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good to see you again. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we've got a lot to get to the sour. we have the cdc voting to recommend the covid vaccine for children under the age of five. if that means millions of kids now eligible to be vaccinated. -- then we've got explicit testimony from the january 6th hearings this week. we have that special all last hour. highlighting the danger that the vice president was in. also startling information that ginni thomas's role in trying to overturn the 2020 election is in fact bigger than previously thought. the question now is, will she testify? and the former president, accusing the january 6th committee of selective, calling the committees evidence a complete and total lie, during a rambling 19 minutes at a

conservative conference last night. -- and continuing to attack his former vice president. >> the election was perfect. and the democrats are sitting back, saying no where we're gonna impeach this guy. no. it's terrible. but mike was afraid of whatever he was afraid of. but as you heard a year and a half ago, mike pence had absolutely no choice but to be a human conveyor belt, it was a human conveyor belt. >> obviously safe to say the former vice president will not be running aside the former presidents, in 2024. >> -- inflation has not slowed down. a live report on that coming up as well. >> missing in ukraine. the white house says the whereabouts of americans remain

unknown. -- we want to begin on capitol hill. lawmakers are still digesting these new revelations from the january six committee, including the news of a ginni thomas. could she in fact testify before the panel in a matter of weeks to explain the emails between her and trump lawyer john eastman? -- talk to me ali. the question of whether ginni thomas is going to testify. earlier this, week she said she was eager to speak with the committee to quote clear any misconceptions. what do we know about any possible testimony from her? when in fact that could happen? and any advice she is getting? >> ginni thomas really didn't offer any clarity on what those misconceptions could be, after tailing the daily caller she was eager to speak with the committee, and the feeling is mutual. we heard from chan chairman --

they had given a letter to her asking for her cooperation. -- the committee may want to do this sooner rather than later while they still have such a large platform while they're doing these public hearings. if there is some sort of revelation that they want to present to the american public from ginni thomas. they're likely to ask her how involved she was with john eastman, the former trump lawyer, that we saw the committee lay out some damning evidence during thursday's hearing. while her involvement was with him? what sort of involvement that she have in this effort to overturn the election? the committee says easton really created and acknowledge was unconstitutional. was her supreme justice husband clarence thomas aware or involved in any way, shape or form in all of this? for easements part, he saying his conversations with ginni thomas we're about quote an update about election litigation to a group she met with periodically, something

the committee is deafening wanting to dig deeper into. >> we're gonna be staying on top of that as well. ali, let's not make this -- let's not make the mistake, moving on from a very important story because something else is making headlines. let's talk about gun legislation. -- senator chris murphy was pretty optimistic -- about the bipartisan legislation that came up with in the senate. now they are hitting a bit of a snack. where are we on this? how big of a snack is this? >> so the small group of four senators, bipartisan group of senators, met privately for hours on thursday, trying to come to an agreement. but they left on thursday with one snack. they didn't come out with a deal. they're still a sticking point over the language over the provision of closing the boyfriend loophole. how to define a domestic abuse. or to make it harder for them

to get a gun. base that they were in talks all throughout this weekend. they're still optimistic that they can get something done next week. but there's really not much time left. they come back on monday. and leave again for a two week recess on thursday. -- >> thank you for staying on the. we appreciate it. let's continue this conversation about the june six committee hearings, without publics are reacting to the january 6th hearings. -- the former president gave friday's keynote address. giving his first public speech since the hearings began. the former president not showing any remorse over january six, and going so far as to suggest that he pardon his direction is the fact he became president again. let's bring in our expert on

all things former president and one in fact he's saying. good to see you ivan. >> we have heard a lot from democrats and the fact that they want accountability. hoping that the attorney general acts and holds the former president accountable. what are we hearing when it comes to public -- >> there's been a lot of silence by republicans and it took about a week for donald trump to really go public in a notable way. last night was this first on camera remark since these public hearings began. i think it's important, he talked about pardoning the more than 800 individuals that the charges pressed against them by the doj. we're talking about individual who is looking to become the president of the united states again here. and so much of this for donald trump is arguing the point that the election was taken from him. he lost by 70 million votes. he is looking to convince

