i'm lauren green in new york with details coming up. >>> welcome back to mornings on two.of former trump's campaign chairman paul manafort will resume today. the prosecution's star witness, mannafour's longtime associate, rick gates, is expected to take the standard this week. gates served on the trump campaign and cut a plea deal with special counsel robert mueller. gates admitted to two felony charges when he testifies it will be the first time he will detail those crimes face-to- face with his former boss. manafort is the first case to go to court in the mueller probe. >>> a massive earthquake hit indonesia. 91 people are dead. more than 200 others are injured. lauren green says authorities say rescuers still have not reached some of the devastated parts of the tourist island. >> reporter: a 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the indonesian island of lumbar sunday. also count on the nearby island of bali. when it struck people could be heard screaming and running into the streets. >> i was watching tv when i felt a big shake. the lamp was shaking and people were shouting g

and our chief religion correspondent lauren green has that. lauren? >> hey, shep.his goes all the way to the vatican. and shows church officials covered it up for decades. one of the highest ranking bishops named 15 times in the report is cardinal donald worrell the arch buyer bishop of washington, d.c. he was the archbishop 1998 to 2006. he spoke to wttg defending his handling of priests accused of abuse. >> i have tried to do my very best to deal with this whole question of allegations against a priest. now, remember, we are talking about a long spectrum of time so how we dealt with things in the late 1980s, early 19990s is different than the way we would today. >> wuerl also dismissed allegations that he and other church officials showed only disdain with victims. he met with anyone who came forward. shep? >> shepard: lauren, i mentioned that we haven't heard from the vatican, haven't heard from the pope. what have they been doing about this problem? >> well, you are absolutely right, shep. you know, a lot of criticism is directed at the vatican for not respondi

the vatican sent a letter that says -- >> shepard: our chief religion correspondent lauren green is live now. lauren? >> shep, this is very important because the pope is not issuing an opinion, this is a huge change that goes to the heart of catholicism. catholic teaching. for a long time, the death penalty was considered permissible in rare cases and a protection of the common good. pope francis has declared inadmissible in all cases. the pope approved the change in early may and the vatican announced it today in rome. it's been talked about for some time, even three years ago when the pontiff spoke before congress on his pilgrimage to the united states. >> every life is sacred. every human person. >> the pope says in the light of the gospel, the death penalty is inadmissible because it's an attack on the dignity of the person. >> first of all, it's a message to all catholics. let's go back to what it's like to respect all life and all cases. i send a message globally. >> with this change, the catholic church moves in the direction of the general public. shep? >> shepard: lauren, cathol

as lauren green reports, religious experts say this scandal could possibly take down the leadership ofhe roman catholic church. >> my visit to ireland in addition to great joy also had to bear the pain and bitterness for the suffering caused in that country. >> reporter: pope francis speaking publicly about the mishandling of abuse claims within the catholic church. in his first public appearance since a bombshell report accused the pope of covering up abuse, the pope saying he was deeply moved after meting with abuse survivors during his visit to ireland. >> the meeting left a deep mark on me and in many occasions i asked the lord for forgiveness for the scandal and sense of betrayal caused. >> reporter: the pope's trip was largely overshadowed by a letter published by the former top vatican diplomat to the united states alleging pope francis covered up similar accusations of abuse against american cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> for the first time, we have the pope directly accused of covering up sexual abuse scandals. >> reporter: speaking to reporters on his way back to the vatican

. >> live in america's news headquarters, i'm lauren green.ern syria killing at least 39 people today, many others wounded, a number of women and children among the victims. two five-story buildings collapsed from the explosion trapping many of the victims in the rubble. the cause of the blast is unknown, but the britain based syrian observatory reports a weapons cache in one of the buildings detonated. >>> nike facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged treatment of female employees. four women are accusing the shoemaker of fostering a toxic environment of sexual harassment and unequal pay. suit is the first to hit nike after complaints of pay discrepancies and bullying this year. the company responded by firing at least 11 executives. i'm lauren green, now back to "life, liberty & levin." . mark: let me ask you this question, dr. pillsbury. academia. how have the chinese taken advantage of our so-called open campuses and free speech? >> they've got two goals, one is most of their 300,000 students here now -- mark: whoa, whoa works. they have

