topping our political radar, great progress? not so much according to former president barack obama. he told our cnn colleague david axelrod he doesn't agree with republican contender tim scott that the country has made great progress on racial inequality. >> if somebody's not proposing, both acknowledging and proposing elements that say, now we can't just ignore all that and pretend as if everything's equal and fair. we actually have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. if they're not doing that, then i think people are rightly skeptical. >> you can listen to the entire conversation on this week's episode of "the ax files." a concert event with some of the biggest names in music is returning. watch juneteenth, live monday 7:00 p.m. eastern.

thank you for joining "inside politics." "news central" starts right now. post-indictment payday. former president trump raking in millions after becoming the first former president to face federal criminal charges. how much and where it's coming from ahead. plus, a disturbing new report on america's youth. suicide and homicide rates for kids as young as 10 years old surging to levels we haven't seen in decades. we're going to break down what this new data reveals and the warning signs that parents should look for. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn "news central." former president trump's strategy of attacking the

counsel and claiming criminal prosecution is working at least when it comes to raking in large sums of cash. his campaign says it has raised $7 million since he was federally indicted last week. with us now, we have cnn national correspondent kristen holmes and cnn chief legal analyst, laura coates. kristen, to you first. this is huge money he's raking in here. >> it is, and when you look at it, most of it is coming from digital fund-raising which is usually those small dollar donors. as we have been reporting, he's seen some major defections in those high-dollar donors in this campaign cycle, but they said they were going to get that money from small dollar donors and that's what he does. this is significant for a number of reasons. they did get a huge boost after that manhattan arraignment, and after the manhattan indictment. when i was talking to someone about this potential federal indictment, i actually had someone say to me on the campaign, well, i hope it comes before the fourth quarter meaning that they were hoping that they could get that fund-raising boost again if there was a federal indictment,

and now we see they actually have, and i'm told they were a little bit concerned about it, that there had been a lag in those fund-raising numbers and they weren't sure, is there going to be some kind of fatigue? he's already been indicted. the shock, the surprise, is it gone, the outrage gone? clearly it's not. whether or not this is a sustainable model to have lagging fund-raising in the middle and then have an indictment, which his team does believe more indictments are coming, obviously has yet to be seen like most things with donald trump. >> if it's small dollars, you can then later as a donor, contribute more small dollars. that's the other thing. does the -- is f the enthusiasm continues and someone else has another 5 bucks, they can donate that. i want to play something donald trump said after his arraignment. he spoke at bedminster and gave his speech and laid out what he would do with the justice department if he is re-elected president. here it is. >> i will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history

of the united states of america, joe biden. and the entire biden crime family. i will totally obliterate the deep state. >> he says that he's going to go after joe biden with the doj. he's going to go after the biden family, and he sort of raises a specter of the deep state. what do you think about this? >> this is really repetitive and redundant for a number of reasons, but it also is the essence of the weaponization of the government as is accused of the person who is currently the president of the united states, but the special counsel statute also belies that this is really a political venture. now the talking point isn't for a long time, but the reason there's a special counsel is so you cannot realistically and genuinely say, this is the biden doj or this is merrick garland, the attorney general going after the presumptive gop front-runner. instead, the special counsel statute contemplates this hint of impropriety, this smell test that says, hold on a second.

you're going to go after somebody who's your perceived political rival and in this case, actually was. he was appointed at that point for that reason. you're not hearing the same thing when it comes to mike pence. that's private, and also the special could bnsel when it como then vice president biden. this is the complaint surrounding the special counsel, but the idea of going after one's political enemies and broadcasting it in this way to suggest not because there's an evidentiary basis, but it's not the executive branch, whose role it is to enforce the laws and not be used as a cajole, and it's really problematic. it's disheartening to hear. >> i think there will be a bipartisan agreement here for you with folks who have served in the doj. the federal judge assigned here to trump's case, eileen cannon, she has come under scrutiny in

the past for rulings that she made that were favorable to trump that were overturned. now she's coming under scrutiny for lack of experience when it comes to criminal trials and presiding over them. there's a "new york times" review that shows she's only overseen four criminal case trials. those cases added up to just 14 trial days. she is currently overseeing a rather extensive trial that pertains to health care where there were a lot of issues that may come up with something like trump's case though. so i wonder what you make of all of this criticism. >> well, the criticism actually belongs to the nomination process. once the person's now confirmed to be an article 3 judge and is a lifetime ten euroed judge, you have to look ahead to what their responsibilities will be. there's only a limited amount of trial experience in terms of presiding over these ose cases might disadvantage her law clerks who are going to have to help her get up to speed and also make the doj and the defense council be that much more verbose in laying out the

