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Always happy to have you. have a very merry christmas. >> same to you, katy. thanks. one more thing before we go. we've learned about another way the opioid epidemic is leaving its mark on our country. last year 63,600 people died of drug overdoses, a 21% jump from 2015 and having an impact on the bigger picture. second year in a row life expectancy in the u.s. dropped. new numbers in the national center for health statistics showed the average life span is now 78.6 years. a slight dip from the previous year. it is the first time life expectancy declined two years in a row in more than 50 ye...

Nuclear and icbm sites. backing iran means they're backing the so-called iran democratic people's republic of korea joint venture. putin has three big problems we need to remind him about. an enormous muslim population that could be radicalized. the world's largest opiate drug problem and a dying population. they have 141 million. next year 140 million. no one immigrates to russia and an average life span of 56 years we can help those guys. mr. putin, if you haven't noticing we're rebuilding our military and our fleet and our nuclear weapons. whatever we are going to do with mr. putin we have ...

They say, old age begins about 10, 15 years before we die. >> interesting. using average life span as a guide that would mean old age doesn't start until 73 for women and 70 for men, published in the journal "nature." >> dennis quaid made headlines after a leaked video showed the actor losing it while on set. >> jeanie moos reports on the meltdown that was a letdown. >> reporter: multiple choice, pick the meltdown that was a hoax. a, this baseball manager? b, actor christian bale on set? [ bleep ] you amateur. c, alec baldwin leaving a voice mail for his then preteen daughter. >> what a rotten...

Our kids' blind or actually their parents 30% of moms and dads admit to raiding their kids ' piggy bank to pay for bills and vacations. and we say it has to stop. a kid has a lot of money in the piggy bank if they're going on vacation with it. >> i have three teenage kids and i look at their bank accounts, my god, these kids are living the life. their lifeguarding jobs. >> what does that tell you? they would sacrifice that for a quick trip. >> it's really endemic of a bigger issue in the country. as parents, as we get older, we're -- >> speak for yourself. >> and looking better, we're outlivin...

Bottom but japan is at the top. this is because individual incomes are actually rising while the population is declining. it would follow that people are actually better off, not bad for a country everyone seems to have written off. let's look at some other indicators. according to the demographer japan is the healthiest country in the world. given that the average life span is 83 years, the highest in the world, you would expect health care costs to dominate. remember, japan has universal health care. again, you would be wrong. japan spends only 8% of its gdp on health care, half the percent ...