in the early 19905. victims of peter ball in the early 1990s.f canterbury george carey chose not to pass those letters on to the police. today lord carey apologised, saying he regretted his failure to do so. lord carey has been asked by the current archbishopjustin carey has been asked by the current archbishop justin welby to step carey has been asked by the current archbishopjustin welby to step down from his position as honorary assistant bishop. the church of england says safeguarding will now be central to its mission and practice. us president donald trump has tweeted about the controversy surrounding his sacking of the former fbi directorjames comey. mr trump said that, "with all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, i have no idea whether there are tapes or recordings of my conversations with james comey," adding that he did not make any recordings and does not have them. the funeral has been held of an american student who died after returning from captivity in north

peter ball, who's now 85, was jailed in 2015 after admitting the offences. the former archbishop of canterbury, lord carey. and the current archbishop, justin welby, has asked lord carey to step down from his position as an honorary assistant bishop. here's our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir. and what hurts our hearts most... charismatic and ambitious, peter ball, like his twin brother michael had been a bishop in the church of england. theirjoint achievement being heralded on national television. and making spiritual noises. but in 1993, peter ball was forced to stand down as bishop of gloucester after accepting a caution for gross indecency. despite his admission, he continued officiating in churches and several public schools. any message for the victims? very, very sorry. a second police investigation led to him being jailed at the old bailey in 2015 for abusing 18 adolescents and young men. today's review, entitled an abuse of faith, says the church colluded with peter ball instead of being concerned for the welfare of his victims. they

they approached it, again, confused by the sense of peter ball being fundamentally innocent.immediate change to church practice. i think the church has demonstrated it can no longer be responsible for policing itself. i think safeguarding in the church needs to be independent of the church, and i think safeguarding should be nationalised and overseen by an external body. the most striking revelation in today's report concerns several letters that were sent here, to lambeth palace, by victims of peter ball in the early 1990s. then archbishop of canterbury, george carey, chose not to pass those letters on to the police. today, lord carey apologised, saying he regretted his failure to do so. lord carey has been asked by the current archbishop, justin welby, to step down from his position as honorary assistant bishop. the church of england says that safeguarding will now be central to its practice. martin bashir, bbc news, at church house in london. the population of the uk has seen its sharpest annual increase in nearly 70 years. the office for national statistics says from june

peter ball, who's now 85, was jailed in 2015 for historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and youngen. earlier our correspondent, helena lee spoke to bishop peter hancock about his reaction to the report. it's an extremely harrowing, a very disturbing report. it's been very clear, not only in speaking about the nature of the abuse but the effect, the fact that the church failed to respond adequately, appropriately and effectively when this abuse was brought before them and they knew of this and therefore today, i offer those who are the victims and survivors and their families of this abuse my wholehearted and sincere apology. what happened was inexcusable. the effect on their lives has been devastating it is my responsibility as the lead bishop for safeguarding the church of england to make sure that going forward, we'd take the recommendations that have been given in this report and that they are swiftly a nd in this report and that they are swiftly and decisively and effectively taken forward. clearly, all of the recommendations are important but is there any one particular one t

peter ball, who's now 85, was jailed in 2015 after admitting the offences.e current archbishop, justin welby, has asked lord carey to step down from his position as an honorary assistant bishop. here's our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir. and what hurts our hearts most... charismatic and ambitious, peter ball, like his twin brother michael, had been a bishop in the church of england. theirjoint achievement being heralded on national television. and making spiritual noises. but in 1993, peter ball was forced to stand down as bishop of gloucester after accepting a caution for gross indecency. despite his admission, he continued officiating in churches and several public schools. any message for the victims? very, very sorry. a second police investigation led to him being jailed at the old bailey in 2015 for abusing 18 adolescents and young men. today's review, entitled an abuse of faith, says the church colluded with peter ball instead of being concerned for the welfare of his victims. they didn't follow any proper process in considering the evi

they approached it again confused by the sense of peter ball being fundamentally innocent.view should provoke immediate change to church practice. i think the church has demonstrated it can no longer be responsible for policing itself. i think safeguarding in the church needs to be in dependent of the church and i think safeguarding should be nationalised and overseen by an external body. the most striking revelation in today's report concerns several letters that were sent here to lambeth palace by victims of peter ball in the early—1990s. then archbishop of canterbury george carey chose not to pass those letters on to the police. today, lord carey apologised, saying he regretted his failure to do so. lord carey has been asked by the current archbishop, justin welby, to step down from his position as honorary assistant bishop. the church of england says that safeguarding will now be central to its practice. martin beshir, bbc news, at church house in london. we're live from the eu summit in brussels. there is still a hubbub here because many eu leaders remain in the buildi

