ukraine has been pushing back for months. russia suffered stagling losses. the wagner chief is blasting russian military leaders accusing them of denying ammunition from his fighters. he released a video overnight standing next to a pile of dead bodes. dead mercenaries. i want to warn you, we blurred this video, but it is still quite graphic. >> translator: these men here who died today are wagner pmc. their blood is still fresh. you think you are the masters of this life. you think you can dispose of their lives? you think because you have warehouses full of ammunition that you have that right? >> prigozhin says the mercenaries are leaving in five days. if they do, losing this battle

could be a major setback for russian forces as they are bracing for an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. cnn's chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live. nick, of course, the messages from prigozhin are not new. but what is significant to you about this video that he posted overnight? >> reporter: the fact that they are saying they will leave in five days. they have never said that before. they have threatened that they might compromise their position for a week now, we have been seeing these messages from yevgeny prigozhin after people thought his long-term rift as the head of the wagner mercenary group with the russian defense ministry establishment, the top brass might have begun to be healing. he has been kplalg they haven't got the artillery shells. that expletive-laden video, what's done that before in front of corpses to ask for more ammunition.

quite a different tone. this would be a staggering gift to the ukrainian forces if wagner was able to pull forces back, withdrawing from a city under fire exceptionally difficult in the best of times, particularly in this case. so how and within this happens mid feks week will be complex and interesting to see play out. it is a gift to the ukrainian forces. informationally alone ahead of the counteroffensive for russia to say it's pulling about half of the forces back from this key symbolic city that has been slogged over brutally over the entire winter is extraordinary. what will that do to russian morale, the suggestion it needs to happen, this information floating out across russian front lines and they will wonder what's happening at the heart of the kremlin. i should hold out, point out here, yevgeny prigozhin has made false statements in the past and tried to play sides off each other, but this is remarkable and it's a second sign of

extraordinary weakness at the heart of the kremlin after they chose to admit that drones attacked the kremlin 48 hours ago. now their military seems to have an extraordinary rift and you have to wonder quite what is going through vladimir putin's mind ahead of wednesday's important victory day celebrations, next week's important victory day celebrations. a startling situation. >> yeah, so notable that this deadline he is offering, this five days comes after that major holiday there in russia. we'll see if they actually do pull out. nick paton walsh, thank you. new this morning, "the washington post" reporting a high-profile conservative judicial activist arranged for the wife of supreme court justice thomas to be paid tens of thousands of dollars in 2012. also making it clear there should be no mention of her. so according to the post, this how all of this happened. judicial activist leonard leo advises a network of conservative non-profits colluding the judicial education

profits. he wanted kellyanne conway to give ginni thomas money with no megs of ginni. that money was for ginni thomas. it's unclear what she did, but that non-profit did file a brief in 2012 for the court invalidated key parts of the landmark voting rights act of 1965. justice thomas wrote an opinion that was consist can ent with the non-profit's position. so, joan, what do you make of all of this? >> good morning. you know, this is yet one more piece that we're finding out of the very secretive world of money and influence with the supreme court justices. but i want to say this one seems very different from what we heard in recent days and weeks involving harlan crow. let's say what leonard leo, how he responded to "the washington

post." he said the work guinea did did not involve anything connected with the court's business or other legal issues. knowing how disrespectful malicious and gossipy people can be, i have always tried to protect the privacy of begin any thomas and justice thomas. i know that erica that justice thomas and leonard leo go all the way back to like 1990 when they were both working at the d.c. circuit. justice thomas as a lower court judge then and leonard leo as a law clerk to another judge on that court. they have a deep longstanding friendship. they have always -- they just always have been tight. but as much as that's different from the evolving friendship of harlan crow and as much as the disclosure requirements might have been different, and i'll mention those real quick, you know, with harlan crow he gave gifts to the justice and the

justice's family that probably should have been reported in some way. there is a question of whether this money for ginni thomas should have been disclosed. there isn't a place for specific amounts of money that go it to a spouse. setting that aside, i want to say that the larger context here is what are these people thinking they are buying? even though there is some friendship involved in both these cases, it raises a very real question whether these people of great wealth and influence think they are buying something or getting something from the justices, the justice, and it's certainly a suggestion out there for the public and i think that's what's concerning. the case that's mentioned here, the shelby county v. holder case, there is no way that clarence thomas was going to vote any way different than he did on that case, that very important voting rights case where a narrow majority rolled back significant voting rights protections nationwide. so, you know, you don't know --

