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♪ judy: gd ooevening. i'j'm dyoo wdruff. onhe t "newshour" ghtonit,he t empandicer psists. ray pidlineacrsing infection rates from tmihe ocr vonariant inhe.s u. prompt morvie cod concnser. , thenhi sghtakes. cong wressralengs over the sse ivbuild back br ettebill and r othecoennttious leslgiation in theal fin wksee of the year. and, images of freedom w a neexbihit showcases wothe rk a forgottento phogrheapr domeinntg the fight for equalin ty ithune ited states. he>> s w aasn outsider ilon a t of waynds, a ihi tnk she was abo le tretela to some of the exenpericeofs the people she s drawn to pgrhotoapnghi. dyal: l that and more on
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williaanm brgh hamas the latest heon t pdeanmic's nernw tu for the worse. william:s a the holiday sneaso nears, crnoncesa of resurgent virus are growing. president bi mdenet at thihe wte housthe wi his covid task force day tsco diuss ways to curb e spread of oonmicr, aond t deal with the currentin domant vat,rian dtael. >> it will t startopr sead more rapidly than it did in a year, danhe t oy nlreal protections i etto g yrou shots. if you are at the point where u have everything including your booster,ou y are inea rlly good shape, soe movnow. wim:llia according to the new york timraes tck,er the u.s. is eiseng a clear spike inas ces, with a daily averagef o121,000 infections. atth is a0% 4 reisn ihe tas lt two s.week atdehsre a up 34%it wh an average of0 130 peopline dyg eversiy ngleay d.
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ninew york state, the cdc says icnro is estatimed to make up as masuch 1 o3%f the state's vicod cas.es governorhy kat hhuocl reinstated a mask mae ndatforoo indr blpuic pleswh, icho int effect nday. shees rpoednd tori ctismcihe t mandate is an overreonacti. >> tishis a heahlt care crisis and peoarple e ingog to die. itno is t hyperbole. that is based on thets fac that are roin fntf o us right. now if people had gotten vaccinated when wesk aed tmheo, tot g the booster stsho, i wouldn'' have had to put lain pce m aask nde.at iawillm: in cifalornia, regulas tionwe treightened. thmae in change sintartg in minud-jaar iys thay t anwoerrk vaccin oatedr n,ot who comes into contaitct wh mesoone who tests posi, tivemu ssttay heom. some cleolge cpuamses are also taking action. classes and emsxa heav bnee dmove oinnle as an armlaing rate softudents havete gotn covid.
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at cor unellnirsveity, whe 9re7% students are vaccina ated,t least 1st100 udtsen tested sipotive last week. henele univers gity,eoerg inwashgt uonniversity, ayund n are also dealing with similar spikes. major profonessialpo srts ags ueare alstao king a hit. scores of athteles and staff ross the nba,hl n and nfl have sted positive or entered healthnd a safetyro ptolsco this week. seragal mes have been postnepod. t iis a challenge. william:it wh about 100 nfl players teg stinpotisive in the st three days, falootbl commsiisoner rogeroo gde sllaid stdaeryac vcitinaons and osboters are a priority, but may not ebenough. in europe,ou cntesri are dealing with a similwoar t-pngroed threat of a trying tolo sw omicwhron ilcoe mbating delta. franceed mov to restrict tourists from traveling to and fr tomhe u.k., andeq ruingri
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48-hour'' of isolatipoon un arrival. the frenchme pri misinter said e decisions idueo, t qteuo, thexemtrely ridap sprd eaof icroinn the u..k fasor the u.k., primeis minter bojoris hnnso insisteday tode h otis n iosmping anyoc lkdnsow. >> all we aryie sango t people, is exerccaise utn,io think about all of theps ste y couan te akto mimi yzeour own risk, and get boosters. iawillm:he t u.ksa. w its hiesghtbe numrco of vid c iasesn a single dayte yesrd, aysince the pandemic b,egan over 78,000. late today, there was a scketba for the vneacci made bhny joson &ns johon. /dacc advisory cttommieedv aised againstin takgha tt johnson & johnson shotec, romndmeing moderna pfand iz veraccines. the mmcoittee cited eaincrsing even ocef a rare blolood ct dird lerinked with tohhe jnson &ns johonac vcine. th cisomes right apes exrtars e wainthg at omicron ikes lily to become dothe mintna strain in
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e s.u. r a deeper latook a ollf this i'inm joedy bdr. eric topol, under and diorrect othf e ris ppresearch tratinslaonal stitute. eatot have you on the newshour. i wonder if we canal tk about thj&e j remmcoendaonti. what douo y me akof that? >> t ihink theom cmittee, in reviewing thje j&at da, was very sound. atth is, it was ana unims ouvote that theer modnand a pfizer vaesccin a sreafer and have a eat track re.cord rtatunely, the j&jt shohas encc aompanied rarwiely th these very suserio bedleing clot suises a nndine deaths s'o i'' best ifsi posbltoe avoid it. lliam: let's turn more brolyad to omioncr. we know it is crinedibly coagntious. iter ctainly seems b toe. ginve that, do you think we are realealy hdefod r a bad winter? >> unfortetunalyit, 's
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unesontiable at thisnt poi. thisa is vis rustrain that ouis dblg injust over twyso da whh icwe've n severeeann ything lihake tt.e' 're seein lg itight up ie n thukno, rway and nmdeark. and it lyreal is poexnential growthth, e kelis of icweh haven'ent se scein the pandemic sedtart. isot's evinitable that'it'gos ing to hitht e united staantes d atth realady is risinryg ve qckuily. d founrtunately, a o lotf people ha'en'apt preciated that ithiss mesothing we canid avo rit ghnow in termsth of iser vy, thaso sbeeen as an olansught ofmi ocron new cases. william: somepl peoee, hav inlookg tathe cases that ready existom of icn,ro jumped to the concln usioth iatt is milder with regards tsto i vree thlengs. do you agree? there isn't'anquy estion. rtfounately, it's'mi. ldbut the prm obleisha tt people are ascribing it te o thvis,ru and 's not terelad ttohe virus.