republican voters that number one, he actually won. number two, he's electable in 2024. if that means taking down like pence or anybody in his way, he is going to do it. but the difficulty for him is that so much of this evidence was video evidence testimony, from former aides of his, white house staff, even ivanka trump and jared kushner,. >> all these people who were on board with him for four years, people that backed up everything that he had to say during his presidency, and yet felt as if this moment, january 6th, the election lie had gone too far. >> that is what he is calling these clips deceptively edited. or misleading. because it's hard to counter them otherwise. this is gonna come down to millions of americans and whether they believe the election was taken by donald trump or not. you've been around this country. i've been around this country. we know there's a lot of them out there. and donald trump is still the

mainstay of this republican party. that said, our producer david jones was out in nashville yesterday, -- >> do we have that sound guys? >> businesses that are 20 years old gone in a matter of seconds, and we are worried about january 6th. to me, it's like so not a big deal comparatively, who cares? >> in the constitution, we have the right to overthrow the government. the bill of rights, but still within the constitution. it's like we took our issue, even if i didn't agree, but we took it to the right people. >> yasmin, these are anecdotes. but they are representative of what donald trump is trying to accomplish. saying inflation, gas for, ices the democrat, liz cheney, are not focused on what matters to you. >> that is been one of the concerns especially in the

democratic party which is, should we have done the sooner? it seems as if now folks are saying, we're worried about inflation, we're worried about our jobs, we're worried about keeping up, paying the bills, so this seems like an afterthought. that some people in the democratic party are worried about being hurt by this. >> which is understandable. most americans are going through these very issues. that is why conveying to the public just how close our democracy was to terminal is important here. and that is gonna be the challenge in the amount of time they have to do it is narrowing, because republicans, if they do take control of the house, any further investigations are not possible in a gop led house of representatives. >> i don't think anybody knows the answer to the question of whether this will move the needle. -- great to see you. let's talk covid for a moment. it's the cdc advisory committee

voted unanimously to recommend vaccines for kids under the age of five, coming days after the agency organized the use of moderna's vaccine for young children. -- the final sign off by cdc director rochelle walensky is expected soon. will parents be rushing to get them? with me is -- it's the day, we've been speaking about this for two and a half years, when will young children be able to get vaccinated? my little one is already calling the pediatrician trying to get one, and they're saying we, don't have any information yet, back off. so give me your first reaction and when infection outs will be able to get on these young kids? >> i couldn't be more thrilled with this process. the discussions in the ftc cdc advisory committees and --

but they went so far today as to say we think you should make a recommendation that parents must vaccinate their children. i doubt the cdc language will reflect that. but they wanted to make it clear, covid is real and serious. in terms of shots in arms, were one of those parents waiting to figure out which vaccine we are getting from the states and the feds. once we hear, we have our nurses trained and doctors ready to vaccinate as quickly as possible, we want to start tuesday, realistically i'll be later in the week or next week. we need to train people on the different vials. these are different doses. kids are not little adults. we need to take time to make sure we do it correctly, and we want to give the parents the option. -- we hope to give people as many options as possible. >> let's stick with this conversation for a moment as to where people will actually be able to get the shot. of course you can call your pediatrician and hope that they will have.