you know, a connection there is not so obvious. but we don't know about other connections in other cases and the overriding theme i have to say, erica, is we don't know what we don't know and we don't know what these people think they might be buying or getting with the influential money here. >> thank you. there is also a new turn in the investigation into former president trump's handling of classified documents with "the new york times" now reporting that federal prosecutors have secured the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked at mar-a-lago in the past. the insider's identity not yet known. this report says the justice department is looking into whether trump ordered a box of sensitive neerls moved out of a storage room on the heels of cnn's own skexclusive reporting that prosecutors have issued subpoenas to the trump organization. according to the times, prosecutors questioned a number of witnesses about gaps in that

f footage. joining us sara griffin and elie honig, senior analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. what is the significance for jack smith, the special counsel here, if they have someone that worked at mar-a-lago cooperating? >> it's all about cooperators when you are talking about feds making cases. if you watch tv shows you think all cases are involved with ballistics and lab mauj i can. the raealty is you live and die with cooperators. if you want to get inside mar-a-lago and what happened, you need someone who was inside mar-a-lago. there are a couple big questions. is this a cooperator who pled guilty to being a part of some crime and has an agreement to testify in exchange for consideration? that's what we would consider a capital c cooperator. or somebody who is not part of criminal activity? and how much does this person know?

sometimes they can connect the dots, sometimes the whole story. >> how important is this information coming out in terms of how other potential witnesses may take it. obviously, how trump world will take it. we have a sense of that. you have a sense, obviously. but that impact can't be ignored. >> it can't be. any time someone comes forward there is pressure on others in trump world, which camp are you going to be in or come forward to avoid risking any kind of potential conflict you could get into. what i think is interesting and this is my non-legal more political take on it, this case is ultimately i think going to come down to the obstruction because now that vice president pence, the current president have also had some issues with mishandling classified documents, it's not clear cut just about simply the documents. i always have to state had i done this with dunlts when i was in the federal government i would likely be in prison. it is a breach beyond what anybody in senior government should be doing. now it comes down to the intent.

were they trying to hide these documents? were they trying to mislead or keep the documents from the department of justice? that's where it's going to be, these, you know, individuals who had actual visibility into it that are going to be able to connect the dots. >> that's why this is so interesting when it talks about the surveillance footage and questions of are there intentional gaps in the fat ooj? was it a technical problem? one of the two programs in "the new york times" reporting one of the previously unreported subpoenas to the trump organization sought records about his dealings with the saudi-backed professional gov liv, the golf tour that they have, holding tournaments u tournaments at those courses. we have seen that. "the new york times" says it's unclear what bearing it would there would have on the broader investigation but it suggests they are examining other res elements of his business. >> i think it's fair to assume liv golf has nothing to do with moving boxes around mar-a-lago. this tells me the scope of the

special council's investigation is getting it into the financial dealings that trump organization had live golf. if you look at special counsels, robert mueller wanted to expand the investigation to get into the financial dealings and was told no. ken starr, that started off as whitewater and expanded from there. how much is this -- leash is th special counsel going to be given? >> what does it do in terms of timing? >> expands it for sure. i would put things in different buckets. i wouldn't hold up the mar-a-lago case while i was making a financial case. >> i want to be careful in saying this because it's pure spenglation. you can't rule out that the documents could be related to classified documents related to the saudis. >> that's what i'm wondering. >> that was fleeted. but we don't know that. i will probably never find out specifically what's in the classified documents. but that's a thread that may be being pulled. >> yeah, which would get into

the financials directly, right? >> we may never find out specifically is in the documents. there is a chance we will have a broader sense of what they may have covered? right? we could set gross margin -- depending what happens when the investigation, whether there is a -- if there are charges, if there is a trial, more could come? >> i think if there is no charges, we probably -- if there are charges, we have to show what the documents are because it gets to the intent. >> and there is a vital public interest to high level to be able to say what's in them. >> you mentioned walt. he is the former valet who was in the wows, went to work for him. one thing that they talked about this and i am curious your thoughts on this cothe way they pursued him, carrot, please help us out, blah, blah, blah, but instead they took the stick strategy threatening him essentially saying if you don't help you could potentially be found guilty and "the new york times" reporting is that they don't feel like he was fully

