support system

The film places the oceans as being at a crossroads, needing more action to help them continue as the "planet's support system".

“One person cannot take on the entire federal government. But what that one person can do is chip away at their support system.”

Norris says the TV show's casting directors would be likely to have assessed the support systems around the children as well as their talent.

And the augmentation pump, that kind of life support system that they are on, is working already and there was even a sort of heart monitor device floating in the water.

At the time, the 11-year NBC News veteran did not disclose details but acknowledged her support system within and beyond the “Today” studio, saying that it “means so much to me.”