>> new orleans, the city with the highest death rate in the country.eets typically vibrant with music and tourists, empty tonight. meantime, the hospitals are filled and rapidly running out of supplies. >> things were being said about whether you could or couldn't have a funeral, whether you should or shouldn't. the real concern was whether or not you came into contact with a live host of covid-19. and so brass band processions and horse and carriage processions are currently not in play. >> the idea of the jazz funeral is actually to help the family. and the journey from the church to the burying ground, it's a process where you can not only think and reflect, but you have people that are there to support you. >> we're a jazz funeral town. it's hard to tell a family you bul.t we have to..rafu >> that is very painful, particularly to a city like the city of new orleans, how we celebrate life, and how we celebrate death. ♪ ♪ >> you know, you say, "look, there's a limit, i'm sorry. you can't come in."pe s th ceyta gleetg. filrtled up. people want to say

from his office in new orleans.e me some perspecti of how race has factored in to the relationships that the citizens have with what they would consider justice. >> we are the incarceration capital of the world. the united states leads in incarceration. louisiana leads the country. and the city of new orleans is responsible for most of those bodies in the state penitentiary. we also lead, here in new orleans, in the number of exonerations, meaning the wrong person was arrested, an innocent person sat in jail while the real perpetrator was left out on the city streets. we also have some of the highest rates of violent crime. so, what you see is this sort of disproportionate, inequitable justice has led us down a pathy of rendering us less safe. so, we've been unfair. we've been unsafe, and our project of undoing jim crow juries is about delivering that fairness and equity to start to rebuild trust. >> sreenivasan: we hear this term of wrongful conviction. when you give these individuals new trials, are you essentiall

so our story begins in march of 1867 when a prominent new orleans newspaper, democratic newspaper "the times" solicited the view of the city's leading citizens on what was at the time the dominant question in southern politics. should former rebels comply with congress' new reconstruction program, or should they resist it? so let me do a little stage-setting here. congress' program divided the former confederate states into five military districts and placed each under the perview of a commanding general and these military commanders were to supervise the creation of a new electorate, including african-american men and excluding some unpardoned rebels, and that electorate would create new state governments in the former confederate states. congress was in essence establishing new bi-racial republican governing coalitions in the former confederate states, and the congressional program was designed to override and supplant president johnson's own controversial reconstruction program. johnson since he assumed office after lincoln's assassination had over time abandoned his wartime allianc

our story begins in march of 1867, when a prominent new orleans newspaper democratic newspaper the times, solicited the view of the city's leading citizens, at what the time was the dominant question in southern politics. should former rebels comply with a new reconstruction program, or should they resist it? let me do a little stage setting here, congress is program, divided the confederate states do five military districts. and placed each under the command of a general. each of these or to supervise the creation of a new electorate. including african american men, and excluding some and pardoned rebels. that electorate with create state governments in the form of confederate states. government was establishing new biracial republican governing coalitions in the former confederate states. the program was designed to override, and plant president johnson's, own controversial reconstruction program. johnson since he had assumed office since lincoln's assassination, had abandoned his wartime lines with the republican party, and reasserting his identity as a southern democrat. he granted's

in new orleans, marching band is a culture.athe, eat, sleep, everything marching band. >> alfonsi: st. aug, as its known, is one of the few predominantly black, all-boys catholic high schools in the country. it sits in new orleans' seventh ward, seven blocks from the mississippi river-- not the part of the city usually found on postcards. the school is surrounded by reminders of a city forever rebuilding. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ray johnson: don't rush! >> alfonsi: in here, ray johnson is rebuilding too. >> ray johnson: accent! >> alfonsi: the "best band in the land" is more of a mission statement these days. >> ray johnson: you got wrong notes coming from over here. >> alfonsi: since hurricane katrina flooded the school in 2005, it's been a long haul. the music library is still a temporary trailer on the blacktop. >> ray johnson: school didn't come back the same. and instruments-- we didn't have enough. and the uniforms were damaged. so, we had to rebuild everything. and just now, we were beginning to see the fruits of our labor, and then he

lots of business owners wanting to talk about reopening new orleans so tourists. ne from new orleansens we will get to those in a moment and i will eat in the meantime for sure. brian: restrictions lifted. steve: that's right. ainsley: looks dishes. check back in with you a little bit later. turn now to griff jenkins. he is in washington as shocking new video shows thousands of the migrants and unaccompanied children crammed inside a texas facility. griff? griff: that's right, ainsley, brian, and steve. good morning. finally cameras are being allowed inside and the images are jaw-dropping. migrants stacked wall-to-wall the majority of them unaccompanied children waiting to be processed. they are housed in 8 pods you see there formed by plastic dividers and this donna, texas facility is simply being overrun. >> the capacity for this location for covid purposes is 250. previous to covid, the total capacity was 1,000. we are holding over 4100 subjects in this location. we are way over capacity. we are like 700 percent over capacity. griff: when you break it down the 4