law and et cetera. you might have to see courtroom experience, and the idea of having to us play one's objections more fulsomely. you might have to say, what hearsay objection you have, the basis for it. you're going to do it anyway in a case like this stature. i won't discount the lack of presiding evidence, presiding experience, but her being turned -- overturned was not just because she got a couple of things wrong. they really obliterated her in this instance, but the fact she's a trump appointee i've heard oftentimes critique from judges who will go against the media and say, it really undermines the credibility of the entire bench when we say things like, the trump-appointed or the conservative justice or et cetera. now judges don't do themselves any favors -- they're not totally apolitical it seems at times, but i'm willing to

reserve some judgment based on her hammndling of this new venture, but the special master decision will loom very large. i doubt she will recuse. in any event, this will be a thoroughly tried case. >> listen. we'll also point out when a justice is appointed by a certain president and then goes against their interests because that is also really important. >> mm-hmm. >> i think people are curious about that as well. laura, thank you so much. kristen, thank you for the reporting. boris? the 2024 republican primary just got even more crowded. miami mayor francis suarez is joining the expanding slate of gop presidential candidates and he announced his run with a video of him literally running. watch. >> in miami, we stopped waiting for washington to lead. america's so-called leaders, all washington wants to do is fight with each other, instead of fighting for the people that put

them in office. >> cnn's jeff zeleny is here. keeping up with to running theme, it's going to be an uphill trek for him. >> there's no doubt about it. i mean, he is a mayor of a, you know, a big american city. he's a legacy of course, in miami as you know well, but look. he's relatively unknown, but he has been the president of the american council of mayors wh's been traveling across the country a lot, and he's different than many candidates. the reason he's running of course, is to show he's -- he's young. he's different than former president donald trump. he's different from president joe biden, and all of the other candidates. the only hispanic in the race on either side of the aisle, but it is an uphill battle for him and here's why. he's never been elected outside of miami and that was a nonpartisan race in the city of miami, and the mayor of miami, it sounds like he must run miami. he does not. there's a city administrator and the mayor of miami-dade county who is the administrator of the region in southern florida.

however, he is trying to make his argument as a generational change candidate. he told me last year when i was down in miami interviewing him that he always admired ronald reagan. he admired his optimism. he was inspired by him. that is why he's giving a speech tonight at the reagan library to announce. uphill battle to get on that debate stage in august. 40,000 individual donors from 20 states, and he must be at 1% of the polls nationally or state by state in early voting states. it doesn't sound like a lot, but it's an uphill battle. for all those reasons, it is a challenge for him, but there's an appetite out there among republican voters for an alternative. we will see if all of these candidates here now that are growing, does it help of all, the front-runner donald trump? many think yes. >> it is a crowded field, and of course, because of some of his votes in the past specifically around donald trump's presidential runs, he may have -- >> he didn't vote for him either time as you know. >> that's right. jeff zeleny, thanks so much. now to a cnn exclusive. we're learning that several u.s.

federal government agencies have been hit by a global cyberattack. cnn's shawn lingas is with us. >> this actually began unfolding a couple of weeks ago when news broke that a ransomware gang out of russia used a widely used software that governments use to transfer files, often sensitive information. they used a flaw in that software to burrow into various organizations,and it's taken awhile for the dust to settle and for us to figure out who are our victims and cnn got con fir missi -- confirmation, that there's the exploit. we haven't confirmed if it was the russian ransomware hackers themselves that did this, or someone else that managed to take that vulnerability and use it against the government agencies. however, this is very much a

fluid situation. there are potentially hundreds of victims all over the world. we've just in the last 24 hours confirmed victims at johns hopkins university in the hospital system as well as the university of georgia. so we're learning by the hour who has been hit by this attack, and it's really an opportunistic move by these hackers. they're known to extort organizations, ask for millions of dollars in ransom. they operate a victim-shaming website on the dark web where they post details and we're very much waiting to see how many other victims are going to come forward, and what the government can do to sort of stem the flow of stolen data that is out there from these victims. >> sounds very severe as we're even learning about more victims in this case. thank you for the latest on that. boris? look. we have all been there. you're excited, you're pumped to buy a ticket for a concert, a long-awaited flight or to book a hotel room, and by the time you plug in your credit card info, that final price is way higher

