ashley johnson has the story. ashley, what do you got for us? reporter: new jersey's attorney general has been called to take action against the state's only women's prison. at the correctional facility with around 650 women, several correction officers and staff have been charged with sexually assaulting and abusing prisoners. the hunterdon county prosecutor's office is handling the case and reached out to the state's attorney general and correction commission to discuss taking remedial action. a statement from the hunterdon county prosecutor's office reads the investigation is ongoing. we'll continue to diligently investigate all allegations of abuse against inmates at hunterdon county. i spoke to former morris county prosecutor about why the attorney general should step in for an investigation of this time. >> the hunterdon county prosecutor, i think, is doing a smart thing, this is an epidemic problem of a magnitude that has been lingering around for many years since i have been involved in the criminal justice system. it needs more resource

i am ashley johnson, reporting for chasing news. >> thank you, ashley. >> well, earlier, i had a chance to catch up from 92.3 the amp in new york city. i asked her about who is and what mean? 24 years old from the bronx, dominican girl who claims to be starting off as stripper then going on to love and hip-hop new york ap the type of girl says what she wants to say when she wants to say it and like a mix, lil' kim and nicki minaj. >> all right. let's bring our a-plus panel to discuss. wayne, a do you think? this sounds to me like just another desperate attempt of hip-hop star saying let me get involved. >> there may be some truth to that. new york's nypd so there has been a lot of circumstances with people. so in light of a ril levine, those cirks add credibility. >> wait, eric garner. are not talking about hip-hop, but trackly race, but that is what gives the story some talk. >> did youer that? >> eric garner by this has been worth has been arrested dozens of times before that. i don't know thu compares. what do you say? he saids with a chokehold. >> this is about social media to give

with chasing news, i am ashley johnson. >> thankthank you, ashley. >> i want to bring back the panel and ask you. all political strategists. andre justin jennette. this is ded on arrival? >> jennette into there is no wa this is getting through congress for having the president sign the. however, it is a great bumper sick this democrats much? everybody gets health care. everybody gets a pony so in realley at this time does it cost much they tried this in vermont. >> what do you think about this? i pane, this is just strategizing for the 2018 midterm and the party using paranoia in the midterm election? >> may he, that was what they would call midterm test another democrats so we like to see the two sides am we have more moderate side and the left leading liberal sid and see corey booker jump out on this. you know, it all depends on as we move closer to 2020 we. >> the presidential election has start. >> what do you think? >> should everybody get a upon ni well, i just wonder one thing that is necessary. i sort of's i guy. to answer your question. so i don't know. maybe that is ok. may

in patterson, ashley johnson with chasing news. >> thank you ashley. first of all, i think it's good somebody got fired. >> this make me want to throw up as a parent. the bus driver has one job. that's to get the kids to and from school safely. they fail. i have to do is walk to the bus to make sure there no kids there. how hard is that? this makes me sick. there should be no tolerance and they should be fired. >> from a legal standpoint their statutes on the books in terms of what udy and education for a bus driver. in this case it doesn't seem like those were followed and perhaps the district needs to be more monitoring of what these bus drivers are doing on a daily basis to expect a lawsuit from the parents? >> i would sue. i totally would. >> when you look at the issue with the failure of the state. the state has taken over the district for the last two decades. it was superintendent who's been hired by the state making closer $200,000 it's a failure of the state. the reality is there should be a big banner out there with parents out there talking

island to ensure that trucks that are stationed to pick unthe items they will ship out, i am ashley johnson for "chasing news." bill: bringing back our panel, andre. you know, there is a wit a lot f political posturing going on, talking about jones act, a law that prevents foreign ships from transporting goods between u.s. ports it seems that the lefting of it had no bearing on this, this was already at the dock. what do you see as a big problem? do you take blame on your party for fli politicizing this? >> i am glad that president finally decided to lift the jones act. i said that last week. there no logistic on the ground, president has taken his eye off the ball on this, supporting losing candidates in alabama, and talking about protests that are not about american -- >> wait -- >> jan yenette is that accurate? >> he has not been there. >> what is he going to do there. the problem is getting it there, there is a military operation, this is what we need military for, get vehicles and trucks out there. bill: andre is the president's racist in our mind. >> president is patting himself on th

