jacqui heinrich with more. jacqui? >> prosecutors say that avenatti used a fraudulent document to divert money owed to his client, stormy daniels, to his own account and spent it for personal and business purposes. avenatti allegedly helped daniels secure a book deal and stole an advanced payment on the contract by having the payer direct the money to his own account. stormy daniels didn't sign off on it and didn't know it was happening. avenatti said the indictment would be coming down last night. two hours before it was announced, he tweeted no monies related to miss daniels were misappropriated or mishandled. she received millions in legal services and spent how many sums in expenses. she only paid $100 for all that she received. i look forward to a jury hearing the evidence. prosecutors say michael avenatti violated the duty of an attorney, the duty to his clients as alleged to use his position of trust to steal an advance on his book deal. he stole from his client to maintain his extravagant lifestyle including to

let's go to jacqui heinrich in new york at macy's and whether shoppers are getting nervous. jacqui? >> the existing tariffs targets that were purchased by manufacturers. the new tariff target goods that are brought directly by consumers and could have a new set of consequences for american shoppers and for stores. if the president follows through with his threat tomorrow,he will raise existing tariffs on $200 billion of imports to 25% up from 10%. that will be followed by 25% tariffs on $325 billion worth of goods. the new tariffs target items that shoppers purchased like handbags, electronics, iphones and computers. textiles and clothing, furniture, luggage, bed sheets, cosmetics and purchase forms. 40% of consumer goods have not been impacted by the tariffs, this could change that. here's what shoppers are saying. >> i'm going to be paying more. >> if it happens, i'm going to see cut back more. >> we have to trust trump will do the right thing. he's using it's as a negotiating tactic. >> overall, if it would help, i'd be okay. i would stop spending as much. >> relax and let it pla

jacqui heinrich in lower manhattan. jacqui? >> shep, michael avenatti has avoided cameras this morner. he surrendered him at 7:00 a.m. to marshalls. we're awaiting the detailing on the second arraignment. avenatti is accused of trying to shake down nike for up to $25 million and threatening to release damage information ahead of the quarterly earnings call. he told the company's lawyers he wasn't missing around. if they didn't pass up, he would take $10 billion all of their market cap. he pleaded not guilty in a rob-peter to pay paul school. prosecutors say he took money that was supposed to go to stormy daniels for her book deal, spent it and hounded the publisher for more. daniels has taken $400,000 for her tell-off with president trump. avenatti had those payments sent to his account by faking her signature and spent it on ferrari payments, hotels, restaurants and payroll checks. he's accused of taking $300,000. the two cases carry a maximum sentence of 69 years in prison. shep? >> shepard: now a nod to the president, avenat

jacqui heinrich following the damage. hi, jacqui. >> reporter: hi, leland.c for tomorrow, -- track for tofor tomorrow. in and around dallas, heavy rain and significant flooding as a line of storms moved west to east, residents are under a flood warning right now and are being warned not to drive or risk being swept away. >> all of a sudden, we got in water. it looked high. we kept going to try to goat out and get off the road. and all of a sudden, the water was so deep. >> reporter: at least 11 tornadoes ripped through the southern plains, from friday through last night, injuring a few people an decembe and decems and businesses. at least 40 preliminary reports were recorded across kansas and nebraska. two super cells tracked for hundreds of miles. in oklahoma, a confirmed ef-2 tornado destroyed two homes and injured one person with winds up to 130 miles an hour. the national weather service says its path was short but the winds were severe. and in texas, about 150 miles west of fort worth, strong winds forced a nursing home to evidence a actuate. several ho

jacqui heinrich joins us with more. jacqui?porter: jon, we're just beginning to see the scope of the damage and the number of people without power is rapidly climbing. today is expected to be the worst day with as many as 80 million people in the path of the storm across 18 states, from kansas powerful dashcam video shows a semi truck flipped over before it appears to be the beginnings of a tornadoes in the distance. in nebraska, oklahoma and kansas , eight tornadoes were reported within two hours and across the south central u.s. there were more than 30 preliminary tornadoes reports and one was confirmed in oklahoma injuring one person and two more confirmed in texas and strong winds forcing a nursing home to evacuate several homes and businesses were damaged there and in silver valley more destruction. winds downed trees and left power lines on streets, a baseball stadium and water tower were also hit leaving homes now flooded. right now power outages are impacting cleanup efforts with more than 83,000 people left in the dark

