we ll hear from both sides of the legal debate. he s the failed republican candidate accused of orchestrating the shootings at the homes of democrats, now investigators are looking into whether solomon pena s campaign was funded by fentanyl. also, this a massive loss for music. david crosby dying at 81. we ll speak live with one of his best friends. cnn this morning starts right now. to all of those stories in just a moment, but first we need to talk about ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, making a desperate plea for more weapons before it is too late. there are signs that russia is regrouping and preparing to launch a major offensive. and cnn has learned cia director bill burns personally flew to kyiv for a secret meeting with zelenskyy to brief him on vladimir putin s plans. this morning, the defense secretary, lloyd austin, is at ram stein air base in germany to huddle with western allies. president zelenskyy spoke virtually at the meeting. the war st
pummeled by higher gas prices. what is joe s solution? a good old-fashioned bribe. president biden is releasing another 15 million barrels, even though our reserve is at the lowest level in nearly four decades. the best part? biden isn t even being coy about his scheme. i ve been doing everything in my power to reduce gas prices since putin s invasion of ukraine caused these price hikes. without the steps we ve taken over the past several months, to ramp up production and lower prices and get relief to consumers, bring down the price charged at the pump to reflect what you pay for the product. you still make a significant profit. shareholders will still do very well. the american people will catch a break they deserve and get a fair price at the pump as well. seconds later, the same guy claimed that politics has nothing to do with it. what is your response to republicans who say you are only doing this as pr to help democrats in the midterms? where have they been the
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
outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware, and haven t used spoke with juror number ten. tell us what he told you that s right. jake, juror number ten, who we spoke to with without showing his face. he was concerned about his safety. one of the things he told us was that very quickly, very, very very early in the case. he had a pretty good idea of where this case was going, but he said he wasn t 100% sure on tv, heard all of the evidence, listen to what he said was with the crucial part of the prosecution s case when you look at the form, are are you a drug addict? are you an unlawful user of drugs and he said no clearly he lie jake? there was five days of prosecution evidence, mountains of evidence, overwhelming these jurors trying, to drive home the point that he was addicted to drugs and the defense really tried to focus on the days around when he bought this gun in october 20, 2008 ten and it s clearly that did not really make an impact for these jurors. we als