hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and, of course, all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, the gloves came off at a fiery debate in las vegas. democratic candidates took aim at the newest person on stage as the clock ticks to super tuesday. the u.s. president is said to appoint a man with zero intelligence experience to be the acting spy chief. and as passengers continue to leave the "diamond princess," we will talk to a couple now under quarantine in texas. well, the most contentious u.s. presidential debate so far put two democratic front-runners on the defensive for much of the night underscoring the high stakes of the upcoming caucuses, the six candidates leveled fierce attacks on each other. the target from the start was

former new york mayor michael bloomberg in his first debate appearance. now, bloomberg has been accused fd trying to buy the presidency with his $400 million ad campaign. he also faced attacks on his support for the controversial stop and frisk police policy and a history of sexist comments in cases that were sealed with n nondisclosure agreements. >> we are giving a voice to people who are saying we are sick and tired of billionaires like mr. bloomberg seeing huge expansions of their wealth while a half a million people sleep out on the street tonight. >> i actually welcomed mayor bloomberg to the stage. i thought he shouldn't hide behind his tv ads. >> i'd like to talk about who we're running against, a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horseface lesbians and, no, i'm not talking about donald trump, i'm talking about mayor bloomberg. we are not going to beat donald

trump with a man who has who knows how many nondisclosure agreements and the drip, drip, drip of stories of women saying they have been harassed and discriminated against. >> it's easy. all the mayor has to do is you are released from the n nondisclosure agreement, period. >> let's put forward somebody who is actually a democrat. look. >> well, front-runner bernie sanders' medicare for all proposal was challenged as well as his electability. thomas gift joins us from palo alto in california. he is here and good to have you with us. six democratic presidential candidates came out swinging in this ninth debate with all eyes on front-runner bernie sanders but a lot of interest in newcomer michael bloomberg who many accuse of buying his way onto the stage.

who were the winners and losers just day as head of the critical nevada caucuses? >> yeah, so i'll mention two candidates who i thought were winners. first sanders delivered another solid performance. contentwise very similar to what we've heard before but i thi hed also effectively centered his comments on why he thinks he's the bes to mobilize the base and beat trump. that focus on electability is what sanders needed to keep the momentum going in nevada. the polls show he has a sizable lead but still vulnerable to charges about whether a democratic socialist is electable. i also think elizabeth warren had one of her better debates tonight and got into quite a few attacks against bloomberg over some of his problems as -- in his record as a mayor and also some of these sexist comments that he's made toward women. losers i think we have to talk about, michael bloomberg. >> yeah, absolutely. and i do want to listen again to

what elizabeth warren had to say about michael bloomberg. let's just bring that up. >> i'd like to talk about who we're running against. a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horsefaced lesbians and, no, i'm not talking about donald trump. i'm talking about mayor bloomberg. >> it was certainly warren's big moment and bloomberg didn't prepare properly prepared to respond on his past actions, words and how surprise were you by his inability to strike back and what might that mean goinged into forward, do you think. >> i couldn't agree with you more. bloomberg didn't seem to be in midseason form, i'll put it this way. this is it his first debate so maybe that's to be expected but had to anticipate some of these attacks were coming on stop and frisk and some comments he allegedly made toward women taken while i wasn't surprised by the content of some of his answers, i was struck by how

unconvincing his delivery was. to this point bloomberg really has been able to define his own image through advertisement, these public appearances, but tonight was the first time he got pushback and from all angles. i'm not sure he was 100% ready for prime time. just one debate, of course, but i don't think this is exactly how bloomberg wanted to debut on stage in these debates. >> yeah, he seemed low energy. he had been practicing but this was the result apparently and, of course, if bernie sanders continues to move ahead and gain enough support to win the democratic nomination, can he bring enough american voters on board to beat donald trump or would his nomination guarantee another term in office for trump? >> well, i do think you have to say sanders is the front-runner at this point and had ex-is lent showings in new hampshire and iowa and in nevada has a strong

lead it appears so one aspect of this race that hasn't gotten that much attention is that, you know, there's a chance that a lot of the moderates, bloomberg, biden, klobuchar, buttigieg and so on, they're splitting the centrist vote so that gives sanders a lot of leeway in this race because warren is essentially the only candidate who is seriously contending against him on the progressive link so testimony be interesting to see if moderate voters rally around one of these centrist candidates and make it a two-way race. i do think there is a lot of concern within democratic elite circles that a self-styled democratic socialist can get the voting required to beat donald trump. of course, sanders is countering by saying he's the individual who is most likely to, you know, galvanize support among that base so huge tensions within the democratic party. i think reasonable arguments could be made on both side.