let's go to jacqui heinrich in baio, new jersey, overlooking the port. jackie?> retailers are still hoping for a quick negotiation. the affect on them is not quite happening yet. cargo loads arriving today were not subject to that medicine night deadline for the new tariffs because they left the port before those tariffs went into effect. any orders that were placed after 12:01 a.m. are subject to a 25% tax. that is a huge price difference and causing a reconundrum for business owners. part of the question is whether retailers and suppliers will absorb some or all of the cost increase hoping to keep consumers shopping or reprice their items to reflect the tariffs and risk losing some business. nearly 6,000 products are subject to tariffs. last year the president imposed a 10% tariff on $200 billion worth of mostly raw materials. typically things purchased by manufacturers but this new wave raises those existing tariffs to 25% in addition to $50 billion worth of items that were already taxed at 25%. and this round of tariff targets things that consumers most ofte

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jacqui heinrich outside the courtroom in new york where this just went down. jacqui? >> neil, avenatti just wrapped up back-to-back arraignments in court. he was calm but indignant. he told the judge that he was not just not guilty but 100% not guilty. he just pleaded not guilty on the charges that he tried to shake down nike for up to $25 million, threatening to release damage information ahead of their quarterly earnings call and the start of the ncaa cleaning basketball tournament. prosecutors say he told the company's lawyers he wasn't messing and. if they didn't pay up, they would take $10 billion off of their market cap. and then he pleaded not guilty in a case with stormy daniels. avenatti is accused of taking $300,000 of daniels money by having to payments sent to his ap couldn't and faking her signature and spending it on ferrari payments, hotels, restaurants and payroll checks. he's accused of taking $300,000. avenatti has maintained he's innocent and want the investigators investigated saying i have trust in the system that i have devoted to 20 years. i'm c

we should be getting those answers in about half an hour or so. >> jacqui, thanks. and there's breaks news now on fox news channel. we just learned from the reporting of the baltimore sun that indeed the baltimore city mayor does intend to resign. this news breaking just moments ago. this is from the baltimore sunday. and i'm reading from their publication. the attorney is expected to give a news conference in a few minutes. we'll learn if she steps down and what the plans are regarding the investigation. breaking news crediting the baltimore sun, not independently confirmed by fox news channel. the baltimore city mayor to resign amid investigation. and there's more breaking news. this in the case involving painkillers, pay-outs and soon we we have just learned punishment. breaking in the last few minutes, a jury in boston has found the rich founder of a drug company is guilty in a scheme to bribe doctors, to prescribe a powerful opioid. his name is john kapour. he finded the company insist therapeutics. he's one of the highest ranking pharmaceutical executives ever

>> neil: now to jacqui heinrich in new jersey with the impact this could have on our economy. jackie? >> neil, the effects of these new tariffs aren't being felt yet. the hardships coming in today and the next three to four weeks were already in transit by the time the new tariffs took effect. they will be taxed at the old rate. so anything that leaves china after midnight last night will be subject to that 25% new tariff rate that is a huge price difference. it's causing a conundrum for owners and retailers. port of the question is if retailers will absorb some or the cost increase or price the items to reflect the tariffs and losing some business. some big retailers may bulk orders anticipating the tariffs and fend off price hikes until the inventory is gone. $200 billion worth of goods are impacted. nearly 6,000 products, including things that american shoppers purchase like furniture, clot s clothes, food and electronics. the tariffs in place have cost the american technology sector have cost $1 billion a more since october. that can be life or death for startups that can'