forthcoming didn't give anthem a thoroughly thorough ex planningation for that and he is basically not talking to them for that. >> this is a pattern in trump world and something donald trump is good at is making people stay loyal to him. my sense is that's probably where walt came down in this. you are up against do i want to cooperate with the doj, rack up a bunch of legal bills to pay myself or stick is out with donald trump? my caution is always do the right thing, b, he will hang you out to dry eventually. we have seen this enough times with the for. i d photo-op. >> it's scary turning on donald trump. all the ways that a person gets raked over the coals if they do that. if you are doj and use the stick approach tell us the truth or we will charge you, you better be ready to use the stick. you can't threaten and have person give you a half-truth because then you are not going to have your case made.

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stabbings that happened near campus. of course, the stabbings, two people were killed, one injured. the sheriff's office released this photo of the suspect, carlos dominguez, all stabbings connected the last week. we are following this investigation closely. veronica from davis. what are the next questions that investigators have here for this 21-year-old suspect? >> reporter: well, kaitlin, this haven't released any information about a motive and they also haven't released any information and they are is still trying to figure out if you knew the victims, how he was connected or was this all random. police yesterday at their press conference really thanking the community for their help in making this arrest possible. they say two days ago they got a cluster of phone calls and they say all 15 of those phone calls were about people who said that they saw a man with the same description of the suspect that police were searching for. they discovered 21-year-old

carlos dominguez at a local park where the second homicide took place. the first homicide happened thursday where a man was stabbed at a park near uc davis, the second one saturday where a student was killed at a different park and then on monday a third stabbing took place, that woman is in critical condition and this happened near campus. now, when police were asked if when he was discovered a few -- if he was potentially searching for his next victim, they don't know but they found a large knife on him. another interesting and very disturbing note to add is that he is a former uc davis student as of last week. he was apparently a junior who separated in their terms from the university due to academic reasons and that happened two days before the first murder took place. he has been charged with two counts of homicide and one count of attempted homicide and could be arraigned as early as monday. kaitlin. >> veronica miracle, thank you.

protesters in new york city are calling for an arrest after a homeless man was put into a chokehold on the subway and died. demands there as you hear for justice for 30-year-old jordan neely. last night on cnn neely's friend said she is devastated by his death. >> i was disturbed. i was disgusted that such barbarism could take place and my heart bleeds that our human species can still treat each other like that. >> so on monday neely got on a train going uptown. witnesses say he was acting erratically. a man came up to him, put him in a chokehold, pinned him to the ground. another passenger joins him. we don't know how long they held him there. video of parts of the incident though, that video lasts more than four minutes. eventually, neely stops moving. he was later pronounced dead at

a hospital. cnn has not independently confirmed what happened leading up to the incident. new york city public advocate jillian schneider. good to have you with us this morning. you have -- you can't charges to be brought immediately. mayor adams is saying the investigation needs to be allowed to proceed first. we saw some of those protests. what do you say to mayor adams this morning? >> first, the baseline that we know. there was a homeless man that was talking about his needs. he was choked to death. that is what happened. i do agree about an investigation. i think that should start with charges. lots of things can happen after the charges. but when you have a man who was killed on video by another man, there should be charges that are put out interest. and i think it's because who was killed that hasn't happened. and i also am concerned we have

a mayor that is yet to say that vig lantich is not what we want. we have a governor that hasn't made those statements, even saying she is making laws around bail based on what she sees on the paper, not on what's actually happened. i am concerned our executiveers are creating an environment where these things can continue. >> as a former new york police department officer how do you see it when it comes to the subject. vigilanteism and people stepping in in a situation like this here. >> i don't know if i would call it vigilanteism. i wasn't on the subway. i don't know what the perception of the fear of the individuals in the subway car was. i don't know what the individuals who held mr. neely down, what they were thinking. i don i don't want to call it vigilanteism. he was mental illness, homeless, displaying that he needed stuff and he wasn't getting what he needed. i think we need to see how to pans out. >> there is larger conversation,

right, is it safe on the subway, is it not. i dug into this last year. the statistics are one thing but it's how people feel. there was an effort, we are going to tackle mental health, put more officers down there in the subway station to help work on mental health. not a lot has happened since then. is there any sense that you're seeing that things are changing in terms of not only how people experience a mental health crisis or homelessness are being treated and helped in the city, but also how the residents of new york city are addressing it? because that's part of it, too. >> so jordan neely would have been failed in the city and the state in how we do mental health now just as he was failed the previous years. i do want to make clear you can say vig lantism shouldn't be able while saying you are not sure what happened here. they can happen at the same time and we need to hear that. but i also want to be clear.

