the special gesture moving her little sister, lauren, to tears. lauren, in that moment, what were you feeling? it was like a beautiful moment to share. like all of the hard work that not only she did but my parents did for her. they didn t go to college. it wasn t just your degree i wouldn t have the degree without them, all their hard work, their support, all their love throughout the years. reporter: tiffany s parents came to the u.s. from brazil in the 90s and like so many immigrants, sacrificed so the family could lead better lives here in america always putting an emphasis on education. what have your parents had to give up to get you to that graduation so my dad worked in construction and painting my mom in
lviv. what do ukrainians need at this moment? is the u.s. military equipment getting to the front lines where it is most needed? it is, tiffany s. more than a dozen flights are landing. they are carrying the contents of biden s 800 million dollar aid military package. when they say need most desperately s artillery shells. he promised 144 thousands of those in that package. it sounds like a lot. at the current rate of fighting, this is about three weeks worth. this is a very important stop back for the ukrainians. the first phoenix ghost drones are now in ukrainian hands this is what they call loitering munitions. we would call them a kamikaze drones. they are designed in record time by the united states air force, specifically for use by ukrainian forces. we expect to see them soon on the battlefield in the east. i got the chance to speak to a
belief. he also believes that the world is flat. and that. drinking your own urine is the key to health. with this particular person, it s very hard to convince him that this is not true. there are other people in the podcast i talk to, that were more easily, you know, persuadable, i would say. so it really depends how much of a person s life they ve given over to a conspiracy theory, and that will really tell you what kind of chance you have of pulling them out. i only got about a minute left, let me just ask you. i mean, why are conspiracy theories like this so harmful? oh, man! tiffany s, in particular, she really was sort of the canary and the coal mine for a lot of people. and it really does, it may not just be this conspiracy theory, but disinformation in general makes you not know, you know, what to believe. and so, especially when it comes to something like a vaccine. sometimes it can just feel like,
those true believers, and i think this is in his false belief. drinking your own urine is the key to health. with this particular person, it s very hard to convince him that this is not true. there are other people in the podcast i talk to, that were more easily, you know, persuadable, i would say. so we did really depends how much of a person s life they ve given over to a conspiracy theory, and that will really tell you what kind of chance you have. when i only got about a minute left, let me just ask you. i mean, why are conspiracy theories like this so harmful? oh man! tiffany s, in particular, she really was sort of the canary and the coal mine for a lot of people. and it really does, it may not just be this conspiracy theory, but disinformation in general makes you not know, you know, what to believe.
a remarkable washington post interview with former president donald trump this week. he blamed house speaker nancy pelosi and d.c. mayor muriel bowser for not stopping the riot on january 6th. he said the secret service blocked him from actually going to the capitol with his supporters. he bragged about the crowd size at the coup and is still repeating the fiction he ll be reinstated. he told the post, how has it not happened, if you re bank store robber or jewelry store robber and go to tiffany s and you steal their diamonds and get caught, you have to give the diamonds back. all of this leads to the question, is there anything trump can do or say that would be too far for the gop? senate minority leader mitch mcconnell s answer is apparently no. you said donald trump s actions preceding the january