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. hey, everyone. i'm ellison barber. >> i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, monday, september 16th, 2024. behind bars. the alleged gupman behind former president trump's apparent assassination attempt is now facing federal charges. new video from the local sheriff's department shows the moment the man was arrested on a highway. what we're learning about the suspect and his possible motives. >> safe on the trail. the attack on the former president raises new questions about what's being done to protect the candidates. how both the trump and harris campaigns are reacting with 50 days to go until election day. >> tiktok on the clock. a crucial court hearing today over the potential ban of the wildly popular social media app. why the u.s. government says it's time. and man of motown, tributes are pouring in for a founding

member of the jackson 5, tito jackson. we'll celebrate his life and career. >> welcome on a busy, busy monday. we're going to begin with new video showing the moments after what the fbi is calling an apparent assassination attempt on former president donald trump, the second in two months. the new dramatic body cam video shows the moment the suspect was arrested. >> keep walking! >> you can hear law enforcement there giving commands to sgathd-year-old ryan wesley routh seen wearing a pink shirt. he's now facing charges. this all unfolded yesterday afternoon while the former president was golfing on his course in west palm beach, florida. a local sheriff says the secret service agent noticed a rifle with a scope in the bushes outside the course. the secret service shot at the suspect who then fled. mr. trump was not hurt. he thanked secret service and law enforcement on social media. both republicans and democrats

including president biden and vice president harris are condemning this violence. former secret service special agent and nbc news law enforcement analyst is with us, following all the developments. let's begin with correspondent jesse kirsch in martin county, florida. you spoke with the martin county sheriff about the body camera footage of the suspect. what did he tell you? >> reporter: yeah, so he gave us an idea of the timeline of how this unfolded, and remarkably quickly, all things considered. so they say the bolo went out for this vehicle, this black nissan we keep hearing about, and within minutes of that, about 15 minutes after that bolo went out, the sheriff says that one of his deputies spotted the vehicle, and about two minutes after spotting the vehicle, sheriffs' deputies had moved this vehicle off to the side of the road. you can see in this footage that there is a truck to the left-hand side of the screen. the sheriff says there were multiple trucks they use to essentially guide the vehicle

off the road. they didn't do what you would imagine in a typical traffic stop where they would put on the lights and the driver should be pulling over. they didn't give the suspect here, ryan routh, the chance. what unfolded is they maneuvered the vehicle off to the side of the road and then that scene unfolds as you saw on the body camera footage. i talked to the sheriff about how this unfolded, i asked where he thinks the suspect would be at this time if they had not made the stop, or if the witness had not spotted him and the sheriff remarked that he thinks the suspect would be at home sipping a margarita right now. here's part of my conversation with the sheriff. >> thank god the president is okay. >> reporter: did you find it? okay, guys. so want to also just clarify a little bit more about what unfolded. we are at the martin county sheriff's office, about 40

minutes if not a little further, from where this unfolded, where this shooting scene is said to have unfolded. this driver was able to get about 40 minutes north of where this unfolded before he was apprehended and that brings us to where we are now. >> thanks. let's listen to a little bit of that sound bite we started to hear from president biden because he has commented on this and we'll talk after. let's listen. >> thank god the president is okay. i think we have a full report so far, we're down there tonight. one thing i want to make clear, the service needs more help. i think congress should respond to their needs. >> so what do you make of that? he's saying the secret service needs more help, presumably talking about congress. that could be funding. is that the issue, and what went right and what went wrong? >> i'll tell you as a former agent, they work a lot. when i say a lot, a lot. you're never home. during a campaign year, you go

from assignment to assignment to assignment. of all the federal agencies this is the most difficult agency to adapt to. in fact, we would have agents that would come to the secret service and leave to go to other agencies because it was a lifestyle, and i did hiring for human resources. i never saw anybody from another federal agency like the fbi come to us. it's such a difficult lifestyle, and the stress that they have to endure, so when he's saying they need more resources, they do need more manpower. i will be transparent. i don't know whythy don't have more manpower. i always wondered why are we working so much? if we're so topped out, why aren't they asking for these assets, are they asking for these assets and not getting them? you need that manpower. you need proper vehicles, proper equipment. it all costs money. it's taxpayer money so i understand there's budgets.