than when you first logged in. well, this hour, president biden is set to announce an initiative to combat those junk fees. it starts with an agreement among ticketing giants, livenation, ticketmaster, and seat geek. it'll show you the full price up front. we're joined by our business correspondent. how is all of this going to work? >> well, this is huge. these are big ticket companies voluntarily saying that they are going to show you the full ticket price with service fees and taxes up front, and this is coming on the heels of the biden administration pushing this junk fee protection act. this is the president really going after companies who are charging in his words, excessive concert fees, extra airline fees that you may not notice. early termination fees that you may not read in the fine print before you have your phone bill or your tv subscription connected, and also surprise

destination fees. so we're talking about something like a cruise that you are on, and then you get hit with a fee later, but let's talk about what we're really looking at here. i think a lot of viewers may recognize this. let's look at beyonce tickets for july 29th in east rutherford at metlife stadium. we found a ticket that was $300 on face value. by the time you got to checkout, $369 when you did -- when you factored in the service fee and taxes, and then we looked at airbnb. we looked at miami beach from august 1st through the 6th. we found a place before taxes, $482, but after taxes only when we were checking out, $530, and then this is a big one for me, boris. i know resort fees. those are often hidden. we did a search in tucson, arizona at a resort there. it's a hilton property. before taxes for two nights this weekend, $361, but when you add

in a $29 service fee and taxes, that's an extra $120. bring the new total to $480. so you see how quickly all of these fees add up, boris, and what the president is trying to do is show us these fees up front, especially for families who are on a budget as we're dealing with high inflation. the president trying to make this transparent, but these two major ticket vendors doing this on their own, but the president is looking for more of these companies to do this either by law, by this junk fee act or by doing it on their own. it's important for people to know dpexactly what they're goi to be paying when they get to that checkout. >> it's always that fine print that gets you. vanessa, thank you so much for the reporting. indicted in the death of a man on the new york city subway. the charges this marine veteran is facing for a chokehold digit caught on camera back on may 1st. his lawyer also speaking out. plus, tensions are rising.

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others. c cnn's brityn gingrass is here wh us. >> reporter: the manhattan district attorney confirming that an indictment has been returned except not saying what the charge is. although sources saying it is for a second-degree manslaughter charge. we're learning now daniel penny will be back in court in about two weeks and that is likely where the indictment unsealing will happen, and we might learn, but like you just said to the viewers, we have known about just based on the video and the police sources that was released after this incident last month. like you said, we know from witnesses that jordan neely, a street performer who suffering from homelessness, got on a subway train in new york city, screamed out allegedly that he was tired and homeless and hungry, and he didn't care if he died, and daniel penny in his own words essentially said he felt he was being threatened as well as others on that train, taking matters into his own

hands and placing jordan neely into a chokehold situation so long that it caused the death of jordan neely. i want you to hear in his own words why he said he took action. >> i knew i had to act and i acted in a way that would protect the other passengers, pro protect myself, and protect mr. neely. i wanted to restrain him p. i didn't want to be put in that situation, but i couldn't just sit still and let him carry out these threats. >> daniel penny, a veteran, a former marine. that will likely come up in this case, and according to the neely family after this indictment was returned, they said in a statement from their attorney, daniel penny didn't have the right to be the judge, jury, and executioner. this is a case, boris, as you know that has really been conte contentious, bringing up major issues particularly near in new york city about subway crime and also just the issue of

homelessness and something, you know, new york city is dealing with as well as other larger cities and to speak to that, you know, penny has actually received $2.8 million in a gofundme for his own defense. it really speaks to the fact there is really just a divisive issue on this, and the trial that i'm sure is going to have a lot of eyeballs on it. this is a case we'll continue to follow as well. >> it has gotten national attention. we know you'll stay on top of it. thank you so much. boris, new today, the biden administration has been in touch with california officials over this ongoing effort by republicans to send migrants to blue states. in recent months, gop governors like ron desantis of florida, greg abbott of texas have been transporting migrants to democratic-run cities via bus or plane. overnight, a bus that originated from texas and was paid for by governor abbott using taxpayer dollars arrived in los angeles. cnn's kamila bernal is in los angeles for us.

