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i am anderson cooper. while the u.s. is the most expensive country when it comes to tkgiving birth, it s also th safest. the statistics are more dire when it comes to giving birth for black women. the question is why do black women face more risks when they go to the hospital to give birth? that s the question that cnn anchor and new mom, abby phillip, has been asking since the birth of her daughter two years ago. abby made unconventional choices when it came to her own childbirth experience, and since then she has been surprised to meet so many other women that made the same choices that she did. over the next hour she takes us to hospitals and birthing centers around the country to show us why more and more black women are turning away from traditional health care and finding other options when it comes to giving birth. hi. hi, baby. reporter: this is the sound of new life being brought into the world. the e kind o of momement mosostt women drdream of.. yet t this is
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shelters over capacity as the government races to add thousands more beds. plus, how did an unaccompanied migrant teen die in a facility in florida? the new warning from the homeland security secretary to migrants with the administration facing new questions over its handling of the crisis and our reporter inside a shelter tonight. tornado outbreak. a massive tornado bearing down. another one ripping through a town as millions face more severe weather overnight. we re tracking it. the marine veteran who put a homeless man in a fatal chokehold free on bail after surrendering to face a manslaughter charge. new reaction from the homeless man s family. the idaho mother known as the doomsday cult mom found guilty of all charges in the deaths of her two youngest children and her husband s ex-wife and what lori vallow now faces. the man who now admits he crashed his own plane, jumping out and recording the whole thing all for a promotion. the new push for more support during