i want to bring back in lydia hu outside of courtroom. lydia, obviously, a lot of these details are being reported, the indictment has been unsealed. what are you hearing out there on the ground? >> reporter: well, right now we're just waiting for the conclusion of the arraignment for the former president to be escorted out along with his legal amendment the, waiting to see if he's going to the make any statements that he can share with the press. and i can tell you there is still a slew of people here at the court waiting for the former president to emerge from the courthouse. many of them supporters of former president trump who has been here all day, i that say to protest this indictment, and there are also counter-protesters who are, you know, maybest the an assumption, but who are showing support for the process that is unfolding, certainly pushing back on protesters that are here to support former president trump today as he's going through in this process. but now that we have some information about the indictment, all these felony

much for that have a good weekend quick break one box retailer closing half stores in windy city lydia hua. >> hey maria you are looking at one of the storess set to close on sunday. walmart says that they've never been profitable we are taking a look, is this part of a he larger trend? or is this a reflex of tough business climate in chicago, coming up don't go away. ♪ ♪ sfx: [alarm] every day you get to choose. do i want more? can i grow stronger? can i get better? bodyarmor lyte. more than a sports drink. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. i know there's conflicting information about dupuytren's contracture. i thought i couldn't get treatment yet? well, people may think that their contracture has to be severe to be treated, but it doesn't. if you can't lay your hand flat on the table, talk to a hand specialist. but what if i don't want surgery? well, then you

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maria: good question very important reporting lydia hu this morning, a new report from the nonprofitoss america the government he arrested two chinese americans for operating a secret china police station in new york city i have been reporting for months here is what the white house had to say yesterday watch. >> -- >> -- the china --. >> u.s. government has been clear that we will use all available freeblthz american citizens and other u.s. persons from, oppression other forms of foreign maligned influence we will not tolerate prc government or any foreign government harassing threatening u.s. persons. maria: we just did we allowed a spy balloon to tradition versus the country for a week, and send back mill secrets in real time to beijing, joining me gatestone institute sr., fellow author coming collapse of china great tech war gordon change do i believe you are one of the first to report on this program we had a police station in new york city, you knew it, you told us about it a long time ago i thank you for that because you educated our audience on it, what is your take on all of

lydia hu on that. lydia? >> hi, neil. that's right.wants to see. but there are other signs like low unemployment rate and rising wages that means that the fed is likely to continue to increase interest rates come may. the labor market added 236,000 jobs last month. that's slightly below estimates. the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5% from 3.6% the month before. we saw jobs added in leisure and hospitality consistent with how americans are spending money now, this report also shows job losses in various sectors. you can see here from manufacturing, construction and retail as well. the pace of wage growth slowed to 4.2% over last year that is down from 4.6% in february. came withes, they're still not keeping up with inflation, which is still running 6%. >> who worried me is wherer with headed right now. i think that the euphoria that we've seen in the markets over falling inflation, i'm not sure we'll continue to see that. i think you'll see inflation sticky in the 4, 5, 7% over the months ahead. >> it's expected the federal reserve

lydia hu outside the florida supreme court. the ties between alvin bragg and george soros. >> reporter: money, stuart. huge political donations from george soros and his family members that supported alvin bragg and his ability to get into the office of district attorney here in manhattan. george soros has been public of his support for local district attorneys seek to reform criminal justice, through, for example, prioritizing mental health and job programs. another campaign promise from alvin bragg, prosecuting the former president donald trump which conservatives have been quick to call out, watch. >> these are political plants, people who are only being supported with $40 million in the case of alvin bragg a million dollars from george soros, only because of ne critical prosecution of our opponents, those on the right. >> reporter: now, stuart, it is true. soros donated one million dollars, not to brag directly. that money was funneled through a political action committee committed to getting bragg into office but like we sa

fox business' lydia hu is live in front of the courthouse where the president will be around 1:30 thisfternoon. lydia, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, maria. that's right, history will be made here today as former president donald trump appears for his arraignment later this afternoon. he is the first u.s. president to face criminal charges and the details of the charges will be unveiled today by the judge. those charges levied by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. the indictment will be unsealed. trump is reportedly facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud. while there's a swarm of media here at court, much of the public won't see today's arraignment unfold live inside the courtroom. that's because the supreme court justice has decided that live video cameras are not permitted inside the courtroom. still photographs will be allowed. trump is expected to enter a plea deal of not guilty and a released on his own recognizance. they are preparing a motion to dismiss charges. after the proceedings, trump plans to return to palm beach, florida where