tell us about this latest arr arrival. >> reporter: well, what the activists here are saying is that it was 42 people and 13 minors among the people that were on these buses. none of them were unaccompanied minors. they are being taken care of right now. they were given a place to sleep. they were given food, and the most important thing here is that they're giving them legal help because that's really the key here. they say that a lot of these migrants don't even have cases in california. they know of at least one who has a case in new york. so he has to be in new york by the end of the month, and this migrant was telling the advocates, is new york nearby? of course, they just don't know what's going on. so the immigration advocacy groups here are saying that they're trying to figure out exactly what these migrants were told in order to come here to los angeles. this was a bus that took these

migrants from the rio grande valley to los angeles. it was a 23-hour bus ride, and what advocates are saying is they were not given any food or any water. this was a 1,500-mile trip. governor greg abbott is saying that this is because the small border towns in texas are overwhelmed and he is saying that is part of the reason why he sent this bus of migrants here to los angeles and essentially blaming the biden administration for not having the border secure. officials here in los angeles though say they have been ready, that they were not necessarily shocked to hear that this bus was coming here. they say they knew it could have happened so they were prepared, and were ready to treat these migrants with dignity. here's one of those immigration advocates. >> we saw the smile on the children's faces yesterday. they were playing with toys. they are living the moment, the present. their parents, their elderly

siblings are the ones that have to deal with the traumatic experience of being sent from one place to another, not knowing if this limbo has an end. >> reporter: now the l.a. city council just this month passed a resolution essentially to draft sanctuary city policies here in los angeles that would essentially become the law. that's exactly what greg abbott is targeting, sanctuary cities and what he's saying is he already sent about 20,000 migrants and that more will likely come. officials here in los angeles say they would be ready if more migrants are sent here to los angeles. >> all right. live for us there where this latest group of migrants has rived. thank you for that report. boris? still to come, south korea is reporting that the north has fired two ballistic missiles. ahead, we're going to tell you

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north korea fired at least two ballistic missiles into the sea of japan today. japan saying that these missiles landed less than 100 miles from the japanese shore. the launches are coming just hours after pyongyang condemned the u.s. and south korea for conducting live fire, joint military drills near the north korean border. we're following this story. what do we know about these launches, paula? what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, at this point we do know there were two short-range ballistic missile launches off the east coast of north korea, and it appears it happened just hours after a defense spokesperson in pyongyang through statement media slammed the u.s. and south korea for joint military drills they had been holding earlier in the day. now we know that there have been five separate occasions where these live fire drills have

taken place. today, this thursday, was actually a time when the south korean president was in attendance. the commander in chief saying that he was confident and satisfied by what he saw. now these have been billed as the largest ever live fire drills. in fact, we went to one of these five days, and i can confirm that it was the largest drill that i have seen in many years here. it was also a much more blatant and a much clearer message to north korea. quite often these military drills talk about reacting against an enemy. in this particular scenario, they talked about an illegal armed invasion by north korea, and the fire power that we were witnessing was the reaction by the u.s. and south korea. so it was a very clear message to pyongyang and certainly that is something that pyongyang did not appreciate as we can see by the reaction today. now they've said that the reason that they're carrying out these increased numbers of missile launches and weapons tests over really the last year and a half

is because of these joint military drills by the u.s. and south korea. >> yeah. those pictures of those drills that you have captured send a loud message. thank you for that report. this is cnn "news central". here's a look at the other headlines we're following this hour. good news for pope francis. the vatican says he's expected to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery for a hernia. earlier today, the pontiff visited with child cancer patients at the hospital's nearby cancer ward. also, the manager of the harvard medical school morgue has been indicted on charges of stealing and selling human body parts. yeah. according to the indictment, the body parts came from cadavers that were donated for educational purposes. it accuses cedric lodge of taking the body parts to his home and then shipping them to buyers. prosecutors also say lodge

brought people to the morgue to shop in-person for body parts. anyway, here's a quick look at the dow. it's up big today, nearly 400 points. taking kindly to the federal reserve's big announcement yesterday. the first time in 15 months hitting pause. there are two more potential rate hikes planned for the end of the year. boris, it is back. a new round of smoke from at least 63 wildfires now burning in ontario, canada, blanketing parts of the midwest here in the u.s. this is a view of chicago from earlier this morning, and no. those are not rolling clouds, not mist. that is smoke pouring into the windy city. meteorologist jennifer gray joining us now from the cnn weather center. she has been for days now talking about this story. this is actually triggering some red alerts in some major cities. who's seeing the wovrsrst of th? >> we're talking about the midwest this time. this was a huge story last week in the northeast. before it hit the northeast, it was in the midwest, so they have

