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today, tuesday, june 4th, 2024, breaking news. urgent action. president biden signs an executive order allowing him to temporarily shut down the southern border. what it means for thousands of asylum seekers. laying out the case, testimony begins in the federal gun case against president biden's son, hunter. what prosecutors are alleging and the show of support he's getting inside the courtroom. revenue stream. watching your favorite shows may be costing you more than ever as more streaming services raise prices. what you can do right now to save and still watch. and the parent trap. in a world of rapidly changing technology like artificial intelligence, are you struggling to keep up? a sneak peek of tonight's nbc news now town hall event. how you can navigate the challenges and keep your kids safe. we had a dynamic discussion, myself and savannah sellers.

we begin this hour with breaking news on the humanitarian crisis at the u.s./mexico border. president biden has taken his most aggressive action yet to curb illegal crossings at the southern border. he signed an executive order today giving him the power to temporarily close the southern border when migrant crossings in between legal entry points reach 2,500 or more per day. since crossings are now at more than 4,000 per day, the border is now closed to most asylum seekers. the border can reopen when daily crossings fall below 1,500 a day. leading us off this hour, nbc news white house correspondent, aaron gilchrist is with us. also with us, david noriega along the border in southern california. david, let me start with you for the practical impact. politicians are talking about this, president biden just talked about it. how big a deal could this be where you're standing? >> reporter: yeah, kate, a lot of that remains to be seen, and

based on the details of this executive order and how it actually functions that we've learned so far today, i actually have to say i'm quite skeptical this is going to have an immediate widespread dramatic impact on the border, on the number of migrants crossing the border and the number of migrants who manage to stay in the united states as a result. there's a lot of complicated reasons. we were expecting the authority to, quote, unquote, close down the border was going to be able for the united states to sum marly expel people back into mexico after they cross. mexico has not great to accept any more migrants than it already does. mexico has pretty strict, specific requirements on the number of migrants that it accepts and on the nationality of migrants. the u.s. cannot simply return people to mexico without mexico's active participation. so what this means is that people, once they cross into u.s. soil, they will no longer

be eligible for asylum within the american immigration legal system, but the u.s. has to invest the resources necessary to deport them back to their home countries. that means ecuador, brazil, columbia, countries that are farther away and resource intensive for the u.s. to deport. this is going to take time to implement and we may not see a dramatic change on the border really for some time. >> david, thank you so much for that. aaron, let me go to you covering the white house. what's the argument from the biden administration about why they needed to take this step? because from what david just said, it may not effectively do a lot. >> reporter: as a practical matter, the first thing we heard today is the summer is here and in summer months historically they see a surge in the number of people trying to cross the border at places other than official ports of entry. that's one issue. the other point, we're now looking at about 4,000 encounters with migrants daily, according to the department of

homeland security. and that is a number that is greater than what cbp officials at the border are able to handle. so as a practical matter, they felt like now was the time to put these authorities in place to help those officers at the border. as a political matter, i want you to hear what the president had to say just a little while ago. >> republicans have left me no choice. today i'm announcing actions to bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum. migrants will be restricted from receiving asylum at our southern border unless they seek it after entering through an established law enforcement process. >> reporter: now, of course, we've already heard from republicans that the president is trying to do too little too late and that is a narrative i think you'll continue to hear even as the president goes after congressional republicans and former president trump. there's already been word from the aclu that they intend to file a lawsuit after this executive action from president biden, and so we do expect to hear much more about this in the

weeks to come, even as the white house explores potentially more executive orders in the month of june. >> aaron gilchrist for us, thank you. witness testimony has started in the federal gun trial of president biden's son hunter biden. opening statements were held today in delaware. hunter biden is charged with three felonies related to possessing a gun while using illegal drugs. he has pleaded not guilty. first lady jill biden attended court for the second straight day. hunter's sister ashley also appeared in a show of support. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware. who have we heard from so far today? >> reporter: kate, one witness, the special agent investigating, erika jensen, but the prosecution has used her as a vehicle to enter in other evidence, including hunter biden's own memoir. so the jury heard excerpts of hunter biden's own voice narrating his memoir that he

