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[laughter] it's the way of the world, kids. [laughter] >> tom hanks also received a hearted branded volleyball, in reference to his 2000 movie castaway. >> congratulations. considering all that context he just gave -- >> its honorary. cnn this morning continues right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it is a wonderful saturday morning. i am glad you are part of it. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i'm victor blackwood. >> what do you do with an honorary degree, though? if you have a ph.d. or a doctorate in arts, can you actually go and be a professor? >> some people go around and demand ...

i am anderson cooper. while the u.s. is the most expensive country when it comes to tkgiving birth, it's also th safest. the statistics are more dire when it comes to giving birth for black women. the question is why do black women face more risks when they go to the hospital to give birth? that's the question that cnn anchor and new mom, abby phillip, has been asking since the birth of her daughter two years ago. abby made unconventional choices when it came to her own childbirth experience, and since then she has been surprised to meet so many other women that made the same choices...

again. and so i don't want to be in the prediction business with something as heavy as that. what i will say is that my meeting with the director of the masad last night, we met for more than twice the expected 45 minutes because we had a very detailed conversation about how to move forward to secure the release of the hostages. ultimately that will be something that we have to work in a very sensitive way between the u.s. and israel, working with qatar, with egypt, with other actors. and so i will leave that conversation where it belongs in those sensitive channels. but i will just ...

plus, the white house will face questions later this hour on the state of negotiations to avoid default. welcome back as "america reports" rolls into a second hour. i'm john roberts. good to spend another 60 minutes with you. >> gillian: the first 60 went by quickly. first, a new story. >> john: get ready for a hectic start to the summer travel season. aaa is anticipating this weekend could be the busiest at airports since 2005, and that is already prompting fears of a potential catastrophic meltdown. >> gillian: sounds like a great summer to stay hope. forbes writing get ready for a...

hundreds of classified government documents after he left office. now, you think about investigation, i'm gonna bet your mind goes straight to the events of august 8th last year. you would likely think of the fbi's court authorized search of mar-a-lago. and of the 100 plus classified documents that the fbi found on the premises that. but that is not tonight's news. no, tonight's news centers on a period of time, about two months before that. june 2nd, the events of that day may be key to jack smith's case. tonight, the washington post described the events that took place that day as ...