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approximately 1,000 people are born every day in africa with sickle cell. i have sickle cell disease. up to 90% of us die before the age of five. 0ur government do little to help us. even in our own communities, people with sickle cell are often treated like outcasts because of misconception and stigma surrounding the disease. i'm putting my life on the line to fight this deadly disease. and to dispel the myths that surround it. sickle cell is not witchcraft. it's not — it's not ancestral curses. it's something that we can solve. gentle guitar music plays. speaks swahili. 0h, damn!...

approximately 1000 people are born every day in africa with sickle cell. i have sickle cell disease. up to 90% of us die before the age of five. 0ur government did little to help us. and i'm advocating to those empowered to change that. even in our own communities, people with sickle cell are often treated like outcasts because of misconception and stigma surrounding the disease. i'm putting my life on the line to fight this deadly disease. and to dispel the myths that surround it. sickle cell is not witchcraft. it's not ancestral curses. it's something that we can solve. gentle guit...

i'm putting my life on the line to fight this deadly disease. and to dispel the myths that surround it. sickle cell is not witchcraft. it's not ancestral curses. it's something that we can solve. gentle guitar music plays. damn! the abnormal sickle shaped red blood cells in my body affect my oxygen levels. 0ne blood cells in my body affect my oxygen levels. one of the biggest problems with sickle cell is oxygen. like, if you don't have sufficient oxygen, you can only push your body for a good number of days before you need to rest. i was telling people this guy has sickle cell. i've ...

getting started. >> dana: let's get to alexis mcadams live at newark airport in new jersey. how is it going? >> not so bad right now. a lot better than it has been since saturday and sunday where some of the people i've been talking to have been sleeping at the floor at airports across the east coast trying to get home. we checked with airlines to see how they are doing. things aren't back to 100% and entering the busy time for the july 4th holiday weekend. as we mentioned people have not had anywhere to go except sleep on the floor. >> six hours, not even a bottle of water. >> frust...

and there will be some sunny spells as well. i will have the full details very shortly. it's sunday january 7. our main story: the uk regulator, the civil aviation authority, has written to all owners of boeing 737 max 9 aircraft, demanding that inspections are carried out before they can fly in british airspace. more than 100 of the planes have been grounded after a door panel of an alaska airlines flight blew out shortly after take—off on friday. leigh milner has this report. this video footage was taken by a passenger on board flight 1282 shortly after take—off. look closely a...