wrote in part about his drug addiction. he talked about how his life at the time when he bought this gun back in 2018 was consumed with the quest for buying crack cocaine. he talked about how he had what he called a superpower to be able to find crack in any town, in any city in the country at great risk to his personal safety. and that his whole existence was consumed by trying to get this drug. this is an effort by the prosecution to show that, in fact, he was using and addicted to drugs at the time he bought this gun. subsequently, the fbi agent introduced that infamous laptop that was the subject of so many controversy, the one that hunter biden allegedly left at a repair shop in delaware and the fbi recovered it. a group of former intelligence officials said during the campaign this could be the product of russian disinformation. turns out it's not. it was entered as evidence. there were 18,000 pages of text messages and photos and other evidence that were extracted from the laptop by the fbi and turned over to the defense. they've kind of whittled down a

summary of 75 pages that's entered into evidence in this trial, and essentially it's more evidence that hunter biden was using drugs. now, his defense is at the time he filled out the form he didn't consider himself to be a drug user and that's going to be at issue in this trial. >> ken dilanian, thank you so much. on capitol hill today attorney general merrick garland facing a grilling before the house judiciary committee. that committee, along with one other, voted last month to hold garland in contempt of congress. they want him to hand over the audio recording of an interview conducted by special counsel robert herr. we should note that nbc news is part of a lawsuit to release that audio recording of the interview with president biden. was he asked about it today, i assume, attorney general garland

and what did he say? >> reporter: this committee wants to hear the audio. they have the transcript. that is the argument they're making. garland, for his part, with the backing of the biden administration, is exerting executive privilege over this. garland arguing that it could have, in his words, a chilling effect on future cooperation with prosecutors in investigations like this one. but that audio is central to why garland had such a contentious time in front of this judiciary committee, not just this morning, but they are still going. so a long day here on capitol hill. but this is one of two committees that voted to hold the attorney general in contempt of congress. now, that resolution has not yet hit the full house floor, but it speaks to how high the tensions are here and how badly congress is trying to get ahold of that tape. >> republicans, meantime, have been accusing the biden administration of weaponizing the department of justice. you hear that from donald trump quite a bit as well, saying they're going after the former president and his allies. what was attorney general

garland's response to that line of questioning? >> reporter: he really talked about the legal troubles of the former president saying that those were either, in the case of the manhattan district attorney, the manhattan d.a.'s decision, or in the case of other state charges like those in georgia and the state of new york, that those are separate entities, independent from the department of justice. but broadly garland did offer defense of his colleagues at the doj and he was, at times, defiant. listen. >> these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and they are unfounded. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. >> reporter: when he used that word, kate, intimidated, he was referencing those contempt charges that we were just talking about, saying that he respects them, he sees them, but he don't be intimidated. >> ali, thank you. time for today's cnbc money

minute. wildfire victims will receive a major settlement and instagram is testing out a new kind of ad. kate rooney joins us now. hi, kate. >> reporter: yeah, so pacific power announced it will pay a $178 million fine to over 400 oregon wildfire victims. it is the latest settlement over the deadly 2020 labor day blazes that killed nine people and destroyed thousands of homes. the utility says it settled almost 1,500 claims and faces many more. a jury found the company liable for negligently failing to cut power to it's 600,000 customers, despite warnings from fire officials. instagram is testing ads that you can't skip. this is according to tech crunch. instagram is calling it an ad break, which has a timer that counts down to when users can start scrolling, similar to what happens on youtube and other platforms. while coke still reigns as

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i have this friend and he gave his cable guy $50 and then he got all the movie channels for free. did you ever hear of anything like that? >> you mean illegal cable? >> um, yeah. >> that's a good laugh. that used to be the one way or one of the ways, rather, to get all the movies you wanted. and then came cable and then came streaming and then cutting the cord. but is the cost of subscribing to all those streaming services

putting a squeeze on you? if so, you're not alone. it has a name, streamflation. joining me, christine romans. we were trying to remember what year "the cable guy" came out. >> blast from the past. >> there's a rising price, last year the typical family spent $61 a month -- actually, this year, last year it was a little less, 27% less, $47 last year. so you're paying more and you probably have more of these streamers, half of families have four or more. that's you, right? >> that's definitely me. >> and you think about it, i probably pay $15.99 for netflix, but i don't. that was 2019. those have gone up. now it's more like $22.99. you can see how the prices have been rising. >> by the way, 1996, "the cable guy" so thank you, ron, our executive producer.