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i''s because avwe he msouch by immunity built by our vaesccin,y bour boosterys, b oppele who had private or- - prior d.covi we hav ee novincdee that the rus itself ires mo md.il and unl tiwe have thatha we veo t assume that lepeop w dhoon't ve any proten ctioarhie ghly lnvuerable to geg ttinve iryll. llwiiam: we haveee bn seeaing lot of breakrothughas ces. ien mtionedar elier, these colleges anind uveitrsies that are sineeg these really explosive case numrsbe, largely onamg vaccinated andst booed groups. do yhiou tnkni uversities and llcoegesre a special ciumrcstans,ce or arey the rbinger of wishat t coome for e threst of us? >> wha st weaw at cornell and w subsequentanly mheotr ivunersities is eaa snk evpriew ofhe t rapidity tht at ispadres to hedundrs softudents in the se of cornell 97% were vainedat. this is whe'at 'r' going toe bseeing throutghou the coy untrov terhe weeks
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ead as thisom beces the donant strain, nusot jt of course in the u.s. but throughout torhe wld. so this is k theinofd rapid spre tadhat we have toyet see til now in pathe ndicem. wiiam: i feel laike bkeron rerdal tking about the ndee for good masks,et bter ntatilion, vaccinas,tion boteosrs. rapid tngestihe wn possible. given what weno kw about omicron, would you addny athing that? uld you change anygthiner tow generaecl prauontiary principle now? wad xewell, the th yingsou -- >> well, theng this uyo mentioned,li wilamre a certainly the corstner orms of enprevtion anocd blki tnghe spread. do''tav he the rapid steste w need in thisou cntry unlike other ps.lace we 'on'hat ve eno pugheoe plwho veee bn vacnacited, no less o havead h their booster shots. were a lagging wayin behd. we're 65th in torhe wldor f
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ccvainationnd a laggingos mt uncotries who are onto the boteosr shots. d anespecially iopn pelef o adnc aedge where thek risis consabiderlyig hh. so we' 'reust not g usinthtoe ols we have and if wuse ed thel, mal wwoe uld be in great shao pe tfend off omicron. but unfoatrtunel wy,e're just not g doinit. wim:llia one ltas quest aion,n argu iment hr eaa lot whichs, i e thesarlae rgely mild c.ases the vast matyjori of oppele will get ugthroh esthe cas,es all of this talkut abomi ocron's fear mongering. what you say to that? >> that cou'dn'bet ea fr -- furtrhe frothm e truth. mweayet g well beyond a million canew ses a. day many ohof tse people will get sick, somel wilwindp u in the ithospalr oie d. also w, weill be stfoering a lot moreon lgov cid. eth chronic disabling freeatus thatld cou ourcc from omicron. no less,tu culri tngheus vir fuhefor r something ndbeyo
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omicron. william: thank you feior bng here. >>ha tnkou y. ♪ vanea:ss i'm vaa nessru, izin r fostephanie sy. 'we' rlleturn to thet resofhe t raprogm teafr these headlines. officials acrohess t gatre pl aainsndhe t midwest repdorte at least 5th deas,ft aer a powe srfulto frmront blasted the region whuith rranice-force s.wind also broughmmt suerik-le adreings of 70 desegre ttha spawned tornsiado ghngtis. one, in esminnot wa,ould be the as-- w can never recorded in december- -was confirms ed athe fit erev recordedn idembceer. the fronvet mod rtnoh today across theer upp gatre lakes and to canada. meanwhilhee, t dthea toll from flastriy'd's tornadinoes weerstn kentucky rtoose 75. goorvern ay ndbeshear reported 16 people e arstl ilmissing. athe t same time, gahe ain ofrehod pe to those who survivheed t dtresuction, but
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whose liveves ha bn eeshattered ''m not goinywg anhe, reand thtais stes inot going ywhere. otwe g are gat commitmenomt fr the fel deragornvement that they'reng goi tbeo with us, too. every , stepevy erweek, every month, andry eve yr eathat it takee s, wwi gllet each one of these comtimunieseb ruilt. vaa:ness elompyees at a candle fay ctorth watas destroyed in mayf, ieldkeucntky, have now led suit. they say c theomnypa refused to letht em go home e, arlydeitspe thrie sk. of8 their co-wos rkerdi.ed cothe mpy ansays it acted properly. the u.s.d fooandrd ug adnirasttion is movio ng tmake abortiilon plsor me easily acceible. the agencyro appvea d permanent leru today to leemt th be ipd pethrough the .mail that wlras aea adyllowed, mpteorarily, durthing e pand.emic some stateves ha olautwed mail lidevery, and tha e fddesicion is expected acto fe urcot lechalng, esas well. fea deral judge ewin n yk orlate today to ossedut $ a4.5 billion
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settlement tshhat ieedld the sackler famiroly fm vicil lawsuin ts ithope ioid crisis. thfae mily owned pe erduphmaar, marske of oxycontin. judge con lleemchoman ruled the bankruptoucy crtid d not have thority to rseelea the sacklerors fm abliility. w gweo tito hai,ol pice say 12 mrsembe oa f u.s. missionary group have beeeen frd, m 2onths afteeyr th we erabducted. they wamere on17g people kidnd appeby g aang that dendmaed $1 millionsn raomer p onpers. five people alhad rey adbeen released in ntrece wksee. it's unr cleaifny a ransom was id. e u.s. senatvee ga falin approvalay tod ta o bill to punish c fhinaorpp oressing uy mghurusmsli. it banods gos omfr xinjiang inprovcewh, ere thousands of ghurs are inen detti conamps. at's un ilessmpteorrsrove no forced labor i wasnvveold. spa diutove er the bill had
