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it says it right there. it is wednesday, april 26th, 2023. flood threat. heavy rain prompting an emergency weather warning across the midwest while snow melt is causing flooding fears in california. a new system is on the move. manhunt, mississippi authorities rushing to find several escaped inmates. one of them accused of killing a pastor. where authorities are looking. disney versus desantis. the internet juggernaut is suing the state of florida claiming it is facing an oshth stated campaign of government retaliation. how this went from redistricting squabble. a mother of two autistic children writes about the lessons everyone can take to heart about communicating nonverbally. begin with a series of severe weather threats stretching coast to coast. remember that historic snowfall earlier in california? well now it's starting to melt.

that's creating serious flooding concerns. this right here is a live picture from earth cam in big bear lake. >> wow. it's the same problem facing communities across the mississippi river. forecasters are warning some areas in the region could see their worst floods in 20 years. we're also following a serious risk of tornadoes and baseball-sized hail impacting millions across the southern plains and florida. nbc news meteorologist bill karins is tracking the weather and the storms, where they're headed. steve patterson is in california but we begin first with nbc's maggie vespa. she's along the mississippi river in davenport, iowa, and, maggie, what are you seeing right there? what's making the mississippi approach a historic flooding event? >> reporter: yeah, tom, savannah, exactly. to your point people are used to floods here but they realize this one may be an anomaly, likely to be, and historic absolutely. the water has been moving up since we've been here over the

last 36 hours and come up a city block since we were here yesterday afternoon and that's jarring for people to see how quickly it's moving. we're calling it slow-moving but when you see something that tangible it frightens people to see and especially when you add on the knowledge that, again, this is not expected to crest until monday here in davenport and other parts of iowa and illinois. so people here in these parts of the midwest, along the mississippi's banks realizing that slow melting snow up in north dakota and mingz is likely again going to affect them into the early part of next week, already we're seeing neighborhoods flooded. already we're seeing people evacuating by boat from low-lying areas and utilities cutting off gas service in the area, something one resident told us they haven't done in her 12 plus years of living along the mississippi. guys. >> all right, maggie, that's maggie in iowa for us. in a minute we'll get to steve in california. now to bill. tell us the several parts of the country facing these own serious

weather threats. what are the biggest areas of concern? >> texas and florida. severe weather large hail, maybe isolated tornadoes, we haven't had any severe weather yet today. we think it will be typical late afternoon, early evening and watch storms from dallas southward, generic thunderstorms rolling through right now. we are under a severe thunderstorm watch and had incredible hail by florida standards over the last two days and expecting it once again today. a strong thunderstorm heading toward the space coast and melbourne and goes till 9:00 eastern time. as far as what we're dealing with, 24 million at risk in central texas in addition to areas of central florida and if we're going to get tornadoes it's from dallas to waco. that's the greatest area of concern and that would be with any isolated supercells later on today. and as far as the west coast, it is going to get hot. we have a ton of snow to melt and that is the big issue with the snow melt heading into the rivers, plus we got all the big releases from the reservoirs right now, the dams are opened up to make room for all the snow

melt. the areas we're worried about is the king river here, that's one of the areas that comes off the pine flat dam. more on that coming up. >> bill, thank you. steve patterson is out in california. talk to us about the snow melt there. all of us have been wondering from afar is this the help everybody wants to alleviate the drought? so what can you tell us? is the state dealing with too much melting snow? >> reporter: it is too much melting snow, tom. almost unequivocally. this is probably one of the largest ecological threats to residents in california we have right now. we basically have a very large lake of water in the mountains above us. it would be twice as much water as every reservoir in the state of california in the sierra mountain, the snowpack there, 256% of what it normally would be and, of course, what goes up, must come down, every year there's that snow melt that would be good for the drought but it is so much snow and it's already affecting a place like

tulari basin, it will affect the levees across california. california the most levied state in the country. a lot have a really poor rating and it's happening more rapidly because as we referenced temperatures are rising especially in a place like yosemite where the park is shut down because they are worried about a heat wave and all this water coming down on top of us. >> steve, stay safe and on it for us. thank you, bill karins and maggie vespa as well. the state of mississippi, a massive manhunt is under way for escaped inmates. the sheriff's office says one of those inmates accused of killing a pastor is believed now to be dead. they say he barricaded himself inside a burning home catie beck is here and bring us up to speed. >> reporter: one of the four