jacqui heinrich, live for us in new york city. thank you.ng me now criminal defense attorney who joins us live in studio. avenatti, he is in some trouble. not saying he did it. he is in trouble. >> he is in a world of hurt, absolutely. its bad for michael. blake: let's focus on the nike part of it. >> sure. blake: there were public tweets on this the bottom line with the nike case, there was quarterly call. companies do that sort of thing, but michael avenatti went to nike i have dirt on you, you need to remedy this or else i go forward on eve of quarterly call. that is no, no according to prosecutors. >> what michael did, he went to the nike lawyers, listen, i need this money and you better pay it. he used the quarterly call as a threat he was going to announce what wrongdoing nike, which for the purposes of this conversation isn't important, but probably nike has some liability there. had this been approached in normal course, pinkies out, draw up a complaint, send a copy of the complaint, don't file it, create a backbone what your complai

alicia: jacqui, thank you. tariffing, let's bring back -- tariffs, let's bring back gordon chang. the tariffs went up bit by bit and we had the negotiate in washington had that basically failed. what do you predict? >> i don't predict consumers will pay $767 more per year. a lot of fact r tosse -- a lot s will mitigate against that. there will be some absorption by chinese producers. also, we have number of factories that will move back to the western hemisphere. i've got a friend who is a manufacturing consultant. on friday afternoon when the tariffs were going up, he got a call from an asian businessman, wanting to move his factory out of china, into central america. this is really important because if factories go back into central america, we're not going to see these large caravans moving up towards mexico into the united states. eric: you mean central america, like honduras, guatemala, one of those countries. >> right, into central america. this has all sorts of good implications for us. eric: you ho.eric

jackie: thank you jacqui, so much.elissa: here is judge andrew napolitano, fox news analyst and host of "the liberty file." when he says he will be fully exonerated a lot of charges in different states with a different authorities and a lot of different crimes. what are the odds he gets off? >> federal government usually prevails on cases like this, not all the time but most of the time. they don't pull the trigger, that is, file a get an indictment until they have all the evidence ready to go. they have a 90-day period which he can pull the trigger, i want to try the case, they have to be ready to go. stated differently the evidence against him is overwhelming. what do you think of his bravado? that is his style. i would be surprised if he didn't stand in front of camera i would prove myself innocence. he doesn't have to prove himself innocent. the government has to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. he did say in the last of his arraignments today, absolutely not guilty, your honor. which is his style. that

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we have live fox news coverage on all this, jacqui heinrich in our new york city news room tracking thether meteorologist. >> definitely been an active day in the past 24 hours, nebraska that hit hard last night as well as portions of southern kansas and now as we take you into your radar we're still pretty active into texas and continued to see our storms pressed into arkansas, as we zoom in a tad bit closer there is a particular cell right now just to the south of little rock that will continue to press its way further to the east. earlier it was tornado warned meaning it had rotation indications but still right now that blinking box in yellow is a severe thunderstorm warning. with that being said we're going to be talking about wind gusts up towards to 60 miles per hour and continue to see the likelihood in arkansas for tonight but as we look into sunday, we will also be looking at wet weather and severe weather in towards the midwest and great lakes, big rapids as well as chicago and into indianapolis have the potential for hail, flooding downpours and we can't rule out the likeliho

law shares the lead with americans jacqui concolino and jennifer song.that's all the sport for now. now it is time for click... this week: they're still sucking up our information. they're still acting on our data. give me the memory sticks! and there are bits and bytes coming out of everything. welcome to london's piccadilly circus, one of the busiestjunctions in the city, popular with tourists on the way to the world famous west end theatres. and that's why the biggest brands pay huge money to advertise on those enormous billboards. but why go big when you can go small? 0ur mobile devices nowadays know more about us than we do. this almost unrestricted flow of information is a goldmine for advertisers and other groups who want to target us with their messages. not just about what to buy, but also about what to think, and maybe even how to vote. so, exactly one year ago, new eu legislation came into force. gdpr is designed to stop companies from endlessly collecting and storing our data without us ever knowing. if you live anywhere in europe, these noti