it but doesn't seem as if all pediatricians will have a. drugstores? are they gonna be carrying it with -- here in new york city, they were not giving shots to young children. where can you? call where can you go? >> that's right. the administration has had 85% of this population be fine of vaccine within file miles of them home. that's important for rural america especially. where is this gonna happen? in the bulk of it is gonna happen in the mass vaccination clinics and retail pharmacies. but a majority retail pharmacies cannot vaccinate because of different regulations -- i've talked to many parents who feel that there are trusted pediatrician, is where they want to go, and we know that. i think we're gonna see some very unsatisfied parents, you might be included, where you reach your pediatrician, and they say, we don't even think we're gonna do. this that i wouldn't recommend

you go to covid.gov, they're gonna try to find you a vaccine finder in realtime. also state and county website will also have this information. don't get frustrated. they will make it available. >> don't get frustrated. that's a big ask. >> two years of. waiting i get. >> so let me just ask you this before i let you go. if you've been waiting for two plus years for a vaccine, when you look at the state of florida, it's not a good situation. one of the only states that did not order the vaccines for young kids. they're gonna have to be waiting a long time. -- >> first of all so distressing of the message it sends that this is not legitimate. the governor have such false claims. having said, that this is a federal government and regional pharmacist come to the rescue. there are hundreds of federally

funded clinics. and hundreds of regional pharmacies that will make this available. so it is gonna frustrate parents to not feel like you need to drive out of state, there will be options instate. you might have to drive 2 to 3 hours to get a vaccine. that is unacceptable given what we know about how much this is -- >> doctor patel, thank you. breaking news everybody firms -- the president taking a tumble off his bike earlier today, -- happening while he was approaching an assembled crowd. the good news is the president got right back up, seen shaking some hands, taking photos with the crowd and then bike to weigh on his own he's a-ok it seems s a-ok i seem the world's focus on migrants, in the real danger that he faced on january. six plus, i mean a talk to one man whose company is responsible for taking down

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news out of georgia, everybody. a lot of people waking up early this morning to the ground shaking. a 3.9 magnitude earthquake rattling the southeastern part of that state. it happened just after 4 am.

centered in caroline county, just about 160 miles from atlanta. people reporting feeling the tremors hundreds of miles away. there are no reports of any major damage or injuries caused by this earthquake. it is the second day in a row georgia has woken up to an earthquake, by the way. there was a report of a small 2.5 magnitude quake yesterday, about 50 miles north of this morning's earthquake. all, right let's talk about gas prices. there is no relief in sight. as the average price for a gallon of gas have just shy of $5 or so, this is happening as inflation. . it is impacting everything from the cost of buying and renting homes, gas, groceries, as well as booking travel in the summertime everyone wants to be on the. road get out of, town go. somewhere we've been inside a pandemic. jesse kershaw is joining us from cleveland ohio. jesse, so you are outside of a grocery store there. food prices, sky-high. if you go grocery shop ping and you see, you can't help but notice new matter where you are. how are folks are reacting, how

are they feeling about inflation cost right now? >> yeah, yeah, fascinating about why there's food costs are going up. a big part of it is what's right behind us here, the parking lot. people have to get here, so they are feeling the pressure already because of what they are paying at the gas pump right now. of course we know we are just off of those record highs, the national average for a gallon of regular just leather metric that we've seen in recent days. but also talked about the rising cost of diesel, and that is how a lot of the produce and a lot of the product that is on the shelves here, gets from store to store. so there is the pressure on the store to be meeting the needs of their suppliers, but also the demand from their consumers. so we talk to this grocery chain, giant eagle, about what they've been seeing. and they say particularly in the last month or two, they are saying that name brand loyalty dissipates. so people are much more inclined to go generic than they used to be. people are turning away from seafood, trying away from beef, going towards chicken and pork. so these are the things that

they are seeing as consumer trends. and we asked one shopper about this earlier, and here's what she had to say. >> i think twice before i pick anything up, nowadays. i started to work more on the budget more than a used to. so, it is kind of hurting the wallet and just by everyday routine. i've had to negotiate to whether or not to buy my favorite brands. crafts, i am kind of leaning more toward store brand now just to get by for the week. >> so time for that generic cereal for a lot of people. and other generic items that you are going to see at the grocery store. the big theme that we heard from this grocery chain, fewer trips and fewer items being brought home. so obviously, this fire father's day celebrations tomorrow, that barbecue might look a little bit. different >> a little bit different than it usually, does as always thank you. over 2000 million people in a dozen states are under heat alert right now. you've got extreme heat hitting the planes, daytime highs of