inmates, dylan arrington, 22-year-old inmate that escaped from that facility in jackson, mississippi, barricaded himself inside a home around 7:15 this morning, and then a gun fight with police injuring one deputy followed by the home actually being set on fire completely engulfed in flames. police say they believe arrington was inside and is deceased but have to wait for that fire to burn out and to do some forensic testing before they can be officially sure that it is him inside that home, though, they do believe that it is. this has been a major development. they are still looking for the other three and have helicopter, drones and search parties trying to figure out exactly where they are. tom. >> i understand we're also hearing from the family and friends of the pastor who was killed. what are they saying? >> reporter: this pastor was beloved by his family and fellow church member, someone simply

acting as a good samaritan saw this inmate, arrington, on the side of the road with a disabled motorcycle and stopped to help thinking that perhaps he was stranded. unfortunately, the pastor was shot and killed in that exchange and arrington stole his red pickup truck, authorities say, to get away. now the pastor's daughter has spoke out about his tremendous impact on her life, becoming an independent woman, sort of speaking with quiet confidence and just being a great person and also we're hearing from an assistant pastor in that church about what a profound person the pastor was. here's what he had to say. >> he was a good man, willing to do anything for anybody, and he showed that every day of his life. >> reporter: again, tragically, tom, trying to be a good samaritan and lost his life in the process. >> yes, just an outrage.

really quickly, catie, do we know how these four men managed to get out of the detention center? >> reporter: yeah, the sheriff sort of issued a public apology for that saying that they went through the roof of the facility, they staggered their exit so a ceiling assumed to be in one of the cells they were all able to get out and separately left the premises. but the sheriff says this is a situation that has no excuse but we are very short-staffed. we're missing about 50 positions right now. we have 50 vacant positions at the facility and that certainly is not helping with securing things. >> i would imagine, all right, nbc's catie beck, thank you. we have breaking news in the civil trial against former president donald trump. e. jean carroll, the new york columnist who brought the suit against him has taken the stand accusing mr. trump of sexual assault during an incident in the '90s and for defaming her after she shared the story and told jurors, i'm here because trump raped me. he lied and shattered my

reputation, and i'm trying to ge my life back. former president trump denies the allegations. nbc news correspondent ron allen is outside the courthouse in new york city following this for us all day. what did jurors hear today from e. jean carroll. >> reporter: they heard a very graphic and very vivid description of what she says happened at bergdorf goodman's department store in the lingerie department in a fitting room in the spring of 1996, she says, where donald trump allegedly forced himself on her, banged her against a wall or head against a wall and then physically raped her. she talked about how painful it was and how she thought -- she ran out of the store and was happy that she was -- grateful she was alive and wasn't dead. so a very emotional moment in the testimony. it continues now and her lawyer is trying to walk her through other aspects of her case, essentially at this point at this moment to push back on the

idea that somehow this is politically motivated and to explain perhaps why she took so long to go public about all this, because, again, it happened back in the mid '90s and didn't reveal it until a book in 2017, 2019 or so, so, again, that has been her portrayal of what happened, her description of how she met mr. trump at bergdorf as she was walking out of the store. he was coming in, asked her allegedly to help him find a gift for a friend, how they went through up to the lingerie department, all that is what was -- what the jury heard this morning culminating in her, again, vivid description of how she claims that mr. trump raped her. >> all right, ron allen, thank you so much. a major regional bank is in trouble again and norfolk southern is putting a dollar amount on that east palestine

train derailment. >> contessa brewer joins us with the cnbc "money minute." >> trading of first republic has been halted multiple times today because of volatility as shares of that company continue to fall. the stock hit an all-time low today and the drop comes after the company reported monday that it lost roughly 40% of its deposits in the first quarter. norfolk southern is revealing the price tag of that major february derailment of one of its trains in east palestine, ohio. the railroad and freight company reported a $387 million charge associated with the derailment and from environmental cleanup and remediation efforts. the massive charge resulted in a year over year decline in the first quarter profits for that rail company. and a national restaurant chain is planning to central canned chili at grocery stores and it's wendy's. it will sell its famous chili in a can to consumers around the

