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economy. how the white house is responding and the new tariffs going into effect today. >> missing student. authorities are searching for a iversity of pittsburgh student who vanished during a spring break trip to the dominican republic. where she was last seen and how u.s. authorities are getting involved. new developments. the los angeles district attorney just gave an update on the menendez brothers' murder case. what he's now saying about a possible resentencing. >> and legendary glamma. the african grandma who is now the internet's favorite accidental fashion icon. and we're introduced to the woman behind the fashions, her granddaughter. how these pictures are helping others relive the timeless fashion. >> the story surprised me. she has such an incredible origin story. >> the photos alone, icon. i can't wait to hear more. >> we're going to get started with that growing uncertainty about the economy. >> yeah, so what's behind the concerns? in a word, trade. the impacts of president trump's

tariffs are raising fears about a potential recession. the white house is offering mixed messages on that word. >> are you expecting a recession this year? >> i hate to predict things like that. there is a period of transition because what we're doing is very big. >> should americans brace for a recession? >> absolutely not. there's going to be no recession in america. >> new chinese tariffs on the united states went into effect today. many agricultural products are now being hit with a 10 to 15% tariff rate. new tariffs on canada are due to start wednesday. canada also has a new leader, mark carney, a former banker, is in line to become the next prime minister. he will succeed justin trudeau at least for now. carney is expected to call for a national election soon. >> nbc news business and data correspondent brian cheung joins us now with more. brian, let's pull back for just a minute and walk us through

what we're seeing on the numbers, recession, what does that actually mean? >> recession, by the way, is not just some word you can throw around. i want to be clear we're not in a recession now and there is a definition. twback-to-back quarters of negative economic growth in this country. but there's actually group called the national bureau of economic research that gets to declare and makes a recession official. they have not done that, but they look at other things as well, like employment, consumer spending, consumer confidence. some of those readings if you parse them out and try to read the pea tvs they have been pointing to concerns about a recession. consumer confidence hitting lows we haven't seen in over a year and retail sales in the last month being quite disappointing. so these are kind of just these warning signs that are saying there are these worries out there, and wall street is underscoring that concern with a sell-off we're seeing in the overall stock market. again, we're not in a recession now, but we heard from donald trump, someone asked him on air force one, could we go into a recession? he didn't answer that question.

>> can we talk more about the stock market for a minute? it has not been doing well, dropping by over 1,000 points today. what should folks at home make of this? >> and by the way, we were something like 5% higher than we were on january 1st a few weeks ago and we have erased all those gains. we're now negative on the year. these concerns as i mentioned are kind of rooted in these recession fears that could be rooted to the tariff policies that we have seen from the white house. there's this concern that maybe the united states could tilt itself into a recession as a result of aggressively ratcheting up these trade barriers with partners around the world. whether the stock market reflects a rebound from that, we'll have to see. >> let's talk about canada and retaliatory tariffs. in addition to seeing a lot of canadian cities pulling liquor off their shelves, now ontario hitting three states in the u.s., michigan, minnesota, and new york, with a 25% surcharge on electricity. let's listen to what the premier

of ontario had to say earlier today. >> let me be clear. i will not hesitate to increase this charge. if necessary, if the united states escalates, i will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely. believe me when i say i do not want to do this. >> how much of an impact could have that on americans? >> it's pretty serious. a lot of americans might not realize many states east of the rockies actually are plugged into a grid that includes ontario. if they decide to make the cost of the electricity 25% more expensive or maybe even down the line cutting off that electricity, you can imagine a lot of these states seeing a rise in utility bills. $3.2 billion is the amount we imported from canada in terms of electricity in 2023. that's lower than previous years. it's not as big as other things. we're following breaking news this hour in the case of

erik and lyle menendez. >> in a news conference a short time ago, the a. county district attorney said a resentencing hearing will proceed but he withdrew his predecessor's previous support for the two to be resentenced. >> the brothers are serving life in prison for killing their parents in 1989. >> nbc's camila bernal joins us with more. how does today's press conference impact this case? >> reporter: it might not necessarily be good for the brothers. resentencing is sort of a unique law to california here, and there's two paths essentially to resentencing. the judge can initiate it or a district attorney can file a motion for that resentencing, which the previous district attorney had done. today, nathan hawkman, the new l.a. district attorney saying he is going to withdraw that motion and what that means is it really now falls in the handof the judge. it's unclear what the judge will decide, whether he'll move