lydia hu is there at the new york supreme court where all of that is going to go down. dia what does it looks like there? >> reporter: neil, let me catch you up on the latest scene because police and local anothers are real stepping up security now as we're only hours away from the former president's appearance here at the criminal court which is just behind me. his arraignment scheduled for 2:15. we got word nypd is working to shut off surrounding street to the courthouse to both pedestrian and vehicle traffic. they're adding more barricades to restrict flow of pedestrians and traffic in around the courthouse. the other thing happening right now, you can see the courthouse behind me, but on the other side of our camera there is a group of protesters that gathered throughout the morning. started off roughly several hundred. i would estimate hard to see entire scale of the crowd. looks like the crowd could be approaching a thousand or thousands. a big mix of protesters who are protesting the indictment of the former president and counterprotesters as well who are expressi

lydia hu is live9 with the story. lydia. >> reporter: hi there, liz. yeah, it was a confrontation aal hearing this afternoon that is still going on now after it got started close to 2:20 the this this afternoon. weingarten tried to convince gop lawmakers that the union was committed to trying to reopen schools. meanwhile, the gop lawmakers were trying to get a better -- more insight into the union's relationship with the biden administration. weingarten at one point claiming it was the biden transition team that first reached out to the union. watch this. >> when was the first time you engaged with cdc in any way, shape or form directly? >> the first time? >> yes. >> was when they asked us to do the zoom -- i think the first time -- look, i'm 65 years old, i don't remember everything anymore, i'm sorry. >> me too. >> reporter: liz, there was also point questioning around the cdc's adoption of revisions to the school reopening policy that was suggested by the union. >> what happened was there was one particular edit that they accepted. there were severa

trace, back to you. >> trace: lydia hu in new york tonight.l, this evening we look at the worse case scenario for artificial intelligence. some in congress want to take steps to make sure ai cannot launch nuclear weapons against its human creators. here is congressional correspondent aishah hasnie. >> ai is amazes. it's going to help society in many different ways. it can also kill us. >> democrat representative ted lu wants to prevent artificial intelligence from launching a nuclear weapon. >> we want to make sure that it's a human being making the decision. >> so he has teamed up with a group of bipartisan lawmakers on a bill that would turn a current pentagon policy into law. the defense department mandates that humans must be in the loop for any nuclear launches by an automated new law prevent any federal dollars being used to get around that several lawmakers on the hill like the idea. but some want to know if the bill would hold our military back. i'm checking with the department of defense and myrtle leaders to make sure that some of th

lydia hu joins me now following all of this.s we know unfortunately is just around the corner but how is the new irs taking shape? >> reporter: well, ashley, 20,000 of those employees will be added by the end of next year. more than 7,000 will focus on enforcement. the biden administration promises the investment will produce hundreds of billions of dollars in deficit reduction while not increasing audits for people making under 400 how dollars but conservative groups opposed to tax increases are concerned that a beefed up irs means more audits for everyone. >> congress had the opportunity to vote to forbid increasing audits on people who earned less than $400,000. the republicans put that up. okay. that is what you want to do, put it in law. biden opposed it. every single democrat opposed it. they made it very clear their rhetoric was going after rich people and corporations but in point of fact they're aiming at everybody. >> reporter: treasury secretary janet yellen has assured that audit rates will not rise above historical

lydia hu is here -- welsh she's in chicago.aying about these closures? >> reporter: hi there, stuart. brandon johnson is saying the closures here in chicago are part of a larger, nationwide trend. listen to this. >> you know, walmart has been doing around the country. it's, you know, certainly some reflection of the way business is shifting and changing throughout the country. >> reporter: and, stuart, you know, johnson's not wrong on that point. you can see here walmart is closing more than 20 stores across 12 states and the district of columbia this year, but about the closures here specifically in chicago, walmart issued a statement saying, quote: our chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago. these stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years. and, stuart, we had a chance to talk to a local business analyst who says that the problem with closing these stores here in chicago, that's a reflection of the chicag

