hello everyone and good morning. it is saturday, february 18th. i'm amara walker. >> great to be with you for another hour, amara. i'm boris sanchez.

you're live in the krrn "newsroom." vice president kamala harris says the evidence is clear outlining crimes against humanity she says that russia has committed in the invasion of ukraine. >> the vice president making the declaration before world leaders at the munich security conference today. she recounted some of the atrocities russia has committed in its war against ukraine. li listen. >> think of the images of bucca. civilians shot in cold blood, their bodies left in the street. the photograph of the man who was riding his bike. think of the 4-year-old girl who the united nations recently reported was sexually assaulted

by a russian soldier. a 4-year-old child! >> harris also reiterated the commitment the united states has made and the west has made to ukraine in its support. >> again, the united states will continue to strongly support ukraine, and we will do so for as long as it takes. let's bring in cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson in unique and senior national security correspondent alex marquardt on the ground in kyiv. nic, we heard vice president saying there's no doubt, she laid out evidence that russia committed crimes against humanity. she vowed that those responsible will be held to account. of course, bringing justice, not as easy as it sounds. >> reporter: it's not as easy as it sounds. those who perhaps might be caught first and held to account

will be the troops on the front lines because they're more likely to fall into the hands of the ukrainian military. some of them are giving up on the fight and going to the ukrainian side. others will be captured through the course of the war. they can expect to face not only the foenl for justice in ukraine. a lot of prisoners get exchanged at the moment. there's the potential that can be upscaled to an international forum. certainly european nations are working to build the capacity and capability to do that. they're pointing toward the hague and the netherlands as the venue for that. a lot more work needs to be done. it's clear that's where the momentum is going. of course, for the leadership, those that stay inside russia are very likely to be picked up, which also would raise the question for president putin, should he ever decide to back down in this war and try to flee the country and get out, it perhaps shuts down opportunities there for him to flee russia. i don't think anyone is really expecting him to do that.

now he knows that he will potentially here face accountability for those crimes. >> nic, staying with you, i understand that along with vice president harris, there's a large contingent of u.s. lawmakers, a large number of congresspeople at the security conference, trying to send a united message about continued support for ukraine. here in the united states, polling has indicated a dip in that support. do you think there's a consensus at least internationally that there needs to be continued support for ukraine? >> reporter: the united states internationally is perceived here as a very necessary and essential part of the alliance that supports ukraine, that props up the right -- >> it appears as though we have

lost nic. we're having some technical difficulties there. let's pivot over to alex marquardt who is live for us from kyiv. alex, these remarks from vice president harris coming at a pivotal point in putin's invasion of ukraine. >> all right. it looks like we lost both unfortunately. we got the gist of what's been happening. nic robertson and alex marquardt, appreciate you at least coming up. lawmakers from both parties are attending the munich security conference as boris was just mentioned. we spoke with democratic congressman jim himes about vice president harris' speech and efforts to hold russia accountable for crimes against humanity. here is what he said. >> the real specificity and strength with which the vice president made the case that russia is committing crimes against humanity, it really serves two purposes. it's hard to explain what the

atmosphere is like here. the free world has gathered in munich right now. of course, there's a hunger for justice given the images that continue to come out of ukraine. the other thing that's really important about this, from the private on the battlefield right up to the masters in the kremlin, they need to understand that this ends with them in handcuffs, that this ends with them being held accountable as the vice president said, for these crimes against humanity. that may serve the effect of creating a little bit of tension within russian ranks. >> again, that was congressman jim himes in munich speaking to amara this morning. we want to go back out to alex marquardt. it sounds like we've been able to iron out some of these technical issues. alex, we were trying to get a bigger context of the timing of this speech, the timing of the munich security conference in light of this renewed russian offensive into ukraine. what's the significance of the moment? >> reporter: well, boris,

there's a huge amount of symbolism with us marking the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine in just a couple days' time. it comes at a very pivotal moment on the ground with both ukrainians expected to soon carry out a new counteroffensive and the early stages of a new russian offensive we believe is beginning to build. now, it is not going very well for the russians on the ground, but that doesn't mean they've stopped trying to hit and hurt ukraine from the skies. of course, we've seen week after week of huge missile salvos being targeted all across the country. just today, a smaller one for cruise missiles fired into ukraine from the black sea. two, we understand, were intercepted. there were two strikes in a southwestern city including one on a military target. so russia does continue to try to hit ukraine both on the ground and in the air. we've heard a number of top

