issuing its first subpoenas for witness testimony and documents to four loyalists of the former president. that as president joe biden is nearing the end of a rough week for his administration, especially with the big-ticket items at the top of his domestic agenda in peril. can he turn things around? also tonight, an arrest warrant issued for brian l laundrie for his alleged activities after the death of his fiancee gabby petito. this as investigators continue searching for laundrie in a nature preserve in florida. there's a lot to discuss this evening. i want to get to cnn's chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin and senior legal analyst laura coates. jeffrey, this is big news. the january 6th select committee targeting four of trump's top aides, going straight to subpoenas. what does that tell you about the investigation? >> well, it tells you that what they're looking at is what donald trump knew and when he knew it and what complicity he had in this riot. what it also tells you is that the democrats shouldn't get their hopes up that these four are going to testify because one of the things the trump administration taught the democrats in congress is they can defy congress more or less with impunity because they can tie up these subpoenas in court for months, and this committee does not have months. so even though these four, i think, have no real legal basis to refuse to testify, i would be very surprised if they actually did wind up testifying. >> yeah. so, laura, the committee wants documents, let's see, by the first week in october, and patel, bannon, scavino, and meadows appearing on october 14th and 15th. committee member adam schiff just told chris cuomo that they are moving with great alacrity and nothing is off the table here. none of these people is going to volunteer to testify, so how does the committee compel them? >> that's an interesting point here. the idea of voluntarily cooperating here. they could actually have tried to negotiate beforehand and said, hey, can we essentially persuade you just without having to have the compulsory notion of a subpoena? but because the reason that jeffrey is speaking about, they have certainly learned their lesson. if there's going to be a fight in the courts, it's better to have it now as opposed to weeks and weeks and months and months of negotiation about trying to compel someone to come in voluntarily. this is the way to do it. what's different this time around is last time the person who was the head of the executive branch of government was donald trump. this time, you have joe biden, who has already shown some extraordinary reluctance and, in fact, refusing to interfere with the investigation to this point or trying to put his thumb on the scale. we also know that we've already seen this committee already hand out at least a letter to preserve documents to social media organizations, believing that they have a way there as well. this is more of a wider dragnet, a holistic approach to try to get the information they seek. but the fact that it's just one rung down essentially from the contact with the former president tells you really this is becoming more and more of a trump-focused investigation and with good reason, right? we still don't know a lot about what the former president was doing while this unfolded on january 6th or the days leading up to it, which is part of the reason this investigation is happening. and finally, remember what we saw on january 6th, it wasn't the beginning of the story. it is likely the middle if not the beginning of the end of the story. so all the steps that took place before that are going to have to be what they're investigating to actually get to the root of the issue and legislate effectively. >> don? >> jeffrey, i just want to read part of this letter. go ahead, jeffrey. >> i just think laura makes an important point that, you know, one difference here from the congressional investigations of the trump administration is that joe biden is now head of the executive branch, and he has said they will cooperate. so even though the witnesses are unlikely to testify, the trump-aligned witnesses, there is a lot of information within the executive branch -- emails, phone records, white house records. all of that, i think, congress will get to because the biden administration will cooperate. but the actual testimony of the trump aides, i think that's a long shot. >> as i was saying, jeffrey, i just want to read part of this letter to kash patel. it says, there is substantial reason to believe that you have additional documents and information relevant to understanding the role played by the department of defense and the white house in preparing for and responding to the attack on the u.s. capitol as well as documents and information related to your personal involvement in planning for events on january 6th and the peaceful transfer of power. i mean, wow. can trump try to block these former aides from cooperating? >> he can try, and the aides themselves can try. and i think their legal claim to withhold these documents and withhold their own testimony is weak. but remember what that means is congress will have to go get a vote of contempt of congress and then try to enforce it in the district court, and then get that affirmed by the court of appeals, and then perhaps there will be a writ of scertiorari. think about how long that will take. does congress, does this committee have the patience to wait that long? and just judging by the way congress works, they're going to want to wrap this thing up before the midterm elections, and i just don't see how the courts could resolve