as lauren green reports, religious experts say the scandal could threaten to take down the leadership at the vatica. >> my visit to ireland in addition to great joy also had to bear the pain and bitterness for the suffering cause interested in that country. >> reporter: pope francis speaking publicly about the mishandling of abuse claims within the catholic church. this is first public appearance since a bombshell report cluesed the pope of covering up abuses -- accused the pope of covering up abuse, the pope saying he was deeply moved after meting with abuse survivors during his visit to ireland. >> the meeting left a deep mark on me and in many occasions i asked the lord for forgiveness for the scandal and sense of betrayal caused. >> reporter: the pope's trip was largely overshadowed by a letter published by the former top vatican diplomat to the united states alleging pope francis covered up similar accusations of abuse against american cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> for the first time, we have the pope directly accused of covering up sexual abuse scandals. >> reporter: speaking

our chief religion correspondent lauren green has the news now. lauren?shep, as you know, the weapons general audiences are supposed to be a spiritual event pilgrims all over the world can seat pope in person sometimes for the first and only times in their lives. well today's audience had a dark cloud over it. as you mentioned it was the pope's first public appearance since the controversial letter was released by a former vatican official. the church has been embroiled in a sexual abuse controversy and calls for the pope himself to resign. the letter alleges he knew the depth and scope the abuse long before it became public in pennsylvania's grand jury investigation. the pope did not address the letter or the investigation but expressed remorse for sex abuse victims in ireland whom he met with during his recent trip to the country. >> church authorities in the past weren't always capable at adequately handling these crimes. the meeting with some survivors, 8 exactly left a deep mark on me and in many occasions i asked the lord for forgiveness for the sca

i'm lauren greene.he reading car fire claims a seven victim, a utility worker restoring class electricity services in the fire. declaration will feel up federal money to fight the fire still burning up in another state. cal fire director warning that the fire season is just beginning. venezuelan authorities say they detained six suspects accused of using a pair of drones to try to assassinate president nicolas maduro. the chaos of voting yesterday as he was live on tv given a speech madero blaming opposition forces in the us and colombia. some local reports they were simply castings exploding at a nearby apartment building. i'm lauren greene now back to objectified. "certificate of leopard adoption," what is this? well, this was a gift from, uh, the minister of the environment at the kremlin. i speak at the kremlin every december, usually. well, for the last few years, and they gave me, um-- i adopted a leopard. and they named her pamela because she's not camera shy. i talk about environmental issues an

i'm lauren green, now back to "life, liberty & levin." .candace, you mentioned president trump a few times. >> i have. mark: in a very excited, positive way, tell me why? >> i absolutely love this president. i think what he did in this country was the most necessary thing, by killing political correctness. we were losing this country and everybody was too politically correct to tell us that we were losing this country. he stood up on a platform and started telling the truth. it was timely, because when you look at what's happening in europe, i think we would have suffered some of the same consequences that they're suffering, if we hadn't had somebody who was tough and willing to take the hits from the media. mark: in this respect you're talking about immigration. >> and other things, too. standing on a platform and saying to black america, what do you have to lose? having everybody in the media interpret that as racism. what's happening in the black community is racist. the politics inflicted in the black community is racist. when you talk

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm lauren green.e people on board earlier today. faa saying the pilot of the twin-engine cessna declared an emergency before crashing down in a southern california staples parking lot hitting a parked car. officials say no one on the ground was hurt, the faa and ntsb are investigating the cause of the crash. >>> president trump declaring a major disaster in california with raging wildfires claiming a seventh victim. the carr fire burning 160 miles north of sacramento killing a power company lineman yesterday. more than 4500 firefighters are battling that fire which has scorched about 150,000 acre. the carr fire is considered one of the worst in california history and is just one of 17 wildfires burning across the state. >>> i'm lauren green, now back to "objectified," pamela anderson. "certificate of leopard adoption," what is this? well, this was a gift from, uh, the minister of the environment at the kremlin. i speak at the kremlin every december, usually. well, for the last few years, and they gave