ukrainian officials including president zelenskyy renew their calls for more weapons. boris and amara, not just more weapons, but more weapons faster. president zelenskyy saying that time is of the essence here, speed is key to prevent russia from using their potential. that's a reference to the fact that they still have a huge amount of weaponry and men in reserve despite the fact that they have been suffering quite significantly on the ground. in terms of weaponry, we also just heard the foreign minister renew the call for fighter jets. fighter jets is something we've heard ukrainian officials call for time and time again. went earn countries, nato countries not saying they're going to do that any time soon. the u.k. has committed to training some pilots. if ukraine were to get fighter jets, that is likely a couple years off, but ukraine's foreign minister saying he's quite confident that eventually at some point, they will be getting

those fighter jets. more immediately, in terms of that counteroffensive, the u.s. and others would like to see ukraine shift its focus from the fight in bakhmut, the eastern part of the country, which has been so fierce for the past few months and carry out a counteroffensive in the south. that's why we've seen the u.s. donating, contributing these armored vehicles over the past few weeks as well as a new training program for hundreds of ukrainian troops at a u.s. base in germany. boris and amara. >> multiple fronts in the eastern part and southern part of that country under attack. alex marquardt, thank you for the update from kyiv. more international news. we're following a developing story out of north korea. south korean officials saying the north launched at least one missile into the waters off the peninsula. >> cnn's will ripley joining us live with more. i know japanese and south korean officials always monitoring the situation. what do we know? >> reporter: this is different.

north korea last year was launching barrages of short range missiles, cruise missiles. this was suspected to be an icbm. it's the second time they've launched one in the last -- well, not since november have they actually launched one. what is that? six months. it's not happening as frequently. when north korea does launch these, they travel very high. talking almost 1,000 kilometers up. even though it splashed down in the waters near japan, so it didn't travel a very long distance along the ground, it essentially went up close to space or near space as we've been talking about, 60 miles or so up. then it comes down so close to japan that they actually consider that their exclusive economic zone. this missile, the wassan 17 tested back in november, japan warned the united states that this missile can probably hit any american city. the missile launched today was in the hair for one hour and

eight minutes which is the same distance or the same time that the previous icbm test by north korea was in the air. the question is this an old icbm, or is this one of the new icbms, the solid fuel icbms that north korea unveiled at a military parade last week when kung basically vowed to mass produce these types of weapons. analysts say that north korea was able to launch a large group of these, it would be very difficult in the event of a worst-case scenario for u.s. missile defense to intercept all of them. this is a real threat. that's why you have south korea holding a national security council meeting. you have the u.s. and south korea preparing for joint military drills starting at the pentagon in just a matter of days. >> real threat, a real concern, especially there in the peninsula. will ripley, appreciate your reporting as always. thank you. the biden administration says it has deployed federal medical experts to east

palestine ohio to help address residents' growing health concerns after a train derailment two weeks ago caused a toxic chemical spill. >> remember hundreds of people were forced to evacuate earlier this month. since they've returned to their homes, many have been reporting health issues. cnn's polo sandoval has been following this story for us. those reports coming despite officials testing the air and the water and saying the tests come back showing no signs of contamination that could make folks sick. >> amara and boris, good morning to you. late yesterday evening we learned from the state of ohio and federal officials that fema will be supplementing the federal response on the ground in the coming days in the form of a senior fema response official and also what they describe as a regional incident management team, basically assessing what the long-term needs will be there in eastern ohio.

