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you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it's a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let's start with an easy question. let's talk about your name, america. mm. what's the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i'm named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it's true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immi...

not feel supported by the royal family. at one point meghan admitted she'd thought about suicide. >> but i knew that if i didn't say it that i would do it. and i just didn't -- i just didn't want to be alive anymore. and that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought. >> just one of many bombshell claims. another stunning revelation, harry and meghan say there were questions about what color their baby's skin might be. meghan says they were told the baby might not have security or get a title. and meghan says the tabloid reporting she made kate middleton cry ahead of...

i'm benjamin hall in for todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. minutes ago, the white house reveals additional executive orders president biden is set to sign as he aims to combat gender issues and sexual violence in schools. ben: doug luzader joins us live as the president always calls on congress to pasco individual relief. doug -- pass covid relief. >> reporter: hot off the presses, this adds to the pile of executive orders that the president has already signed. one of these asks the department of education to look into existing regulations to eliminate a sexual violence and evalu...

And i clung to performance and...and acting and also academics, because i had been taught so early on, throughout my whole life by my parents, specifically my mother, that, you know, education and taking advantage of every opportunity ihad to... ..to get an education was why they, why they immigrated to the united states. and so between my education and my love of performing, that's where i tried to shape an identity for myself. you've spoken about the labels you've had to fight against in your career, too brown, too chubby, too poor, too unsophisticated. that's pretty hard for a young girl to...

You are an example of what i think is someone who, incidentally, now happens to be bangladeshi. so, i'm a firm believer that as a bangladeshi and a british, i'll take the good bits from this bit and i'll take the good bits from that bit. i believe that we firmly, happily live in that grey area. i'm proud to say that i mix up my britishness and my bangladeshiness and put it all together in cookbooks that people actually really like. it's taken me a very long time to accept that middle place. you know, i've always felt i'm too haram to be halal, too halal to be haram, too white to be brown, too ...