is. donald trump is in court and e. jean carroll is on the stand saying that she's there to stop him from telling lies. we'll take you to the courthouse. very shortly president biden holds a critical meeting at the white house with congressional leaders and just moments ago, house speaker mike johnson said to expect a fight over the president's border policies. we have breaking news out of london, which learned that king charles is headed to the hospital soon for treatment in this just after we learned that princess of wales, kate middleton, could be in the hospital for weeks after undergoing surgery and the palace releasing few details on that. sara is away. i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is "cnn news central." right now e. jean carroll is on the stand testifying against donald trump and she also just

testified that her goal in bringing this case is to make the former president stop telling lies about her. carroll opened her testimony claiming that donald trump ruined her reputation, saying, quote, previously i was known simply as a journalist. now i'm known as a liar, a fraud, and whack job. kara scannell has more from outside the courthouse. what are you learning from inside? >> reporter: so kate, e. jean carroll has been on the stand for about an hour. there was a slight delay because of jury transportation issues but she started out of the gate laying down what this case is about, and that is the potential harm that she received when donald trump denied her allegations of rape and then said that she wasn't his type and that she made it up to sell a book. what she testified to right at the start, she said i'm here because i was assaulted by donald trump and when i wrote about it he said it never happened. he lied and shattered my

reputation. right as e. jean carroll said that, donald trump, who is facing her sitting at least three tables back from her, he was shaking his head side to side in a sign that it never happened. and this is, of course, the issue in this case. she has mostly been giving background about her growing up, how she made it as an advice columnist and they have just now gotten to the part of the story of what happened after she published her book with the rape allegation and donald trump began making his statements. beginning to show the statements that a previous jury has found to be defamatory. the next phase will be getting into what happened after that. we've led up to this point so far. there's been a lot of objections so far during the trial, but donald trump, otherwise, is sitting straight ahead. he's passed a few notes to his attorneys, leaned over to his lead attorney alina habba whispering to her but no other grand reaction. just the first statement saying with carroll saying what happened and trump shaking his

head side to side. they've been watching carroll and watching her attorney ask the questions and this is getting into what the heart of this case is, that is, what happened to e. jean carroll after trump made the statements that jury found to be defamatory and his attorneys will have a chance to cross examine her after that. >> bring us more updates as they come. thank you so much. kara scannell, outside the courthouse. this is happening right now. we will continue to get those updates from the witness stand as they come in. in the meantime with us special watergate prosecutor nick ackerman. let me read one other quote from kn e. jean carroll about donald trump. she says he has continued to lie he lied last month, lied on sunday, lied yesterday, and i'm here to get ply reputation back and to stop him from telling lies about me. presumably her testimony is something that was prepared along with her attorneys. why is this the message they wanted to deliver? >> it's the message that gets them the big damages.

they're looking for big bucks here, for compensation for damages, including punitive damages, so that's the thrust of her claim. that's what she's going to be testifying to. the key piece here is going to be the cross-examination because i think what's going to happen here is, that trump's lawyers are going to make the same rookie mistake they made in the first trial by keeping her on the stand for a day and a half and basically building up her credibility. i think you're going to see the same thing happen here. even though we're going to see the direct testimony today, what we really have to be focused on is that cross-examination, particularly with donald trump in the courtroom. he is going to be directing his attorney to go after e. jean carroll and the more she goes after jean carroll the more credible jean carroll is going to come across to the jury. >> while you were talking we have been joined by chief legal affairs reporter paula reid. this is a case everyone is

watching and involves donald trump, the former president of the united states, but at a basic level what you have here is someone who has accused a man of sexual abuse on the stand, testifying about that, with the guy sitting just feet away. talk to us about the dynamics here. >> yeah. a reminder there was a trial last spring where a jury weighed her accusations and found trump libel for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded her $5 million in damages. but she testified in the spring trump, though, did not participate in that trial at all, so what makes this testimony unique, as you said, he's in the room. he's just a few feet away. yesterday was the first time in decades that trump and e. jean carroll had been in the same room, and she's going to talk about the impact that his statements had on her life. incredibly personal, very difficult thing to go through, when someone is powerful and some sectors popular as trump turns his ire on you. your voicemail box, e-mail box, your family, they're flooded

with threats and messages. it's a difficult thing to go through. underlying these statements, of course, is allegations of sexual abuse. we've seen the is in cases i've covered over the years, it can be difficult for survivors of sexual abuse to testify in any courtroom, but particularly when the perpetrator is just feet away. we'll be watching to see how she handles this. so far this has been a lot of rehash just about her career, but we're going to get into deeper stuff soon. >> how did she handle the cross-examination in the first trial, and what does that tell us about what she might be anticipating this time around? >> yeah. they had a delicate task. cross coming someone who is alleging sexual abuse or sexual misconduct is a very sensitive thing and in that case trump had a different lawyer representing him, joe taka pinot, he did a good job, experienced lawyer, people had questions about how he would approach this, and he did it delicately.

