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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i think that he is starting to transcend just his sport. he s becoming something of a public figure. futterman: michael jordan becomes the model that every other athlete wants to shoot for. they want to be a brand. and that s what television does for these athletes. it turns them into worldwide, iconic brands. announcer: the inbound pass comes in to jordan. here s michael at the foul line. a shot on ehlo. -good! -yeah! the bulls win! athletes in the 80s became part of an ongoing group of people that we cared about. we just had an enormous, pent-up demand for sports and the 80s began to provide. thank goodness. cable television is continuing to grow. it s estimated that it will go into one million more u.s. households this year. with cable television suddenly offering an array of different channel choices, the audience bifurcated. that s an earthquake. i want my mtv! i want my mtv!■■■■i want my mtv! i want my mtv. i want my mtv. goodman: a new concept is born the best of t