join today. good morning, america. return to the spotlight. donald trump set to make his first major public appearance in months just a day after facebook extends his suspension. his reaction to the move and the abc news exclusive, what sources are telling us about the criminal investigation into the former president's organization. air scare. passengers and crew on board this delta flight restraining a man reportedly trying to breach the cockpit in midflight. th an emergency landing at the nearest airport. >> we had a lot of people on the plane that were willing to step up and do the right thing. >> who passengers are calling a hero this morning. covid and kids. the cdc's new warning about the

risk to adolescents. how many of those hospitalized end up in the icu. the push to get them vaccinated even as shots are slowing around the nation. will million dollar incentives make a difference here? heat wave. the hottest day in years across parts of the country with records ready to be smashed in the northeast, plus the flash flood threat for parts of the south. and flying high. >> i don't know about you but i feel the need for speed. >> rob hitches a ride with the blue angels in a plane that can go more than a h that serious g-forc >> it's going to be worth it. >> really? >> we've heard some stories about what went down in the

plane. >> so exciting. >> so hang in there. >> you will get to see him suffer is what whit is saying. all right. that's coming up on the show. good morning, everybody. we want to start with former president trump returning to the political stage preparing to deliver one of his first major public speeches since he left office. >> the appearance coming on the heels of two big headlines, abc news has learned one of the trump organization's most senior officials has testified before a special grand jury. >> and facebook announcing the former president's ban will last for at least two years. that ban put in place after the january 6th capitol riot. the justice department saying about 465 defendants have been arrested in connection with the riot. the fbi is still trying to identify 250 more people believed to have been involved. abc's alex presha is at the white house with the very latest. alex, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning to you, and so all of that is happening as former president oup ofeplicans led to speak to a today. it's the first time he spoke to

them since february. and, look, we know that both this ban and these crimson tide investigations are going to be on his mind. >> do you miss me yet? do you miss me yet? >> reporter: for the first time since february, former president trump's returning to the spotlight tonight speaking to republicans in north carolina. his first speech in months and his first of the crucial 2022 midterm season, but while he's speaking today, another of trump's biggest megaphones has been silenced. facebook announcing trump's ban from the platform will last at least until january of 2023. the social media giant made the announcement friday insisting his words were kindling to the chaos on january 6th. the company pointed to videos like this posted on facebook to supporters while they were attacking the capitol. >> we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: in another post where trump called the insurrectionists great patriots and to remember this

day forever. facebook writing, these severe violations were worthy of the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols. trump blasted the decision calling it an insult. he's already been banned indefinitely from twitter and snapchat. he's suspended for now on youtube but trump's troubles haven't ended there. abc news learning the criminal investigations into the former president are revving up. sources tell abc news the trump organization controller jeff mcconney recently testified behind closed doors to a special grand jury. that body impaneled by the manhattan district attorney will decide whether to bring criminal charges against trump, his company or any employees. >> i have legally used the tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of my company, my investors and my employees. >> reporter: one key focus is whether trump allegedly inflated the values of assets when beneficial and deflated them for tax breaks. the former president's

previously called this investigation a continuation of the greatest witch-hunt in american history. now, sources tellbchatrsemoy of the former called to testify, which could be a sign that prosecutors are burrowing deep within the company's finances. whit. >> now, alex, i want to go back to the facebook ban. the former president blocked by the social media for at least two years till january 2023 but then what happens after that? >> reporter: so trump's account won't be immediately reinstated after that two-year period, and facebook says it will look to experts to assess to see whether the risk to public has receded. eva. >> alex presha for us, thank you so much. talks on president biden's infrastructure plan are set to resume monday after the white house rejected the latest republican counteroffer proposing a $50 billion increase in spending. the president saying this latest gop offer did not meet, quote, his objectives to grow the

economy, tackle the climate crisis and create new jobs. work the phones talking with senators on both sides about a more substantial package ahead of monday's meeting. >> high-stakes negotiations here. we're going to turn now to a delta flight diverted after the airline says a passenger tried to break into the cockpit. abc's elwyn lopez has the story. >> stop this plane. stop this plane. >> reporter: overnight witnesses on this delta flight capturing the terrifying moment a passenger allegedly tried to break into the plane's cockpit midflight. >> is there a struggle still going on? >> he is restrained now. dlta 386. >> reporter: this video showing passengers and crew holding him down. overnight abc news speaking with some of the passengers on the flight who jumped into action. >> my wife said, quick, look, the flight attendant is fighting with someone, and apparently