these issues and force testimony in time, you know, for next year's elections. >> laura, last word here. what do you see? >> well, i tend to not always share the cynicism, and i'm not calling you an overarching cynic here, toobin. but i do have some great confidence in the speed at which the bureaucratic institute could operate because unlike before when you're talking about the deadline looming, i remember with the ideas of the impeachment proceedings, for example, the threat was the continuation of the president in office. here you're talking about the deadline, a very real one, of the midterm elections. but the focus that bennie thompson has spoken about is not the same sword of damocles timeline above this congressional committee. it's really about to prevent this from happening again but also to understand the root causes, to refortify the security force at the capitol, to enjoy the integrity of our elections going forward in general. so the timeline is actually a little bit longer. but i do agree that the process by which you have to secure their testimony is likely to be protracted. but remember the executive privilege is held by the executive branch. this is a former president of the united states at this point, so he might have a weaker argument being able to, if he tries to assert some basis for privilege, being able to say that he is the one who should hold at this juncture right now, knowing he is no longer the president of the united states. >> laura, jeffrey, thank you both. i really appreciate it. i want to bring in now cnn's senior political analyst john avlon. he is now with a new weekly video series on cnn digital that will examine the rise of extremist groups here in the united states. it is called "reality check with john avlon: extremist beat." john, congratulations on that. thanks for joining us this evening. congressman adam schiff, a member of the january 6th select committee, spoke to chris cuomo earlier tonight, and here's what he said about the subpoenas to meadows, bannon, scavino, and patel. here it is. >> they're all very close to the former president. some were in direct communication with him on january 5th, on january 6th. they are reportedly in communication about how to overturn the results of the election. mark meadows, for example, involved with the justice department, trying to get the justice department to put pressure on georgia to decertify the results of the election. >> so these guys could be facing a whole lot of trouble. how do you see this all playing out? >> well, i think it indicates that the commission is starting to try to narrow the focus on donald trump. what was his state of mind on the day and in the run-up to the january 6th attack on the capitol? because all these individuals have had contact, direct contact with the president that has not yet fully come to light, particularly mark meadows, the former chief of staff, who has been very tight-lipped but had unique access to the president in the oval office during the attack. i think this is a very serious ramp-up. it's very necessary. the information that continues to come out shows beyond a shadow of a doubt there was an attempt to overturn the election. that is a direct assault on our democracy. and these folks have yet to speak under oath and to give over all their information. as laura and toobin just said, the federal government is going to have a lot of this information. the question is whether they can get additional testimony. this is ramping up and the focus seems to be leading to what the question of what the president's mind-set was when the capital was being attacked in an attempt to overturn the election on his behalf. >> earlier this evening, anderson spoke with bob woodward and robert costa on trump's efforts to try to overturn the election results. this is what woodward said about the subpoenas. >> the question is, of course, what happened and ultimately what did trump know. and we describe an extraordinary phone call between bannon and trump right before the insurrection, in which bannon, who is the former top aide to trump, the chief strategist in the white house -- i mean he'd been fired by that point, but as you know in the trump world, you go, and then you come back. and bannon says to trump, we will strangle the biden presidency in the crib. and that is a foreshadowing, of course, of the violence that we saw the next day. >> look, steve bannon knows a lot about what went down during this crucial period. the question is can he be compelled to talk. >> it's an interesting question because he's not serving in government at that time unlike the other three. but i think the revelations in the woodward and costa book are one of the things that have brought bannon back to the fore. he's talking to the president, and his comments to the president about strangling the biden administration in the crib, about trying to have half the country feel it's an illegitimate administration, speak to the fact this was not some kind of spontaneous riot. there appears to be a degree of premeditation, an attempt to stir up trouble to overturn the election or delegitimize an incoming administration. bannon's testimony could be key to that. but even more important, i think, is the people who had direct witness of the president in the oval office at that time. but the reporting that's come out keeps escalating the pressure, and that's one of the reasons we're seeing these subpoenas today. this was an attack on our democracy perpetuated by the people closest to the president. >> john avlon, i appreciate your perspective. thank you, sir. >> thanks, don. news tonight in the gabby petito