. >> heidi's impact was immediate. and legendary. >> when i graduated from ucla and had to quit gymnastics, i didn't want to let it go. i had that feeling of, like, i've lost my identity. i don't know who i am anymore. >> in 2001, heidi felt lost. a crossroads with no cheer path. but heidi stayed in hollywood and realized the sport she loved could launch a real career in a fantasy world. >> there are actually a lot of stunt performers who are former gymnasts. so i decided to give it a shot, see if it's something i'd want to do. and i worked a couple little jobs here and there. and then got lucky and was hired for "charlie's angels: full throttle" as one of drew barrymore's doubles. and i never turned back. >> i actually handpicked heidi to be my stunt double. at 31, she was ready. and together, we gave life to black widow. >> your relationship with your actress or actor that you're doubling is really important. because they're going to start coming to you for everything. they're going to come to you for emotional suppo

everyone was - saying, go heidi, go heidi. and so they should- _ saying, go heidi, go heidi. and so they should- i _ saying, go heidi, go heidi. and so they should. i get _ saying, go heidi, go heidi. and so they should. i get the _ feeling you are incredibly determined. what will you do if this doesn't go your way in the high court? we will keep fighting, won't we? if it doesn't _ court? we will keep fighting, won't we? if it doesn't go _ court? we will keep fighting, won't we? if it doesn't go my _ court? we will keep fighting, won't we? if it doesn't go my way, - court? we will keep fighting, won't we? if it doesn't go my way, i - court? we will keep fighting, won't we? if it doesn't go my way, i wanti we? if it doesn't go my way, i want crawl u- we? if it doesn't go my way, i want crawl up my- -- _ we? if it doesn't go my way, i want crawl up my- -- l— we? if it doesn't go my way, i want crawl up my... i will— we? if it doesn't go my way, i want crawl up my... i willjust _ we? if it doesn't go my way, i want crawl up my... i willjust appeal- crawl up my... i willjust

. >> reporter: heidi was suffering from a mysterious syndrome called long covid. she went to specialists . no one could help. the medical bills piled up. >> we were paying out of pocket for every test because she did not have a positive covid test. >> reporter: 13 months later, bedridden, unable to walk, enjoy food, or even read a book? >> she so terrible quality of life coming down the road for her. >> reporter: heidi died by suicide. her family is devastated. >> i think of her every minute of every day. >> reporter: roughly 34 million americans to date have been affected by the virus. of those, it's believe more than 25% have long covid. there is no cure, but there's a growing sense of financial dread. >> imagine having gone to all these doctors, being in debt, and still having no answers. >> reporter: diana baron heads up survivor core, the grassroots efforts to mobilize survivors and advocate for better care. her members are telling her horror stories of the medical bills. >> they are still being gassed led by doctors who don't know what long covid is, who don

heidi she was born in 2018. and : some of the places i toured were touring for the 2021 school year. so, it was even like a year-plus down the road. so it was a scramble. cat eventually, they found a : program that cost nearly as much as their mortgage, and then covid hit. >> i had to play myself off for about four months. as essential workers, they later cat: -- catch: as essential workers, they later found an opening at a center, but it wasn't a great fit. heidi it was for four days a : week, and we were paying $1, 650 a month, which was ” that did exceed our mortgage. it's absolutely not sustainable. i don't think that working families should have to this juggle. and i don't know how some families do it. cat: before the pandemic, nearly 70 percent of children in the u.s. under the age of 6 lived in households where all parents worked. during the earliest years, when research shows that ildren need high-quality care and education, america's working families have had to cobble together child care solutions

today, heidi is taking on the government.— supporters. today, heidi is taking on the government. here we are at the hiuh on the government. here we are at the high court — on the government. here we are at the high court to _ on the government. here we are at the high court to challenge - on the government. here we are at the high court to challenge the i the high court to challenge the discrimination... she the high court to challenge the discrimination. . ._ discrimination... she wants to challenge _ discrimination... she wants to challenge the _ discrimination... she wants to challenge the law _ discrimination... she wants to challenge the law that - discrimination... she wants to challenge the law that makes| challenge the law that makes abortion legal up until birth if the foetus has a disability, including down syndrome. joining her, parents who have children with disabilities. some say they felt pressured into an abortion. the some say they felt pressured into an abortion. ., ., ., , , abortion. the whole language sets the tone. abortion. the whole language sets the tone