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welcome back. a new jersey mayor is calling it quits after the unsolved murder of her fellow council woman almost three months ago. here's nbc's valerie castro. >> reporter: a stunning announcement from a new jersey mayor in a community already on edge. >> i am not seeking re-election. >> reporter: announcing she's leaving office over safety concerns following the shooting death of eunice junefor. >> i got one victim. >> reporter: she was shot and killed in her car back in february right outside of her new jersey home. the case remaining unsolved. >> such a shocking, shocking development. so please keep her memory and her family and the community in your prayers. >> reporter: on top of that kilpatrick says she received hate mail speaking to our nbc station in new york. >> more of you crooked, corrupt,

insert racial slur politicians, either need to follow, should follow or i can't wait until more of you are -- >> reporter: the letter turned over to police to investigate. it was a breaking point for the mayor who considered junefor a close friend and began to have concerns for her own safety. >> when something like that comes at you, as a mother who has two children who lives and works and is very visible, makes you step back a little bit. it was a hard decision for me because i believe so passionately in this town. >> reporter: kilpatrick says her two daughters were the main driver of her decision. >> they said, mommy, we don't want you to do this anymore right now. and i have to care for them before i can care for others. >> reporter: valerie castro, "nbc news daily." new details are emerging in the case against the suspected killer of those four idaho college students.

the defense team for suspect bryan kohberger is requesting a surviing roommate testify at a preliminary hearing saying she may have information that could clear his name. nbc'sial la charles has more. >> reporter: a bumpy start to a lengthy court battle from the defense team of alleged idaho murder suspect bryan kohberger. his team attempting to force a surviving housemate of the four slain students to testify in his defense at a preliminary hearing in june. that roommate, bethany funk, is fighting against it filing her own motion to quash it. >> there's a good chance the judge will quash the subpoena because the net effect of the witness may be to terrify her, even if that's not the intent. >> reporter: it's unclear when the judge will make a decision. according to an affidavit she was in the first floor bedroom during the early morning of the murders on november 13th. a criminal investigator for kohberger's defense writes that

funk has information that is, quote, exculpatory to the defendant and adds it's quote unique to her experiences and cannot be provided by another witness. nbc news reached out to kohberger's attorney but did not receive a response. he has yet to enter a plea for his june 26th hearing. funk was ruled out as a suspect and her lawyers say the defense's claims are without support. they also argue the court does not have the authority to summon a nevada witness to idaho for a preliminary hearing. she would potentially have to stay for the duration of kohberger's trial. >> one reason a defense may want to call this witness is they have some reason to believe she'll testify inconsistently with what she's told police in the past. if that were to happen while she's under oath, that would be a really big benefit to the defense because now they'll have something to cross-examine her with at trial. >> reporter: funk and the other surviving roommate have not spoken publicly about the case but honored their fallen friends in a church vigil. >> they all lit up any room they

walked into and were gifts to this world. i wish every day that i could give them all one last hug and say how much i loved them. >> reporter: investigators have not said whether kohberger knew the victims or why he would have targeted them and a motive is yet to be revealed. trace dna on a knife sheath left at the crime scene pointed to him. the knife has yet to be found. niala charles, nbc news. we're following breaking news, disney takes on desantis. why florida's largest employer is now suing the state's governor. that's coming up next. you're watching "nbc news daily." daily." we are streaming free 24/7 whoa. . okay. easy d does it. we switctched to libiberty mul and d saved $65252. theyey customize your carar insurancece, so you onlnly pay for whwhat you neeeed. with the money we saved, we thougught we'd try elecectric unicycycles. with the money we saved, whoa! with the money we saved, careful, b babe! savingng was defininitely easi. hey babe, , i think i i got! savingng was defininitely easi. it's's actually.y... whooooa! ok, , show-off!! help!

