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country like just stashed on his person or in his home, giving them out. how in the world does that happen? shocking and it raises so many questions that we're going to get to this morning. it's one of many big stories we're covering. so let's get to the five things to know for this friday, april the 14th as we were just talking about the suspect in the leak of classified million terry documents will be arraigned in court today. federal court the fbi arrested him in massachusetts yesterday. officials tell cnn he's just 21 years old and he is a national guardsmen. alright, so that's a massachusetts and then in florida governor there. ron desantis has signed a six week abortion ban into law. the white house condemned it as extreme and dangerous. the man accused of killing tech exec bob lee set to appear in court today in san francisco. police say the suspect was someone lee knew also magic johnson maybe close to owning part of the washington commanders were told that deal is near and that magic is part of the group trying to finalize the sale for 60 owns everything

in bucks theaters down with t. . also. it's the end of an era for the phantom of the opera, broadway's longest running musical will have its final show on broadway this sunday. cnn this morning starts right now. what. as we were just talking about just a stunning arrest yesterday and to see the era aerial footage of it was remarkable. everything is standing the arrest of what happened to who he was sharing it with the people who came out and talked about it. they their age young people, there's a covid connection. i mean, all of it. yeah young. we're talking about a young, low ranking air national guardsman arrested and accused of leaking some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets online. today, 21 year old jack teixeira is set to appear in federal court for the

first time. this is after the feds arrested him, let's at his parents' house in massachusetts . dramatic video shows a swat team moving in with an armored vehicle, taking him into custody with their guns drawn. he slowly walks backward with his hands on his head to share with an it specialist for military intelligence unit on cape cod. and you had to u. s officials tell cnn he was also the leader of a private group of online video gamers were hundreds of highly classified pentagon documents were posted before they spread on social media. jason carroll is on top of this outside of the federal courthouse in boston, where he will be arraigned. jason good morning, so apparently he was under surveillance for at least two days by the fbi before this arrest. right federal officials and the fbi. we're waiting for just the right moment to move in on their suspect. they knew exactly where to find him. he was taken in without incident. now come questions as to why this low ranking serviceman was

able to get access to federal documents classified document and then leak them. the suspect in the leak of classified intelligence documents now in custody. the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira aerial footage shows a heavily armed tactical teams swarming his home 21 year old massachusetts air national guardsman slowly backing up and being handcuffed by a heavily armed tactical team. fast moving investigation found jack to sarah was the leader of an internet chat group on the social media site. discord where information about gaming guns and racist memes were shared in the chat room, the same chat room where federal authorities allege he posted classified materials to a group of young men. the washington post reports . one of its members was a teen who says he became aware of the documents up to eight months ago. the documents were often

listed as ukraine versus russia . first however, it's slowly spiraled into just intelligence about everything the team says to share a was charismatic sharing a love of guns and military gear. he did see himself as the leader of this group, and he wanted us all to be sort of. supersoldiers system degree informed fit with god. well, armed stuff like that. we spoke with one former student who knew to share from high school and middle school and says he had a fascination with war, the military and guns. people were worried him, especially since he was really into the whole guns thing. um and spoke about it quite often, and i know it was kind of off putting to some people. force records show to share a was enlisted as an airman first class joining in 2019 working at a military base in massachusetts . his official title cyber transport systems, journeyman, a

job the air force says would include making sure the communications network is operating properly. but it's not clear what level of access he had. he may not have been the actual designated recipient of any of these pieces of intelligence. he may have pulled him out of the burn bags or taking them off people's desks. and poppy, as we mentioned to share will have his initial court appearance here at federal court later today. this is where again he will face a federal judge and where we are likely to get a real sense of the charges that he is going to be facing. poppy jason thank you. everyone is waiting for that. everyone is waiting for that. let's bring in now soon, and senior justice correspondent mr evan perez and evan good morning to you. let's talk about how investigators were able to track him down and also talk about oh, but no seriously. yeah no. this is a wild wild story. i mean, just

the fact that you know from the beginning of this when these documents first were discovered , frankly, when they showed up in media and social media, um you know, which happened last week, and there were thousands of people they discovered had access to these very sensitive documents. and so the fbi begins . it begins its work and very quickly. they realized that they can narrow the scope by just focusing on this. this group, this small group that was that was on discord. cyber i'm sorry that they call themselves thug shaker central and he was the leader of it. it turns out, you know, he didn't really hide his tracks very well. the fbi was able to narrow it down. they talked to a number of people who were in part of that group. and very quickly. they knew who they were looking for. what they didn't know was how whether there was anybody else involved . whether there was you know, a foreign state. perhaps that was involved in in in trying to encourage him to do. these are