case. an arrest warrant issued for her fiance, brian laundrie, for his activity after her death. what it all means, next. i see you found the snacks. mmm, delicious! i need this recipe. everyone thinks i made them, but it's actually d-con. what was that? judy? d-con. mice love it to death. breaking tonight, the fbi announcing a federal arrest warrant for brian laundrie, saying it is relate td to his activities following the death of his fiancee, gabby petito. laundrie's family says they have not seen him for nine days, and search teams have reported no signs of him in the florida nature reserve his parents pointed them to. amara walker has more now. >> reporter: a smiling gabby petito at arches national park. the photo posted on her instagram page on august 12th, the same day petito appears distraught on body camera footage from police in moab, utah, responding to a reported domestic dispute between the 22-year-old and her 23-year-old fiance, brian laundrie. >> we've just been fighting this morning. some personal issues. >> reporter: petito telling police she and laundrie were just under a lot of stress. >> i'm trying to start a blog. >> reporter: the couple was living a self-described nomadic lifestyle, traveling across the country documenting their journey along the way. >> it is really nice and sunny today. >> reporter: this youtube video was posted one week after the run-in with moab police. on august 25th, this last post was made on petito's instagram account. it was the next day, on august 26th, that a woman tells the "san francisco chronicle" she saw laundrie in his van in spread creek, a camping ground near where petito's body was later discovered. >> i'm 100% certain that i did see him parking his van, and it was just him. there was no gabby. >> reporter: a day later, the petito family received what appeared to be the last text message from her. petito mother found the text odd, telling police she never called her grandfather by that time. that same day a louisiana couple says they saw petito in tears and laundrie visibly upset during an incident at a jackson, wyoming, restaurant. >> she was standing on the sidewalk crying, and he walked back in and was like screaming at the hostess. >> reporter: on august 29th, this woman says she and her boyfriend picked up laundrie hitchhiking in an area near where petito's remains were later discovered. >> he then told us he's been camping for multiple days without his fiancee. >> reporter: the next day the petito family received the last text message from petito's phone but they're skeptical it came from her. quote, no service in yosemite. according to police, laundrie suddenly returned to the north port, florida home he shared with petito and his parents but without petito. a neighbor said she last saw laundrie outthe family home the weekend of september 10th. >> i thought it was a normal they were going for a walk kind of thing. so never thought anything about it. >> reporter: it's the same weekend petito's family report her as missing on september 11th. the laundries refused to cooperate with authorities. >> whatever you can do to make sure my daughter comes home, i'm asking toer that help. >> reporter: days later, laundrie disappears. that evening, authorities execute a search warrant in the couple's van and recover an external hard drive. but it wasn't until four days later, september 18th, that authorities begin a massive search of the carlton reserve for laundrie. the next day, human remains are found in a remote location near grand teton national park. autopsy results confirm the remains found are those of gabby petito. the cause of death ruled a homicide. >> that was amara walker. thank you, amara for that. now more on our breaking news tonight. the big development in the case of gabby petito, the fbi saying a federal arrest warrant has been issued for her fiance, brian laundrie, related to his activities after petito's death, which has been ruled a homicide. this happening as investigators are still searching for laundrie in a swampy nature reserve in florida, and so far coming up empty. i want to discuss now with captain ron johnson, who is retired from the missouri state highway patrol. captain johnson, thank you very much. it's good to see you this evening. we appreciate you joining us. a federal warrant has now been issued for brian laundrie. this is now officially a nationwide manhunt. how does this change the investigation? >> well, i think he's been a suspect, but now there's an arrest warrant out for him. that search should intensify, and so hopefully more effort will bend to bring him in. >> what kind of information would investigators be able to gather from those unauthorized devices? >> they can look at conversations back and forth. they can also find a timeline of what he was doing when they were together and afterwards. so i think it's going to be important what's on there and what they can find out concerning that relationship. >> timeline and maybe there is some surveillance video from if they can piece together where he was at the time. you know, captain, tonight cnn is reporting that laundrie left his parents' home in north port, florida, last tuesday without his cell phone or wallet, and his parents were concerned that he might hurt himself. the fbi and police aren't commenting on that. how will that factor into this investigation? >> well, i think the parents will play a pivotal role in what's going on. they can tell us what he was thinking, what he was talking about. and then it's going to be important, when did they tell law enforcement that he left and what they know about his whereabouts, and does he