this coming just days after we heard originally, initially from the governor of ohio saying the state wouldn't qualify for any fema support. what's yet to be seen is the extent will these additional fema resources actually benefit the region. as you mentioned a little while ago, frustration continues to build as do concerns. our team has heard from residents in east palestine, ohio, saying they're experiencing things like rashes, sore throats, headaches, feeling of nausea as well. they're concerned that that could be directly linked to this train derailment that happened earlier this month, this after local and state officials saying those on going tests of the air and also of the water quality should hopefully reassure residents that it is safe to return back home. again, that may not be enough for many of the people there that still want more to be done. there is help on the way, as you mentioned, as federal officials are sending in medical experts,

pop experts in the field of toxicology as well to hear the concerns and physically examine some of the individuals coming forward with these concerns. amara, boris. >> we'll keep our eye on that story. polo sandoval, thank you for the update. meantime, five former memphis police officers have pleaded not guilty in the beating death of tyre nichols. they each face several charges including second degree murder, kidnapping and assault. nichols was repeatedly punched and kicked by the officers after a traffic stoch and brief foot chance in early january. the second degree murder charge carries a penalty of 15 to 60 years in prison. meantime funeral service also be held for an unarmed black man shot by police in louisiana. >> alonzo baggley was killed on february 3rd after shreveport police officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex. the officer was charged with

negligent homicide. cnn's isabel rosales joining us with more. isabel shreveport police released the body cam footage of the shooting. very difficult to watch and listen to. walk us through what it shows. >> the entire incident took under two minutes. it ended with a man taking his last breath and a police officer breaking down crying. we'll break down what happened here. first, a warning some of these images are graphic, extremely graphic, not suitable for everyone. this police encounter started about two weeks ago on february 3rd with police responding to a disturbance, a domestic disturbance call. alonzo baggley refuses to come outside saying he's got to put his dogs away. police follow him inside the unit. then they notice he's making a run for it.

he jumps over this balcony and runs off on foot here. police officers begin to chase after him. here you see he's about to take a turn right here at the corner, and that is when a shot is fired. as we freeze this, in that split second, you see his hands are up. investigators did not find a weapon on him. the officer who shot him, alexander tyler, after that shooting, we see the other officer, whose body camera footage you're watching, starts first aid. tyler audibly distraught. the voice you hear crying is officer tyler. listen. >> hey, hey. >> no, no, no. >> come on, come on. >> no, no. >> come on. >> no, man, no. no, man, no. [ crying ]. >> you're good. >> come on, dude. >> dispatch, send ems, 1018, 1018.

>> come on, dude. stay with me. stay with me. >> come on, come on. you're good. >> stay with me. >> you're good, bro. you're good. >> reporter: tyler's attorney, the police officer who took the shot, insists that despite baggley not being armed, it doesn't mean he didn't pose a threat to officers. meanwhile, we did hear from baggley's brother who says he's pleased with this charge of negligent homicide, but says there's a lot more answers he still needs. >> it was just -- it was really, really sad to watch. hurtful to watch, hard to watch. i won't be okay until i know, we know, i know that justice will be served. charges, that's fine. that's cool and all, but we need

to see more action behind that. >> officer tyler doesn't just face a charge in the criminal justice system, but also a federal wrongful death lawsuit from baggley's family who are alleging that he violated baggley's fourth amendment rights. they're asking more over $10 million in damages. >> i'm sure you'll stay on top of the story. isabel rosales, thank you very much. still to come, a special grand jury investigating former president trump's false election claims saying there was no widespread voter fraud in georgia. the details are ahead. so n no matter what the market's doing, he's ready. and that''s... how yoyou collect coins. your money never stops workikig for you with merrill, a bank of america company.

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report. >> the grand jury said they also believe at least one witness may have lied under oath and urged the local district attorney fani willis to consider perjury charges. here with me is cnn political reporter jeremy herd. has the da said whether or not charges are coming? >> reporter: boris, that is still a question we don't have a firm answer to yet. we did learn new details from this report about potential details that could come. the grand jury ruled that the district attorney could consider perjury charges for one or more of the witnesses who testified before the grand jury that was investigating the efforts to overturn the 2020 election in jersey shore nah. now, the grand jury heard from 75 witnesses in all, from election workers and state officials to election deniers and some of the former president donald trump's aides and advisers. what we don't know is who it is

exactly that the grand jury says committed perjury. so that is a question that is still lingering out there after the release of this report. we also don't know what other recommended charges the grand jury may have made. we just got excerpts from this report. in addition to the perjury charge, we learned that the grand jury unanimously found that this was a legitimate election that happened in 2020, after hearing from extensive witnesses about the election. this is important because it lays the foundation for the potential for charges of overturning what is a legitimate election. the big question, of course, is what does this mean for donald trump, and willful ton county district attorney fani willis consider charges against the former president. the president's spokesman said again he made a perfect call when he asked the georgia secretary of state to find enough votes to win, a claim he's made over and over again since the 2020 election. we'll just have to wait and see