as they moira says in her peter ball abused boys and men over a20 peter ball abused boys and men over are no excuses. we understand the current archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, is written to lord carey asking him to consider his position as honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of oxford. it is lord carey‘s only remaining position in the church of england. prince harry has suggested that none of his family wants to be a future king or queen. in an interview with the american magazine newsweek, he said the royals were acting for "the greater good of the people". the prince also criticised the decision to make him walk behind his mother‘s coffin at herfuneral when he was 12 — saying no child should be asked to do that. here‘s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. they were the images which came to symbolise a national and personal tragedy. the then 13—year—old prince harry, walking with his then 15—year—old brother, william, in the funeral cortege of their mother, diana. it was september 1997. now, nearly 20 years later, harry has spoken of the turmoil the event caused h

a bishop for 15 years who claimed to be a close friend of the prince of wales, peter ball's fall fromessage to the victims? he committed several offences against young men and served 16 months in prison. but today's review, led by the former head of camden council, focuses on the church's management of peter ball when the allegations first surfaced in 1992, and he stood down as bishop of gloucester. entitled an abuse of faith, she says that the church colluded with ball rather than seeking to help those he harmed. the church's response over many years was lamentable by any standards. in reality, colluding with ball's ambition to protect and promote himself, rather than seeking to help those he had harmed or assuring the safety of others. the report is particularly critical of lord carey, who was archbishop of canterbury at the time. it says he received seven letters following ball's initial arrest and failed to pass them to the police. he also chose not to put ball's name on the lambeth list, a catalogue of clergy about whom there were serious questions about their suitability for ong

inquiry finds that senior figures in the church of england colluded with disgraced former bishop peter ballsed young men tributes are paid to makram ali — named as the man who died in the finsbury park terror attack. and prince harry tells an american magazine that no—one in the royal family wants to be king or queen — but they do it for the greater good. and boys at a school in devon wear skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in the heatwave. our main story at five — local authorities around the uk are checking the cladding on high rise buildings, 600 of them in england alone, because of concern about the cause of the grenfell tower fire in which 79 people died. so far, tests have found the cladding on seven buildings is combustible. the tests are on—going with samples from tower blocks all over the country being sent in for testing — 100 samples can be processed a day. the prime minister told the commons that steps were being taken to make the affected buildings safe and to inform residents. our political correspondent iain watson reports. an unimaginable trag

peter ball, who's 85, was jailed two years ago for historical sex offences.akram ali, who died at the scene of the terror attack outside finsbury park mosque, died as a result of multiple injuries. now let's get the sports news. it's ladies day at ascot — expect high fashion and hats on day three of the royal festival. a strict dress code applies for those in the royal enclosure. for the first time trousers and jumpsuits are allowed for women. while top hats and morning dress is the attire for the men. the signature race of the day the gold cup is at 4.20pm this afternoon with last year's winner 0rder of st george starting as favourite. the racing is already well underway. after his success in the big race yesterday trainer aiden 0'brien started with another winner today. the 14—1 chance sioux nation ridden by rl moore won the firsat race of the day, the norfolk stakes. the 13—2 joint favourite santry was second. benbattle won the second race of the day, the hampton court stakes. the top seed left at the aegon championships marin cilic is safely through to th

it's been very critical of the church and it's handling of the peter ball case, the information it gotrmation they knew and how much information they passed on to the police. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, responded to this report, saying it makes for harrowing reading and the behaviour of the church is inexcusable. criticising not only the church but how it dealt with the victims at the time. i have with the victims at the time. i have with me bishop peter had been come, the lead bishop in safeguarding at the lead bishop in safeguarding at the church. what went through your mind? harrowing. it is a harrowing and a disturbing report, clear in 5peak being the nature of the abuse and the fact that the church failed to respond, adequately, appropriately and effectively when the abuse was brought before them and at the knew of this. so, therefore, today i offer the victims of the survivors and the families of thi5 abu5e my wholeheartedly sincere this abuse my wholeheartedly sincere apology. it is now my responsibility to make sure that going forward we ta ke to make sure that

