He hasnt been charged with anything yet. But it would be standard procedure, and a Special Counsel investigation, to look into any financial heres what Jared Kushners lawyer is saying in a statement tonight. We do not know what this report refers to. It could be Standard Practice for the Special Counsel to examine financial records to look for anything related to russia. Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about russia related matters. He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. Whats your reaction to that . It may turn up nothing. But this is part and parcel of this long drawnout investigation that were in for. The idea that any one of these little new additions of information is going to be the body blow that, you know, unravels this whole mystery or takes down the administration, thats not going to happen. On the other hand, the idea that any one of these stories on its own is going to Vindicate Kushner or President Trump on their own is not going to happen. Were going to find out one way
or the other, if theres any collusion, maybe there is, maybe theres not, were going to find out one way or the other if theres any obstruction of justice. Laura, speak to us about the significance of this. We spoke last hour, that this doesnt necessarily mean guilt. You know, less than 150 days in office, the president is reportedly under investigation. His soninlaw, and the finances being looked at. How much trouble is this for the administration . Its a great deal of trouble. Politically speaking, of course, and legally, its no picnic to have the fbi have a devoted person whose singular focus is to determine whether or not you violated the law. Yes, it could ultimately come up that they are completely exonerated in some way, and vindicated. But realistically speaking, this is an indication this is going to be a thorough and very wide sweeping dragnet. There are people closer and closer to the president s orbit. With michael flynn, he, too, is
entity to the demise of the United States. In doing so, you cant have one person whos pushing a lot of paper around, one bureaucrat in d. C. Who is active. You have to have people taking very different angles, the obstruction angle, collusion, finances. Thats why investigators are Interviewing Coats and rogers and everyone else, because they have to take a very wide approach. What this tells you is good news for the president of the United States, that theres not a narrow focus here. While he is now part of the probe and has by his own actions brought the magnifying glass above his head, anything is game. It tells you, of course, the focus, if its not narrow, they dont know yet what theyre looking for. It could be anything. That can in a way, thats not going to appease the president or make him feel comfortable, but its a way of saying, look, we do not know yet what we have. Which is why we cannot be
presumptuous. Youve been around washington for a while. Not saying anything about your age or anything. I earned all these gray hairs. Youre a republican. And if youre in the white house, if youre part of the administration, you hire 13 attorneys, what are you thinking . I think lauras right, talking about the history of how the Special Counsel investigations work. This is an indication right now that its a very thorough investigation, that it is potentially much wider. But i think the main worry i would have is, this goes to the politics of it, that it may take potentially longer. And right now, one of the big challenges this white house has is that it has a very ambitious agenda. It has control of both houses of congress. And has a lot of things it wants to get done. But this continues to really pull them away from their central core focus on things like the economy, and national security, and other big ticket items. And serves as a distraction. Every day that the white house
is on offense of what they want to do of what motivated voters to support donald trump in the first place is really a lost day. So every single day we see that the president and white house staff having to litigate this, makes it potentially more i would be nervous about this if i worked for donald trump. Because, you know the wider part of it, yeah. Right. Theres theory, i dont know if its true, that a theory that we all commit three felonies a day. If you followed me around all day, you could put pretty much i dont know about you, okay. Ill steer clear. What are you doing . My point is, look, starts off as a land deal in arkansas, and ends up with the president , you know, perjuring himself. Or starts off with a Valerie Plaim Leak and ends up with scooter libby. I think that, you know, it could be that theres no collusion, that theres no fundamental problem. But if you lie to the fbi, you