whether that call and this vase will ultimately lead to charges for the former president. boris and amara. >> we know you'll be watching it closely. jeremy herb from new york. this morning, new revelations on what fox news personalities were telling each other privately about the validity of the 2020 election report while the tone of what they were telling their viewers was something different. court documents made public as part of dominion voting systems's $1.6 billion lawsuit against fox news shows the hosts ridiculed former donald trump's election fraud claims while promoting them on air. >> cnn's sunlen serfaty has more. >> reporter: it is a damning indictment of fox news. >> the outcome of our presidential election was seized from the hands of voters -- >> reporter: as the network publicly and repeatedly promoted former president trump's 2020 election fraud claims to millions of their viewers. >> every american should be

angry. you should be outraged. you should be worried. you should be concerned at what has happened in the election, the lead-up to this election. >> reporter: privately top anchors and executives mocked trump's lies calling them ludicrous, really crazy stuff and totally off the rails. the revelations coming from hundreds of pages of newly released evidence in the legal filing as part of the dominion voting system's lawsuit against fox news. in this text exchanged two weeks after the election, tucker carlson texting other fox news hosts. sidney powell is lying, by the way. i caught her. he says about trump's lawyer sidney powell and rudy giuliani's unfounded claim. sydney is a complete nut. no one will work with her e ditto, laura ingram wrote back. tucker responds, it's offensive to me. our viewers are good people and they believe it. even as the same hosts went on the air arguing completely otherwise.

>> these election challenges are still going on and disturbing irregularities have been found. >> reporter: the network first to call arizona for biden. >> the fox news decision desk is calling arizona for joe biden. that is a big get for the biden campaign. >> reporter: as trump's baseless conspiracy theories started to take hold. >> this is a fraud on the american public. so we'll be going to the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: carlson wrote his producer warning that trump could easily destroy us if we play it wrong. the court documents showing a scramble behind the scenes as viewers rebelled against fox for calling the contest in biden's favor and a course correction internally to prioritize profitability over the truth. after fox news reporter jackie henrik fact checked a trump tweet about both being destroyed, tucker carlson texted his colleagues, please get her

fired. what the f, it's mez rahbly hurting the company. the stock price is down. fox news in a statement argues the document contains cherry-picked posts. >> was the 020 election ooh miracle? we don't know. we don't expect to get a answer ton tonight. >> reporter: chairman rupert murdock, according to court documents, did not believe trump's election lie, and not only did he say in an email weeks after the election that the trump's claims were damaging. he even floated the idea of having tucker carlson, sean hannity and laura ingram appear together in primetime to declare joe biden a rightful winner of the election, something that never happened. >> our thanks to sunlen serfaty. the michigan state university community will say

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this morning a man is under arrest in connection to the killings of six people in mississippi. richard crum is charged with first degree murder. the sheriff's office says additional charges are likely to be filed in the coming days. police say he opened fire on the group outside of a store. we're told one of the victims was actually his ex-wife. funeral services will be held today for two of the students killed in the michigan state mass shooting earlier this week. family and friends will say goodbye to brian fraser and alexandria verner in the next hour. the third victim, arielle anderson will be laid to rest on tuesday.

five injured students are still in the hospital, it's still unclear why the gunman, a 43-year-old man with no known ties to msu, targeted the university. a california man is facing hate crime charges with the connection of the shooting of two jewish men in los angeles. cnn's camila bernal joins us live from los angeles. bring us up to speed with the latest details on these shootings. >> reporter: hey, boris and amara. good morning. two different shootings. both very similar. one happening on wednesday. the other one on thursday. two different men walking back from their religious services, different synagogues and they were both shot in this neighborhood. after these shootings police obviously searching extensively and they were able to find the suspect about an hour away from this neighborhood. once he was arrested, he told authorities that, yes, he targeted the people that he shot. he specifically said that he was