i think maybe historically, there was a bit of a negotiation process. i think today, given what we're seeing, two assassination attempts in such a short window of time, they're going to be like what do you need? people have very fickle memories. something happens every couple decades. people forget, everything is going well. maybe there's a little complacency going on. but when i did protection assignments i didn't think like an agent, i thought like the assassin. >> thank you so much. and our thanks to jesse as well. >> ellison, the suspect thib past voiced support for ukraine. you have an anecdote because you while covering ukraine ran across the suspect. >> we interacted with him, nbc news and my team, we made a decision not to do a formal interview bah we weren't able to verify what he was telling us. there's a man in the corner, blue hair, that's the man we met

and knew as ryan. we had interactions where he claimed he was recruiting and training foreign soldiers to go to the front lines in ukraine. no one could verify that. we felt uncomfortable with it. we noticed some behaviors with him that made us feel frankly uncomfortable and i took that photo in part because i sent it to our security detail because we wanted them to be aware of where we were seeing this guy. he seemed to never leave kyiv but lingered in that area where the photo was taken. >> thank you for that. more important context. >> we're going to turn now to a major legal test today for the government's plan to ban tiktok. >> oral arguments took place today at a federal appeals court in washington, d.c., as lawyers for tiktok challenged the constitutionality of a law that forces the mega popular video app to be sold to a non-chinese owner. the government argues tiktok poses national security threats because of its ties to china. if the app is not sold, the ban on tiktok would go into effect

in january. morning news now anchor savannah sellers has been tracking this all the way. you listened to the hearing today. what did we hear? >> we have a little more insight into the government's side of this. while they sort of admit, look, we don't have hard evidence that china has interfered in any way, what they're saying the risk is real, the opportunity is real. so why leave the door open? and the concern there is twofold. the first being can china access the data of the 170 million u.s. users? that's sensitive information about any of us who have the app. and the second concern is can they manipulate what type of content we see, can they intervene with that algorithm which sounds funny to say, but it's technically located in china, a china app, so could they be, for example, putting content or information out that's more favorable to china, suppressing things that are not favorable to china. and the judges, it was a three-judge panel, they seemed sympathetic in some ways to tiktok's argument which is this is a free speech concern and

infringed on first amendment if you were to ban the app, but the question remains about the foreign control. >> so based on what we know right now, how likely is it this wind up in the supreme court? >> very, because probably whichever side loses this appeal, this is tiktok's appeal it brought, and this is really its first chance to fight back against the law that, by the way, is already in effect. as of right now, in january, if this is not sold the way it stands, tiktok would effectively be banned in the united states. this is the first time we're hearing tiktok get to argue their side. whoever loses this, it will likely go up to the supreme court. the question is do they do take it up? >> savannah sellers, thank you. nearly 15 months after the titan submersible tragedy, the coast guard is hearing public hearings into its investigation of what went wrong. the vessel was on an expedition in june of last year when all

contact was lost. officials say the submersible imploded during its descent killing all five people on board. tom costello has been following the story since the very beginning. this hearing has been going on, i think, all day, right? what has stood out to you so far, and where does the investigation go from here? >> reporter: well, this is day one of a two-week hearing with about two dozen people who will be interviewed as part of this coast guard marine board of inquiry, and that is really the focus. right there, that submersible which you may recall was criticized immediately after the disaster because it was made of a carbon fiber material, not titanium, as it was on its way to the titanic. the question all along was, is that kind of material able to withstand the pressure of going so deep in the ocean? the former chief engineer for this company, for ocean gate, who left in 2019 because he was trying to warn the company this is not safe, he talked today

about specifically being asked to pilot that submersible and he said no. listen to what he said. >> they wanted me to be the pilot that runs the titanic mission. and i told them i'm not getting in it. and they asked why, and i said because the operations crew, i don't trust them. take a look at where we started when i was hired. it was the truth. >> what he's saying there is all the information he was told when he was hired as an engineer, none of the information he was told by the company about what kind of project they were working on, none of it turned out to be true and he felt that the engineering was simply faulty. and he didn't trust it. when he tried to sell the ceo about these concerns, rush ignored him and fired him, as you may recall, he was among those who died when the titan imploded. back to you. >> tom costello, thank you.