he was trying to get into the cockpit, so i dove out of my seat and helped wrestle the guy. >> reporter: the man shoeless and restrained with zip ties before he was finally picked up and taken to the back of the plane. >> we had both had his hands -- >> zip ties. >> yeah, and then some people brought the zip ties. one of the other flight attendants and we all had his hands, and the flight attendant, kind of took a while to get his hands behind his back. >> reporter: the flight taking off from los angeles, l.a.x. heading to nashville but diverted to albuquerque. delta air lines saying in a statement, the aircraft safely landed without incident and the passenger was removed by law enforcement. this morning, the fbi also investigating. >> it could have been a lot worse, but i'm just very happy. we had a lot of people on the plane that were willing to step up and, you know, do the right >> rorr: psengers wepoke are n calling the flit atndan thenrsinlyin

it to their destination more than six hours after originally scheduled, whit. >> all right, elwyn, thank you. we do want to turn to the latest on the pandemic. health experts urging that teenagers get vaccinated seeing an increase in teens winding up in the icu. and as vaccinations slow across the country, some states are offering more incentives to try to convince people to get the shots. abc's zohreen shah is at l.a.x. where vaccines are available right there at the airport. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. here at l.a.x. they are now vaccinating travelers. j.a. adande for anyone 18 and up, but, look, the real focus nationwide is young people. hospitals for that group now up. this morning, the cdc warning about adolescents and covid saying severe disease is affecting children too. health officials pointing to troubling new data showing hospitalizations among adolescents increased from march to april and roughly a third of

adolescents hospitalized with covid ended up in the icu. 13-year-old maggie flannery is a covid long-hauler catching the virus over a year ago then again in february. >> it really didn't go away. i was stuck in bed for three months. >> reporter: but she says the vaccine improved symptoms now encouraging other teens to get vaccinated. >> it is scary. i was sick for a couple of days but i think that what it could do for you is so much greater than what it might do that's bad. >> reporter: but it's not an easy group to target in some places. this florida clinic targeting 12 to 18-year-olds, but only five showing up within the first few hours. >> we still have vaccine hesitancy, trying to change the mindset that these are safe vaccines, that they save lives. >> reporter: vaccinations nationwide plunging nearly 70% since its peak last month. dr. anthony fauci with this warning. >> we could get another surge prticularly with varnados

floating around that could set us back to the time when we had to shut down things. >> reporter: ramping up with summer travel. austin's airport jam packed and now l.a.x. with their own vaccination site. >> we definitely think that this is going to help stimulate travel and we certainly want to help passengers travel safely. there it drops. >> reporter: california offering many more incentives. >> 3. where is number 3? >> reporter: vaccine lottery winners announced friday joining colorado winner sally sliger. >> a stable future after the last year we had is worth all the money in the world but, of course, it doesn't hurt to take your chance at a million dollars as well. >> reporter: and, you guys when it comes to the vaccine lottery this state is going for it giving out a total of 116 million in prizes and this coming week, another 15 vaccinated californians will get $50,000. eva. >> lots of money up for grabs.

zohreen shah for us. for more we're joined by dr. john brownstein. thanks for being with us. i'm curious, what's your reaction to the cdc warning about covid and adolescents? >> good morning. we have to remember that hospitalizations mostly happen in adults, but this report does show that there continues to be a risk for children, particularly those with underlying conditions and we did see this increase in hospitalizations that did somewhat follow overall trends and while the numbers are overall small, we know that children can become critically ill and a third of them ended up in the icu so we have to remember that children are not immune to complications of this virus, and these numbers are larger than what we've seen with influenza. more than 70% had underlying conditions, but that leaves about 30% that were otherwise healthy, so this is really supposed to encourage people to get vaccinated. children that are 12 to 17 really should get that vaccine. it protects them

