it is traumatizing for our kids.think of our kids, not just of ourselves, our kids, and all it is affecting. they will not have trust for police because what is going on now with police officers, the sheriff, ice. it is creating fear for our teenagers. amy: i wanted to go out with your children's voices who are now with your wife. the teenage daughter and son reacting to the deportation of their mother. fightinging to keep on for my keep on fighting for m my mom and otother familieses going through the same thing. this is unfair, and it is really sad. >> i want her back, right in arms, over here. where she belongs. she belongs with us. we're going to keep on fighting. we are not going to stop. amy: that is jacqueline and angel garcia talking about their mother. thank you for being with us. frfrancisca porchas is the -- and aaron rayos. this is democracy now. when we come back -- a bowling green massacre -- not the one kellyannconway talked about, but what about another one? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "swing l

this pattern is in some ways, similar to post-traumatic stress symptoms.nsists of several components. the first component is a pattern of hypervigilance to threat cues. these children become very wary and very quick to respond to any kind of background threat or any kind of provocation. the second is to show bias, where they attribute intend and see threat when it does not objectively exist. but they become very hypervigilant in response. there is a psychophysical logical component. where their heart races in response to ambiguous threats. a fourth part is a testosterone release, which readies them for physical violent and physical reactivity, and the final component is a pattern of anger, anxiety, and hyper retaliatory aggression. now, not all children who experience these early adverse events were going to have these outcomes. we all know about resilience and different kinds of outcomes. one of the factors which determines which children will grow up to have these outcomes and which do not is genes. it turns out, there is a gene that encodes protein that

we've learned that the number of operations cancelled by nhs england at the last minute, a very traumaticnce for patients, was at a high last year. so the performance figures show that the nhs is really struggling at the moment. there's a debate that's also been going on, we've had figures on the institute for fiscal studies suggesting that although nhs spending has gone up in britain it will tail england hospitals since records began in 2004. a hospitals since records began in 200a. a leaked document revealed to the bbc that january would be even worse. today we've learned that the number of operations cancelled by nhs england at the last minute, a very traumatic experience for patients, was at a high last year. so the performance figures show that the nhs is really struggling at the moment. there's a debate that's also been going on, moment. there's a debate that's also been oin on we've moment. there's a debate that's also been going on, we've had figures from the institute for fiscal studies suggesting that although nhs spending has gone up in britain it will so there's a lot of press

she's very, very traumatized and sad. when i told her the story of the stage this was becoming a book and she's very modest and shy and doesn't consider herself a hero. take that aside because it would help the people in syria who don't understand why this has caused so many people what life is like in the struggle as a refugee and what compels people to risk their lives again in the short of europe and i think that the world needs a story that is so powerful like yours to understand better who are the serious people that need our help right now. >> guest: she wouldn't tell people -- >> guest: she would give them a warning. do you think they just wanted a good life in europe, you think that she will one day go back if some sort of relief comes to that country? >> guest: yes, she would love to become a lawyer, somebody that fights for justice. either i've never met a refugee that doesn't want to go home if they can contribute, and we should be giving them a chance and the opportunity to live in peace while the war is ragin

. >>> the sergeant was told he had traumatic brain injury and credits hyperbaric oxygen treatment withaving his life. he's here this morning along with his wife to talk more about the treatment. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> chuck, let me start with you. we know suicide rates are higher among veterans than it is for the rest of the population and many of them experience ptsd or traumatic brain injury. tell us about the treatments you've tried and why oxygen therapy has been successful for you. >> initially starting out, i was inundated with medication and pharmaceuticals. we tried over and over medicines to counter the other. oftentimes 15 pills a day was my regimen. that being said, we looked into yoga, which helped. koi we learned about oxygen therapy. it started to wake up and revive a lot of those places that were asleep. >> liz, you have watched your husband suffer through this and explore alternative therapies. tell us about how oxygen therapy has impacted your family. >> when chuck came home, he was a totally different person. we've been together since high sch