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the latest apparent attempt on former president donald trump's life comes right in the middle of the final sprint to election day. we're 50 days away now. >> trump will be holding a rally this weekend on new york's long island. as many -- wednesday, excuse me, on wednesday, on new york's long island with as many as 15,000 people potentially going to be there. vice president harris will be visiting three battleground states this week, highlighted by an event with oprah winfrey on thursday in michigan. let's bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in west palm beach and white house correspondent monica alba. vaughn, what has trump been saying since this latest incident? and are there any changes expected to his schedule? is he going to come to new york still as planned? >> reporter: right, we have actually not seen donald trump yet outside of a post on social

media that speaker mike johnson posted late yesterday evening after he visited with him at his mar-a-lago estate. before i go further on that point, i want to point out, you see the boat behind us here. this is -- i have been out here and talked to you a lot over the years across the agoon from mar-a-lago. this is thefirst time we have seen law enforcement on this lagoon outside the perimeter of donald trump's mar-a-lago estate. he's there today. we anticipate him going to michigan tomorrow. he'll then be going to long island, new york, for a campaign rally on wednesday. he'll make remarks in d.c. on thursday. saturday, he'll hold a rally in north carolina. he still intends to move forward with his schedule as planned. of course, secret service did exactly the job they were set out to do yesterday. along with local law enforcement, who was able to track that assailant down just north here of palm beach after he fled from the golf course

perimeter. i want to let you look at a social media post also from donald trump here, just a bit ago in which he's placing blame on democrats for their rhetoric, calling him a threat to democracy. in part here says because of the communist left rhetoric, the bullets are flying. it will only get worse. donald trump trying to make the case that the words from the democrats have led to these two attempted assassinations on his life. >> monica, let me turn to you, covering the harris campaign and the white house. what are we hearing from that side of things about any additional security they might have? >> reporter: for the president and vice president, you can imagine, kate there, is always going to be enhanced security measures for them that are always re-evaluated if there's something that pops up. this is happening in real time all the time, and we don't always see the public evidence of that because it happens privately. we did see some changes after the july assassination attempt on former pt. p's life with that ballistic glass and seeing that at outdoor rallies and events.

what took place yesterday obviously wasn't anything that was open to the public or telegraphed to the public. but they're going to be looking at things like that. as for her schedule this week, i'm told she's still going to be on track with all of the events planned. she's in washington today. tomorrow she's going to be traveling to pennsylvania. she's then going to be in washington for another event on wednesday. and then thursday and friday, she heads to those other critical blue wall states. and i'm told her pace is not going to let up in any manner. if anything, it's going to ramp up even more in the final days in these final weeks to election day. kate and ellison. >> monica and vaughn, thank you both. still to come, the value of gold is hitting new records. what does that mean for the communities mining and refining that gold? my coanchor takes us to west africa later this hour. ay tuned for that.st (vo) struggling with moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis? talk to your doctor about #1 prescribed entyvio, offering two maintenance options,

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happens once in a millennium. so obviously a very large event. bart just released this gopro video of the train operators point of view when traveling through the tube. the first time this kind of video has ever been released. according to the transit agency. bart says that the retrofit of the tube, which began back in 2019, was completed within the past six months. but they made the announcement today about the completion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first crossing of the tube, which took place 50 years ago this morning. now, the retrofit includes new steel plates inside the tube. that's for strengthening and then an upgraded pumping system. bart says it is possible the tube could crack during a large quake and cause minor flooding. that's why you need those pumps. fyi, the bart tube did survive loma prieta, which was magnitude 6.9. now bart began retrofitting its tracks and stations back in 2004 at a total cost of $1.5 billion. the tube retrofit is included in that cost. the steel tube if you're not familiar, it's about 3.6 miles long. it's

laid down in sections of the sandy bottom of the bay, acts as a suspension in case of movement. the tube leaves, oakland goes under the western span of the bay bridge, and then goes back up into san francisco, underneath the ferry building along the embarcadero. this morning, bart board president bevan dufty told this story about the tube and bart's insurance carrier when he joined the transit agency back in 2016. well, why aren't we using a domestic carrier? why aren't we? you know, hiring a firm here in the us? and i asked about it, and the answer was that when the transbay tube was being built, no one else would touch insuring it but lloyd's of london. bart says it is talking about building a second transbay tube sometime down the line, but that would depend on demand and ridership. and president dufty this morning said bart will probably have to go to voters in 2026 to ask for more funding here at bart headquarters in oakland, bob redell. nbc bay area news. important safety updates. thanks, bob. students