2030 degrees above normal. hitting well into the triple digits, across the southeast heat index values exceeding 100 degrees. fahrenheit. nbc's guad venegas is in los angeles for us reporting on all of. this let's talk about what is happening there right. because you talk about the texas power grid, for instance. and we saw what happened there. and actually, i was in dallas a couple of days ago. i know that is not the southeast, but it was incredibly hot and there are warning us about the possibility that things might in fact shut down. i was in charleston just last week, as well. really hot there. and it is a real major concern, health concern especially for those that are more vulnerable for the fact that something. happens >> yasmin, it is. as we saw on the map, we saw places that are under this heat alert, 28 million people. but you know across the center of the country from the north plains all way down to florida, people are going to be experiencing this high heat. now as you mentioned, there are the warnings because of the power grid. these are things that we have

seen a lot in california, for example. we have been dealing with these outages over the years. and now in places like you mentioned in texas, we sought an ohio earlier than the week. it is a combination of factors. you have places, by the way like in ohio, where they were hit by a storm. the storm damage and power lines, and then they get hit by a heat wave. they had to turn off some of those power lines, and then what happens is a large number of people in this heat wave will begin using the recognitions, and electricity, and the system is just overwhelmed. sudden these shutdowns have to take place. and you have a lot of experts, climate scientists, warning about the increase of these outages as we move forward with these temperatures. >> one of the great challenges is that we have widespread heat waves, no region is left untouched. so there is a high electricity demand including needs across cities that are home to tens or even hundreds of millions of people in the states. and so, from an energy grid

perspective, the need for air conditioning, and cooling this air in these heat waves is real to prevent severe health outcomes. >> and jasmine, for people who live in cities like an arizona and california where you are used to the weather being 100 degrees, it is different. for people who are not used to these temperatures, they are going to try to blast that ac. maybe people have medical equipment at home that they have to keep on, and they are just not used to these temperatures. it is much more dangerous. and people who have been at 100 degree plus weather, we'll tell you that each degree hurts. so that is why health officials are telling people to be careful. the usual drink water, stay out of the sun if you don't need to be out there. because heatstroke will sneak up on people, especially those that don't have the experience under these extreme hot temperatures, yasmin. >> yeah, those that are more venerable. what venegas, thank. you >> all right coming up everybody, praise for former president vice president mike pence. >> we are fortunate for mr. pence's courage on january 6th. >> let me be clear, vice

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i had no right to overturn the election. the presidency belongs to the american people and the american people alone. frankly, there is no ideal more un-american than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. under the constitution, i had no right to change the outcome of our election. >> that was a clear repudiation by the former vice president became being a central element of the january 6th hearings this week. it was that conviction, that belief in our laws, there resulted in this, the former

president of the united states forced to flee, not only from a violent mob, but from the man who the committee argued instigated, at the former president himself. the committee took hours drawing this harrowing connection -- listen to this. >> i'm telling you, what i'm hearing that pence just caved. >> no. >> i'm hearing reports that pence caved. if pence caved, we are gonna drag him through the streets. we are gonna drag the politicians through the streets. >> i guess my hope is that there's such a show of force here is that pence will decide to do the right thing, according to trump. >> bring him out. >> bring out pence. >> bring out pence. >> hang mike pence.

hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. >> let's talk about this. olivia troye joining us, a former top aide to feel former vice-president pence. olivia, great to see you, thanks for joining us. i know you were in those hearings this week. you sat and you sat behind a former colleague -- how much danger the former vice president, was 40 feet away from the rioters at the capitol. what did you make of that scenario? >> i thought it was chilling to hear that. also, to watch -- reaction. he did not know how close he came. he testified you could hear the mom, you could hear the chance. you could hear the yelling. but he had no idea that that was the close proximity they came to him in the vice president of the united states

and his family. it is hard. i have spent my entire career working in national security, homeland security, and this is a scenario ever in 1 million years i would want to fathom or imagine, not much less that here in the united states attempting, and it happened on january six. and it was directed by the wrath of the president of the united states. it's shocking. this is something that you see in failing democracies, not in the u.s.. >> so here's the thing. the former vice president painted as a hero at these hearings. rightfully so on january 6th doing exactly what he should be doing, certifying the elections. knowing that's what exactly what he had to do, that's with the constitution told him to do, that's with the country needed him to do. but in the lead up to january six, the former vice president, the former president of the former vice president enabled the former presidents lies.

he did not dispel the lies. up until a year after, he in fact did not speak out against the former president's lies about the election. why is that, considering that he did move forward to certify that election on january six? and we are now hearing the way in which the former president spoke to him that very morning. >> i have been wanting my former boss to come forward. i wanted him to come forward on january 7th. unfortunately, he's gotten some very bad advice on what people believed his political future and the stakes and why he should walk in more measured path. but i think this way, while he did do the right thing on january 6th, thank goodness that he did, i'm glad that he upheld his oath to the constitution. it could've called very differently if he had not. i will always remember that. we should appreciate that. but he can do a greater service

to our country, considering that the stolen election lie still lives on today. -- they're being used to fund-raise off of americans. they're being used to install people and places of power for future elections. he could destroy that a little more and come forward and speak about why this is so damaging to our democracy. he's looking to 2024. i realize. that >> so that's it. >> i think that's when it comes down to. >> so that's. it my follow-up question, is when i testify? why not come out and speak? what is the political calculation? you think, it's because he wants to run in 2024 and he does not want to alienate trump voters, is that why? >> that's ludicrous. i don't know what's political strategist is telling him this is a past victory from him. -- that base is never gonna come around to. him they are angry. -- no matter what's, he is going to be a traitor to them

forever. so why not carve a new path. carve a new path for the gop, with liz cheney and rep. pete aguilar and come forward and tell everyone would really happen from your perspective. it would be very powerful coming from the vice president of the united states. hey, my boss tried to kill me. this is what went on behind the scenes. this is what the conversation we had was. this is what we should stop spreading the lies -- >> to questions before i let you go. first, former hermes member of trump administration, who you particularly want to hear from the upcoming hearings? is there anybody you are very eager to hear from? and when we're talking about the form -- answer that first. >> greg jacob was the one key person that i really thought would be important, because i know he is a man of integrity and he was pence's council

during that moment. i think his testimony was very powerful. he was a firsthand witness. he talked about why everything that was going on was illegal. the other person that will be looking for is cassidy, who works for mark meadows. she was mark meadows's right-hand person. she likely heard in san witnessed a lot of things. it is heart. it is very hard to come forward because it creates a lot of dynamics. you lose your friends and they threatened your life when you do that. >> this last question. about the conversation the former vice president had with the former president. -- calling him the p-word, possibly calling him a win as well, things that were overheard by people that heard that conversation happening. were you surprised by that? >> no. that is in keeping with donald

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new today, a third american citizen reported missing in ukraine, after joining the country's forces to fight against russia, according to the u.s. state department. this is coming as russian state tv yesterday showing a video to other u.s. volunteers being held captive after going missing last week. the identities of the two military veterans confirmed by the state department are raising fears about their safety. joining me now from kyiv, is nbc's aly arouzi. ali, good to see. you talk to me, what do we know about the whereabouts of these individuals, their safety, and what the biden administration thing? >> how jasmyn, will they are not seeing a lot right now. they don't know about their whereabouts. the state department is saying that they are closely following their case, and that they are in constant contact with the ukrainian authorities. about their whereabouts. so, not a lot coming out of their. of course the biden administration keeps