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera fort lee virginia. the us president has warned, for the guidelines or restrictions could be introduced after a surgeon clover 19 cases. it comes a day after rules were tightened for unvaccinated government employees to new jersey and security forces have arrested a member of parliament that accused the president of staging, and whom earlier president, ty said issued a statement, promising he would not become and dictate a rocks military is blaming i saw for an attack at a funeral procession security official said. gunman killed at least 7 people in the city of yeah, 3 i saw was defeated in 2017. but attacks have continued last week. dozens died in a suicide bombing in baghdad. a landslide has killed at least 7 people in northern india. it happened in the state of human child pradesh. there the light has gained a growing number of deaths caused by the fuse one soon reigns. peruse, currency has permitted to after the countries new president pedro castillo, appointed members of his left, his party to k cab

i want to take a look at what heidi is talking about. the push from the biden administration to try to figure out how do we slow the pandemic here? "the washington post" is talking about making a bigger push for masks again, right, and wearing masks because of the breakthrough infections we've seen, et cetera. what would your medical advice be to, let's say, white house advisers or regular americans on that front? what do you think they should do? >> well, i will agree it does feel like deja vu again because of the transmissbility of the delta variant. there are still people who do not want to be vaccinated and testing is a mitigation strategy we've seen as people have felt safer as this pandemic is ending. i think in l.a. county with the mask mandate, i think we're going to have to accept that in areas where there are higher number of transmission level cases that we will have to think about putting, reinstituting those mask mandates, especially for indoor settings where we know the virus spreads very easily. i think that, you know, we'

my dad's old pizza the this year will be the team of the heidi to work with him. mind money at the festival, faster boards to refer to the festival so that we can generate more. i've more musician, more with me growing up in my mind. me mind money as fits. what was my springboard? ah, what we plan to do is build a permanent stage on the village. because in the past we would have a wooden structure which could last 2 or 3 years and then fall apart. but know what the cycling brought to little rock. and we thinking to, to use the results of the veiled by the, to build a permanent stage. could can be used in the festival, but even often with for other events, we need some way he made to put away because somehow my extension yes. and then on in the middle, forget the festal up and going again, jelly will help a lot. and the healing process after cycling. i think all of us were traumatized by the cycling in different ways. i my father's land. we've loving putting in a damien crop. i need to go all by searching every one of them your flight well listen is really helping new new people. so still th

heidi, good to have you with us this morning. at the time you talked about the day you testified being one of the proudest days of your life. how are you feeling this morning? >> sucker punched. like the rug was pulled out from underneath us. it's absolutely clear cosby has always maintained his innocence because he does not understand that sexual assault and rape are crimes. he doesn't get it. and that's why he keeps saying he's innocent. then you add on some arbitrary legal loophole and you just allowed a serial rapist to get off. i mean i'm in a state of disbelief and andrea constant is a bigger person than i. she said she's disappointed. i'm so beyond disappointed. i just love her to death. she's amazing. >> heidi, you're in touch with a number of the other women that accused bill cosby of misconduct. i'm just curious what are those messages that you're sharing with each other? >> you know, actually at least from my perspective, we're not. i reached out and a couple of texts and said i love you. we know -- we don't have to do

with heidi, is your counselor who's outside the military base in fort lee. but you need tell us about what you've been saying. haughty. come on earlier this morning. the bus is billed with the 1st wave of the translators and their families live here at the portly army base behind me. they are, there are $220.00. some people who will now spend the next 7 days or so possibly fewer days within this space, getting their final health screenings as required by law, and were receiving their green card and being resettled within the united states. many will go on to join family members and various cities, or they'll be resettled in one of 20 approved resettlement cities. i did speak with a man whose cousin came aboard this 1st flight and in fact, both of them worked as english interpreters for the us military. and they come from a family that has long love the united states. and we're looking forward to providing this service when us troops came into their country. and in fact, there were 5 brothers from this same family who all became interpreters for the us milita

