The Good evening. It's Tuesday, May 16th. Welcome to a new episode of System Update,

our live nightly show that airs every Monday through Friday at 7 PM Eastern exclusively here

on Rumbull, the free speech alternative to YouTube.

As many of you know, our show has been on a brief hiatus due to the death on May 9th of my husband David Miranda.

He had been hospitalized since August 6th of last year when he was at a campaign event for his bid to be

reelected to the Brazilian Congress representing Rio Giuse Naro

when he began experiencing severe abdominal pain.

He was admitted to the ICU with the diagnosis of severe

inflammation of his gastrointestinal region that had spread to multiple organs

including his kidneys and liver and lungs due to sepsis and he remained in ICU for the next nine months

fighting an extraordinary battle that allowed us, me, our children, his family and friends,

to share some really profound moments with him as he was

very awake, alert, communicative, and fully present, especially over the last several months.

After a personal loss this devastating, it's very difficult to know when to go back to work.

There's really no perfect time or no right way to do it.

I was largely inspired in my decision to come back today by my kids who yesterday were adamant in their

insistence that they wanted to go return to school. I figured it is so rare to see

young teenagers all but demand to go to school despite my concerns

that it was too early for them and then come back home and declare how gratified they were

by their decision that there must be some wisdom in that.

I can't say it's easy to be here.

It has often been a real struggle over the last nine months

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