eastern time, let's get right back to lydia hu. she's been breaking the news outside the manhattan criminal court. lidia good to see you. reporter: great to see you as well, liz. that's correct. former president donald trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records here at manhattan criminal court today, just hours ago. trump arrived at the courthouse at roughly 1:30 this afternoon and spared the handcuffs and mugshot but he was fingerprinted and later walked into the courtroom about an hour after arriving with a straight face, took a seat and at types the courtroom contained more than 20 law enforcement officers in uniform. justice juan marshawn decided not to issue a gag order on the former president but made it clear he could change his mind if he continues to see more social media posts similar to the one that recently stirred controversy, a photo depicting trump holding a baseball bat next to manhattanda alvin bragg and saying his concern is such posts could possibly insight violence but now withou

lydia hu is outside one of those stores set to shut its doors. lydia? reporter: hey there, lauren.p operating as of sunday, along with three others across the windy city. that's half of walmart's retail presence here in chicago. to explain, walmart put out a statement. they said this. our chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago. these stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years. now, some, like democratic chicago mayor-elect brandon johnson say the closures in chicago are part of a larger trend. in fact you can see here on this map. these are the 12 states and d.c. where more than 20 walmart stores will close this year. listen. >> it's something that walmart has been doing around the country. it's certainly some reflection of the way business is shifting and changing throughout the country. reporter: but the local folks including business analysts that we have talked to that say no, the problem here in chicago is actually the local economic environment. they blam

let's get to lydia hu. she's live outside manhattan criminal court. lidia, good to see you. reporter: good to be with you tonight, liz. that's right. former president trump arrived at trump tower earlier this afternoon, waving to spectators as he entered through a side of the building. this is officially marking his return to the big apple just ahead of his historic arraignment that's going to happen right here at new york city criminal court tomorrow. now, in preparation for the arraignment, former president trump is expanding his defense team, bringing in white collar defense attorney todd bla nche. a former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and he previously represented paul manafortafort, trump's former campaign manager and in that case it was a mortgage fraud case. trump is expected to enter a plea of not guilty. his legal team previously said they are preparing to argue that the charges should be dismissed. now the charges filed against trump have not yet been unsealed but according to reports, more than two dozen charges are based on the $130,000 in

jackie: lydia hu, thank you so much.e with reaction, o'leary ventures chairman or more commonly known as "mr. wonderful" kevin o'leary great to have you with us. thank you so much for being here in studio. >> thank you. jackie: your reaction to that report because this is some americans biggest nightmare and actually coming to fruition, expansion of the irs. as lidia points out they might go after the top and when they're done there, they are going to come for everybody else. >> i think and this is just my bread and butter. i invest in companies that represent 70% of our economy, small business in america. the tax code was written for them, and i encourage, i talked to my ceo's about this today we had a bit of a town hall ourselves and said okay, this is a reality. we got to start preparing our taxes and our payroll records. i mean, where some of the biggest problems happen in small business, you're growing, you're scrambling trying to keep things open, trying to make payroll every wednesday night, and you fall behind in

lydia hu outside of the courthouse with the very latest. lydia. >> reporter: hey there, charles, former president donald trump arrived at manhattan criminal court little more than 30 minutes ago. as he was making his way from trump tower downtown to court he shared a little insight on truth social posting this, heading to lower manhattan, the courthouse seems so surreal. wow, they are going to arrest me. can't believe this is happening in america. just shared that insight because i think that reflects what many people are feeling on this historic day where for the first time you know, former president is going to answer to criminal charges that have been levied again him by the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. we expected arraignment to begin at 2:15. there is a camera posted outside of the courtroom. we expect he may make remarks to the camera before heading inside. that is important for two reasons. one there are no live video feeds from inside the courtroom. there will be still photography but no live video feed. two, this could b

but first the background on this from fox business correspondent lydia hu. lydia. >> hundreds of influencers could be enlisted by the white house according to axios. this team of influencers will reportedly be unpaid, but may get their own briefing room and press passes. a short while ago, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre was asked about this report. here's her answer. >> look, don't have anything to announce on that or anything to share on that or confirm or anything like that. as you know, we here at the white house, we very often use influencers to try to meet americans where they are. we see those reportings. i don't have anything to share on that. >> she didn't confirm a plan but did not deny the report, this comes as president biden has not officially announced his own bid for re-election. but the social media strategy would connect him squarely with young voters. and that's why some tech experts call this move genius. biden's following on official presidential social media accounts as well as unofficial public accounts trail that of forme