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than what we typically see for this time of year. in the upper 60s, low 70s palo alto will see a high of 71 and 73. in martinez also 73 in napa, while san francisco will be in the upper 60s for tomorrow. we're looking at more of those temperatures in the 60s and 70s and not much of a warm up on wednesday as we get that rain, we'll take a look at our 7-day forecast and a big heat up ahead coming up in the next 30 minutes. thanks, kari. it is going to be a busy week in san francisco. salesforce's annual dreamforce conference will kick off tomorrow. ahead of that, the company is announcing a $10 million donation to san francisco and oakland schools. it is a nationwide grant from salesforce meant to better prepare students for jobs using artificial intelligence. a top salesforce executive says the future is here, and schools must quickly adapt. dreamforce is happening at the moscone center downtown, and if you're going to be in the city, there is going to be some street closures in effect during the conference.

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bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily." >> at least 15 people have died from flooding in central europe and the death toll is expected to rise. border areas between the czech republic and poland were hit hard over the weekend. heavy rain and surging water levels collapsed bridges and forced people to flee. water levels are receding some areas but others are preparing for more flooding heading their way. this is the worst flooding central europe has seen in two decades. >> renowned ballerina mikaela deprince has died. she was born in a civil war in sierra leone. she came to the u.s. after she was adopted from an orphanage. she danced with the boston ballet. she made history as the youngest principal dancer at the dance theater of harlem. she was featured in a video for beyonce's lemonade album. i had a chance to profile her in 2017, share her incredible journey with our viewers.

in a heartbreaking twist, her mother also passed away last week, the day after she did. deprince was just 29. caitlin clark has done it again. wnba phenom has broken another rookie record. the indiana fever starter now broke the rookie scoring record at 761 pointsane single season. the previous record was 741 points. she was the number one pick in the draft and still has one more regular season game to play. two former fire chiefs in new york city are facing a slew of federal charges today including bribery and corruption. >> it all stems from an investigation into new york city government officials and prosecutors allege the men accepted tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for fast tracking safety inspections. nbc news law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter joins us now. he's been reporting on this extensively, all the different facets of it. walk us through this particular one as it relates to these fire

safety officials. what are prosecutors alleging here? >> reporter: the bureau of fire safety is a group of firefighters tasked with making sure everything from the exhaust system in restaurants to the fire alarm systems are proposed to the way you set up your exit doors in these large high-rise buildings in new york city, that people are going to get out safely if there's a fire or to prevent a fire in the first place. these two chiefs were leading that, following covid, there were these huge backlogs because of everything that happened with the pandemic and staffing shortages. so what people were doing is paying an association of these two former chiefs, according to federal prosecutors, and by paying them, they would move those entities up on the list. if you really needed to get that inspection done, you were paying a certain company to expedite that. that money would then find its way to the chiefs in the form of a bribe. >> here's the thing, this is all happening in the context of more

in new york city. the mayor, eric adams, has come under it seems like he's a target of multiple, he or associates are a target of multiple investigations now. how is this all linked to what you said? >> there have been multiple ongoing public corruption federal criminal investigations in new york city, and some of the conduct is unrelated to the other. ultimately, what people want to know is, is new york city government corrupt right now? you have an investigation involving the police department, you have two investigations involving city hall. there's a city hall aide who is under scrutiny in an entirely separate case, potential federal criminal prosecution that may have some overseas legs. and now you have this fire department case. we'll see where it ends up. just because somebody is under investigation doesn't mean there will be charges but i believe this will bear fruit long term and we have been following this closely. because of the gravity of these

agencies and their importance nationwide, it's something we'll continue to report on and investigate. >> the police commissioner resigned last week. tom winter, thank you. six foreigners including three americans are under arrest in venezuela. they're accused of being part of a plot led by the cia to overthrow the government and kill the current president, nicolas maduro. the interior minister announced the arrests saturday on state television. the u.s. has denied any involvement calling the claims, quote, categorically false. david noriega has been following the story and joins us now. what more do we know about the alleged plot here and who exactly is the venezuelan government detaining? >> reporter: yeah, so we're in a situation where pretty much everything we know is what we heard from the venezuelan government in the interior minister's press conference over the weekend. so all of the information is coming from one source, very little of it has been corroborated or confirmed. but what the interior minister