senior figures in the church of england colluded with disgraced former bishop peter ball who abused young an inquiry finds. a preliminary postmortem examination has found that the death of 51—year—old makram ali, who died at the scene of the terror attack outside finsbury park mosque, was a result of multiple injuries. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we‘ll be speaking to structural engineers about the investigation into cladding used on high rise buildings, which is thought to have contributed to the scale of the devastation at grenfell tower. we‘ll have a special report from manchester, one month on from the deadly bomb attack at an ariana grande concert. and we‘ll look at a survey conducted by the bbc, which has found that more than half of fruit and salad growers say they could be short of migrant workers to harvest their crops. that‘s all ahead on bbc news. to stay with us. hello and welcome to sportsday. i‘m mike bushell. the headlines tonight: crystal palace are about to go dutch for their new manager.

former bishop peter ball convicted in 2015 says that the religious institution helped to hide evidence and that the church didn't help those who are brave enough to come forward with their stories. plus, the human population growing by leaps and bounds, there was a new report that says there will be nearly 10 billion humans by the year 2050. ms in these populations is actually expected to surpass china's in only seven years. back in two minutes. ams in thes actually expected to surpass china's in only seven years. back in two minutes. lms in thes actually expected to surpass china's in only seven years. back in two minutes. sms in thes actually expected to surpass china's in only seven years. back in two minutes. oms in thes actually expected to surpass china's in only seven years. back in two minutes. in these p actually expected to surpass china's in only seven years. back in two minutes. ad lib live picture-- bay bridge toll plaza spare the air alert today >>> live look outside right now, just a few souls out there on the road and a spider on our web cam here. this is a bay bridge t

was criticised in an independent review of the church's handling of abuse carried out by bishop peter balles against young men. the royal navy has a new aircraft carrier, the first since the ark royal was decommissioned six years ago. hms queen elizabeth has set sail on sea trials. the vessel cost £3 billion and is the size of three football pitches. in washington, the us supreme court has approved parts of the controversial travel ban signed by president trump while it considers whether the policy should be fully upheld or struck down. the measure bans entry to travellers from six mainly muslim countries for 90 days and suspends the us refugee programme for 120 days. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is at the supreme court. we have talked a lot about this embattled president but how much of a victory is this one for him? it is not maybe the complete slam dunk donald trump would have hoped for but it is a partial and significant victory nonetheless. if you think about where we were, the ban had been struck down completely by the lower courts until it could be considered by the supreme cou

former pitch shop peter ball was convicted and imprisoned back in 2015. the head of the church says the religious institution helped hide evidence that the church did not help those who were brave enough to come forward. a lot more local news ahead, stik stick around we'll be right back. ck around we'll be right back. before you head out the door - here are the top stories on today in the bay... >>> 6:57 welcome back on this thursday morning before you head out the door here are the top stories we're covering today on the bay. >>> right now we're going to start live in folsom in sacramento county. we have live pick frurz inside cal iso. this is the state's command center when it comes to monitoring the power grid. they say this is just like air traffic control only with electrons. the agency is making sure the power demand is met here in the bay area and throughout the state of california. so far a flex alert has not been issued for today but you're being cure raged to conserve your energy anyway. >>> new video in our newsroom nbc bay area sky ranger flew

he was criticised in investigations in to the church's handling of abuse carried out by bishop peter ball the royal navy's new £6 billion aircraft carrier out of port this afternoon will be a nerve—jangling affair for the team taking her out for her first sea trials. they have just 50 centimetres between the bottom of hms queen elizabeth and the seabed — and that's not a lot of room for a vessel weighing 65,000 tonnes. and once at sea they're expected to attract rather a lot of unwelcome attention — from the russians. let's got live now to rosyth on the firth of forth where we can see hms queen elizabeth begin her maiden voyage. it isa it is a very complex menus to get this ship out of its dock. the ship is very large, three times larger than the previous class of ships. it will take about 11 tugs to manoeuvre it out of the entrance to the doc that you can see behind me. there is a very small gap on either side of the warship. about a foot on either side of clearance, and a couple of feet from the bottom of the ship to the sea bed. so they are waiting for high tide. i think it mightjust b