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host: had we not engineered new orleans with dikes would it continue to grow?>> parts of it would be growing parts would be shrinking that is the natural process the river overflows the banks to lay down land known as the delta lobe to geologist and then the river has then impeded its own flow the greeting becomes too steep so the river decides to find a faster route to the sea and then it slips course that is known as he motion and geologist have very carefully reconstructed the history of the mississippi there have been half a dozen devotions the last several thousand years and each time it lays down a new stretch of land in the natural course of events those would be sinking away and a new one created. now what was happened because he put the mississippi in a straitjacket that all the sediment that is in the mississippi gets shot out the end of the birds but the spit of land south of new orleans. host: elizabeth t13 you visited the site upriver where the actual flow of the river is controlled. correct? >> i yes. >> it is called old river control this gets ba

that's particularly a problem in the city like new orleans.but it's not just said this is actually true. if the new orleans southern louisiana loses a football field worth of land basically every 90 minutes. peter: that said, having not engineered new orleans dikes in the truck, louisiana continue to grow.ou elizabeth: parts of it would be going and parts of it would be shrinking. thus the natural duct tape, processes, the river overflows its banks and lays down this voltage land which is known as a delta load. to dig geologists and then the river has impeded its own flow. this radiant becomes too steep for the river and the river decides okay let's find it faster route to the state. mixups course. and that's known as impulsion. and geologists carefully reconstructed the history and there have been at least half a dozen emulsions in the last several thousand years. and each time the river they downed a new set of land and then in the natural course. the overloads would be sinking away in the new laws would be created. because of the way we bas

>> guillermo: i love you and i love new orleans. >> you're shining like new money, i see you. [ laughter okay? >> i put together a tray. >> jimmy: great. [ cheers and applause ] >> see that? guillermo-style. >> jimmy: okay. >> guillermo: okay. >> so i -- i'm going to show you how to make a mexican mojito. >> jimmy: perfect, you're mexican, right? >> guillermo: yes, let's see that, i want to see that, okay? [ laughter ] >> okay. so what you do is, i like mine with mezcal. i got a nice mezcal here. so 2 ounces of mezcal. >> jimmy: okay. >> a nice, generous pour. >> jimmy: you're not making me one, i guess? >> guillermo: oh, oh yeah, sorry. [ laughter ] >> two straws, y'all can share, it's on "lady and the tramp." i'm not going to say which one is the tramp. >> guillermo: all right. >> so then you get you a nice ginger beer. 1.5 ounces of ginger beer on 2 ounces of tequila. >> oh, he's free pouring, okay. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's a professional, anthony. >> exactly. not his first st. paddy's. >> guillermo: yeah. >> .75 ounces of lime juice. >> guillermo: wait, hold on. >> jimmy: split th

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what's happening in new orleans? who don't show up for school. >> did she go to school today? >> that's me. >> that's you? >> i like to show my i.d. and badge in the open to give them a little bit of comfort i'm from a school, not from new orleans police department. nobody home? yeah. so try to move on. i just feel like throughout the city's just like feel like kids are getting lost. >> reporter: pandemic has wreaked havoc on the lives of just about every american student. students from underserved communities, impact is even worse. experts are still gathering national data but there's anecdotal evidence of economically disadvantaged students and students of color getting left behind and sometimes dropping out of the system altogether. research shows that students who lack high-speed internet access, experiencing homelessless or living in foster care are higher risk. estimated 3 million marginalized students like that were missing from u.s. public schools by late 2020. >> morning. >> glad to have you back. >> yo, wha