of venezuela alleged is a group of six foreigners were involved in a plot to overthrow the maduro government and assassinate president maduro. they identified the three americans. these photos that you're seeing were provided by the venezuelan government as part of that news release. they also say that they secured 400 rifles that were allegedly going to be used in this plot. they also described the first of those americans as the leader of the plot and said he is a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. the u.s. government has confirmed that a military member is detained in venezuela. we're presuming that is him but have not confirmed them and they're seeking access to the americans held there. the spanish government similarly is seeking access to its citizens being held there. >> and of course, we know there was a presidential election back towards the end of the summer.

it's been heavily contested by some -- by everyone in the opposition party inside venezuela. the u.s. also called it into question. they seized a plane that had ties to maduro and brought it to the u.s. are we seeing a back and forth tit for tat here? >> yeah, definitely. it's not just the venezuelan opposition and those countries that have long opposed the maduro regime that are questioning the results. it's also big latin american countries led by leftist governments like colombia, brazil, asking maduro to show proof he won. yes, this is definitely ramping up and already very tense diplomatic situation between maduro and almost the rest of the world. >> thank you. the value of gold has been steadily rising this year. in fact, it just hit a two-week high. here in the u.s., also, the federal reserve chair jerome powell opened the door to cutting interest rates and that could have a dramatic impact far beyond our boarders as well. for the people in west africa,

mining and refining that gold, my coanchor is on assignment right now in ghana talking first-hand with people faced with the problem. >> hey, there, from ghana where we're hours outside the capital in a town, ghana can sometimes be referred to as africa's gold coast. that's because of the country's rich history and abundance of natural resources like cocoa and gold. but as the price of gold has been soaring, so has the effort to smuggle it out of the country. i sat down with a man, ceo of gold harvest limited. he's winced the issue first-hand. talk to me about the obstacles that exist for you. >> today is illegal mining. the mining is about land and water. >> what's the incentive? is there more money for who? >> for the person i'm talking of, the politician.

>> it's not just gold miners who are feeling this. after the mineral is mined out of the earth, it heads to refineries. that's where the gold is measured, processed, heated, filtered and purified. ghana has several refineries but none have the coveted international accreditation known as the london bouillon market certification. at least not yet. as such, many of thee refineries remain idle. we got a tour of sahara royal gold, which counts itself as one of ghana's oldest gold refineries for a look at the controversy. take a listen. >> and other refinery is struggling to get product to refine in ghana. we don't have much quantity to refine. and even most of the customers do not even aument to refine in ghana. because when you refine here, you do not have the hallmark to authenticate it. >> you don't have the certification. >> you don't have the certification. >> ultimately, the issues we're hearing about locally here in

ghana reflect broader challenges with the gold industry as a whole. the u.s. state department even issuing an advisory about the risk of smuggling out of west africa and the implications for global security. back to you. >> tito jackson, a musician and member of the famous jackson family died unexpectedly over the weekend. jackson was a singer and guitarist for the iconic band, theiac jackson 5. sheinelle jones looks back at his life. >> family, friends, and fans are mourning the loss of tito jackson. an original member of jackson 5 and the brother of superstars michael jackson and janet jackson. his death confirmed by his sons, writing on instagram, we are shocked, saddened, and heartbroken. tito, alongside his brothers jackie, jermaine, marlon, and michael, rose to fame in the 1960s and '70s. creating a string of chart

topping hits sung by his younger brother michael. such as abc. ♪ abc easy as 123 ♪ >> i'll be there, and the love you save. just four days before his death, tito and his brothers visited a memorial for michael in germany before performing a concert together there. tito appeared on "today" with jermaine, marlon, and jackie several months after michael died back in 2009. >> we're a normal family. we love each other dearly regardless of what people may think. >> tito's sons now sharing this message. please remember to do what our father always preached, and that is love one another. sheinelle jones, nbc news. >> thank you. still ahead, one of the most common and deadliest forms of cancer, prostate canc, whater

a growing number of states are expanding health insurance and some of those likely to benefit are millions of undocumented immigrants. some in congress are criticizing the pricey programs but advocates say they're essential with people's lives on the line. here's nbc news medical fellow. >> something was wrong.

