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
Points after d gdp shocked with a lower slower rate than expected, the white house responded, we will talk to the council of economic advisers Jared Bernstein. Coasttocoast starts right now. Welcome, i am Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto from washington dc. Top story the us economy growing at a slower rate than expected in the First Quarter of the year. Investors not liking what they are seeing with all 3 indices plummeting. Lets get the read from luke lloyd and carol roth. Was the matter earnings missing or gdp estimates today the really sparked the selloff . Im going to say yes. Its a potpourri, a cornucopia of issues. When you have the magnificent seven that has been carrying the market when you get the numbers and the projections, meta, thats going to take something price to perfection and create a bit of an issue. That is third but from my perspective this hugeness gdp, almost a percentage point, at the same time we are running massive deficits, really not only underscores the i
Lore, then paring back some of those losses. Lets check the a markets, right now the down is down 84 points. The s p 500 down 10, the nasdaq has been fickle as a well today, flitting back and forth over the unchanged line. Right now though down 33 points. Those are off session lows. Were going to be focus on that all day. The techheavy composite, the nasdaq, has been buoyed by tesla. Top of the index right now with an 11 gain. Tesla are reported earnings, miss on eps and revenue expectations. Theyre trying to navigate slumping sales, falling demand for evs and, of course, competition from china, but promised investors it would speed up the development of new, more affordable vehicles. Of course, looks like very happy to hear that. Investors and analysts also flagging one quote from elon musk that claims tesla, its not really an ev maker after all. I think cathie wood said it best, really we should be taught of as an a. I. Robotics company. If you value tesla as an automobile company, y
Were on the red carpet. Finalist in poetry, young adult literature, nonfiction, and fiction books, and of course being booktv, we focus on the nonfiction. We want to let you know who some of the nine fiction finalist are. Domingo martinez, his book is boy kings of texas. His fourth volume on the lbj legacy, and robert caro appeared on q a and at the National Book festival in september. The late Anthony Shadid has been nominated. He died in syria while covering syria for the Washington Post. His wife will be here representing him, and thats nada bachary. Katherine boo has been nominated, behind the beautiful forever, about mumbai, and Anne Applebaum has a book out and is scheduled on our q a show in september. So well be interviewing those authors as we go. Well be watching the red carpet here as some of the authors have their picture taken. Right now we want to talk to the chairman of the National Book foundation, and this is david steinberger. Mr. Steinbergers is also head of the beco
The bathroom has not been approved by the owner of the building as specifically sets out in the regulations in the law. The bathroom is not 200 from where the truck is. In fact, its about a block and a half. You have to go half a block across the street and north half a block and up the stairs and back in the mezzanine and i viewed it today and i can tell you its quite a ways. And there is no handicap path of travel to the bathroom, which is required. No way can the customers use it or the employees use it. No. 2 is parking. Its taking the last two spaces in this whole large two and a half block area of downtown. No parking. We need parking for customers. We dont need parking for coffee. No. 3 the side door, when you open the side door it will take 60 of the sidewalk. Its right in front of a restaurant. When the restaurant puts out their tables it takes up 40 of the table, 60 and 40 last time i checked was 100. Where are the pedestrians in its a problem. We have an illegal bathroom and