joe concha former president trump arraignment later this afternoon folks business lydia hu live in front of the new york city courthouse lydia. >> good morning, maria. it is certainly a historic day here in manhattan, as former president donald trump, is preparing to surrender himself to the district attorney's office for are arraignment taking place 2:15 pm today members have been lining up overnight to secure a chance to be inside courtroom to witness might have knowning about whom the trump appears before justice juan merchant expected a plea of not guilty 50 to 60 reporters members of media inside the courtroom promises that more precious to judge decided to reject requests from media to allow a live camera inside courtroom still photography permitted no live video feeds out of the congressman during rarment today security is tight, u.s. secret service nypd fbi, new york state court officers district attorney's office have been meeting, to prepare for today, police presence around court is heavy, surrounding streets shut down will be cleared forsweep a press conference yesterday sayi

lydia hu is outside of one of the stores closing in chicago. hi, lydia. >> hi there, bill.ons across the city of chicago after this weekend. as you said, it comes as walmart says it's not making a profit on any of its chicago locations, in fact in a statement it says since it opened the very first store 17 years ago, the stores have never been profitable, those losses totaling tens of millions every year, they say in the past five years they have nearly doubled. some like mayor-elect brandon johnson says it's part of a larger trend. 12 states and d.c., 20 walmart stores are closing this year. listen. >> something that walmart has been doing around the country, it's certainly some reflection of the way business is shifting and changing throughout the country. >> but there are local business analysts who say the closures in chicago reflect the local economy and economic environment, point to high taxes and rising crime. watch this. >> property taxes can be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands for businesses. also one of the most cumbersome regulatory environments in the c

. >> lydia hu is with us. >> hi there, harris. this afternoon's hearing promises to be a showdown between gop lawmakers and american federation of teachers president randi weingarten. it comes on the heels of new reporting by "the new york post" that shows weingarten and the union coordinated the cdc school reopening guidance. according to the post, she spoke twice by phone with cdc director walensky that halted reopening of classes in february 2021. >> the teachers' union, they were more focused, brian, on what they need to be closed as opposed to anything in the conversation about what they needed to be open. they wanted a trigger for closure. >> the reporting also shows emails exchanged between the union, cdc, and white house about coordinating press announcements about school reopening. now, critics like conservative watchdog group americans for public trust say the communication show the biden administration and the union put politics over science and the well-being of children who suffered learning loss during school closure

lydia hu is live in the north carolina newsroom with the latest on this story. >> this is happening at the garden state plaza mall in paramus, new jersey. it houses hundreds of stores, neiman marcus, nordstrom and macy's, a destination for many including scores of teens who act unruly and disrupt business. take a look at the video posted to tiktok showing dozens and dozens of young people in the common areas and mall management says it can lead to rule breaking, running and fighting and disrupting business. in response the mall, operate by westfield, a chaperone policy. like many shopping centers we have experienced an increase in disruptive behavior that violates the center's code of conduct by a small minority of younger visitors. the new policy requires people under 18 to be accompanied by an adult who is at least 21 after 5:00 p.m. on weekend nights. i.d.s checked. anyone too young will be asked to leave and reaction is mixed. >> it's like a spot that people come to to fight, yeah. i do see where the mall is coming from, but obviously going to create a lot of conflict. but i do thi

fox business's lydia hu has the very latest. hey, lydia. >> reporter: hey there, david.lease rules that limit emissions from both new and existing power plants. as you said it is garnering a lot of attention because if passed this would reportedly be the first time the federal government limits emissions from existing power plants. now according to reports the rules could require almost all coal and gas-fired power plants to cut, or capture nearly all of their carbon dioxide emissions by 2040. we reached out to the epa that confirmed new orders standards are being reviewed. david, less than a year ago the u.s. peoplesupreme court limited the agency to corrects limits from power plants. this will have challenges from republican critics republican attorney generals that already sued the biden administration over climate policy. >> if the biden administration goes through with these new regulations they are meant to decapitate the natural gas and coal plants across america which produce over 50% of our electric power. >> reporter: but, the white house's climate envoy john k

