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delta plane flips upside down on a toronto runway. face-to-face, top officials from the united states and russia meet over the war in ukraine. where talks go from here and what sources are telling nbc news about putin's interest in a real peace deal. cuts coming. the department of homeland security is preparing to fire hundreds of high-level employees this week. what we're learning about who the trump administration wants to see let go. and a new man, we're going to take you inside a boot camp that's going vil, promising men they will come out transformed. the price tag, a cool $18,000. >> definitely a story u want to stick around for. >> for sure. we do begin this hour with that stunning plane crash in toronto, canada. >> shocking new video captures the moment a delta regional jet carrying 80 people slammed on to the runway and flipped upside down. everyone on board survived. watch.

watch. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. oh, no. no. no. >> one of the wings on the plane snapped off. the fuselage remains on the tarmac at toronto pearson. >> the investigation into what happened will be led by canadian authorities and it is just getting under way. leading us off this hour nbc news correspondent antonia hylton who is near the airport for us. i know we got an update this afternoon from canadian officials. what is the very latest? >> reporter: kate, the crash site is actually right behind me here and there have been officials, there are a number of cars, suvs parked surrounding the plane and we know now from the presser that happened just a couple hours ago that there are american officials on the ground, canadian investigators, as well as representatives from delta. they say that that plane is going to remain on the tarmac for at least about 48 hours and it means that of the five runways they have there, two of

them are actually shut down. so all of this is going to hamper flights and the this airport for days to come now. there are a lot of questions about the role the weather and conditions here could have played. to give you some context, between thursday to sunday they received more of toronto than t all of last year. we heard from the fire service at the time of the crash the tarmac was dry. the reality is that we are also hearing from the weather service that there were 40 mile per hour winds, there was negative 2 degree windchill and snow blowing. so certainly weather is going to remain a factor in this investigation, although officials are being very careful right now to not speculate until they have more, guys. >> and, antonia, as we wait for more wewe're hearing from passengers who were on that plane.e. what is their testimony like? >> reporter: it's pretty unbelievable, zinhle. i mean, you can tell, as you see some of them speak, that they

are still in a state of shock and thankfully all of them are alive. we know from delta that 21 people were transported to area hospitals, 19 of them released this morning and a lot of what first responders were responding to was shock and anxiety, nausea, vomiting, those kind of symptoms. take a listen to one person who experienced all of this. >> all of a sudden we are just -- i just remember being fully sideways and i was looking down and just seeing like sparks and flames and whatever was grinding against the ground, and then, yeah, it happened pretty dang quick and we were upside down hanging from our seat belts. >> reporter: the kinds of physical injuries that people suffered we heard in the presser were things like back injuries, sprains and injuries to the head. so potential brain injuries that people were concerned about on the ground. the one thing that seemed

certain in today's presser was that really it's the first responders and crew that were able to get people out quite rapidly, keep them calm and cool during a shocking and incredibly rare situation and that it's thanks to them that all of these people are alive, guys. >> glad for that. antonia hylton, thank you. well, a bitter blast as we just saw there gripping much of the united states and canada this hour. the national weather service warning that frigid temperatures in some places could be life-threatening. >> take a look at this, windchill temperatures dipped to as low as minus 60 degrees in parts of north dakota on monday. 60 million people are under winter alerts stretching from the central plains to the carolina coast. >> flood battered kentucky expecting up to 7 inches of know on the heels of that punishing weekend series of storms that have killed at least 14 people. joining us now nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster, he is in hard-hit kentucky, also with us with the forecast is nbc news meteorologist bill karins. i will start with you, shaq, because you are out in it.

