hi everyone. i'm kate snow. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. nbc news daily starts right now. today friday, january 27th, 2023. breaking news. the pelosi attack. a court releases police body camera footage showing an intruder attacking nancy pelosi's husband and the 911 call. what it is revealing about the heart racing moments when officers first arrived. bracing for outrage. just hours from now memphis police will release video showing the beating of tyre

nichols. how cities nationwide are preparing for potential protests over footage described as horrific. murder for hire. the department of justice charges three men in a plot against an american journalist. why investigators believe they were targeting the woman. nurse warning. why federal agents say thousands of healthcare workers may not be who they say they are. we begin with that breaking news out of san francisco. >> for the first time we are seeing and hearing the attack on former house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. >> in the body camera footage officers are met at the door by paul pelosi and the suspect, both men seen holding to a hammer. we are going to show you the video. it is disturbing. >> okay. hi. >> hi guys. how you doing? >> how are you? >> what's going on, man? >> everything is good. >> hi. >> drop the hammer. >> nope. >> hey. hey, hey. >> what is going on right now? >> we're not getting an answer

on call back. >> whoa! whoa! >> former house speaker nancy pelosi just spoke about the release of the video. >> i have not heard the 911 call. i had not heard the confession. i had not seen the break-in. i have absolutely no intention of seeing the deadly assault on my husband's life. >> let's bring in nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz in our los angeles newsroom. this video is painting a clearer picture, very vivid picture of what really happened that night. walk us through what we just watched and what else is released today. >> reporter: there is so much to take in just from that video alone. it happens in a matter of 12 to 13 seconds. when you see the video the officers seem a little bit confused when the door opens. you see paul pelosi and david depape standing there both

holding on to a hammer, paul pelosi holding on to a glass. the police ask what is going on. they tell him to drop the hammer. then you hear david depape say nope. he knocks paul pelosi unconscious. but the full picture coming into view includes a lot more video and recordings introduced into evidence in this case, david depape breaking na the home. there is video from the capitol police monitoring this home, with a hammer, then telling police later he went looking to hold nancy pelosi hostage but instead he says he found paul pelosi sleeping in bed. nancy pelosi was out of town. shortly after that, paul pelosi is able to call 911. both david depape and paul pelosi seeming to acknowledge the fact that paul pelosi was trying to defuse the situation with this unknown intruder inside his home.

he calls 911 with depape within ear shot and in the call is heard trying to crypt kali tell a confused dispatcher what is going on without antagonizing depape. >> this gentleman just came into the house. and wants to wait here for my wife to come home. and so anyway, he told me to put the phone down. >> do you know who the person is? >> no i don't know who he is. >> what is your name? >> my name is paul pelosi. >> at one point the dispatcher says okay. call us back if you need something or you're in trouble and you hear paul pelosi say, no, no, no. then the conversation continues until he is told to get the hell off the phone and that dispatcher does send over the two officers for a welfare check. they are not sure exactly what they are walking into. that is where the video picks up, guys. >> really tough to listen to the whole call. can you remind us what charges the suspect is facing now, gadi? >> reporter: he is facing six federal charges including

attempted murder, also elder abuse, so we understand he is going to be back in court next week. so far he has pleaded not guilty but his next court appearance should be next month. back to you. >> all right. gadi schwartz in l.a. for us. thank you. the other big story at this hour is out of memphis where tonight police will release the video of tyre nichols' arrest. >> five police officers are accused of brutally beating the 29-year-old during a traffic stop. nichols died in the hospital three days later. all five officers have been fired and now face second-degree murder charges. as of this afternoon they've all posted bail and been released. >> as the people of memphis and the nation anxiously await this video members of the community are paying tribute to nichols and renewing calls for police reform. we'll talk to civil rights attorney and former prosecutor kristen gibbons in a moment but let's begin with nbc's sam brock who joins us from memphis. this body cam footage, footage from above, a bunch of different angles will be released in a few

hours. what are we learning? >> reporter: we're now looking at a four-hour window before the video can be released likely on the mayor's website. they are doing whatever they can to make sure it doesn't crash the system because obviously there is so much interest. you laid it out perfectly a second ago. on january 7th tyre nichols was stopped for a traffic infraction. three days later he died after a physical confrontation with police. we may not find out the why but we are going to find out the how. i am told the actual physical violence was only about three minutes' long but there are so many different camera angles included in this and stitched together that it is actually about an hour of footage. we have also learned that these officers were members of the scorpion unit which is a specialized unit here in memphis meant to attack gang activity, auto thefts, that sort of behavior and to try to tamp down some of the hot spots in the city. according to benjamin crump who spoke an hour or two ago they've had multiple complaints made against them since their