when it comes to bundles, streaming different -- bundling them together, is that a solution? >> so i think the innovation over the next year will be the bundling up. so through your internet provider or phone provider, you'll have three that you'll be able to get together. together those three hopefully will be less than buying them separately. you're seeing content providers who are normally competitors getting together and putting bundles together. offering you one-stop shopping. one of the reasons is because 40% of families in the last six months have canceled one of these services. >> i get that. >> people have sticker shock. trying to figure out what iteration. the last two years has been new every single month with how we're handling all these streamers. password sharing and now you have ad tiers so you pay less. so there's a lot of innovation and change happening in the space. >> the problem for families, there's so many different types of content on different places.

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and do we know when sentencing happens? >> reporter: yeah, two words pretty common in the criminal/legal world, plea dale. mizuhara essentially was caught red handed, there were text messages admitting that he stole from ohtani and lied to banks to pay his bookie. he was looking at 33 years in federal prison for those charges. in taking a plea deal, his attorneys drew this up as he was being charged. if he worked with federal prosecutors, worked with obviously investigators that are looking at bigger fish in a much bigger pond, he's likely to get a lighter sentence. and so that's essentially why. meanwhile, we've heard from major league baseball, we've heard from ohtani. major league baseball now ending the investigation after this investigation into mizuhara, saying, in part, they were, based on the thoroughness of the federal investigation that was made public, the information the

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firefighters are still watching out for hotspots after an eight alarm fire destroyed an apartment complex that was under construction. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab is keeping a close eye on developments in redwood city. reporter a disaster it is, but fortunately, no injuries from the firefighters who were battling an eight alarm fire yesterday. it's not something that you hear of very often and no injuries as well from construction workers who were on site when the fire broke out just over 24 hours ago. now take a look at the destruction that was left behind. that was a six story building with more than 100 living units. it was supposed to be 100 living units. this is part of mercy housing's middlefield junction project, a total of 179 units between two buildings. building b is what went up in flames. building a, which consists of 75 units in a child care center that did not burn, that remains standing at this point. now, we heard from the fire marshal from menlo park

fire this morning. the cause of the fire is now being investigated. but they do believe the fire began on the fifth floor as construction workers were insulating units and working on sheetrock. it was open frame construction. it was the first floor is a podium. it's concrete. but then the next five floors was open framing and so we had wide open, you know, fuel, fuel loading. and then when you have air, it just allowed for it to have a pretty good free burn. we have also heard from the president of roberts, obayashi, the construction company responsible for this project, who says no hot work was being performed on site. they confirmed the fire began on the fifth floor, where their workers attempted to put the fire out with nearby fire extinguishers, but it grew too quickly and within three hours the entire building was gone. roberts obayashi says, while around 130 workers were on site, no one was injured. roberts ohbayashi, as well as mercy housing, have reiterated their commitment to finishing this project, which has been under

construction for over a year. but in the works for around a decade. today, work continues on ensuring the safety of what remains. this is video from last night of scaffolding being knocked down to mitigate the risk of it falling on nearby homes that will continue today. today, around 100 homes were initially evacuated and as of last update, only eight homes are still evacuated, but they are expected to be repopulated today. the fire marshal that we spoke with this morning says not during his time he has not seen a fire. an eight alarm fire during his time or in this district. so this is really something that's going down in the books in redwood city, ginger conejero saab nbc bay area news. thank you. ginger. let's talk about our weather now. we're going to turn up the heat by a lot. temperatures rising fast today. here's meteorologist kari hall. our temperatures today much hotter than it has been. and we're looking at the potential of a moderate heat risk. this is how

these temperatures will affect your health, especially due to long exposure or not having air conditioning. we're going to see a high of 92 in dublin today. and also up to 101 degrees in vacaville and fairfield mid to upper 90s for much of the north bay, even warming up in san francisco with a high of 81 degrees, will be in the upper 70s for san mateo and 85 in fremont, while in the south bay will be in the low 90s and some of our valley temperatures get even hotter for tomorrow. up to 97 degrees in morgan hill as well as some cooler temperatures ahead. we'll take a look at our 7-day forecast coming up. thanks, carrie. and he is staying with the niners running back christian mccaffrey has signed a two year extension which will keep him with the team through the 2027 season. he will reportedly earn an average of $19 million a year with this new deal. last season, mccaffrey was one of the best players in the nfl, winning the offensive player of the year award while leading the 40 niners to the