could the winter weather this week that they are going to get, i assume, affect everything that's happening around you, all the recovery efforts. >> reporter: absolutely. and that was the warning that you heard from the governor earlier today that essentially one put a deadline for folks saying if you don't have running water or electricity you need to seek shelter now because the temperatures are going to plunge. also saying the cleanup efforts in areas like where i am now are being hampered because there are preparations in place for the upcoming snowstorm. i want you to listen to a conversation i had with an emergency operator here in bettiville and listen to what he told me about the breakdown of staff and resources because of the incoming storm. >> we are just a small town, i think i've heard it described as a dozen eggs doing 36 jobs so everybody halls to do three things. the fireman that shows up in your emergency may be the mailman you see every day. the sheriff used to work at the grocery store.

everybody does multiple thing in these small towns and we all pitch in, it's the only way we can succeed and so far it's worked for us. >> shaq, thank you. bill, let's bring you in now. subzero temperatures are gripping much of the northern part of the country. how dangerous is this windchill? >> the morning is the coldest bismarck has been in 16 years. this has been significant. all of that cold air is heading south. it's not every day that doctors and san antonio are under extreme cold warnings. it's late in the year for this, too. typically the southern half of the country you're not this cold as we head towards the second half of february. here is the current temperatures feels like right now, negative 37 in montana is the lowest. wichita, negative 21. kansas city it's snowing and negative 18. we're going to break numerous records over the next three days as this cold air mass settles in. tomorrow montana negative 20 and billings will break their daily

low. then it gets really widespread by the time we get to thursday from cedar rapids down to shreveport, mobile has a chance of breaking your record. the only other thing we have to worry about after we get rid of this cold it does warm up significantly but as we go through the upcoming weekend we will keep our eyes on the pacific northwest. you will have the worst weather by far of anyone this upcoming weekend, that's the new stormy spot with a lot of rain. >> bill karins, a lot to watch. shaq brewster, thank you both. the u.s. and russia have agreed to create high-level teams to focus on ending the war in ukraine. >> top officials from both countries met for four and a half hours in saudi arabia earlier today. secretary of state marco rubio says they plan to improve diplomatic ties by restoring embassy staffing in moscow and in washington, d.c. ukraine did not take part in today's talks. president volodymyr zelenskyy has said ukraine will not accept a peace deal if it's made without their involvement. >> nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons is in saudi arabia and joins us now.

keir, what else are you hearing from u.s. and russian officials about today's talks and where do things between the two countries go now? >> reporter: well, this is a seismic shift, zinhle. if you think about it, many people will have been expecting based on president trump's promises during the election that this meeting will have been fully focused on whether they could reach some kind of a ceasefire in ukraine, but what we really got, though, wawas something like a roadmap for restoring relations between the u.s. and russia. now, remember that the u.s. along with its european allies and other allies has been on a mission in recent years to try to isolate russia. it has now unlocked that effort at isolation. the trump administration said talk being potentially cooperation and economic issues which might suggest relieving sanctions. no signs so far of a potential ceasefire.

no sign of a potential meeting between president trump and president putin anytime soon. one of the russian officials i caught up with today saying, okay, things have moved very quickly today, but still there's a lot of work to do. >> it's a slow, difficult process. >> between president trump and president putin, a meeting anytime soon? >> i would say it's a long road ahead. we need to manage expectations, but this dialogue of two strategic powers in the world is very important and the world is a much safer place now than when the dialogue started to happen. >> reporter: all of this, kate and zinhle, will have left europeans stunned, left on the outside of all of this and watching their ally, america, cozying up, if you like, to russia, despite everything that has happened in the past few years with russia's illegal invasion of ukraine. president zelenskyy wasn't here. he was set to come here to saudi

arabia tomorrow. he has canceled that trip. it is a tectonic shift. president trump promised that there would be changes to the stalemate in ukraine and he certainly is delivering that. >> keir simmons in saudi arabia. thank you. let's turn to some business news. major layoffs at southwest airlines. >> and coca-cola is launching a new soda. courtney reagan joins us with the money minute. >> good afternoon. southwest airlines announced it's can you get 15% of its corporate . the budget airline says the cuts will start in apriand include more than ten senior leadership positions. it's the first time southwest has conducted a mass layoff in its 53-year history. youtube tv has reached a contract with paramount that would keep cbs and other channels available on the service. youtube tv did not share details on the deal or how it would