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blkeapd proval of niaschol buasrns aasmbsador to china. e senate conedfirm h timhis evening. the biden niadmisttiraon withdreway tod fm ronegotiations mwithigntra families whreo we rasepateatd the border runde pridesent trump. e american c livilibtieres n uniosa tyshe justice padertment optedin agast b aroad lesettme, ntso families will veha to pursue iidndivual lawsuits. at one poithnt, e itwhe house ewdr criticism oa ver rertpoed pralopos tpao y several hudndre thndousa dlaolrs to each fy.amil thaue frd iatrl of theranos for undeelabizeth holmes is inwindg wndo in san jose, lirnfoia, with closing arguments. ecprosuts ortold the jurday toy hthatols melied about her blood-intestg arstt-up's teiantl to attractli bilonofs dollinars fanincing. dethe fee nsis expected to unr tethat holmes r nevemetan tole misadny aone. stl ilto ce omon t nheewshr,ou why a controiaversl bsweite with expl dicitirtiecons for suicide
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remaacins ti.ve w italian sksoi rertars e trying to re sopenafy elusing vaccine passports. prand esenidt biden awarheds t damel of honor te o thfitrs black recipien tt ofheos pt 9-11 era. usuc mh more. ♪ >> this is thebs p newshour from eta studioswa in shgtinon and in the west, frothm e walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state univtyersi. ju: dyafter findinysg wa to oid fiscal cs riseinhe t past few we deks,emraocts on capitol hill are nowa in crchun time for criticalts par othf eir agdaen. our lisa desinjards injos us to lkta autbo three high-esstak suises that seembe to apit vot in, tsthe build baetck bter bill, grimmiatn ioand voting ghts.
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hello, lisa. a lotke to epra tck of. build backte betr,hi ts has been central part of the biden agdaen. whe esdo it stand? sa: demtsocra wanted tgeo t thrsei through the satene by christmaous, y wlil rembeemr. looks like th ieres vea ry slim cechan,f i any, thatht at will ppen. as we anstd, just a litetl over a weeunk til chrtmisas, theres i not a fully fledged bill yet and ere are not yet0 5 demraoctic narsto on board. t's talk abthout e hescduling prleobms. one involvs the senate paiarlmentarian. is bill must go through a ocess called reconciliation, which means it mshust ow buardgety feefct. the parliamenta jrianudsge that. she, however, ecis rovinerg from diagnosisst of agiie ian ccer. so in addition tiso th bngei a fficult bill h forero trender opioinns on behindse cd ordos, shisry ting toe giv draemocts guceidan, it is tg akinloerng because of her hlteah.
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the second iuess, senator joe manchisn ha not y setigned onto the provis sionof the bill. he is in meetidangs ily, somemetis hourly, on this. eryone wants t himo gnsi on t ihes not there yet. judy: we know in the past few days, a itbig emn ithel bil is discussiroon aun tdhe child tax credit. that has beeann hgi ingn the banclae. li: this is e onof the issues we have hea srdenator manchin on this week. evneeryo wtsan him to snig on, i should be cle,ar every other mocrat wants t himo gnsi on. puicblans are hap fpyor him to stay offf o it. thehi cld taxre cdit is one of the lgearr goals ofem docrats. that expands childax t cdirets to00 $30-3hu6 ndred dollarrs pe child but inst ru out, and it is due to run out, the last of the expanded checks until this week. build back better, thatld wou alactuly extend that. mansion has a pro wblemith how it is fu.nded
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heski loong at the talot aloverlos ct of the bill. if you look at whatt icosts, as it ss tandit is autbo $1.6 trliilon of a bui bldack better. that idenclus jt usone yrea of thexp eanded child c taxret.di joe manchin says, ion d't buy th.at i thkin we uimltately will try toxt eend it for 10 years, which is t uhesual length of thlle bi. if youo d that, accor tdingohe t etbudg oicffe, the bill'' cost es to $3 tronilli. joe maninch says i do''t buy at we a greoing to do these thgsin for one or ytwoea.rs i wt anus to say we will pay for ithe t whole te,im or make sure we are not putting items on the tablthe at are shoerrt-tm. this is a major problem for democrats tsoo lve. ther they come uwip th a way to pay for iant d bring joe manchin on boa,rd or eyth have toak te eth child c taxretdi out. lisa: a difntfere ptar of -- judy: a differentar pt ofhe t llbi is immigratiefon rorm. re uminds atwh's at stake and wh iats the democrprats opalos. li: millions of lives are at
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stake, and manpocalitil nacsmi as well. let's start with what the oposal is in the current rsion of buiacld bk better. it is a pearol stutas for miiollns ofme arinsca, not amanerics but millions of documented irammigntwhs o arvedy b 2011. it would be s atatus thaeyt th couldav heor f five years and renew for up to 10. it is not ah pat to zecitinsp,hi not a greend, car tt hais sothgin in -- immigration advoscatean wted. iitsim estatedy bprogressive groups that d woulhelp abo 7ut million. msoillions of people. th would be atu stas many oppele have sought, but what is not inhi ts version on immigrn atiois a path to tizenship foram dreers, who cameer he as drchilen. tps orpo temra pryrotected atstus individuaerls he cabeuse is dasters in their cntoury. our producer spokeo tho tse peop, ledaca recipieannts d stp
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recipi,ents about theixir med elfeings,ha wt the immigonrati usstat mnsea right now. let's ln.iste >> my inames onivne diaz. i'' y33ears old. >>na my mes irajbin thresha. i'44m years old. >> my nas me iefinra m.l. cadala. i am 32 yeolars d. i redesi in denver, colorado. >> hy i, mna imes daishi mcguel tanaka. 2i am4 aryes old, and haven beeinhe t u.s. since i s six years old. >> my nas me ievsaa ntos velos. ami a dominicana dacrepicient. hai ve livedn ithe onbrx, new york, ovfor er3 2years now, i havea dacfoser ven years, an wlehi i'm thulankf f torhe prograd m anwh iatt has given , meis that it 'asn'bet en enghli. ke, i lost mby jo twiccae beusi e haven't engott r theirewanel in time, at'nd '' been har ed toxpinla to my chdrilen and been tableo ivsurve,et l's say,e fivsix mo wnthsitutho a job. m>>y name is yoe liswkhalomu davinds, a ''m 34 years. old i nam aewor yker, born inal nat south africa.
