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>> todd: understood. mike, this graphic is astounding. 2008 nine fentanyl involved cases in alaska, look three years later, 141 deaths involving synthetic opioids. how much higher do you worry that number will go this year in 2022? >> i dont want to hazard to guess. that is 141 fentanyl deaths, i believe overall, 247 or 248. were getting hit pretty hard for a state with a small population. i cant see it going -- >> todd: sandy, you are honoring your sons memory by being here, sharing his story a...

Doesnt want everybody to bow when she enters the room. i am too. cindy from phoenix. weve been converting to the metric system since my parents were in school. do they really think we can wean off fossil fuel in one year? very good point. her last nights text about who would pay to rebuild ukraine? i dont know. but joes brother will get the contract. dead on. brian from oakley, california. jesse, what do you eat for breakfast? well, i eat a number of things. this morning i had avocado toast and ...

With energy bills going up by thousands of pounds a year. sandy, georgina and juliet, like so many others, are struggling to know how theyll manage. fiona lamdin, bbc news. it is really interesting, hearing the realities of how this has affected peoples lives. stories of georgina, disabled, can i charge my chair enough so i can feel confident to go out because i am making those decisions? it is really difficult and very much coming home today, the day when these price hikes come in. lets get mor...

We should have retired at 60. i was given about three months�* notice that in fact, they�*d actually put the retirement age up to 65, so not a lot i could do. so i was made redundant as well, which was nice, and so i had to use all my savings basically to plug the gap. so there is no fat on the bone any more, it�*sjust bone. sandy�*s oil bill has more than tripled in the last few months. to fill up, it�*s going to cost over £2,000. i would have to talk very, very nicely to my daughter...

>> marianne: texas senator cornyn expected to hold a meeting on the border crisis. back to you. >> todd: next guest is feeling impact of the border crisis, even though she lives 4000 miles from the border. a alaska mother sharing her story. that mom joins us along with executive director of alaska drug trafficking coalition. thanks for being here. sandy, what happened to your son? >> hi, thanks for having us on. my son died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021. he was in recovery and he apparently had...

And is on oxygen 24 hours a day. her machine uses a lot of electricity. she hasn�*t left her home for two years or been downstairs since january. spring is my favourite time. i love colour and all the colours watching life come... sorry, i�*m going to cry. watching life come back in the spring is a wonderful thing after being shut in through the winter. and i can�*t see that — i�*m not part of it. when the sun was shining last week and the sky was blue, i couldn�*t be part of that, a...

A lot i could do. so i was made redundant as well, which was nice, and so i had to use all my savings basically to plug the gap. so there is no fat on the bone any more, itsjust bone. sandys oil bill has more than tripled in the last few months. to fill up, tt�*s going to cost over £2,000. i would have to talk very, very nicely to my daughter and see if she could help a little bit. thats the only thing ive got the option of doing. and how does that feel? not good. not good at all. i should be...

Day, after leaving my house on a bike ride and he never game home. >> todd: our condolences for your loss, sandy. alaska is not very close to mexico, how is it happening there? >> it is the same as anywhere else in the country. enters alaska by parcel. >> todd: what needs to be done to prevent this traj ed that he happened to your son from happening to another? >> im not working with the biden administration, im working with the alaska state, alaska, u.s. senators murkowski to provide education ...

Impact on the proceedings. the war is affecting everything — from 0scars fashions — to nominated films which have gained a special resonance. the bbc�*s tom brook reports. hollywoods because sandy is taking place more than 6000 miles from kyiv and ukraine, but the words on the minds of many attending the ceremony, some stars are an easy. is ceremony, some stars are an easy. is very difficult to think about getting dressed up in fancy dresses and going to parties, you know, the party aspect...

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