about, yeah, quite a ways north of new orleans, maybe 100 miles north even. maybe not quite that much. to basically freeze the river in place. but at that point, 30% of the water that went by old river control, 70% was going down the main branch. so that was every day, you know, that water flow is measured and adjusted accordingly to try to maintain that flow at 30/70. that's -- >> host: that's quite an engineering feat, isn't it? >> guest: yes, it is. and very nearly it ran out of control in the '70s during a huge flooding event in the '70s. it had to be shored up and more controls added. but since then i think it has, you know, kept control of the mississippi. 70% of that water is still flowing past new orleans and down into the bird's foot. but, you know, how long that can go on is unclear. i mean, certainly it can be perpetuated for a while. but in the grand scheme of yeeology, i think -- gee ology, i think eventually it can't be maintained. >> host: you talk about this in your new book, would change the direction of the chicago river. >> guest: yeah. tha

saying he's retiring only from football, not from new orleans. falcon 9 rocket launching successfully from florida around 6:00 a.m. this morning, sending 60 satellites into orbit. minutes later, this sight over new jersey. 1,000 miles away. not a ufo, but exhaust from that rocket. >>> and when we come back, a tribute to the front line workers in the pandemic. intimate portraits, and a story only they can tell. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief in as little as 4 weeks. and many achieved remission that can last. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. tell your

what's happening in new orleans. >> we're following serrano.e tracks down students who don't show up for school. >> did you go to school today? >> this is me. >> oh, that's you? >> i just like to show my i.d., my badge just out in the open. >> just to give them a little comfort i am from a school and not from new orleans police department. >> nobody home? >> no one home, yeah. so try to move on. i just feel like throughout the city it's just like, you know, just feel like kids are getting lost. >> reporter: the pandemic has wreaked havoc on the lives of just about every american student. and for students from underserved communities, the impact has been even worse. experts are still gathering national data on just how bad things are. but there's anecdotal evidence all over the country of economically disadvantaged students and students of color getting left behind. and sometimes dropping out of the system altogether. research shows that students who lack high-speed internet access or who are experiencing homelessness or live in foster care are

is more lax, but new orleans is the fuel that drives the rest of the parishes and we have to get new ans back to normal. >> well, new orleans is the draw and so if they are not functioning well, we don't get the overflow and most people that live in jefferson parish, we go to new orleans all the time. it's not a big difference, but that's where the restaurants are in the music and it's really hurt us all over louisiana for mac i in downtown new orleans in the french quarter yesterday behaving myself and you could start to feel it come alive a bit, but a lot of businesses are still closed and with such a huge tourism industry, cruiseship's, everything has to happen kind of at once and when it does you feel like new orleans is ready to go. do you hope by summer it will be gangbusters? >> yes. >> pete, we are big on change. we are big on small businesses and homegrown businesses, our restaurants and we are renowned for those. if you give people money they don't go back to work. reporter: you talked about that a lot. getting people back to work and they don't necessarily have to because o

starts when at the french settled new orleans which is in a strategically, incredibly important spot, where the mississippi -- right before the mississippi hits the gulf of mexico, and all of the land in southern louisiana, all of the mississippi delta was formed when the mississippi would overflow its banks, which it used to do all the time and it was carrying a great dole of sediment from the great plains, and it would drop that sediment as it overflowed, and all of the land in southern louisiana is this kind of soupy deltaic soil and those soils require being replenished by the river or they sink, and new orleans is sinking very fast. one of the fastest sinking places on earth because we prevented the mississippi from flooding, quite successfully, sometimes they're disastrous exceptions but basically we prevent the mississippi from flooding so all of southern louisiana is sinking away, and this is obviously particularly a problem in a city like new orleans but it said and it is not just said, this is actually true, that southern louisiana loses a football field's worth of land basi

ing out of new orleans. >> not moving to new orleans.ce time dad. >> sorry all good material. [laughter] >> all good material. >> how you can mind this -- and -- is there -- i didn't hear is there a raise or anything? no. greg: we'll talk about it after the show. >> that means there's nothing. >> thank you for having me. [laughter] >> tom. you're going to be -- going to be so excited to be continuing my deborah impersonation and show goes to weeknights going to be fantastic. but yeah we're going to be -- lots of stuff. special plans for you. >> you know what i don't think it is gong to work. >> didn't you say that about first show. >> i was right on the -- >> you are undertakers of your career. when we show up it means show is over. >> right. [laughter] greg: all right we'll be right back after this. ♪ and a little bit of chicken fried ♪ ♪ cold beer on a friday night ♪ ♪ a pair of jeans that fit just right ♪ ♪ and the radio up ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. keeping your oysters business gro