law shares the lead with americans jacqui concolino and jennifer song.day of radio 1's big weekend in middlesbrough. around 64,000 fans are expected at stewart park over the weekend. this is the scene live there now. last night miley cyrus unexpectedly joined mark ronson on stage to perform their hit "nothing breaks like a heart". james arthur and jess glynn are singing tonight — little mix are on tomorrow night. radio 1 newsbeat reporter nesta mvgregor is in stewart park for us. it seems like we have been blessed and we have all the ingredients needed for the perfect music festival. we have sunshine, 30,000 excited music fans and some of the biggest stars on the planet. now, just a few minutes, the likes ofjess glynne, anne marie and stormzy are going to be on and today the headline act is us singer miley cyrus. now yesterday, we were lucky enough to be here when miley was sound checking and boy are you in for a treat. she has brought her a game. a few fans were lucky enough to get a sneak peek of miley yesterday. she popped up to perform beside dj mark

law shares the lead with americans jacqui concolino and jennifer song.ather. hello. in some respects it is a bank holiday weekend that is going to suit all because there will be some sunshine around but also rain as well which will keep the gardeners and the growers happy. the rain most persistent across the north and west but not exclusively, however that will just turn a little cooler and i am not sure that is going to please too many. the reason being these fronts sitting out in the atlantic, on their way and we are just starting to see the first signs of rain brushing in to western fringes of scotland and northern ireland and that is going to gradually drift east through the afternoon. here a little cooler, and more disappointing. but further south we have certainly more cloud and eventually showery outbreaks into north wales and north west england. the best of the sunshine in sheltered eastern areas to the east of the pennines. the sunshine will turn increasingly hazy into the afternoon but still pleasant enough with highest values of 23. similar to

she shares the lead with americans, jacqui concolino and jennifer song, on 9 under par.inal. a second—half hat—trick of tries from nick tompkins helped the champions‘ cup winners to a 44—19 victory. chrisjones was at the allianz arena. the cluster fans have certainly enjoyed their trip to allens park, and to the premise ship some final, rare appearance of the last four, not since 2011 has there been at this stage, but it was all that one tea m this stage, but it was all that one team today, they were the men in black. saracens and natasha, they england half, gloucester scored early, without all, will someone call something special here from the gloucester point of view, but when saracens took control, they took total control. you only get, they do have a stranglehold on the come on teams that they managed your time your time teams that they managed your time yourtime and time teams that they managed your time your time and time again. especially when it comes to knockout rugby. gloucester and the first three minutes, everyone was on the edge of their seats, thinking they

she shares the lead with americans jacqui concolino and jennifer song on 9 under par.. it's an emotional location for glasgow, with more than 14,000 supporters inside celtic park. the venue supporters inside celtic park. the venue for this year's final. they scored the first triumph in front of the maduro home crowd, but leinster responded straightaway with gary ring road latching onto this blocked kick. and the boot of islands johnny sexton given a slender lead. five points in it then, but still plenty of time for glasgow to get a famous wind in their home city. saracens remain in contention for a european and domestic double after crushing gloucester to reached the premiership final. a second—half hat—trick of tries from nick tompkins helped 4the champions‘ cup winners to a 44—19 victory. chrisjones was at the allianz arena. while the gloucester fans have certainly enjoyed their trip to allen's park, into the premiership semi final. a rare appearance in the last four for them and not since 2011 have they been at this stage. but, it was all about wanting today. they w

jacqui heinrich at harold square in new york city. are consumers talking about this yet?eland. we're not seeing price hikes just yet because existing inventory was already purchased before those tariffs went into effect, but as new orders come through, we can expect retailers to pass off some of that increase ared cost to consumers, and that means american shoppers could be in for some sticker shock. last year president trump began taxing $200 billion at 10%, but as of yesterday that tariff increased to 25%. the majority of those products are things that manufactures buy like raw materials but about $40 billion worth of consumer items are also affected, things americans purchase willingly. at the grocery store, seafood, vegetables, shellfish, eggs, nuts and paper products, and at department stores things like handbags, electronics, clothing, furniture and hardware will also cost more. american shoppers have mixed feelings about the standoff with china. >> there's a lot of little people that are really going to be affected by the fact that they can't afford these things th