peter: again, the moisture in the grass is going to affect the spin on this ball. nike:ry,ries, oh, did everybody nick: you can see the rain in the background behind them. peter: it's coming down fairly briskly at the total -- moment >> >> yeah. jim: ahead to 16. gary: you can see the predicament. it's all downhill. got to open that up and really speed it out right there. no grab. they'll sbrothe 15-footer there, something like this for their pars. 1. jim: kisner. easy. nick: not again. unbelievable how many players are getting the extra hop and it's sticking on the -- you really don't want to go long, jack, do you ? jacks: now you've got a firm green that hasn't gotten soaked. the ball is just skipping on it. jim: back to 15, can kuchar make a putt. nick: kuchar at nine. jim: certainly worked well for dufner coming out of that rain delay. as -- after he cranked that tee shot a minute ago. i saw you shaking your head. gary: i can't believe it. that's an area of the golf course, when you designed it, you weren't sure there would be a lot of tee shots down that way. k

peter: again, the moisture in the grass is going to affect the spin on this ball. nike:ry,ries, oh, did everybody nick: you can see the rain in the background behind them. peter: it's coming down fairly briskly at the total -- moment >> >> yeah. jim: ahead to 16. gary: you can see the predicament. it's all downhill. got to open that up and really speed it out right there. no grab. they'll sbrothe 15-footerre pars. 1. jim: kisner. easy. nick: not again. unbelievable how many players are getting the extra hop and it's sticking on the -- you really don't want to go long, jack, do you ? jacks: now you've got a firm green that hasn't gotten soaked. the ball is just skipping on it. jim: back to 15, can kuchar make a putt. nick: kuchar at nine. jim: certainly worked well for dufner coming out of that rain delay. as -- after he cranked that tee shot a minute ago. i saw you shaking your head. gary: i can't believe it. that's an area of the golf course, when you designed it, you weren't sure there would be a lot of tee shots down that way. kuchar. huge. for kuch. to get to 10

ball. >> jason peters is back the left tackle missed the voluntary ota and up set the birds asked him toa pay cut but would like to work something out to finish in green and as for skipping out on voluntary work peter said it was about preservation. >> i'm just resting my body you know, 14 years, 14 years and you know just trying to go as long as i can just resting my body a little bit. >> feel refreshed out here? >> yeah i felt good today a little hot but felt good. >> just the tone and comes in the locker room and you have the papa bear everything is going to be okay that is the feeling when he comes in the building. >>> marcus smith is another player mia during the off season program and defensive end back on the field today and smith roster spot is tenuous with the additions of barnett the sixers will hold another round of predraft workers in the week anvil nova will workout for the team thursday morning and monk will have a workout thursday and the kentucky freshman available and sixers take third in next week's nba draft and averaged 20 points a game last season and finally leave i

ball. >> jason peters is back the left tackle missed the voluntary ota and up set the birds asked him topay cut but would like to work something out to finish in green and as for skipping out on voluntary work peter said it was about preservation. >> i'm just resting my body you know, 14 years, 14 years and you know just trying to go as long as i can just resting my body a little bit. >> feel refreshed out here? >> yeah i felt good today a little hot but felt good. >> just the tone and comes in the locker room and you have the papa bear everything is going to be okay that is the feeling when he comes in the building. >>> marcus smith is another player mia during the off season program and defensive end back on the field today and smith roster spot is tenuous with the additions of barnett and chris long and talk sixers after the break. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backup

he guns the ball home to get peter cosma at home. umpire calls him safe, but thanks for instance replay. he is called out. two innings later, a three run homer and the rangers take the first two of the series, another bullpen failure for the nats. >>> tennis, women's final of the open. 20-year-old austepenco wins against haylup. the winner, austepenco. she becomes the first latvian to win the grand slam title and the first title. >>> , my prediction for the cavaliers is still alive after avoiding the sleep. cleveland taking down the golden state warriors. calves down only 3-1. game five, again, monday night out west. >>> cavaliers look like a team that will not go down quietly. play desperate. and we will see what shakes down on monday night. >> they play with their backs against the wall. they had a free swing at it and it was one of the nights we didn't have anything clicking. so, looking forward back out there and er. >> we have heard a lot of folks threaten to leave the united states and live in canada. but for one capital, it wa

many of you will remember how the argentinan leapt to punch the ball past peter shilton into the net,two—one win over england. bogdan dochev, who died at the age of 80, said the incident stayed with him, his whole life. he described maradona as a great footballer, but a small man — both in stature and as a person. those are the main stories. with less than a week to go until the general election, our focus is ourfocus is on our focus is on scotland. the art in dunfermline and naga is there for us. it isa it is a rather lovely morning. we crossed the forth bridge to see this historic home, the ancient capital of scotland. also, home to goal. st andrew's is just up the road. of scotland. also, home to goal. st andrew's isjust up the road. two men came from here, john reid and robert lockhart. they first took the game to the united states will do you know i was like to play a bit of golf when i'm up there. see, one for each... not bad at all. two years in scotla nd each... not bad at all. two years in scotland was a political landslide. 56 of the 59 seats in westminster we re 56 of the 5