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day before. police arrested a ninth grade boy after he stabbed that female at around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. it happened near dumpsters on the back side of the school. we have learned a boy used scissors and was tackled by at least one administer after the attack. it's not clear what led to the assault. they say both students are acquainted with each other. two students this morning told us that the boy had the reputation as being weird and odd. they think the school district should do a better job of getting kids like this boy mental health counseling to help them deal with their anger issues. >> i think, honestly, it's a wake-up call for the administration to get it together and try to come up with new protocols how to handle situations between students and how to check students that may have some weapon on them. >> reporter: the superintendent would not comment if the boy has a prior disciplinary track

record. he faces charges of attempted murder and mayhem. he is being held without bail. the district sent out a text to alert parents. students did return to class laten the superintendent credited teachers and staff and the students for remaining calm and in the classroom until the situation was resolved. bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. here are other stories. oakland teachers are organizing a rally, announcing a possible strike. elizabeth holmes isn't heading to prison as scheduled. a purse smashing turned. this woman runs after them. a robber shoots the woman. a witness called police and helped her. she's expected to survive. police are investigating and haven't released any information yet.

elizabeth holmes was supposed to start her 11-year prison sentence tomorrow. her attorneys filed an appeal last week saying a judge had made some errors in the case. under court rules, holmes will remain free until an appellate court rules. in oakland, members voted to authorize a strike for teachers. talks with the district are still going on. they are planned. the district is hopeful a new deal can be reached before then. the primary issue is wages for teachers and other staff members. the union says negotiations with the district have been going on for months without a breakthrough. it's warming up. you may need your summer clothes. here is more from kari hall. >> we are feeling the warmth. temperatures in the valleys reach into the mid 80s. lock at san jose, 86 degrees. 86 in concord. santa rosa reaching 84 degrees. near the coast, it's nice and

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bottom of the hour and here are some stories making headlines. authorities in mexico are working to identify eight bodies. the bodies were dumped in the cancun tourist region. >> the remains discovered in a

police search over the weekend. three of the bodies were identified as previously missing. the other, though, not yet clear. the u.s. state department advises increased caution when traveling to cancun and the surrounding area. a new study of melatonin products which are intended to help with sleep really raising questions about what you see on the label. researchers analyzed 25 melatonin gummies from different brands. they found that 22 of them contained amounts different from what was listed on the label. experts suggest choosing a product that has been certified by a third party organization. five employees of new york's commuter railroad are being celebrated for helping save a 3-year-old boy. this is an amazing story with amazing video as well. earlier this month an engineer spotted something near the train tracks. it was a child and put out an emergency call and turned off the electrified third rail. moments later a conductor on another train jumped on those tracks, ran told the toddler and

carried the boy toward safety. we are following breaking news out of florida at this hour. the feud between disney and the state's governor just reached a whole new level. the walt disney company is now suing governor ron desantis. the suit was announced moments after a panel of desantis allies voted to invalidate disney's control over its self-governing district. disney claims desantis has launched a, quote, targeted campaign of government retaliation. governor desantis is actually set to visit israel for a trade mission. nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez is in jerusalem ahead of his arrival. gabe, walk us through this lawsuit and what brought us to this point. >> reporter: hi there, tom. good afternoon. well, yes, governor desantis now facing this lawsuit from the state's largest single site employer as he is on that trade mission to japan, south korea, israel and then the uk but this lawsuit dropped earlier today

after desantis appointed board members voted to nullify an agreement disney had entered into several months ago to try and keep power over its special tax district, basically disney for decades has enjoyed special privileges in terms of taxing and control over the land it owns because of a special tax district in central florida. ever since last year, the company has had this feud with governor ron desantis over what critics have dubbed the don't say gay bill, the parental rights in education act which banned classroom instruction of sexual identity, sexual orientation and gender identity in florida. disney opposed it. governor desantis fired back saying disney should not have these privileges. now disney is firing back itself filing a lawsuit accusing the governor of government retaliation and governor desantis' office releasing a statement saying this lawsuit is yet another unfortunate example of their hope to undermine the

will of the florida voters and operate outside the bounds of the law. but, tom, this is already playing out in the 2024 presidential race, former president donald trump had slammed desantis over this feud with disney and just within the last few hours, nikki haley is out with a tweet saying she'd be happy to introduce disney to the governor and the legislature in south carolina, again, disney, tens of thousands of jobs in florida, some people in florida are questioning why the governor is picking this fight at this time. tom. >> politics. gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. in jerusalem. well, three high school seniors are under arrest in colorado charged with throwing large rocks at cars. one woman was killed when a rock came crashing through her windshield. joining us is erin mclaughlin. seven cars were targeted. what do we know about what was going on here, what they were