against sweet 16 illness but allows them to get back to normal life. >> we heard dr. fauci imploring americans not to take covid-19 vaccines for granted. do you think that is what's happening right now? >> yeah, i think it's happening to a certain degree. you look at other countries that are struggling to get access and in this country, we're slowing down our pace to get to that 70% of adults getting that one shot by july 4th and getting about a million shots a day, but that is slowly going down, especially in a number of states that have really trailed behind and so we need to be thinking about new approaches to get that vaccine to the people that are missing that access. we know that about 20 million people live in vaccine deserts, which is a problem so we need to think about those incentives, paid time off, free child care, but maybe even other incentives like lotteries or free beer, baseball tickets, anything that we can do to get the vaccine out to people is important and, of course, that approval of the pfizer, moderna vaccines will help around confidence as well but overall we just have to recognize how fortunate a position the u.s. is when it

comes to the vaccines. >> very quickly, cases are rising in the uk. what do you think the implications are here at home for us in the u.s.? >> i think we have to be concerned we have this delta variant that's taking hold that's potentially more transmissible but more severe and it's also showing that the one-shot dose is not necessarily as protective as two shots so really highlights the importance of vaccination in the u.s. variants will continue to increase unless we can get the vaccine out and really this is our best chance out of the pandemic. >> and a reminder we live in a global world. dr. brownstein, thanks for being with us. dan. >> picking up on that, eva, concerns about covid have some calling for the cancellation of the tokyo olympics, which have already been postponed by a year and abc's julia macfarlane is on that story from london perrantes. julia, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. that's right. the first athletes have already started arriving in tokyo this week even as cases are rising in parts of the country and as calls grow to postpone

the games. this morning, growing resistance in japan to the upcoming olympic games. at least 10,000 volunteers quitting, some citing covid concerns. the country still in a state of emergency. the capital tokyo dealing with rising cases. the olympic committee even telling athletes to sign a so-called death waiver releasing olympic organizers from liability over covid-19-related issues. the waiver similar to those signed in previous olympics but with updated language to include serious bodily injury or even death raised by the transmission of covid-19. even so, some 15,000 athletes and tens of thousands of officials, journalists and others from about 200 countries set to start arriving amid a largely unvaccinated population. >> the safest thing that olympic athletes can do when they go is to go vaccinated. >> reporter: the president of the tokyo 2020 olympics telling bbc sports -- >> translator: i believe the

possibility of these games happening is 100%. if an outbreak should happen during the games that amounts to a crisis or an emergency situation, then i believe we must be prepared to have these games without any spectators. >> reporter: kate courtney, a mountain biker representing the u.s. said she feels safe with the safety measures in place. >> i know we'll be tested very heavily at the games and we'll have temperature checks and everyone will just be very cautious. >> reporter: and superstar simmons biles recently telling "usa today" she's taking part. >> tokyo is my main goal right now, and then we have tour after. so we'll just see. >> reporter: well, officials said this week that any decision on whether spectators will even be allowed into the venues will be announced this month. but, guys, polls show an overwhelming majority of the japanese public just don't want these games to go ahead right got to feel for the ghg althis

certainty ri julia macfarlaneor areate it. we in just a few hours the third leg of the triple crown series will be run but the winner of the kentucky derby and hall of fame horse trainer will be missing. abc's trevor ariza is at belmont park with that story. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. it is a gorgeous morning so far at belmont park, and we'll be rounding out the triple crown today in one of the largest events new york state has held since the start of the pandemic. there will be more than 11,000 fans today, all of them will have to prove either they're fully vaccinated or recently tested negative for covid-19. that's more fans that we saw at the preakness stakes last month. it is however still significantly less than the kentucky derby which had 50,000 fans and kidn of highlights differences in states as to the return to normal. but notably absent will the winner of medina spirit. you might remember when news broke about a month ago that the horse failed a drug test. well, this week a second post

race test confirmed the presence of a banned steroid and now the horse's trainer, bob baffert is himself banned and can't enter medvedenko or any horses today or new york for the rest of the year barred from churchill downs for two years because of those failed drug tests so post time tonight is 6:47. in the absence of medina spirit the new favorite is essential quality given 2-1 odds coming out of post 2 and, eva, i wanted to get all that mentioned for dan because i know if there's one thing he loves more than fant sports it's gambling on the thoroughbreds. >> i'll be with whit on that later today. >> betting on the ponies. thank you. >> they have, thank you. time now for a check of the weather and rob marciano in lake charles, louisiana, tracking some severe weather. hey, rob. >> good morning. place your bets. the weather should be okay but it's going tbearm.veyestre acroo some stunning video too if you