have any other means to money and other ways to communicate with people. >> yeah. i want to talk to you about another big case, captain. this one is in louisiana. the former state police officer jacob brown indicted for use of excessive force. as you can see in this video that we're putting up now when he was arrested aaron larry bowman for a traffic stop. he reportedly beat bowman with a metal baton, breaking his jaw, some of his ribs among other injuries. what's your reaction to this indictment? >> i think it's important that we continue to prosecute officers that engage in this behavior to the fullest. their behavior hurts the profession and hurts those men and women that are doing the job to protect us throughout this country. so we have to continue and our justice system and communities demand that police do their job in a proper way. when they don't, we have to make sure the court system holds them responsible. >> aaron larry bowman was a guest on this show. this is what he said about the incident. >> i did exactly what he asked. the next few minutes, he snatched me out of the car and swung me to the ground and went to beating on me. while he was doing it, the rest of the police that was there were just standing around watching. he wasn't trying to help me. i was asking for their help. they wasn't helping me. they just let him continue on hitting me with a flashlight. >> you didn't think you were going to make it or survive that? >> no, sir. >> this is not the only case against this officer, and it only came to light after bowman filed a civil suit. is this kind of behavior and then cover-up a systemic problem with some departments? >> i think it is. i think leadership -- we have to hold officers accountable, and in these cases where we find out that officers have multiple cases that are similar, then i look at leadership and say, what are you doing, and are you holding your people accountable, and maybe we should gbegin to look at leadership and make sure they have some responsibility in these incidents that happen. but we have to value people in our country no matter what your race or gender. this is a case where we definitely see this gentleman wasn't valued. when we talk about relationships in our country, especially with communities of color, this is why those relationships are frayed. >> and speaking of, there's another case that i'd like to ask you about. a missing 24-year-old geologist, daniel robinson, who disappeared in the arizona desert. this is what his father, who has been in arizona looking for his son for the past three months, had to say. >> my son loves his family. he would not go anywhere without telling us. he would not have a desire to be away from his family. he would not go out into the desert. he would not try to join a monastery, which has been told by the buckeye police department. and my son mysteriously disappeared. that's all we do know. >> yeah, look, this has been three months. gabby petito is more recently. this one did not get as much coverage. the family suspects foul play, but police, they don't think so because of all of his personal effects were found in his jeep. this is such a mystery. is there more that should be done to find out what happened to daniel robinson? >> you know, i think sometimes we try to look at cases and make them similar. i think each case has to be looked at on its own merit, and i think we do need to make sure that we're giving all the effort that we can, you know, listening to that father, my heart goes out to him. but we have to make sure that all cases are valued. this is a case that, you're right, we're not hearing about in our country. i think when we can put it out in the media, put it out in the community, we have a better chance of solving these cases because people are more aware and they can help law enforcement. >> we always appreciate having you on. thank you, captain ron johnson. >> no problem. the cdc saying yes to booster shots but not to everyone getting them. who they say should and shouldn't get the extra shot. you said you'd never get a dog. you said you'd never do a lot of things. but you never knew what a dog could do for you. and with resolve, you never worry about the mess. love the love, resolve the mess. i used to pre-rinse because mom did. but i wasted up to 20 gallons of water every time. now, we just scrape and load. finish quantum works without pre-rinsing, cleaning your dishes to a shine. join the millions of americans skipping the rinse to save our water. my hygienist cleans with a round head. so does my oral-b my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean feel every day. overwhelmed by the ups and downs of frequent mood swings of bipolar i? 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(music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ (music) ♪ i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ tonight i want to honor and remember a giant who forever changed the film industry. director, actor, and writer and trailblazer melvin van peebles. van peebles died this week at the age of 89. the icon known as the god father of black cinema brought us films like the story of a three day pass, and watermelon man. tributes to the legend are pouring in. barry jenkins saying that he made the most of every second and every single damn frame. spike lee on instagram saying that we have lost another giant. and david alan grier stating, we've lost another lion. van peebles son and longtime collaborator mario van peebles joins me now. mario, thank you, sir. >> what's happening, man? >> i appreciate you joining us this evening. i know it's a tough time for you, but we want