>> yeah, absolutely, of course, this is make or break for some of these campaigns. who out of the six presidential hopefuls we saw on that debate stage will go on to survive the next part of this long journey and who will need to bail out? >> well, that's a really good question. i think a lot depends on what happens in nevada as well as south carolina. i will say that i think one candidate who really needs to do well in both of those states is joe biden. of course, he was a front-runner early on. he had a disappointing two showings in iowa and new hampshire. he tried to downplay expectations in those two states but at some point you really she had to show you're in the top tier of candidates so a recent poll from nevada from last week had him in second place there at about 18% compared to sanders' 25%. i think biden is hoping for a respectable showing in nevada, get a little bit of momentum going and then focus on winning south carolina from there. you know, he has a lead in south

carolina but that has dwindled of late. but i think he's hoping to get that momentum back and we'll see if he can. >> yeah, we'll keep watching. thomas, many thanks to you for sharing your perspective. cnn will host two town halls thursday evening, tune in to hear from democratic candidates joe biden and elizabeth warren at 8:00 and 9:00 eastern respectively right here on cnn. don't miss it. well, president donald trump has named a staunch loyalist to be the acting director of national intelligence and it's drawing harsh criticism including from inside the administration. president trump announced wednesday he named richard grenell, the ambassador to germany, as the acting spy chief. one former senior intelligence official tells cnn that current senior officials felt blindsided by it and more concerns are being voiced over his lack of

intelligence-related experience and close ties with the president. >> it's very unlikely that this acting director is going to say anything that con virginia convenients the world view of president trump. and that's not good over time when, you know, the actual intelligence -- the assessments are suppressed in favor of not irritating the president and not contravening his world view and that's bad for the safety and security of the country. >> in the coming hours president trump's longtime adviser roger stone will learn his fate. a federal judge will sentence stone on seven counts of lying to congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. the accusations arose from the investigation into russian interference with the 2016 election. prosecutors originally called for up to nine years in prison.

but just last week, attorney general william barr recommended a more lenient sentence which called barr's motives into question. president trump isn't telling if he would pardon his close ally saying we're going to see what happens. a lot to discuss and michael shear is a cnn political analyst and white house correspondent for "the new york times" joins us. thanks for being with us. >> certainly. >> so president trump named his ambassador to germany, richard grenell, as his next acting intelligence chief and while grenell is certainly a staunch loyalist, he doesn't have any intelligence-related experience. does that not matter anymore or does loyalty trump experience? >> look, i think certainly in this administration loyalty is almost everything. the president has shown that both in terms of the people that he does want around him but also the people he doesn't want around him, right? the recent purges we saw that

the present did people who had testified against him during the impeachment inquiry sug ridding his administration of people around him who he doesn't think are loyal and rick grenell is one of those people who, you know, has never strayed an inch from the trump agenda, the trump rhetoric while in office serving in germany but also just as an online presence before that. so i think this appears to be a reward for that kind of loyalty and i think, you know, it is designed putting him in as acting dni, head of the intelligence services mean he doesn't have to submit rick grenell's name to the senate for confirmation where, frankly, i think there would be a great deal of skepticism. you know, largely along the lines that you suggest which is he doesn't have the kind of deep experience and intelligence

matters that such people -- the people who fill such positions normally have. >> interestingly even some trump allies are unnerved by president trump's grenell pick. what does that signal to you? >> well, look, i mean, you know, there have been moments when even president trump's allies have expressed misgivings or concerns about a decision that the president has suggested -- has either made or suggested he's going to make. what rarely happens though is the follow-through from that. you usually what has generally seemed to happen is a sense that some of the allies expressed some consternation but in the end they sort of fall in line and, you know, do what the president wants or at least don't express enough misgivings that anything actually changes. what you're likely to see here given the fact there is no senate confirmation required is you're likely to see rick grenell to be put into this

position and the critics are going to sort of fade away. >> yeah, and we also know, of course, that donald trump's buddy, roger stone will be sentenced in a matter of hours now on tuesday the president pardoned a number of friends and felons. was that to set the scene for another pardon this time, of course, for roger stone? >> look, we're all in washington we're all waiting for that shoe to drop, right? is president trump going to pardon roger stone? that would be an amazing assertion of presidential authority essentially on the basis of a personal relationship for a friend of his. you know, the pardons that he issued over the last day or so, many of them were for people who, you know, are sort of in his kind of broad category of friends and business associates who, you know, who had