alina habba has again the delicate task of cross coming e. jean carroll here. habba's decorum in the courtroom has antagonized the judge a little bit. she's trying to relitigate issues which does an tag nate the judge. i've interviewed alina. she can be pretty aggressive. let's see how she handles this task. this is not easy, and again, there is the jury, but there's also her client. >> we'll come back to that dynamic in one second. before we get to that, i want to ask you, we mentioned before that "access hollywood" tape where donald trump is on video for the world to see talking about grabbing women that is going to be, we understand, you know, submitted into evidence. what role does that play? >> it has a huge role. it basically, as judge kaplan found when he allowed this in in pretrial motions, this is the same kind of situation that

happened to e. jean carroll. she's basically describing what he said on that tape. i mean, you can't have better corroboration than him making that statement on that tape. that's extremely powerful. it's in his own words. then on top of it all, he was questioned about it in the deposition, which is also going into evidence, where he basically admits what he said. it's just the most damming testimony. >> so paula, you and i have talked quite a bit about the fact that this is not just a courtroom appearance, a legal matter, this is a campaign stop. >> oh, yeah. >> for donald trump. there's quite a bit that they want to get out of this. right now they're trying to achieve their task through the lawyer, alina habba we've been talking about at length, she's had a few exchanges with the judge even today. she has been trying to get this trial delayed so that donald trump could go to his mother-in-law's funeral in florida. that's what alina habba is saying. the judge says trump doesn't have to be here. he can go to the funeral and still attend the trial but she

keeps asking and the judge seems to be getting miffed. >> the legal team did ask that trial be delayed. yesterday she brought up the possibility of adjourning tomorrow, the day of the funeral, that was denied. she brought it up again today and the judge is saying he has a right to be here or represented by counsel. those are his rights. no one is infringing on his rights. i'm not going to move the case. the way it's likely to be framed going forward is that trump is being treated unfairly why you see her continuing to bring this up because alina habba not only his lawyer in this case but she's his spokeswoman and looking to frame him. >> the judge told her to sit down. >> and then stand up when she objected. stand up. that's federal court, right. >> thank you both very much. kate? we have breaking news out of london right now. we've just learned that king charles will be going to the hospital next week, and it also comes just as we've learned this

morning that kate middleton, the princess of wales, is in the hospital right now after undergoing abdominal surgery and she could be there up two two weeks with much longer recovery after that. back to max foster for more on this. max, what can you tell us about king charles? >> well, a statement saying he sought treatment for an enlarged prostate. his majesty's condition is benign they're pointing out. he will go to hospital as you say next week for a corrective procedure. his public engagements have been postponed. that's why they're announcing it, a source is telling me. he had a big event yesterday in scotland involving cabinet ministers, foreign dignitaries. didn't want them to travel up there if he couldn't go themselves. that's why they're announcing it today. a source saying to me, he was keen to share the details of his diagnosis to encourage other men who may be experiencing symptoms

to get checked in line with public health advice. as you say, it does also come on the back of this news as well about the princess of wales who is in hospital, had a planned abdominal surgery. as you say she could be there for two weeks. but then also, have to recuperate for three months after at home. so the two very senior royals out of action for now and william and kate have canceled all of their future travel. obviously, their public engagements as well. a lot of concern, but just to point out, a source confirming to me that the princess' procedure was not related to cancer. >> that was an important albeit few details released about private medical issues, but this is the one thing that has been released. for context, can you talk about the level of like what her public schedule usually can look like, and what that means and