affect prices for subscribers. it comes days after youtube and paramount agreed to a short-term deal extension to avoid a blackout while the companies continued to work on an agreement. coca-cola is taking on ollie pop and poppy. they are launching their own take on the trendy drink called simply pop which features five fruit flavors. consumers on the west coast and southeast will be able to try the beverage later this month. interesting, but confusing for a kid from the midwest that calls everything pop. so i have to figure out what all of these pops mean and prebiotic that's a whole new world. >> i do like it. >> i simply love it. >> courey reagan, thank you. coming up, masters of the green. how one of golf's most historic courses is honoring the history of black caddies. but, first, there are growing concerns over air safety after that string of ashes we have seen and close calls. inside the push to reassure passengers it is stl safe to il passengers it is stl safe to il asthma.

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in washington america's top social security official resigned after clark with the department of government efficiency that is overseen by elon musk. >> the acting head of the social security administration stepped down over the weekend after refuse to go allow the doge team access to sensitive government records according to two sources familiar with the situation. the departure comes as the trump administration is continuing its efforts to reshape the federal

workforce in both its size and political ideology. >> nbc news learned the department of homeland security is preparing to fire hundreds of high-level employees this week, that's according to three people familiar with the matter. nbc news white house correspondent vaughn hillyard joins us from west palm beach, florida. a lot to get to today, in addition to the social security head this weekend there were more resignations today. what more do we know? >> reporter: let's just start with the social security administration, this official stepping down and resigning is significant. there's 70 million americans who are receiving their social security payments and what we heard from karoline leavitt, the press secretary to the president, suggests that there are tens of millions of, quote, dead individuals who are still getting payments. now, there's a lot to that statement. she did not provide any evidence to that and, in fact, an ig report from the inspector general at the social security administration last ye found

that .84% of the overall social security disbursements were, in fact, misappropriated or improper, but by and large those were overpayments to individuals, the inspector general found. they were not to dead people. but we will have to see what doge comes up with. another high-profile resignation was that of the head of the food division at the fda stepping down. in a statement the white house suggesting that they were seeking to put into these types of positions people that were aligned with the administration's view. we do not have a direct statement from the head of the food division of the fda, though, as to why he resigned. >> vaughan, just briefly, nbc has exclusively learned that the department of homeland security is bracing for firings this week. what should we know? >> reporter: right. we are looking at thousand of federal workers who have been terminated over the course of these last weeks, but this is notable because this is more than 500 senior leadership

positions that are on the cusp of being eliminated. of course, the department of homeland security is the largest department, that includes fema, it includes i.c.e., the trump administration in a statement saying in part, quote, these people put themselves in a terrible position and they need to be removed. that they have willfully grinded things to a halt. again, this is a case-by-case basis here, but the trump administration with a big swoop here making big impacts with these terminations, guys? >> vaughn hillyard, thanks so much. we have new developments this hour in the corruption case against new york city mayor eric adams. >> a federal judge has scheduled a hearing tomorrow following the trump administration's move last week to dismiss the case. this comes as new york governor kathy hochul who has the power to remove mayor adamams meet today with, quote, key leaders to discuss a path forward. >> the meetings were scheduled after the resignations of four of adams' deputy mayors and at

least half a dozen federal prosecutors all in protest for that decision to drop the corrupt case against the mayor. tom winter joins us. tom, let's start with the meetings that governor hochul in new york was saying she was going to have today. >> right. she's met with reverend al sharpton, brad lander, the city's controller, basically the person who dolls out the money once it comes in and has been allocated by the city council. the political types that you would expect her to meet with. according to reverend sharpton after the meeting apparently he said, look, she's going to take a serious look at this, also wants to see what happens tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. when there is a court hearing on this whole issue as far as adams' criminal case. that's tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. wants to look at all of it sounds like. >> let's say the governor decides me wants to remove adams from his position, how does that work especially given that he was elected? >> sure. in the over 200-year history of new york state this has never happened before.