kelly so traumatized she had a panic attack and was hospitalized. her father has now been detained. terrified of losing her mother as well. the fears of separation are traumatizing for the children. >> they're really threatening the health of children by placing them in situations where they're chronically worried about the fear of being separated from their parents. >> reporter: while every day on the southern border families emerge from the brush. >> she's saying she has to escape the violence in el salvador because once kids become 6, 7, 8 years old they're brought into the violence and gangs and they'll be killed. >> reporter: mothers trying to shield their children who may later find more trauma in the fear of family separation. gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> in an effort to secure the u.s. border, homeland security john kelly is visiting the border with mexico. kelly stops in a town just south of san diego yesterday. he met with homeland security authorities and border patrol agents. president donald trump has a plan to build a wall along that southern border. >> the fact they're

started piecing together stories i heard here and there, reading about and it understanding what a traumatic moment it was when you try to establish yourself in america, and trying to literally plant roots he but also at the same time understand that this is a country that didn't want them, that told them they were the enemy, they needed to good back home. of course the irony for my parents, they were been here, back home was here. and it was that struggle, i think, that as i grew older and began to understand part of the idea of struggle, i think of the struggles i went through were dwarfed by the moment in history and how they had the rye resilience to work through that and come back and literally plant roots in the valley in our farm. my parents did not talk about it. my dad was this tradition gentlelady -- traditional farmer, very stoic, and they wouldn't talk about it. and i think because they carried within them a kind of a shame, a guilt, that is imbedded when you're accused of being something that you're not. so agap to probe into this, read more, and talk to other families and gradu

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what are you thinking about five years later as you revisit the life and traumatic events that happened in your life five years ago? >> each year when his birthday comes around which is february 5th, it just reminds us of what we are missing out on. we didn't get a chance to watch him graduate from high school, go to college or go to the prom. i think all the time about how many kids we would have had and who we would have married and things like that. at 22 it is fairly young but he would have been graduating from college. >> what about you? >> thinking about the good memories that can't be taken away. as parents, you want to see your parents being productive in life. we would have been hoping for another college graduate and going on to see his life progress and seeing him become a man, seeing him raise his own family and things of that nature. those are the things we think about all the time. the things that we miss. >> sybrina, you write in the book the question you remember getting so many times. who is trayvon martin? what i enjoyed about the book was learning more details about h

the split on the side was pretty traumatic for us. brian: is ronald reagan different in private than what we have seen in public? rep. michel: i don't know, not much. he's a remarkable individual. cordial, and never, i have never, ever heard -- except in the most talking in -- disparaging tones about an opponent or the adversary. to go andt been able take it and come back again. i don't think he is one to ever , other than he has been mannerism of pursing his "well, youying, forced me into that position two years ago and i don't intend to get put in that position again." that's about the most i've heard out of him. that was when it came to texas. -- taxes. i was had. i don't intend to be had again. that's the way it would come out with ronald reagan. his ability to have the american people so supportive of him for such an extended period of time, i suspect when the president , ites office in a few weeks will be in excess of 65%, maybe 70% popularity. phenomenal given all the things he has been through. brian: speaking of adversaries,

nothing could be more serious and more traumatic really than that.k. this is why this was especially difficult and especially challenging for some of the officers dealing with the family. could this attack have been prevented 7 it could only have been prevented by good intelligence and arresting perpetrators before they carried out the attack. once the attack has started, people are going to die, sadly. but, obviously, measures can be taken to reduce the impact of terror attacks. now, whether those measures could actually have reduced the numbers of people killed is an open question.

started piecing together stories i heard here and there, reading about it and understanding what a traumatic moment it was when you are trying to establish yourself here in america and trying to literally plant roots here, but also at the same time understand, this is a country that didn't want them. they told him they were the enemy. they told them they need to go back home. of course, the irony for my parents, they were born here. back home was here and it was in that struggle i think that as i grew older and begin to understand part of the idea of struggle, i think of the struggles that i went through that were dwarfed by that moment in history, and how they had the resilience to work through that and then come back and literally plant roots here in the valley. my parents did not talk about it. my dad was this traditional stoic farmer, hardly say anything. my grandmother lived with us only spoke japanese in my japanese was a very good, but they would not talk about it. i think it's because they carried within them a kind of shame, guilt that is embedded when you're accused of being someth

