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More than 6 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s, meaning it touches almost all our lives. That number could double by 2050, unless a cure is found. How far away are we? Andy speaks with Dr. Paul Aisen and Dr. Rudolph Tanzi about the genetic factors that contribute to Alzheimer’s, promising blood tests that can detect the disease long before symptoms begin, and a treatment that could be approved by the FDA as soon as July.
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Five women who were denied abortions have filed a lawsuit against Texas over the state’s near-total abortion ban. It’s the first time that pregnant patients who are affected by such laws are taking legal action.
Florida Republicans have introduced bills that would further restrict abortion in the state, including one that would prohibit the procedure before most people even know they’re pregnant. If passed, the measures could also jeopardize abortion access across the South.
And in headlines: two of the four Americans kidnapped in northeastern Mexico were found dead, the Justice Department wants to block JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines, and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz agreed to testify before a Senate committee about his company’s labor practices.
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We'll tell you about a plan President Biden says will save Medicare for the next generation and which Americans would face higher taxes if it passes.
Also, we have an update about missing Americans in Mexico and a new investigation into Norfolk Southern, as the rail operator makes new promises.
Plus, the army's newest recruitment strategy is from decades ago, TikTok is making changes as Reddit tries to be more like TikTok, and it's International Women's Day.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
No migrant crosses America’s border from Mexico illegally without the cartel’s consent, according to Tom Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. When migrants don’t have the money to pay what the cartels demand, they fall prey to trafficking.
Homan and Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, join the show from the Conservative Political Action Conference to explain how the Mexican cartels are using Biden administration policies to their advantage.
The New York Times published an exposé on immigrant children illegally employed to do dangerous jobs across the country. To one U.S. representative, it’s not just a labor issue; it’s symptomatic of the larger problems in the immigration system. Fixing it, then, will require once again taking up the fight to overhaul immigration.
Guest: Rep. Hillary Scholten, U.S. representative from Michigan’s 3rd congressional district.
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What's with Biden's, Trump's, and Pence's classified documents? Why is everything secret in the first place? And what is this costing democracy? Matthew J. Connelly, professor of international and global history at Columbia University, principal investigator at History Lab, and author of the book "The Declassification Engine," looks at the consequence of unchecked governmental power and the effect it has on citizens. Plus, Human Rights Watch's good news for kids and open source farming.
The whitebark pine is a hardy tree that grows in an area stretching from British Columbia, Canada south to parts of California and east to Montana. It's a keystone species in its subalpine and timberline ecosystems and plays an outsized role in its interactions with other species and the land — feeding and providing habitat for other animals, and providing shade to slow glacial melt to the valleys below. But it's increasingly threatened — by more intense fires, by mountain pine beetle infestations and by a deadly fungus called blister rust. Today, producer Berly McCoy takes the microphone to share the ongoing efforts by reforestation forester ShiNaasha Pete and others to save this important species.
