She says the hospital gave the impression she was simply signing up to get support in caring for a preemie. Your thought was, when you signed the papers, that what was going to happen . Sharrissa that my son would be given the best care possible and that even with his prematurity being as extreme as it was, that it would be okay because i had all of this help. Sharyl she had no clue, she says, that the support study was actually a National Experiment on the most fragile of test subjects 1300 extremely premature infants. Bernita lewis also agreed to enroll her baby, christian, in the support study at the same hospital. Bernita christian was born at 27 weeks. Sharyl how much did he weigh . Bernita he was 1 lb, 9 oz. He was very tiny. Sharyl she says a hospital worker told her the study was just to collect data. Bernita she asked would i be interested in christian being in a study. They wanted to use his medical records to help babies in the future. And i told them absolutely, they could
People probably hear you on National Public radio, on your talk show, across the country. And youve written a couple of books now, several books, three books. Three books. Hinojosa finding my voice, which i just love as a title, is your story of kind of how you ended up where you are now. Its a story of how i began as the child of immigrants who believed that Young Children should be seen and not heard, who should never ask, why . So the fact that i am doing these daily interviews, maria, asking anybody and everybody. Hinojosa anything . Anything, and why, is for me the greatest pleasure and freedom in the world. Hinojosa and lets just start off at the top, because there might be some people who have heard you on the air, and they may say, i know diane rehm, but im not sure why sometimes she sounds a little bit different or a little bit halting with her voice. Or why she sounds as though shes 105. Hinojosa and why is she on the air sounding like this . And why is she on the air . I beg
Im tori campbell. The campus has been evacuated because of what the school calls a credible threat. Students and faculty have been evacuated. The school says on their website, if youre not at school, do not come at this time. Right now were working to learn more about exactly what this credible threat is. We have news chopper 2 headed that way, and we have an update for you on this School Threat at West Valley College in saratoga coming up later in this newscast. An east coast storm threatens travel. More than 550 flights have been canceled nationwide with the bulk in the northeast. The bay area airports are beginning to feel the impact. We begin with ktvus brian flores. Reporter good afternoon. Airport Officials Say theyre keeping a close eye on the noreaster that could potentially cab sell flights this afternoon and into the evening. Right now, there are only delays at the airports along the east coast that are affected by this storm. Airport officials again say right now its about a
Including two Vice President s from all soccerrelated activities over the charges. Heres more from washington. Reporter federal officials unsealed an indictment charging 14 people including senior fifa officials with racketeering, Money Laundering an fraud. The department accuses them accepting more than 150 million in bribes and kickbacks in a scheme spanning 4 years. There were discussions about bribes. There were bribes paid and there were documents created to cover up those payments. Authorities also raided the headquarters of International Soccer officials in miami beach. Hours earlier in zurich, swiss authorities arrested seven senior soccer officials pending extradition at the request of the u. S. So far fifas long time president has not been publicly targeted in the investigation. Fifa said the organization has already called for reforms of the ranks. This for fifa is good. Its not good in terms of image. Its not good in terms of reputation, but in terms of cleaning up, this is
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