with me now, massachusetts congresswoman ayanna pressley.his month, she introduced a bill that would expand access to long covid clinics. congresswoman, thanks for coming back on this show. we've seen that the long term effects from covid infection are very real, brain fog, fatigue, people losing their taste, smell, etc. it's possible long covid could be a brand new disability that will affect millions of americans for years to come. what does the new bill do to help tackle this off, this long covid issue? >> thank you, mehdi. there are in fact, earlier in the pandemic, we saw the disability justice, advocates, members of the disability community predict that this has the potential to be a mass disabling event, covid-19. and in fact, it seems that that might be coming to bear. here are some estimates they did, 8 million people who are suffering with covid long hauler symptoms. and that is affecting their quality of life, your physical health, their psychological health, and also our workforce. the bill i will introduce to treat long covid ac

don't forget to tune in this sunday night as congresswoman ayanna pressley joins me on the ayanna pressleyht now. good evening ali, before i hand over the show to you my friend, i have to say, what you did in hungary, poland, ukraine, over the past few weeks was a master class of journalism. i want to thank you on behalf of a lot of us. thank you and thanks for all the opportunity you gave me to report from there into your show. i'm looking for to see you on sunday. you have yourself as much of a good weekend as you can get. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. i want to tell you the story of one american, like many americans, retired at the age of 65. he announced at the end of september 2015, by the end of the following month, he was gone. to say he took the retirement like a fish takes the water would be an understatement of historic proportions. >> this morning, i am formed my colleagues that i would resign from the speakership and resigned from congress

congresswoman ayanna pressley is here to discuss the new legislation she is putting forward to help thosece

so this was-- this is representative ayanna pressley, cori bush.have it extended. >> yes. >> stephen: what was that like? did the capitol police not give you trouble? >> so i won't say that. i won't say that. so because i didn't know the moment before i chose to stay out there on those steps, we didn't look up to see, like, do you need-- what does a permit look like? what can you do? what can't you do? so we just went in and said you know what? they're putting 11 million people at risk for eviction, and it's just going to happen, and congress was supposed to go on vacation? i can't do that. i know what it's like to sleep in the car with my two babies. i know what it's like to be so cold, and you're wondering, like, what can happen to make you warm? i know what it's like to not be able to sleep throughout the night because i'm afraid my babies my not wake up because they're so cold. i couldn't imagine myself being in this position, forcing someone else into that, or at least allowing it. and so, you know, we put-- we set up some chairs and just stay

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progressive democrats such as senator sanders and representative alexandria ocasio-cortez and ayanna pressley to extend the student loan debt, they want it wiped away. they say it should be canceled. brett? >> this is a battle. the progressive side of the party wants and erasing of student loan debt. you're talking about $1.6 trillion pair that money has to come from somewhere. then you're talking about all of the people who have paid their debts, who have worked hard, who have worked double-time boot to actually pay off student loans. >> do they get a refund? >> how is it fair to those people? at what point does not cycle stopped as the republicans point of view. for the democrats, you have chuck schumer who is trying to have it both ways, to forgive $50,000 in student loan debts because he believes that he's got to at least touch the progressive rail because he may see a challenge from alexandria ocasio-cortez in the senate race in new york. who knows? >> that is so gross. i said this last hour, kennedy, you can take whatever people want to do. but when they are fake and funny like that it

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and we will see a loss of access to free checking lawmakers like congresswoman ayanna pressley are promisinghing for the reforms. how can we before? >> such an abusive and predatory practice that punishes people for being poor in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> a u.s. passport applications will soon have a 3rd gender option x on passport starting next month. the initiative which was announced in june of last year aims to promote inclusivity for transgender non-binary and nonconforming people. it goes into effect. april, 11th secretary of state anthony blinken said the ex option will be extended to other official forms of documentation sometime this year. >> happening tomorrow, the house of representatives is expected to vote on a bill to decriminalize marijuana on a federal level that bill known as the more act would remove cannabis from the list of scheduled substances and remove any criminal penalties. it would also clear criminal records for those with prior convictions related to marijuana. 18 states and the district of columbia have already legalized marijuana for medical and for recr

ayanna pressley with her statement yesterday.enator john cornyn, the republican of texas, the senior republican senator out of the lone star state, was on fox news sunday, was asked about title 42. [video clip] >> really, the point is, if you eliminate title 42, this is the last tool available to border patrol to maintain some semblance of order on the border. if you eliminate title 42, the border patrol tells me they will lose control and the people that will benefit the most are the drug cartels who will have a free way into the country with which to funnel the drugs that took 100,000 american lives last year alone. >> senator hagerty of tennessee has suggested title 42 could also apply as a public health measure to keep it in place, to keep people out because of all the drugs crossing the border that are killing so many americans. do you support that? >> i think he has a good point. what we need to do is also enforce our immigration laws. the administration considers it a success when they place migrants come to the border in

is our jumping off point, which is clearly something a lot of people, my friend congresswoman ayanna pressleyonts, are lace fronts good or bad for our hair, should we be relaxing our hair, what about braids and locks. what are some things we can do to preserve our hair? >> so a lot of goes on with our hair is we have this hereditary component, we'll see it in our sisters, mothers, fathers and there are certain things we do in our environment to turn on a lot of those genes. there are a lot of alopecia. it just means hair loss, and there are many categories and that's where the lace front is. that lace is really just pulling on the hair. if you take curly hair, it's asking like velcro, and it's tearing the hair. so lace fronts, tight braids, the glues from lace fronts, tight ponytails a lot of things we do that can be really beautiful if done improperly can damage the hair. and relaxers, many people have been using relaxers for years, we're talking a lot about the crown act, which is allowing a lot of black women to wear their hair in their natural state. many of us have relaxed and done thing