trace: we re getting a new look at the seized documents. some marked secret and top secret. chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from the d.c. newsroom. good morning. a 36-page filing from federal prosecutors meeting a federal judge s late night deadline. they argue the motion for a special master in the case fails for multiple independent reasons. in this filing prosecutors write the government also developed evidence that government records were likely concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. the government also released this photo which contains a number of files with bright yellow or red cover sheets signifying top secret material. they appear spread out over a carpet. the court filing said they were recovered inside a container in the former president s office. prosecutors write three classified documents that were not located in boxes but rather were located in the desk
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
dangerous driving, part of i-95 shut down. destructive winds bringing trees down. and that tornado warning. and the rest of the east set to get hit with potentially record high temperatures. tonight, the two american tourists electrocuted in a jacuzzi at a resort in mexico. one is dead, the other injured. authorities are now studying. in atlanta tonight, inside that deadly bus hijacking. the man who was killed, and what happened on that bus, speeding through two counties. you ll hear the emergency calls. passengers trapped on the bus. off florida tonight, the russian warships steaming into havana bay, including a nuclear-powered submarine. tonight, the u.s. tracking this with a show of force. the first time in 16 years. martha raddatz with late reporting. tonight, a major escalation on israel s northern border. the iranian-backed hezbollah launching more than 200 rockets in just a matter of hours. meanwhile, back in the u.s. tonight, authorities describing a chillin