jacqui heinrich with more. >> shep, few details right now.tigators are looking at the possibility of homicide even though her body was found hangi hanging. the 31-year-old arrived in mexico city for a job interview. investigators have not disclosed who she was with, only saying an acquaintance helped her settle in the hotel. they didn't name the hotel where she was found dead. there's been no official ruling on the cause of death. she had been working as a model since 2006 and in the miss world pageant in 2008. she starred in a mexican show called "triumph of love." she used social media where fans expressed sadness. the miss universe organization said they're deeply saddened by the passing of miss uruguay. according to the newspaper, she was named in an undercover police sting in 2011 aimed at a prostitution rank that was operated by a modelling agent. she reportedly testified about that in court in 2012. a mexican newspaper reports that investigators are looking into any possible connections. prosecutors have not confirmed that with fox new

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jacqui heinrich reporting. how is the little girl do something. >> the ball was going about 90 miles an hour when it hit the girl. we don't know the nature of the injury. a sports radio station said she's awake and responsive and will be okay. here she is after it happened. the man rushes her out of the stands. albe albe albert almora dropped to his knees as if he was in agony. his teammates try to console him before he made his way to the dugout in tears where he cried in his glove. he came out still shaken. then after he struck out, he went to the stands where the little girl was sitting where a security guard consoled him. >> i was just speechless. loss of words. being a father, two boys, i'll have a relationship with this girl the rest of my life. >> she was about ten feet from the end of the protective netting. >> shepard: i've been saying alomar. it's almora. some players are calling for more netting. >> yeah, with the speed of the game, that protection is needed. mlb just expanded for all needing after a

jacqui in new york city is on how this big travel day and weekend is shaping up. >> good afternoon, neil. aaa is the authority on this. they're saying nearly 43 million people as you said, are going to travel in some way for the long holiday weekend. the big question is how are they going to do it? 37.6 million of them are going to hit the roads. that is up about 3.5% from last year. aaa says watch out what time you'll travel. because peak times will be difficult. try to go off peak if you can. 3.25 million people will hit the skies. that's up 5% from last year. bus, trains, ships, almost two million passengers up 4%. i'm guess ago few of these folks will attend a barbecue, maybe host a barbecue. if they are, they'll have to brace for rising food prices. let's go through that. hamburgers are up 1%. if you're serving hot dog, less than 5% of an increase than last year. the buns, you'll get a break there. .3 increase. chicken prices are down. if you're planning to use lettuce, look for a whopping 34% increase. hot dogs are up because of the african swine flu epidemic. the is that right inc

jacqui heinrich is it with me now.island city where that protest is happening just a few feet away. jackie? >> paris, protests like the one you see behind me wrapping and at least ten major cities across the country. in some areas, strikes are also happening. in new york this morning, right in the middle of rush hour, drivers refused to drive people. also in los angeles, a 24-hour strike is also underway right now. in new york, rideshare drivers passed over the brooklyn bridge with signs attach their cars and rallied in long island city where both huber and lifter headquartered. see the members of better pay, saying they raise serious rides but also saying the drivers are occasionally deactivated without warning. essentially being fired with no recourse. >> make no mistake, for all these years they have treated drivers as if they are expendable. and it drivers across the globe are sick and tired of it. >> what they are doing? i am the proof. i used to make $37 an hour. today i make about $9.80 an hou hour. >> drivers a

jacqui heinrich joins us in the near city news and with this amazing story. graduating class to make sure they pay it forward to undergraduates they are enough to make sure the community gets taken care of and has an equal opportunity to pursue the american dream. 296 students graduated today at morehouse. historically black almonds college in atlanta, students could barely believe their ears when robert smith, the keynote speaker, told him he will be wiping out their debt. as you can imagine, huge cheers from the audience as well as a standing ovation. for those who might thought it too good to be true they said quote - my family will create a grant to eliminate your student loans. >> on behalf of the eight generations of my family have been in this country, we're going to put a little fuel in your bus.my family is making a grant to eliminate the student loans. reporter: morehouse is about 2000 undergrads. many are probably hoping this myth comes back next year. amazing! arthel: thank you for the great story. that is it for us. eric: that is so heartwarming!