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she's a new orleans girl. >> reporter: last year, after covid hit louisiana especially hard, brees andout, too. drew, we love ya. >> love you, too, hoda. >> all right. a lot more -- >> reporter: earlier this year, after what would become the game. of course, you don't get that respect without earning it on the field, guys. i've got to tell you i'm just going to read off some of the records that drew has broken during the incredible run here. of course, we know he's the all-time leading in passing. how about career completions. most seasons with 5,000 passing yards. best completion in a season. best game with 300 passing yards. three passing touchdowns, five passing touchdowns, most seasons with 30 passing touchdowns. all that to say, drew, good luck in retirement. sending it back to you. >> thank you, morgan. joining us now, the man himself, drew brees. drew, good morning. how are you this morning? >> good morning, hoda. doing great. >> well, it's great to see you. boy, that must have been a big decision. i was thinking about you, because i know your love for the saints and i know your

in new orleans more than 60% of the population is african-american. but 80 some 80 to 85 or higher percent of the wealth is owned by the white community. right, but that's a reality. great, so i have a theater company and i want my theater company to be financially successful. that means i've got to charge. 50 let's just i'll be conservative. let me say i had to charge $30 for a ticket, right? the largest portion of the population can't afford my $30 tickets this past weekend. i went and i saw a racing in the sun at ashe cultural center. twenty five dollars to get in and see it. white no, and i say there. okay, so there are groups of black people in new orleans that were like, you know, what if we're gonna support a theater. we're gonna pick this one. so i went and saw that and there was a largely black audience but one of the realities here is if i've got 250 seats or 200 seats in my audience. i've got to market it market that to the people who have money. so this play in fact all of august wilson's plays. are aware of the realities of that? right. i

like a new orleans blues bar. lemonis: does it feel like a blues bar in here? lady: it does not feel like a blues bar. lemonis: and so what's the model that you use for pricing? lady: so, basically, we have about a 50% margin, which is a huge improvement for us, just by trying -- lemonis: so you're proven, but you're not gonna get there. lady: no. lemonis: today, blues jean bar is operating at about a 50% margin. the retail minimum for a clothing store should be north of 60%. if they want to make more money, they need to compliment the jeans with more products that have higher margin. for example, if jeans had a 50% margin and a t-shirt has a 70% margin and a sweater has a 68% margin, you'll add those all together and come up with a blended average -- somewhere around 62%. why is the inventory so anemic? lady: well, i think we've been cash-poor. i have been trying to pay old debt and buy new inventory. -lemonis: at the same time. -lady: at the same time. amy: our stacks used to be, you know -- every single one was

i interviewed six tennis players from the university of new orleans who are from germany, france and appreciation they had for the fact they were able to come out here, between 19 and 22 years old, and get vaccinated was acute, because in their own countries, they can't get vaccines right now. they're not sure when they will ever get the vaccine, if it's not 2022, if it's later this year, they're not sure. some of the pullback and hesitancy you're seeing in communities, you really see where this country is evolving and where we're trying to go. let's talk to an organizer of this event, dawn peavy. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> how emboldened are you by the cars you're seeing right now? >> this makes my heart so happy, bring the vaccine to the community. as you mentioned, the appreciation and the smiles on people's faces is so powerful. it's been a great day. >> some of the local polling here from the npr station showed that 57 of the 64 parishes of counties in this area showed the black population underrepresented in terms of getting the vaccine. tell us the legw

that's the specialty of new orleans photographer frank relle who uses lighting techniques he pioneeredne of his adventures. >> we're conscious of them. we don't ignore them entirely. >>> it's been called the cathedral of nature. a london museum that houses one of most amazing collections of life on earth -- like 90% of the world's museums, it is closed due to covid. we'll take you inside to see how the staff is keeping everything in british ship shape. >> easier to deal with alligators in that environment. >>> later, he is a book publishing pioneer who made the move to magazines. ahead on "the dish," dawn davis is the new editor-in-chief of "bon appetit" magazine. michelle will talk with her about her love of great food and how she's sharing it with a widening and diversifying audience. that is all ahead. >>> first our top story this hour -- covid relief checks are starting to hit the bank accounts of many americans this weekend. as part of president biden's nearly $2 trillion american rescue plan. the measure which passed without a single republican vote aims to push the u.s. through