, i'll be mandatory for restaurants bars, as well as long distance train and plain jersey journeys. heidi lawson is a professor at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. she says, measures like the health path needed to rein in the pandemic impact on society. i think that part of the anger and the frustration is not just about today. it's accumulated frustration over, you know, along a long time now. i mean, it's been, europe was at the beginning of this, the worst of it. and it's been a very long year and a half people are angry. people are frustrated. i mean, the irony of these demonstrations here in london on so called freedom day, it seemed like a total contradiction. but it just speaks to how this is much deeper issues and anxieties. people are not happy about the way governments have handled this in some settings, but that's not helping us move forward. we do find that these kind of measures can be helpful even though there are protests. but i think that if we really want to slow this down, we're going to need some, some effort. here. we've done a lot of research with t

tim gunn and heidi klum. joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> we are so thrilled to have you both back here on "gma." come on. you -- >> thank you for having us. >> always, always, hard to believe that you all have been working together for 17 years now. so -- to borrow -- >> it's the longest marriage -- the longest marriage i've ever been in. it's amazing. >> i didn't want to go there. i didn't want to go there. >> we still love each other. >> you said -- how do you make it work? to use tim's phrase, how do you make it work? >> well, i have to say we really do love and adore each other and we have great respect for each other and we share so many of the same values, we have our differences, i mean i will say i think we're fashion's oddest couple but that's what makes us work, robin. >> yeah, we love the industry that we're in. we still live and breathe fashion so we do definitely have that in common and when i think about this, 17 years, my oldest child is now 17 years. i mean, tim h

heidi says this is discriminatory. we wa nt we want to say to the world that we have a good quality of life. her mother liz has encouraged heidi to be as independent as possible. she lives here in coventry. heidi's legal team have crowdfunded £102,000 to take on the government in a landmark test case. i'm very proud of heidi, of her campaigning and i'll be supporting her along the way. 3,200 fetuses are aborted each year because the child is likely to be severely disabled. and 90% of women whose foetuses have down's syndrome choose to have an abortion. some say women in this situation need more time to make an informed decision. we're talking about a relatively small number of abortions every year that take place after 2a weeks. these are incredibly challenging, heartbreaking circumstances involving often very, very much wanted pregnancies, where women have to make really tough decisions. and i think to imply that somehow those decisions are made flippantly or casually, is incredibly offensive to the women involved. t

but heidi, thank you for being with us to talk about this this morning. what was that moment like for you? none of us were expecting it that day, not even cosby himself who reportedly was sleeping when a guard came in and said you can go. what was that moment like for you when you heard he was a free man? >> you correctly reported, thank you for having me on. you reported, i said it was a gut punch. and i've -- that's how i felt. i felt like someone has socked me in the gut and suddenly i couldn't breathe. it was less than three weeks ago, i think, that those of us who are accounted -- the victims assistance program had let us know that he was refused parole. and now all the sudden out of the blue, just kidding. you're free. the air just came kind of out of my lungs, gut bunch. >> heidi, how did you learn that he was a free man? >> a friend of mine here in denver is a member of my church. and happens to be in the media. and she texted me and asked how i was doing. it -- that same day happened to be my dad's 94th birthday, and we were moving a hospice hosp

brent: that was heidi nowak they're describing the floods. the flooding is causing devastation in neighboring belgium and the netherlands. authorities in the belgian city of liege have said the banks could soon overflow. at least four people have died in the flooding in belgium. the dutch providence of lynn borg has been hard-hit. authorities have been sent to help with evacuation and flood defenses. peter jeffries -- defriese was killed. he was known for his reporting on the criminal underworld in the netherlands. how are the netherlands acting toward the death of peter de v ries. >> people have been gathering. they are here to pay their respects, there is a really powerful he still atmoserphe righnow. a number of people veha been ocoming t deliver flowers, dine at the site where he was shot with five gunshots, that was nine days ago. right here in central amsterdam just after he had given a report on dutch television. he died in a hospital not too far from here. his family released a statement saying he had fought hard but had succumb and l

those left behind fear time is running out to avoid retaliation from rapidly advancing taliban forces. heidi jo. castro reports now from fort lee virginia. the buses carrying former afghan interpreters and their families, including 57 children and 15 babies, arrived at the fort lee military base in virginia on friday morning. this is the 1st place they lay their heads in the us safely away from the taliban, possible retribution for having worked with americans now leaving the war in afghanistan is completely like, i mean, starting new life here. mohammed knobby mohammed, he is preparing to welcome his cousin, who was on board the flight and we'll likely spend a week at the base for final immigration processing. both served as u. s. military translators, enough kiana's stand. in fact, 5 brothers from the mohammed family all signed up for the job. now 3 are in the us while the 2 youngest remain in hiding in cobble. we love to work with the us, government and government below over countries. so we wanted to serve or the people janice, and laurie says he feels the same. he worked for 9 years as

