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read george takei's thoughts on his new musical and the history of japanese-american internment. visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: on this mother's day, we call your attention to a very sobering fact: the united states has the worst rate of mothers dying during pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum than any country in the developed world. the "maternal mortality rate" is 26 women for every 100,000 live births in the u.s. npr and propublica last week published a joint investigation into the reasons behind this problem, and propublica reporter nina martin joins me from oakland, california, to discuss what they found. stirs first of all, put that number into perspective, 26 out of 100,000 doesn't sounder like much. how does that tack stack up against the rest of who we compare ourselves to. >> 26 out of 100,000 translates to 7 to 900 women a a year in the u.s. which compares to 7 out of 100,000 in canada, a think four out of 100,000 in most of the scandinavian countries. >> you had a scark in this tragic story about a neo nationallal nurse, someone who works around babies h

joining me now to talk about these shenanigans is actor and activist george takei. >> live long and prosperosper my friend. we live at a time with so much madness going on. we talked in a break before the segment of actual hate crimes, racist hate crimes taking place around the country and yet people are finding the time to hate on star trek for having diversity, what? >> well, you know, today in this society we have alien life forms that we call trolls and they carry on without knowing what they're talking about and even less about the history of what they're talking about and some of these trolls go on to be presidents of nations. >> if you're watching this show i hope you're a treky. but when he created star trek, diversity, having you on that set, having part of that cast, wasn't diversity kind of the point? >> well, we had a guiding activities kro anymore, adic which stood for infinite diversity in infireworks denite combinations. these trolls haven't seen the new series because it hasn't been aired. there you are on one count. they have never seen what they're talking about and they d

. >>> be sure to tune into am joy tomorrow morning when i'll be joined by legendary actor george takeis. donald trump is headed home to face an avalanche on russia gate. stay with us. ♪ you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast-acting, long-lasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. it quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. relieve heartburn with fast- acting, long-lasting gaviscon. >>> the news in the russia investigation is happening at break neck speed as donald trump wraps up his world tr today, he'll return home to face numerousevelatns including the bombshell from "the washington post" that his son-in-law and all-purpose advisor, jared kushner, wanted to set up a secret communications channel with the kremlin during the trump transition. my panel is back with me. nayyera you were making a point at the break. >> this lack of preparedness of having answers for what's going on is not just a disdain for press. on this trip not having any formal press briefings, not doing anything on camera. the president himself not speaking. it also shows a