fox business' lydia hu has more on that. >> families of more than 60 young people who have died through overdoses are suing snapchat. they say the social media platform connects drug dealers with kids and teens. this is sammy chapman, he was 16 years old when he died of fentanyl poisoning in 2021. his family says he bought a fake prescription pill on snapchat that killed him. >> there was a colorful drug menu on snapchat and he ordered something off that like a pizza. it's turned to the dark web. snap disappeared so they think they can operate with impunity. >> his family is one that's suing snap. they say that snapchat's key foo etch that automatically deletes messages between users, helps criminals evade law enforcement. >> the architecture how it's designed facilitates the sale of drugs. and we have people who we represent of children have died from fentanyl poisoning. >> a snapchat spokesperson tells us that the lawsuit is riddled with false claims how the snapchat app works and our ongoing efforts to aggressively combat activity on our platform and shut down drug dealers. we remain

lydia hu live in chicago. >> here is one of the stores that will be closing on sunday along with threeindy city. chicago saying in a statement that our chicago stores have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago. these stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year and annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five. some, like democratic chicago mayor brandon johnson say the closures are part of a larger trend. you can see on the map wal-mart is closing more than 20 stores across 12 states. dana, local business analysts that we've spoken to say these closures in chicago more of a reflection of the local trend, high taxes and rising crime. watch. >> property taxes can be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars for businesses. they also have one of the most cu cumbersome regulatory environments in the city of chicago. >> people walking by here are sad to see the wal-mart go. it is one less place to buy affordable goods and groceries, something they desperately need in this inflationary environment. >> dana: happening across the country. befor

lydia hu is on that story from fox business. she is in north carolina with more on that today. hello. >> we are in hog country north carolina. earlier this year the chinese spy balloon flew over these north carolina blue skies and security knee around foreign investment and agricultural lands like these shining a spotlight on one company. the world's largest pork producer with operations across 29 states including here. north carolina, smithfield. it was acquired ten years ago by a chinese company known as w.h. group. they insist the chinese communist party has no interest. they say smithfield employs 40,000 workers and owns 500 farms and works with more than 2100 local hog farmers. but now with growing tensions between china and the u.s., i asked smithfield how can the chinese-owned pork producer protect american operations here? watch. >> is there a contingency plan for something of that nature if there is conflict or growing tensions between china and the u.s.? >> again that's something i won't speculate on. we hope that doesn't happen. we will focus on doing what we do best

lydia hu newark international airport with that side of the story. lydia?rter: neil we heard a lot about the pilot shortage a shortage of air air traffic controllers posing a problem for faa. because of shortage of air traffic controllers, allowing airlines serving new york city area, to pull back on the schedule as much as 10% for summer months. faa says fewer flights, means less congestion, fewer delays, but experts say more expensive flights watch. >> the fact that the airlines are reducing flights in and out of new york means fewer flights, fewer seats, fewer low fare seats. don't wait for that. >> reporter: the air traffic controller shortage is a nationwide problem, neil. it is especially bad here in the new york city area. according to the faa the air traffic control center on long island is staffed at 54% level of what is needed. that is below the national average right now of about 81% staffing. so far it is jetblue and american airlines that say, they're going to reduce the number of flights they serve to the new york city area airports. delta for

lydia hu at newark airport for us. how bad are we august the, lydia? summer could increase by 45% at new york city area airports over last summer's delay rate. that's a huge jump. and the faa's short-term plan is to work with airlines to allow them to offer fewer flights. they say fewer flights means less congestion, fewer delays. they're allowing airlines to offer -- to cut about 10% of their flights. but experts say that could make flights a lot more ebbs especially -- expensive. watch. >> the fact that the airlines are now reducing flightses in and out of new york means fewer flights and fewer e seats, and that means fewer low fare seats. so don't wait for that. >> reporter: now, the problem driving this issue is that there's a nationwide shortage on air traffic control canners. according to the faa, the air traffic control center on long island is staffed at 54% of what's needed. that's below even the national average of 81% currently. so far jetblue and american airlines say they're going to run fewer flights to the three new york city area airpor

lydia hu reporting for fox business.ohn, you know, this new research shows that people are working less. the average u.s. work week shedding about half an hour over the past three years. this is it according to economists from the university of maryland, and they say this research now sheds new light on the broad shift in people's attitudes toward work. the pullback, they say, comes mostly from people working long hours before the pandemic, especially higher educated, white collar workers likely not paid hourly, and some speculate the recent advancements in technology may make the reduction permanent. >> there are certainly longer term trends that i think do suggest that the work week is likely to decrease. you can think about the role that automation is playing and helping people do their jobs a little more efficiently. >> now, the pullback in working hours may be good for the workers some would argue, but it's not great for the fed as it's continuing the fight on inflation. the short fall in hours keeps upward pressure