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li virginia in pakistan's government is allowing registered afghan refugees to get close at 19 vaccines. but only half of the 3000000 in the country meet that requirement unregistered refugees are afraid they'll never receive a job. come, i'll hide a report from a camp in peshawar, budget on it, and the grape of a for the rest of the corona wireless span there, make delta radians have already been detected across the country. the fear that the fort wave could wreak havoc, get garage pockets on most water bill of got it. of one refugee population here. 1000000 refugees here in focus on 1500000 of them have already been registered. the national come on an operation center day that day will be registered on. we have a lot of people coming to get back senators, who are foreigners and refugees as well for if you do that to the unregistered people who resist that can get back to normal. mechanism as normal times do and for others who are not registered auditors to ad recreation center, right. and dig into code. and they are uploa

this could be an open ended political crisis. heidi who has considered the leader of the muslim sunny community, says he will not endorse a replacement. the post of prime minister is reserved for his community. that is why his support is important because power is shared among religious sectors. the state is nearly bankrupt and this has affected many sectors, including health care and one aspect that is the issue of the stuff that are leaving in droves because of the financial pressures they're under. that is the shortages in medication and supplies. and the issue of the fuel and the power cuts before the hospitals were excluded from the severe power cuts that the general population were under. but now the hospitals have been included in the scots. there are also shortages in medicine, as importers struggle to find hard currency, and i did, i can't find medicine for my blood pressure and heart problems. i go to bed at night, not knowing if i will wake up the next morning. international calls are growing louder for lebanese leaders to form a reform minded government to deal with the co

winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the us government is giving afghan us done $100000000.00 in emergency assistance for refugees and displaced people. now that includes those in affected by an increase in fighting at the taliban takes more territory. the money will also be used to help. thousands of afghan interpreters have worked with us will cease to leave the country. president joe biden has promised continued support for the afghan leader as rough connie. the interpreters may also be able to move to canada, and the government is launching a special immigration process for those who helped coalition forces other afghan staff and their families will be included in the program. and the taliban is warning. they'll be no peace in afghanistan until the new governments installed earlier this week. them a senior us generals that the arm group now controls half of the districts across afghanistan. despite having withdrawn most of his forces, the u. s. carried out and strikes to help the afg

and now on fire across the country, thousands of people have had to leave their homes. heidi drug castro has moved from washington. the view from inside and inferno firefighters narrowly escaped this blaze, which has scorched 125 square kilometers in nevada and california. it's one of at least $83.00 large fires burning across the western united states. it is just so extremely hot and dry. fuels are at record or near record levels of dryness. the lack of moisture means everything is ready. everything is explosive. in northern california. the dixie fire has reached mega fire status, forcing people near lake el mano to evacuate. al, just trying to stay calm, not panic, and just, you know, fill up your car with gas and take care of the good business. i the dramatic start of the u. s. wildfire season comes with drought amplified by climate change. the dry conditions have helped fuel this fire in oregon, it's the nation's largest and responsible for the destruction of at least 70 homes so far. the impacts so big it's creating its own weather pattern, sending smoke across country to the east c

first, let's go to heidi. they're sending relief to combat the surge. what are you seeing on the ground, how are people reacting to new actions that local officials are trying to take to control the spread. >> reporter: federal officials have long been concerned about a second pandemic among the unvaccinated. and they fear that moment has arrived. you can see it here in las vegas where vaccination rates are only at about 38% for fully vaccinated. the effect of that is that hospitalizations, case rates are all at numbers we have not seen since february, garrett. nbc listened to a commission hearing the other day, they voted to mask up for indoor employees, and blow back to that was indicative how difficult this is going to be to tame the wave in vegas. individuals talking about masks like child abuse, having to send children to school in masks. they talked about supplements being the cure and denied some of them that people hospitalized actually need to be there. >> and heidi, talk to me about a surge team that the biden administration is sending to neva

over the past 6 months, al jazeera is heidi joe castro's reports. the deadly gang violence has again taken hold in ecuador, it's over crowded prison system. at 2 of the country's largest penitentiaries. it's taken $450.00 members of the special police unit to bring this latest round of riots under control. as well as what are the la montana. we weren't able to reach all the prisoners in a different sales until 4 am local time. the contingency officers managed the bring the situation under control, also with the help of the armed forces. then you can see along the perimeter at the prison in let the coon gus police recaptured about 80 and made to try to sleep. with the death toll still in flux, their family members gathered outside the prison gates on thursday, fearing the worst even us healing is kimmy. my son got in touch with me and said inmates and medium security are going up to murder the ones in maximum security. they have rifle point guns. yesterday they went up there. my son is hurt in there, so they have not taken him to the hospital yesterd