forward or not. right now, there is a hearing scheduled for the 20th and 21st. but we have to wait to see what the decision of the judge is. in the meantime, the d.a. saying that there is one exption that he would essentially take this back and consider resentencing if the brothers acknowledge lying. take a listen to what the d.a. said. >> if they go ahead and finally come clean with the court, with the public, with the d.a.'s office, with their own family members, the court can weigh these new insights into making a determination as to whether they now qualify for rehabilitation and resentencing. >> reporter: so essentially, the d.a. saying he does not believe self-defense was the reason why they killed their parents, guys. >> and how is the menendez family briefly responding here? >> reporter: they're not happy, essentially, and they're saying that the d.a. is using blinders and not really looking at the

sexual abuse allegations here. i want to read part of a statement where they say this, district attorney hochman made it clear today he is holding erik, lyle, and our family hostage. they have apologized for the horrific actions they took, yet the d.a. is effectively asking them to publicly apologize to a checklist of actions they took in a state of shock and fear. so again, they say they are hopeful about the future. they say they're hopeful about governor gavin newsom and clemency. they're hopeful about the parole board reviewing their case. and they're hopeful that the judge essentially sides with them, but we'll have to wait and see what happens here. >> camila bernal, thank you. the department of homeland security is taking expanded measures to find out who is leaking information about immigration operations. >> some staff at agencies across dhs are now being subjected to lie detector tests to determine the source of the leaks according to four sources familiar with the practice. both dhs secretary kristi noem and president trump's border

czar tom homan have blamed lower than expected deportation numbers on leaks. >> julia ainsley joins us now. julia, have they found out who is releasing this information? and what's the impact been? >> reporter: homeland security secretary kristi noem said they identified two dhs employees who not only will be fired but potentially prosecuted for these leaks. i don't know who these people are. we don't have a lot of detail. what i can tell you is that the details that came out about these immigration operations usually were as vague as the city. we knew northern virginia, for example, last week, would be a place where i.c.e. might target for immigration operations. earlier in february, we heard aurora and denver, colorado. we never got names, addresses, time of day, but this is enough for dhs to think it is a reason these operations have been less successful than they wanted them to be. they could go out in virginia,

for example, they had a list of 100 targets and they were only able to arrest about 17. they're blaming that on the leaks. we understand these polygraphs are a way they wand to find more leaks. these polygraphs began a few weeks ago and they think they can somehow trace down who may be lying to them through these tests. >> we're also seeing some changes to a customs and border patrol app, right? >> reporter: that's right. we understand they're now going to be using this app to try to get migrants to identify when they are leaving the country. zinhle and ellison, i also have to say, we have breaking news as well. we have a story out about the deportation numbers, something that the trump administration had not put out. based on the month of february, the trump administration deported just around 11,000 migrants. that's actually lower than february 2024 under e biden administration when they deported over 12,000. and it's certainly lower than the millions and millions that trump has promised he wanted to deport in his inaugural address. a big reason for this, though, is because there are fewer migrants crossing the border and

that has been a place where typically many are arrested and deported. >> all right, julia ainsley, thank you. time now for some consumer news. cvs is launching a smaller version of their stores. >> and a worker strike caused chaos at a major european airport. angelica peebles joins us with today's money minute. >> more than 40,000 passengers saw their flights canceled at hamburg airport sunday. after a union airport workers walked out a day before planned wider protest across germany over contract negotiations that include an annual bonus increase of 50%. a spokesperson for the airport said sunday's walk-outs was excessive to the travelers, quote, who had nothing to do with the dispute. cvs is downsizing some of its new locations to smaller stores that only have a pharmacy. the chab said the mini stores will have a full service pharmacy and will stock some over-the-counter items such as first aid as well as pain and cough medications. cvs says it will open about 12

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authorities in the dominican republic are expanding the search to try to find a missing american college student who was in punta cana for spring break. 20-year-old udiksha konanki is a student at the university of pittsburgh. she went to the beach with her friends the day of the disappearance. authorities are all working together on this investigation. nbc news correspondent adrienne broddus has been following the stories and joins us now with the latest. what are investigators trying to focus on right now? >> reporter: ellison, right now, authorities are trying to find out where she is and what happened. search teams are using drones, helicopters, and dogs for any clues to help locate the missing

20-year-old who was on spring break with her friends. authorities say surveillance video shows the 20-year-old, her friends, and a group of guys entering the beach area just before 4:00 a.m. thursday. that was on march 6th. and that was the last time konanki was seen on video. this investigation is focung on what her friends have told authorities, and police also saying they're zoning in on interviews they have had with a young man who was at the beach around the same time she was last seen on video. investigators saying in a statement, quote, they're working to corroborate his version of events. so at this hour, it is an all-out search in punta cana, a popular tourist destination in the dominican republic. >> and she was there with some friends, right? what are those friends doing right now, and have you been able to speak to konanki's family or any of her faly friends back here in the states?