recommended to him here's the people that we want, we think that you should pardon and didn't go through the normal justice department vetting process. it didn't sort of follow the normal usual rules the presidents do and so i mean i think -- i think it at least suggests what we've already known which is the president doesn't follow those normal rules and if he continues to do that pattern he may well decide to pardon roger stone. >> finally what, is the back story to suggestions that attorney general bill barr was considering resigning over president trump's effort to undermine him on twitter in relation to the roger stone sentencing and making his job harder? is that real or distraction? >> you know, i don't think we quite know. the people inside the justice department suggest that, you know, the attorney general has in fact considered it. publicly they're saying he is not about to resign. i think what we don't know is

whether this is really a tipping point for bill barr that he's ready to resign potentially if the president keeps tweeting about the department in a way that he doesn't think is proper or whether the attorney general is sort of trying to send signals to the president that say, look, i'm doing what you want me to do. stop making my life harder, stop making your life harder by putting me in this position and i think there's some evidence to suggest that at least part of it is trying -- is him trying to send that message to the president and we'll see if it works. >> michael shear, always great to talk with you. thank you. >> sure. happy to. >> and we'll take a short break here. when we come back after one coronavirus quarantine in japan, some americans have to do it all over again in the united states. two he vac whys from the "diamond princess" cruise ship share their experiences. we're back in a moment.

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well, china says the number of new cases from the novel

coronavirus keeps dropping but it could be because the country has once again changed its counting methods. officials reported 394 more infections across the mainland on wednesday. most of them from hubei province. that's about 1300 fewer than the day before. now, the reason for the drop could be because china no longer counts clinically diagnosed patients or people who showed symptoms even if they tested negative for the disease. worldwide the virus has infected more than 75,000 people and killed at least 2100. on wednesday, iran for the first time reported two deaths from the outbreak. meantime, japan says two passengers from a quarantined cruise ship have also died and this comes as officials are now allowing people to disembark and return home.

wee we are live in fochina. what more are you learning from them? >> these are the first two confirmed cases of the coronavirus on that cruise ship that have resulted in deaths. the japanese health ministry has come out and said these are two people they tested positive for the coronavirus last week. they're both in their 80s, a man and woman and both from japan here but at this point not much else is known. we actually -- one other bit of information, both did have pre-existing conditions. another bit of information as far as new developments coming out today from this quarantined cruise ship two government officials working on the cruise ship have tested positive for the coronavirus as well and this speaks to the, you know, what health officials have come out and said is a failed quarantine

on the ship. when you look at the numbers, more than 600 confirmed cases and when you look at the entire country of japan there's only 68 additional cases on -- in japan itself not associated with the cruise ship and when you look at those numbers and think about the mortality rate only two people have died so far but there's roughly 2.3% mortality rate when it comes to this coronavirus and so all those people on the cruise ship, the number is very small right now but there is a potential for further loss of life, rosemary. >> yeah, totally understood. of course, also a lot of concern on the part of medical experts and others, the testing and releasing many of these passengers and scending them home now could potentially spread the coronavirus even further because there are no tests put in place to sort of check and keep tabs on them. what's being said about that? >> reporter: well, that's what is really scary. you have all of these people, another 500 people that are

supposed to be disembarking from the cruise ship today. they're leaving essentially with a clean bill of health. a certificate that says they've tested negative for the virus. they've essentially done their quarantine and can go anywhere in japan and do whatever they want. that being said the cdc on their website says that when it comes to testing in the early stages of the infection you can actually be tested and come back with a negative test result even, in fact, you do have the virus and that is what infectious disease experts are so scared of. you have this quarantine on this ship where you have people walking around daily today the captain came over the intercom and said that the people that are still on board will have two to three opportunities to mill around the ship. the only requirements they have is wear a mask, stay a meter away from other passengers and

not congregate into groups but there is no green zone, red zone, clean zone, infected zone to know where the virus could or may or may not be and so the potential for people who are disembarking to potentially contract this virus and take it out into the general population is pretty high and that is what is so scary, rosemary. >> yeah, why it's so confounded they have decided to do this. blake essig, thanks for bringing us up to date, appreciate it. my next guests, sheryl and pal paul malesski were stuck on the "diamond princess." thanks for joining us after a terrible ordeal. >> thank you. >> now, how are you coping under this second quarantine period? how difficult has this been? >> well, we are doing pretty

