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To april, 25% increase from the 12 months prior. what toll is the pandemic taking in this epidemic? >> well, we know that when our society is suffering either from a recession or a downturn like the pandemic, mental health issues and substance issues are going to rise. and people become isolated. addiction is a disease of isolation. in that isolation, were seeing more people pass away. so thats tragic on a number of fronts, not just deaths but because its aed is commentary on our society and our...

>> and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. ♪ >> we were able to spoof fatherhood -- >> what a bad father. >> -- which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. ♪ did you ever know that youre my hero ♪ >> the stuff they got away with because its a cartoon. the father strangling the child. >> why you little -- >> we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to make american families a lot more like the waltons a...

Vaccines, as far as mask requirements. but it is representative, in a broader movement, and a broader frustration. a lot of these folks who came out here are just frustrated. it may not necessarily be about the vaccine, it may not be about the masks, but it is definitely about the political system that they find themselves in. and so, as this kind of moves west, there is a kind of yearning to be heard. i just want to mention, ali, we talked visually about the trump rallies, we have so many of th...

We asked people about the potential for truckers to purchase at the super bowl, and folks said they would go and help the protests. the government will tell you they are concerned about this. in ottawa, for example, the 9-1-1 system was overwhelmed this week. the prime minister says that the significant majority of those calls came from the united states. the funding for this protest, on gofundme, was shut down. so theres a concern that this convention, the yearning to have that connection with ...

Situation. >> and of course, local politicians, at least provincial politicians and ontario, there are conservatives. you and i have talked many times about canada, you cant really get through a conversation without mentioning im from canada, this doesnt feel like when im used to. who are these folks, and where they motivated by? >> there is a trumpian feel to this demonstration. there is, exactly as youve laid out, this want to be connected to america and a movement that is viewed as a larger m...

Costs and does what we said we would do when we all ran for office. thats the most important thing. lets help our families, address inflation. lower costs and lets do what we promised. >> last one on build back better here. even some of the democratic senators who support the bill, it seems they are losing enthusiasm to move forward on it. some of the presidents allies in the senate say its almost palpable desire to move away from partisan bills. this is from a democratic senator. he told the hi...

Frustration is that this has happened despite his efforts to undermine ukraine. and that ukraine keeps yearning to be a part of the west, whether nato or not, whether european union or not. moving closer and closer to the west. and perhaps a little bit of sense in his mind that time is running out for his vision of ukraine. the little brother. ukraine, the natural part of russia. ukraine, as he said in bucharest in 2008, the made-up country because its really never been independent that long. yo...

How much they themselves have changed ukraine. by their invasion of ukraine in 2014, annexation of crimea, fomenting of a separatist war in the east. they have made the ukrainians far more anti-russian than they ever were before this happened when there was this yearning for the soviet union, for the russian homeland in the east. it seems that has all kind of fallen by the wayside because of putins own actions. to the generals point, i think this is a grave miscalculation as would be this lighte...

Ukraine keeps yearning to be a part of the west, whether nato or not, whether european union or not, moving closer and closer to the west, and perhaps a little bit of sense in his mind that time is running out for his vision of ukraine, the little brother. ukraine, the natural part of russia. ukraine, as he said in bucharest in 2008, the made up country, because its really never been -- you havent been independent that long. you get a sense of his frustration. so can ukraine survive and prosper?...

Look on their face. then thats when i asked the question, "how many of you all have never seen snow before?" >> reporter: hands shot up. >> a lot of you. >> reporter: in classroom after classroom. >> yeah, never seen snow. >> i saw it on a tv show, like, ice age had snow. like, what is snow, people? >> reporter: clearly, robin had tabbed into a desperate yearning that she wanted to satisfy. >> good. >> reporter: unfortunately, it hasnt snowed in central florida in 45 years. still, robin wasnt ab...