how significant it is that they've canceled it all until they kind of get a handle on how her recovery is going? >> well, she is busy, but she is very hands on. she will be recuperating at windsor near her children's school. she's very involved in the school, so she really fits her public engagements around that. we have seen quite a lot of her recently. over christmas she hosted a carol service at westminster abbey and been to a few events in when she can fit them in. she's fit and healthy and does a lot of sport. if anyone can recover quickly it would be her. a lot of people pointing out it's a long period of recovery. the palace don't like releasing details about any of the royals but when they're in hospital they have a public service to do that. as far as the king is concerned, they see that as a routine procedure really for men of his age, but he wants to highlight

the fact that people should be getting themselves checked. it came on one day so shock for british people two senior royals out of action and won't see them. the princess very popular right now, so they won't be able to -- the public won't see her for some time. i think that will -- people will notice that. >> absolutely. max, thank you for jumping back on on this. it's not often you and i are talking about two different royals and medical issues on the same day. good to see you. we're getting new reporting just in on campaign plans for ron desantis with the new hampshire primary a week away. house speaker mike johnson predicting battle just before heading to the white house for a key meeting with president biden on aid to ukraine. and new video showing police deploying exploding flash bangs while raiding a home. there was a toddler on a ventilator inside. .

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. all right. on to new hampshire the primary there is less than a week away and we're getting new reporting on how ron desantis plans to approach this all. cnn's omar jimenez is on hampton beach in new hampshire. ron desantis will hold a campaign event in hampton beach later today. what are you learning about the desantis campaign? >> reporter: yeah. so they are saying point blank that they are in this for the long haul. no matter what the poll or

positioning looks like here in new hampshire, in particular, they say they are going to be competing for delegates in every state. they are not looking toward any sort of finish line at this point and predict on february 25th, that is when nikki haley is going to drop out of this race. that is what desantis campaign is predicting. the reason that's significant is because it's right after the south carolina primary and they believe she is going to be beat badly there. now if you ask the haley campaign folks they would tell you something much different. they are painting this as essentially a two-person race between her and former president trump, looking specifically at the poll data here in new hampshire, showing her in some cases, some polls have shown, her within single digits of the former president. so desantis leaning on his second place finish in iowa and what's later in the election calendar and haley looking at her third place finish in iowa, leaning on what's now and hoping to capitalize in her home state

of south carolina as well. you mentioned coming to me with the desantis campaign, they have an event at the town hall in a few hours not far from where i am but nikki haley has an event later this evening, former president trump who is starting his day in court once again will make his way here to new hampshire. trump in particular, he's added a lot of events in this final stretch leading some to believe that he may actually see nikki haley as a legitimate threat here, but, of course, polls are one thing, securing final votes in the last few days are another thing. we're less than a week away. we'll know soon. >> it's clear he sees nikki haley as the biggest threat. that's where the spending has been from the trump campaign and super pac and his comments have been in public. we'll wait to see what we hear today when he gets there. omar jimenez, thank you so much. joining me for more on this, republican strategist alice stewart and commentator democratic strategist maria cardona.

maria, attacks between the candidates, they're getting more pointed and louder, especially between donald trump and nikki haley right now. what does that mean for new hampshire? what does that mean for new hampshire voters? >> well, i think the means that they are going to get a front seat to what is actually a very nasty campaign, but it's so interesting, kate, because it hasn't been until recently that nikki haley realized that she actually has to beat donald trumpp and in order to beat somebody you have to go after them with where you think they have flaws and that has been where she has not been able to do that. desantis hasn't really been able to do that. until like a week ago. new hampshire i think is a little bit different because that's where nikki haley has made sort of her last stand, where she is making the case to her voters that she is the one that can go up against donald trump, but it doesn't seem like there's a path after new hampshire even if she comes

within single digits of donald trump. she will call that a win, but if donald trump wins, he will have come off of a massive win in iowa and as you move forward in the republican calendar, a lot of the contests become in terms of delegates, winner take all, which is why this is so tough for anyone else to really catch up to donald trump at this point. >> i want to get to delegates and the talk of delegates in a second. alice do you think from a communications perspective and the campaigns that you have advised, do you think that nikki haley at this point, even though, you know, it's kind of an evolution and how directly she takes on donald trump and talks about it, do you think that she, forget will, because we don't know their strategy, but do you think she should be going after him, even more directly, even more pointedly? >> absolutely. without a doubt. i've said from the very beginning, the way to biden is directly through trump, and they these to continue these attacks on trump and, obviously,