things that they spent the last few days doing and then, of course, his name became public. the new york times published his name yesterday. while the fbi was sitting on his house waiting for him, waiting for the for the right moment to move in for the arrest. obviously one of their questions has to be where you acting alone. did you share these with anyone else? physically they could continue sharing them online. but one of the things that i thought was striking yesterday is that officials would not answer questions about why his job level 21 years old woodwork working overnights at this base in cape cod would would mean that he needed access to these right. so there's a lot of questions for the pentagon this morning. it still has not fully explained. you know how it is. what briggs, for example. why? what? what? vetting he had um how is it that he got promoted just recently. so it appears people in the military thought he was doing a great job. and meanwhile online, he's living a different life, essentially, and it appears that he had some anti government views, at least according to some of the members of that of that group online his

his tie again. he works for this, uh, this position called cyber transport system. according to the pentagon. this is a group of employees who essentially keep their global communication systems alive. so you know, he kind of he was an i t guy and, you know system. think about that. and i t guy who had access to this everyday military guy who had anti government views like it just right. and so what you hear from some of the members of this group who are sharing what you know they their love of memes and their love of guns, and apparently, they shared a lot of racist means. as as part of this group. you know, this is a group that got together during the pandemic, you know, but you know a joke that that some of us learned to make sour dough during the pandemic, right? old bread. this guy, apparently, you know, joined the group online of men and boys around the world who loved war video games and apparently started showing started sharing some of the most sensitive intelligence secrets of the u. s. government online.

been talking about that point a lot just about the pandemic right and did to a lot of isolation. right you took the words out of my mouth. perez thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you, reverend. also this significant development in florida overnight governor ron desantis has signed a six week abortion ban into law . it's called the heartbeat protection act. it bans most abortions. after six weeks. there are exceptions for victims of rape, incest and human trafficking until 15 weeks. this law prohibits doctors from prescribing abortions by telehealth as well. it prohibits also getting any sort of abortion pill in the mail. it makes florida one of the most restrictive states in the country for abortion. and this is fascinating because just a year ago, florida was where people were fleeing in the south to get abortions. as other southern states restricted access for decades for the remained relatively open because of a privacy amendment in the state's constitution, but with desantis and more conservative court number of judges that he

appointed that has changed, and this all comes as a federal court of appeals froze part of a texas judge's order that suspended the fda approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. while the drug will remain on the market, it's use is significantly restricted , requiring women to see a doctor in person to be able to get the medication, not by mail any longer. florida is currently one of the states with restricted access to the abortion pill. well at first, i believed it was a random act that could be attributed to the random crime in san francisco. but police are now say that cash app founder bob lee knew the suspect. who has been arrested for his murder this morning 38 year old nima mini and i t consultant for nearby emeryville . he sits in jail this morning after being taken into custody without incident. we are confident in the evidence that we have found so far. mr momeni is our focus and the single suspect in this case, the evidence shows that they knew each other. many is expected to

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what his sister says about why he chose to move to russia. what was it like for you to read about russia through his reporting? i'm just in awe of him. um ah, we're we're so different. i'm a home body. he's a thrill seeker and adventure i can't even relate to him sometimes in the in the life he leads as as a reporter. i think the america reports on on russia sometimes in a way that makes it seem like a pretty terrifying cold place. he was really passionate about, um, showing other sides fresh at the nuance and the beauty of it. his job was so important being there, evan herskovits could face up to 20 years if convicted of espionage, but even as he remains in prison in russia, his mother who fled the soviet union for the united states in 1979 said she's still hopeful. it's

what's one of the american qualities. that we absorbed. be optimistic. believe in happy, happy ending that's ah! where we stand right now, but i am not stupid. i understand what's involved. but that's what i choose to believe. you can watch and we should all watch and share that full interview with evan's parents and family on wsj . that's the wall street journal dot com. um i can't no one can imagine. really um, happy that the wall street journal is keeping this front and center. they're putting out videos. they're keeping him on the front page. it's on there. when you open the app. it's right there, so this needs to be front and center, something that everyone our viewers can do. the journal has said, is keep liking his story, sharing them because it keeps them sort of rising up online and keeps him in the forefront of the conversation.