nothing could be more serious and more traumatic really than that. see your loved one killed in a terrorist attack. this is why this was especially difficult and especially challenging for some of the officers dealing with the family. could this attack have been prevented 7 it could only have been prevented by good intelligence and arresting perpetrators before they carried out the attack. once the attack has started, people are going to die, sadly. but, obviously, measures can be taken to reduce the impact of terror attacks. now, whether those measures could actually have reduced the numbers of people killed is an open question. what to think of the response of the tunisian police? it could've been better. it is easy in hindsight to better. it is easy in hindsight to be highly critical. as to how they responded. but on the face of it it seemed like a slow response. and a faster response may have helped to save lives. what should be in place at resorts like that, if not to stop an attack happening, to make sure the gunman or gun men are not free to r

reading about it and understanding what a traumatic moment it was when you are trying to establish yourselfre in america and trying to literally plant roots here. but at the same time understand, this is a country that did not want them. it told them they were the enemy. told them they needed to go back home. of course the irony for my parents, they were born here. back home was here. and it was that struggle i think that as i grew older and began to understand part of the idea of struggle, i think of the struggles that i went through that with work by that moment in history. and how they had the resilience to work through that and come back and literally plant roots here in the valley. my parents did not talk about it. my dad was this traditional stoic farmer. hardly said anything. my grandmother who lived with us only spoke japanese and made japanese was not very good. but they were not talk about it. and i think because they carry within them a shame, guilt that is embedded when you're accused of these things that you are not. as a writer i began to probe into this, ask questions, read m

but then obviously very very traumatized and sad.n i told her first time i told her a story on the ted stated she saw the reaction to that. then i told her you know that there was interest in this becoming a book. and she is very modest. she is very shy and does not consider herself a hero. on the other hand i think her mother convinced her because i said this is a story that needs to be told. because you are here. put that aside because it will help the people of syria. it will help people who do not understand why this awful war has caused some the people to run for their lives and give up everything.what life is like, really the struggle as a refugee. what compels people to take to the dangerous seas and risk their lives again to reach the shores of europe. and i think that the world needs an individual story that is so powerful like yours. to understand better who are the syrian people that need our help right now.>> shall not tell people to come to europe for these Â>> no, she also get wanted to help others. to give them a warni

individuals with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, mental health disorders who are less likely to receive the needed care now that medicaid has been expanded. the aca expanded medicaid to a brand new population, which consists largely of childless able-bodied adults who are working age and have only dimmed the hopes further for families like skyler. but the problems go much farther beyond situations like hers. the governor of arkansas due toex pangs costo expansion costs has proposed nearly a billion dollars in cuts to traditional medicaid, primarily from patients with expensive medical needs, the developmentally disabled and the mentally ill is what he said. so why is this happening around the country? the new obamacare expansion population is awarded a higher match rate. this funding formula has pernicious unintended consequenc consequences. if a state needs to balance a budget which they all need to every year state officials have to turn to medicaid because it's the biggest line item. also growing faster than revenue. if you want to save one state dollar in stat

those people who remains are traumatized. one man's photos of his village, how is once was. he tells of the numerous and fusion that took place -- numerous executions that took place and then the memories overwhelm him and he breaks down. boko haram's occupation has deeply scarred the region. the group terrorizes their victims, administering beatings and chopping off both hands. all the while they filmed to these images, documenting the atrocities they carried out. >> in the united states, thousands of grassroots activists have gathered in maryland for the annual little action conference. among the speakers were steve bannon and white house chief of staff reince priebus. many are seen as archrivals for influence in the oval office but bannon and priebus put on a show of unity, praising trump's first month in office. our correspondent is in maryland. good afternoon to you, alexandra. did we see a show of unity or is it true that the dan and really does -- steve bannon really does have the year of the u.s. president -- ear of the u.s. president? >> it was interesting to see ho

continued to film keeping up with the kardashians, reliving the robbery for an upcoming episode was traumatic. >> nobody can even get through the first five minutes without being hysterical. it is remarkable like to listen to her ttll the story. >> there is no way out. >> it is just rivvchet itin int vetti blsh >>> speaking of coming back, david cassidy is back on stage this weekend. a lot of people have concerns about his health all over again. the former partridge family star says he is suffering from dementia. >> saturday night, by all accounts not pretty, he slurred hisswords, stumbled backwards. he also had wild hand gestures and was having difficulty with his guitar solos. last night in santa barbara, it wasn't much better. his ramblings between songs went on for more than eight minutes. now david says he is battling demeant shd dementia. in an interview with "people" magazine, he says he was in denial. he will stop touring to concentrate on his health. david's rep confirmed to us the cassidy is not on medication but is being watched regularly. the one-time pop idol first told us about

