without power since monday has been rationing oxygen tanks for their 5-month-old baby boy born premature just home from the hospital. they built a make shift heater from a pot on bricks. the family is boiling bottled water because there s no water pressure. this is no longer just an emergency. it s clear that it is a disaster. we ve seen a cascade of effects that have turned what is already a dire situation into something much worse. residents are frustrated. they re angry. they are cold. what they re enduring and continue to endure is heartbreaking. in the town of del rio, the wastewater plant is offline. officials are begging residents, do not flush your toilets. panic buying across the state leaving supermarket shelves bare. the state agriculture commissioner says they re, quote, looking at a food supply chain problem like we have never seen before. nearly 12 million texans facing water service disruptions this morning. look at that. nearly 1/4 of the state is under or
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
brian to be late tomorrow. good luck for that. all right sean giveaway i am brian coming in for laura ingraham special edition of the ingraham angle a lot going on. will she or won t she bed is the as it relates to potential taiwan trip for nancy pelosi. all points of the speaker making the visit it would happen in just a of a few hours about 12 hours behind us and if anything happens will tell you right away going to the wall street journal is in a matter of whether she goes to taiwan, but rather whether she spends the night in taipei or not. they ve issued threats for the speaker celebrations as you probably know saying yesterday that the military will not sit by while she visits really? the going even further promising military involvement create even suggesting that they might shoot her plane down always on that nice and the chinese military puts the ridiculous propaganda video some of that tom cruise produce of their troops launching missiles and taking off and fig
tomorrow. i love sean.w. luck with that. we ll be watching. believe me, they ve got a lot of pull. all right. go get them. sean,, thanks a lot. great show.y all right. as sean gave away. i am.ng and brian kilmeade. i i am indeed brian to meet in for laura ingraham, specialal edition of the ingraham angle comes your way right now. a lot going. will she or won t she? that is the question as it relates to potential taiwan, the taiwan trip by speaker pelosi nowal at this hour, allal signs point to the speaker making the visit. that would happen in just a matter of a few hours or about 12 hours behind us .yo and if anythingu happens, we ll tell you right away. go now, according to the ahead of us , i should say, according too the wall street journal, itt isn t a matter of whether she goes to taiwan, but rather whether rather she spendsen the night in taipei or not. the chineseds have issued threat throughout the speaker s deliberations. as you probably know, saying yesterday tha