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days from today. were seeing key developments here in the final stretch shaking up the battleground states with power in the senate hanging in the balance. well watch day-by-day as we get closer. new hour starts right now. dana is off today. back tomorrow. im bill hemmer. good morning at home. >> sandra: cruised through the first hour. im sandra smith. election day is now just five weeks away. democrats are losing ground in one key state, pennsylvania, where the senate race is getting ...

before the midterm elections. and we are in the final stretch, as candidates work to reach still undecided voters. in the senate race in pennsylvania, its all about swing voters in the suburbs. democratic lieutenant governor john fetterman is up against republican mehmet oz. the outcome of the race there is critical, if democrats want to keep their razor-thin majority in the senate. cnn national reporter dan meriga is live for us in philadelphia there today. how tight is this race this...

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: im 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: p...

i am velshi, it is the last time -- hurt in the january six committee. the committee is set to resume the hearings this week, laying out more findings from its year long investigation of the insurrection at the capitol. donald trump is desperate and illegal attempt to cling to power. the next hearing assad for this coming wednesday september 28th. thats one of the afternoon. over the last few days, members of the committee a participated in something called the texas tribune festival i...

with the murder of nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel. she was shot in her home in liverpool in august. king charles and the queen consort camilla visited dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and coming up we meet mr doodle — the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello, if you havejustjoined us welcome to bbc news. just to remind you we will have live coverage ...

thanks, darren. and thats bbc news at six on tuesday 30th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, its goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — im hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. norrie takes no time in reaching round two of the us open. were in new york on the day the womens defending cha...

after standing by the policy. but with a growing number of senior conservatives criticising the plan, the chancellor admitted this morning that it had to go as it had become a "distraction" from other parts of the governments economic plan. and so the chancellor used a key speech at the conservative party conference in birmingham to try and move beyond that "distraction", take a listen. what a day. it has been tough but we need to focus on thejob in hand. i know the plan put forward on...

keeps moving and moving and even friday, saturday, sunday. >> doesnt matter what day. arent you exhausted? arent you exhausted by the con constant of it all? >> look, i am 17 years old. look at me since ive done this show. the past eight and a half years -- >> 17 again. good for you. >> its been rough. the entire over the entire cycle with the administration, the entire news cycle has changed and you never know whats going to happen. youre rolling with it. youre doing a good job. >> it...

conversation. i will be sharing it with you with little bits all this weekend. michigan is a state that has been a key battleground for several election cycles now. this year is no different. even though its not a presidential election year, and neither of the states two u.s. senators are up for election, there are outcomes of several races here that will have huge implications in the years to come, especially for the 2024 presidential election. for one thing, democrats hold a very sli...

and what will probably be a bumpy ride all the way to november 8th. president biden is talking about the normalization of political violence, the spread of big lies, and one ever-growing donald trump who is calling for lawlessness and promises, even promising pardons to those convicted of violent insurrection and crimes. trump took the stage last night for the first time since the fbi searched his home. he claimed that they searched the room of his wife and teenaged son, and again ramp...