we re going to see more and more how much our motor ability actually is tied to the way we think and feel. and i want to know whether there s anything we can do to harness or boost neuroplasticity in our daily lives. on thisjourney, i m going to give you three hacks to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process. as a science journalist, i ve always been fascinated by the workings of the mind. and today i ve come to royal holloway, university of london to scan my brain before embarking on a six week brain altering course. jaw harp resonates i m just taking a moment to settle into this posture. this is thorsten barnhofer, professor of clinical psychology at surrey university. he s currently running a study on the effects of mindfulness in managing stress and difficult emotions. he s also been looking into how mindfulness changes the actual structure of the brain itself, showing signs of this neuroplastic rewiring even after just a few weeks. a
news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, bulls eye, the direct hit to retail giant target. it stopped on a downward slide following the pride merchandise controversy. and rescue plan, the demolition is now on pause as the search continues for two people possibly left inside that iowa apartment building after the horrific partial collapse. we ve got a live report on the ground in davenport. also, quote, i expected to die. the powerful words from a rabbi during the pittsburgh tree of life synagogue shooting trial. we ll bring you the latest from that second day of testimony. plus, in just the last few minutes, the house officially took up the fiscal responsibility act, also known as the debt ceiling bill with the first round of votes expected in the next 90 minutes. where things stand on the hill right now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and i want to begin ri
[explosions] bill: in case you haven t noticed it s rough outside. hurricane level wind gusts slamming the northeast, major storm hovering over millions of people today. that s a live look at a car in an embankment in maryland. with the flash flooding and power outages it could be tough going. we re watching the storm. check out that radar. that started 12 hours ago and continues to march up the northeast. a lot of green on that screen. updates throughout the morning as we go. meanwhile this. president biden behind the eight ball. new polling shows him losing next year in not just the former president. hope you had a great weekend, everybody. we are drowning in numbers today. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. dana: great to be here. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the latest fox news polling shows president biden trailing both former president trump and nikki haley and in a dead heat with governor ron desantis. bill: all this adding to democrats
we start tonight with a special bbc report. for more than a year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called a state of exception , in which several constitutional rights were suspended in a national crackdown on the country s powerful street gangs. the police have arrested a staggering 66,000 people and el salvador s murder rate has fallen. but human rights organisations say thousands of people with no link to the gangs have been unjustly detained. 0ur correspondent will grant is covering this story for us. what have you learned? if we think about el salvador s nan- problem, the countries gang problem, the countries really synonymous with two main rival gangs. the ms13 and the 18 street gangs. they did rule all swathes of the country to a reign of terror, intimidation, violence and extortion. that is being exhausting for ordinary people as you can imagine, having to deal with that every day in their communities, fearful about the well being of their child
ticking time bomb, only 18 days until u.s. possibly default on its debt. the ripple effects across the global economy. congress leaves town without striking a deal. we re live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, a new dubious distinction for the twice impeached indicted ex president donald trump, he s the only former president of the united states to be held liable in civil court for sexual abuse. how the controversial cnn town hall where heat trump s repeated lies, could it get him more legal travel, that is ahead. and, exposing extremism, texas idaho murders online live revealed neo-nazi and white supremacy ideologies. later, who has infiltrated these far-right hate groups takes us inside these concerning surge of hispanic white nationalists. all of that is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we re gonna start today s show with the hourglass quickly running out for congress to take action on the debt ceiling. lawmakers left capitol hill t