republicans counter, of course, where have you been on this and the hypocrisy of all of this when you yourself have approved hundreds of such planes over the last year, two years year and a half i should say since he s been in power, approving migrants from all over mexico and south america, who have made their way here, sent oftentimes in the middle of the night to cities and states across the country. and there s no rage there. but again, we re just keeping you posted on these developments and there is rage about not only the people coming across the border, but all the drugs and the fentanyl problems that often times comes with them and that is a very, very big worry for nebraska s republican governor pete ricketts, joining other governors saying this has got to stop. this is from earlier. one of the things we ve seen biden administration as abdicated its responsibility to defend our southern border. a huge amount of fentanyl and other illegal drugs across the border.
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
and would set women back decades. and she s right. i mean, here s what the data tells us. in 2020, there was a landmark report called, the terminally study, turn away study. it was the first study to rigorously examine the lasting effects of an unwanted pregnancy on women s lives, giving us perhaps a first look at the reality of an america without abortion rights. those researchers found that women who were denied abortions or four times more likely to live in poverty. there were also three times more likely to be unemployed then women who were able to obtain an abortion. a follow-up study also found those same woman had lower credit scores. they had higher debt. they had an increased number of negative financial records, like bankruptcies, or even evictions. see, for one women s in america, pregnancy and motherhood comes at a grave economic price. and we tend to forget that. one thing tank found that it women s income could drop by 4%, every time she gives birth to or even
you re right. very, very somber moments, around 15 minutes, a vigil, around the queen s coffin, of princess, princess ann, prince charles, prince andrew, prince edwards, the queen s children standing there, in silence heads bowed maintaining that vigil and something the queen wanted, will have planned, and perhaps not necessarily in scotland, there were different plans depending on where she died, but we have been saying all day, wherever she is now, and wherever her soul is, she will have been very much enjoying seeing this opportunity that the fact that she died at balmoral has afforded scotland to pay respects to her. you sea her, her body slowly travel through edinburgh, in silence, and so silent, that you could hear the hooves of the horses, and that silence from the thousands of scottish people who came to see her and say goodbye, spoke volumes, and they came to i think to see the new king, and they once again, with the enormous pageantry and very, very personal moments
and over again. why is it always a young and angry man? what can be done to stop this american carnage? oh put that question to the national security. later, wealthy evangelical conservative couples were able to wine and dine supreme court justices while making comments about the issues facing the court. i have some thoughts about desperately needed reforms for the highest court in the land. all of that and more is coming up. there s, the latest news you might have missed. this morning, the body of shinzo abe was return to tokyo. he was shot while giving a campaign speech from one of his parties candidates yesterday. the investigation into the assassination continues today. police are saying that the detained suspect used a homemade gun. the violence shock japan. the national police agency reported only ten shootings in all of 2021. janice is reporting. reporter: katie, japan is in mourning forge st. joe abby. he was assassinated in a brazen attack. this is a place where