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stuffed with $120,000 in cash. according to the juror, a woman allegedly left the bag at her home with her father-in-law. she then promised more money if the juror would vote to acquit the defendants. the juror turned the cash over to police. the juror was serving on a case involved with seven people stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. police in nebraska say a 74-year-old woman was found alive at a funeral home hours after being pronounced dead at a nursing home. they say an employee was preparing the woman's body when they noticed she was still breathing. the woman was taken to a local hospital and later did die. police are investigating what happened at the nursing home. they say no criminal intent has been discovered. and talk about a cat fight. check out this video that appears to show a bobcat fighting a rattlesnake in the middle of the arizona desert. you can see the bobcat swatting

as the snake tries to slither into the bush. the wildcat strolled off with the snake in its mouth. firefighters in northern california have gained control of a massive wildfire raging east of san francisco. the corral fire burned more than 14,000 acres over the weekend. it is now about 90% contained. but with the first major heat wave of the year under way, the west is now bracing for triple digit temperatures. the heat warning comes after may marked 12 straight months of record-breaking global temperatures, and experts say there's a chance that this year will be even hotter than last year. nbc news meteorologist and national climate reporter chase cain joins me now. that's a lot of bad news that i just delivered. the u.s., along with everything i just said, also saw a record number of heat-related deaths last year. which states as we look at the summer are going to be dealing

with the worst of it? >> let me acknowledge that it's bad news, but talking about it is important because it lets people know that this is something that we should be talking about so that we can do something about it. but this ap analysis is striking because generally in the united states we don't do a great job of tracking heat-related deaths. when they dug into the data from 2023, they found at least 2,300 americans died from heat-related impacts. you'll see it's in the usual places, some of the places that are feeling heat waves right now. arizona, number one. texas and nevada close behind. but california -- >> the colors are the dark? >> basically you see arizona, nearly 1,000 deaths just last year in that one state. so, yeah, the southwest is sort of where it's centered. you also see the impacts as far north as wisconsin and new york. really, no one is isolated. >> it almost feels silly to ask, but is all of this related definitely to climate change? >> climate change is playing at the macro weather and in the details, in your community as

home. climate central, a nonprofit group we work with here at nbc, they kind of let us use some data that they're working with for the first time looking back at may temperatures. so may trended above average. may was the 12th month in a row of record-breaking global temperatures. and they're able to calculate where in the u.s. those temperatures were influenced by climate change. it's basically going to show you right along the gulf coast, from texas, around to florida. basically where you see the black dots is the easiest way to look at it. those are the places where climate change had the biggest influence on temperatures in may, and i talked with a climate scientist about why is this such a difficult problem to solve. >> it's just this subtle pressure that exists, and it sneaks up on you, it sneaks up on our cities around the country. even in a place like phoenix, if you're used to the heat, well, is the power on? can you afford to run the power to keep your air-conditioning

going? think about age as a risk. so the heat that i could deal with when i was 20, i'm not able to deal with it in the same way now that i'm 50. that's a big change we all have to deal with. >> one thing i would add quickly, people should start thinking what you might do if there's a heat wave and your power goes out. it's something that could happen. >> case cane, thank you so much. a potential breakthrough for people receiving organ transplants. doctors are trying to help transplant patients avoid the wide range of drugs they need to take following an implant. why it's such a game-changer. >> reporter: at just 30 years old, alex hernandez has faced a lifetime of health issues, fighting kidney problems since he was a baby. his childhood riddled with trips to the hospital. >> looking back, it was tough. i would sometimes cry, because,

like, why do i got to deal with all of this? all these other people are fine. >> reporter: in college, things took a turn for the worse. his kidneys failing, forcing him to go on dialysis. >> did you think, i may never get off of this? >> at one time i did. >> reporter: his only hope was a kidney transplant, but that would mean he would have to take the drugs the rest of his life. these drugs, which can be up to 30 pills a day, can have nasty side effects, including stomach problems, increased risk of cancer and infection and can damage the new organ. >> one of the major drugs that's purpose is to prevent the body from rejecting can harm the kidney itself? >> exactly. >> this is the medical director of the kidney transplant program in suburban chicago. he's trying to solve that problem by developing therapies to help with organ tolerance. >> can the body accept someone else's kidney without rejecting the kidney, i think the idea that you can be off of