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i'v' bn eehere since i t washree aryes old. i owkn that the porpula atnarrivare ound daca is', i'' medrearsnd a it's youth. however,ry eveongre ows up. ansod i think thet facthat even tirhe fstac da recipients whweo re these, yoowu kn, youluthf tnaeegers and early tytwen yrsea, are now inir the thesirti, d anwanting to buy mes d anand gufire out 401ks and hoatw th en veworks. i inthk that speak hs toow actuallyg lonw''ve been wagitin foa lusotion that'g's intog tulyal impact and t shifour ves. >> teips bng t aemporary status everary ye a and half, they need to renurew o stutas, and the umadp ministrationua actlly nccaeled our tps. and right wnow,e're still in galititi, onand the goventrnme has tbeenemraporily extending our status. >>t's a tricky stiituaono t thinouk abt isth, this build back better abillndhe t provisionsit in , d antrying not to feesil dilliousned or disappedoint wh ithow things are
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headed. >> we knowt thath wisill fibenet loa t of people,e likmy familyke, li mpay rents, that are unmedocunt, edand millions and llmiions of other imgrmiants. it will defilynite hp elus. but ulmatitely, it'n's t paa thway toit cizenship. >>t's notve en clear whether wweill be recei wvingork permitr s fothene tire length of five y, earsanitd still does nota akeway that clofud o uncertaithnty atps t has over .s and whs at iev sencarier, since it'v's ryem tporary, you dcoul have ano otherppinosg administonrati ce omin and just cancel it riofght f e thbat. >> ilof i okt ait in increments of eight10 to yrsea, it's definiten ly aimovprement to the two year, anced rent, lythe one wyearorauk thorization. i>>t is not eno wugh.e ear g gointoe, b many of us,th in e ne 1ye0 ars, are goio ng tbe again in g theri opsf
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deportation. dad had a tblerrie ciacdent, he fell ofrof a ofnd a he he he -- and hule cod''t work any.more dmyaca expired nta moh telar ter that, soas i w lt eflet go wit thoua b jofor a month. anitd was really stdevaatg.in i lowas sti . was in fear, and thasat w jt usa reminder that da icas not permanent. and the wsameayha tt they're goin dg too atth with that role, build bbacketr,te it's nogog into be a permtanen lusotion for us. >' it'gos ing to be very dioisappntg inif there is no migrioatn prisovion aatll in thisac pkage. my lgrate anatdfher, he tipetioned for mm y moanmyd pas rentso ymeears back. aond were a in this bac.klog thand anulkfly, in the bill, ther ae is va isrecapture ovprision that w houldelspp eed t pherocessing. so people, slko fos keli myself, wi aen pding petitioonn, d't havewa to itec dades. i'pim hong
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that thacot bemeons e of the ovisions thaket mas iitn the llbi at the end. s ando dweon't walk away nwithotnghi. li: you can hear those mixed seenntimts. tps d andaca recieipnts,he t onlyng thi f torhems i expended financial aid for higher ucioatn. bu you hear them saying, we are adults now w ande e arconcerned about this verlay rge catoregies of peoplhae tt ngcoress hasn't addressed. judy: that lasyot ung man said they could end up with nngothi. therule cod nbeothing in the bill. erwhe does it stand? lisa: this is one ofho tse provnsisio t ihinkil wl meco doo tthe very final bcally the cell note parliamenantari- - theen satpae rliamentarian. it has to show a budget affect andhe t iadege of ttg inatu stas toy manoc undumteendmm iigntras, th wldou berg chaedee a f. thata is budgetaryec efft. is that enough for s theeneat iaparlmearntian to sayt iul shod hrgo tou?gh wweilwal tch ts hiday by day as the parlitaamenri raneaches a decision. judy: we haveta to lk autbo
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ngvoti rhtigs. yo reptiorng is atth voting ghrits andib filusrte reform stl ilis being hotebly dated in e thfinal days. lisa:en sateoc demra htsad an tee nslunchay tod, the word was used,en intse, and it was focusedvo on ti rngights. it wano tta alkbout what is going on in the last couple weeks. the erhasn bee a senseim te is rugnninut o for rm.efor i want to play sound we heard om before. thisere a dispute overt wha is be for democracyht rig n.ow is it to ce hangthe rules of the u. ss.enate,o t pass vgotin ri,ghts or is it to not cehang the r?ules l't's hear from sorenat rafael warnock of georgiaho w says we should chathnge e lerus. >>o enwh colleagues hiin ts chamber tao lk tmebo aut birtanisship, which lii beeve inju, i stav he to ask, atse who exnspee? who is beasing ketod fo t bheill for this bipartisanshanip, d lisiberty se tlfhe cost?