jacqui heinrich joins us with more. nice graduation. >> reporter: can you imagine hearing that?been. jon: oh, for sure. >> reporter: the billionaire investor told the graduating class to make sure they pay it forward, make sure their community gets taken care of and have an equal opportunity to pursue the american dream. 396 students graduated today at the historically black all-men's college in atlanta. students could barely believe their ears when robert smith told them he'd be wiping out their debt. as you can imagine, huge cheers from the audience and a standing to ovation. and for those who might have thought it too good to be true, morehouse college tweeted, quote: my family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans. >> on behalf of the eight generations of my family who have been in this country, we're going to put a little fuel in your bus. my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> reporter: smith's gift could be as high as $40 million. the cost of a four-year degree is about $100,000 per student. some students reported having debt

. >> bret: jacqui heinrich in new york thanks. panels from the top chilling stories about the growing numbers of climbers literally dying to reach the summit of mount everest. first, fox affiliate around the country's tonight, fox five in oklahoma city where the first state trial against drugmakers langford contributing to the opioid crisis is underway. opening arguments began today against products giant johnson & johnson. the outcome of this trail could help shape negotiations and resolve roughly 1500 other opioid lawsuits filed by state and local governments. fox 7 in austin for state secretary of state resigning months after his office released a deeply full flood voter list that donald trump seized on. david whitley submitted a resignation letter to greg abbott today. the flag of 100,000 voters potentially noncitizens earlier this year but within days became clear david use was deeply flawed. this is a live look at seattle from fox 13 from affiliate there one of the big stories tonight is the worry over wildfire officials bel

correspondent jacqui heinrich is live outside the federal courthouse tonight.i. >> michael avenatti was calm and smiling in court. he was wearing no hand cuffs. when the judge asked him how he would plead he said, quote, 100 percent not guilty. after court he took a different tone and seemed to blame his troubles on the president. >> for over 20 years i have represented davids vs. goliaths across this nation in many courthouses just like this. i am now facing the fight of my life against the ultimate goliath, the trump administration. >> new york prosecutors laid out their cases in two searing indictments for crimes ranging from identity theft to extortion. the first describing a robbing peter to pay paul scheme involving adult actress stormy daniels. prosecutors say he took money from daniels book deals spent it and hounded from the next publisher to reimburse what he had taken. avenatti faked daniels' signature to have the money sent to his account spent it on forewarry payments, hotels coffee cup and law firm about $300,000 in all. as he was leaving the cour

. >> it's interesting, jacqui. have been in some polls an indication that the democratic base is getting less and less enthusiastic about the election. we have a member of the democratic base right here. and you see one of the reasons, you seem a little less than enthusiastic because of nancy pelosi damping this down. >> but she's also looking at independent polling, who are not as geared up for impeachment. so going beyond a primary, she's looking at her majority. she's looking at, you know, the folks in her caucus that don't want to impeach trump. so she's really being pulled by both sides. you do have trump who does seem to be attempting the fate and really challenging the congress and its oversight role, you know, writ large, right? and she has her base, that really wants to see, as angela said, not necessarily going in kind of a crazy impeachment kamikaze situation, but being open to the idea. as a part of their congressional duties. >> and speaking of democrats trying to conduct oversight, this just in, house

correspondent jacqui heinrich has details on this story tonight. >> federal prosecutors say michael avenattioney that was supposed to go to stormy daniels for her book deal, faking documents behind her back and lied about where the money was. stormy daniels was due to receive $800,000 for her memoir, "full disclosure," a tell-all about her affair with president trump. the money was supposed to go to daniels' agent, but michael avenatti told the agent to send the money into his account. those instructions complete with what appeared to be daniels' signature. he allegedly stole three and a thousand dollars of daniels' money, spend it on lease payments, hotels and restaurant restaurants. daniels asked avenatti where her late money was, saying i am sending the publisher he certified letter, then i may posted online for fun. prosecutors say offer avenattit to tell her age and because they would need to sue for the payment. he suggested the fines hadn't come in because of poor book sales. he told fox news, and no time was any money misappropriated or mishandled. i will be fully exonerated once the

