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
that s your tattoo, isn t it? and three caught on camera clues. someone is in her car. someone is at her bank. but most jaw-dropping of all, someone is up on stage with a song turned sinister. i couldn t believe what i was hearing. insane. could karaoke be a key to this case? my heart was pounding and pounding. i was sweaty and nervous. we need to figure this out, fast. hello, and welcome to dateline. 29 year old carrie olson was the girl next door, bubbly and bright, with close friends and a new man in her life. she had everything ahead of her, and then she vanished. had she just walked away, or did someone take her? was she even alive? here is andrea canning and without a trace. it is a sad fact of american life, family separated from their loved ones, gone without a trace. nationwide, there are almost 100,000 active missing person cases. since december 2013, dateline s online missing america series has been telling some of those heartbreaking stories. one of th
one of the few remaining swing congressional districts new york s 19th went democratic. at least far moment in time, he was a snapshot of america s political mood. a swing district won by obama and then trump and then biden voted to send democrat pat ryan to washington. ryan ran on abortion right. his republican opponent focussed on the economy and crime. and now a midterm election that is just 73 days away and once seemed a fore gone conclusion, a republican takeover of the house and the senate, is much more uncertain. as jonathan weissman pointed out the new york times this week, republicans need just five seats to win the house. and their candidates are in strong positions to win the bulk of nine districts that mr. trump would have won easily two years ago if the new maps had been in place. seven of those nine seats do not have a democratic incumbent to defend them. here is another way to look at it. the nonpartisan cook political report rates 10 democratic seats as lean
skyrocketing. how much did you pay for that out the door with taxes. 87- and change. the inflation filled world of car flipping. they gave you how much? $101,000. and remembering olivia newton-john. ( singing ) she captured hearts as the girl next door and became an inspiration to many through her battle with cancer. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening and thank you for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. tonight, president biden and the first lady are in kentucky to get an upclose look at the catastrophic flohaside wasoineda communitanme witvicms and first responders in one of the worst flooding dicationers in state history disasters n state history. tonight the threat of even more flooding is in the forecast with rains expected this week. experts say it could take years to rebuild this region that one witness described as looking like a war zone after the flood waters began to