well. it's a couple days after our flight which was very difficult and we're starting to settle into our new routine and the rules and the food and the things that we have to do here to maintain our comfortable -- as possible style and so on. >> what is that new routine? >> well, actually -- >> getting over jetlag mainly. >> but also, you know, eating three times a day, contacting our family and friends, which we do a lot more often now that we're here. talking to people on our comments on our youtube channel, doing some interviews, just things like that. trying to exercise, walk outside a little bit. >> wonderful. well, i have to say, i mean you both look absolutely fantastic and most of us have seen the videos that you talk documents

live under quarantine on the "diamond princess." when you look back, what was the hardest part of that quarantine experience? >> really the hardest part is the uncertainty of every day. you just don't know what's going to happen next and you don't know if they'll come knocking on your door to take you to the hospital because you have coronavirus or you don't know how you're going to get home. i think those were the biggest things. we just had to really go with the flow day to day. >> japanese authorities, they kept you all on board that ship in what most experts say was a failed quarantine. so what did you both think when you saw passengers tested then released off that ship wednesday and sent out to various communities with no follow-up and no quarantine like you're going through now as a second wave? >> well, really we weren't even aware of that but the americans that got on the plane, they

really had tested us other than a questionnaire and taking our temperature. and, you know, we know now the covid-19 can be asymptomatic so really we feel that we were exposed to the virus while we were on the plane ride. >> one of the preliminaries on the ship was getting enough water in some instances, wasn't it, and getting that even flow of food? you mentioned in the second quarantine you get three meals a day and getting the nice clean water. >> yeah, in the beginning it was a little rough because they hadn't really done that before, think about delivering food to 3,000 cabins, you know, or people and it's difficult. so it took them a couple of days to get it down but really it worked out pretty well as time went on. >> the tough anything on the ship was for a lot of those crew member, they were going from passenger to passenger handing out towels and various other items and in some instances exposing themselves to the

coronavirus and perhaps passing it along as well because now we hear that it can stay alive for nine days on any surface. it's a little worrying, isn't it? >> wow. wow. >> we didn't know that. >> we didn't know that. that's why our room here after the plane ride we dropped -- we had an area where we could take off all our clothes. leave our bags, everything, dirty and go into a shower and go into a clean area of the room and felt so terrible at that point that we had so many germs on us that that's exactly what we did and i'm glad we did that now that we know it lasts for nine days. >> cheryl and paul molesky, thanks for sharing your experience and documenting it so we got to understand what you went through throughout that quarantine period and now in a second one and we wish you the very best. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll keep documenting.

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welcome back, everyone. i'm rosemary church. u.s. democratic presidential candidates took sharp aim at each other in a fiery debate in las vegas on wednesday. former new york mayor michael bloomberg was the first target in his debate debut. he was accused of trying to buy the presidency with his multimillion dollar ad campaign and he was challenged on sexist

comments in cases against his company that were settled with n nondisclosure agreements. rifl rifle -- rivals attacked bernie sanders. sanders' health has also become an issue. his campaign traded barbs with bloomberg's about each man's heart health. ryan nobles with the details. >> reporter: bernie sanders is facing new questions over his health. >> i feel very good. thank you. >> reporter: after suffering a heart attack sanders pledged to release medical records before the primary. in late december he released three letters from doctors that included a summary of his health and test results. at tuesday night's town hall he said that's as far as he plans to go. >> just to be clear you don't plan to release any more records. >> reporter: after telling cnn this in october just days after his heart attack. >> at the appropriate time all of our medal records are public

for you or anyone else who wants to see them. >> reporter: a spokeswoman saying additional requests are unfair. >> what you're seeing right now is reminiscent of some of the kind of smear, kind of skepticism campaigns that have been run against a lot of different candidates in the past. >> reporter: then going further by distorting michael bloomberg's past heart issues. >> it's really telling given that none of the same concern is being demonstrated for michael bloomberg who is the same age at bernie sanders who has suffered heart attacks in the past. >> reporter: that's not true. bloomberg underwent a coronary stent replacement for a blocked artery but did not have a heart attack. his campaign firing back calling the statement a lie and saying facts matter. this isn't the way we defeat donald trump in november. sanders' press secretary later tweeting she misspoke, both are 78 and would be the oldest president ever elected to a first term. bloomberg released a letter from his doctor in december saying he was, quote, in outstanding health with, quote, no medical