full physical custody of their six children and according to a source blamed him for kids being traumatized after an incident on the plane. the actress appeared on gma via satelli satellite from cambodia where she is ditrektirecting a netfli, after they killed my father. sometimes she felt uncomfortable. >> you said for the health of the family, is your family healthier now? >> we are -- we are focussing on the health of our family. and so we will be. we will be stronger. when we come out of this. because that's what we're determined to do as family. >> brad and angie married four while it was has been difficult jolie, she says it has been comfortable in routine p. >> we wake up, figure out, who will get the dog out, who starts the pancakes and get everybody to brush their teeth. >> so in five years, where would you like to see yourself? >> five years' time. all teenagers? in trouble, basically. >> in other family news, holdd a hoda kotb called in with news. >> that little girl, haley joy, oh i'm crying, is my daughter. >> so adorable. haley joy was born on valentine's day. hoda says she ca

d >> is it fair to say most of the people on the waiting list, the developmentally disabled traumatic brain injured people will always be on medicaid? >> yes. >> it's a different type of population. >> correct. >> what has been your discussion and findings with the governors with respect to how most of them would like to take care of this population, if there are consensus among governors, what is the governor's and the legislature's view with regard to this population? >> i think there's ongoing discussion with governors that they're not able to support these. but i will say there's exceptions to the rule. if you look at kansas and maine, the governors have been able to buy down their wait lists. maine from 1700 individuals down to 200 individuals. >> how did they do it? >> well, they got some budget sanity. they did not expand medicaid and focus on eligibility, to make sure the programs are truly focused on those that are the most needy. the age, the blind, the disabled and made that a priority in the state and has success in vying down the wait list. >> i think we need to explore t

the traumatic story of chimp trafficking, bbcjournalists posing as potential buyers infiltrated a globalng ring to see how the criminals are flouting international law. viewers may find some scenes distressing. baby chimpanzees, just a few months old, seized from the jungles of africa to be sold as pets. it's a shocking and illegal trade. animals that are our closest relatives in the natural world are suffering terrible losses. to get one infant chimpanzee out of the jungle, all of the adults in its family have to be killed — that's as many as ten adults slaughtered. we infiltrate an animal—smuggling network that spans the globe. during a year—long investigation, we went undercover. how old is he? two months? are you still able to follow? we discover that there is far more trafficking than the authorities suspect. you may find some of the scenes in this film disturbing, as we reveal the secret trade in baby chimps. ourjourney into an underworld of animal smuggling began in cairo. for centuries, egypt has been one of the world's great trading centres. ‘ground floor. going up.‘ posing as b

>> thinking about now five years later when these traumatic events happened to your family five years ago? >> each year when his birthday comes round which was february 5, it reminds us what were missing out on. we didn't get a chance to watch him graduate from high school or see him go off to college go to the prom i think and who he would have mary at 22 is fairly young but he would've been graduating from college like his brother did. >> i just think about all the good times we shared with him and knowing those cannot be taken away from us. as parents you want to see your children do something productive in life and so we definitely would've been hoping for college and born on just a sea of to see him raise his own family those are the things i think about all the time. >> you opened your book by talking about the question you remember getting, who was trayvon martin. one thing i enjoyed about the book was learning more about how he was raised, what his interests were, so much as been written about your son, can you tell us about who trayvon martin's tell us about. >> that's one of

their families at home are also traumatized.so to have an institution where they can heal and then can also learn and grow is just so crucially important. and again, it's in our own self-interest because we have, you know, the next leaders of the country once the war stops, we are hoping when this syria war stops that unhcr and our partners will be doing the things i would love to do most, that is to help people return home. and help people reconstruct and rebuild. we should be giving them the tools right now. >> host: a few months ago when i was in greece i also met an afghan family, this young girl 13, 14 that event on the road for nine months. not into school for four years and yet she interpreted for her family for me. not bad english, you know. and i asked her how did you learn that? everybody has a cell phone now, the nine months on the road we google dictionary and that's how this little girl was trying to educate herself. and i thought with our children have to do their homework and we see all this appetite for study. >>