inception in 2021 and that included according to mr. crump four to five days before this incident another african american gentleman said he was pulled out of his car while driving to get pizza and had a gun placed to his head. police have not confirmed that. there was a conversation between tom llamas and the police chief about what this interaction was like when they first approached nichols. here is what she said. >> on a scale of 1 to 10 they were at a 10. >> reporter: is that not police protocol? >> no, it is not police protocol. i've been in this business for 36 years and a lot of the aggression and the approach was over the top. >> reporter: kate ab-aaron, you can only imagine what the situation would be like if the indictments had not come out before the video was to be released but of course it did and that might potentially defuse some tension. >> this incident is obviously

again raising the issue of police reform in this country. the attorney for tyre nichols' family talked about it today. what did he say? >> reporter: ben crump had plaudits for the city of memphis because he said really for the first time in recent memory we saw immediate action. within days of the incident the officers were fired from the force and within two weeks charged with murder among a slew of other charges. he said that should be a template for the rest of the country in terms of how to handle these situations when there is physical evidence and video showing what happened. here is what mr. crump said. >> we now have the blueprint, america, and we won't accept less going forward in the future. we won't have black officers treated differently than white officers. we want equal justice under the law. >> reporter: of course it is impossible to ignore the fact that the responding officers in this case were african american. but as i talked to people in the

community it is not about the officers but the race of the victim that seems to be so material in these situations. kate and aaron? >> sam brock for us, thank you. let's bring in a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor as well. the charges in this case have come fairly quickly for these five former officers like sam said two and a half weeks roughly here. legally what if anything does that communicate? >> i think it is reflective not only on how serious this tragic and horrific crime is but it is also a reflection of how law enforcement is treating it. in order to get a charge like this indicted you have to go through the grand jury process, you have to go through the police, as well as the prosecutor. they didn't miss a beat in making sure this was done swiftly and to make sure they had enough credible evidence to prove these charges beyond a reasonable doubt when needed. >> it is nice to see you again.

let's talk about the second-degree murder charges. what does that mean and what does it say about the prosecutor's case? >> a second-degree murder charge means someone killed another person with a specific intent to kill them. when we say specific intent that doesn't mean the officer set out when they made the stop to kill mr. nichols. that would be first degree. the premeditation is the main difference. for second-degree murder charges the beating, the fact this was three minutes long, and the fact that the, at least the preliminary findings of the autopsy report that was done independently suggested that there was excessive beating due to bleeding, excuse me, excessive bleeding due to excessive beating is very indicative of being able to prove that necessary and requisite intent to make out this type of charge. >> thanks for being with us today. appreciate it. ford recalls hundreds of thousands of cars worldwide.

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palestinians in a west bank raid. the escalation of violence comes ahead of secretary of state blinken's trip to the region scheduled for sunday. a foreign criminal group busted charged with targeting an american for murder. attorney general merrick garland announcing today the arrest of three men with ties to iran, accused of plotting to assassinate an american journalist who wrote critically of the iranian regime. nbc news correspondent julia ainsley joins us now. what else do we know about it plot and how did they stop it? >> reporter: we heard of this today from the attorney general and the fbi director. they say that three men one from iran, one from the czech republic, and one american were all part of what they allege was a murder for hire plot being paid by a group connected to the iranian government to try to take out an iranian journalist living in brooklyn who had been critical of the iranian regime. she has come forward and said ther life has actually been threatened more than once but

she says she is not afraid and thanked the u.s. government for protecting her. >> as you said she identified herself. what else do we know about her? where does she work? what does she write? how is she responding? >> reporter: she has written for a number of publications, appeared on our air, also has written for the "new york times." she is living in brooklyn where she has been for sometime. she posted a video response on twitter today. take a look. >> let me make it clear. i'm not scared for my life. because i knew that killing, assassinating, hanging, torturing, raping is in the dna of the islamic republic. that is why i came to the united states of america to practice my right, my freedom of expression to be a voice to brave people of iran who say no to the islamic republic. >> reporter: it shows how far reaching iran can be when they are trying to silence those critical of the regime. the fact she was living in