let's talk about what's happening in france right now, because this morning francis bracing for a high stakes verdict on the controversial pension reform bill to increase the retirement age. to 64. the constitutional council will decide to approve it or fully or partially strike it down and whether to allow a referendum if approved, reforms will begin in september, comes after 1/12 day of nationwide protests. look at that, where thousands of demonstrators targeted the central bank offices in paris and briefly invaded the headquarters of a luxury retailer. outside the court activists dumped bags of garbage and another crowd erupted into violent clashes with police any minute now we could hear from president biden and the arrest of the air national guardsman in the pentagon leak invested. gatien that's because the president is set to take off for the last leg of his trip in ireland, in about 20 minutes, will monitor if he takes any questions today, he is headed to county mayo, digging into his irish roots. the cultural tour will include stops to the knock shrine, which is a roman

catholic pilgrimage site. and state murdoch's cathedral. that is the same place that his great great great grandfather sold 27,000 bricks for its construction, which ultimately helped finance the family's boat tickets to america. and we have none other than don e o. sullivan live live in bolena next to a wall there, ireland. you have been the highlight of our week really taking us into irish culture showing us how excited the people are for the president's week there talk to us about today because today is not about politics. we saw him yesterday with the irish president today is about culture and what ireland means to him. exactly yes, and he's coming. many people here would say home to balan ah, in county mayo. he's going to be speaking here behind me tonight on this spectacular setting along the river right outside of that cathedral that you mentioned and last night when he spoke to the

irish parliament, he spoke some gaelic or tried to speak some gaelic and he said, taught me so wala, which means i am at home, and you can see very much with his dealings with people here all week is literally stopping to talk to everybody so much so that there was a state banquet here last night in dublin. that was, i think run run about 2.5 hours late because he had been robbing so much flesh all day. look what's going to be happening here tonight is there's going to be musical performances and then biden is due to speak around four or five p.m. eastern time dependent, of course. but okay, i just destroyed it. i called it bolena following a i am so sorry. tough to all the irish. so sorry, tony , don't so. go on. this setting here is absolutely spectacular, and we saw last night when it's fully lit up here by the river. i will say we were in there

earlier for the setup, and it really does have a kind of campaign political campaign vibe in there so you might possibly expect when he when he does, and if he announces he's running that scene shots from here there is expected to be thousands of people along the streets of along the keys here of the river might tonight he also mentioned yesterday at parliament have given. of course, all that is happening back at home in the u . s was that the intelligence leaks and whatnot he mentioned when he after he spoke that line of saying i am at home, he said. i wish i could say here longer have never seen the president smile so much so much. and you know, i mean, he never likes to talk to people right, always pulling him away from people. i've never seen donnie smile so much as well. dhoni great job. lots of fun. we'll see you soon. thank you, sir. and the river moy in ireland. thank you see you in a bit. so what has changed since the leak of highly classified documents? what are officials doing to make sure

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of the reason why he may have had access to this information is because he was in the intelligence wing of the air national guard in massachusetts . but look, the pentagon press secretary told reporters. that this is not uncommon that it doesn't necessarily have to do with your age. the amount of information that you have access to. it basically has to do with the job that you are entrusted to do. and he said that a lot of people across the military have access to this kind of information at a very young age, because the military in trust people with that, hoping that they have enough military discipline, he said, to safeguard these this information properly and knowing the consequences, of course of what will happen if you do. expose it. and so he was really emphasizing here that it is not uncommon for someone of his rank and his age to have access to this kind of information, but it is going to raise a lot of questions about whether that is appropriate right because the fact that these kinds of documents which are briefed to the highest levels of the military, including including the chairman of the joint staff

general, mark milley, was accessible by someone of his age and rank that is going to raise a lot of questions about what the pentagon should be doing moving forward about this kind of information on through so well, what are the changes? how are they changing its handling of this information? yes so to be clear, it is still on unclear at this point, whether he properly access this information right or whether he took it or whether someone else gave it to him. so that is something that's going to be under investigation, but the idea that he had access to it at all. that is something that pentagon is grappling with. at this point. we are told that in the last week or so the pentagon has significantly whittled down its distribution list of this kind of classified information. people across the government who were getting it for months and even years have stopped getting it in real. sint days. the pentagon has also ordered an internal review of intelligence access that they will be conducting over the coming weeks and months as they assess of course, the damage that this leak has done. a lot of change is likely to be made

