i spent a lot of time in spartanburg. something interesting about her case.ecutive. even with her experience, tamecka houston's name was never really elevated. you know, to national attention. despite all of her work. what's something that families themselves can do to help make sure that their missing loved ones are getting the attention? i want to be clear, the onus is on broadcast networks and news outlets and print outlets who salivate over the chance to cover missing white faces. but how can families penetrate that layer of whiteness where we are not often welcome? >> we need families to continue to be persistent. we need for them to come to the black and missing foundation. we don't want them to see here in this aalthough loan. we'll help pound the pavement and get these stories out there. we want to utilize not just the mainstream media and the news cycles, but going back to social media. so one of the tools that we actually help provide families with is a flyer that has the police department's information and our contact information. because so often,

there was a young lady by the name of tameka houston who went missing from spartanburg, south carolinaths later, natalee holloway disappeared. her name and face because a household name. >> we decided to do some research to see if this was an issue affecting our community. >> 30% of the missing persons in the united states are people of color. that has increased to 40%. yet we rarely see our people on the news. >> we help families from a through z. and that includes creating flyers and social media posts as well as boots on the ground. >> since our inception in 2008, we have been able to bring closure to over 300 families. >> i was frantic when kennedy was missing. to have an organization that hears your pain and can help and assist and not judge you is something that i think all families need. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, now introducing ensure complete! with 30 grams of protein. [uplifting music playing] ♪ i had a dream that someday ♪ ♪ i woul

young lady by the name of tamika houston who went missing from our sister-in-law's hometown of spartanburgrner coverage. about six months later, natalee holloway disappeared. her name and face became a household name. >> so we decided to do some research to see maybe this is an issue affecting our community. >> 30% missing persons in the united states were pernzsons of color. that number increased to 40%. yet we rarely see our people on the news. >> we help families from a through z. and that includes creating flyers and social media posts, as well as boots on the ground. >> since our inception in 2008, we have been able to bring closure to over 300 families. >> i was frantic when kennedy was missing. to have an organization that hears your pain, and can help and assist and not judge you is something that i think all families need. >> rebel wilson revealing not everyone celebrated her dramatic weight loss. >> what's your name? >> fat amy. >> oh, yeah! ♪ turn the beat around ♪ >> the "pitch perfect" star says she received pushback from her own team. >> i'm going to do this year of health. i

or they went to spartanburg or somewhere. because they wanted to get as far as they could from that home place. and one half remained on the plantations and became sharecroppers farmers when the enslavement -- when the plantations, many of them, became share crop operations. and my experience talking to dozens of african american families, who had an oral tradition about the reconstruction period is that their experiences varied. some wanted to remain, if you like, in proximity to their former enslavers. because those white families were the principal source of income and resources and, not least, a place to live. and the community of african americans will remain largely intact. and so, they stake out relationships with the former enslavers that were in some ways, had points of resemblance to the ones that they had just broken by freeing themselves. and on the other hand, there were those families who tested what they had been forced to experience and wanted to get as far away from mr. and mrs. ball as they could. so, i thin

north carolina, georgia, or eastern tennessee, they fled or went to spartanburg or somewhere because they wanted to get as far as they could from that homeplace. and 1/2 remained on the plantations and became sharecrop farmers when the enslavement, the plantations were, many of them became sharecrop operations. and my experience, talking to dozens of african american families who have oral tradition about the reconstruction period is it's, their experiences varied. some wanted to remain, if you like, in proximity to their former enslavers, because those white families were the principle source of income and resources and not least, a place to live and the community remained -- of african americans -- remained largely intact. so they staked out relationships with the former enslavers that were in some ways, had points of resemblance to the ones they had just broken, by freeing themselves. and on the other hand, there were those families who detested what they had been forced to experience, and wanted to get as far as away from mr. and mrs. ball as they could. so i i think it varied, t

. >> and eighth grade students in spartanburg, south carolina. >> nurses from tennessee >> tend sending> and deerfield, illinois >> trip from illinois. >> best friends from chicago -- >> -- celebrating -- >> -- our 60th birthday. >> wow >> hello, everybody. bood morning it's monday. glad to have you with us hoda has the week off and glad to be celebrated -- celebrated -- joined by -- it is a celebration. >> it's like a savannah sandwich >> it's raining men around here. glad to have you guys along with us let's get to your news at 8:00 anybody flying to the u.s. from abroad faces a strict new covid requirement that starts today. it's meant to slow the fast spreading omicron variant even as the delta variant is surging in many parts of this country. nbc's tom costello joins us with the very latest. tom, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. international flights inbound to the united states today are already affected by this rule. went into affect at midnight if you are flying to the u.s. from a foreign airport, you must test negative within 24 hours of departure from that foreign airp