had this before, and you're right. it is back. here's a live look at st. paul, minnesota from our earth cam. you can barely make out the buildings across the skyline, and we're looking at poor air quality anywhere across wisconsin, portions of minnesota, and down into iowa. we have air quality alerts up, and you can see these yellow and red dots. those indicate some poor air quality. we have unhealthy air quality across portions of iowa on into near chicago even, seeing poor air quality as you saw from that picture and that smoke is just pouring in from canada. these wildfires and we talked about how this could be the summer of smoke. we are seeing it. so it really all depends on the fire activity in canada, and the wind direction. here's going to be the near surface smoke forecast going forward, and you can see that poor air quality is going to be pretty far south, but what really caught my attention is this plume right here. you can see around the canada/u.s. border by saturday morning, that's going to be one

to watch as well. those bright colors of red and orange, that could sneak back into the u.s., especially the northeast by the time we get to say, sunday into monday. so it's going to be interesting to see what happens there, but i think this is going to be a story that's going to stick around for most of the summer as the fire season in canada is just getting going. >> yeah, and we hear from our canadian viewers. they say, hey. what about us? we're the ones with the fires and we know that. we are watching. we are seeing how bad it is. >> yes. >> we're also just sort of with disbelief looking at how this is shifting so far away from where those fires are, and we'll be watching all summer long. thank you so much, jennifer. we appreciate it. the cdc is sounding the alarm about young people dying from suicide and homicide at the highest rates in decades. we're going to show you what every parent needs to know.

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we have an alarming new report to share with you about the mental health crisis among this country's youth. children and young adults are dying at the highest rates in decades of suicide and homicides. there's new data from the cdc showing that in 2021, suicide and homicide became the second and third leading causes of death for people ages 10 to 24, and even more concerning, recent research showing that children struggling with suicidal thoughts don't get the follow-up care that they need. cnn's meg terrell joins us with details. walk us through the finding from the cdc. >> reporter: yeah, boris. it's an alarming report. few look at the rates of homicide and suicide over this age group over the last two

decades, they are now converging at about 11 per 100,000, and the number for homicides, that rate is the highest we've seen since 1997. for suicides, the rate is the highest going all the way back to 1968, and that rate has really been increasing since 2007, up by 62%. for homicides, there was a jump up more than 30% just in the first year of the pan democpandemic alone, and it's scary to see it laid out like this. if you dig through the data more deeply and look into the specific age groups and look at the youngst est kids in this st between ages 10 to 14, the suicide rate has tripled since 2007. that's something that's really making people very worried as well. the american medical association this week saying, quote, we are in a crisis situation with children's mental health. this week voting to adopt a new policy to advocate for children's mental health, boris. something that a lot of people are very focused on.

>> and are there indications as to why this uptick is happening now? >> reporter: yeah, you know, as the data showed, this has unfortunately been something that's been happening over the last couple of decades, and it's something that's getting a ton of attention. the surgeon general put out a report in 2021 calling major attention to this as well. you know, some of the issues are that, you know, kids don't get the help that they need, about ha half of them, and there's not a big enough work force to take care of these kids who need these mental health services. the media is trying to drum more attention to this, and build up for that work force. boris? >> thanks so much for giving us those details. we want to discuss now further with a child psychiatrist, screen time expert, dr. victoria dunkley. thank you for said. ing -- spending part of your afternoon with us. i'm curious to get your reaction to this research. >> i'm not surprised at all.

i think all of these trends were occurring even before the pandemic and the pandemic has just added fuel to the fire, and we're still seeing these trends continue even though we're, you know, mostly back to normal now. >> so as far as parents and loved ones, what signs should they be on the lookout for that one of the younger people in their life may be in trouble? >> i think there's, you know, some things are more obvious like if a child is cutting themselves or isolating, you know, talking about things that are violent, things like that, or being preoccupied with violence, but there's a lot of kids kind of are flying under the radar, and they're not doing well, and no one really seems to notice. part of it is our very fast-paced lifestyle. so i really encourage parents to check in with their kids often, and even when they get help, that's not enough. i think parents, we really need to spend more one-on-one time

with kids, not just family time, but really one-on-one time. the brain responds in a different way to one-on-one time. so we're missing that, the eye contact, the face-to-face conversation, being very present with a child. i tell your parents, baby your baby. think about how you act when you're a newborn or toddler. you're present and trying to listen to everything they say. so that is something that can help activate the part of the brain that makes people feel less depressed and anxious and less angry. the second is screen time. i say this over and over again. we keep trying to put a band-aid on the problem and we're not stopping the bleeding. screen time changes brain response, brain blood flow, and it short circuits the areas of the brain that make us have a sense of well-being and are able to connect with people. reducing screen time, and cutting it all altogether for a few weeks is really, really helpful, and then spending more time outdoors.

