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
fox news at night. breaking tonight, the impeachment inquiry for president biden is a go in the house, and it was unanimous among republicans. now the question is, does it make joe biden unelectable? meantime hunter biden defies a subpoena and refuses to sit for a house position. and instead chooses to make a public statement that may come back to haunt him. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the legal fallout good evening. reporter: epaing trace, after weeks of back and forth and a threat to hold him in con at the present time of congress hunter biden briefly today appeared in the capitol complex making a public statement outside of the building instead of showing up for his scheduled deposition following a subpoena from house republicans who, as you know, are looking into whether the younger biden and his father, the now president, collaborated in any financial dealings, particularly those involving foreign interests. in the depths of my ad
will continue to do so. back to you, max. kristie in hong kong, thank you. covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on overall life expectancy in the u.s. it fell to 76.1 years. that s 2 1/2 years less than it was and the lowest it was for a quarter of a century since 1996. u.s. centers for disease control said they were main contributors to the drop. however, heart disease and cancer were also factors. still ahead, remembering ronnie hillman. they are paying tribute to the former star running back who died on wednesday. nope. all in one and done. cuh-congestion? bebetter. cough? fever? better. mucinex all in one relieves 9 symptoms in 1 d dos. celebrate your comeback with $5 cash back.
a 7,000-vote lead, again, it would take a catastrophic failure in counting for that to, somehow, be flipped. it doesn t mean it won t happen. but i m just saying, right now, him being at 4,000 is a comfortable case to be in a recount. joe biden, at 7,000, is a much more comfortable place. fulton county, largest county in the state. joe biden pulled in 3,915 votes. donald trump pulled in 1,097. work on the handwriting a little bit. just the 9s. percentage wise, joe biden getting 76.1%. man, this is going very, very poorly. let me go ahead and do this. here s what matters. well done. well done. what joe biden netted out of fulton county, if i did the math right, 2,818 votes, which
seen their life expectancy decline from about 77 years to 76.1. these are men. whereas men have seen at the top of the economic strata have seen their life expectancy go up to 88.8. 12 years. 12-year gap. if you look at women, it s worse. if you look at women today, mika can expect to live to be about since she s in the top 20 te 20%, of course can expect to live to 92. her life expectancy has been growing. if you are in the bottom 20%, your life expectancy has been increasing as a woman, and it s now down to 78. you know, that drug and alcohol thing goes right back to the trump 38%. you have such this is the point. this is the point. it s not infectious disease. these are lifestyle induced diseases. exactly what steve is talking about. it s the fastest growing public health problem in this country and around the world. could i that grows out of what?