looking for kosher markets in this area and then pointed to what he described as headgear that these men were wearing. obviously they were easily identifiable as jewish men who were simply walking back home from their synagogues. authorities, of course, pointing to all of this and also saying there's history of anti-semitism in terms of the shooter, saying he sent text messages and messages to students or former classmates saying hateful things and also threatening them. so the u.s. attorney who is handling this case essentially denouncing the hate here and saying this suspect could face life in prison for what he did here. here is that u.s. attorney in charge of this case. >> over the past two days our community has experienced two horrific acts. an individual motivated by anti-semitism, hatred for people in the jewish community

committed two tremendously horrible acts, targeting individuals because of their jewish faith, targeting two victims as they departed for religious services at two different synagogues. >> reporter: and one of the victims is speaking out, telling his friends he's very lucky to be alive. the injuries were minor. he was released from the hospital and able to go back to his synagogue, has been multiple times now, and is continuing to go to his services and saying he's actually going to pray more after this shooting. it is important to point out the big picture here. there's so much fear in this community. i talked to many people in the area who told me, look, i don't want to let my kids out this weekend. i'm afraid of my husband walking to the synagogue. there's just an overall fear in the community despite the arrest. people say, look, i do feel reassured that this man has been

arrested, but, of course, there's the fear of someone else doing the same thing. u's important to point out the rise in anti-semitism, not just here in los angeles with these two cases, but in general nationwide. i think the big picture here is to remember that there's people in this community who are in fear of what happened and what could happen next. boris, amara. >> camila bernal reporting from los angeles, thank you so much. the u.s. military is now calling off their search for the flying objects that were downed over alaska and lake huron. this after days of searches that could not locate any of the debris. canada also calling off their search efforts for an object downed over the yukon territory saying continued snowfall has hindered their search. remember president biden said there was no indication that these objects were related to the alleged chinese spy balloon shot down over the atlantic where debris was recovered. sources say the fbi is now

investigating a malicious cyber incident on the bureau's computer network. >> the fbi says the hack has been contained, but there are still questions surrounding the source of the incident. here is cnn's sean ling gas. >> reporter: cnn reported exclusively on frood that the fbi is investigating a hack of part of the its computer network, specifically the part the bureau uses to investigate child sex imagery exploitation. this is a very serious matter that in recent days fbi officials have been trying to row re mediate. they've been isolating the incident, keeping the malicious software from spreading within the network. it's still very much a developing situation. what we don't know at this point is who carried out this hack or why. what we do know is that the fbi is being very tight-lipped on this and may not be providing many public updates unless our

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a really troubling survey from the cdc finds that a high number of american children are suffering through mental health challenges. according to the cdc youth risk behavior survey, 42% of high school students said they experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.

the results were collected in the fall of 2021 giving us one of our first looks at the trends that have affected teens during the covid-19 pandemic. joining me now to discuss all this and the results and the why and how we can help is dr. deb hourly, chief medical officer at the cdc. pleasure to have you on. thank you for coming into the studio. the statistics are heartbreaking and staggering and really concerning. one that stood out to me is that 13% of teenager girls attempted suicide. i'm sorry. 1% is too high. 30% seriously considered suicide. we're talking mostly teenager girls. what is going on? >> it's a call for help. what i think is so important to realize is if somebody attempts suicide and you can intervene, really, really likely they won't go on to die from suicide f. you can intervene or prevent it, huge impact you can have in preventing the loss of a life.

>> are we seeing an increase in the numbers of mental health challenges amongst our youth, i mean persistent feelings of hopelessness and sadness? that sounds like clinical depression to me. >> i think a few things are going on. we saw this was an issue before the pandemic. certainly during the pandemic we saw it worsen because of social isolation, fears and stressors and certainly challenges at home. so we saw this get worse, particularly in girls. i think this is where we have to talk about what we as parents or a community can do. >> when we say we're seeing it guess worse in girls, is it just in general societal pressures that never seemingly go away? >> i think that's part of it. the study didn't look at the why. but i do think when you look at social media, stressors of pandemic, school issues, bullying, if you're experiencing sexual violence, all those things will lead to more mental health symptoms.

