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Hospital. today we saw a group of people wearing beauregard high school, most of them students, helping the family salvage what was left. the effort led by the school's football and wrestling coach. it's just one example, one of numerous examples that we are seeing of neighbors helping neighbors. back to you. >> dana: southern hospitality extends neighbor to neighbor. something like this is just tragic. we wish them well. california's attorney general about to release new details about the shooting death of stephon clark. and she is not running in 2020, but it may not be the end of hillary cli...

Border this weekend as well between venezuela and colombia on one of those u.s. military aid flights. what is the plan to make sure the people who need them most get those supplies? >> reporter: well, how and when these supplies get delivered to venezuela is ultimately up to the venezuelan military. a military whose families are also affected by the crisis, the food shortage, shortage of medical supplies. i spoke to a representative for interim president guido, and he says he believes they will allow supplies in. the president has called for the borders to be opened on february 23. so all eyes...

This aid in. it isn't just a mission to deliver basic goods. it's a mission to deliver hope. over the weekend, three planes carrying 66 metric tons of humanitarian relief made its way to the venezuelan border with colombia. the supplies part of an effort led by the usaid and the department of state. this state department official helped lead the mission to assist the millions backed by what she called a manmade crisis created by venezuelan president nicolas maduro. >> the only thing stopping us is the maduro regime. we've seen them block the bridges, block the roads. it's an abomination to hum...

Hostility toward the mueller probe has created a sense of urgency to protect the special counsel. a push to ensure that justice will be served, not stifled. however, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell today, late today, blocked a bipartisan effort led by democratic senator chris coons and republican senator jeff flake to vote on legislation to ensure the investigation continues unimpeded. in response, senator flake announced he'll hold up the confirmation of trump's judicial nominees in committee and vote against them on the floor until the full senate votes on the bill to protect mueller....

Local races. fewer and fewer reporters are vetting the candidates and finding out what they really stand for. and it's especially bad when you drive like an hour or two out of the big cities. many rural areas are news deserts. meaning they lack a local newspaper or sources. this is a brand-new map of news deserts. an effort led by former newspaper executive penny abernathy. her research shows the u.s. has lost almost 1,800 papers since 2004, and others are ghosts, shells of their former severals. abernathy has a unique perspective because she not only studies news deserts, she also lives in on...