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
that authorization, though more of them are expected to receive it in the future. interesting stuff. back to you. john: a lot of issues to take into consideration, an interesting program, nonetheless. bill, thank you. sandra: a state of emergency declared in one california neighborhood where a dozen homes have sunk into the ground due to a landslide. we are on the ground with the latest from there. john: and nato rejecting ukraine s attempt to join the alliance. when that may change. should president biden clear up the confusion with a more concrete response for kyiv? morgan ortagus joins us next. the administration flubbed this seriously and caused a divide inside nato, we have not seen much of in the last year and a half. putting a lot of purchases on your credit cards. those balances can sneak up fast. even worse, the interest rate on credit card debt has gone up to 22% and for late payments as high as 30%. that s over three times the rate on a newday 100 va home loan
but i m fully aware that there are very important and deeply rooted fears in the french society fears towards globalisation, fears towards illegal migration and we have to address these issues. and to quote one of. but you know, marine le pen and eric zemmour are only symptoms. they are playing with the french fears, they are not giving any kind of concrete response to those concerns. and one of the calmest voices in french politics, michel barnier, who has his own presidential ambitions, he said just the other day, out of control immigration is weakening france s sense of identity. do you share that view? but we have to fight against illegal migration. do you share that view that immigration out of control, says mr barnier is weakening france s sense of identity? everybody could say the same,
is that france needs stability. we are on the right way. we have a strong economic recovery. we are investing in new technologies. we have just decided on a investment plan of 30 billion euros to be independent on key technologies semiconductors, green hydrogen, artificial intelligence, quantum calculation. we have to stick to that path. so, i will do my best efforts to have emmanuel macron being re elected next year. but i m fully aware that there are very important and deeply rooted fears in the french society. fears towards globalisation, fears towards illegal migration, and we have to address these issues. and to quote one of. but you know, marine le pen and eric zemmour are only symptoms. they are playing with the french fears, they are not giving any kind of concrete
i don t think that that necessarily means that all of those people are for donald trump. i do think there s some real concern from folks in our party that this administration doesn t have a plan to deal with radical islam and they won t even call it radical islam. so if the only alternative at the moment is this other alternative you might see some people that say well, take that, but they don t think president obama s getting the job done. why is that phrase so it s funny. i listen to every republican candidate. and when you ask them, what would you do about isis because let s be very honest here. that s not an easy answer, right? i think we can all agree no, absolutely. it s not an easy answer. but what is an easy answer is the first thing is i would say the magic words of whatever it is, radical islam, whatever the phrase. why is there such focus on that phrase? is it simply because it s an easy, concrete response? well, i think it s important that people feel like he