live in new york city you experienced this. the world trade center, there you go, lightning strike at the top and had big-time winds, over 60 miles per hour and hail coming down, in some cases over an inch in diameter and taking a beating on some of the taxi windshields and coming down the stairwells into some of those underground brownstones. but the heat is going to be the big story building. the heat wave across the upper midwest, 106 in bismar bismarck. not just a record high but haven't been that warm in ten years, 90s up and down the i-95 corridor and this pattern really is going to continue, it looks like, into the middle part of the week, so full-blown heat wave, three plus days up and over 90 degrees. nice and bright here from emeryville. temperatures around average near 70 along the bay shore looking at a cool coast. warm inland over the weekend but much gustier winds allowing for cooler weather next week and even maybe some showers by

the end of next week. 77 mateo, 80 in vanessa will a hoe. breezy today in lake charles, louisiana. we are here to shine a spotlight on an area that's been devastated by two tornadoes and an ice storm and an epic flood. they're still very much in recovery mode but we're also here to celebrate. they are having their air show back in business including this weekend the blue angels, and they gave me the ride of a lifetime. ♪ the blue angels are back in lake charles, louisiana. after hurricane laura and delta, an ice storm and most recently record flooding, this will be their first show back in the state. what does it mean for you and the blue angels to be back here? >> if we could uplift the spirit

of a community that's just been baten down by mother nature in rapid succession, that pumps us up. this year is a whole new plane. these brand-new f-18 super hornets can go over a thousand miles per hour and this exact plane used in the filming of the new "top gun" movie. i feel the need for speed. so i'm going for a ride. >> if you flex your arms it will pool blood. >> first i have to learn how to fight off body-crushing g-forces. >> keep them here like this. >> i get a walk-around inspection and climb aboard and get strapped in. too late to back out? yep, it's time to hit the sky. >> rob, have a nice flight. >> reporter: and it's a hard pull right on takeoff. >> whoa! loops and rolls through the clouds for a half an hour and then a high dynamic maneuver pulling 7 1/2 gs. i'm fighting the force as my

vision grays, uso much to handle. whoa, i went to la la land. maybe it's best i leave that to the professionals. and get my feet back on the ground. crazy. if you could describe what it's like for someone like me to go through what i just did with you. >> it is incredible. it is hard on the body. it is humbling and the fact you went and did it and are back standing upright and still smiling means you handled your business. >> what a privilege to be a part of that experience. i know i'm a lucky man. but i could tell you this, it was humbling for sure. what that plane can do to your body and really your face. i mean, you look at me, guys, and then you look at lieutenant brad, when he comes out of that plane, he looks like an absolute movie star and they're all like that. the shape they're in and ability they have to fly these incredible machines is just mind-blowing. >> did you have jambalaya befor. you got on the plane?

>> i made sure it was colorful, yes. i not only passed out but i did something else. >> you conveniently left that part out of the television story. >> it's breakfast time. >> for the breakfast time. >> it is a morning show. it's a morning show. >> enjoy your breakfast, everybody. hey, great job, rob. appreciate it. a cybersecurity warning from the department of justice and an expert on how to fight back. a school district under fire after two black students say they were told to take part in a lesson involving cleaning cotton. they're speaking out. "good morning america" is sponsored by walmart. save money, live better. when you buy this tea at walmart, walmart can buy more tea from milo's. jobs for pplli james and lacey and me. me, i love my work family. family here and home, is my life is better for us because of a job. a job created when you buy this tea at walmart. ♪ ♪

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welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. that is los angeles clippers' kawhi leonard rattling off eight straight points in the last three minutes of play leading his team to victory over the dallas mavericks and forcing a do or die game seven and tonight, the milwaukee bucks and brooklyn nets kick off their playoff series at barclays center. fun to see basketball in action, in the playoffs, but with fans in the stands, you can hear the energy. >> the nets have been insane at barclays. >> yeah. >> i'm feeling the energy right now, yep. >> of course. let's take a look at the other big stories we're following right here this morning, happening right now, a federal judge has overturned california's decades-long ban on assault weapons saying the ban violates the constitutional

right to bear arms. the. >> grant: there, gavin newsom, quickly condemned the decision. he called it, and i'm quoting here, a direct threat to public safety. the state attorney general now has 30 days to appeal. also right now, former child actor drake bell pleading not guilty to charges of attempted child endangerment and disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, this all involving a a girl he met online and attended his 2017 concert in ohio when she was 15. the 34-year-old "drake and josh" star was released after agreeing to not have contact with the alleged victim. and fisher-price is recalling its 4-in-1 rock'n glide soothers following the death of four infants because of a risk of suffocation. the incidents were reported in 2019 and 2020. the soothe'n play glider is also being recalled. safety officials urge everyone to stomach using both products. this is a joint recall with the consumer product safety commission.