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: lisathide ea that bipaanrtissh, ipthe idea of the bufilist aerllows a minorityo t truleheen sate becauseou yee nd 60ot ves genlyeral in rorde to eaa k filibuster. the two rea tsonshe filibuster rules in tact o surenators joe manchin and tekyrsn sinema. rskyten sinemaer vy strongly, i nt to read a stantteme or of gficeave me abohyut w she inthks it shouldy sta inla pce dtoefend democ.racy here's'wh sathe wrote. "the senator conestinu to support the 60 ve otthreshold to precott the cntoury from repeatedad ricalev rersals and deferal policy,ch whi would cementnc uertainty, deepen divission and erode american'' confid iencen rou government you see vinotg itself at stake. and the senasate n a instiontuti at stake. democrate s arwrtlesing over whate wdo. we cnghae the ruloes t precott voting or doe wprotect the instiontuti? do teshat pteroct democracy? the truth is,em docrats don''
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have the votes to change the filierbustul res, but myou srces tell me people involvreed a trying to convince you iomentned and heee sms to be listening, they say t,o rhpeaps changing thlee rus so there is a tngalki filierbust, rfo elexamp, to make harder to fusilibter. judy: we knoyow u cllontienu to wchat ts.hi , lisathk anyou. ♪ judy: a wag rninth tathis next segment consntai ssientive cot.nten suidice is the secleond adgin use of deathng amo yngou icamerans. mo wsiebtes about sue icidare aimed at preioventn. but a new yoimrk tes veigstation looks ointone throat pvis deinformation and ctdireio fnsor ending o'e's li.fe am nazaw reports. naju: dy, the sitews dra six min lliopa vgeiews a month worldwide, 4es tim amas ny as ths.e u. nioatnal suicide evprention lifeline.
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and mostit visorwes re 30 or unger. e w neyork times rteeporrs iegabrl ncdae and megan eytwoh yzanaledor me than 1.2 monilli meesssag othn e site. theymi exanemed mbers' oenlin hiors,ie combed through hundredspa of geofs police and cororener cos,rd and interviewed dozens omif fali leseft behind. and thouey fndt aleast 45 atdehs by suicid me inulpltie cotrunies linked te o thsi.te gatwn ohey and gab drielance join me now. welcomeyo to u thbo andnk thas for ngmaki t theime. isths i s atuinnng report that you both have worked on. th45ose suicides you link to the site range from a ea16-yr-dol girl inin illoitos a 50 or eight-year-olnd ma in tes. do yavou he y anway of knongwi neanyoe els visited the sanite d died by suicide? thosee wer45 ds eathin which wee werab tleo identify the person who died. you aigre rht,re the was not ly a 1ar6-ye-o,ld there was a ea17-yr-d.ol ether were other teerenags.
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most of those deaths were young people under 30. what we d founis that in analyzing more tonhan e llmiion ssesag on the site, wune fod the ttarue llofy death is likely hunsdred more. we were able to analyze these goodbye tdshrea, essalentily lepeop who came neonli and narrated their attemptss athey ok pla, ceand through very sophisticaprted ocs esof alanyzgin thosees msages,e w unfod 0 50members, roughly two peleer p weekid, d shuc bygoode rethads and never pdoste again. amna: we should iomentn, we are not minang the website in isth conversa.tion you do so,ut b very late inhe t report. did you waty no doinghat? reou yor wriedbo autoi pnting peleop towards thiins formation? >> we were. we considdere itt alethng and scseusd it with my anpeople, dimecal pferossionals, ecspifaliclyui scide professionals, contagion
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presonsials. dcuisssed with thtem a length . the prosnd aon cs. anend wht icosme to naming the site, we were wineighghe t rtoppouny itfor accountitabily agait nsthe danger of seaprding pontlliayar hmfulnf iortimaon. d teafr these cveonrsations, ourdi eto mrsade the call that we wouldlu incdehe t nameth of e site, d buto ity onlon acend as youd, saiur fthern dowth in e article. wibut thtou naming theit se, it ulwod bey ver difficult for legislatanors d lawmakers to ahavenyor st of accountitabily for sithe te. but perhaps even aat greer erconcn rfos u was parents who had noa idet tha this site isted, and owitherse might be keeping yean e on their chdrilen's weowb brsing actitivies. amna:et l'sp helpeleop rsundeta wndhat is on sithe te. witthou gtietng into spicecifs, atwh exactly,t whad kin of coent and iornfmation do ople come inonto ctact with there? >> most suicide websites are
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ouprt evention, but this one provides explicistt inruioctns onowo t die, step-byp-ste ildetaed instruction vs onarusio odmethsha tt people can use to kihell tmsveels. an idt's not just that. erthe e arpublicor fums, live bl aogs,nd pteriva msaesging in icwhh members discuss their plans and offerou encramegent andss aistance as themay ke thr anpls to follow thr.ough among mothe stie vwed posts are these goodthbye res adin which peoplera nartehe tirtt aemspt with othemer mbe wrseighing in thwi tmbhus up emojisnd a well wishanes, das bically messages of support. in aiodditn to thiser vy plicit,he tse verply exicit inctstruio, nsthere is all of this interactin on othe site whicalh rely facatilitesui scide deo pple fwiollonghr tough thhe tir plans. na:ab gri, elyouav he
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unvedre this at a time when experts are rgiinng the alarm about a natliona ergmeency and mental health crisis, particularmoly angou yng amics.an ju istn the earlyt parof02 20, emergency visiorts f mtaenl health emergesenci rose 24% for children ages 5-11d , an31fo% r chdrilen 12-17. sutespecd suicide aptttems increaovsed er0% 5 for girls 7 12-1coarmped to 2019. atth is cpaomred toor befe eth empandiceg ban. that leads to the storyut abo th16ea-yr-olded nam daniel who stggruled with depssreion. his parents thoughty the had goentt him help. he wound up on thisis te. te ulls the story of daniel. >> daniel is a sad story. he was 1 a6-year-old bn oy isalt lake city,h, uta linivg with his ntpares, his motrhe and father anyod unger sister. his older brother had recently
