and giano caldwell, but first this. john: to kick off america reports, life expectancy in america dropping to the lowest level in more than two decades, according to the cdc. deaths from drug overdoses and covid fueling the decline. john roberts in washington. sandra, good wednesday to you. sandra: i m sandra smith in new york city. plunged to an average of 76.1 years in 2021. fentanyl poisoning driving that number with more than 72,000 deaths by the end of last year. john: president biden s border crisis making it worse. officials are trying to stop the flow of fentanyl from creeping into the u.s., but despite efforts, parents are feeling the consequences of drugs in their family. fentanyl has changed the game. no longer can we say just be careful or it s not going to happen to my family. it took half of what he thought was a percocet. you have to talk about these pills and other forms that unfortunately they are now taking other than just pills. no mother want
Congressman rick larsen and head of the c. D. C. s Influenza Division. From the u. S. Capitol center, this is about an hour. Now, i think it is now. I think ive got it. Once again, good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for coming this morning. I think it might be prepare for us just to pause for a moment. I lost a good friend last night, Dianne Feinstein was a friend of more than 30 years, just an incredibly effective and extraordinary member of the senate and leader and i mourn her loss in more ways than i could articulate this morning. Maybe a moment of silence for dianne and all of her contributions to our country might be appropriate. [moment of silence] for the past three years ive been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition to stop flu. Were a multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending deaths from seasonal and pandemic influenza. An ambitious goal and one we actually believe is achievable. Now, maybe more than ever, our Coalition Members are a unified voice
Center, this is about an hour. Once again, good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for coming this morning. I think it might be appropriate for us just to pause for a moment. I lost a good friend last night. Dianne feinstein was a friend of more than 30 years. Just an incredibly effective and extraordinary member of the senate and leader and we mourn her loss in more ways than i can articulate this morning. But i thought maybe just a moment of silence in memory of dianne and all of her contributions to our country might be appropriate. For the past three years ive been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition to stop flu. Were a multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending deaths from seasonal and pandemic influenza, an ambitious goal, but one we actually believe is achievable. Now maybe more than ever. Tom our Coalition Members are a unified voice for the influenza ecosystem that include organizations dedicated to Public Health, to patient advocacy, academic, scientif
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Once again, good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for coming this morning. I think it might be appropriate for us just to pause for a moment. I lost a good friend last night. Dianne feinstein was a friend of more than 30 years. Just an incredibly effective and extraordinary member of the senate and leader and we mourn her loss in more ways than i can articulate this morning. But i thought maybe just a moment of silence in memory of dianne and all of her contributions to our country might be appropriate. For the past three years ive been privileged to serve as the chair of the coalition to stop flu. Were a multisector Advocacy Coalition dedicated to ending deaths from seasonal and pandemic influenza, an ambitious goal, but one we actually believe is achievable. Now maybe more than ever. Tom our Coalition Members are a unified voice for the influenza ecosystem that include organizations dedicated to Public Health, to patient advocacy, academic, scientific and research, in addition to