>> reporter: according to authorities, she was there with five other friends who traveled to punta cana with her, all students at the university of pittsburgh. now, her family telling the associated press they are frustrated but just moments ago, our affiliate wrc, spoke with a neighbor and a family friend who says they want answers to this mystery. take a listen. >> it's already four days and we are so worried. this is so sad for a lot of us here. we're really looking for her to return. >> reporter: it's tough for everyone involved. he also told our affiliate her parents want search teams to expand the search from the resort area to the city. meanwhile, as we have mentioned, she is 20 years old. a student at the university of pittsburgh. studying chemistry and biological sciences. we also learned just moments ago

she has two younger blings who are twins. so so many people waiting for answers. >> we have her and her family in our thoughts. adrienne, thank you for bringing us that. in selma, alabama, it's been 60 years since civil rights leaders were attacked and brutally beaten as they marched across the edmund pettus bridge, peacefully protesting the denial of voting rights. >> as the town commemorated bloody sunday, some said they're concerned civil rights protections may be falling away. george solis reports. >> reporter: slow, hundreds marched and sang over the edmund pettus bridge. under cold gray skies they gathered to remember 60 years since bloody sunday in selma, alabama. a monumental day in the civil rights movement. the world watching in 1965 as activists marched that day,

brutally beaten and tear gassed by alabama state troopers. 82-year-old andrew was there. just 7 years old when he ran from dogs that were set loose on demonstrators. 60 years later, is that memory still vivid of being on this bridge? >> yes, yes, whenever i walk it. i walk it and look and think about what i came through. >> reporter: today, a render too of the changing political landscape as some americans feel the country is slipping on the civil ights that were fought for here. courtney and her young family here to make sure that doesn't happen. how important is passing that torch of information? >> i think it's extremely important because i personally feel like we're living in a time where they're trying to erase history. >> reporter: george solis, nbc news. coming up, is your apple watch safe to wear? why certain watch brands have some experts on edge.

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chris chmura here in the nbc bay area newsroom. thanks for joining us. thousands of commuters are detouring today in the south bay. some vta workers are on strike. we are now almost halfway through the first day of the strike. nbc bay area's kris sanchez is at vta headquarters, one of the places where the union is picketing. union members are protesting here outside the vta headquarters in san jose. and though they say that they met with vta yesterday, there was no agreement that meeting only lasted about ten minutes. now, members of the amalgamated transit union local two, six, five are also picketing at the bus yard and two other bus yards in san jose and mountain view, along with the light rail yard in san jose. the union president told me that none of the local two, six, five members went to

work today, and that means about 1600 bus and light rail operators, customer service reps, dispatchers and mechanics are now off the job. that only leaves about 30% of vta's workers on the job today who are not on strike, and those who can are working remotely. the contract between vta and the atu expired last week, and even after six months of negotiations before that, the two sides remain at an impasse over benefits, rules for arbitration and wages. vta is offering 9% in increases over the next three years. atu local 265 is asking for 18% over the same period. so i can't say, you know, this is, you know, a day or two thing for our members. they're really fighting for, you know, what their value is, the demands that they're making as they are now. we would not be able to offer the full service that our customers need. we would be risking having to make cuts to service and possibly cuts to jobs. and we just can't do that.

we drove by the berryessa vta station to see if we could talk with riders, but we didn't find anybody and it was eerily quiet. our colleague ian cull, however, was in south san jose and talked with a guy who was late to work and who knew he was going to be dishing out extra cash to take an uber to get there. now the negotiations are still at a standstill at this point, and in the meantime, 100,000 users a day will be impacted in san jose. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. thanks, kris. we're following the strike both on air and online. for real time updates, please download our free nbc bay area news app. you can also watch us online. we are always streaming. that's 24/7 on roku and many other platforms. all right, we are starting off the week with mild temperatures, but clouds are on the way. here's meteorologist vianey arana as we start our week ahead. we will be seeing a mix of sunshine with some high clouds rolling in by the