anti-rejection drugs for the rest of your life, i think there's a lot of benefit. >> reporter: they may have found a way using stem cells taken from the donor. >> the stems cells basically reprogram your immune system and tell your immune system to recognize that this donor kidney is going to be part of your own. >> reporter: the cells get implanted after the new kidney, helping the patient's immune system and preventing it from attacking the new kidney and allowing the patient to stop taking all the drugs. a new phase three trial found after two years, almost 85% of patients were off all the anti-rejection meds. doctors are hopeful this could apply to other types of transplants. >> how do you feel? >> good. >> alex underwent his transplant three years ago. he's no longer on any immunosuppressant drugs. now a dental student, he has a second chance to live a full life. >> i'm able to work out, play

sports. i'm just grateful that i can do all those things now. >> reporter: in addition to opening this up to other types of transplants, doctors are hopeful to open it up to people years out of their transplant and those who didn't get an organ from a genetically related person. >> thank you so much. we live in a rapidly evolving interconnected digital world, and with new technologies like artificial intelligence, advancing so quickly, sometimes it can feel especially overwhelming for parents to keep up. that is the subject of an nbc news town hall, special town hall that i co-hosted with savannah sellers, digital parenting, raising the ai generation. here is a quick preview of one of our conversations. >> what should parents be talking about now with their kids and what should kids be talking about with their parents when it comes to ai? how do we start that conversation? >> it's really important and i don't think there's an age

that's too young to start this conversation, because ai is really all around them. so i think first and foremost, kids need to know that ai isn't your friend. it's a tool. >> joining me now is my partner for this town hall, nbc news now anchor savannah sellers. also with us, vice president of outreach and engagement at the nonprofit organization common sense media. merv joined us for the town hall as well. welcome to you both. savannah, let's start with you. what conversations with people expect to be prompted when they watch this special? >> absolutely. the first thing that we did, and kate, you were right there with me in this, was just explain this from the start. we found out that the most common question is just tell me everything. what are these different types and how can i try to get ahead of it. i think one on the things that we really tried to drill down on, maybe we haven't gotten so

ahead on social media with our kids, that's this cat that's out of the bag. we're going to dig in on the tensions that has created within homes, at dinner tables and with families. maybe we can do better of a job when it comes to ai, for parents to understand. a thing i liked learning was to learn alongside children and learn now. >> we have results from a cnbc poll that was done, a survey. parents were asked about the concerns and benefits of ai. it's split. they were asked do you think there are more risks or benefits associated with ai. 51% said more risks, 49% said more benefits. what does that tell you about the time we're living in and how do you encourage parents to learn about ai? >> it means that we're out of time. there's opportunity and there are challenges. we need to really identify when can these be really helpful opportunities for us to use these tools, when is it helpful, especially as we think about our kids' mental health and how this can drive opportunity or potentially make them recede back. as parents, the more we know, the more we can navigate what's best for not just us as a family, but the way we represent ourselves and the tools in our

communities. >> where do you come down on the more risk, benefit? >> i think right now because it's growing so fast, i think knowing that a lot of this hasn't been built with the well-being of our kids in mind, so there's a lot on us as parents and as community people to really think critically about, all right, if we're going to use this, how can we maximize it and understand what it's doing so we can try to walk away and stay away from some of the harmful areas, because that's happening naturally, unfortunately. it's easier to do it. >> being drawn in, too. >> exactly. >> savannah, i loved the conversation you have in part of the special with a group of parents and kids, teens, who are not related, and they all sit down with you. tell the audience what stood out to you about that conversation. >> absolutely. so it was not parents and their teens. it was just parents and then teens meeting for the first time in this conversation. we did that on purpose to try to foster an environment where teens could be honest and parents can be honest and not feel like they were talking about something negative going