. >> live from america's news headquarters, i'm lauren green.pitol ended up being far outnumbered by security protesters. the security was tight to prevent the violent clashes of last year. >>> a small demonstration in charlottesville relatively calm. the day wasn't without incident. police say they made four arrests. >>> slightly cooler temperatures in california helping firefighters battle the so-called holy fire in southern california. so far, that fire has scorched 35 square miles and destroyed 16 structures. now 41% contained but one of 20 blazes burning across california. i'm lauren green, now back to "objectified," pitbull. this is the second gym. this is what we call slam junior. - slam junior? - yeah, this is slam junior. we built it right next to the other school right there. so this becomes our gateway to success 'cause we put a bridge in the middle. so it's the gateway to success through little havana. what the hell are-- are these all yours? you just asked me, how is it you took from mr. 305 to mr. worldwide? four passports that i u

i'm lauren greene. temperatures helping firefighters battling the fires in california.est. cooler weather should up firefighters throughout the state. the holy fire is one of nearly 20 wildfires burning through california. >>> nasa launching a spacecraft in the early hours of funny money. parker solar probe will break records to become the fastest man-made object in history. flies closer to the sun than anything else ever sent from the earth. the craft will make its first pass by the sun in november flying within the plume over its seven-year mission. the probe will make 24 passes by the sun. >>> i'm lauren greene and now back to "objectified" is is the . this is what we call slam junior. - slam junior? - yeah, this is slam junior. we built it right next to the other school right there. so this becomes our gateway to success 'cause we put a bridge in the middle. so it's the gateway to success through little havana. what the hell are-- are these all yours? you just asked me, how is it you took from mr. 305 to mr. worldwide? four passports that i use to travel all around

in new york, lauren green, fox news. >> beaches and when cape cod town closed indefinitely now due tohat officials are calling continued shark activity. it comes days after a shark attack near truro, i think i said that right, massachusetts. he suffered -- a massachusetts man suffered shark bite to his torso and legs. a great white was responsible. the first one recorded in the state since 2012. there has not been a fatal shark attack in massachusetts since 1936, but that does not make it any less scary or make it any less enjoyable for us to talk about. >> he nudges us to do if you're attacked by a shark? leland: budget in the nose? >> that's a common misconception. you're supposed to gouge out her thighs. leland: when you're being chased by a shark, just remember kristen fisher's voice to gouge its eyes. >> coming up, the johnson space center in houston, texas. plus coming sunday panel standing by to debate exactly what don mcgahn reported with the special counsel and what it means to the president. >> we are confident they said nothing wrong about the president and we are confident

i'm lauren greene. the magnitude 7.0 quake hit the island of lombok near bali.able to reach some hard-hit areas due to roadblockages and collapsed bridges. actress charlotte ray died at the age of 92. the cause of death was not announced. she was best known for her role as edna garrett on facts of life. she was diagnosed with bone cancer after pancreatic cancer. . mark: socialism. democratic socialism. we have a 28-year-old who was elected in the democrat primary, not elected yet, in new york. 17,000 votes, and she's on every major news outlet. they're saying this is the future of the democrat party. this is being celebrated. why would this be celebrated? >> well, i mean, you have basically a large -- no one has -- okay, here's an example, okay? every kid coming out of high school thinks a corporation is evil, but they have no idea what a corporation is, and like i've explained this to a million young people that work for me. a corporation is a piece of paper. a piece of paper cannot be evil. you might have bad guys running a corporation, but a corporation in it

in new york, lauren greene, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a mother outraged today after she says her kindergartner was forgotten by an afterschool program. he walked more than two miles home from school. >>> tens of thousands of dollars worth of product stolen from an apple store. on the search for the suspects. update the bathroom but we wanted to work with a company we could trust and rebath made it effortless. a rebath design consultant came to our home and presented us ideas and products in a way that made our decisions simple. they took away the old installed the new and gave us the bathroom we've always wanted. call 925-364-4218 and save $1000 off your complete bathroom remodel >>> new at noon, a hayward mother says she plans to sue her kindergartner's school district after she says her five-year-old son walked 2.5 miles, all alone to get home when he should have been at an afterschool activity. >> reporter: all right. good afternoon, guys. the mother of that five-year- old boy is mighty upset today. understandably so. her son, jackson, walked over 2.5 miles home from school after someone fo

i'm lauren greene, now back to victory. . mark: let me ask you this question, dr. pillsbury.ave the chinese taken advantage of our so-called open campuses and free speech? >> they've got two goals, one is most of their 300,000 students here now -- mark: whoa, whoa works. they have 300,000 students here? i didn't know that. >> yes, over 300,000. the students are mainly in hard sciences and engineering, so they're focused on helping chinese economic growth in this next generation of manufacturing processes. sometime they joke and say we're going to win nobel prizes. that base of hard currency paying students is important to them, that they not be challenged or investigated by the fbi, which the fbi director has already raised and concerned about these students. a lot of them are in laboratories. they're doing state of the art research. they believe it's okay to go back to china with the equipment, the materials, the patents that they got as graduate students, and there's a lot of success stories where they've done this. but the other goal is what i would call the soft underbell

