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we see him as a burisma board member. we see him doing deals in china. we see the execution. so, there's a disconnect there between -- i'm not saying he didn't have a substance abuse problem, but there was a lot going on there and it seems like jamie raskin wants to say they are obsessed with hunter biden. what he really knows, i imagine is, how it relates to joe. and he is the product. and one of these things happened when he was vice president. ainsley: we are going to have congressman jim jordan and byron donalds coming up at 7:20. they will be reacting to this. in the mean time watched it it was a massive crowd. when i watched that show i thought whitehouse. whoa. stacked to the rafters. he asked him about yesterday's news. that was that a third indictment has come down. jack smith has sent him a letter the special counsel informing him that he is a target. he sent him that target letter
not able to come on the grounds. in the district of columbia marijuana became legal, but not in federal locations. in terms of has there been past instances where elicit drugs have been found in the white house? officials tell me there's no indication of that. also, separately the white house pointed out that the biden family was not there that weekend. they of course want to head off the political argument that this could have belonged to hunter biden who had a past cocaine addiction, substance abuse problem. he was not there friday evening through tuesday when it was found. jose? >> a couple of questions, kelly. we don't know -- the officials don't know when that bag of cocaine was left there. we don't know what day it was left there. the other question is -- for the people that are fortunate enough to one day visit the white
international crime ring that some how goes all the way to the oval office, and they have been investigating him for years. they can't, and i've asked, they can't off the record, they can't on the record, they can't name one crime that was committed. they say, oh, we think the fbi might have a tape. oh, we might have something over here, and whether it's grassley having to say i don't care whether he's guilty or not, i don't care whether he's done anything wrong or not, basically we're still going to conduct this mccarthy investigation, or whether it's comer, coming up time and time again, empty. i mean, it's a joke. show us the crime. what's the crime? we'll report the crime here every morning. >> yeah, it's pure politics, and they are suggesting the two master minds are someone, as you say, hunter biden who has admitted that he has a substance abuse problem or joe biden who
at the time he put in his application he had a substance abuse problem that he lied about on the application and able to get the gun. prosecutors would then recommend two years of probation and diversion conditions. now, if he meets the conditions of the program, the diversion program, the gun charge is removed from his record. it is expunged after 24 months and does not appear as some sort of federal charge or felony charge. >> dana: further to your point this is one of the reasons people do decide to make a plea deal to try to get this behind them. hunter biden is 53 years old. charged with illegally possessing a handgun in 2018 and failure to timely file and pay taxes in 2017 and 2018. we'll see if we can get john levine from the "new york post." one of the questions has been the question of how much money hunter biden was getting. we know some of that money was wired to different family members. bill, one of the things is you
in public spaces and parks intended for residents. they are handing this stuff out in parks where children play. unbelievable. >> trace, we have a mental health and substance abuse problem in santa monica. this program does not address the enforcement and prevention and intervention. it is costing upward of $30 million a year. if you are incentivizing this stuff, somebody is going to take you up on it. >> they are. >> we are seeing more and more people come to this program each week and and we met with the county, yeah - >> we know from covid. >> he was not able to answer questions as to any of the science it was and how
logic, but to him it was extremely logical. and we know from his family that he was on medication. he was struggling with depression. but there is a certain amount of logic in the point he was trying to make if he just told his therapist, i bought a gun and i'm thinking of hurting myself. he would have been institutionalized. probably put somewhere based on a civil commitment order, but that's not the law. he's trying to address . what he is trying to point out is that, uh in content lucky there's a situation which to him is not tenable. he wanted to regain control over his own life while sending this message because in kentucky there is absolutely no law prohibiting buying a gun. if you have a mental health disorder, and he proved that by buying one if you have a violent misdemeanor conviction if you've been convicted of domestic violence, or if you have a substance abuse problem, he was sending a message. in the only way he felt he could make us listen and to a certain point he has succeeded. and i know we haven't gotten any sort of, um autopsy. yet the family has asked for one because
battles. so this is not, you know, people pushing pot in downtown l.a. these people are a major threat to mexican sovereignty, never mind the security of the united states so i'm glad to see the attorney general facing up to it. it's going to require resources. and we have to stand behind our state and local law enforcement agencies on the border he also mentioned drug prevention and rehabilitation. we've gone soft on the drug issue. we're tolerant of it we are not anywhere near the capability and drug treatment that's required. you know, who knows, there's probably 18 million americans out of 330 million who have a chronic substance abuse problem. we've got to face up to that and deal with it they are a continuing source of crime, of workplace violence, of family destruction and we need a drug prevention
20222021. where is this heading? >> it is not looking good because 80% of the people according to seattle's numbers and where seattle is, so this is a drug problem. 80% of the people have drug substance abuse problem. you are talking about the people who are addicts and not just people down on their luck or need a hand out. that is not who you are dealing with and then any order to continue their habits. crime goes up here they get arrested or they don't get prosecuted or released and the cycle repeats itself. >> ashley: and the place their hands are tied because of the laws. it is a never ending problem. >> griff: unbelievable, ari hoffman, thank you for being on the set. >> think you guys. >> griff: turning to the migrant crisis, the cbp to head up north to secure a border to canada and the officers are overwhelmed pure the border
The witch-hunt brewing over ousting the duly elected Maricopa County Attorney, Allister Adel, is troubling. Yes, she admitted to a struggle with substance abuse. Yes, she went to rehab. Yes, she is doing a yeoman’s job of managing one of the nation’s busiest prosecutorial offices. And yes, her fate should be decided by the voters ...