this morning, brooke. the families of the victims who lost their lives, we are honoring them at a vigil. all six victims from the deathly rampage that left three 9-year-olds and three faculty members of the covenant school data. the family of 9-year-old evelyn dieckhaus lost her life trying to pull a f fire alarm ad an unthinkable spirit her sister said again, i don t want to be an only child. her family adding, our hearts are completely broken. we cannot believe this has happened. evelyn was a shining light in this world. katherine koonce was on a call at the time of the shooting. she hung up and went for the shooter after three gunshots, something that her friend said she would do for her students. she was an absolute champion for her students and her students always knew that she was in their corner. she was an educator herself, so she would tutor them, encourage them and the smartest person in the room. the daughter worked for the school for a decade and spoke
our friend martha is back today. martha: good morning. it is a deadly epidemic. we have covered it extensively. it reaches all states, all walks of life, all kinds of families. the powerful opioid known as fentanyl is an indiscriminate killer took the lives of all these people whose faces you see on the screen right now and teens at a record pace. in 2021 fentanyl was identified in 77% of as lessent drug deaths. cartels have an enormous business. they will stop at nothing turning the drug into a weapons of mass destruction. lindsey graham says it is time to fight back. here is what i would say. america is under attack of the our nation is being attacked by foreign powers called drug cartels in mexico. this is the largest attack on american s homeland by a foreign power in the history of the nation. 70,000 americans were poisoned by fentanyl last year. we need to take the gloves off. they are at war with us. we need to be at war with them. bill: we go to texas, school di
senator lindsey graham who was talking about the severity of the fentanyl crisis. america is under attack. our nation is being attacked by foreign powers called drug cartels in mexico. the japanese attack american pearl harbor, they killed about 3,000 americans. 9/11 when attacked about 3,000. this is the largest attack on americans homeland by foreign power in the history of the nation. 70,000 americans were poisoned by fentanyl last year. ashley: sean, is it not a slap in the face to every single american news had to deal with the fentanyl crisis, whether it has taken the life, the life of a loved one or dealing with someone who addiction centers right now? is it not a slap in the face to hear american say, they are delivering effective results. it is.
american s homeland by a foreign power in the history of the nation. 70,000 americans were poisoned by fentanyl last year. we need to take the gloves off. they are at war with us. we need to be at war with them. bill: we go to texas, school districts are demanding more to be done to protect their kids from a silent killer. casey stiegel has that angle of the story. good morning. this deadly drug has no doubt infiltrated our nation s schools from big cities to little towns. outside of dallas here one school district alone has experienced ten overdoses, three were fatal. feds linked those drugs back to a fentanyl ring and made at least three arrests. five students deaths in a district south of austin have been traced to fentanyl since last year. state let tours are currently considering a variety of new laws in texas like training all teachers how to administer the