someone assisting law enforcement has always happened. that's always happened. here we have someone, by some accounts, wasn't just holding someone down. they had them in a chokehold for 15 minutes. jordan neely was choked to death. that's what happened. and we should call out his name. i want to respect his humanity. i we passed a the homeless bill of rights. what we didn't put in there is the right not to be choked to death on a subway car because we didn't think we had to. we want to make sure people's humanities are respected and saying things that don't cause the type of vigilanteism thatwe don't wouldn't to see. >> the person who did this who was questioned and released was a former marine. our chief law enforcement analyst said yesterday that chokehold like this is part of their training. but he also reported that neely, which, obviously, this marine wouldn't have none this, had 42 refrt and three assaults between 2019 and 21 on the subway for

unprovoked attacks in the subway on fee maims. how does that factor into how this is viewed? >> it shouldn't. at the time of the incident no one knew mr. neely's background, any kind of criminal history. we can speculate now, oh, he had issues, he had 42 arrests, he was charged with assault on the subway system. that's all after the fact. i don't think that should be weighed in right now. >> one other thing. what do you make of what we learned that thomas, who ran against alvin bragg for the latest district attorney election is representing this former marine? >> i think he needs representation because as public advocate williams said charges may be brought. the d.a.'s office and the new york city police department are very active in their investigation. they are seeking witnesses. they are seeking people to provide video surveillance. i know there is very limited footage from what we know now. in order to bring charges, and we have to remember charges may not have been brought because of new york state's zroifr law. once the d.a. files charges

they've to arraign and subsequently indict this individual very quickly because they have the right to a speedy trial. so i speculated that might be why they have not brought charges yet. >> and that may be true. i always think about a same set of circumstances and switch it. what if it was the black homeless man who had choked to death a white marine because he was scared? we would be having this conversation with him with charges sitting on rikers island. we want the laws to be applied properly. also make sure that we are continuing to respect the humanity of homeless people who have mental health issues like jordan neely. we have a situation where that is not what is happening. we are spending more time feeding the fear. as you mentioned, the statistics bear something else out. you want people to be safe and feel safe. we have to say to you, you can't choke people to death on the train. and that doesn't seem to be coming from our top executive

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a florida man has been charged after punching an umpire last month. a high school baseball game. so, here you see 41 jorge aponte-gonzalez as he walked towards the field. proceeds to punch the 63-year-old disabled umpire, knocks him out. this happened april 18th:he was arrested wednesday. gonzalez's son is one of the players. joining us from miami, cnn correspondent carlos suarez. if this doesn't fit the bill for why would parents do this, i am not sure what does, carlos. >> yeah, erica, so according to the osceola county sheriff,

there was an issue between the umpire and the son of that father. apparently the player was making some disruptions, saying things on the field. at some point the umpire tells the kid you should tone it down, you are being disruptive, and the two of them, they go back and forth. at some point after that according to the sheriff 41 jorge gonzalez caucus up to the umpire and hits him, knocks him out cold. apparently this is not the first time that mr. gonzalez has been disruptive at a baseball game. that at least according to the sheriff. he has apparently had issues at other games. the sheriff also talked about the fact that that gonzalez, he apparently showed zero remorse about what happened. in the video you can see him walking off shortly after that incident. here is what the sheriff said. >> he is basically laughing because i told him you are being arrested.