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gone to college. daniel had a stochma ailntme, an it caud sehim great pain after eatgin. when he dan his family were figuredut o -- figuring out what the lmaient was, danlie tooko t the idsuice bsweite where he dumped allhi of s fears and anxiies inttho e website. he was woredri he would never be le to recover fromhe t stomach ailment. within days hoof swingp uan, d meerf othe site enagcoured him tose u ape scific method to die, which isea rlltry agic caeus it was clear thatan diel had node ia w hoto take hise lif fore coming heto t site. withinay ds, he wasnt irocedud to thiset mho ad,nd within three months, he had died on hised b and his mom discodvere himat le thatht nig. andis har pentser nev had any idea he was on theit se. they actualldny di't even have an iade he swa depressed. i spoke w hithis best ndfrie and behis stri fends mother. neither of them hadea hrd anhi angbout theit se. analofl them had wisdhe that at anyoi pnt, danl iehad
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ntneiod he swa thinking of dying byci suide stho ey cldou inteenrve. but this webtesi doe's't reayll helppl peoe thwi interventions as much ashe it lps them carry ouankiy nd of plans they had to kill thlvemsees. amna: the obvusio question is, hos w ith sisite even up? youav he gone to great lengths poinrtg on the men who continue r tount. i how is it up r andunngni? >>h't's aat gre question. we want just pigecinog tetr hea long tra oilf deaths conednect toheit se, but we weskre aing that veryes wte.rn so many familiesef lt behind wanted desteperalyo tsee the sihute st down, and for the two showy figures to beel hd accountable. those two h menad gone tore gat thlengs to hide their ideientits and protect the website. theyed movir the sveerrsm fro country to country. utheysed cniompaesha tt allowed em to hide whois regtedre the domaines nam. thate mad iret ally hard otto n onlyet dect who they weret, bu
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to holemd th aouccntable. ere is a federal, law that idproveswe seping legal protections ebto wsite operators , e wvenhethn ete conntn o those sis teis dangerous or eniveng -- or even cnarimil. germany, aalustria, italy, these countries havkee tan tiacon and succee tdedo meso extent in restctriinges accs thwiinir the erbords to the website, but in thunedit states,e timand again we havene seff oicials oklo the other way. amna: the full report is aiavlable on the new yorkes tim wee.bsit menga and gabriel, ts hankfor ing inus. tnkha you. am:na and if yo su oromneeo you owkn needs help, t thehe naontial suicide pntreveion feliline is reace habl24ou hrs a day,ay 7 ds wea ek, by calling 1-800-82273-55. ♪
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judy: many oalf ity's ski rtresos stju reopened foer th t firsti smeince march 2020, when theosy cleds acovid swept e uncotry. the indy ustrlost billionsa as reltsu. even wthith e cerent spike in cas,nd a omicron loo, mingski operatorves ha aew n plan they y llwi keep peoplee. saf spl eciacoesrrpondent adamey ran repofrrts omor nthern italy'' dolomioute mntnsai. >> it heeas bn loa ng time micong. after nearly two years, skiers ansnboowarders are bonack the esslop. at 8000 feet, thekey ta in views of the worl''s rglaest ski area. 750 miofles runs stretch across the domolites. on opening day, thohose w mead it to the top cldoun't suppress their joy. >> wee lovtoe bac bk on the opsles. itas h been a few s,yearnd at i
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isro cwded. the erare few people. >> we loveo tski again. we miss it souc mh. >> this rest,or like all osther across italy, edclos in march 2020 and rneemaid oscled for the enreti02 20-2021 ski season. the indyustr, includi sngki resorts,el hotsnd a restaurants, accounts for $13li bilonn i nurevee. that evaporated last season. wi tthens of tushoands ofob js atta sketh, ere is a lotin ridg on s auccessful rechlaun. key to that reboot is ita'l's grn eepass or covid passport. to gett, i youav he to be fully vainccated or have aec rent nevegatiov cides tt. wiou tthe green pas ys,ou w'' even mat ke ion ttohe sles.
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>>he t mostmp iornttahi tnghi ts years ith yatou skiit wh a green pass and don't get infected. wee hav reduced gondola and lift catypaci to 80%. evayeryd skiers must match their ski pass with their green pass. once matched, thaney c ski all yda without pemrobls. >> onhe t fstiray d, tcmahing een passes with skise pass was sl gowoing. somexp ereedss frustrativeon or prots ocolanded lays. others,e liks thiamiceran cole whow fle more than 12 urhos for openieeng wke,nd were rereassudy bthe restrict.ions >>re the are a lot l sessafer ops.tion gettintog in ita, lywe flew thugroh belgium. ere ares lot of protocols which made uels fe a lot better about coming all tayhe w out here. i have had tow shomyci vacne cardl s alov terhe place. that makes me feele. saf >> indoors, ron off o t shelopes until march 31, you must have a
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soal-cled super green pass, wh micheans aat negivet tes i'n't ouengh. u must be f vullyacnacited. it is pofart t pherime minister's plan toid avo major spikes aeend kp e theconomy ingog. the dolomites, part of the alps in northeasternly ita, are a world heritage site. the area has hosted many world championship races. the variety and blank that the slop desrawski sers omfr all erov theor wld. >> everything is inla pce for a ccsuessful ski season. peecrft snow, theov cidas psport tohe cck hlteah stutas. thenl oy thingis msings imore rsskie. >> early days,or accdi tngo this holteer own, o whis also the espridt enof the hotel association. >> the bookifrngs omhr cistmas onwards are, i wldou say almost prnde-paem licevels. so trehe are seom canceiollatns