go to jail. There could be a lot of people who did some things that, you know, werent on the upandup. Somebodys probably going to go down at some point i would think. Theres something that laura said. I really think donald trump and his administration, but mainly donald trump brought this upon himse himself. It is his tweets, the things that he said. He said about james comey, he tweeted james comey better hope there arent any tapes. They dropped the memo, well, i have a tweet. Perhaps this investigation would not have become so extensive had donald trump exercised some level of restraint. Yeah. And the Vice President himself is now nervous as well. Hes hiring his outside counsel. Everyones nervous, even proactively before the noose is closer to them. Mike shields . Look, you hear the tone of what we were talking about. Kushner hasnt been charged yet. The walls are closing in. This is what washington does with one of these things. It sort of creates this tear of guilty by just coverage. Coverage makes you guilty. The fact of the matter is, theres been scores of investigators looking at this russia thing for months now. They havent found anything. Theres literally the only thing 50i78 Harping On It tonight its illegal leaks. No one has been found guilty of anything. The point about the language but now were talking about maybe we should be careful to say, people are innocent, all of them, until proven guilty. Just because youre interviewed by somebody doesnt mean theyre part of a grand jury investigation. Theyre being looked at. Nothing has happened to them yet, people watching are thinking probably something is there. A lot of people will probably say, thats kind of what i mean i think we can all be a
little more careful with our language, but i think thats just the vernacular that people well, thats why the president s pushing back so hard on this. You might understand why he gets so aggressively pushing back when he watches this kind of no, no. Something probably happened. Is he under investigation when he started Crooked Hillary . Hes the one who started about talking about people being guilty, when nothing had been found. So im sorry, if this kind of language bothers him, he brought it upon himself, just like every single thing that has happened up to now. You could point back and say, geez, if he just stopped his twitter fingers from going happily on his phone, he wouldnt be in half of the hot water as he is right now. To your point, kevin, i agree with you that he could easily try to distract us from all of this russia collusion, perhaps treason, obstruction of justice
if he focused on his agenda, which im sure the republicans would love. This is exactly the point im trying to make. But let me wait, wait. That actually dovetails from the previous let me be quite precise on this point. I think youre harping on an issue that really avoids the forest for the trees. The point is this, one person who is to blame for this language that talks about very ominous and looming is james comey. Because it has been a longstanding tradition that People Dont Comment On Acting Investigations for the very reasons you spoke of. The tar and feathering that happens in the court of Public Opinion and Public Square is precisely why people condemn james comey. Now that he has started the pendulum in motion toward that arena, people are talking about things in the ominous tone youre talking about. Its not just the media who does it. It was the former director of the fbi. In doing so, it points out this particular point. You cannot discuss an active investigation, because it makes the public believe that there is
far more to it. Ultimately there may be exoneration here. But the problem here is what theyre talking about, the president of the United States by not recognizing the fact that its an active Ongoing Investigation is commenting on it in a way and making proactive steps where hes creating a greater issue. Well be right back after this. Whoooo. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over 200 sites to find you the hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazie, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. The opioid my doctor prescribed for my Chronic Back Pain backed me upbig time. Before movantik, i tried to treat it myself. Spent time, money. No go. But i didnt back down. I talked to my doctor. She said one, movantik was specifically designed for opioidinduced constipationoic and can help you go more often. Number two . With my savings card, i can get movantik for about the same price as the other things i tried. Dont take movantik if you have a Bowel Blockage or a history of them. Movantik may cause serious side effects including symptoms of opioid withdrawal, severe stomach pain and or diarrhea,
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difference between when he does Something Like when he sent out the video message today to the congressmen and people who were playing ball, and when he talks about david bailey and Crystal Griner and say they should be commended, that that resonates and the other things may not resonate . Of course, he does. Not only the statement at the Baseball Game today, but the statement he gave yesterday. These tweets are about pushing back on a political investigation of him. And hes using politics to push back on it and using his twitter account that hes done since running for office. It goes right past washington, d. C. , past the media out to the american people. Thats the way he wants to communicate with people. Hes been pretty successful in doing that. Then we show it on the screen and it gets to the american people. But my point and i want david to respond to this, if you are fighting something legally, does the court of Public Opinion matter . Shouldnt he be doing having that fight with his attorneys, and doing it in a smarter way