he goes, i am being arrested for defend mieg kid? it's not fun anytime. this is not the first time. he has gone to a harmony game and another school and causes a disruption. however, it never got to this level where he actually struck someone and then after he strikes him, you know, the guy is not even facing him because he is a coward, and then he just leaves. >> reporter: again, it is still unclear at this hour exactly why the umpire and that player were going back and forth. however, you can imagine there is really not much of an excuse why an adult would do this to an umpire in front of a group of high school baseball players. gonzalez, he was released on a $1,500 bond and is facing a single count of battery on a sports official as well as disrupting a school function. erica. >> carlos, thank you. all right. a lighter moment now. maybe not so light. it's about pasta. puzzling pasta mystery in new

jersey. according to wabc, more than 500 pounds of pasta wasted, dumped into the woods last week in old bridge, new jersey, after the al denty discovery was made, it was cleaned up. they point to issues with garbage pickup in the town. some of the locals say they know who did it. >> this is fascinating. to catch that much pasta and then to bring it somewhere and dump it. it just -- i'm very curious as to the train of thought here. i have a good idea. let's cook up 500 pounds ever pasta and leave it in the woods. that'll show them. >> no, you need sauce on it? >> yeah, who's gonna -- >> they must have put something. >> how do you clean that up from the woods? >> maybe you bring in the animals. >> do animals eat pasta? >> i don't think they are that picky.

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april. the federal reserve, obviously, keeping a close eye on this reporting. we have our chief business correspondent christine romans, phil mattingly, chief white house correspondent. >> hiring picked up. this is a strong resilient job market. the unemployment rate fell to 3.had%, going back to january. 3.4%, that's full employment. on paper, that should mean anybody who wants a job has a job. i can tell you that bosses, you know, th they didn't find the workers in some cases. we haven't seen layoffs in finance and tech. taking together, hiring 253,000 in the month and unemployment rate still very, very low. leisure and hospitality adding back a bunch of jobs. professional services as well. defying the headlines of tech layoffs and layoffs in the financial sector and honestly just so resilient a year into all the rate hikes.

it's surprising. february and march revised down a little bit. but the average of the past six months 290,000 jobs added in normal times we'd be screaming from the rooftops how strong that labor markets is. this a little below that average but more than anybody thought except for goldman sachs. >> on a monthly basis, on this morning, at 8:30 a.m. i get the labor department release and every single time, you've got to be kidding me? the durability of the market, the durability of hiring, the ability for the u.s. economy to stay on track it's on given i think the speed and velocity how the fed operated, all the other dynamics that are around. two things. one, it's remarkable and i don't think there is a ton of precedent for coming out of a crisis, doing the emergency response and being able to maintain on the back end when everybody has been predicting a recession for the last year. >> this is the longest recession watch, a year and a half. >> yeah. but i also think that underscores the moment we are

in. no one understands what is happening from a data perspective right now and at the same time as kind of everyday americans feel unsettled and unsure where things are, this is a really, really fascinated from an intellectual perspective moment and unsettling to some degree because we are not sure what this means going forward. >> there is no path to follow. it's interesting to me, too, that the sectors and the fact that we aring it to see growth in leisure and hospitality, no matter how concerned people are, these sectors are still hiring, people are going out and spending money on those experiences. that says something. >> yeah. and coming out of the covid crouch, you know, and wanting to buy, different things, experiences and buy different -- you know, everybody bought two sofas and five pairs of pajamas. but the consumer has been strong and driving that and you see that in the kinds of sectors we have been watching there. there was a gallup poll that showed half of americans are worried about their money and i think that's kind of interesting that's because of the bank --

you know, the bank crisis. i won't call it a crisis. bank stress we have seen. so people say they are not feeling very, you know, very confident about things but keep spending their money. and there is still broadly hiring. i mean, i was looking at the 2019 numbers before i came out here. there maybe was one or two months in two 2019 that saw a month like that. c that was considered a strong economy. is a strong, resilient labor market. wages up 4.4%. the fed would like to see a cooling off of wages. >> the white house is watching this. how do they take a report like this and with what the numbers that we are seeing from americans actually are and how they feel about it versus what we are seeing in the actual numbers? >>. >> two pieces. we keep telling you the economy is humming along, please believe us. this will contribute to the long held frustration, per you heard about and known for the last few years people don't understand what they have done, how they

have done it and why it's had an effect. to be fair, there is a dislocation for a reason between numbers and what the american people are feeling and maybe something to do with that. i think the reality is if you are at the white house you are saying we told you. we told you and it's staying that way when everybody is predicting otherwise. good moment for them. >> 3.4% unemployment rate after a year of rate hikes. >> 253. like, it's wild. >> we are going to geek out. >> we are going to get in trouble because we have to pay some bills here. we are going to take a little break. just ahead, a new hbo documentary takes a really -- looks at race and racism through the eyes of mixed race children and families in america. it's a great conversation.