understanding that they have to make sure that they do so in a way to thread the need really they're not alienating his base, but the goal is to appeal to the people that are ready to turn the page on donald trump and the only way to do that is to show why you are a better candidate and why donald trump should not be the next president. that is as she has done in a subtle way, talking about how trump has added to the debt, how he has been drama and a lot of chaos follows him and she would be a new generation of optimism and future looking vision for the people of this country. here's the important, you know, the gloves are off now. i mean, the display in iowa shows donald trump still has a strong hold on the republican base, and there is also an opening for another candidate. new hampshire is going to be critical. the former governor john sununu, father of the current governor, said back in 1988, the people of iowa pick corn. the people of new hampshire pick

presidents. the people in new hampshire are looking at these candidates. they window shop until the last minute. they are still comparing. they are kicking the tires and looking at all the candidates. nikki haley is going to put her best foot forward certainly desantis is doing so. i speak with his campaign manager often. he has always said they're going to run strongly through the finish line. what they see donald trump is trying to do, donald trump wants this to be a sprint. he wants to get this knocked out quickly and let everyone galvanize behind him. desantis' campaign says we'll see him at the 20-mile mark. this is a marathon and we're not going to give up any time soon. >> you mentioned the deputy campaign manager. he was on cnn this morning. let me play how he is framing the desantis campaign's focus and strategy going forward. >> our expectation is pretty straightforward. we're going to grind in every state for delegates. we will do it here in new

hampshire. wear going to go to nevada where nikki haley is not even competing for delegates. we're going to south carolina and do it. on february 25th the day that nikki haley ends up having to drop out of the race after she gets wholly blown out in her home state, it will once again be a two-person race as we predicted all along. >> my question to both of you, though, is, sure, of course, it has to do with delegates, but does he have a chance? >> no. i don't think he does, and i think that's exactly the problem. he can make that argument because i also believe nikki haley is going to get blown out in her own home state and it's going to be a huge embarrassment for her. she's making her last stand in new hampshire but south carolina then becomes a similar electorate to iowa and frankly to the rest of the gop base, and alice is right, donald trump has a stronghold, but he has actually a stranglehold on the republican base and that has

been -- >> on the base, but that's a difference in new hampshire. you have this big portion of undeclared, which i was talking to smart people in new hampshire yesterday, who described in one way as the undeclared in new hampshire are republicans but just not -- without the title. alice do you think that desantis has a chance? >> look, it is an uphill battle, no denying that. donald trump has a strong stronghold on the republican party and certainly the base and western looking and appealing to -- we're looking and appealing to republican base voters here. i don't think it's out of the question for any of these other candidates, desantis or haley to fight and fight hard. our entrants polls the other day, we saw 61% of republican voters say they would still see trump as a fit president if he were to be convicted. 32% of them say that he would not be fit if he were to be convicted. if i were looking at one of these campaigns i would say 32%

of republican base voters not to mention the general election candidates do not think trump would be fit if he were to be convicted. that's a compelling argument to make on the electability issue. desantis has made the electability issue being governor in the state of florida, and he is a winner and pointed out trump is a loser. i think that would be a good argument moving forward as well. >> great to see you both. >> i don't think it's enough, though. >> yeah. >> final word. >> i don't think it's enough. >> the final word is mine. good to see you. thank you so much. president biden hosting a critical meeting with congressional leaders today and the fate of more aid to ukraine hangs in the balance. house speaker mike johnson with new fighting words moments ago.

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it's the message we continue to have. i think that's the message that american people want us to deliver. >> cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house. this comes as there's new reporting that mike johnson is telling republicans he's not making a deal on the border anyway. nothing, nothing, nothing. >> it's really a reality that this white house has been grappling with for months now, as the fate of ukraine aid, the president's request for that aid, has been tied up in these talks over changes to border security policy. president biden is hoping to inject a new sense of urgency into this debate today when he hosts those congressional leaders here at the white house to include the leaders of democrat and republican from the senate and house, including house speaker mike johnson. this will be the second time that mike johnson is meeting with president biden since becoming house speaker. the last time the two met was when he was here at the white house for a briefing on this very issue relating to funding for ukraine. the president is expected to make the case to these lawmakers today that it is imperative that