doing. >> reporter: that's right. seven incidents in total. two were injured. one killed. seven vehicles damaged. one of the victims speaking out describing how the suspects were out that night throwing rocks at random cars, one of the rocks striking his vehicle, take a listen to what one of the victims had to say. >> as i was coming up on the concrete plant there, going uphill, i saw two vehicles going northbound but all i could see was their headlights. it was a dark road and then a large shatter -- sounded like a shotgun blast, scared the heck out of me. nobody should lose their child for a random act of whatever this is. it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: now 20-year-old alexa bartell was out driving that night when authorities say one of the rocks struck her

windshield. they say she was on the phone with a friend at the time. the friend said that the phone went silent later tracking down her phone to the side of the road, authorities say they believe that alexa was killed by the rock strike itself, not by the subsequent crash. they're saying these rocks were three to five pounds in weight describing them as landscaping boulders. it's unclear at this point why these suspects were out throwing rocks at random cars. >> it's just absolutely senseless when you hear about that and this beautiful woman loses her life. do we know anything about the three suspects who were arrested? >> reporter: well, we know that all three are 18 years old. they're all high school students though they go to separate high schools. it's unclear how the suspects know each other. they were all arrested at their parents' homes in the overnight hours charged with first degree

murder with indifference. all three are suspected of having thrown rocks at night, again, unclear as to why they were out doing that. all three have yet to enter a plea. they are expected in court tomorrow, savannah. >> all right, erin, thank you. the state department now confirms a second american has died in sudan. the sudanese american physicians association says the sudanese american doctor was killed in front of his home. it comes as a three-day cease-fire brokered by the u.s. appears to be on rather shaky ground. nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez joins us now. what do we know about him? >> reporter: well his name was dr. sulalman, a longtime resident of iowa and his family still lives there, but his peers in the medical student say he was deeply committed to sudan and returned to his home country

to teach at the medical school in khartoum. he was very widely admired. a conversation we had with one of his fellow doctors we had earlier. >> he had the best medical training and had the best job and yet at some point he decided that he wants to back to sudan where he's played an important and incredible role in helping medical students, medical trainees treat patients, being a voice of wisdom, being a person that people always looked up to. >> reporter: and, tom, as you had said he was killed tuesday in front of his home. he was apparently taking his father to a routine hospital appointment. tom. >> oh, boy. all right, well, listen, the cease-fire was only supposed to last 72 hours. the time is already running out? what is expected to happen after it runs out? >> reporter: well, the state

department hopes it can be extended. there's frenetic behind-the-scenes diplomacy making that happen. they're afraid on the ground all hell will break loose midnight tomorrow, 6:00 p.m. eastern. people are using this lull in the finding to venture out, seek food, seek medicine and for many of them this is their opportunity to make their escape. we are seeing tens of thousands of sudanese heading north to the border with egypt and heading east to the port of sudan trying to get on boats to saudi arabia and, tom, there are still some 16,000 americans in the country, 46 of them made it out to saudi arabia earlier today but unclear what's going to happen to the thousands still trapped. tom. >> raf, thank you very much. fresh off his announcement he's running for re-election, president biden has shifted his focus to the global stage. right now he is hosting south korea's president at the white house where an official state dinner will be held tonight. today the president announced the u.s. is sending nuclear armed submarines to south korea

for the first time in decades. this is, of course, coming as tensions with north korea rise and also today china's president xi reached out to ukraine's president zelenskyy encouraging negotiations between moscow and kyiv. this is their first call since russia's invasion so that's big news there. cnbc's correspondent kayla tausche has more. why did the white house decide to send nuclear defense systems to the region now. >> reporter: there's a sense that the nuclear threat from north korea is only growing. so the u.s. announced that it would be sharing more intelligence with south korea and also providing more military assets on a rotating or temporary basis. president biden said in the rose garden it's all about deterrence. >> our mutual defense treaty is ironclad and that includes our commitment to extended deterrence and that includes the

nuclear threat and nuclear deterrent. they're important in the face of increased threats and a blatant violation of u.s. sanctions. >> reporter: now at that event president biden was asked about his plans for 2024. why he's running for re-election if the american electorate according to polls doesn't seem fired up about that. he said, well, he feels that favorability among all candidates is low and that he feels that he is the candidate to take on former president donald trump and as for his age, savannah, president biden said, he doesn't even want to say the number 80 because he doesn't feel like it. >> all right, or 84, 85, if he were to be president again. but, yeah, i mean, all right, kayla, thank you for asking those questions. that call, president zelenskyy in a call with china's president xi. zelenskyy saying it was long and meaningful. walk us through the significance here. >> reporter: the significance is that china is a potentially very important interlocutor here.