and we start this half hour with the urgent new warnings about cyberattacks like what we just saw against the world's largest meat processing company and similar attacks against transit systems, fuel suppliers and hospitals. the fbi's director comparing the national security threat to terror attacks on 9/11. abc's ike ejiochi has more from washington for us this morning. ike, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the fbi director is linking this latest ransomware attack to russia drawing a response from putin himself. this morning, hospitals held hostage in central florida, a ransomware attack forcing both hospitals to suspend email access and resorting to using pen and paper, this coming on the heels of attacks on the country's largest meat supplier, the largest transit system in the nation and the largest oil pipeline. >> no company in the united states is invulnerable to ransomware.

>> reporter: alex stamos says these last few hacks have been targeting large companies systemically important to the unted states. >> their computers will start being shut down all of a sudden. they won't be able to get to email or files and such, and then they will get a ransom note, either in their personal email, maybe texted to their phone saying, we have control of your systems, if you want it back, send this much money in bitcoin to this bitcoin address. >> reporter: in an interview with "the wall street journal," fbi director christopher wray comparing the ransomware attacks to the challenges brought on by the september 11th attacks saying, the agency is investigating 100 different types of ransomware, many linked to russian hackers, and now, president vladimir putin responding to accusations linking the attacks to russia calling them ridiculous and clumsy. the department of justice comp coopere th the fbi. >> we need to treat ransomware and cyberattacks like the national security threat that they are. >> reporter: some victims end up paying the ransom like colonial pipeline which was hacked last month. hackers reportedly breaching the

system with one compromised password. experts say these last few large hacks only let criminals know they can get away with millions of dollars. one possible solution, back up data. >> preferably into the cloud into systems that they don't have control over that even if all of their accounts are taken over, those backups can't be deleted. >> reporter: now this morning, the hospitals are saying they do not believe any patient or personnel records were compromised or stolen. the fbi is investigating as well. eva. >> ike, thank you so much. now to the uproar over a social studies lesson at a middle school in washington state. a family speaking out after students were asked to clean cotton in class. abc's zachary kiesch is here with more on this story. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a section on slavery and for effect, the girls said a teacher bought a box of cotton and told the class to, quote, pick it clean. >> she had a box of cotton on her desk and went around with

the box and gave everyone about a handful. >> reporter: twin sister emzayia and zyeshauwne were the only black kids in the class that day. >> i was hurt and devastated and mad about it. >> i sat there for a few minutes and then started doing it because i didn't want to get in trouble. >> reporter: when their mother confronted school administrators they defended the teacher. denying the incident ever happened. >> my children under no circumstance -- i'm so sorry -- need to be talked what it's like to be a slave or what it's like to be black. >> reporter: in a statement the spokane public school district says the students were learning about the industrial revolution and the cotton gin was discussed. we take all complaints very seriously and are committed to investigating them fully adding, there are conflicting reports to this incident.e would hate to ba slave, that she couldn't do this all day.

>> reporter: the mom said the school initially suggested the girls could be pulled from class as a work-around. she took it a step further and removed them from the school fearing retaliation without a resolution. the girls have been out of school for a month. one of the common threads around incidents like this is the pain that parents feel for what their child has been through. we know that the school district is waiting on an independent third party investigation before they comment, but for context, it's important to note that there's a broader conversation happening around the country, around critical race theory, what is being taught in our schools and how it should be taught. dan. >> this is a hot debate. zachary kiesch, thank you very much. time now for the weather. rob marciano in lake charles, louisiana. it may look like he is being supported by airmen and women there, but they are, in fact, there to collect the bill for cleaning up the cockpit after rob got po boy all over the place. >> hey, hey, i kept it nice and tidy.