lydia hu is on the phenomenon she has seen before in north carolina. lydia? >> yeah.one of the states where china owns the most agricultural land as we look across the country. that is getting more and more scrutiny from lawmakers both at the federal level and locally. you can say, see here on this map that we've made for you, that according to the nag national agricultural law center, up until this year 30 states allowed for an investment in farmland. they had no restrictions on the books at all. but that is now changing this year more than a dozen states, they have already had, more than a dozen states actually, they had laws on the books coming into this year, banning foreign investment the after recent events like the china spy balloon, another six states are taking action. they are restricting foreign investment. local lawmakers tell us here the tarheel state is poised to be next. watch this. >> what triggered the conversation of building this bill was this spy balloon, that security risk to north carolina as it flew over north carolina you saw toward the end of

lydia hu has the answer from fox business with more on this. good morning.nding out how it works out? >> a lot of reason to be concerned. right now we don't have international educational rankings since the pandemic because that testing has been paused. but what we do know from before the pandemic is that the u.s. ranked 11th in the world for literacy, 31st in the world for math. we were behind countries like china and russia. china came in first in both categories. since the pandemic we do have national assessments for the u.s. and in some cases those assessment shows the steepest losses in learning in more than 30 years. math scores for fourth and eighth grades slipping by 3% according to government data. that's the toll of keeping our kids at home. now that students are back in the classroom, troubling many parents is the growing transition to something called equitable grading system. equitable grading eliminates the 100 point grade and does not penalize for late work or missed assignments. students can retake tests and redo assessments. there are no dea

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lydia hu is here.rector about reopening the schools. this was back in 2021. >> reporter: yeah. this is according to brand new reporting from the new york post. it's incredible. weingarten had two teen calls with the cdc director in the week leading up to the announcement that halted full reopening of in-person classes back in february 2021. yeah, this is coming from the post, and it shows just how closely weingarten and the union coordinated with the cdc's school reopening guidance. and, of course, stuart, you know it follows previous reporting from the post that shows the union had suggested language for the reopening guidelines including remote work for teachers. watch. >> the teachers' union, they were more focused, brian, on what today need to be closed as opposed anything in the conversation about what they needed to be open. they wanted a trigger for closure. >> reporter: and this new reporting also shows e-mails exchanged between the union, cdc and white house about coordinating press announceme

now, lydia hu, she's outside the courthouse in downtown manhattan. set scene for us, please.jorie taylor greene was supposed to be there with a protest. how many trump supporters have shown up so far? i know it's early, how many? >> reporter: that's exactly right, stuart. right now we're seeing maybe a couple dozen protesters. just to give you a sense of where they are gathering, the courthouse is just behind me. the protesters are located just on the other side of our photographer and the camera here. there's quite a large gathering -- gathering, but most of the people here are members of the press documenting the anger that protesters feel about this indictment of former president donald trump. many of them here holding signs that say blacks nor trump, for herschel, are here to support their support for former president donald trump. security here is tight today, stuart. numerous agencies have been coordinating in the days leading up to today's historic arraignment. the u.s. secret service, the nypd, the fbi, the officers' association and the district attorney's office have

let's get to lydia hu joining us live. taxed by how much and for what?king about an 8% in total tax here in new york, and that tax would not just apply to digital streaming, but also to music is and audio books, podcasts, games, anything that is, quote, electronically or digitally delivered, streamed or accessed. and, liz, new york is not alone. take a look at this, according to the tax foundation, 26 other states tax streaming services and downloads with a sales tax, and you can see the states ranging from new york to concern i'm sorry, new jersey to texas, mississippi to colorado, all imposing a sales tax already. new york is considering it at the moment. a few other states target streaming specifically with an excise tax, so as you can see here, connecticut, delaware and florida treating streaming more like cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol. and another three, idaho, kansas and wyoming with, tax the audio downloads but not streaming. watch this. >> streaming taxes are paid by consumers. they may be charged to the streaming provider, but ultimately they'