brooklyn while three men tried to plot a very detailed murder to lure her out of her house, use relatives to get her to go on a trip, and then try to kill her. but they were foiled by the fbi. >> all right. julia ainsley with that, thank you. the national archives wants former presidents and vice president harris -- vice presidents to make sure they don't have records they shouldn't have. this request came after classified documents were found in the possession of several. the national archives sent this letter to the teams for former presidents clinton, bush, obama, i think the reagan white house as well. talk to us about what specifically is being asked here. >> reporter: well, what they are asking for is for all of those who are the custodians of these presidential records and for vice presidents, too, to go back and look through anything that they have that is not in possession of the national archives to determine whether there are any records from their

administration that should be under the control of the national archives. what they are saying is that includes classified documents and unclassified documents. anything that would fall under the presidential records act. one thing they say in the letter is that the responsibility to comply with the presidential records act does not diminish after the end of the administration. so basically saying, we've seen these instances of classified documents being where they shouldn't be. we want to make sure we have everything that should be in the possession of the national archives. also noteworthy that we're told from two sources familiar with the matter that the national archives is expected this afternoon to be holding a call with these representatives to walk through some of this. >> we know this law applies to the reagan administration and after. any of the former presidents, vice presidents respond to this request at this point that we know of? have they found anything? >> reporter: we don't know if anyone found anything.

there is nothing we know of that anybody said they found but we are hearing from former president george w. bush who said that he would respond to the national archives saying we understand its purpose and remain confident that no such materials are in our possession. so the former president bush's office saying they get this, they're going to comply. they don't think they have anything. >> all right. thank you. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is demanding more sanctions against russia after the latest wave of missile and drone strikes. ukraine says at least 11 people were killed on thursday. the attacks also triggered emergency power outages in several regions of the country. monitors from the united nation's nuclear watch dog agency also reporting hearing explosions near ukraine's major nuclear power plant. that is amplifying calls for a security zone to be established around that facility. still ahead mr. musk goes to washington. why the twitter ceo visited congressional leaders. you're watching nbc news daily.

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attack were released this morning. you'll remember he was attacked in his and nancy pelosi's san francisco home in october of last year. the former speaker was not at the home during the attack but we're going to show you the entire body cam video as we received it from the courts. we have blurred and bleeped out portions of the video. we want to warn you, the video can be difficult to watch. >> i definitely don't want all of it. hello. >> are you sure? [ bleep ] [ bleep ].

>> how are you doing? >> what's going on, man? >> everything is good. >> hi. >> drop the hammer. >> nope. >> hey, what's going on? >> whoa! back up. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] send medics. >> code three.

>> affirmative. >> our team is continuing to follow this breaking news. get the latest 24/7 on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com. we will also have more live coverage ahead in our evening newscast at 4:30, 5:00 and 6:00. in other news, if you ride b.a.r.t., you may have been impacted by shutdowns this morning. several of the lines were shut down from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. more on that. >> reporter: as service is slowly getting back to normal, but for hours, during the morning commute. several lines were shut down altogether or had limited service. the the repairs on a damaged part of the railway is now fixed and things are starting to get back to normal. the issue first came to light about 5:45 this morning in oakland and persisted throughout the morning about, 8:20 this morning is when things were fixed. a lot of commuters had to delay travel. transfer to buses, drive themselves to work or just stay

home. >> we are looking forward to a cooler and possibly rainy weekend. so enjoy the sunshine this afternoon. let's go over to our meteorologist for more. >> we've got a lovely weekend in store for you this friday. we did wake up a little fog but overall, a nice day. clouds will linger in the afternoon and we'll get the sunshine mostly peeking through by the afternoon. expect the daytime highs into the 60s. san jose, 65. concord, 63. here's a closer look at the headlines. we'll keep the mild temperatures for friday. as we inch toward saturday and sunday, we get the return of cooler weather. and yes, the rain chances for sunday. behind that, we'll see a dip in those overnight lows by next week. enjoy your weekend. back to you. >> thanks. more first looks at the figure skaters who may end up competing in the next winter olympic games, maybe in milan.

the figure skating championships continue at the sap center in san jose. sheri finished third in the short program. fourth in the juniors free skate. the championships are continuing here through sunday. and we've got a team of reporters covering it and you can watch our live coverage as well. and the figure skating championships on nbc sports usa network as well as peacock. for the latest news, you can go to our website. nbcbayarea.com. that does it for this edition of the fast forward. i'll be back in 30 minutes with more news.