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interracial couples have no idea what the experience is for this child that they brought into the world. >> is there anything that you think non-mixed race people need to know about mixed race people? >> stop being less of one culture. it's having the opportunity to have a deeper connection to more cultures. >> and joining us now to talk more about his documentary film the emmy award-winning host and director. hbo original documenty w. kamau bell. so nice to have you back here in the studio. >> i know. i remember like going back to high school. >> right? it's like old home week here. we are happier for it. it's a beautiful film and it's great to watch with your kids, i will say. what is this about for you? this is a personal journey. why did you want to make the film? >> it's the most personal project i worked on, my kids are in there. our daughters are in there. we spent a lot of time trying to

keep them out of the spotlight of my career because my career is also divisive, as you said. it was a big deal to talk about mixed race kids, we want it put our kids in there. if we hadn't, i think we would have had a revolt in the house. they wanted to be a part of it. >> they seem like naturals. your daughters in there, was there anything that surprised you in the conversations would both your daughters and with the other families? >> you know, it's funny. all the kids like especially the younger kids really are very clear that being mixed race is not -- i think those of us who are older think no, i'm both. it's not fractions i got more of everything. i'm black and white. >> a young woman, her name escapes me at the moment, she said it's not that i'm less of anything, there's moore of me and more to appreciate and that's actually one of the other kids, i think it was miles in the film who said i'm 1,000% human, that's where the title comes from. >> that's where the title came

from. he didn't know he gave us the title. >> is he going to get an extra title? >> no. >> no producer title for him. i was struck by and i said this to you full disclosure off camera i was reminded how at younger ages, so a lot of the kids initially in this film are later elementary school including your daughter sami, just that incredible confidence that kids have at this stage and the self-awareness and i was struck, too, you asked your daughter what she sees when she looks in the mirror and i want to play her response. >> when you look in the mirror what do you see? >> i like to think that mirrors don't show everything. like mirrors show the outside of you but they can't tell the inside of you or how you identify like just by the look of you. >> which is how it should be, right? >> yeah. sorry. somebody cutting onions? what happened? >> the cooking segment next. yet we know in this country it's all about what do i see and immediately trying to put you into a category and say that you

can only be one thing even if you are mixed race. >> this film is shot in the bay area, san francisco bay area and i think a lot of this film is a testament to the bay area. these kids see mixed kids everywhere, they are allowed to talk about their mixed status, they are allowed to claim multiple identities. they are allowed to be they/them if they want to be and nobody pushes back on them. i think the asked that this is a specific group of mixed kids, we have heard from mixed people around the country who are like it is not like that where i live. i think it's a testament to the bay area but a criticism of the rest of the country where kids don't feel that safe when mixed. >> we hear the perspective from your kids, your daughters, other kids around their age but different generations as well. and their experience not only changes, i think, with age, but we really see a difference in terms of what they have lived based on their generation. >> well, yeah, i think what a lot of the kids as you said are elementary school age. once you get to the middle school and high school level the

outside world starts to push in more and we hear from a young woman kalyn who is in high school and you can tell she is in this position where she's like i don't know if i'm allowed to do the things other black people do because i'm not considered black enough, which is not a thing that sami feels. my goal as a parent is to encourage her to hold on to the feeling i can do whatever i want to do as a black person. we talk about trauma in the film, trauma starts to push in the older you get. >> are you more or less hopeful for the future not only of this country but the future of the world that your daughters will inherit? >> i think this is true across all social movements, every generation pushes so that the next generation can have a little more space. i think the generation of mixed kids who are older and mixed adults have made it possible for my daughters' generation to have more space. my daughters' generation have to do more work so the next generation hopefully has less work to do. >> it's so nice to have you back here. >> thanks for having me mere. >> the film, you can watch it now the hbo original documentary film "1,000% me: growing up mixed." you can stream it on hbo max and

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