. >>> i'm lauren green. now back to "life, liberty & levin." . mark: socialism.we have a 28-year-old who was elected in the democrat primary, not elected yet, in new york. 17,000 votes, and she's on every major news outlet. they're saying this is the future of the democrat party. this is being celebrated. why would this be celebrated? >> well, i mean, you have basically a large -- no one has -- okay, here's an example, okay? every kid coming out of high school thinks a corporation is evil, but they have no idea what a corporation is, and like i've explained this to a million young people that work for me. a corporation is a piece of paper. a piece of paper cannot be evil. you might have bad guys running a corporation, but a corporation in itself can't be bad. and you wouldn't have that cell phone without a corporation, you wouldn't have a car without a corporation, you wouldn't have the power on at your house without a corporation. corporations are one of the greatest inventions of all time, a way to combine capital without any risk above and beyond the amount of

religion correspondent lauren green looks at both sides of this issue.le blowing] >> as students head back to classrooms in florida they see in god we trust prominently posted, it is now mandatory. >> it seems patriotic. >> in god we trust has been the national motto since the mid-1950s. it's on our currency and in the halls of congress. as religious tensions have grown in the u.s. with increased demand for religious liberty, six states have passed laws in the past year either allowing or requiring the phrase to be displayed in public schools. tennessee, louisiana, and arkansas join florida as it states where it's required where alabama and arizona it's optional. the push for these laws comes from what's called the project blitz, a campaign that sponsored the congressional prayer caucus foundation. it suggests a 20 model bills from conservative lawmakers to use, ever poseable for displaying in god we trust is first on the list. >> you have people who feel they are being censored if they mention the word god, this is what gives meaning and purpose to the

legend correspondent lauren green has the latest. >> the systematic cover-up at the highest levels. >gh we can't say what pope francis may or may not have known, pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro says he has evidence that the vatican knew about the sexual abuse. >> the facts and the evidence clearly show that the bishops and other church officials notified the vatican of these predator priests. what happened after that, i don't know. >> vatican spokesperson greg burke told fox news will need more details about the prosecutor's claims before commenting. the attorney general's allegations come in the wake of an 11 page letter from our -- he claims there is a homosexual current subverting catholic doctrine. in 2013, pope francis asked about the now disgraced cardinal mccarrick. he said at the bishops had a thick dossier on him, that he corrupted generations of seminarians and priests. the pope refused to answer the charges. >> i think the statement speaks for itself. you have sufficient journalists and capacity to reach your own conclusions. >> claims follow a two your grand jur

. [♪] reporter: i'm lauren greene.he fbi is searching the home of david katz. 3 people were killed and 11 others injured at the shooting at video con tournament. he was reportedly eliminated from the competition sometime before the shooting. tribiewpts beginning to pour in for senator john mccain. he died at the age of 81 after a long battle -- a year-long battle with brain cancer. and memorial service will be at washington's national cathedral before he's laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy. m lauren gre "life, liberty & levin." . mark: candace, you mentioned president trump a few times. >> i have. mark: in a very excited, positive way, tell me why? >> i absolutely love this president. i think what he did in this country was the most necessary thing, by killing political correctness. we were losing this country and everybody was too politically correct to tell us that we were losing this country. he stood up on a platform and started telling the truth. it was timely, because when you look at what's happening in eur

i'm lauren green and now back to "objectified" willie nelson. that is? i've seen these around. look, it lights up on the end. - how about that? - see what it says? - what does it say? - "wr"-- willie reserve. ahh, your own private res-- well, you do. - you have your own... - yeah, yeah. so you were not a fan of marijuana growing up, i understand. it wasn't really your thing. well, i never... ran into it until i was moving around on the road a lot and run into people like ray price. you know, i'd had a couple of hits along the way, but marijuana didn't really knock me out because i was a chain smoker, first of all. i'd smoke two or three packs of cigarettes a day, and they were killing me. harvey: did you feel that? that they were killing you? willie: oh, i had pneumonia four or five times, a lung collapse and all that horse ( bleep ). so i finally said, "well, it's gotta be marijuana or nicotine. i can't do both." and i wasn't getting high on chesterfields, that's-- so i rolled up 20 fat ones, stuck it in my chesterfield package, and i haven't s