>> you're a mom of a 14-year-old girl. this must have been not just eye opening but disturbing to you. what do you tell your daughter? how do you prevent her from getting over that line? >> i think you have to talk with your child, but also your child's friends and your child's friends' parents. it's important to know who they're with and to know that they can come talk to you. you really want to make it an open conversation so if anything ever happens to your child, they're comfortable coming to talk to you and they know what to look for. some people don't realize that being forced to kiss someone or to have sex is wrong. so talking with your child about what is expected and what they can do and you will always support and love them is important. >> tell us about those numbers. that was also very disturbing that we're seeing increase in sexual violence and forced sex? >> yes. it's important to realize --

people say what's goings-on with girls. when you look at who is perpetrating the violence, oftentimes it's boys. how do we look at boys and girls and talk about healthy relationships. schools have an important role to play that can talk about conflict management, life skills, healthy relationships as part of health education in schools. >> and how do we raise our boys, it's not just about focusing on the girls. >> to be allies and support and intervene. >> speaking of allies. the lgbtq community is a communitily margealized in so many ways and also suffering silently. >> that's another area to where, if you have a child that is gay, b bisexual or questioning, talk to them. the suicide numbers were devastating in those populations. >> the tway is talk to them, let

them know you're there to support them. they have a community they can rely on. they're not alone. >> absolutely. if you're worried about anybody, call 988, the suicide prevention hotline. communities and schools have apprenticeship programs, big brothers, big sisters, building the connectedness. >> usually the educators are the first line because they see the children day in and day out and they know what kind of behavior is not ordinary. >> 100%. >> pleasure to have you on dr. deb houry.pleasure. thank you. >> boris, to you. a great conversation and important one there, amara. still to come, the nba's best and brightest converging on salt lake city this weekend. we'll put a spotlight on the all-star festivities in store next.

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we're going to finish "newsroom" with some lighter news. nba all-star weekend is under way in salt lake city celebrating all things basketball. >> the biggest names in the game will take part in the game tomorrow, but there are some much-anticipated events happening tonight. cnn's andy scholes here with all the excitement from utah. hi, andy. >> reporter: good morning, boris and amara. we're at huntsman arena on the campus of university of utah. this is where all the all-stars will come for a practice and meet with the media. the festivities got started last night with the rising stars. they did it different this year. all of the rookies and sophomores were drafted onto

three different teams, and they also had a g league team and played a tournament to decide a winner. it would be undrafted jose alvarado stealing the show last night. he was named the event's mvp after a great performance that included a game-winning three for team gasol. you have to check out the cute moment after all of the games as alvarado's daughter runs over to be with him while he was being interviewed. the pelicans guard who, again, was undrafted. he said he's just proof of what you can accomplish with hard work and determination. >> it's hard to put in words. this is just something that you can't write -- you can wish for. like you said, anything is possible. i'm not 6'5", i'm not athletic. i don't got the crazy wing span. but i've got heart that you can't measure. if you bring that and be yourself at all times, i think a lot will come your way. >> reporter: the festivities continue tonight with all-star saturday night. always so much fun.

you've got the skills competition. three-point, dunk contest. coverage starts at 6:00 eastern on tnt. i talked to our friends over at "inside the nba" who are certainly excited for this weekend in utah. >> just enjoying the festivities, seeing who wants to make a name for themselves here, seeing who is saying, you know what, i want the world to know about me. i'm looking to see which young guy is coming to take over. >> all-star weekend is a great celebration for the nba family. it's great to come back here, two of the best players in nba history played here for 20 years basically. so we used to come here quite a bit. they've got great fans here. it's going to be really fun. >> as i mentioned, all the all-stars are going to be here practicing a little later on today, guys. it's going to be interesting, because they're practicing as east-west. they're not going to draft the

teams for the actual all-star game on sunday until right before the game. it's not like they're going to be doing any legit practicing. it's more of just having fun for the fans. when it comes to the draft before the game, guys, i was stalking to chuck and shaq about it and i was like, do you think it's going to be awkward for the guys that end up getting drafted last on the court tomorrow. they said, maybe, you're an all-star but still don't want to be picked last. >> i was always picked last. i know that awkward feeling. >> you are not getting packed last today. i'd take amara over andy in a basketball tournament any day. >> i love that. >> andy scholes from salt lake city, thanks so much. thanks for your time everyone. >> still much more ahead in the next hour of "cnn newsroom." fredicka whitfieldld is up next. help manage your blood sugar. o live every moment. glucerna.

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