news organizations have slashed their budgets. abc news recently slashed their investigative bureau. it has become a commercial enterprise not a journalism one. that's why we are philanthropic nonprofit organization. nobody tells us what to do. >> what is the goal with project veritas? how do you pick your subjects? >> they find us. in the same way that any journalism -- journalists find their sources. in the same way of james snowden. that contractor found him. much is the case of project veritas. this year and fbi agent found me after the fbi raided my home. that agent came to us with internal restricted documents from within the fbi computer systems where they were call

the readership of the "washington post" -- she is already the loyal subscriber to the "washington post" and i don't know this is not research in the book. let's say it's at least 70% democratic. it's the hometown paper for a very democratic to recall washington a medium, big-city? the "washington post" readership skews democratic. and i think the post is a good example of this. a scholar said the post was optimizing for anger better of her failing to cash in on this trump bonanza. that's where the post goes to democracy and that's when these headlines for off-line consumption go. i monitor in the book out on the day of the fall of kabul which to that point was the biggest foreign-policy story in a long time. the number one story at the "washington post" was press releases and archive stories about a roman catholic cardinal who was in the hospital with coronavirus and he was against the vaccine which is a patchy story. that is the journalist who believe that we have the power to tell people what to think should remember when it is more likely our audience will tell us what to think that

now we're up to 9 washington post editorial board calls for military intervention, haiti since summer 2021. it hasn't even been a week since the last one. and these are the actual headlines that were mentioned in those tweets, the washington post, the sooner rather commanding tone issuing orders to the government to quote, intervene and put boots on the ground in haiti. well, the car being nation is currently trust in the downward spiral. really, skyrocketing inflation, gang violence, the cholera rigging the haitian government hills are foreign. how well the rest. but the request has been met with concern by many others in the country who recalled the long history of previous us. mm hm. mm mm mm mm. what journalist saw maker don cohen, who we saw earlier, rebuking the washington post call for us involvement in haiti, save previous american military adventure ism in the island nation, has only weakened if there is a military intervention in haiti, you would be the 4th in about one century and the others have been absolute disaster and that led to only that only worse than the situation

who's in office right now, rob ellen loves cows cold, washington post journalists, quote, hypocrites. the tycoon was responding to some harsh criticism about him in the american daily. several articles, citing anonymous top u. s. government officials stated that the entrepreneur has become, quote, too powerful and increasingly reckless it followed mosques, proposing of peace talks in ukraine, and a solution to tensions in taiwan. the love her, he's been accused that business interests and china are influencing his views. what's more, the billionaires plans to revamp twitter or rules to ensure a freedom of speech is upheld. i've earned him a security risk level because musk has business investments in china and according to russian and other news reports said last year at a kremlin sponsored event for students that he was planning on in russia. several top u. s. government officials wonder if masks, business interests affect his views on foreign affairs. what earlier the world's richest man calls the wave of online history, when he shared views and how to solve the ukrainian crisis, he

now the washington post has written about ukrainian is oper. oh, she who left the territories now under russia control who want to go back there. so how's the pricing is such an article, considering the common anti russian narrative in the western press? i think it's very surprising and maybe we're seeing just a bit of buying, but journalists, integrity, even the washington. or to report some of the truth. i mean that's been the real tragedy among many in this whole. ready war is that the western media, both european and american media and trying to blind dot as the story. and unfortunately, it seems all too often as if it's more important to follow a narrative than to actually talk about the story at hand to talk to the people there. but you know, what's interesting about this article is it says that ukraine is stopping people in zapper. oh, she from rejoining their families in russia controlled territories. so why do you think that the washington post specifically chose to highlight the story? well, there's a saying that even a broken clock i

this is hosted by the washington post.onathan: i am jonathan capehart , associate editor of the washington post. democrats are not only hoping to hold their majority in the senate, they are hoping to pick up two more seats. the person leading the effort is the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, senator gary peters of michigan. welcome to "washington post" live. sen. peters: thank you for the invitation. jonathan: over the summer, democrats seemed to have the wind at their backs and bulls are now tightening. what changed? sen. peters: actually, nothing changed from what we anticipated. we knew the polls were be tightening. and we knew these elections are all going to be nailbiter's. they are all going to be very close. if you would have asked me last year, where do you see these races in the last few weeks? i would have told you these battleground states are all going to be very tight. it is critical for us to have a ground operation to turn out voters. voter turnout in a midterm tends to drop off from a

and again, i think the piracy of the washington post the new york times on, on what causes them outrage depends on who agrees with them and who doesn't agree with them. and that is a far cry from journalism being fair telling both sides of the story. but they've completely abandoned that a little bit of space news to bring you just as we in the program rushes mission on the international space station may be prolonged until 2028 hours about is when a new orbital platform will be built there at by russia. and ready for use other lights been coming from the russian industry and trade minister know, some months ago, the head of ross cosmos reported to president that russia will withdraw from the i s. s. in 2024 and design and build a domestic post of its own. the station has been operating for 24 years now though it's operational life was it initially intended to be only 15, participating nations extended at service life. as the dean, the quarters still safe to occupy last year, nasa announced that it would continue supporting the american segment on till 2030 the appeal to its partners, i