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generated mixed opinions from neighbors and the overall sunset district community. it's unfortunate that the great highway is closing because it's a commute that i take personally, but i do love running, so this is honestly a good opportunity to run. i'm super stoked about it. it's great. we like to get out here because there's a lot less traffic and i'm very nervous about riding near traffic, so i think this will be good for me. since 2021, the road has been permanently closed on the weekend but still open on weekdays. those who oppose the closure have expressed worries it will increase traffic congestion in the community and those who support it well. they say it will allow the community to gather and get more people outside. a proposal is in the works that could give people in the south bay a new spot for concerts. the san jose earthquakes are working on a plan to allow paypal park to host 15 concerts each year. that's according to the mercury news. at the same time, the city is preparing to host several high profile sporting events next year, including the super next year, including the super bowl and fifa world cup matches.

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you can see them sliding effortlessly across the ground. once that fun was over, they had to crawl against the wind to get back inside. today marks the official start of free agency in the national football league. that is when nfl teams begin negotiating with players they want to sign. one of the biggest names on the market, sam darnold, has reportedly agreed to a deal with the seattle seahawks. it comes after a week of high -- a weekend, rather, of high profile moves. josh allen has agreed to a historic six-year $330 million contract with the buffalo bills. the cleveland browns just made defensive end myles garrett the highest paid non-quarterback in nfl history. dk metcalf was traded to the pittsburgh steelers and davante adams haas reportedly agreed to a deal with the rams. >> a fiery collision between a fuel tanker and a cargo vessel off the coast of england. according to the company that owns the tanker, it was carrying jet fuel when it was struck by

the vessel. that fuel was intended for military use. the collision sent plumes of black smoke into the sky and spilled jet fuel into the north sea. the british coast guard said one person was taken to the hospital, 36 others were safe and accounted for. nbc news has learned that the centers for disease control is set to expand research into debunked science that falsely linked vaines to autism. that is according to a source familiar with the cdc's planning. the cdc is under the department of health and human services which as you know, is headed up by secretary robert f. kennedy jr. kennedy is a longtime detractor of vaccines and founded one of the largest anti-vaccine activist groups in the country. in his confirmation aring, rfq jr. told senators he is supportive of people choosing to vaccinate themselves or their children but refused to agree that vaccines do not cause autism despite the science. dr. kavita patel joins us now. dr. patel, talk to us about the medical consensus and the

studies over the years as it relates to vaccines and autism. >> reporter: the medical consensus is clear. there is no scientific link between autism and vaccines. and that's autism and vaccines, and that's been decades of research as well as multiple countries, for example, half a million children in denmark, multiple studies in the united states and other countries s th show no linkage whatsoever. so this really has not been a debate until now, with the cdc opening up this study. >> dr. patel, i want to play a little bit of what the president had to say about autism during his address to congress last week and we'll talk on the other side. >> not long ago, and you can't even believe these numbers, 1 in 10,000 children had autism. 1 in 10,000. and now it's 1 in 36. there's something wrong. 1 in 36. think of that. >> so we're not sure where that 1 in 10,000 number president

trump referenced is coming fm. he didn't cite a source, but the president is right that 1 in 36 kids were diagnosed with autism in 2020, according to the cdc. do we know what's behind the larger numbers of people being diagnosed with autism. >> i can tell you where the 1 in 10,000 comes from. it comes from cdc data and from several decades ago where we had that prevalence. since that time, we learned a lot more about autism spectrum disorders including a change in the diagnostic criteria. it's the same population we had from ten years ago but we have widened the criteria to make that specific diagnosis and to be honest, we have gotten better. we have gotten smarter about looking and thinking about this diagnosis early. the question about whether this is resulting in so many more children because of vaccines is a red herring, a misinformation ball because yes, there are technically more children, but they're appropriately diagnosed.