concerns present or looming that would prevent him from serving as president of the united states and sanders' doctors letter says he is in good health currently and that engaging vigorously in the rigors of your campaign without any lemmtation. >> you think i'm not in good health. come on out with me on the campaign trail and i'll let you introduce me to the three or four rallies a day we do. >> reporter: we asked dr. sanjay gupta as to what he thought about the transparency from the sanders' campaign. he said while sanders did not release full medical records these letters do give us quite a bit of incite into his health and recovery from the heart attack and said letters like these are pretty standard forms of communication between doctors and their patients. >> ryan nobles with that report. a gunman suspected of going on a deadly shooting spree in germany has been found dead in

his apartment. police believe he was responsible for two attacks killing ten people in a small town east of frankfort wednesday night. cnn's nic robertson joins me from london. nic, what more are you learning about the shooting rampage and the circumstances leading up to these two attacks? >> i think one of the significant things here, this is very unusual for germany. the last time there was a killing rampage like this it was four or five years ago, 2016. we know that the frankfort police, much bigger sister about ten miles, 16 kilometers away the police have now taken over the investigation. one of the people who was killed was found at the property of the gunman himself. it's not clear who that person with him who was dead was, but it certainly is building a picture about the person behind the attack and don't know much

more about them than this, however, we can begin to perhaps build a park bit of a picture from the locations that he chose to attack. two locations, shisha bars and what we understand to be an immigrant neighborhood in the town so it does appear although there are plenty of, you know, germans not immigrants who would hang out in these places as well. there is perhaps an element of targeting there. we don't know. nine people in total killed at those two different locations but i think the motivation is going to be key here and what we know from cnn's affiliate rtl in germany that they're quoting the police saying that this gunman left behind a written message and a video. i think we can reasonably expect that there will be clues to the reason for the attack in that

letter and in that video but at the moment we don't know what they are and it's really speculation to know what motivated him but this by any stretch in germany a terrible deadly attack. something the spokesperson for the chancellor angela merkel has spoken about today in very sad and sympathetic terps. >> a tragedy, nic robertson bringing us the details, we will, of course, continue to follow that story and bring details to our viewers. we'll take a short break. still to come, america's top diplomat is in saudi arabia for high level talks. topping the agenda, the ongoing tensions with iran. we'll have a live report just ahead. you're doing more to keep your body healthy for the future. shouldn't your toothpaste do the same for your mouth? future proof your whole mouth with new crest pro/active defense. its active defense technology neutralizes bacteria to shield against potential issues. crest.

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secretary of state mike pompeo is in saudi arabia right now. soon he will meet with saudi leaders to discuss ongoing tensions with iran.

pompeo says the u.s. is willing to talk to iran if certain conditions are met. it was just over six weeks ago that a u.s. drone strike in baghdad killed iran's top military commander. more than 100 u.s. troops suffered mild brain injuries days later when iran retaliated with a missile strike on iraqi military bases. so let's bring in cnn's sam kylie. what is expected to come out of mike pompeo's meeting with saudi leaders and how likely is it that we'll see talks between the u.s. and iran? >> well, to answer your second question first, rosemary, very, very unlikely, indeed. the position of the united states or the policy of the united states is one of confrontation and containment as laid out a few months ago by none other than mike pompeo. that means that from the american perspective, it's not

until the united states very publicly and verifiably abandons every effort to develop any kind of nuclear weapons program which, of course, was supposed to have been agreed that it would suspend that process or suspend its trajectory as part of the jcpoa that the united states walked away from and on top of that they want to see the iranians stop the destabilization programs they have around the world, support for hezbollah, houthis in the yemen and its destabilizing activities inside iraq and, indeed, attacks on american targets in iraq, which have been blamed on iranian backed military so in that context the iranians who have an election later on this week need tomorrow are taking a hard line in response to the united states but then to look at what they may get out of this pompeo/saudi

visit it's part of the ongoing reassurance campaign shoring up that very critical strategic alliance from position of both sides in the face of what the iranians have demonstrated is quite potent potential military power, those missiles that rain down with very great accuracy into the iraqi camp, iraqi air base with an american camp inside it where it was devastating and really has shaken the united states in terms of demonstrating homegrown iraqi technical capable. >> sam, many thanks. speaking of iran as president rouhani grapples with pressure iranian voters gearing up to go to the polls friday to choose a new parliament. but as cnn's fred pleitgen explains there is plenty of disillusionment.

