effectively cuts off any democratic path to victory. bill: for democrats to hold onto power not chamber they would need to win all 26 toss-up races and pick up another six districts republicans have the advantage. an extremely tall order. dana: the house may be slipping away but the senate is still anyone s game. it is expected to be decided by four key races, all of those in a dead heat with one week to go. bill: democrats separate to try to keep the upper chamber banking on former president obama to do this. he is going to nevada and arizona and later make a joint appearance in pennsylvania as they look to prevent republicans from flipping that senate seat. dana: the former president making it a point to address inflation and crime. two issues his party has shied away from. we have a plan. that s why democrats actually have plans. they pick up a few more seats in both chambers they can force through extreme unpopular laws from education, to abortion. who will figh
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
hurricane aid should be based on equity but after widespread criticism of those remarks, what is she saying now? john: a hint, sandra. not much. juan williams, mercedes and more to break it down coming up. sandra: fox weather alert, death and devastation, the death toll at 65 in the united states, families along florida s west coast, many now homeless wonder what is next. sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. some estimates put the damage at nearly $50 billion in florida alone, receding water bringing the extent into view, fort myers beach, lee county unrecognizable from a week ago. thousands of utility crews, the infrastructure simply no longer exists. president biden will visit the damage wednesday. sandra: shocking new images, update on the historic search and rescue efforts from coast guard, rear admiral coming up next. john: what do we expect from the president s trip on wedne
will react in moments. first this. john: fox news alert to kick off america reports. federal judge has ordered the government to file a more detailed receipt for all the materials seized during the unprecedented mar-a-lago raid. i m john roberts in washington, happy tuesday, sandra. sandra: you as well, john. sandra smith in new york. the judge also ordering the release of the findings from the private filter team review. this as we await a final answer on whether that judge will green light former president trump s request to appoint a special master. john: legal parties question whether it s needed after the doj sifted through all the materials. david spunt, and we are learning a new attorney is working with the former president s team. david: a well-known, well respected entity in florida, just came on former president trump s legal team, a former solicitor general in florida. but back to what we are waiting for today, we know at any point over the next few hou
sandra smith will stick around for us today as well. and bret baier also joining us this hour as the president insists the economy is right on track. celebrates it with james taylor at the white house. first we go to white house correspondent jacqui heinrich. hi, jacqui. even though that new gallop poll shows that voters are far more concerned with the economy than the climate, the president is fixated on climate telling reporters that he s not concerned about yesterday s hotter than expected inflation reading or the stock market sell-off before announcing that $900 million for electric vehicle chargers on highways across 35 states. great america road trip will be fully electrified, whether you re driving coast to coast on i 10 or on i-75 in michigan. charging stations will be up and easy to find as gas stations are now. we ll invest $7 billion to have the batteries and other critical materials that car companies need. the white house wants half of all new cars to be el