to this, but don't expect it to happen very quickly. don alright natasha bertrand at the pentagon. thank you very much. and tasha. well the battle over access to an abortion pill is heading to the supreme court. today the justice department is asking the high court to intervene in emergency relief in response to a new appeals court ruling, while the fifth circuit's ruling this week does guarantee kristen will stay on the market. it also significantly restricts how it can be used. who can use it, how they can get it unless the supreme court steps in here, so let's go to our cnn senior supreme court unless john biskupic jungle morning so as i understand it from your reporting, i should note also, your brand new book gets into all of this and how it's relevant to the court. nine black robes inside the supreme court's historic drive to the right and its consequences. this is sort of at the crux of that you start that book out talking about overturning roe versus wade. and now the justices are going to decide today, joan, right, gathered just them. just the nine no clerks and they were going to decide. do we step in

here in an emergency way? that's right. what a week. it's been poppy, you know it. just this all started last friday with the lower court's ruling, and yesterday, attorney general merrick garland vowed that the department of justice would be going to the court to try to protect women's reproductive rights and preserve the ability of the fda to review and approve drugs. not just not just this abortion medication, but all existing and new drugs. this case really goes to its authority. but you're right there back at a at a court that just 10 months ago, uh, eliminated all constitutional right to abortion and said it should be left to the states and this is a major case that will test just how available abortion still is in the states that keep it legal, so the court will have two main options. they can do a variety of things, but two main options when they privately consider it as as you noted, papi wanted to just grant the stay that is to suspend all litigation for a second. not a

second, but for a couple of weeks. so while these appeals play out rather than have this rushed situation that we're in and have kind of a more reasonable judicial consideration of the merits of the case, just put everything on hold. that's one option and that's what the department of justice would like as the appeals play out. the other option is to deny it and if the supreme court denies the department of justice's request , what will be in effect is that fifth circuit ruling that came yesterday or actually in into the evening going into yesterday that said that fda approval crestone could stay. but with these new restrictions that you met you mentioned, so it's a very momentous time in terms of access. to the main way that women and their pregnancies in america today, especially since you have conflicting decision coming from a federal judge in

washington state, which you know just makes it even more pressing that the supreme court, um make a decision one way or another. yeah, that's right. what you're referring to is the fact that the lower court judge in washington state acting on the request, acting on a case against the fda, said that the fda could not change any of its restrict. in protocols. that case was broad. on behalf of 18 jurisdictions, 17 states and the district of columbia that want to preserve the fullest access as possible to the first this first pill in the two drug abortion medication protocol. well we'll know by tonight at midnight, it's the court's going to get in here and an emergency way or let the 1st 5th circuit stand, john. thank you very much. thank you, poppy. this morning, a major cleanup underway in fort lauderdale. look at that. that's after rounds of historic rain flooding. there are leila santiago. in those waters right

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two ft of rain fell in 24 hours there, followed by devastating flooding broward county now in a state of emergency, as rescue teams are still answering hundreds of calls for assistance. assistance there's water really everywhere, flooding the streets, trapping people in their homes and in their vehicles. watch this. thank you. oh, okay. okay. okay. just stand right here. take take a breath. it's okay. it's okay. how long you that is a reporter from our affiliate wsvn in south florida, capturing on camera, helping an 80 year old man in trouble. we turn now to cnn's leyla santiago live in fort lauderdale for us this morning, layla. good morning to you. this is a lot that people are having to deal with. yeah and those rescues don are expected to continue throughout the day. still, a lot of people stuck in their homes. so let me show you exactly what i'm saying. where i am. i'm here in fort lauderdale where you can see there is still

standing water here now, this kind of hard to imagine, but this is an improvement from what we saw yesterday when we were in this area, but you can still see some of that damage. you can see a car. stuck over here in this area, and as i drove around this morning, i saw quite a bit of that as well as utility crews working and spoke to one fish and wildlife rescue team that said overnight they rescued about a dozen people, and they expect to be doing that throughout the day. so that will be much of the effort but also the cleanup because even if this water recedes before the other rainstorms are expected in the afternoon. this is ground that is saturated so it really can't take much so you can see behind me over here some of the damage that they're going to be dealing with the debris that's left behind all the cleanup. that listen if they get in time and pick it up before the thunderstorms, that would be a great thing, but again, with

