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african-american kids and youth. it really puts it into perspective, doesn't it? >> i mean, that was the purpose. this is -- this is an epidemic. and it's not that i don't believe that our community knows that it's happening. i just think that the majority of our community feel like it's an isolated event and that it happens, oh, this happens to wealthy people, this happens to people far away. no, this is happening in every demographic. this is happening all across our community. 800,000 children under 18 go missing every year. of that amount, 150,000 are african-american. >> right. >> that is according to the fbi, because we spoke to the fbi, we went to the authorities. that's 33.8%. >> yeah. >> that's almost double the amount of african-americans that there are in this community, in this country, rather. you know, this is serious. >> mitzi, when you talk about coverage and the lack of coverage, there are many people who will disagree with you, many people on social media disagreeing with you right now.
not a day. every hour. 17 of our babies go missing. and this should matter to us. this is our future. when we care, we have to be loud. we have to get everyone involved. that's why "jet" magazine is talking about it and we continue to talk about things that matter to our community. we're here -- >> mitzi -- >> yeah. i'm sorry. >> no, no, it's okay. let's put the article back up. i think it's very important. it's really a fascinating article. i encourage everyone to read it. it's called "fade to black" in "jet" magazine. mitzi miller is the editor in chief. thank you very much. keep doing what you're doing. >> thank you. former heavyweight champ mike tyson doesn't pull any choices in his effort to get a presidential pardon for another boxer. i'll tell you why he's fighting to right a historic wrong. this could lead to further tooth loss. try new poligrip® seal and protect denture adhesive. it stabilizes your partial to help reduce movement
>> well, people feel empowered by the internet, for example. right now online it's created this entire community called #saveminiskirt. on the ugandan parliament, itself, some outspoken members have said, look, when women wear provocative clothing, when they wear short skirts, it invites trouble. other parliament members are saying, look, this goes against basic constitutional freedoms so there's a lot of back and forthright now. >> can men wear shorts? >> men can wear shorts. >> can they wear their pants hiked up to their belts? >> as long as they don't wear miniskirts. >> hiked up to their chest. they're like put those down on your hips where they belong. seriously, the men are fine. they're just doing it to ladies. not fair. thank you. appreciate that. jumping out of an airplane is scary, but take a look at this first time sky diver. she did it as part of her birthday celebration. her 90th birthday celebration. see how she did that next.