the u.s. provide additional aid for ukraine or else ukraine will be further hampered and impaired on the battlefield. it comes as that war between russia and ukraine is about to hit the two month mark in a little over a month and the white house has been warning for weeks they have depleted the aid resources they can provide. jake sullivan just yesterday sat down with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in switzerland and after that meeting he said he is still confident they will be able to get that additional assistance to ukraine. he said that despite all of the twists and turns, he does think that lawmakers will get there in the end. the reality is that this is a completely bogged down in the talks over border security policy. negotiators, republican and democrat, in the senate, have been working for weeks now trying to hammer out some type of deal. the white house has made some concessions in these talks. but so far, house republicans and house speaker mike johnson have said that they want to see

even tougher proposals put forth aside from what is being discussed in these senate negotiations. the white house has said they've seen encouraging talks, the lead negotiator if the republicans james lankford said there's a possibility they could have text relating to a possible deal, but so much of this will lie in how house republicans want to handle this going forward, whether they will insist on having tougher border policies as any type of funding for ukraine is passed as well. this will be a key meeting between president biden and these lawmakers as they try to make the case the aid for ukraine is needed. >> arlette saenz, thank you very much. the navy takes new steps to crack down on attacks coming from yemen as the u.s. issues a new terrorist designation.

just this morning, the biden administration is making new moves against houthi rebls now labeling the houthis as a designated global terrorist entity. in the announcement from the secretary of state antony blinken, he said, this designation seeks to promote accountability for the group's terrorist activities if the houthis cease their attacks in the red sea and the gulf of aden, the united states will reevaluate this designation. this is something that, obviously, the officials say is a bid to de ter the iran backed rebels from continuing their missile attacks in the red sea. this is the latest action taken by the biden administration to try to stop or at least deter them from the barrage of attacks that they have leveled since the october 7th hamas terror attack

on israel. joining us right now for more on this is pentagon press secretary major general patrick ryder. thank you for coming in. this designation from state as a global terrorist is not the more forceful, i guess i will describe it as, as a foreign terrorist organization. >> yeah. first of all thanks for having me, kate. what you're seeing here is a whole of government effort in terms of addressing the challenge that these houthi attacks have continued to demonstrate. what we've seen since mid-november is nearly 30 attacks by the houthis against international shipping and mariners that are transiting the red sea, and so we know that this is an international problem that requires an international response, as well as a whole of government response. in addition to diplomatic and economic tools, of course, here in the department of defense, we're focused on the military

aspects, using force, and we'll continue to work closely not only with the interagency of the u.s. government but allies and partners to address this real problem. >> so the united states is now also this week we know conducted a third round of strikes against houthis in yemen and an official told cnn on monday that the first operation had destroyed less than a third of the houthi's weapons capabilities. can you give us some perspective or a sense of how much of their weapons capabilities have now been destroyed? >> yeah. so to be clear, we had the effects that we were looking to achieve in terms of disrupting and degrading houthi capabilities, in other words, we hit largely the targets that we intended to hit. we are not at war with the houthis. we don't seek a broader conflict, obviously, but what we can't allow to stand are these reckless, illegal, and dangerous

attacks, and so, again, we're going to call on the houthis to stop. we're going to continue to work with our international partners to address this problem. as the president and as secretary austin have said, if we need to take additional steps, we will. >> you said something in a briefing back in december that i've thought quite a bit about. it was a briefing in late december and you said that houthis need to ask themselves if they've bitten off more than they can chew when it comes to taking on the entire international community. the attacks have not let up since you said that in the briefing and they do not show signs of letting up. do you agree that they are not being deterred, despite these strikes? >> well, as you've seen in the last couple of days, we've seen a couple of additional attacks with missiles. you've also seen the united states take some additional strikes in terms of self-defense when it came to missiles that

were being prepared to launch, but to the point that i was making there was, you know, for the houthis, again, how far do they want to escalate? is it in their interest to keep doing this? clearly their attempting to exploit the middle east, but what's happening is not an attack against the united states. it's an attack against the international community. you've seen nations come together to address this with the goal ultimately of ensure that international shipping and mariners can safely transthis vital waterway. >> -- transit this vital waterway. >> every analyst i've spoken to says they do not show any signs they're being deterred despite u.s. and international efforts to do just that. i do want to ask you before we go about secretary austin. we now have obtained the 911 call recording that occurred to bring secretary austin to the hospital. the caller requested subtlety

