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the hour. growing pressure on president biden to finally speak out about the chinese spy flight and three other objects shot down from the skies over north america. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing for the president to be more transparent about the decision to shoot down the objects and the growing threat from china. welcome to a new hour of "americas newsroom," im dana perino. >> bill: good morning. how are we doing? >> dana: fast hour. >> bill: im bill hemmer. preside...

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...

>> so thats a really good question. but i pointed out already you are able to skip kind of a safety step because you already know its safe in humans. it is already used in humans. so basically you set up a clinical trial where you use this in humans. you go now from mice to humans knowing that the safety probably wont be an issue and you look for dosing and effectiveness. i would probably start with adults and move younger as i go along. this is a very inexpensive treatment also because it has b...

A signal from the white house about what the president is going to sign. where do you think we are right now? >> i this i what youre reporting is what im hearing but let me just be very clear. six months ago the house passed a measure expanding background checks to cover all gun purchases. thats what the public is demanding as a first step, a very basic safety step. its completely consistent with the second amendment and president trump shouldnt have anything to say about what mitch mcconnell sc...

The most sensible decision he can but its the right thing to do. it would have been a really difficult decision for prince philip to make. hes notoriously independent. hes a very keen driver. who can forget the time he drove the obamas around windsor when they arrived there a few years ago. its hard for any person to make this decision in terms of independence but also prince philip retired just two years ago. out of the public eye at last. >> right. yes, we always know that he likes to drive, b...

Theater shooting last july. >> if they come in your room with guns, put this on, and this would stop the bullets. >> reporter: the ceo of elite sterling security, ess, which distributes the three-found backpack little jalia will now carry to school. is this really necessary? >> to get on a plane, they make you put on a vest. if youre taking a cruise, they make you buttput on a life vest make sure youre taken care of. this is one more safety step. >> reporter: the company gets its backpacks from ...