we also spoke to heidi know where she lives in one of the areas badly affected by the floods. and she described what she experienced when the flood waters swept through her st on wednesday night. last evening. it was shortly before dark. the police say the police and the fireman came and they were yelling to the people. we had already heard sirens, but they were yelling for the people, leave your heart, leave your house. and even i live on the 2nd floor and they were saying we were supposed to leave as well. and nobody time to react. and within 2 minutes, the street was covered. had we left, we would have been swept away. and so we watched the whole night, the live water levels rose and rose to probably at least one and a half meters, which 2 americans would be probably about 4 and a half feet high feet and yeah, cars, trees, gas tanks, little propane tanks, floating down the street and yes, today is clean up and that was heidi no ac, a resident they are talking about, but she is experienced in that severe flooding in western germany where the flooding is also causing devastat

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera li, virginia. diplomatic as a james bass, joins us now live from cobble. james has been fighting recently and had taken thought, 1st of all, with the situation in the west of the country. having clashes in horizon for several days now, but the intensifying according to local sources, the latest fighting to the south of the city, the african government say that they are turning the tide. they say that they have made some gains. they say, certainly earlier that they had retaken the road between harass city and the air force. i can tell you that most flights are cancelled. but we have spoken to a journalist who says that there is an african military flight that is going in and out of herat have force at this time. we also are aware of government claims that they have killed or injured $100.00 taliban overnight. bought the tell about and tell a very different story. they say they're on the offensive and making games. they claim that they have severely injured a police chief in jill a district right next to the city and killed sev

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera fort lee virginia. while back in afghan stan uncertainty and violence dominate everyday life. the un says one and a half 1000000 people my leave, the country by the end of the year is charlotte believes from cobble before you reach the passport office and cobble you pass the soles of administrators, passport applicants pay them to do the paperwork in the 5 years mohammed s of has done this, he's never been busy. i don't want to get john, go over to them, since there's been a lot of violence and the american forces are gone. people don't trust the security situation. that's why a lot of people are applying yet. most of them are families. they come in apply with the children 26 year old samuel at heading isn't leaving years, but he sees everyone he knows is preparing for that day. that's how old you are, jennifer. there's conflict in war and every district, so we're getting passports ready, in case of situation gets worse. so we can go away to a safe place. he's not alone at dawn, this is the queue to app

heidi, thank you. well, let's look at the pandemic around the world and south africa is also struggling with worsening numbers. the vaccination campaign there is making progress with a record quarter of a 1000000 people getting their shops in one day. but so far, only about 7 percent of the population has received at least one dose. south africa is the worst that country on the continent and health experts are also warning over potential rise in cases after large crowds gathered during antique government protests last week. for me to miller has more enough from johannesburg on the speed of the vaccine rollout. all the south african government had to hope to vaccinate about 300000. and they almost reached the target by almost 250000 in the last 24 hours. and that is a record for south africa, especially given they've been concerning the last week or so, given the disruptions here around some of the riots that we experienced in the provinces. of course we're going to tell and hoping in that vaccination c

winds are also responsible for the fires with little respite predicted as the american summer continues heidi joe castro al jazeera washington, an advisor to the former us president donald trump has been released on bail following a court hearing. billionaire thomas barrack is charged with work, he's a foreign asian on behalf of the united arab emirates barrett chair trump's inaugural fund and helped him get elected. you'll have to wear an electronic monitoring tag and surrender his passport. while awaiting trial kristen, selena with more from new york barragan's charged with trying to influence improperly lobby the u. s. president for he was working allegedly on behalf of the united arab emirates as he was the chairman of president trump inaugural committee in 2017. this was a substantial stop and i unexpectedly taking place today. he is due to appear in person in a new york courtroom on monday, but his lawyer is attempting to secure his freedom pending trial. prosecutors were very nervous about this because he is a very wealthy man and business man with a private jet and citizenship in leba