ashley johnson. with the local response from our area. reporter: residentses in rowes e parts puerto rico are stranded. at least 10 people died in puerto rico but of hurricane maria, 1.6 million are without power, that is nearly half of the island, puerto rico governor, said that island is on brink of humanitarian crisis, and has called on trump administration to provide more help and resources. in new jersey many continue to worry with about their loved ones, there is outpouring of support at the community center, volunteers are collecting bottled water, canned goods and toiletry. the mayor, diaz, nearly broke down in tears when i asked about her mother and sister who live in northwest part of island. >> i was very fortunate my sister had an opportunity to contact my sister my cousin to tell us they are okay. but so many have not had the same opportunity to speak to their loved ones. reporter: diaz said, this is a resilient community. >> we're a giving community, we understand. we went through a tough time with superstorm sandy right her

for all of the details ashley johnson. >> disgraced ex- congressman anthony weiner was sentenced to 21 months some say it contributed to hillary clinton's loss. anthony weiner and who met abbott in file for divorce. >> he was forgiven once by the people of new york i was ready to elect him as mayor. now he's asking for forgiveness. what you have to ask were now is a degree of trust that i don't think people are willing to give him. they should forgive someone but this time he lied to the public. he told the public he was clean and wasn't doing this. but he was. to come back and asked that level of forgiveness by itself is difficult if not on president. >> began a 2011 when he was forced to resign from congress because of a a4 scandal. then when running for mayor of new york city he was caught sexting again. that was with it 16-year-old. he persuaded the team to undress and touch yourself via skype. he pleaded for probation on the grounds of a sick obsession for sexting strangers. he pleaded one count of guilty pgh so, to bring in her a+ panel. you're an attorney, thinks are sticking wi

i'm ashley johnson with chasing news. >> i had a chance earlier digestiocheckup with a clinical. >> whatstudy shows is that the real issue is for cyber bullying and to keep up with social networking, the third thing of course is the pressure to do well in school, and finally the idea that were not doing anything for the mental health for children because we think because they're so young that there excluded from having those kind of thought. >> i want to bring back our a+ panel. jeanette is here it's good to have you here. former prosecutor bob and then lauren. it's very difficult to digest some of these numbers. talk about 11 and 12. i see this as part of a greater problem. some cancers mental illness, but what about coping skills and you as a parent? >> i feel like we could do a show about parental responsibility. internet cyber bowling is out of control. their programs in schools and the community to address it. but what are we doing at home? were given these kids phones and not showing them how to use it or engage in social media. it's about teaching them to be a decent person and ha

she likes to watch commodity prices including precious metals reminds me of wayne and ashley johnson there on the fed you've got a lot of possibilities here and i kind of like the idea of a wash and taylor or somebody and a taylor. if it's not a uniform decision these are names that i cannot say with any degree of certainty because i don't think the decisions have been made, but i can say that these are people that were on the list, on the transiti transition committee list inside the highest levels of the white house. >> thank you so much for phoning in great to hear from you >> let's talk about the markets because on top of this, we had more news out of washington that moves the markets. the three month extension of the debt ceiling limit helped rates really juice them in term tofs ten-year as well as the shorter end of course. that sort of overlapped th epedt time period. it was interesting what you saw across markets you also saw the dollar move s&p 500 against the dollar, most of this move in 2017 has been lock step with a weaker dollar doesn't look like it was strong there, but

johnson. you remember him? of course you do. he escaped flooding in houston with lovely baby triplets. he is back home. he will give us an update. we're back next. ♪ ♪ ashley tying harvey aid to the debt ceiling increase. last hour we spoke with congressman andy biggs of arizona and asked him what he thinks of that proposal. roll tape. >> it is swampesque if you ask me. this is exactly what people said don't do. they said don't put something that got majority votes, maybe consensus, stick it with something that should be modified or changed. that is what we're seeing here. stuart: so what's got the votes? aid to harvey, the big package, you are saying that does have the votes. but the debt ceiling does not, is that what you're saying? >> yeah. that's what i would guess. i mean i don't know. i haven't done a whip count obviously. seems to me there will be a lot more sentiment in favor of providing aid than raising the debt ceiling. ♪ david: taking another leg down. we're off 169 points on the dow industrials. 21,819. that is where we are. some big-name companies contributing to the loss for the dow. look at financials. goldman sachs, jpmorgan, bank of ameri