reiterating, telling americans not to come here to ukraine to fight in this war because it is so dangerous. but if indeed it is proved that these two are captured, they would be the first americans who have been captured since this war broke out. and that would add an extra layer of complication for the u.s.. but this is what we do know, we know that jacqui spoke to his mother on the 8th of june. that was the last time he spoke to her. he said that he is getting involved in an operation and that he is gonna be going dark for the next few days. and then what we know beyond that was reported by the telegraph that first broke the story. they're naming an unnamed fighter saying that, jury he and when were involved in some very heavy fighting just outside of kharkiv. and that is when the russians took them. they were taken into russian custody then. and again, we can't confirm this and the state department is also saying that they are aware of these videos and photographs that are circulating on russian media, but they haven't been able to authenticate them. but if this turns out to be true, yasmin there circumstances could be very

dire. i mean you will recall that a couple of weeks ago, two british fighters, and moroccan were captured by the russians. they were holed up in the sort of kangaroo court and in the occupied part of ukraine. and they were handed the death sentence. and the russians are saying that they were mercenaries, they don't regard them as fighters, so they are not protected by the geneva convention. >> ali, while i have you, i do want to ask you another question about the recommendation of the european commission. when i saw this in my email, i was pretty shocked to hear about this coming from the european commission. essentially saying that they are going to recommend eu membership for ukraine. what reaction are you hearing about this? there >> they have been granted a candidacy status. and that is the fastest it has ever happened in eu history. you will recall that a few days alone, macron and the german and italian leaders visited kyiv. they had a meeting with zelenskyy, and they fast-tracked that. but it is important to know

that that is still a long way off from full membership. it is a very important step in that direction, but there is still a huge process to go before they get granted full membership. this is something ukraine has been asking for for a long time. they want to be part of the european family, but there is still a lot of very skeptical politicians in europe that are hesitant to include ukraine in the eu. so the ukrainians are going to be watching very closely to see what the next steps are. and quite frankly, they'd be pretty disappointed with macron, especially after comments he made about saying that it might take decades for them to join the eu and putin mustn't be humiliated. it >> was there any reaction from moscow on that recommendation, ali? >> yeah, they actually said that they don't mind if they joined the european union. that is fine by them, but they said that they don't think it will have any benefits for ukraine. so that was kind of surprising coming out of moscow. but i think they just wanted to play down the fact that they might be granted candidacy status, and that it is not

going to do ukraine in the. favors >> yeah, playing mind games there it seems politically as well. ali ramsey, thank you we appreciate. it up next everybody, we are live from the juneteenth celebration in buffalo new york, honoring the victims killed in last month's mass shooting there. plus, the back businessman you took out a job unwilling to do a job that many others were unwilling to do, removing federal monuments. we will be right. backfederal monuments. we will be right we will be right back it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost® today. once upon a time, at the magical everly estate, landscaper larry and his trusty crew... were delayed when the new kid totaled his truck. timber... fortunately, they were covered by progressive, so it was a happy ending... for almost everyone. what's on the horizon? the answers lie beyond the roads we know. we recognize that energy demand is growing, and the world needs lower carbon solutions to keep up.

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largest juneteenth festivals underway in buffalo, new york. the first time it's being held in person since the pandemic behind. weeks after the racially motivated mass shooting that took the lives of people in that city. -- antonia, it's great to see you. less tomatoes and buffalo was for the mass shooting at the top grocery store. the mood obviously incredibly different than whether it is now behind. you everybody was incredibly sad, somber, worried about what's next. how are they feeling there today a missed all of the juneteenth celebrations and honoring those victims? >> you know, yasmin, there is still that pain here. people say they are very much still in mourning. but juneteenth is a celebration, people are our here in full force. but it is always been a celebration in the holiday for black americans that have combined both celebration and freedom and also pain. june 19th, 1865, a group of

