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We will keep the conversation going online. i appreciate it. >> thank you. quote, leave the rest to me. former-president trump told the doj to declare the election corrupt, even though it wasnt. and weve got the notes from a top justice department official detailing everything he said. thats next. and ahead, flight attendants taking self-defense classes. were going to tell you why, in a minute. makes the perfect sr of cream cheese. you need only the freshest milk and cream. that one! and the...

Passengers? the faa is reporting 106 incidents in the past seven days alone. why is it so crazy? >> its really concerning. and those are numbers that youre reporting over the last week that would be normally over the course of an entire year. in fact we stay at this rate, were going to have more incidents in this year alone than weve had in the entire history of aviation. so flight attendants have had to deal with unruly passengers through the course of our careers. were trained to de-escalate. ...

Likely to be a part of our day is not something were used to. >> i just want to show this video and what were looking at, we have flight attendants now taking self-defense classes so theyre able to actually fight back and protect themselves. i mean what does this tell you about the current situation that flight attendants are -- they feel the need to defend themselves physically now? >> this is really concerning. you know, this is a class actually that was formed after 9/11, and we had fought th...

Get hurt and that we are going to be assaulted or that we are going to face continual harassment and discrimination. >> nelson says she is glad that the tsa is resuming self-defense classes for flight crews. she helps the program will become mandatory. he is calling on the faa to make permanent its zero-tolerance policy for bad behavior. in other words, no more warnings. violators will be fine. that is in addition to criminal prosecution that can lead to 20 years in prison for interfering with a...

Were mask-related. other causes of passenger rage according to the union are alcohol and not wanting to follow safety instructions. the union president said flight attendants cant continue to be human punching bags. >> were hearing from flight attendants that we cant accept this as the new normal. this is not the job we recognize and we cant think when were going to work well get hurt. that were going to be assaulted or that were going to face continual harassment and discrimination. >> nelson s...

Unruly rioters this year. the number of faa investigations already three times more than a normal year. the faa releasing a zero tolerance psa. >> stop. >> and tsa resuming self-defense classes for workers. >> to handle problem passenger. >> reporter: masked planes enflaming the stresses of airline travel. hoping the mandates end soon. >> the current order expires september 13th and i guess it will expire on september 13th. >> clearly the masks are a spark point but its not the underlying cause....

There have been nearly 70 reports of travelers assaults tsa employees sense the start of the pandemic. how are federal agencies addressing the violence -- >> there is a huge uptick in the number of unruly passengers as more and more people come back to travel and now the transportation security administration is detailing two attacks on its airport security workers, latest of 6 9 incident. the tsa says the airport in louisville, two of its workers were attacked as a passenger tried to force thei...

Them in los angeles reports of anti-asian hate crimes are up 80%. >> its horrifying, but its just scary. >> i have relatives, older relatives that live around here, and im afraid >> just walking around is scary thats not a normal world. >> reporter: its an issue thats had an impact across all asian american communities. from little tokyo to chinatown and everywhere in between people tell us this is their home and its time to fight back >> the fear that we felt, we just wanted to find a way to tu...

Because it isnt about one community. its about all of us coming together. >> reporter: rising together, activists combating hate and using their power to stand together against racism. >> my generation is the next generation. were going to be the next lawmakers, senators, the next politicians and doctors. if we want to see the change that we are advocating for right now, we have to start it young. >> reporter: so inspiring to see the young folks. another form of activism we see is folks taking s...

• They are responsible for solving problems in their relationships • Their boyfriend’s jealousy, possessiveness and even physical abuse, is “romantic” • Abuse is “normal” because their friends are also being abused • There is no one to ask for help “Emotional abuse is the most common type of abusive conduct in teenage relationships,” she said. “Emotional abuse is reported by 76 percent of all teens who report teen dating violence. However, emotional abuse tends to be tal...