but they're definitely here to class up and dress up the joint. members of the blue angels team behind me including the gentleman that knocked me out yesterday, thank you for that, lieutenant. we have been struggling with a low cloud ceiling. so they'veloow it's been raining quite a bit. raining not only here but in texas. want to show you some video just outside between houston and galveston. some parts of this area have seen ten inches of rain in the last couple of days. austin, texas, also seeing rain so you see submerged cars, some highways and roadways seeing water overtopping and more in the way of rain although it's shifting a little farther to the east, flash flood watches remain up for lake charles right here and all the way over towards new orleans. i think today is going to be another wet day before we begin to clear things out. could see another three to six looking alternative partly cloudy skies. the winds kicking up today. we'll have high clouds. a few midlevel clouds. 60s and 70s around the bay with

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my grandparents used to help but they have had their own health issues, so we don't have the family system to help with child care. >> reporter: emily is not alone. 16% of the american workforce, more than 26.5 million people, depend on child care to be able to work. >> without child care, i can't work, so if i can't work like we're still living paycheck to paycheck. >> reporter: friday's job report shows women are staying on the sidelines. >> the key element to address in terms of helping women get back into the labor force and helping drive labor force participation is really to address the child care issues. >> reporter: even if a family can afford to use child care, there are fewer centers open compared to 2019. or if they do exist, they are already at full some families are put on a wait list or their applications are outright rejected. lack of staffing is a big issue. day cares must follow mandated child to adult ratios but the

number of child care workers has fallen. 15% since the pandemic began. >> these professionals are not being viewed as professionals. they have all of the same responsibilities of a teacher. they have to have classroom management skills. they have to plan and develop lesson plans. they have to conduct formal assessments. yet their compensation is dismal to say the least. >> reporter: the national median for childcare workers, $11.65 an hour, and experts say only those programs serving the most after affluent can afford to boost wages, keep workers and serve their communies. dan. >> i and families, foch. coming up on "gma," the all but forgotten trial of the man who assassinated president kennedy's assassin. dan ra fascinating new book, "kennedy's avenger" joins us right here next. avenger" joins us right here

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th wwrinthis bo. >> wel didn't bo this trl and ththgshak t tofact that thi the biggest trial of the decade at the time. how has it been forgotten to history? it was also a really interesting trial that spawned many of the current conspiracy theories based on questions that went unanswered in that courtroom. for example, at one point the defense says to the prosecution we'd like you to stipulate that lee harvey oswald acted alone and the prosecutor says we're not stipulating to anything. and suddenly people said, well, why aren't they? and there were a number of moments like that throughout the case, but most interesting, of course, is the defense to me that jack ruby pursued, which was the idea that despite the fact that we all saw him or people who were alive at the time saw him shoot oswald live on television, he says he didn't remember it. he basically is claiming an

insanity defense, and so he didn't know right from wrong which ended up being based on his attorney a very controversial and interesting defense. >> now, after you wrote this book, you've come to the conclusion that ruby acted alone and that one of the key reasons involved a dog? >> yeah, i mean, so there were basically three reasons, but one of them was the fact that jack ruby wasn't planning on being at the place where oswald was on the day that he killed him. he actually was going to a western union to send $25 to a woman who worked for him who was begging him for money that she needed for rent. this is now over an hour after the time that oswald was supposed to be moved, so the media and everyone had been waiting for oswald. ruby is still home, so he's now driving to the western union, he gets the receipt for 11:17. he's with his precious dog sheba. now he used to refer to this dog as his child. he had no children, no family. this dog was everything to him. he leaves the dog in the car,

walks over to the police station, which is down the block, so happens oswald comes out 30 seconds to a minute later, he shoots and kills him and, again, anyone who knew ruby would tell you he never would have left sheba in the car alone if he had been planning to do something like that knowing he'd be arrested. >> such a bizarre case and yet so consequential. dan, thank you very much. and, again, congratulations. "kennedy's avenger" is available right now, and we will be right back with our "play of the day." certain hpv-related cancers? you're not welcome here! get out of my face! hpv can cause certain cancers when your child grows up. get in its way. hpv can affect males and females. and there's no way to predict who will or won't clear the virus. the cdc recommends hpv vaccination at age 11 or 12 to help protect against certain cancers. hey... cancer! not... my... child. don't wait.

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