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera or li virginia. kim's deputy is executive director of the association of war time allies, a charity that works towards helping iraqi and afghan interpreters who worked for the united states. she says their path to the us can be difficult. the program is, is quite broken in many ways and, and in some cases so much time has passed. it's all but impossible for these people to gather the required documents because companies may have gone out of business or they've lost contact with their supervisors. and so it can be very difficult for them to do what they need to work strongly, grateful that people have started to arrive. i can't express the emotions i felt when i saw their plain land last night. but while, while we're grateful, we're streamline concerned. they're the numbers have gone up and the program is over. $20000.00 applicants still remaining, which equates to almost $90000.00. when you add in their family members. and when you look at only bringing 2500 to safety, you can realize the gravity of the situation that still r

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro al jazeera fort lee, virginia. well, more on the situation in afghanistan now without diplomatic james space in cobbled, james, we talked about the fighting in the west. the un office coming under attack. how bad is this fighting? well, we can government once again saying that turning this up, tied and getting the situation on the control. but the situation of clashes around this key strategic city, the regional capital of the west, the place closest. the iranian border has gone on now for 3 days and they have not stopped the taliban attacks. we're now hearing from the ministry of interior with africa and special forces have arrived and that the afghan air force a carrying out as strong likes suddenly overnight, the military saying that they had killed or injured 100 taliban. but the view from the side is that they are still making progress in recent hours, we've seen much of the fighting on the main road linking, harass city and harass airport. given the it's all about quite a lot of territory in iraq province. th

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. >> joining me now is heidi przybyla in las vegas for us. heidi, good to have you with us. i know you're there in nevada with halfier becerra. tell us what the administration's efforts look like on the ground there. >> reporter: ayman, federal officials have long warned about a second pandemic of the unvaccinated. and secretary becerra here today in las vegas told us that is exactly the moment that we are in some of these surge communities. here in las vegas, where the vaccination rate of fully vaccinated individuals, ayman, is only at about 38%. and what is happening is what you would expect to be happening with those rates which is that hospitalizations are going up and so is the positivity rate. so this is where one of these largest federal surge teams is being deployed here in las vegas. earlier today, here in this fire house, these teams were organizing. they had a news conference. they are going to look different, secretary becerra told me in every single state depending on the needs of that state. here a lot of it will be disseminating accurate information about vacc

heidi, there's been mixed messaging regarding the vaccine mandate. it is hard, two steps forward, one back, let's go in a different direction, come back this way. what about from the white house? what are we hearing from that front? >> alex, the only one mandating vaccines are private companies. we had google, disney, then walmart. the pentagon is studying whether and when to mandate it for the military, and we could expect an announcement on the army having a vaccine mandate as early as september. there is a federal mask mandate but only for federal employees. with that context the cdc director was asked last night on fox news about a nationwide vaccine mandate. here is what she said. >> are you for mandating a vaccine on a federal level? >> you know, that's something that i think the administration is looking into. it is something that i think we're looking to see approval of from the vaccine. overall, i think in general i am all for more vaccination. but, you know, i have nothing further to say on that except that we are looking into those policie

she's talking to his life from washington dc. heidi, what is the u. s. been saying about this. rob, those developments are under close watch by the us and today and a phone call between us state department, secretary, antony lincoln. and the president of tenicia, of lincoln told, said that he should adhere to the principles of democracy and human rights. and said that open dialogue was needed between all political actors and the 2 nation people. lincoln follow that up with a tweet, saying that this was a good phone call and that he was able to express his support for, to need years. democracy. now the u. s. has been hesitant to call this a coo white house. so foreman said that a thorough legal analysis would 1st be required, but that if this is determined to be a coo, then us a to, to need, could be on the line that's totaled 1400000000 dollars. since the countries revolution in 2011 much of that money going toward the military and security expenses. heidi, thanks very much indeed. it's hydro capital talking to us from washington d. c. well, best, more money is a professor of p

that time is not on their side. heidi joe castro out a 0 port lee virginia. meanwhile there's been a rise in the number of attacks and fighting across across afghanistan. that includes an attack on the un office in harass province. diplomatic editor james bays is incredible. the security situation is not going the way the african government or the americans would like. you might well have interpreters who are in parts of africa, song who would find it very hard to get to cobble. let me tell you about the latest on the security situation. around can the ongoing flashes in helmand also in the south, the neighboring province to canada. clashes that we understand there's been as strikes again, we believe those might well have been u. s. s strikes, but the real focus of attention in recent hours is actually on the west of afghanistan, herat, the regional capital, the part, the big city in afghanistan closest to iran. well, we understand the taliban have been pushing around herat in a number of places. a number of different security instance, and most worryingly, i think for the african go