on one hand, it could potentially provide lethal aid to russia in its offensive on the ground in ukraine, but on the other hand, it has floated a peace plan and has billed itself as a sort of mediator in getting some negotiated agreement. whether china decides to choose one path or another is unclear, senior administration officials tell nbc news it's still too early to say. >> all right, kayla tausche, thank you so much. and coming up here, why failing to accommodate women navigating menopause is costing the u.s. economy billions of dollars. you're watching "nbc news daily."

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welcome back. in today's "modern parenting" we are talking about autism spectrum disorder. so many know it's a condition that affects how people communicate, learn and behave. >> families with kids who have nonverbal communication rely on other tools to help their children end brace their own method of speaking. a new book for kids called "a day with no words" takes a look at a mom and child who use a tablet to communicate. joining us is the book's authoritativeny hammond. tiffany, nice to see you. we understand you are the mom of two autistic boys yourself. how did you decide to write this

book? >> my oldest is nonspeaking and my other child said how about we talk like he is and i thought it was a good idea and started using our own ipads and iphones to communicate back and forth with my son and then that grew into taking it into the community and doing it there and it grew from me. >> all these people diverse and unique, i heard them all but they do not hear me. i do not speak. talk to us about some of the challenges nonverbal children face in interacting with others and how you manage that as a mom?

>> it's really challenging to be the mom of someone who doesn't speak and to have so many place so many restrictions and assumptions on who they are as people, a lot of times people will assume that my son doesn't understand anything that's going on around him, just because he can't speak, so, you know, they'll talk to him as if he's, you know, a baby or they'll say really mean things in front of him, and assume that he can't understand anything that's going on around him and that's really challenging to see as a parent and to hear all the things that other people say about your son. >> you know, children so often who have autism, they can be overwhelmed by voices and sounds. so how can parents better support their child's

communication? >> i think one of the biggest things for us was to try and not force our son to enter our world and the biggest thing for us was to try and connect with him in a way that he felt was the most comfortable for him, and so that was using the tablet more, not trying to get him to produce words with his mouth, getting him the headphones for the noise because he saw he would always hold his ears, just trying to enter into his world and not force him to be as we are. >> tiffany hammond, thank you for sharing your personal story, author of "a day with no words." we appreciate you joining us. a new study out today is shedding light on the impact menopause can have on the national economy. >> yeah, researchers at the mayo clinic suggest its symptoms account for billions of dollars in lost work time and medical

expenses each and every year. nbc news correspondent kristen dahlgren joins us. what an interesting way to look at this and quantify it. how did the authors measure that, the economic impact? >> reporter: hey, savannah, it's not even something traditionally we've talked a lot about and finally there is this research happening so they looked at 32,000 women between 45 and 60 who were just seeking general practitioner care at the mayo clinic, and what they found was kind of shocking. 13% of women said that they had had some type of adverse work outcome because of their menopause symptoms. 11% said they had missed at least one day of work. the mean number of days missed per year for menopause symptoms was three days per year, so when they tallied that up, they figured about $1.8 billion in lost work time and they said that number skyrockets to 28 billion when you add in all the

medical costs both for the women and for the employers. here's what one of the lead researchers had to say, take a listen. >> we need to educate managers and supervisors but have policies in place to deal with some of these symptoms then we need to make sure women have access to the care that they need. >> reporter: so they said the takeaway in this is that businesses really need to be addressing these things like at one point they did pregnancy and lactation in the workplace, now they need to look at menopause and for them it will be a big benefit, guys. >> kristen, thank you. more of her report ♪ wayfair, , you've gotot just whahat i need ♪ way y day! shop w wayfair's biggestt sale of f the year n now. get bebedroom furnrniture upup to 60% ofoff. area r rugs up to o 80% off. kikitchen and d dining fufurniture upup to 60% ofoff. and d free shipppping on e everything!g! plus, , pay your w way with a wayfair r credit carard.

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