. >> reporter: amanda orr of reuters, and brian rogers, the houston chronicle's legal affairs reporter covered the melgar murder. >> they're getting information right away about kind of a sketchy neighbor, known to break into houses, steal stuff and pawn it. and he's up the block and maybe at the scene that night. >> that's right. a neighbor who had -- just getting out of jail, who was suspicious. >> reporter: lizz thought to add him to the list of potential suspects. >> did you have ideas for them? >> i did. >> reporter: she also suggested they talk to one of her parents' tenants, someone who'd had disputes with her dad. and there was a co-worker of jaime's she got a bad vibe from. and again, lizz says she urged detectives to look at her ex. he had a record of drug arrests. if not him, what about people in his circle? months dragged by without word on the investigation. >> you believe someone is out there, has gotten away with killing your father. >> yeah, absolutely. it was hard to sleep at night. i was -- every little noise was -- had me on edge. >> were you worried about your mothe

how are they doing kate rogers here now with the latest small business survey kate >> hi, brian goodooking pretty good on main street. overall our cnbc and survey monkey confidence index increased one point this quarter to 59. now, this is three points from the all-team high of this survey of 62. hit back in the third quarter of 2018. this is basically in line with the last few quarters. that number actually goes up to 63% for businesses with 50 or more workers and one-third of small businesses, broin, say they do plan to hire in the next year. that is, of course, if they can find workers to fill those roles. >> what is the perception of the tax cut right now? >> that's one thing that helped bolster this optimism and keep it at or near report highs we've seen some changes in perception over tax cuts 35% believe that the cuts will have a negative impact on their business 28% believe they'll have a positive impact on their business >> more have a negative than a positive >> that's right. that wasn't the case a few quarters ago. >> near where i am, i'm not kidding, there must be a help

brian: like the roger staubachs in the world they go and choose the military academy.t that be? maybe an exemption in that direction. i think it would be great. david robinson grew like six inches in college and next thing you know he couldn't fit in a submarine. drafted him in the first round and said see you in two years. maybe there is something that could be done there. ainsley: god bless them all. let us know what you think friends@foxnews.com. meantime hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. welcome back. jillian: i believe there is yellow thread in there in the sewing kit in my office. we have serious news to get. to say we will begin with a fox news alert. look at this sick site. a suspected cop killer seen smiling after his arrest in mississippi overnight. darian attkisson accused of gunning down robert mckeithen. fellow officers lining up outside of police headquarters where the 23-year veteran of the force ambushed to watch attkisson be taken into custody. >> these officers have spent some of them have been up for 38, 40, 44 hours we thought it fit

brian sullivan appreciate you joining us. let's kick off the second half of the show. of all the news you need to know in about 60 seconds. kate rogersut something is here now with the news kate >> brian, don't know what you are talking about. here's the news that's topping the headlines right now. the u.s. is rolling back some restrictions on huawei it gives suppliers and its customers a 90-day break from penalties. they black listed huawei from national security concerns fed chair jay powell talked in corporate debt in a speech in florida overnight. mr. powell saying the level of debt in the corporate balance sheets could sfres stress if the economy were to weaken aeedded the fed would continue to impact growing jet and sees the overall risk to the economy as moderate. and the eocd is out with the latest global growth forecast. the headline here, broen, global growth has slowed abruptly over the past year and is going to continue the eocd expects global gdp growth to be 3.2% this year. the group blaming a lot of the slowdown on rising rates >> it's still good kate rogers, we're going to fight later in trending. are you ready for tr

roger staubach, former quarterback of the dallas cowboys who has been a great charitable member, civic is, civic-minded generous benefactor in his community. alan paige who was a distinguished athlete. brian: judge. >> african-american judge in minnesota i believe. brian: what about the backlash? >> that come, listen who cares. honestly respectfully who cares what the baltimore sun is has to say about tiger woods and the president in the rose garden yesterday and here's why. they find negative and invective in even the grit and determination and overcoming injury and personal challenges and age over time and tiger woods is a great american story of grit and determination and the underdog prevailing again. you know leave it to some who are honestly always in a bad mood about something to try to ruin the day for tiger woods. i don't think that tiger woods will allow that we're certainly not going to allow that here at the white house. he was more than happy to accept that award. many people are, the president will continue to distinguish a great american for their contributions to society in many ways. brian: steve: kellyanne conway, north lawn. >> rose garden, one anniversary of be the bes

brian: let's bring in elaine rogers from the uso to enjoy some of this benefit. because there is a hard work of our teammates and incredible support of our customers we are proud to present the uso with a check for $1,124,808. [cheers and applause] ainsley: how did you raise this money, bill? >> through the sale of our american heroes cups. it's a one-time purchase of 3.99. we take 2s dollars of that and donate it to wonderful charities. ainsley: you sell a loft those. >> we sure do. one cup at a time. >> uso only has one mission and that's to serve our military and their families. really mission barbecue allows us to do -- we have resiliency programs, employment. music, arts, sports therapies. all the airports helping our military around the world. but what is the coolest thing about mission barbecue it's a family affair. it's not -- it's the customers who give but the employees of mission are amazing. ainsley: when we're in the airports and you buy something a magazine or whatever they always say do you want to donate to the troops. do you want to pick out a pi

the stand today, doctor thomas rogers said forensic pathologist who said of the 9 fire victims he performed autopsies on all of them died of smoke inhalation another man brian o'keefe said he greeted people at the door the night of the fire instead within seconds it exploded into an inferno. >>next right knee griffin a former friend of go ship master tenet derick almena who said he told al manar the warehouse was a death trap. mean a laugh. it griffin took his concerns to the fire department nearby and said he felt as if the fire chief brushed it off. allen tells us he believes almeda and harris are responsible they created the environment, the manage the environment they. >>invited others into that environment, they took money for others to pulse live in that environment and it ends. and myron and that's that's what it comes down to for us in oakland, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>happening now a millbrae neighborhood is on the lookout tonight for a man who exposed himself to 2 teen girls over the weekend it all happened just blocks from an elementary school kron four as well biello joins us live with the latest on the investigation, the well. >>ken and

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