almost a year into the pandemic, new orleans isn't taking any chances.ys leading up to fat tuesday. >> it's not going to not be celebrated. it's just going to be celebrated differently. >> local artists are turning mardi gras into yardi gras, with themed outdoor displays inspired by both tradition and pop culture. even a global pandemic can't keep these beads away. >> trevor: yes, friends. this year, mardis gras is yardis gras. and i think this is the right move. the sooner the people of new orleans can stop the spread of covid, the sooner they can get back to spreading gonorrhea. and, yeah, it's sad. but it's just not safe to hold a mardis gras parade. i mean, during a pandemic, a tuba just turns into a covid firehose. but, honestly, i'm glad they found a way to celebrate safely mardi gras. you and i we can celebrate mardi gras from home over zoom. you just need some beans, you have the whole thing-- ma! someone broke the laptop! and, finally, there's some good news for disease expert and "pandemic zaddy," dr. anthony fauci-- the only person who may com

get to the deep south, new orleans, alabama, mississippi, mid-70s. another nice warmup headed our way for the east coast i'll show you when. >> finally getting nice around here thank you, janessa. >>> we'll be right back in two minutes. we've got new details on the horrific highway crash in california. >>> plus a celebrity chef pays it forward to help restaurants in need. have you seen mine? like looking in a mirror, right? now that one makes sense. look guys, i don't even have a stand-in. of course, you do. hold on, is that drake?? that's right. drake from state farm. (in unison) like a good neighbor (in unison again) like a good neighbor hey, stand-ins don't have lines. oh, okay. like a good neighbor, state farm is there ♪ ♪ ♪thick like homemade. no way around it.♪ ♪prego's so good they may as well crown it.♪ ♪your sauce is lookin' think hon' fix that quick.♪ ♪when you're in my house you pour it on thick.♪ ever wonder why your just washed laundry doesn'tk smell... just washed.k.♪ that's because there's hidden sweat and body soils that cause odors o

uncomfortable >>> one of the most well-known players in the nfl is stepping away from the game new orleansuarterback drew breeze is leaving after 20 season and 15 seasons withthe saints the 42-year-old announced his retirement on sunday saying this is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. this morning drew brees will join hoda kotb on the "today" show for an interview about his decision and what is next for the future hall of famer >>> parts of hawaii remain on alert this morning after more rain after days of massive flash floods the islands have been battered by downpours dozens of homes were destroyed on maui thousands were evacuated after fears a dam could fail >>> let's check knack in now with janessa for the very latest now. janessa? >> and we have one more element. severe weather season is going to start to pick up this week for the deep south this is known as dixie alley, and we're really going to see a highend weather risk wednesday afternoon. forecasting the potential of a tornado outbreak in this area. but for today there is that slight risk with several tornadoes. could see about

leading the news, one of the most well-known players in the nfl is stepping away from the game new orleansrterback drew brees is retiring after 20 seasons in the league, 15 with the saints the 42-year-old announced his retirement on sunday saying this is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. this morning, drew brees will join hoda kotb live one interview on his decision and to share what's next for the future hall of famer. >>> president biden is gearing up for showdown with big tech, tapping two major critics of giants like amazon, facebook, google, and apple for roles in the administration our jake ward has more good morning, jake >> good morning, frances we heard the president on the campaign trail talk about the need to take on big tech and there has been a lot of rhetoric on both sides of the aisles about it. what we're seeing here, though, with the nomination of lena kahn to the ftc and tim wu at columbia on track to join the economic council, both these people who are not just politically interested in this, but know an incredible amount about how tech works in the past we've seen re

new orleans even come close.sident then responded to the situation at the southern border and said the focus should be on why migrant children are fleeing their home countries because of earthquakes floods. it's because of lack of food as because of gang violence. but republicans like west virginia senator shelley moore capital say the biden administration needs to do more to discourage migrants from crossing the border. >> first of all, put sending signals that if you come here and you step onto soil of the united states. you're going to stay and go into the country and you're asylum case is going to be heard and 45 years on capitol hill. lawmakers are considering a bill that would lower the barriers for voting president biden says he supports it and condemned states that acting voting restrictions. when i'm worried about is how an american. this whole initiative it's sick. next week the president plans to roll out the next phase of his domestic agenda. now in that press conference today, the president was asked