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ask your prescriber about wegovy®. i'm janelle wang. police shot and killed a man in the east bay who is now accused of attacking his own father. nbc bay area's bob redell is on scene in concord and joins us with the latest. concord police tell us that one of their officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing a family member at this home he behind me, behind that white pickup truck on natoma drive here in concord, not far from the intersection with willow pass road. the call came in around 140 this morning. police say when they arrived, they found an adult male who we believe was the son, using a knife and actively stabbing. those are the police's words. actively stabbing another man who we believe was his father. the son died here at the scene. the father was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. off camera, a neighbor

who's known the family for decades is surprised by what happened. calls them great people, says this is a tragedy and is asking for people to pray for this family. earlier, i spoke with another man whose sister lives next door to the scene of the crime. she had been comforting the wife and mother of the father and son while police investigated the crime scene. the contra costa county district attorney's office tells us they are also investigating, which is standard protocol for the da to investigate. whenever an officer fires a weapon at someone. here in concord. bob redell, nbc bay area news. thank you bob. construction started today on the controversial valencia street bike lane in san francisco. it's in the mission district. you might remember the backlash over that lane that ran down the center of the busy street, but now sfmta is switching to a more traditional layout. while cyclists eventually got used to this version of the bike way, business owners claimed it took up parking spaces and hurt sales. yeah, once people got used to it, at first it felt a

little sketchy. okay. but now things are going to change once again. i mean, what does this mean for bikers? what does this mean for your commute? i mean, it is what it is. the construction will last for 2 to 3 months. it starts on 15th street and continues till 23rd street. valencia street will be open during construction for drivers and bicyclists, but there will be phases and times that the side of the road or parts of it will shut down. another headline we are watching san francisco has a new plan to bring more life back to downtown. city leaders are working with state lawmakers to make it easier for downtown bars and restaurants to get new liquor licenses. the city has tapped out when it comes to full liquor licenses because of population restrictions. state senator scott wiener says his bill will create up to 20 new low cost licenses for bars and restaurants. he says this will get rid of an expensive issue that handicaps businesses. we've seen it with some of the street

festivals, the first thursdays or bhangra beats or the chinatown night market. people will come to get our economy going again. all of downtown needs to be at full strength. city leaders point to the huge turnout over the weekend the nba all-star weekend, the chinese new year parade. it brought success to city's entertainment zones. huge sales for businesses by loosening outdoor drinking rules for special events. we don't know where exactly this downtown zone would be or the process for getting those licenses. this proposal is still in the very early stages, and the bill needs to be passed in sacramento first. let's talk about our weather. enjoy the sunshine. we have another chance of rain coming up. here's meteorologist kari hall with a forecast. we started out with some clouds and chilly temperatures this morning, but it is looking nice as we go through the rest of the forecast. just a chance of rain quickly rolling across the bay area for tomorrow and today. we're going to have comfortable high temperatures in the mid

60s, up to 64 in oakland, as well as into the trivalley and 66 for san jose into the south county. and then tomorrow it's a little bit cooler in the north bay, where we are going to see some rain coming in. looking at our hour by hour forecast. partly cloudy today and then rain arriving in the north bay starting at about 6 to 7:00 tomorrow morning and then falling apart as it moves through. although we will have that slight chance of rain. we'll take a look at the 70 in the forecast coming up in about 30 minutes. thanks, kari. well, in less than six hours, you have a chance to meet the candidates who want to be oakland's next mayor. a candidate forum for next month's special election is happening today. the forum is at uptown station at broadway at 6:00 tonight. you can see some of the candidates there. former congresswoman barbara lee, there is lauren taylor, who was the runner up in the 2022 race. and reina webb, she will also be there. she's the former chief of staff turned critic of ousted mayor sheng thao. that does it for this edition of the fast