we can speak now to jacqui buist, her eight—year—old son has autism, was excluded from school and sheis future education. also with us ian fenn, head at burnage academy for boys, an inner city school, serving deprived wards in manchester. and to nadhim zahawi, education minister. thank you so much forjoining us. jackie, this report says head teachers and the school must take an interest in a child once they are excluded, what support did you get with your boy when he was excluded. firstly, the school asked us to bring him in for part time. he was excluded for one weekjust before the end of the year and we were asked to bring him back to school and we were informed that he was going to be part time from 9am until 1pm. initially that was going to be for one term and that term dragged on and! for one term and that term dragged on and i kept asking when was he going to go back to full time, he kept asking. itjust kept dragging on and on. i got legal advice and was informed that it was illegal to have an unofficial exclusion and i informed the school. they kept insisting that that was how

and jacqui shurlock from the charity the challenging behaviour foundation.s are autism, neither of which are mental health conditions, end up in a mental health hospital? 0ften end up in a mental health hospital? often because it's there not getting the right support when they are at home with their parents, they get admitted to hospital because they are not getting support early enough, their behaviour can get worse, they may become a risk to themselves so they get admitted to hospital than they should have had the right support closer to home. what do you think about these numbers that you have collected together in this report? it's really, really concerning. we went to visit children in hospital and we spoke to families and we heard some heartbreaking stories about how traumatic it is for a child to be admitted to hospital at all and some of the experiences they have there and it's worrying that these numbers are going up and it's despite government promises, we see so many children in hospital unnecessarily. the government says it's made significant inv

jacqui heinrich joins us with the latest on this. >> well, molly, it's another busy weekend for 2020he early primary states are getting a lot of attention. first in the nation new hampshire is getting visits from john hickenlooper and. >> joe biden is in south carolina and bill and hillary clinton making a stop on their tour. and buttigieg, and beto o'rourke in the lonestar state. michael bennett jumped in on thursday making an announcement on cbs this morning and that brings the total number of democrats in the race to 21. and the latest polls from cnn showed several top candidates edging out the president in a hypothetical general election match-up with beto o'rourke in a double digit lead against the president, claiming 52% of registered voters compared with trump's 42%. bide and point behind, but that's significant because it's a bump from the first place spot he's held in most polls since announcing. notably it has the president beating out senator elizabeth warren. democrats don't just have to compete with the president, but a good economy. the unemployment rate 3.6% the lowest

jacqui heinrich following all of them today and has a mid-afternoon round-up of their activities. >>orter: hi, eric. an even wider democratic field, if you can imagine, this weekend after senator michael bennett jumped into the race on thursday. that brings the total number of democrats now in the race up to 21. and many of them are hitting the early primary states this weekend. new hampshire was the first primary in the nation getting visits today, julian castro, kirsten gillibrand and beto beto o'rourke in texas. meanwhile, joe biden's in south carolina and iowa is seeing elizabeth warren, eric swalwell and bernie sanders: a big hurdle for democrats on the campaign trail will be competing with such a strong economy. according to the april jobs report, 263,000 jobs were added in the month of april. again, the unemployment rate being the lowest it's been in 49 years at just 3.6%. bernie sanders, nonetheless, made it a campaign issue at a stop in iowa. >> front pages of the paper today says the economy is booming, unemployment is down. unemployment is down. i want you to think, does t

eric: jacqui, thank you. alicia: the u.s. military presence in the middle east amid what we're told is a growing threat from iran. the department of defense announcing that it is deploying a war ship and a patriot surface to air missile battery to the region. gillian turner has more on the escalating tensions. >> reporter: the department of defense announced yesterday that a war ship, the u.s.s. arlington, as well as a patriot surface to air missile battery are headed to the middle east. this comes from the trump administration in response to iran prepositioning missiles across the region. they say it could constitute tangible threats to american troops. the pentagon released a statement after acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan approved the deployment. the united states does not seek conflict with iran but we are postured and ready to dep fend s forces in the region. it is used to shoot down ballistic missiles and aircraft. the u.s.s. arlington will transfer from europe to the middle east and swap out with another w