we were ing them five to ten years ago, and now we're identifying them so we can get them into treatments and services. >> dr. patel, thank you so much. very helpful information. stay with us because we're going to come back to you on our next story. we appreciate it. >> now to today's daily health. a class action lawsuit has been filed against apple over some of its apple watch wristbands. that suit alleged some of the wristbands contain potentially harmful levels of forever chemicals also known as pfas. >> it stems from a study conducted by the university of notre dame which found the presence of forever chemicals in 15 of the 22 smart watch bands it tested from several different brands. so joining us to break all of this down is nbc news legal analyst angela sin adelea and dr. kavita patel stays with us. angela, let's start with you at the desk. what exactly does the lawsuit allege? >> this is really about consumer protection laws and not necessarily about the harm that could be given to consumers but

about false advertising. it alleges the apple watches are marketed as the ultima device for a healthy life, but if these bands contain pfas which allegedly cause harm to your body, that doesn't make sense. the lawsuit is about misleading consumers potentially. >> dr. patel, let's bring you in on the chemicals specifically. what are so-called forevever chemicals and talk to us about the dangers here. are they also found in other products? >> yeah, they are. these forever chemicals are synthetic compounds used really for their resistance to water, heept, and oil, and they're called forever chemicals because they don't break down easily in the environment or the human body. that leads to long term exposure risk. you can get disruptions in thyroid, decreased immune function, cancer risk, a number of other things we do not want. the products that have pfas and all of us use them often. they're in clothing, rugs, in

the nonstick kind of teflon coated pans. you have probably seen this on social media where people are telling you to throw them away. for good reason. even in food packaging. so they're called forever chemicals because they were convenient to use and keep things contained forever but they're bringing up a number of health risks. >> angela, apple responded to the class action lawsuit with a statement that said in part, the watches are safe to wear and they work with independent labs to test products. what are the plaintiffs seeking here? >> so, the plaintiffs would be seeking damages here for false advertising. so any time a company tells you something about a product, it turns out that that product, that marketing might not be true, but it's that marketing that made you spend your hard earned dollars on the product, there's a potential you could get your money back because you maybe wouldn't have made that decision had the advertising matched what is actually in that product here. it all comes down to whether or not there really is pfas and whether a judge and court

decides that pfas are not healthy and it contradicts a healthy lifetime. >> so dr. patel, if someone at homes believes they have been exposed to forever chemicals either from an apple watch band or something else, what can they do? is there a test? >> there's not a specific test for this. there are some specialized tests that are not easy to order by walking into urgent care or your doctor, but it's worth bringing up. the other thing i want consumers to do is bring some products in or take a picture of some of the products they're worried about specifically because sometimes on the labels you can see the pfas, the f part, a, you can see some of the chemicals on the ingredients and that can help tell if you may have been exposed to them. >> thank you so much. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in saudi arabia today where he sat down with crown prince mohammed bin salman. >> tomorrow, the crown prince will host a face-to-face between american and ukrainian delegations. it will be the first time u.s. and ukrainian officials meet

since mr. zelenskyy's contentious oval office meeting last month. that's when president donald trump and vice president jd vance said the ukrainian leader was not grateful for american support. of course, zelenskyy has repeatedly thanked the u.s. president trump has since paused military aid and intelligence sharing with ukraine. nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us now from saudi arabia. so keir, what do we know about these meetings today and tomorrow? >> reporter: well, today, president zelenskyy is here in saudi arabia, and so is america's top diplomat, the secretary of state, marco rubio. for separate meetings with the crown prince here, who is acting like something like a mediator. you'll remember that he brought together the u.s. and russian delegations just a few weeks ago. then tomorrow, the ukrainian delelegation ll meet with the u.s. delegation, not including president zelenskyy, to try to negotiate. we know from marco rubio that he

is expressing at least outwardly hope that the ukrainians have shifted their position after that disaster in the oval office between president zelenskyy, president trump, and vice president vance. he is suggesting that the plan here is to be able to feel out the position of the ukrainians, then figure out the russian position, and see how much work there is to do to bring the two together. a lot, i would suggest. >> keir, the fact that the u.s. is withholding that aid and intelligence from ukraine, is that impacting these talks in the peace process? >> reporter: i think the intelligence part is the big part. clearly, aid matters too, but it takes longer. this is a war often using drones, so in terms of the kinds of technology that's needed, things have changed a lot in the time there's been this war in ukraine. certainly, intelligence piece is