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in good spirits, but will miss a planned appearance this saturday. and beginning today many california students are saying good-bye to their cell phones at least until the end of the school day. the school district has put a cellphone ban in place aimed at limiting distractions and increasing attention in the classroom. half of the schools are allowing students to hold to their phones in pouches and the other half is following the honor system trusting students not to use their phones in class. hamas says it will release six living hostages on saturday and the bodies of four others on thursday. the six are set to be the last living hostages released during the first phase of the ceasefire with israel. a source briefed on the talks says the deal involves israel sending temporary housing structures to the gaza strip. 33 hostages were set to be released as part of this ceasefire deal agreed to in january. of those remaining, six are alive, eight have died. a second phase has yet to be negotiated. this hour we are staying on

top of that harrowing plane crash in toronto. >> what happened monday is the latest in a string of recent aviation incidents. >> tom costello joins us now. tom, i know there's no evidence that these incidents have anything in common, but still a string of incidents has travelers on edge. >> i think you're absolutely right. we need to underscore none of these incidents appear to have anything in common. it had been 16 years since the last fatal commercial plane crash in this country but the recent rash of crashes appears to be coincidental and flying is still very safe. the terrifying landing for delta flight 4819 -- >> our plane crashed. it's upside down. >> reporter: -- comes after a string of fatal aviation crashes over the past three weeks. >> debris from the water to fbi here on the eastern shore. >> reporter: january 29th an army blackhawk helicopter slammed into an american eagle regional jet over the potomac

river, 67 people killed. the deadliest in a quarter century. the ntsb says the chopper pilots may not have heard air traffic control instructions to pass behind the jet and may have had bad altitude data. january 31st, a medevac learjet crashed in northeast philadelphia, seven dead. the ntsb recovered the cockpit voice recorder and is still investigating. february 7th, a bearing air regional plane flying through terrible winter weather crashed into the sea ice off nome, alaska, ten people dead. then monday's crash in toronto. >> it happened so fast that i just remember like kind of pulling myself in and trying not to hit my head against anything and luckily our flight attendants and everything were helpful for us. >> drop it. come on. >> reporter: the quick action of the delta flight attendants is being credited with saving lives

in toronto? in an emergency the priority for flight attendants is to make a hole in the airplane and to get people out safely. give them the proper commands to protect themselves and then get out of the plane and not impede others. >> reporter: though with spring break coming up around the corner, many flyers are on edge after a series of unrelated crashes. >> i really didn't feel safe at all today because there's so much stuff going on. >> in recent weeks we have had a string of unfortunate accidents. there is no common link that we can draw between any of these. >> reporter: meanwhile, the country is still short some 3,000 to 4,000 air traffic controllers with many working mandatory overtime. the faa has struggled for years to keep up with retirements and attrition. the trump administration says it has fired nearly 400 probationary faa staffers, though not in critical safety positions or air traffic control. instead, promising to staff up air traffic control faster. >> we're going to remake our air

space and we're going to do it quickly and we have the support of the congress. >> reporter: back now to toronto, air traffic control of course under the jurisdiction of transport canada. civil aviation, canadian transportation safety board will be ing the plaque box to get a good read on how the plane handled the wind gusts, how hard it was coming in for a left handing and exactly what happened when it appears we saw that wing completely break off with fuel spilling down on to the runway. ladies, back to you. >> tom costello, thanks so much. would you pay $18,000 for a three-day military-grade boot camp? how about if it promised a life-changing transformation? dozens of men across the country are doing just that, paying up, but some mental health experts say these extreme activities are not a replacement for mental health therapy. nbc news correspondent sam brock takes a closer look.