more water expected that will be the challenge and realize that the sun is coming up. so i imagine a lot of neighbors here are going to be immediately looking out to see what the day looks like. in the morning, you'll likely see people trying to clean up but again that water is expected to come right back. in the afternoon. the schools have remained closed here. the broward county school, saying that in the preliminary estimate $2 million in damage, and that's not even all the schools that they've been able to assess. you have roads that remain closed, and then you have the airport lauderdale airport expected to open at nine am, but that's been sort of a move the target so lot of eyes travelers on that port lauderdale airport to see if they can get that runway up and running in just a matter of hours. all that muck is going to clog the drains, and that's going to cause even more problems. leila santiago in fort lauderdale. thank you very much for that. in just a few hours. the national rifle association convention begins 100 miles

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good morning, poppy. well that's right. and you mentioned you've aldi in that forum last year, and i want to note one thing, which was after that shooting. when they had this conference, he saw some republicans hand bringing some of them actually canceled. speaking at the event this year in the wake of these two shootings, not so much and it really goes to show you two things one that these frequency of the shootings has become really part of our lives, but to just how important this voting bloc is to republicans, particularly in a primary year. we have to remember when we see these 2024. candidates these hopefuls up on the stage today are delivering their message via video as some of them are doing. they are trying to appeal to a group that opposes even the most moderate limitations on gun rights. so that's something to keep in mind here, so let's take a look at who's actually going to be here and who's speaking today we have vice president mike pence. hutchinson ron desantis will give a video message. nikki haley tim scott, who obviously just launched that exploratory committee, south

dakota governor christie gnome, new hampshire governor christie nunu, hamas swami and donald trump, of course, is that keynote speaker and one thing to point out here is that donald trump actually got the nra's endorsement back in 2016 something that his team is really working for now they want that endorsement again. but i talked to a number of sources close to some of these other candidates. some of these other 2024 hopefuls who think that there might be an opening on gun rights that some of these gun owners actually don't think that trump went far enough when he was in office. so something to watch here. we don't expect the way to endorse anyone in the primary at this point, okay? christian homes in indianapolis . thanks very much. all right. well that's are probably wakes everyone up. there have been really backlash. boycotts support for beer company bud light right after they launched a new ad campaign featuring transgender activists and influencer dylan mulvaney, take a look at this. this month, i celebrated my day 3 65 womanhood and bud light sent me possibly

the best gift ever a can with my face on it, so the buzzword woke , was once again brought into the mix with people posting videos of them dumping out beer. calling for a boycott. despite all of this and expert tells cnn that once a social media backlash blows over the long term benefits of a company taking a cultural stand like this, maybe more impactful, so let's bring in now. cnn business and politics correspondent vanessa your cabbage. , but i wu to walk this. walk us through this what is going to walk us through wise bud light getting such criticism here. it's been a tough two weeks for bud light. and for dylan mulvaney. bud light is the best selling beer in the country. but you have this ad that you just showed our viewers where dylan mulvaney receives a gift as part of her transition to becoming a woman, and she's a paid partner by bud light. and what bud light does is they hire many influencers in order to promote their brand, and they're also looking for a younger demographic and different demographics. and

dylan mulvaney certainly fits the bill here. but then the bash lacks bash. lash starts and enter kid rock he a couple of days after this ad is posted. he posts this on social media. you see kid rock here he is shooting tons of bud light cases. he's clearly using a rifle to do so. and at the end of this clip, he uses an expletive. and he says that in terms of but light and anheuser busch so of course, anheuser busch is responding to this. they say that they work with a bunch of influences across brands as one of the ways to create authenticity connect with audiences across various demographics. so you're hearing from a lot of people about this. you're hearing from howard stern about this saying, i wish i could reach out to kid rock and figure out why he's so upset about this. and then you hear from joe rogan. here's a conservative talk show host. but listen to what he says about this kid rock bud light squabble. what they're doing is