has run out and something that the attorney general would like lawmakers to change. >> julie: lauren greenk you. >> bill: turkey is firing back at the trump team putting new tariffs on american products going into that country. will our economy serve or is it just a hiccup? charles payne will join us. the dow off 200 points in early trading. payne is coming up as we continue on a wednesday morning right after this. time for what you love most. >> kids: whoa! >> kids vo: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ >> bill: political leaders voicing outrage in the state of new mexico after a judge grants bail to five extremist muslims accused of training children to become school shooters. nearly a dozen starving children were rescued and a 3-year-old found dead on the property. that judge is now receiving death threats and apparently not the first time the judge has issued low bonds to violent offenders. in a moment here we'll talk to a guest here who has spoken out about it. in fact, he writes the following. he was quoted as saying by releasing these suspects without even requiring them to post

i'm lauren green.saying today coming up. >>> 680 is slow out of pleasanton. people are stuck up stream, if you will. we'll tell you about that straight ahead. >>> people were saying where is the sun? it is out today. we'll talk about what is in store for the weekend coming up. ♪ when i first came to ocean bay, what i saw was despair. i knew something had to be done. hurricane sandy really woke people up, to showing that we need to invest in this community. i knew having the right partner we could turn this place around. it was only one bank that could finance a project this difficult and this large, and that was citi. preserving affordable housing preserves communities. so we are doing their kitchens and their flooring and their lobbies and the grounds. and the beautification of their homes, giving them pride in where they live, will make this a thriving community once again. ♪ . >>> students at a san mateo high school are coming to school dressed in white to show solidarity after a senior was killed o

-china trade talks, right now all indices in the green. lauren: nikkei in japan gaining about 1% and shanghai in china up fractionally. cheryl: more bad news for elon musk. fbn:am begins right now. ♪ ♪ lauren: good friday morning, 5:01 a.m., i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: hurricane lane burying down on hawaii on what would be the biggest storm the state has seen in two decades. cheryl: ray in honolulu with the latest, ray, good morning. >> hey, cheryl, lauren, calm thursday in honolulu, we saw one of the most gorgeous sunsets people have ever seen but in an hour and hour and a half the wind start today pick up. many people in hawaii are feeling the storm's effects, for instance, right now a flash flood warning is in effect for parts of hawaii's big island after more than 20-inches of rain fell there in less than 24 hours, streets were flooded and this all while lane spins 200 miles southwest of hilo and now hitting island of mawi. causing more than 250 evacuees and shelters, the storm has been downgraded fr

chief religion correspondent lauren greene joins us to tell us what is happening. >> a huge change that in rare cases for the protection of the common good. now the pope declared it inadmissible in all cases. the vatican announced it today in rome. it has been talked about for some time even three years ago when he spoke before congress when he came to the united states. >> every life is sacred. every human person is endowed with the deity. >> the new wording says in the light of the gospel, the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an intact of the dignity of the person. >> certainly the key question here is human dignity, okay? and what pope francis is saying is that no matter how grievous the crime for which someone should be punished, and they should be punished, there is nothing so bad that it takes away their human dignity. >> with this change the catholic church moves in the direction of the general public. support for the death penalty is at its lowest in the u.s. in 45 years. >> bill: nice to see you. >> sandra: we're moments away from the news conference on the disappear

chief religion correspondent lauren green has more on this from new york city. larger push by conservatives to protect their religious liberty? >> it is. in god we trust has been our national motto since the mid 1950s. on our currency. in halls of congress. but as religious tensions have grown in the u.s. six states in the last year have passed laws either allowing or requiring the phrase to be displayed in public schools. as students head back to classrooms in florida, the famous motto is posted on school walls. lawmakers there made displaying those words mandatory. similar laws were passed in tennessee, louisiana and arkansas. it's now allowed but not required in alabama and arizona. the push for these laws came from what's called project blitz, a campaign sponsored by the congressional prayer caucus foundation. the handbook suggests policy for lawmakers to use. in god we trust is first on the list. >> you have people who feel like they're being sensored if they mention the word god. if you have a young child in a school classroom and sees in god we trust post

