we start with one of the biggest threats facing our nation, the fentanyl crisis. it s a fox news alert. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. an opioid 100 times more potent than heroin. there are millions of these dangerous fake pills out there and they are killing thousands of americans. the lethal drug expected to kill 80,000 americans this year alone. for context, that would mean more americans killed by fentanyl in a single year than killed in the entire vietnam war. john: all stemming from cracks in the southern border, a breeding ground for drug cartels. exactly what the house homeland security committee will talk about in a hearing moments from now. sandra: social media plays a huge role in the cartels marketing. teens are buying the drugs online often not knowing that they are laced with the fentanyl. and sometimes the drug is even disguised as rainbow colored candy. the epidemic is hitting neighbors, friends, families, ju
good afternoon to you. reporters had their first chance to ask the white house about the cocaine discovered in the west wing sunday. there wasn t much reaction from the white house. instead, they punted to the u.s. secret service handling the investigation. a lot of questions unanswered at this point. listen to what karine jean-pierre had to say moments ago. where this was discovered is a heavily traveled area where many west wing visitors come through this particular area. i just don t have anything more to share. it s under investigation by the secret service. and the secret service tells fox news that they re actively investigating what was going on behind the scenes sunday. first the alert came in to them that it was a hazardous material. they evacuated the building and decided to determine more later on through testing that it was cocaine that was discovered within the west wing. so still a lot of questions about who may have been in that area and we re waiting to
overseas, as israel launches strikes against palestinian militants in the west bank. what the white house is saying about the stepped up violence there. and later, new reporting on the race for president. why the first gop debate is at risk of losing its draw. the latest on donald trump s double digit lead against his republican rivals is straight ahead. welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th. we start with breaking news overnight. five people are dead and two children injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. police first responded to the attack just before 8:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire in multiple locations. officers arrived on the scene and began chasing the suspected gunman who continued firing and didn t stop until he was cornered in an alley. that is where he surrendered. about 50 spent shell casings were found in the area which covers a two by four block stretch. the people were all adult men. the
we want to thank betty s bounces for their ongoing relationship with the show. we love them. their inflatables are great. they help us out every week. this is a marginal inflatable a- inflatable, questionable, no good, barely functioning. joey: one inflatable, three different sports. it s pretty impress. impressive.rachel: i think it e good at a party. pete: if we were eight, it would be awesome. joey: if i take my legs off, i have the stature of an 8-year-old. rachel: i m very, very short. when people meet me in person, that s what they say. pete: you re short, but strong in stature. rachel: i m fun size. pete: we have competitions on the sew, many are very curious. not serious, but substantively. this one, is it going to count. joey: yeah, it s going to. when i hoist that pr trophy it l count. pete: we turned into chuck e. cheese. joey: did i see you bowl in heels. rachel: my mom worked in a bowling alley growing up. she brought the kids to work. i spent a lot of time in th
On bbc london. Reaction as a Muslim Student on newsnight at 10 30pm. It seems the Prime Minister will get his smoking and vape ban, but only because the opposition rode to the rescue. What does it tell us that a senior cabinet minister, five other ministers and two tory former Prime Ministers refused to support rishi sunak . The vote in the commons was overwelming and never destined to be a close run thing, with labour backing the governments plans to ban anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes. 57 conservative mps did vote against the bill, including the business secretary kemi badenoch, arguing it was an attack on personal freedoms. But the Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said, theres no liberty in addiction. In a moment, hugh pym will look at the implications of any new law for the nhs, but first, chris mason is at westminster. Good evening. This is a place normally associated with tribal and noisy Party Politics but there was less of that today because there was widespread a