than maybe contradicting himself . Something that attorneys can use . Or even people on the other side of the political aisle can use . The court of Public Opinion matters and the legal fight matters if youre President Trump. To your point, don, hes working at crosspurposes to a degree in this. Yes, mike is right, hes communicating over the heads of the media, to his core supporters. But at the same time that hes sort of rallying the troops, hes also signaling to the rest of america the not the 38 of people who have the favorable view of him, but everybody else, that hes not taking the legal fight seriously, and that hes not approaching it in a way that we would typically describe as president ial. I just take this opportunity just to address one thing from what we were talking about before. You made a good point before about talking about when we say theres an investigation using the word yet. Lets get that out of the way. Youre right. Everybodys innocent until proven guilty. Youre right, We Shouldnt Say yet. Now that thats out of the way, all the other issues still apply. We need answers to the question, why the president has been so solicitous of russia. We need answers to the question, why during a transition Jared Kushner is plegt with the head of a russian bank. We need answer to the question why was comey fired. Very, very quickly, first of all, this was already this story was already out. Its interesting that its suddenly news again. Now hes a white house offerings who has taken on a Foreign Policy portfolio. It shouldnt be shocking that hes meeting with people. So, look its not shocking. But why dont we add that context . When we say breathlessly, oh, my gosh, theres a leak, Jared Kushner is under investigation, for something that may have been part of his duties as a transition official. Thats a long thing to apparently too long for a lot of people in washington. Jared kushner being under
investigation is not false. When we say, when youre explaining, youre losing. There are so many things that we have to explain. We have to put context to them when we talk about Jared Kushner, the president. There are so many things. We shouldnt have to add all that context. The media should have a responsibility to add the context to make sure they dont alter the context. Absolutely. I dont think theyre offering it, though. Lets assume the media is not giving donald trump a fair shake. Isnt it incumbent upon a politician to try to get good press . And if they get continuously, if they have their agenda derailed, is it the onus on them to say we have to figure out how to control the message, develop relationships with the press . If Lynn November Siger got bad press for reagan, theyll say, were not doing a good job. I dont understand why you or others, every time that im here, and i try to criticize the way the media has covered donald
trump, it immediately comes back to its Donald Trumps fault. Ive been working in politics for 20 years, and ive seen conservatives not get a fair shake from the media. The media, if you look at the data, where Media Members give money to, who they vote for in primaries, they lean to the left. This is something thats been going on for years and years. Hold them a little more accountable. Be more selfreflective of their own for every action there is an equal reaction. They are the crooked media. Theyre not it needs to well, im not do you want the media to say, no i would like the president of the United States to be better. Why is the bar so low for donald trump . It performs a vital role in american politics. I want the media to be selfreflective and ask themselves why the public is losing faith in them. This is what the media hears when you say that. We want positive stories about donald trump. Thats not the medias job. The medias job is to report. The reporting is not always positive. How about asking the media if something is right or wrong . Anytime we push back, anytime the Trump Campaign pushes back on us as newspapers, or tv networks, the pushback is, fake news. Its not about the fact look at rob rosensteins statement that came out tonight. He didnt say that the story in the Washington Post was wrong. He said, beware of anonymous leaks. Thats not the same as saying the story is wrong. So if the idea is to hold the Media Accountable, the way to hold the Media Accountable is to say, if we get it wrong, point it out. Not to say were liberal or fake news. Thats not true. When we come right back, this could be awkward. Times up, insufficient were on prenatal care. Es. And administrative paperwork. Your days of drowning people are numbered. Same goes for you, budget overruns. And rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. Were coming for you, too. For those who wont rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. Optum. How well gets done. Now you drive 300to be fmiles to watch this. Yes, nice pop toss flag dancing . Weve been there. And with free hot breakfast and a warm welcome, well be there for you. Hampton by hilton. Theres nothing more than my vacation. Me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. Booking. Com gets it. They offer free cancellation if my plans change. Visit booking. Com. Booking. Yeah. Yogigspeed internet. Me . You know whats not awesome . When only certain people can get it. Lets fix that. Lets give this guy gig really . And these kids. And these guys. Him. Ah. Oh hello that lady. These houses yes, yes and yes. And dont forget about them. Uh huh. Sure. Still yes you can get it too. Welcome to the party. Introducing gigspeed internet from xfinity. Finally, gig for your neighborhood too. The story of Prime Minister turn bull and President Trump did not get off to a great start. The leader was caught mocking