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bottom of the hour, here are stories making headlines on nbc news daily. >> we are awaiting senting of two men charged with attacking capitol police officers during the january 6 riot. one of the officers was brian sicknick. while the medical examiner says he died of natural causes the physician also told "the washington post" the capitol assault played a role in his death. more than two dozen capitol officers came down to the courthouse for today's senting. a woman and two men got stuck in a sinkhole on long island, new york thursday. the woman who was on her way to

work was the first one to be trapped in the hole. then the two men got stuck trying to save her. nobody was hurt in the end. it is not clear why the sinkhole appeared though heavy rain may have played a role. comedian jay leno on the mend again after being hurt in a motorcycle crash. the 72-year-old says he broke his collar bone, two ribs, and cracked a knee cap when he was knocked off his bike last week. in november leno suffered third-degree burns while working on a vintage car. despite the injuries leno says he is okay and working this weekend. there is new evidence today in the double murder trial of a former south carolina lawyer. >> alex murdaugh is accused of killing his wife and son in 2021. the jury heard testimony today from one of the detectives who interviewed murdaugh after the murders. nbc news correspondent catie beck is at the trial in south carolina. what is the jury hearing in court today about the night of the murders? >> reporter: well, the

prosecution is certainly hammering questions about the clothing alex murdaugh was wearing when first responders arrived. it has been said over and over again on the stand that clothing had no blood on it whatsoever and no blood on alex murdaugh as well. the point they are making is if he did check for signs of life on his wife and son as he told investigators he did even going as far as to say he turned his son paul over to check for a pulse why wasn't there blood on him? they are using this as a piece of the prosecution's case previously used by defense attorneys as defense. if he had done this crime he would have been covered head to toe in blood but prosecutors are questioning why if in fact he checked for signs of life there was no sign of blood on him. here is what they had to say. >> if you would have checked the pulse of his hands how would you do it? >> you would have to try to lift him up and get his arms out from

under him. >> how would you describe the defendant's hands when you saw them when you were interviewing him? >> they were clean. >> how would you describe his arms? >> they were clean. >> how would you describe his t-shirt? >> clean. >> how would you describe his shorts? >> clean. >> how would you describe his shoes? >> they were clean. >> reporter: in that same line of questioning a witness was asked did it look like the clothes could have just come out of the laundry? and her answer, yes. >> alex murdaugh has more than a hundred charges against him at this point separate from this case. are there any ties to those incidents coming up at all during arguments? >> reporter: they haven't introduced that evidence yet, aaron. we expect later in the trial they will because that evidence speaks to motive. the prosecution has said from the beginning the reason behind these killings is the fact that he did it for sympathy and

distraction from this mountain of financial crimes that were becoming exposed, that his life was becoming unraveled. this of the perfect storm that came to a head is what prosecutors are arguing. we expect they have to paint that picture by telling the jury about some of these financial crime allegations as well. some of which alex murdaugh has already pled guilty to. there are quite a few. we're talking about millions and millions of dollars of fraud and embezzlement here. >> catie beck in south carolina, thank you. federal investigators say thousands of practicing healthcare workers are not who they say they are. >> they claim schools in florida sold phony nursing diplomas in a years long scam with far reaching consequences. nbc's steven romo reports. >> reporter: shocking allegations. a hundred million dollars scheme selling thousands of nursing diplomas now called fake by federal prosecutors. >> our healthcare professionals play an important role in our public health system. we therefore expect our

healthcare professionals to be who they claim they are. >> reporter: more than two dozen people, a group of school administrators, and recruiters, have been accused in a wire fraud operation to sell phony nursing degrees, creating what prosecutors describe as a short cut around educational requirements set by the state nursing boards. >> they prepared and sold fake nursing school diplomas and transcripts to nursing candidates. knowing that the candidates would use those false documents to, one, sit for nursing board examinations. >> reporter: the investigation known as operation nightingale. feds issued warrants in five states and say three schools were involved, all in florida. sacred heart institute, ciena college of health, and palm beach school of nursing. all three institutions have since shut down so efforts to reach them were unsuccessful. federal investigators allege between 2016 and 2021 more than