heidi: encontrÉ una pÁgina en facebook. puse la historia de mi hijo. y un policÍa me mando un mensaje que quisiera hacer Él estar al lado de Él. . quiere hacer su sueÑo realidad en un solo dÍas. satcha: cuando tenÍas 15 semanas de embarazo. te dijeron que era probable que naciera con esta enfermedad. apenas tres meses de vida le daban. aquÍ lo vemos con siete aÑos. para ti ha sido una lucha porque eres madre soltera. cuando ves a tu hijo cumpliendo todas estas metas que sientes. heidi: le digo a las madres que no hagan caso a los doctores. que tratara otra vez. yo no hice caso. estÁ contento y feliz. si tiene su distrofia. pero estÁ saludable. satcha: josÉ me encanta verte con tu gorra. quiero que me digas que es lo que mÁs recuerdas de ese dÍa con los policÍas. [habla en inglÉs] josÉ: [habla en inglÉs] satcha: que lindo. dice que fue a ver los trenes. cuÉntanos acerca de esta experiencia con los trenes. heidi: fue una buena experiencia. algo diferente. no me imaginaba que lo iban a llevar al tren. hizo su trabajo. con su linterna. es

joining us as we kick off this hour, nbc news correspondent heidi prpresbylia. and we will start with you, because you have reported on this document, and tell us about this findings, and tell us why health experts say it is also frightening. and then we will go to yasmeen. >> and so, the document said that the cdc had changed that vaccinated people didn't need recognizes that it needs to revamp the public messaging in light of the delta variant and details how dangerous the agency scientists and outside scientists have concluded how dangerous delta is and how transmissible the chicken pox is and severe the infection is and that while the vaccinated people's infection is mild, it is still transmissible and that is what changed the mask recommendation this week. >> and so for the indoor masking for the vaccinated, and the guidance has been confusing and we talked about it yesterday on this program, and the cdc wanted to get ahead of the information leaking out, and that begs the question, why is that leaked and why didn't the cdc make this available based on the

heidi, thank you. week will be right back. thousands of students attending the seventh annual turn, looking to become leaders of tomorrow. hilary vaughn is live. hilary, hi. reporter: this is a place for young conservatives to rally and unite behind conservative processing and organizers hope they are free from counterculture. thousands are hearing from the gop's, representatives in the house, allison byron donald will be speaking along with big names like donald trump junior, former secretary of state mike pompeo florida governor rhonda sanders it potential 2024, the next generation of first-time voters and other critical voting demographic, over half of young people 18 -- 2430 in 2020 and that is a huge jump compared to 2016 for only 39% of young people voted in the election. arthel: it sounds very lively. give very much. take care. that's going to do it for us, we are back tomorrow at noon eastern. join us then. eric. eric: absolutely and thank you to our loyal viewers for your news. the big saturday show is next right here

and that was the heidi, you know, like a resident of a flood. he had area in western germany, sharing her experiences. their uncle, a miracle in at the moment, is in the us on a farewell visit and is due to speak with president joe biden in a later today will. earlier she received an honorary doctorate from the prestigious johns hopkins university. she was award at the university's highest honor, the doctorate of humane letters in recognition of her cheek. mintz is one of the world's longest serving leaders. the university president praised the chancellor's science based response to the start of the corona virus pandemic. and in her acceptance speech, transamerica look back on the impact of the pandemic on people around the world. and let's see if i think back my last night in may 2019. come on, come 1st. and it's hard to imagine what has happened since this time. and the other 2 years ago, very few people and thought of that a virus when they heard the word corona, but since 18 months. now we have seen how the world has been in the grip of this

friday has been extended by at least 2 weeks. sydney is struggling to contain that outbreak of the heidi, contagious delta vary and 97 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours. us vice president, common harris has met with texas. democrats were hoping to derail of voting restrictions billed by republicans in that state. i said the measure could prevent minorities and other disadvantages group i'm constantly, dallas is so free and fair elections just as just read literally. i said before, we're facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. it's not i, personally, since the civil war, a ceremony has been held to mark the opening of the embassy of the united arab emirates, and israel president reuben ribble, and attended the no variation in tel aviv, israel's embassy in the u. a opened last month. the 2 countries agreed to normalize ties. last august. more than a 160 unmarked graves have been found in the canadian province of british columbia, the site of a former school for indigenous children. more than a 1000 similar graves have been identified across canada