from the 911 operator as the ambulance was arriving at the home. did the secretary request that ambulance arrive without lights an and sirens. >> the secretary was released from walter reed on monday, working from home, recoup rating, actively engage and performing his duties as the secretary of defense. as you heard us say, we're conducting a thorough review to look at the notification timelines, to look at the processes here, and the secretary himself has taken full responsibility in terms of transparency when it comes to his medical status and care and has committed to doing better going forward. we're going to allow that review to run its course. we owe that to the public and to the department, and we'll continue to stay focused on that. >> no comment on that right now. thank you for your time. appreciate it. john? >> all right. a police raid in ohio under scrutiny. the city's mayor is calling for

an investigation after police set off a flash bang at a house with an infant on a ventilator inside.

this morning an ohio mayor is calling for an investigation after police released new body camera video showing officers raiding a home and deploying flashbangs inside that house, a 17-month-old baby who was on a ventilator. >> search warrant! >> coming down the stairs. >> you're good. clear. >> my baby is right here. >> okay. >> come to the door. just come down to us. >> i'm getting my baby. >> come outside. >> all right, cnn's athena jones with us now with the latest on

this. what have you learned here? >> reporter: well, we've learned, i can tell you that this young son is in the hospital. he is in stable condition. and police -- the mayor of elyria is calling for an independent investigation by the who lorain county sheriff's department on what happened here. you can see how startled the woman was to have police arriving and just within ten seconds or less, releasing the flashbangs, banging on the door, ramming through. then you see her intersection. this mother, courtney price, says her son was harmed burglary this incident and he was diagnosed with chemical pneumonitis, a form of lung irritation, because she said of his inhaling the chemicals released by the flashbang. now, she has put together a gofundme page that's raised more than $30,000 and she has said her son had to be in icu at one

point. i spoke with the hospital, who told me he is in stable condition. no more information on his condition there. but this is, of course, being looked at by the mayor's office, by the sheriff's department, to find out why was this level of force needed in this incident. now, i can tell you this is part of an investigation into multiple gun thefts, so multiple stolen guns. there had been a raid carried out on a nearby residence, where two juveniles were arrested and three guns were found. they believed that the other stolen guns had been taken to this home. but in the end, only the mother and this young son were in the residence, and the aunt who owns that home told a local affiliate that the teen they were looking for hadn't lived there for more than a year. so a lot of questions surrounding this. you've got the gofundme page. the child is still hospitalized, and the aunt told the affiliate that they're planning to take legal action here. >> obviously a lot of new

information coming in. athena, please keep us posted on this. thank you. coming up, even though the overall u.s. population is getting older, a new report is showing that more and more younger adults are being diagnosed with cancer, leaving doctors to now search for answers. the details on who is most impacted and the theories as to why. that's n next. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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so cancer rates are on the rise among younger adults. this trend is being flagged by the american cancer society, and what they've found is that the only group, if you will, seeing an increase in the overall incidence in cancer is adults under the age of 50.

meg tirrell has more. tell us more about this report. >> reporter: this is adding to evidence that we've been seeing over the past few years and something that is kind of a mystery in medicine right now, why are we seeing rates increase among younger people, particularly for cancer like colorectal cancer, the incidence has been rising since the '90s and it's the leading cause of cancer death for men under the age of 50, the second for women. they say these kinds of trends they're also seeing in pancreatic and gastric cancer as well. there's a need to figure this out. they say it's unexplained but likely reflects changes in lifestyles that began with generations born starting around 1950. the american cancer society is giving projections for the number of diagnoses we should see of cancer this year of about 2 million, they're expecting about 611,000 deaths. they say over the past tree

decades the mortality rate from cancer has come down by 33%, mostly because of reductions in smoking, earlier detection for some cancers, and much better treatment in terms of targeted therapies, so really seeing a lot there. but a lot more understanding needs to be done in terms of what's driving the younger diagnoses. >> absolutely. thank you. so much for that. it is really interesting, i mean, alarming, but it's interesting that they say lifestyle choices that started generations ago. is that what we eat, processed foods? i saw one theory that had to do with the use of antibiotics, broad use of antibiotics, kind of changing our gut over generations. there's so many questions on this. >> a lot of those numbers made me raise my eyebrows, the numbers for people under 50, but the deaths from cancer dropping 33% since 1991. that's success. >> thank god for that. exactly, great point. >> thank you for joining us. this has