>> reporter: through high-intensity boot camp offered once or twice a year. >> [ bleep ] you. right? >> yes. >> are you last? >> reporter: that includes hand to hand combat, water hosing and crawling across railroad tracks. the modern day night project makes a promise to men who shell out the $18,000 to attend the three-day program. you will become better friends, better fathers, better leaders. >> they are stuck in a rut, they've lost that fire, lost that edge as a man. suffering leads to those super powers. >> reporter: instructor steve eckerd says the suffering is just one snapshot of a program that strives for a deeper purpose. >> it starts off very loud, chaotic and violent. they're forced to fight each other. after that they're hugging each other, they're crying. >> reporter: the common thread for many attendees, he says, is a past colored by abuse, the search for some direction. >> keep going. >> reporter: since it's 2019 start the project has held 20

sessions and racked up millions of views online and plenty of questions about its purpose. in june of 2020 a participant died during a session and his family sued for wrongful death, alleging a failure to provide necessary medical care, though the parties settled a few years later. in a follow-up interview eckerd told nbc news he did not want to discuss the matter due to privacy and respect of an extremely unfortunate tragedy, but added there was no ability. >> what is the modern day night program teaching men about masculinity? >> to be a civilized savage servant. they will open doors, say please and thank you. they will be a savage when it's needed, when it's time to be a protector. >> if you are not a savage does that mean you are not a real man? >> i think a man should have it in him to be a savage. >> ity never crossed my mind. >> reporter: michael cher now took place in 2022. >> i believe i have this inherent war year mindset and i

run towards the hard things in life. when i'm in the hard thing, i tend to feel like i am at my most sort of vulnerable place where i can start to really dig. >> reporter: he has been married for almost two decades, has two kids and is a highly successful businessman. >> it's not that you felt broken but you did want to address this trauma from earlier in your life. >> i had a very violent t and abusive relationship with my father and that motivated me to look elsewhere for a father figure. >> reporter: he says that in turn led to a sexually a pru sieve relationship with a mentor. >> how did going through this program help you to address some of those years' long traumas? >> it brought to light some of the trust issues that i have in my life. >> reporter: he says he endured activities like this, digging graves in which participants lie in closed body bags for growth, as much as grit. >> a physical breakdown is required as part of the process. your thoughts on that.

>> that's been my experience, too. i can't say that for everyone. >> reporter: licensed therapist dr. george james weighed the benefits of programs like mdk and said they are not a replacement for actual treatment. >> i have had clients that have done really difficult challenging things from ultra marathons to tough mudder races. i think it's being able to as a therapist being able to have the conversation around how does this directly help you to be a better father, partner, man. >> reporter: for michael the actions in this case proved stronger than any words. >> some people have to walk through the fire to know that a burn is not going to kill you. >> reporter: sam brock, nbc news. fascinating. for almost 50 years black caddies carried the bags of golf icons in pursuit of masters glory at augusta national golf club and today their enduring legacy is still felt on the course, here is nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. >> i'm going to be your caddy for the day. >> all right. >> reporter: for years it was jim dent who carried the bags of

golf legends. >> i've got your club here. >> reporter: choosing the clubs. >> thank you, caddy. >> reporter: that might lead them to a masters win. we're at forest hills golf club now, but as a teen in the 1950s dent joined augusta national's all-black caddy core that players were required to use and began lelearning the game of go on a course he wasn allowed to play. >> racism and discrimination, did you experience any of that? >> oh, sure, but i didn't care what you said to me, as long as it didn't bother me it didn't bother me. >> reporter: instead local black caddies focused on reading the greens, becoming experts of the course and the secret weapon for golfers like arnold palmer and jack nim laws. inspired by it all dent decided to take his swing. >> it was a long journey, it was hard. >> reporter: turning pro in 1966, going on to win a dozen senior pga tour tournaments. >> what do you feel like that first job as a caddy gave you?