important. president trump and marco rubio suggesting they're still providing intelligence for defensive capabilities for ukraine. so that's a nuance that's important, too. the ukrainians are determined to try to turn that tap back on again because it is crucial for them, despite the support of the europeans have been offering. one other point, too, the russians are bearing down on ukrainians particularly in the kursk region, a big piece of russia some of which the ukrainians are holding. they appear to be making progress. a good question is why would the russians want a cease-fire now when they're making such progress on the battlefield? >> keir simmons, thank you. we're following a developing story right now involving the social media platform x. >> you'll remember that site was formerly known as twitter, and it has been experiencing intermiten outages all day long, and thou the platform's owner elon musk says that site is being targeted by a cyberattack. >> nbc news correspondent morgan chesky is following this and

joins us now with more. morgan, lk us through what we know right now about the outage and what has elon musk said about it? >> reporter: a lot to be learned about the series of outages that have impacted x throughout the morning hours. as it stands right now, this early outage started around 5:30 this morning eastern time. and then several hours later, after it had been mitigated another outage struck around 9:00, impacting upwards of 40,000 users. then, there was a third attack reported, sorry, i say attack, outage would be more correct as of right now. that was reported around 11:00 a.m. as it stands right now, we do not know the exact cause of this outage but they have been widespread. we have heard from elon musk who posted to x after that third outage. this is what he had to say about the series of what's taken place with the site today, saying there was still a massive

cyberattack against x. we get attacked every day but this was done with a lot of resources. tracing, important to note, he has yet to offer any evidence that would be a clear indicator this was in fact a cyberattack, but experts we have spoken to say that this does show some of the characteristics of a distributed denial of service attack. you may have heard it referred to as a ddos because of the pattern in which the outages took place. any culprits have yet to be named, we do know x is working to get the site back up and running but no official comment from the site as of right now. back to you. >> morgan chesky, thank you. still ahead, w a new york stylist introduced her grandma in zambia to the

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in today's simply trending, we're talking about timeless fashion and by that we mean fashion has no age limit. >> you may have seen her online, known as the legendary glamma, we're talkingucts margaret, a grandma in her late 80s living in zambia. she's a global and self proclaimed accident elfashion icon dressed by her granddaughter. >> i was so curious. i'm like, you know what, how would it look styling my grandma in high fashion? >> diana has been working as a new york based stylist for years. >> i got fashion from my late dad, growing up seeing how he was so into fashion, into dressing up. >> reporter: in 2023during a trip to her homeland, she was inspired to extend that familial inspiration to her grandma, mr. margaret. >> i went to my grandma. she was sitting outside in her favorite tree. grandma, i want to exchange -- switch outfits with you and take

pictures. she's like okay, let's do it. we did it. >> it was a viral hit. her account amassing hundreds of thousands of followers online. >> africa, especially our elderly, they can't wear certain clothes. they have to be always covered. >> modesty and also regality. >> i'm like, why should you restrict them? >> grandma, who lives in zambia, is now a cover girl and self proclaimed model appears on magazine covers across the globe. her journey not without its challenges. and beyond obviously being a fashionista, who is your grandmother? >> oh, my god. my grandma, obviously, she's my mother's mother. born premature, and ended up being married, forced into marriage at 12.

so me doing this for her makes me feel like she's reliving her years. she never got to wear a wedding dress because she was forced into marriage, so i had to style her in a wedding dress. and when i put that dress on her, she was just like oh my god, this is how these things feel like. and she shed a tear. so i just feel like i have helped relieve the stolen years, should i call them. >> and she says it's inspiring others to relive their timeless fashions. >> i have gotten so many dms from people in their 60s, in their 70s talking about now i'm going to go and get the clothes i gave my daughters or my grandkids because now i know i can actually wear this. and it's okay. >> fashion is not just for young people. expression is for everyone. >> no, no. so i feel so good that, you know, this is actually not only given my grandma this renewed

vibe for life, but also given other people that actually gave up or hanged their clothes, should i say, and retired their clothes. now they're taking those clothes and like, i can do this. if grandma can do it, let's do this. >> yeah, it was so great talking with her. learning the story of her grandmother. if you want to follow those fashions, find them online at legendary underscore glamma. legendary underscore glamma. when winter season hits emergen-c supports your immune system with so much more than vitamin c. be ready to fight back with emergen-c and for on-the-go immune support try emergen-c crystals. no water needed. this is the final vote. we'll finally know which egg is loved most reese's or cadbury. choose one. (♪♪) -i choose both. -(gasps) celebrate easter with reese's and cadbury.

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