>> reporter: campaigning iranian style. one of the main conservative candidates at a rally in a mosque south of tehran. the biggest issue is the tough economic situation and the trump administration's maximum sanctions. in the islamic revolution led by america when, they feel our power when, they feel they're in danger, then they pursue a fight against our religion, our beliefs and traditions which are the basis of the islamic revolution, he said. not far away the moderates try to rally their troops but their popularity has shrunk has iran's economic turmoil deepens. one of the leaders say they want to try to end iran's economic isolation. "fighting the roots of corruption, promoting civil liberties and expanding social participation of the people in their destiny as well as developing relations with the world," he says. but moderates around president

rouhani are under fire as the trump administration's pullout from the iran nuclear agreement and campaign of maximum pressure have battered the country's economy. in november, protests over a fuel price hike caused a harsh reaction and the recent killing by the u.s. of top iranian general suleimani and iran's counterattack firing missiles at installations nearly brought the two countries to war. iran continues to face international backlash after it accide accidentally shot down a ukrainian commercial airliner killing all those on board during the standoff. voter turnout will be a major factor to watch after thousands of candidates, many of them moderates were disqualified from running by iran's guardian council. at a press conference i questioned the spokesman for the council about the issue. can you explain a little more

the process that you go through when vetting and also disqualifying candidates for this election? tropical depression the candidates should meet the standards of a certain age and agree and also should not have crime reports such as corruption and bad reputation. >> reporter: iran's leadership started a pr campaign urging people to come out and cast their ballots. as they battle voter apathy from a public that faces hardships. fret pleitgen, cnn, tehran. next on cnn newsroom, once a beautiful family, now a grieving family as more women die in childbirth in the u.s. than in less developed countries. a search for answers just ahead. keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

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want answers. >> reporter: little boys playing, watched over by a mom they're too young to remember. keira johnson's husband, charles, hasn't stopped remembering. he's still grieving, still angry from that night in hospital. >> i can see the cathter and her bed side turning pink with blood. >> reporter: they told him it would be a routine sesarian. >> this woman looked me directly in my eyes and said sir, your wife just isn't a priority right now. it wasn't until 12:30 the next morning they finally made the decision to take keira back to surgery. >> reporter: he says he was continually ignored by staff as keira's health continued to suffer. >> when they took her back to surgery there, were 3.5 meters

of blood in her abdomen from where she had been allowed to bleed internally almost ten hours. >> they said they couldn't respond directly because of privacy laws. but that ceders-sinai -- this is video she recorded teaching her first born son to teach mandarin. she could fly planes and sky dive, seem under vincible to her family, which is why her death is so much harder to npds. >> i realized oh, my gosh, we're in the midst of a maternal mortality crisis that is shameful on a global scale. >> reporter: the charity, every mother counts, started by

christy turlingten works across the world on maternal health and the u.s. approximately 700 women in the u.s. die each year. globally, it's stark. more mothers die in child birth in america than iran, turkey, even kazakhstas. lindsey dario is a pulitzer prize winning photographer who has documented death in child birth around the world. >> it's almost more heartbreaking because i think when i go to war i know what to expect. >> what she did not expect to find was at the her own birth place, america, is failing their mothers. >> when i go to the united states, i see these little scenes of heartbreak. i just can't believe they're happening in my own country.

it's almost harder. sglrk >> reporter: many of their deaths are because of an unequal health care system and systemic racism. it's not only effecting poor, sick moms but college-educated african-american women. >> we know there may be issues in terms of institutional racesism, a well-educated african-american women has a five-fold risk of death compared to a white woman with less than a high school education. >> there's a failure and a disconnect for those responsible for the lives to see them and value them in the same way they would their mothers, daughters, sisters. >> now part of an unnecessarily large fraternity of american whose have lost partners in child birth, he's pushing for raising awareness and trying to hold doctors and hospitals accountable.

>> if i can simply do something to make sure i send other mothers home with their precious babies, then it's all worth it. >> reporter: and he's raising his sons, teaching them about their mother. >> i try to wake up every day and make mommy proud. >> this is so good. >> reporter: cnn, atlanta. >> good job. >> it is a shocking story. and before we go, some extraordinary video. having a brain tumor removed is scary, of course. imagine what it must be like to do this. musician dagmar turner played the violin during surgery. she feared it would effect her hand movements. so they had her play while she

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