>> it gave me everything i know. if i didn't know how to do caddying i never would have been a golfer and i never would have made the little money i made, you know? >> reporter: in the 1980s after nearly 50 years augusta national began allowing outside caddies and the black caddies all but vanished. now 85 dent reflects on the irony of that original rule, rooted in racism. >> so you all learned -- >> by caddying. >> and when the time came -- >> it was easy. >> you were ready to take your place out there? >> yeah. >> reporter: claiming their spot in a storied tradition as masters of the green in their own right. priscilla thompson, nbc news, augusta, georgia. >> that's something i just didn't know about that history. >> yeah. >> and the fact that that's how they made their entree into the world of golf. >> there's so much black history we still have to learn. >> that's right. up next, heart disease is the leading cause of death in

america. for men and women. >> the one step everyone should be taking to keep their heart healthy ahead on "nbc news daily." but first, don't go anywhere. time for today's daily snapshot. confetti showers fell from the sky in venice this weekend marking the opening ekend of the city's annual carnival. every year thousands flock to the city to catch a glimpse of the masked and costumed revelers. this year's celebration dedicated to casanova. casanova who was born in venice 300 years ago. the celebrations last until march 4th and for those who are concerned maybe about all of that confetti clogging up the water way. >> yeah. >> all the streams of colorful paper, zinhle, are biodegradable. >> human innovation. love it. >> more "nbc news daily" right after this.

in today's daily health, february is american heart month and today we're talking about ways to keep your heart healthy. >> cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in america and according to the centers for disease control one person in america dies from it every 33 seconds. joining us is dr. mark eisenberg, a clinical cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at the columbia university medical center. thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> to just start with the basics, why do so many americans die from this every year and what are some of the warning signs? >> heart disease is the most

common reason people doo i in this country because of the risk factors which include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, not exercising. the risk factor numbers are going up. >> i know for people of color the numbers are really stark, right? >> yeah. >> talk about that. >> actually, across the board all cultures in this country have high rates of heart disease. but, yes, for african americans it's higher than for people who aren't african americans. a lot of it also has to do with blood pressure, diabetes, exercise, smoking. >> so what should we all be doing to lower the risk given the prevalence? >> i guess the best thing to do is go to your doctor or nurse, get your blood pressure checked, cholesterol checked. >> even if you feel okay? >> even if you feel okay. actually, one out of four people between the ages of 20 and 44 are walking out with high blood pressure and don't even know it. that's why they call it the silent killer. at age 20 you should have your blood pressure checked. things you can do on your own are exercise. first of all, if you smoke, stop

smoking. secondly, you should really try to walk fast at least 25 minutes five days a week. >> are there warning signs, are there things if you are walking and suddenly eling uncomfortable, what are things to look for? >> any exertional symptoms are worrisome, walking, get chest pain, short of breath or are dizzy when walking, obviously stop. if you have chest pain or shortness of breath that doesn't go away after a few minutes go to the emergency room. those are the most worrisome signs. >> you're talking about lifestyle habits. i also saw excessive drinking on that list. >> now they have all of this data that drinking more than a drink a day can increase your risk of cancer. we've always known that having two drinks or more a day increases your blood pressure and sugar levels. >> say that again. two or more? >> no. no. actually -- >> what's the recommendation? >> less than one a day. >> less than one drink a day is the healthiest for your heart.

>> they're finding alcohol is not so good for you. >> a lot of things are not so good for you. >> can you help us with the family history arm. >> exactly. >> how do we have that conversation with members of our family. >> family history a human gallons. anyone who has had a heart attack or stroke under age 65 go to a doctor, get your cholesterol checked. there are blood tests we can check to see if you have a familial reason for having a heart attack or stroke and you should be treated. people with tamale history, you can't change your family but you can treat the risks. >> i know there are some differences between men and women as well. can you just briefly -- like, you know, i know heart attacks exhibit differently in women. >> exactly. first of all, in both men and women chest pain, shortness of breath are still the most common presenting signs. women can present a little differently with nausea or neck pain, arm pain, but still, you know, if you are having a new symptom, seek attention. >> a lot of really important tips. thank you so much, dr. mark

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