7600 students obtained fake degrees, paying out about $15,000 each for a total of $114 million. >> these allegedly fraudulent documents may have allowed nurses to serve in critical healthcare roles. >> reporter: more disturbing authorities estimate about one-third of the people that received fake diplomas or nearly 2300 people are actually practicing nursing right now. >> we have not learned of nor uncovered any evidence of patient harm stemming from these individuals potentially providing services to patients. >> reporter: doj says this isn't just about the training of those nurses involved. but the public's potential loss of trust in the healthcare industry. >> when we take an injured son or daughter to a hospital emergency room we don't expect, really cannot imagine that the licensed practical nurse or registered nurse treating our child took a short cut around

educational and licensing requirements. >> reporter: steven romo, nbc news. a top house democrat has a new resolution aiming to crack down on artificial intelligence programs like chat gpt. he used chat gpt to write it. so here is what he typed. you are congressman ted lu. write a comprehensive congressional resolution generally expressing support for congress to focus on ai. the measure wants congress to make sure ai is developed and used safely. congressman lu is also asking for a nonpartisan commission to come up with regulations. twitter's ceo elon musk is making the rounds in washington. house speaker kevin mccarthy tells nbc news musk met with a group of house republicans in his office today. the biden administration also confirms he stopped by the white house. nbc news' senior capitol hill correspondent garret haake joins us now. i'm sure you've been tracking musk's movements today. what do we know about his meetings and the subject?

>> reporter: we've been trying. musk and speaker mccarthy go back a long ways. they've been allies back to mccarthy's tenure as a regular california congressman talking about silicon valley issues, tech issues. in this case musk was on capitol hill largely to talk about his ownership of twitter which is going to figure prominently in some of the major investigations that house republicans have lined up. he also met briefly with the top democrat hakeem jeffries and here is how speaker mccarthy described the general thrust of musk's meatings on capitol hill today. >> we talked about creating, making sure twitter is fair on all sides. he wants a level playing field for everybody to have a voice. really defending the first amendment. and had a really good discussion. >> reporter: we didn't hear from musk himself in that visit to capitol hill today but i don't know that will always be the case. twitter is kind of central to a number of investigations house republicans want to conduct. i wouldn't be surprised if we see musk called as a witness at

some point in the future. >> twitter is also what everyone on capitol hill uses to communicate right now. >> reporter: true. >> the white house. he was also there. they confirmed that he would stop by. do we know what that meeting was about? >> reporter: this was about his other business, tesla. the white house has been a major player pushing for the adoption of electric vehicles. that was a big part of the infrastructure bill. there are elements to do with semiconductors and chips and the chips and science act. a lot of that dovetails with what tesla has been doing in electric cars for sometime. he met with folks in the biden administration who are focused on infrastructure and adoption of electric vehicles and batteries. two very different sets of meetings about two very different issues. that is musk's portfolio. in a lot of ways he is right in the middle of all the different conversations going on simultaneously here in the nation's capital. >> thank you, garrett haake. next week marks 20 years since the space shuttle columbia disaster. as we approach that day nasa is remembering not only the seven

astronauts killed but also all who have died during decades of space exploration. here is nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: all seven astronauts on board columbia died just like the seven onboard space shuttle challenger and the three onboard apollo 1. we usually focus on the next mission and the milestone, returning to the moon, landing on mars. but nasa is pausing to remember the 17 astronauts who have died over the years reaching for the heavens. ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: from the kennedy space center in florida to arlington national cemetery, a poignant tribute to the men and women who gave their lives as america reached for the stars. >> it is a day for us to remember not only these wonderful people but also for us to remember the lessons. >> reporter: it was 1967 when the crew of apollo i was caught

in a flash fire inside their space capsule. >> the accident occurred at cape kennedy. >> reporter: they all died. >> challenger go with throttle up. >> reporter: the space shuttle challenger exploded on a cold morning in 1986. they were all killed. >> there are reports that the space shuttle columbia has indeed exploded over dallas, texas. >> reporter: 17 years later columbia was lost as it returned to earth. on board william mccool, michael anderson, david brown, and commander rick husband. >> it's been tough. every time there is a milestone in their life it breaks my heart rick is no the there to share that. >> the past 20 years have been a parallel track of joy and grief. >> reporter: in all three accidents investigators found human error played a role.