she just didn't know how bad it would be. [ speaking in a global language ] >> her doctor suspected cancer and wanted her to get tests done but she couldn't ford them, she's not able to get affordable health insurance in new york, so she waited months saving up money. she was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. her son was 6. [ speaking in a global language ] >>. >> she is one of more than 10 million undocumented immigrants living in the united states. as of last year, around half were uninsured. some delay care and wind up in emergency rooms which cannot turn them away. some hospitals struggling to keep up with costs. now they're expanding health coverage for immigrants, some through medicaid, others through

marketplace insurance. they offer coverage to adults of all age, regardless of immigration status. new york has it for adults 65 and older. illinois has a program for some adults but paused its enrollment because of the cost, but some are pushing back. >> medicaid for migrants would be a magnet for more people to come to that state illegally. >> bill cassidy introduced a bill to prevent federal dollars from going to medicaid for undocumented immigrants and north carolina republican richard hudson introduced a similar bill in the house, saying the programs come, quote, as the expense of hard working taxpayers. it's already against the law for federal dollars to go to medicaid for undocumented immigrants. the policy director at the california immigrant policy center says offering health insurance makes financial sense. >> preventative care is so much cheaper to provide. and prevents simple health conditions from escalating and worsening into more serious health conditions that require

far more expensive and costly hospital stays, expensive procedures and interventions. >> stacey had chemotherapy and a mastectomy in 2018. now, six years later, she's still paying off the medical bills and still uninsured. [ speaking in a global language ] >> now, she has a message for lawmakers. nbc news. all right, september is prostate cancer awareness month here in the united states. and it is one of the most common types of cancer affecting men. second only to skin cancer. >> prostate cancer is also the second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer. about 1 in 8 men will develop the disease in their lifetime, and joining us now is dr. cedric mcfadden, a board certified colorectal and general surgeon.

great to see you again. let's start with the basics. do doctors know what causes prostate cancer and why it's so common? >> that's a great question. as a man ages, the prostate gets larger. and so whenever you have new cells developing, you have new risk developing. it's more opportunity for abnormalities to occur. men are living longer and we're testing and screening much more, i think, than we did before. in years before, so we're finding more cancers. the magic question is what do we do with these cancers, how are they treated and managed appropriately. >> are there risk factors men should be aware of? >> men should know by being male, you're at risk. and you said 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer but there are other risks. you have to know the risks to stay ahead of the game. primarily, as you get older, that risk increases. having a family history of prostate cancer, your genetics and being african american can

increase your risk of prostate cancer. african americans are more likely to get prostate cancer and more likely to die from prostate cancer. >> it grows sleely over the years. what symptoms do men experience? >> in the earlier stages there may be no symptoms and that can be misleading because men may say i'm feeling fine, i don't need to go to the doctor. but when you have symptoms they're primarily related to urination. you may have difficulty starting or stopping urination. you may have more frequency with that urination. and in cases where it gets more extreme, you may see blood in the urine, people may complain of lower back pain or pelvic pain. >> and in terms of screening, how soon should men start doing that? what's the appropriate age and how often should screenings take place? >> this can get tricky because there's no consensus for every single person. it's different. but the american your logical association says for high risk men, men with family history of prostate cancer or african americans, by the time you're 40 to 45, talk to your doctor about

getting screened. if you are at average risk, a little later, closer to 50 is probably sufficient. >> you were around new york last night because you were going to this event called bottoms up, the invitational, which is craig melvin and his wife lindsay's event. >> colorectal cancer is preventable. it is preventable but we have to find it soon enough. one of the great things that they have done is encourage people to have the awareness about risk factors so they can be screened and they may know the symptoms so they don't ignore them when they need to be tested by their doctor. 45 is the age you should begin your screening colonoscopy. >> i have done it, it's not bad. >> got the t-shirt to prove it. >> doctor, thank you so much. we appreciate you being here and your work. thank you. thank you. > and there is muc>>h oooh! this is our night! shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects. only shingrix is proven over 90% effective.

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