enslaved americans in texas were freed, two and a half years after they should've done, after the emancipation proclamation had already been in place. while this isn't a lodgment of that freedom, it's also a holiday that is looked back at the ancestors in the way they were treated. it's about those things at the same time. people here are honoring the memories of the ten community members that they lost, but they also feel like they need to send the gunman and others a message. they are united. they still love the community. and they're not gonna be forced to be kept at home. take a look at this. >> every voice needs to be heard. it may not seem like much, but coming together as one that shows a lot of value. >> we're still celebrating because we want to celebrate life. it's all about life. how we honor those who were,

where the tragedy happens, as we celebrate life. we celebrate who they. are what they. we're and let us know that we are still rising. >> governor hochul has announced a 50 million-dollar investment into the east side of buffalo, that's the black community. and the mayor has announced a memorial -- gonna work on something that both honors belies that are been lost here, but also celebrates the hard work this community has done in the wake of this racist shooting -- >> thank you for being there antonio. we appreciate. it turning this -- into a federal holiday just came into focus two years ago, after the death of george floyd and -- it also led to the for the calls for removal of the confederate symbols across the country. -- devoun henry was the only

contractor willing to put his career in his life on the line to topple confederate monuments. since june 15th, this team is demolished 23 statues. -- devin henry joins me now. thanks for joining us on. this we appreciate it. i've gotta say, i read the piece in the new york times about the work you've been doing, that's incredibly fascinating and courageous as well, especially during the history, considering the history this confederates of had in this country. you are willing to put your life on the line for this. why is that? >> first, thank you for having me yasmin. -- the answer to the questions they get a lot on why would you do this, living enrichment, in the former capital of the confederate city, state, i've seen how those have come before me have fought for years of how to get these confederate

symbols of oppression taken down. i knew at the time when i got the call, if i didn't do, no one else was gonna do it. so i stood up and took the chance and took the challenge. >> you stepped up and took the chance and the challenge, but you talk about the threats that unions team received while you are in the midst of these takedown projects. talk to me about that. >> it's been a wild journey. the threats are still coming. we received voicemails, we receive things in the mail, folks would come by on some of the projects we were working on. the visceral that these folks that these folks throw at you over something that doesn't belong to them and something that means to a subset of folks, deep meaning of hatred, you would think that in 2022, that would not be the case, but it is so much is the case.

not just debts threats. when we are transporting some of the monuments, on the highway, folks tried to run us off with a police escort in place. >> wow. i've gotta say the kicker to all of this is the fact that once you took down these monuments, you felt of the, no, my work is not done, and you turn them into an nft collection. why is that? >> well, exactly what you've said. my work is not done. the monuments came down but the question is always what's next? my job in my field is hey yeah, i will be part of history, but how do i leave a legacy that will continue to help those the look like me. so we created something called the crypto -- we created 13 and f t's that will align with the stars on the confederate flag. what each monument is gonna do that replanting represents each

removal, we're gonna tie them to a nonprofit organization that is boots on the ground now, that worked diligently bunny resources to continue to do the work they do in the communities. we are striving to raise $1 million for each one of those organizations. >> devin henry. thank you as always. i appreciate it and the work you're doing. still ahead everybody, my interview with one of the 20 women -- that i traveled from texas to new mexico, so they can get illegal unsafe abortion. we'll be right back. l be right back. ♪ and party every day. ♪ ♪ i want to rock and roll all night ♪ applebee's late night. because half off is just more fun. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the best gelato... you've ever tasted. talenti. raise the jar.

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>> because it's like, you want to get it done but it's also just like, i have to go to albuquerque to get this done. instead of just like making the viking appointment and having a two-minute procedure and being in and out in five minutes. and then going home. no, it's not that. it's a whole almost 24-hour process. it's crazy. >> because you have done this before, this is your second? abortion >> right. >> and this time you had to get on a plane, and travel across the state lines to get an abortion. >> right. >> a whole day? >> a whole day, taken away for something that is literally down the street. but no, people decided that they wanted to make decisions for people that you are literally not the same gender, but okay. whatever, you know it is best for us. >> and we are going to have much more on this in the coming week as we await the decision from the supreme court. that wraps it up for