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beca puseeoe,pl maybe they changed tirhe mind, they have fears. but we get new bookings cinomg in >> he i's't wriored autbo his busssine amus ch as those he reesli on. >> the biggest cceonrn i had, and i stiavll he, is for our ployees. cabeuse of courhese ty veha been anngdi by our side throughout th pandemic, never kngnowi how ingsil wl evveol. if we close, they lose their job. >> putting the ski season at risk, thpre unedtaicbility of covid-19. this region was aov cidot hspot enhe t pandemic hit italyn i 20. manyes caser wera tcked back to the resort,re whe serkis oenft mingled in c hozyutans d tightly ckedon gdosla. adngdio tthe risks ithe lower vaccinationat re ithn e aa.re naontially, 77% of iantalis veha ivreceedt a least two doses of eth vacci.ne thee rat her ies %.63 in t lheead up tohe t season,
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worries oveotr anhepor ssible lodockwn l tedo rising tenssion inhe t area. many vactecinad renesidts, felarfu ofos ling the season, reportedly threadtene their unccvainated ngheibors. vainccated resid rentsepteord begin attacinked t shetreets. theor may othf e main tn owin the valley is cngalli for calm. >> tolers ancekey. we' do'' need to go on a witcunhht right now. not at thimos ment. >> there was a two wcueek rfew afteour r recen stpike of cod-vi19 cases, b iutt swa lift aeds the season beg.an the mayor acknowls,edge ithf ey don'ept ke the virus under control,co it ulbed devastating. >> wabe solutely canafnot fo ard onseas le iklast year. at would really cause irrsreveible damage. the arfe isha tt nyma pbarobly uld close their doors ferorev because a lotas h been invested in recten years. many structuhares ve been renotevad. op hleave made imanportt
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inventstmes. >> the hotel association presidenyst sa elompyers and urtsis ntoeed take the long ew. >>s thi imys great granderfath. this hotel heeas sn the first world war, the second world war, isis, know the panc,demi b iut cfiondent we will get justs a they did. >> up on thelo spes, some locals who come here year afteaer yr are hopeful. >> the people are ryeall enjoyio ng tgo out from the city andth oer ps,lace and stay in naretu. i instk aying in nateur is not asan dgerous. >> convincing more people of that, both at home and abroad, will be reqd uiretoav se this instdury forhe t thousands who rely ont i. forhe t pbsew nshou ir,'m'adam rainey in italy. ♪
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judy: presidbient deawn arded melsf ohonor today hrto tee iesoldrsho w fought in ianraq d afisghanta tn.wo of the meedn di ottiecng their coms.rade now, tghhrou ierntviews with fa mmilyemrsbe and the living recit,pien a pndortions of toy's east room mocerenywe, thearhe sirtories. ♪ oo>> gd teafrnoon, and wmeelco to the easomt ro othf e white use. late sergeanrst fit ascls alwyn cashe, latrge seea fntirst class christr ophecez,li master sergeant eplarl ume.le outir nao''s newest rieecipnts of our higheilst mity araward, the meofdal horon. beoctor th17, 2005. sergeant c washeasom cmanding a bradley fitighng vehicle on ghpat trol in iraq.
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irompvised explosdeive vice detetonad,gn iiting the vehic'e's elfu and engulfitng i in fs.lame rgeant cashera extcted hims aelf,ndit whout hesitation, tuedrn back to the vehicle to he flpree the driver. he pushes d hiowpan in aside and returned te o thbuinrng vehicle, and pu 4lled sdiolers free, 4 more. e sergeant sheaw treas w still 2 sorsldie a tndheir tererpters unaccou fntedor. so he went bactok in t ihenferno thfor e irthd time, and got yoeverneut o of that inf. erno m>>y name is kalsina cashe-e,whit a ind'm one heof t older ersists sofergeant first class alwy cn c.as.he 'he'bes en gone 16 y.ears anweta srteds thin i 2 t007o upgrhiade sal met --is h medal. this meansry evethg inin the wod,rl that the sts oriethat w''veea hrd from his lebatt buddiet's, 's'all been lidated. whatdi he d s waheroic. er>> sget anfirst class e cashis now sethe veh ntindividual to
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receive thdae mel hofonor for his action os inpetiraon iraqi frdo am,nd the firstic afran eramican to receitive scein the vietnam war. >> i like hito tnkha tt he's a soiethr at happened eto b afcarin-american, hthatas rn tedhe medal of r.hono >>ul12y , 2018, nearthing e ofend theth fif dloepyment, easergntel ciz was leavinng a eration in takhe ptika ovince of afisghantan. during theef firig, hta member of hism teawacrs itically wounded. as they called for micedal acevuation, serg ceantel uizsed s dybo as a shield t forhe aircraft and c hisreagw ainst heavy inco fmingire. >> mmey na ikas tie celiz, and myat le husband wargs seea 1ntst class chrihestopr licez. we mism s hia t.lo but the fact that his saccerifi ibes ing coizgned, i feel litike 's one stloep csefor r us to find closure and eato hl,in fally. heas r aanger througdh an ugthroh.e hloved his mendn, a
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he would do anything for them. he truholy tug ohtf them as famianly, d ttohis day, th'y're stilr l oufalymi. >> august 2813, 20. en-staff sert geanea prllumlee was withbe memrs ofis h unit at rwfoard operation be asghazni in afghtaanisn. thenur insges,nt turned out, nadetotea d 400-pound cambr bo thatw bleop aen 65-foot breach in terhe pimeret wall. aff rgseeantlu pmlee and members of his spec -- special operatnsio team immediyatel hoppeda in nebyar truck and racewad tordths e blast to dendhe t base. when theriy arve td,hey coteunred insurgenomts cing rough the waalll, l arweing exivplose stves. stf afsergeant plu emleexidte e thvehicle and husediswn o tbodyo ieshld the driver. outnumbereitd, wh rnoegard for his saown fe, tyat times armed with only sta piolst, aff sergeant peeluml aacttked the