to celebrate the legacy of your father and your father's life. so my condolences, but let's talk about him, okay? >> thank you. >> he had a huge influence on so many directors. what does his legacy mean to you? >> well, first of all, understand something, that the modern-day colonizer doesn't use whips and chains. they use imagery. they use schools. they use churches, and they use television and film. and so when you grow up as a kid of color and you see the easter bunny is white, all the presidents and vice presidents are white, the people in the movies are white, the beautiful people in vogue are white, you start to believe you can't do it. and the first step to freeing your mind is the first step to getting the chains off is freeing your mind and seeing the possibility that you can win. so when melvin van peebles said, we're tired of being the serving class, we want to whip some ass and he puts black revolution on the screen with sweet back, it changed the whole game. and kids like me, kids like spike, kids like julie, we saw that, and we said, we want to do that. and it was a game-changer. seeing us finally winning, the possibility of winning, being a lead in film meant you could one day be a lead on television or be a lead in the political movement. all those things are possible if you can see yourself that way. and melvin helped us see us that way. i think although his vision was different than other people's vision, the vision of freedom was one that was super attractive to all of us. >> he paved the way for so many. i was speaking just today actually about your father and his legacy and what he did. i was speaking with lee daniels. everyone pays homage and, you know, when you bring up melvin van peebles, they bow down and say he was the king, the originator. your father rose to prominence with the release of his landmark film, but people may not know he did it all, directing, scripting, editing, scoring, marketing, financing, on and on. what did that movie mean for black cinema and independent f film making? >> first of all, i grew up on that film. it meant i was, you know, learning about editing. we were learning about acting. you grow up in the melvin van peebles by any means necessary film making family, you learn it all. that's actually good because dad said, i don't play ball well. i'm going to try to teach you how to own the team. when he did sweet back and i was there as a kid, i saw hollywood look at this and say, this is a movie about a black sex worker who becomes a revolutionary, who gets a consciousness. they didn't want that, but they wanted that revolutionary money. so they had a film about a white detective, and they just did it in black and called it shaft. after that came soup uperfly, bt did sort of make drug dealing look hip, and that was hurtful to us as a community, but it was too late. we were now seeing ourselves on-screen with afros and black was not beautiful at the expense of white. it's just that after all this time of being inundated with all their imagery and not even thinking that god looks like you, we were starting to see ourselves win on-screen. that was an immense thing for folks of color, you know. after that, i told him, 20 years later, i did new jack city. after that, i got a little juice in hollywood. you know, you're here and then there. you never take it too seriously. after that i wanted to do a western. i got to direct my dad in my western "posse" and hollywood made more westerns than any other genre, but traditionally we didn't do too well. in my move, posse, i wanted to see us win together. it was about taking control of your imagery, whether you wanted to be malcolm or madea, we could do it all. >> amen. i write about that in my book, and i talk about the imagery, and i talk about madea being really a giant f you to hollywood the way that tyler is doing it in down in atlanta and really paving his own way again. i'm sure he would agree with this in large part because of what your father did. i just want to say a couple things because you told me a very poignant story yesterday when we talked about this. sweet back was dedicated to all the brothers and sisters who have had enough of the man. and in 2020, it was selected for a preservation by the library of congress. i mean that is a distinct honor. can you talk to me about what you said to me about how your father passed and what that moment was like for you if you don't mind sharing it wereith t world? >> yeah, man. i knew dad didn't want to pass at a hospital. we knew he was getting old. i got him home. he heaved this beautiful sigh of relief, and i slept in the room with him. he slept on the bed. i put a cot next to him, and 2:30 this the morning, something told me to wake up, don. i put my hand on his chest. i told him i loved him, and he had passed. and i felt that i was, as a kid, able to see this man, know that good allies come in all colors, teach me how to be the boss but also how to be the assistant and have respect for everybody. i got to see him live his life well and i got to see him exit it well, you know? we think of a life well lived. we think of birth is a miracle, death as a tragedy. it's different sides of the same mortality coin. to see your dad and brother's laying there peaceful like a buddha and let it go, i was like, may i be so lucky, don? in his bed with his kid right there. >> yeah. your dad did not age. you do not age. and i'm so grateful that you're here, that we can honor your dad and talk about his legacy. thank you very much. >> well, brother, he's right here on my t-shirt. he's right here on my t-shirt. >> thank you. i want to tell our viewers that a box set featuring melvin van peebles' essential films is set to be released last week. and a broadway revival of his play, ain't supposed to die a natural death, that's slated for return next year. our thanks to mario van peebles. we'll be right back. lactaid is , just without the lactose. so you can enjoy it even if you're sensitive to dairy. so anyone who says lactaid isn't real milk is also saying mabel here isn't a real cow. and she really hates that. nyquil severe gives you powerful relief for your worst cold and flu symptoms, on sunday night and every night. nyquil severe. the nightime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine. tony here from creditrepair.com taking to the streets to talk about credit. can you repair your credit yourself? 