>> i absolutely did not want to become bitter. that is not going to bring the crew back. >> reporter: today's nasa leaders insist the crews and what they accomplished will never be forgotten. >> we must not let the lessons of apollo i, challenger, and columbia show up in another investigation report >> i think about my dad every day but it is not always a bad day or sad thought. >> life goes on. we're good. i am glad i know where he is at and i don't worry about that. >> they were moms and dads and husbands and they lived a very balanced, loving life with their family is here in houston. that is the memory i want to remain. imagine losing your wife, husband, father, mother, child, in such a public way with the whole world watching. to this day they say they receive e-mails and letters from people who just want to send them a hug. back to you. >> thank you. up next the gift of life.

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tlae in today's mental health check february is right around the corner and for many people that means an end to dry january. but what if you don't want to call it quits just yet? today we have an expert here with advice to help you stay on track beyond dry january.

here with me now is family and clinical psychologist dr. jennifer harts kei. good to see you again. >> good to be here. >> i was teg you during the commercially have been doing dry january and i am counting the days down to the end of january. if we want to stay on track, at least mostly on track, what are some tips to kind of keep it going all the way through the year? >> i think the first thing we have to do is figure out why did we do dry january to begin with. what was the motivation that brought you there? why are you doing it? then you can kind of be like okay. i might want to keep that motivation. what changes came with it? we were talking about you sleep better. you're feeling better. maybe that something you want to continue. what are the benefits? if i am feeling good is it worth continuing this? that helps us recommit to the thing we are already committed to. >> the way i am feeling about it is it does feel good. i don't know that i'll be a hundred percent dry the rest of the year but i can see doing a lot less drinking. >> reduction is just as good.

if it is making you more mindful of what you've been doing before reducing it is just as powerful. >> how do you stick to it? what are your tips? >> it is hard. i like to think of it in three ways. first we just have to recommit. it is the recommit, recommit. if i have a long term goal what do i do to stay committed? do i have to recommit every day, every week, every month? i want to stay connected to what the goal is. what is my motivation? why am i doing that? re-evaluating that? then knowing i'm not going to be perfect. it is not going to be exactly as i imagine it. i might have a drink, make a mistake. that is okay >> i confess i fell off the wagon one night. i was out singing. i'm a singer and i was singing in a bar and somebody handed me whiskey. i said well. i can have one. >> absolutely. and you start it again the next day. >> i went dry the next day. that is okay, too. right? >> yes. >> for sure. maybe it's dryish january right? >> yes. >> people are saying damp january. whatever it needs to be for you.

it doesn't, what i do for january, if i did dry january, doesn't have to look like your dry january right? we make a mistake. start again like you did. you don't have to be fully abs tinnent but it makes us mindful of what we are doing. recognize it and keep moving. don't beat yourself up. >> i also found substituting drinks i really like is a good plan. >> absolutely. now a lot of nonalcoholic options too that make it easier. >> thanks so much for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. the fda wants to change america's blood donation guidelines paving the way for more gay and bisexual men to participate. doctors with the agency say the time is now to rethink the policy. let's bring in nbc news senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. help us understand what is happening. walk us through the proposed changes and how soon it would take effect. >> these are draft guidelines, proposed changes, and they'll take comments and input over the next few weeks or months before they come out with the actual giens. they want to make it gender

neutral so every decision is based upon what is happening and not on gender. they're not going to be isolating out gay and by sexual men and say you can't donate for a certain time period because of sexual activities. instead they'll ask everybody about their sexual activities and what they'll say is if you've had a new partner within the last three months, multiple partners in the last three months or anal sex in the last three months you can't donate right now. you need a three-month period of being free from all that regardless of gender making it so they aren't isolating a certain group. that has been the criticism they've received lately. a lot of organizations, american medical organization, american red cross have all said we need to get away from that and make it so it is everybody getting asked the same questions and looked at in the same way when it comes to blood donations. >> we know this dates back to the restriction dated back to the aids epidemic and trying to make sure they were, understood what is happening with the blood supply.

why is the fda making this proposal to happen now? >> there are two reasons. one is that they need blood because of covid, blood donations went down. periodically we have blood issues. blood supply issues. if they do this they estimate 2% to 4% more i i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant symptom relief with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements at 4 weeks. skyrizi is the first and only il-23 inhibitor for crohn's that can deliver both clinical remission and endoscopic improvement. the majority of people on skyrizi achieved long lasting remission at 1 year. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. liver problems may occur in crohn's disease.

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