the president. Im going to give this to kevin. Youve been awfully quiet. Im enjoying this. Im learning a lot. Hes taking notes. I want to play this clip from the australian Prime Minister mocking the president. At the midwinter ball, which is like the White House Correspondent dinner. Basically their White House Correspondent dinner. Watch. Donald and i. We are winning in the polls. We are winning so much. We are winning in the polls. Not the fake polls. Not the fake polls. Theyre the ones were not winning. Were winning in the real polls. You know, the online polls. They are so easy to win. I didnt know that. Did you know that . I kind of know that. How do you know that . They are so easy to win. Believe me, it is true. It is true. What do you think . Well, you know, traditionally, so many of our allies are very cognizant about how important their relationship with the United States is to their standing on the international stage. And so many of our allies that are leaders, like Prime Minister turn bull, have gone to Great Lengths to build up president s profiles domestically inside their own country. So i think that this is certainly a challenge right now that he believes that, you know, he can get away with this type of mockery of our president. And, you know, our relationships have changed since president obama has come into office. Not to read too much into it
like the White House Correspondent dinner. Not to read too much into it. I think we would be hard pressed to find that type of mockery in the past. This is certainly a challenge that i hope the white house takes seriously. Because they need these type of relationships to be very strong. I was a little uncomfortable watching it. Then i remembered, like, look at what we do at the White House Correspondents dinner. We make fun of ourselves. And very mocking tones. And selfdeprecating and everyone is okay with it. Kevin brought up a good point, which is, i dont think weve seen this before. I think theres a theme tonight, which is that a lot of what President Trumps white house is going through, he brought it upon himself. He kind of brought this upon himself. Can we remember, like with the phone call with the australian Prime Minister . And how he was insulted by it . Theres an irony to this. One of the big pitches for trump during the campaign is that when
he became president , the whole world was going to respect america again. That nobody was going to make fun of us ever again. Stand by. Play this clip. Play this clip. At what boint does america get demeaned . At what point do they start laughing at us . We dont want other leaders and other countries laughing at us anymore. And they wont be. They wont be. This is so ironic. They were laughing at him about two weeks before when he was giving that egregious speech. So, you know, i just you know what, though, i dont doubt theyre laughing at him in syria right now. I dont think assad is laughing at him. I dont know why the North Koreans gave back a hostage, but they did. You know, ive been very critical of donald trump. Very bad conditions, by the way. True. True. Ive been very critical of donald trump, and i think fairly so. But i think the one area we are better off in terms of i think people are a little more afraid of us than they used to be. Thats a good thing when there are bad actors. But lets talk about the i want to but our allies think were giving up global leadership. No, listen, on specifically the australia issue theyre saying we are leaving a void on the global stage of i think i think president obamas weakness invited a lot of provocation, including putin and russia. Ive been critical of donald trump. But i actually think some of the stuff other countries tried to get away with when obama was president , they will think twice. Well, thats a good point. In 2014, obama got australia, the eu, the uk, et cetera, together and put the Sanctions Regime in place against putin
that remains today. That was obama. President trump has talked tough. He hasnt done anything on that to that point with obama. The reason the first occur fufful came up, he struck a deal on refugees that trump would accept as soon as he came into office. The reason they got into a dustup which i think President Trump would say, yeah, what i said was, im not accepting that deal. If you dont like it, im going to hang the phone up on you. Theyre not laughing at him when theyre trying to make the policy on refugees. They may make a joke at a dinner, but theyre not laughing at him when theyre saying, lets put one over on him the iranians got our the sailors, i dont think that happens with donald trump as president. You all have to be kidding me. You all have to be kidding me. I dont think iran no, i dont think our sailors what im hearing from yall
is what im hearing is you think america is in better standing with donald trump as president. Absolutely right. Absolutely right. Absolutely . Yes. Why do you you disagree . Why . North korea, putin, when you have Angela Merkel is that why thats exactly why theyre doing that. I say that, because i absolutely disagree. We after Angela Merkel standing on a stage saying were in this thing by ourselves. We can no longer count on the United States as an ally. I absolutely agree that many people would say were advocating our responsibility as the leader of the free world. But they think were being tough because people wont try things that they because our president is unhinged and crazy. Weve got to go. When we come back, tensions building outside the cosby trial. Victims protesting outside the court. Inside the jury is deadlocked. A daily struggle,