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>> wow. joining me now, the director of "the lost sons," ursula mcfarlane. thank you. such a relatable story. it drew me in. you know, everyone was looking for christmas presents and then you come upon that. it's truly bizarre. how did you first hear about this story, and why did you want to help paul tell it? >> well, i was working with and they asked me if i would come along and make this film with them. i met paul, and i was so drawn to his story of wanting to know who he was because i think we all, deep down, we need to know where we come from. and if we don't, that's a big void in us, and we need to find out. i just felt it was a story about identity, a story about family, what family really means, and he's a charismatic guy, and he was on a journey. as filmmakers, we wanted to go on that journey with him. >> ursula, his story raises so many questions about identity, about what actually defines us as people. what do you think the film tells us about that? >> absolutely. it's all about that. i think it's the fact that we really need to know who we are. as i said, if we don't, there's a big hole. i think it also tells us about family. what is family? is family the people that we're born into? is it the people that love us and bring us up? you know, i think family, we're all living in an age where there's blended families and dysfunctional families and difficult families. we all understand that. i think every viewer can relate to that. so family isn't necessarily who you were born into. i think that's what paul discovers by the end of the film when he discovers some really difficult, deep, dark secrets about his biological family. you know, that was fascinating to us, and i think we were swept up in that journey that paul has and still is on. it's an ongoing journey. >> ursula, by the way, is not giving away anything because paul still has -- he still needs lots of things answered. do you think he's going to ultimately get the answers he's looking for? >> i mean that's a really good and difficult question because, you know, when people see the film, they'll understand that there's a big piece of the jigsaw still missing. he has found many of the answers. some of the answers are very difficult for him to take, very disappointing, very distressing. i don't know. you know, his story happened in the early '60s a lot of people are no longer with us. i don't think he's going to stop looking. i think he's going to continue looking. i hope maybe he can find some peace with whatever the answer is. but i think, you know, if you need to know those things, you need to know those things, and you're not going to stop searching. >> yeah. listen. you never know. you never know, especially in this day and age. maybe he will get those answers. it's a fascinating film. thank you so much, ursula. we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> absolutely. be sure to tune in. the all new cnn film "the lost sons" premieres sunday night at 9:00 only here on cnn. and thank you for watching. our coverage continues. here is the weekender box. it's a cocktail aging kit, i think that's really, really cool. drop point blade with 256 layers of forged steel. that's nuts! i just love that every time we open a box from bespoke, we're most likely getting something from a small brand. bespoke post sends you awesome boxes every month and i love it. head to bespokepost.com and get a free gift with your first box when you enter code free. every day, coventry helps people get cash for their life insurance policies they no longer need. i'm an anesthesiologist and a pain physician by specialty. i was trying to figure out what i could do with this term life insurance policy. i'm sorta stuck because i can't just go out and buy more insurance, because of my diagnosis. i called coventry direct and everything clicked. there actually were a lot more options that i thought there ever would be. coventry helped michael like we've helped thousands of people sell all or part of their life insurance policies for cash. even a term policy. there probably are a lot of people that are in a similar situation who don't know they have an option. i would definitely recommend talking to coventry about it. coventry made it very easy. i just couldn't have asked for a better experience. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. ahead, the manhunt for brian laundrie takes a turn with the fbi announcing an arrest warrant for gabby petito's fiancee. then a looming showdown over executive privilege as the biden white house works to give january 6 select committee information on what trump and his aides were doing during the insurrection. and the school mask debate rages in parts of the u.s. hear from parents and students standing up against the medical move. hello,

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