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Helen larson and helen lanes. >> they tried it. they tried it. and you wonder why black people don't trust the medical establishment and why we have to beg and plead with people to get vaccinated. they don't trust the system. these are the reasons people don't trust it. there is a real reason people don't have trust. ben crump, thank you so much for doing what you do. ron lacks -- >> did you get -- >> sorry? >> show your book. show your book. absolutely. show your book. there we go. "the untold story." there you go. definitely, y'all pick that up. thank you both very much. up next, pack your...

Distributor of the cells reported a profit of $33 billion last year and that's not to say what merck pharmaceutical, pfizer, johnson & johnson. i mean, it's billions upon billions and that's when you think about george floyd this past year and how the corporations all made these pledges to social justice where a lot of them were pharmaceutical companies, as well. so if you want to honor that pledge, well, do right finally by henrietta lacks. do right by henrietta and with mr. ron lacks, you're the perfect person to talk about this because you've always been an outspoken advocate for black wome...

That your grandmother was the source of the scientific miracles? >> thank you, joy, for having me. it's a pleasure. decades. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> my mother was the one that by accident she was having it down the street and the presser coming to lunch, her neighbor introduced her as barbette lax and said we're working with henrietta lax and my mother and law and that's how we found out. >> ben, there is a sense of dehumanization of black bodies and black life here where she, while a human being with a life, that's how we try to describe some of her life was just treated as a product that co...

That, you know, black life was treated this way. what do you hope to gain from this lawsuit? what do you think will be gained? >> well, obviously, henrietta lacks' cells were unprecedented so we know this would be a precedenting setting lawsuit not just for simple just first, not just for social justice, but for genetic justice, joy reid. justice that will flow from generation to generation, and when you think about henrietta lacks being treated in this inhumane manner like she was a lab rat, which was common at the time when they did medical experimentation, what it was mounting to is medical...

Experimented on. when we think of families like henrietta lax and some of these others where -- all kinds of research that family never saw anything. >> yes. i think we're having some problems with your connection. but i want to thank you both for joining us. you're right. there is, as biden said, you just pointed out a real historic reason but it's being disseminated through social media. i want to thank you you both and congratulate you both, stephanie and christian, good luck ahead. >> thank you. >> thank you. up next, soaring prices for everything from gas to groceries. are they here to ...