just spreading the brand to, uh, an extra group of people. yeah why? if something is good, do you give a who's got it. so he is raising the question. why does kid rock and why do others care so much about the fact that bud light has partnered with this transgender activists? dylan mulvaney, so we have. this is not the first time we've seen cultural backlash. we have seen this with other brands. nike also works with dylan mulvaney, nike, if you remember they had an ad with colin kaepernick after he started kneeling during the national anthem, and what ended up happening with nike is they ended up winning any awards for that particular commercial with colin kaepernick, and this goes to what experts have told us. don they say that they've been many cases of brands growing their business as a result of taking a strong stand that result in some criticism, but even stronger engagement with a key audience and that key audience for bud light is younger demographics and people like dylan mulvaney. they want to bring in new audiences, so

it's a sting for bud light right now, but maybe some growth in the long run. don listen. joe rogan. i think it's more of a libertarian. in then a conservative, but it's his take on. this is interesting as well as howard stern saying, i don't understand. so what if someone who is transgender drinks, bud light? how does that affect you? i mean, we all eat and drink and consume things that all kinds of people eat, drink and consume. so what does it matter? i don't i don't really get it. yeah, listen, i think people are upset because bud light has been around since the 19 eighties. this is a very all american brands. some people see it as something that just is not an american. you know what i'm saying? absolutely all american , in the sense that is mulvaney saying on this has not addresses addresses specifically. but on the rosie o'donnell podcast. she says that she thinks the controversy is because people misunderstand her. she's also newly transitioned just about a year and she feels like people aren't really understanding who she is. what she stands for. the video, as you showed was just a

fun time with bud light, but some people taking it taking it a little hard. it's ridiculous. thank you. i appreciate that. poppy washington commanders may finally be getting the magic touch the details of a multi billion dollar deal to buy the team that's next. starts and it's mad. kind of scary. to be in the great b because every invented making has it. viagra ally cost $90. we don't think so d com. has fda approved generic viagra at 90% off with free shipping? want to know what other guys are saying about rex md .com? this is my first time using telemedicine and i'd recommend this process to anyone. i couldn't be happier with the product dot com and fill out a brief survey appropriate you can try generic viagra for 90% off and get a free supply of testosterone support. your consultation is

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scholes joins us style and good morning to you any to any some coffee? um daniel snyder is set to sell the commanders in a record deal. good morning, don and poppy. so a person familiar with the matter tells cnn, daniel snyder. he's reaching an agreement to sell the washington commanders for $6.5 billion. that's easily going to break the record for a sale of a team. the previous mark was set last year when walmart air rob walton bought the denver broncos for 4.65 billion. now the team is being bought by a group that has led by billionaire josh harris. harris is already the co owner of the nba 70 sixers in the nhl's devils. nba legend magic johnson. he is also a part of the group and would be a minority owner. the sale will end one of the most controversial ownerships in sports. snyder has been under fire for a number of reasons over the years. for years, he was pressured to change the team name but vowed to never do so. he finally relented in 2020

changing the name of that same year. the washington post reported that 15 female former employees said they were sexually harassed during their time with the team. an independent investigation found that washington's workplace was toxic and unprofessional, especially for women. the nfl find the t snyder had to step away from the day to day operations. congress also got involved, pushing the nfl to release the full report and added in december that snyder had interfered with the investigation. snyder has long denied allegations of misconduct . a deal for the commander's likely is not going to be approved until the league meetings, which are scheduled for next month in minneapolis, alright, yana said a company and the bucks. meanwhile they will host the winner between the heat and the bulls in the first round of the nba playoffs. john is in the running for yet another m v p award this season, but he recently revealed that after signing the biggest deal in nba history at the time in 2020, he almost retired due to stress and he had that conversation with the front office. in an

interview with the milwaukee journal sentinel, janice those said he found help saying i kept talking with his counselor. he helped me a lot, not just being a better basketball player being able to deal with it. but being a better partner. better father . better brother better son. better person being not locked into myself being able to give people what i feel, because at one point i was trying to get away from everybody. and that's not me. i'm very social. i like to interact. with other people. i tell you what guys pretty powerful to hear, janice, uh, say that kind of stuff. i'm sure it's going to help others, and he actually has a foundation in his father's name to help others when it comes to mental health as well. very good love that so much remember simone biles and so many more athletes now feeling like they can speak out and so many people that look up to them taking the stigma of mental health issues. yes yes, that's great, andy. thank you. thanks this morning continues right now.