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suenrgt fors,ce taking othemn one by one. >>y mena is master sanerget ea pmlluee. atwh ts hiaward means e to mis that i'll be a representative r e thvalor that oreccurd on thayat d, d ani'll repntrese thmeose n atth came with me to that fight. t a doubt inmi my ndha tt either one oosf the ysgu could hailve flemyd shoes if i had beheen t o tnehat had been injured. it'h's adtay lk, to thinkt tha i'm'a prreesentative oe f thbest tthatherm ay has. 'm just idincreblhuy mbled to beer ee,specially towi be th these otheo r twfalimies. there is nogthin more horonific i ulcod imagine ttohen bae pa of theirri stoes. itth is e oynl tnghi you could ssibly do toak me isth more prouofnd. la[appuse] ♪
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judy: w a neexbihit at the phx oeniarmut seum examinees th worka of lo ongverlooked rman-americaotn phogphraer who orexpledhe t links between racism ander povtyn ithe us. ephanie sy t aakes lk ooat the firsjot mar hiexbition of marion palfi'rks wo scein her death in , 1978for our ongoing arts and lte urseries canvas. stephani ge: aro oupf young chdrilen standing n in aaly,le neglected. ie n thshowad of the d granu. cs.apitol dome,al a cl toctn ioto address emextre poverty. a portraita of won maat a llg instation in mssissiippi restinerg to vote foer th time, her hanp.ds u an eerldly man in his room, one and forgn.otte the unlyique arimecan tragedies explored iesn the otphographs arpae rt of the eitxhib "eefrdom ste b lived" at theho penix
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t semuum. swchoases the work of photographarer miopan lfi, who eddi in 1978. >>ce sin tn,he she has kind of falleno intanymonity. stephanie: audsarey ndiss phogphray curator at the ummuse a tndhe center for eative photohygrap itun cson, whpaere l'i's archive elis hd. whn'y i't'her work betknter own? >>fi pal w saso deeply comedmitt to polit cicalhae ngand to edinucatg e thpublic that her photograciphs rcatuled more in arlibrieans d among polikecymars than in esspac oarf t history. hastepnie: p calfiald leherself a so rcialesrceah photographer. al>> pfias w really inteedrest in these popioulatnsn iamerica atth have been fttorgoen. the most vulnee rablchdrilen who have no r poweorbi ality to vocate on thoweir n habelf. those who wereuf sfengriro fm medentia or emextre inellss, and
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aging,nd a erextmeov per, tywho wereos linthg eir own voices and ability to take care of thlvemsees and aocdvate on belfha of their hh ealtand we-blleing. sthaepnie: the perspective palfi brin tgso hedor cumearnty work can tberacebad ck to nazi rmy,an which she ffoled r wne iyorkn 4019. >> w sheasn aoutsider in ta lo ofay ws, both as aan wom ian field nadomitebyd men, as an immigrant tori amecaa , woman with an acceannt. d thi ink she waabs le to relateso to mef o thpee exriceens of the people e was drawn hoto ptoapgrhing onea a rllviy sceral level. stephanie: i49n 19, e shtraveled torwtoinn, georgia a cfteraleb hill, jr. wancs lyhebyd a white b. her portraiwit, "fef o a lchyn viim w,"as groundbreg,akin and artbreakingltiy inma.te but her exatplorio onsf the ros otof racism inri ameca d'dn'ent d there. p>>alfi said hef rselth sathe ntwaed to capture e thfa ocef
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the opporress. who twereheeo pple who were perpetrating it, whoer we thseeslv committ aingct osf olceen, who were allowing sselivy sitting by as racism rsisted? she inwas testreed in telling, i th aink, me orcomplete stondry a also coming afrom bkgacround of nazi ger amanys kia nd of warning oft whacod ulbuild from the otros of of hateal, rely. stephaniale: pf''s work in the deepth sou hpeeld her land the cover photograph of the first itedion of "at any" -- of yebon magazibene. ina g white woman, sands asaysffdeord her certain ceacss. iwat s really hernt ideit iy, think, as maa won atth gained r hetrust in a lf ot ospesac. i can also sayt thathe erwere a lot of bars riertont ery for blphack otraogphers and other photographer cs ofol. orand unfortunat tely,hamet ant that
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thpee opleho w werabe le tllo te the storiedes end mupore often beg itwhe artists anitd whe photogras.pher sthaepnie: palfi speonnt mths, often s,yearh withesur bjects, foinllowg emth over time. she spent yedoars inthg is in the s 1960an70d s, while docuinmentg e threlocation and rcfoed assimilatofion nivate amanerics. >> she haslo folwethd ese fami fliesrothm eir homes on the reservatthion roh uggoing ugthroh rivaous bureaucr aaticnd niadmisttiravero pceesss, to be ndf oregistered arond ppeyrl educated and acculturatendd, a then solhe flo uwsp toee s, ceon theye hav reachedt tha government mteandadl, goat wha are t lheiriv?es e theris r aeal sense tt hashe is very neattud,ot n just to what hasn beegaedin, but what s habeen lost int tha ansition. stniepe: palfin' wa't'just fosecud on presentaning sthetic. esh wanted to ce hangher
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subject'' lesiv. anheunr heard popula stionhe focused her lens ohen, t elderly. in the 19'0's lfpai conducted a udofy aging in nerkw yo cy.it >> s youeeer hrt staining this won's home as s'e's rtso of ckg inup her thingds an prepartoing cckhe herself into anns itituonti. ephanie: the wom lksoo oledat. >> yeah,hi i tnkhe s really ptesur a kind of qneuietssf o thisio perd lofife and a kind hofelplessness. stephanihae: wt's most striking t abouthexe hibit is how relevant it feels today. "freedom mbeust lived" nis o view throuargh elyan juary of xtne year. for tbshe p nshewour i'm hastepnisye in phoenix. :judy sola gd we ghaveone back dan looatked ho tseic ptures. anthks, stephanie. an updateie wst -- to a srytoe w brghyot u earlier tot.nigh the "nouewshr"an c confirm that the se pnatearamlientarian has norectjeed the democ'rat'
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