i never thought i could run for election in the city of new orleans. i was approached by a judge who saw me day in, day out in court representing victims of domestic violence. it was a new area of law that judges were getting acquainted to and i was going through the ada commission on domestic violence and i got my training and able to represent victims of domestic abuse and when the judge approached me and said you know more than any of us on this bench. why don't you run for the family court seat. we doesn't have a family court in new orleans and you should run for that seat and i did and i am so humbled by that because, you know, to run an election, being an indian-american was very, very humbling for me. so, yes, you need to go after what you want, have that dream, have the passion, but you also need a mentor to encourage you and that's what i do now as a judge mentoring new law students. >> we touched on this, you all stood on the shoulders of someone, they're nameless, but the question is to recognize you didn't get where you were alone, you had h

meantime new orleans is so hot and heavy for russell wilson that the mayor made this blatant play for cr is man. and i want to make sure that you saying that you and your beautiful family and can mayor of the city new orleans and i'm mister wilson that you be a great addition to the new orleans saints and more i bowl championship. one and the the see here will be on main during the just want to stop him to let you know we not only in my we we want love you last oh you. >>a bold seattle's mayor tweeted back keep your eyes off of russell. not to mention of the moment, the states are still buried to do brees who say look at why else would he post this work out and remind everybody that he's still got what it takes to push a sled. to play football impressive at the age of 42. you know, i don't watch football. but how can you not road for alex smith. he gets a gruesome leg injury then of flesh eating bacteria that almost killed him, he lives to walk and play another day at least washington's football team all the way the playoffs. but now after all of that. they're expected to kick him to

new orleans, jackson, birmingham and so many smaller towns and cities in the path of this. and of course, another real concern that this line of storms will be hitting after dark. ginger with the track and abc's victor oquendo in birmingham, alabama. >> reporter: a dangerous, potentially deadly night ahead across a huge swath of the south. the storm prediction center warning of a rare high risk threat level for long-track, intense tornadoes. >> literally like a tornado and -- >> reporter: wayne county, mississippi, and chilton county, alabama, among places where tornadoes were reported already. >> oh, major tornado. major, major! >> reporter: in tuscaloosa, these university of alabama students sheltering in a parking garage. >> there is a tornado down. it's very dangerous. this is about six miles south of downtown tuscaloosa. >> reporter: it's just after 1:00 here in birmingham. we are under a tornado watch. and officials want to make sure that people have a plan in place and they know where shelters like this one are locate. this one can hold 80 people, and as you can see,

. >> reporter: doesn't want to go to new orleans on company time.ere are a couple locations, a fantastic breakfast bowl, we are going to talk to the people about the immigration crisis, they lifted some of the restrictions and we will talk about that. >> if you can stay for lunch i'm looking at the daily specials, that is really really good. i have been to it. don't miss. carley: a big wednesday for pete. see you throughout the morning. we will be right back. (announcer) do you want to reduce stress? shed pounds? do you want to flatten your stomach? do all that and more in just 10 minutes a day with aerotrainer, the total body fitness solution that uses its revolutionary ergonomic design to help you to maintain comfortable, correct form. that means better results in less time. you can do an uncomfortable, old-fashioned crunch or an aerotrainer super crunch. turn regular planks into turbo planks without getting down on the floor. and there are over 20 exercises to choose from. incredible for improving flexibility and perfect for enhancing yoga and pi

activity it takes me back to 2005 when with hurricane katrina in new orleans and the cubans are free doctors new orleans is right there you know bordering the caribbean sea and the cubans could get doctors there and offer doctors quicker than the president the time george bush could pardon this ideological war into quote leaks that garcia general hospital in havana the life of one person is worth more than all the private property of the rich in the world and i think we see that for the u.s. that's not the priority this is more about politics than saving human lifetimes. i just want to do just coming back to the point i made you think that both well actually so a grade to this i mean what sort of leverage does america have over brazilian politics i can understand personally why he would just say yeah the russian backed thing. well they'll be elections next year so this was certainly one of the issues that you could be a bombshell seen as u.s. officials try to bribe riverine officials and lean on them to take back scenes from elsewhere putting their own interests in front of us lives