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jury makeup. Lets put it up there. Seven men, six white, one black, five women, four white, one black. You say the jurys makeup is mainly why theyre deadlocked. How so . Well, i think its one of the issues. The law in pennsylvania is the reason hes never going to be convicted at least on two of the charges. Its not possible. And let me just quickly explain. For the drugging charge, for example, you can only find someone guilty if they drug you for the purpose of raping you, without your knowledge. And even Andrea Constand said she knew he drugged her. That charge is never going to end with a guilty, ever. And i predicted that a year ago. The other drugging related charge pertains to her state of intoxication, or incapacitation, when the sexual assaults happened. Under pennsylvania law, you have to be asleep or unconscious. And Andrea Constand testified she was frozen, she was paralyzed, but she wasnt
unconscious or asleep. That charge is never going to end with a guilty, ever, no matter how many times you try this case. But heres what i think about the jury. It has nothing to do with race, at all. The reason the jury may be filled with a kind of bias that will not be good for the victim, in addition to all the problems with the law, is that there are men, seven of them, who were not allowed to be asked by the prosecution when they are being selected, whether theyve ef done anything like this to a woman. They or someone close to them. When you allow men who have done bad things to women, to sit on juries, in any state, and its allowed in lots of states, theyre looking at cosby going, that could have been me. Im not voting guilty for that guy. Youre making a lot of presumptions about the jurors. Im just saying youre not allow to screen. But if youre not allow to screen out jurors who have sexually assaulted women, and
remember, nine out of ten rapes are never reported. Im not talking about convicted rapists, im talking about men who sexually assault women and it never gets reported. Nine out of ten rapes are never reported. Theres a chance people showing up for the men showing up for jury duty, youve got good percentages that some of them will have done Something Like this at some point in their life. Seven men on a jury, youre not allowed to exclude those who have committed sexual assault. Theyre going to protect him. Areva, what do you think . Thats a lot of assumptions. We shouldnt gloss over the ratio issue here. There are studies that show that when you have an allwhite jury pool, the chances of conviction for an africanamerican defendant is in the 70s. 75 . Thats why the defense team fought so hard to have africanamericans on this jury. And tlr were huge fights about the exclusion of a couple of women that the defense argued were on the basis of race. But the judge determined there were other grounds for the
exclusion of them. I think the presence of the two africanamerican jurors on this jury pool may also be a big reason as to why these jurors, these 12, cannot come to a consensus with respect to but shes a woman of color, too. Shes a woman of color, too. She is not an africanamerican woman. To say a canadian woman is a woman of color, the studies are very clear that when you have africanamerican jury pool, the chances of conviction go down substantially. Not when youre bill cosby or o. J. Simpson. To Say Con Stand is a black woman, thats just not happening. Do you think hell be tried somewhere else . Quickly, because im Running Out Of Time . I dont think so. I know wendy thinks there will be another criminal prosecution. I think people will be so disappointed, i think youll see
protests. Weve already seen protesters confronting people on the courtroom steps. I dont think there will be another prosecution. If he is acquitted there will be clambering in the streets. Huge protests for him to be prosecuted in some of the other jurisdictions. There are five other states where the clock has not yet run out. Women will rise up and demand that he face justice, someplace, somehow. Thats going to have to be the last word. It doesnt mean its going to be a criminal prosecution. When we come back, amazing new cnn series showcasing people who are changing the world. I go through periods where its hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. Learn about non24 by calling 8448442424. Or visit my24info. Com. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over 200 sites to find you the hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazie, gino