we need to- more. we know all of these things, and we need to look at the neuroscience, and some of it will be inconvenient, but that's what needs to happen. >> so obviously you mentioned screen time, and there's been a large amount of research that has shown a link between social media specifically and a decline in mental health. can you talk about the influence of social media among kids? >> yes. so i think all screen time has a physiological response that can cause depression, anxiety, and mood disregulation. social media adds extra layers on top of that because it's psychologically trying to hijack these developmental needs to be seen, to role play, to get, you know, a response from people. so parents really need to replace that role, and it's very compelling and it really draws kids in. we can't just rely on them. it's not realistic to have them regulate their own use. it really needs to be cut out. so i think, you know, the recent surgeon general's warning that social media can be harmful, especially to minors, is a big

step in the right direction. i think it needs to be socially acceptable to we keep kids off of social media altogether. >> it certainly is a challenge when you consider that the algorithms these companies use are themselves designed to attract those young minds. dr. victoria dunkley, we appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. yes, and an important reminder that if you or someone you love is struggling with mental health, you can call or text the suicide prevention lifeline at 988. so one of golf's biggest tournaments gets under way, shrouded in a cloud of controversy. this as we learned from a new report that the doj is set to investigate this deal between the pga tour and the saudi-backed liv golf league. we have some new details next on cnn "news central." by working with you on a r retirement-income plan designed to balance growth and guaranteed income. because doors were meant to be opened.

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the "wall street journal" reports that the justice department is said to investigate this planned partnership between the pga tour and the saudi-backed liv golf tour over antitrust concerns. all of this happening as golfers are teeing off the at the u.s. open right now. cnn sports anchor andy scholes joins us on this story. how are players feeling, andy? a cloud of controversy over the entire sport right now.

>> reporter: brianna, the feeling starting the week, anger and confusion. players not happy about being left in the dark and don't even now how this new joint venture will even work. the if you commercial partnership between the pga tour and dp tour saudi tour may not happen. familiar with the matter, u.s. justice department will be investigating the planned partnership over antitrust concerns. this comes as senate finance committee chairman ron wyden sent a letter to pga tour leadership asking a variety of evidence associated with the deal. u.s. open is the first major since the partnership was announced. the guys staying loyal to pga tour always critical of the liv series obviously not happy about how this all went down. especially since it came out of nowhere. >> the general feeling is that a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal from management.

i understand why they had to keep it so secret. it's no easy as a player that's been involved like many others wake up one day and see this bombshell. right? that's where, we're all in a state of limbo, not know what's going on and how much is finalized or how much they can talk about it either. >> didn't hear anything about it. shocked everybody the most. i think i ran into rickie and j.t. after watching the whole thing and asked if they knew. said they didn't know either. >> reporter: pga and liv guys playing against one another the whole time in the majors. awkwardness isn't there anymore. brianna, the big question, what compensation are loyal pga guys going to get for staying and not taking huge payments to join liv? rory mcilroy paired with a liv player and teeing off this afternoon. >> interesting for sure, andy. can't wait to see what that

conversation is like. also a great cinderella story coming out of this tournament and the theme i think recently in golf. cinderella stories. another one. tell us about it. >> reporter: can you imagine watching the u.s. open today, brianna? watching and maybe that guy looks familiar right now. i think he was my uber driver. well, you wouldn't be wrong, because barry henson, 43 years old, playing in his first-ever major. supporting his golf career while injured the 444th ranked player in the world became an uber driver in southern california. >> got 3,000 rides and 4.99 uber rated driver, which i love. i feel like i take pride in that. i like to play games with my, with my -- with my passengers when they come in. usually let them ask me questions to find out what i really do and can only answer yes or no and ends up turning into be fun. go down this weird road of entertainment business and -- and being in the movies or whatever it might be.

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