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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 "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: good morning. how are we doing? >> dana: fast hour. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. president biden so far keeping silent about the airborne objects shot down over the weekend. that was la...

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 f...

>> so that's a really good question. but i pointed out already you are able to skip kind of a safety step because you already know it's 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 won't 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 been around so long. it is available generically so people will be able to afford this. again, wat...

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 you're reporting is what i'm hearing but let me just be very clear. six months ago the house passed a measure expanding background checks to cover all gun purchases. that's what the public is demanding as a first step, a very basic safety step. it's completely consistent with the second amendment and president trump shouldn't have anything to say about what mitch mcconnell schedules for debate at a vote in the senate and mitch mcconnell needs to show some leadership an...

The most sensible decision he can but it's the right thing to do. it would have been a really difficult decision for prince philip to make. he's notoriously independent. he's a very keen driver. who can forget the time he drove the obamas around windsor when they arrived there a few years ago. it's 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, but, yes, after this has happened, it seems that there's going to be a safety step taken here. do...