on in their own home. one of my favorite things was hearing from a young woman who said the guardrails her parents put on her and her phone, social media, time spent on her phone, reading messages, she really did not like that at the time. she knows now, a few years later, she thinks it totally changed her experience in the most positive way. the special moment was a parent withholding screens from her kids who is hearing about that quite a bit, day-to-day in the home. she said, i can't tell you how much it means to hear you say that. maybe i'm doing the right thing. it's an interesting conversation that got them all thinking, even the kids, they said they went home and talked to their parents differently about spending time together off screens. >> i guess every parent wants to know, how do we instill the best possible safety and behavior of our kids when it comes to ai and social media? how do we teach them? >> sure, i think the number one thing is having these conversations daily. not just waiting for when

there's a problem or an issue. i heard this thing, have you heard of that, what do you think, how do you feel about that, what did you experience today when you were using whatever tool you like? was there anything that gave you pause? and then really being able to role model that when you run into an issue. it's not like we're going to cut it all away but help you navigate when issues do come up. it's about building agency and getting them to think critically. that's the best we can do for our kids. we're not going to be able to be there at every point. if we can help them transfer skills and that critical thinking, that's the best we can do. >> and not be scared if they say something to you, you're not going to be immediately like, i'm taking it away. >> that's the path to being done secretly and then without you being able to intervene. i'm not a parent, but learning from this conversation. >> so much more tonight. savannah sellers, merv, thank you both. we invite all of you to watch digital parenting, raising the ai generation. it streams tonight at 9:00 p.m.

eastern time on nbc news now. it will also be streaming on peacock. up next, we're speaking with a doctor about an issue that millions of men

in today's daily health, we're focusing on male infertility, a condition that

affects a man's ability to conceive with their female partner. research shows that about half of infertility cases stem from male partners. in fact, some studies find that male infertility affects up to 15% of u.s. men trying to start a family. joining me is dr. lucky sekhon, a double board certified ob-gyn. what are some of the main causes of male infertility? >> so it can be a sperm production problem, and that's often because of problems like hormonal imbalance, genetic disorders. then you can have issues where the sperm production is just fine, but it's more about the sperm delivery. there can be obstructions because of trauma, surgery, scar tissue because of prior infections. >> and i see cancer treatments on the list, too. >> definitely. there can be medical treatments that could make it impossible to make more sperm moving forward. >> i think most of us are more

familiar with female infertility. what about for men, what are the risk factors? >> there's a large list, and sometimes it's genetic causes that aren't modifiable. but there's a huge lifestyle component as well. we know that being overweight can lead to an overpredominance of estrogen and that balance is thrown out of whack and that could reduce sperm production. smoking is a big one, and that includes vaping. excess alcohol intake. and then, like you've said, there can be medications that people are taking that directly can affect fertility. >> and age as well? >> yes, that's a common misconception. a lot of people think the biological clock only affects women. we know that advanced paternal age is a real thing and men in their late 40s and beyond can have lower sperm parameters. more importantly, over time they

can accumulate mutations in their sperm dna that can be passed to future generations. >> what can men do to help reduce those risks? what about diet? >> diet is a huge factor. it's part of lifestyle. we know that reducing the amount of processed foods, processed meats, red meat, adapting more close to a mediterranean-style diet, these things can make a difference because men, unlike women, men are making new sperm all the time. every 72 days there's regeneration so there's room for improvement. >> is there a test for men where you can test fertility the way they do for women? >> yeah, it's actually quite simple and cheap. it's called a semen analysis where we collect a sample and look at it under the microscope and it can tell us about sperm concentration, the percent of the sample that's moving in a forward direction and the percent of the sample that is shaped normally and looks normal under the microscope. >> is that a common thing to ask for?

should men and their partners feel open about saying to a doctor, hey, maybe we should test? >> absolutely. i think all too often it's delayed and it's low-hanging fruit. it's such an easy test to have done. as you mentioned earlier, half of cases of couples going through infertility have a male factor. so it can delay timely diagnosis and treatment if you don't get that test done from the get-go. >> there is this perception that it's more the women that are in charge of fertility and it's just not the case. >> no, it takes two. >> exactly, it takes two to have children. doctor, thank you so much. really appreciate you being here. dr. lucky sekhon, good to be with you. much more news ahead much more news ahead you're. w when anyone in this house wears white, it doesn't stay white for long. white? to soccer? i'm not gonna slide tackle. but now with tide oxi white, we can clean our white clothes without using bleach. it even works on colors. i slide tackled. i see that. tide oxi white. [tense music] one aleve works all day

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