we were talking about how the washington post is reported. it is unclear which countries exactly would participate in the intervention and what exactly their role would be. and what do you make of that? well here in the dominican republic, christ 80, many of the most important social actors are asking how those forces most responsible for this disease and neil colonialism for equality. these rising fuel prices are falling. obviously each pull it out or east. what was the categorical deck in oh, by it in lincoln that you went to once again for the 4th time, 100 years occupied? 80 as i know, what do you think? what do you think? washington is prepared to put us soldiers, boots on the ground in another. so for a nation, so on a quotation mark. this is what washing has done to parents related to the dominican republic, 1965, how many interventions and occupations washington continues to think that even caribbean central american hemisphere or back yard is man, leave us alone. we don't need the united the us earlier. if we can support our own prob

directing the anger if you like, saudi arabia well, the washington post is a washington d. c. political propaganda, oregon. i mean that is, that is no i'm on the other hand, they did have to do the pentagon in the state department in court to get this information. the federal government was not willing to provide any information about what was going on. i general. so i give the washington post, you know, it's for conducting a lot of students of the same article. certainly the timing relates very much to be answered by the, the, the, the sort of had to sue the government to get the information out. was it, i mean, all these journals at the end of the day, once i retired, can they just go well wherever they want to work? well, actually they do. i think that's part of what the article revealed did of the registered generals and retired officers and enlisted men who worked for foreign governments. hardly a small percentage of them actually asked permission to do it. and a larger percentage of those don't need to ask permission because they work for an american company. it has c

it'll most because cold washington post journalists, quote hippocrates as he responded to harsh criticism from the news outlet reporting on him. this reaction comes as the media outlets, really several articles, i think anonymous top government officials who is said to believe that the billionaire has become quote, too powerful and increasingly reckless as he proposes piece in ukraine, add a solution in tie. one is where he is that his business interests are influencing his views. what's more, must plans to revamp twitter rules to be more objective. i've earned him a security risk label because musk has business investments in china and according to russian and other news reports said last year at a kremlin sponsored event for students that he was planning on in russia. several top us government officials wonder if masks business interests affect his views on foreign affairs. earlier the world riches van calls a wave of online hysteria when he shed opinions on how to solve the quinn in crisis . he proposed to recognize crimea as russia and ensure a neutral status for ukraine. as the outli

tonight, we have brand-new reporting from the washington post. quote, a trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at mar-a-lago at the specific direction of the former president, according to people familiar -- agents have gathered witness accounts indicating that after trump advisers received a subpoena in may, for any classified documents that remained at mar-a-lago, trump told people to move boxes to his residence at the property. that description of events was corroborated by the security camera footage which showed people moving the boxes. the employee who is working at mar-a-lago is cooperating with the justice department, and has been interviewed by multiple times by federal agents. in his for their interview, the witness denied handling sensitive documents or the boxes that might contain them. as they gathered evidence, a agent decided to re-interview the witness. and he changed dramatically. in the second interview, the witness described moving boxes at trump's request. the witness is now considered a key par

this is half an hour. >> good morning, and welcome to washington post live. name is christian davenport. i'm a reporter at the post covering nasa and the spaceflight industry. and i am thrilled to be joined this morning by jared isaacman, a founder and ceo, who is also an astronaut who flew in the space capsule in orbit and what was -- circling the earth three times since what was the first all private non-should not mission to space. since then he has commissioned three more flights from spacex and is going back to what he calls the flare up program which seeks to open up a new frontier in commercial space. jared isaacman, so good to have you here. >> thanks for having become a christian. >> thanks our audience for joining us. you can tweak your questions and we will try to get to is many of them as possible. jared, i wanted to ask you, you went to space last year for the -- mission. we thought that was going to be a one off and how can you top that. it was a lot of news when you decided you were going to go back to school -- you were going to go back to spa

that's according to "the washington post." it writes "people familiar with the matter say the information

"the washington post" citing people familiar with the case.nfirmed the report. now, it is up to prosecutors to decide whether or not to actually charge president biden's son. hunter biden's attorney accused federal agents of leaking information about the investigation, pointing to the league, not the act. he released a statement saying it is regrettable that law enforcement agents appear to be violating the law to prejudice a case against a person who is a target symbol because of his family name. the investigation began before president biden took office. it started with a look into hunter biden's finances related to his foreign business dealings. president trump and his allies are made the investigation a major issue in the 2020 election cycle. calvin barrett joins me now, one of "the washington post" reporters who broke the story today. devlin, a four-year investigation, how do we end up here? >> we end up here because, as that investigation proceeded, it became clear to some investigators that there was a lot to work with, in terms of hunt

the washington post reporting it could be up to 75% of the workforce.massive number no matter how you look at it. this is what elon musk told potential investors in the combined company or the company he planned to buy. washington post interviews have obtained documents from the company on the matter. and reports that elon musk told investors in his $44 billion deal to buy the company that he planned to get rid of nearly 75% of twitters 7500 workers. that would shrink the company to a scalable staff of over 2000. now, interviewing the documents, the washington post is confirming what some analysts have already stated, that there will likely be big cuts, even is elon musk yields to buy twitter or it falls through. right now, that is not the expectation of what is exacted to happen, but it turns out from the documents, the washington post obtained that twitter officials are already planning to cut the company's payroll by 800 million by the end of the year. that would mean at the departure of at least a quarter of the staff according to documents and sour