cac and dax are slightly in the green. lauren: i went to generous to his dancing her way to a wal-mart near you. "fbn:am" starts right now. drink 25:01 a.m. here in europe in wednesday 15th. good morning and cheryl casone. lauren: hump day. we're halfway through the week. on lauren simonetti. thank you for joining us. tim valencia one-time trump critic was defeated to reclaim the republican nomination for governor. he was defeated by jeff johnson, a rising newcomer allied with president trump. democratic congressman keith ellison scored a big dream days after domestic abuse allegations surfaced against him. >> we had a very unexpected at the end of this campaign. that happened i want to assure you we are going to keep on fighting. a woman who could be the first and only american member of congress. >> in vermont, history was made. democrats nominee christine hall quits to be the first candidate for governor. by the way, 14-year-old received about 4700 votes. also in vermont. bernie sanders won the primary. he's expected to turn o

lauren: looking to helicopter that rally dow futures higher by 19 points nasdaq up by 15. in europe opening higher on global trade and really global markets every index will is in the green. your close in asia. in japan gaining slightly shanghai composite in china down slightly. cheryl: and why buzz feed is not asking readers for donations fbn:am continues right now. we are approaching 5:30 a.m. here in new york, and it is tuesday primary day good morning everybody. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning i'm lauren simonetti. i forgot it was primary day on top of all of these nice records we've seen wall street too. the trade deal. cheryl: a lot to get to and start request trade president trump anowses new trade agreement with mexico yesterday. as he puts much more pressure on canada to make a deal let's bring in chief economist craig, craig, good morning. >> hey, good morning or. >> let's go through what this deal is and what it means first off that's a key piece of the deal with mexico, of course, is the automobile market we saw shares and gm and ford take off yesterday on this news. the 75% of autocontent we made in the united states and mexico not china that's key 40

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green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers has a message for nfl players. lauren garrett. >> welcome back eddie look absolutely fantastic. as to you, cheryl. there is something that hasn't changed since he left. while packers aaron rogers publicly voiced support for lebron james, not responding to a tweet about him since last week or president trump he called the nonresponse quote absolutely beautiful. nfl players when it comes to recognizing their responding to traits are common on the national anthem. he says they think the more we could do stuff like that tomorrow will live on. if we can learn to ignore it it takes away the power giving attention to that. that's what they want. just don't respond. lebron james will be playing christmas this year again. oakland between the browns lakers and the two-time defending champion warriors. other games include celtics sixers. last friday the wnba las vegas around 26 hours travel time because the flight cancellations and delays to get their game in washington d.c. around for hours before tipoff and they decided not to pla

me for the moment back to come on and i thank you more from lauren in about twenty minutes now for about three years now these sorts of green boxes of filed into serious problems bringing rebel fighters and their fight and their families i should say from other places. that have fallen back into government hands just have a look at it on the map here really quickly this is it it's the north west corner a patch of opposition green surrounded by government red but basically what president bashar al assad is saying and his long civis is that he can take it in the back even in a green if an agreement with russia and turkey is holding that off at least for now it would take a very significant part as you can see with my rough coloring in the fall of syria well reporting from neighboring lebanon they know what explains now water is at stake if assad's forces roll in. president bashar assad says it live is the syrian army's next target the opposition controlled northwestern province is home to almost three million people at least half displaced from other rebel areas after so-called surrender deals. but the syrian government's all

green as well. cheryl: turkish currency with billionaire roads has stabilized the country's finance chief. cheryl: the dow losing 125 points yesterday. s&p of 10.5, nasdaq up 39 and a quarter. laurenp at the shanghai composite in china downed two tenths of 1% tenths of 1% picked in% picked the nikkei up two and a quarter%. cheryl: voters head to the polls for primaries in four states today. will we see the red wave president trump is hoping for? "fbn:am" continues right now. lauren: 5:30 a.m. in new york. tuesday, august 13th and lauren simonetti. cheryl: good morning, everyone. i'm cheryl casone. police have arrested a man outside of parliament after his car was crushed in a security barrier. another pedestrian has been injured. scotland yard cannot say if it is related to terrorism at this time. the westminster underground station has been closed in the area around parliament has been quartered off. we'll bring you any further information if we get into our newsroom. lauren: stabilizing after plunging 6% against the u.s. dollar overnight. the central bank took steps to ease some pressure on the current fee. john leigh filled as the fox news contributor and he joins us now to dis