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going to get a job and im going to get my own little bed. Conconnies first job paid a week. And she got her own little bed. Joining the navy during the war and then moving to new york to live with one of her sisters. A lot of young women when but you were born didnt get to have jobs. They would get married, have children and stay home. Yes. But you knew you never wanted that to be you. Did you always know you wanted to be different . Yes, i did. I wanted to be adventurous. Connie is widowed now and her two stepsons live abroad. Her crippling arthritis is forcing her to make changes. She cant shop anymore. She cant cook for herself. And she rarely leaves home. What now are your biggest frustrations . I used to love to just go shoppi shopping. And i used to do my own thing. And i cant. 46 million americans are 65 or older. 1 in 6 of them struggle with hunger. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Who has done this before . Thats where city Meals On Wheels begins. I got a flyer in the mail one holiday. I saw that even the smallest donation can enable someone who lives completely alone to have a special holiday meal. And the reality is, this is about much more than providing hot food. If theres no one at home, do not leave the meal. You are not just delivering a meal today. Youre checking in on our seniors. Beth shapiro is the Executive Director of new yorks city Meals On Wheels. People are so afraid, were all so afraid of losing what we hold near and dear. And yet you see that every day. Ipse it every day. And to me, its beautiful. You know, to look at someone who has the wrinkles of a life well lived is something to celebrate. In New York City alone, the program serves more than 18,000 people. Twothirds of them are women. Nationwide, more than 5,000 local Meals On Wheels programs help 2. 5 million seniors. When you go to deliver today, our seniors can be very chatty. Okay . Please talk to them, have a conversation. Youre the only person theyre going to see today. Okay . What gives you the most joy now . I guess i have to just say, be grateful that youre fairly well. Learning to accept what is. Thats what im at that point. On average, city Meals On Wheels costs 7 a meal in new york. How you feel today . Oh, fairly well. You know, this arthritis. May has been delivers Meals On Wheels to connie for almost two years. How much has it changed your life . Well, i guess completely. Because i cant cook. Connie is able to live at home, thanks to Meals On Wheels. And Meals On Wheels exists thanks to individual donations. 10 of the funding comes from the government. We privately raise the remaining 90 . Every dollar donated goes to meals, not overhead. And the financial need is growing quickly. The senior population is the Fastest Growing population in this country. It will be doubled across the country by the year 2050. The Program Needs to grow. This is the president s fy2018 budget. There was outrage after the Trump Administration announced it may make cuts to programs like Meals On Wheels. We cant spend money on programs because they sound good. Were going to spend money. Were going to spend a lot of money but were not going to spend it on programs that cannot show they actually deliver the promise weve made to people. Its unclear if the program will face any cuts. But shapiro says meals cant afford even the smallest cutback. It will have a devastating effect on the lifeline and in a infrastructure that meals on
wheels programs provide across the country. When the politicians make the final budget decisions, its worth remembers, theyre talking about people. People like Connie Pierce. And up next on champions for change, learn about the cause thats closest to poppy harlows hear, tomorrow morning in the 8 00 a. M. Hour of new day. And to see more of our anchors, go to cnn. Com championsforchange. Plus, dont miss the onehour champions for change special, its hosted by dr. Sanjay gupta, saturday night, 9 00 eastern. It features highlights from the whole week. Champions for change, a weeklong cnn special event, is brought to you by charles schwab. I want to show you one of the most emotional parts of tonights congressional Baseball Game. A Capitol Police officer who risked his life responding to wednesdays attack on republican Baseball Program threw out the first pitch. Pretty good pitch, i thought. David bailey walking onto the field on crutches to very loud applause. Although he did not suffer a gunshot wound, Capitol Police said that bailey was treated for a minor injury. The other Capitol Police agent who was on sight yesterday when shots were fired is Crystal Griner, she was shot in the ankle and remains hospitalized on thursday. And we are wishing her the best. Both of them, the best. They are truly heroes. And we wanted to honor them tonight on this program. Thats it for us tonight. Thank you so much for watching. Ill see you right back here tomorrow night. Good night. When used with diet and exercise. Trulicity is not insulin. It should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes or for people with Type 1 Diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not take trulicity if you or a Family Member has had medullary thyroid cancer, if youve had multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to trulicity. Stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have symptoms such as itching, rash, or trouble breathing; a lump or swelling in your neck; or severe pain in your stomach area. Serious side effects may include pancreatitis, which can be fatal. Taking trulicity with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases your risk for low blood sugar. Common side effects include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, decreased appetite and indigestion. Some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may make existing Kidney Problems worse. With trulicity, i click to activate whats within me. If you want help improving your a1c and Blood Sugar Numbers with a noninsulin option, click to activate your within