balls. it's been a while since he finished. jim: now jordan is setting up for that fade again. peter: a little less wind this time than the last. jim: oh, my goodness. he's over there too. peter: that's further left than daniel. ian: that may have treatment dottie: that ball hit that large hardwood squarely. ian: it's in the fairway but i remember many years back corey pavin was in a playoff here and he had to hit a wood for his second shot coming in here. that didn't carry the tree. apex of only 86 feet. peter: that's back when corey was playing against bubba watson, right? jim: that was a 2010 playoff here. that was a fortunate break for spieth this could have gone anywhere. ian: out of bounds, left. jim: it ricochets back into the fairway. all be it a long way back but it could have been game over. so both wild off the tee to open the playoff at the travelers championship. t yokera fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $4.95 per trade? and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're no

. >> pro ball left tackle jason peters here after missing offseason training and the absence was due and because the eagles asked him to take a pay cut. we'll hear from him at 6:00. live from eagles headquarters in south philadelphia. jeff skversky. >> we'll talk to you then. phillies second base hernandez is out six weeks with an oblique injury and they traded rodriguez to texas for a player to be named later and the phils face red sox again in boston and a solo home run to ramirez and dust dust dustin pedroia drove in a home one. >>> and the golden state warriors completed one of the most dominating runs we have ever seen. 16-1 in the playoffs. and lebron james did his part, scored 41 points and grab the 13 rebounds. and the warriors won 129-120 and their second nba title in the past three years. >> i just want to lay it all out there. i put in the work and i had to trust that we were really good tonight. you have to tip your hat to cleveland. they kept us up all night. lebron i never seen nothing like them two before. >> talk this would be the beginning of a dynasty, it very well

peter alexander. >> reporter: where it happened couldn't have been more all american, a ball field filled with those elected to serve when that beautiful day for baseball turned grim. so striking hours after the horror, all those lawmakers back at work, still in their ball caps and jerseys. >> true heroes of this event are the two capital police that were part of steve scalise's detail. >> reporter: texas republican joe barton had been there this morning, not just as a manager but as a dad. >> my son jack got under an suv and was very brad. my other son was in the batting cage and he also was very brave. >> reporter: for all the images, the memories we want to forget from today, one speaker paul ryan said the house should keep. >> our democratic colleagues gather in prayer this morning after hearing the news. >> reporter: tomorrow they will suit up again and play ball like they were practicing for, like congressman scalise has loved doing for years. >> we decided we're not going to let incidents like this change our life or daily routines. we must play this baseball game, if we don't play and go hom

our biggest concern is because it robs peter to pay ball. it eliminates 17.trillion -- billion dollars to prevent wars which is the kind of spending that is so crucial to our military effort. it slashes funding for health, and training for health care. this budget request also eliminates programs to help vulnerable americans here at home. certainly we need more resources to climb its way out of things but i do not believe he would do so at the expense of diplomacy. over the last sa years we have found it important enough to send our brave young men and women to go to war but we have not paid for these wars, as is historical. we fwheed to look at our federal budget. the bca between defense and nondefense spending has pitted each category of funding against the other. we'll be better served if we consider it by needs holistically. so that overall national security strategy. such a strategy has not clearly emerged as we enter the sixth month of this administration. we seem to careen from one crisis to another most of which are of the president'

the argentinan lea pt to punch the ball past peter shilton into the net, during the side's win over england he described maradona as "a great footballer, but a small man". that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 10 o'clock. here's some sort now with hugh. good morning. after victory over bangladesh in their opening match of the champions trophy, england's cricketers have been hit with bad news this morning. all—rounder chris woa kes could only news this morning. all—rounder chris woakes could only manage two overs in their eight wicket win and has now been ruled out for the rest of the tournament after he suffered a side strain. his replacement has not yet been named. gerard payne will miss out on his first british and irish lions appearance tomorrow. he was on the bench for the first warm up was on the bench for the first warm up match in new zealand but has now been ruled out with a calf problem. elliot daly will take his place. there was a tense finish the women's champions league final last night. the final went to penalties with lyon beating paris st germain seven iphone six a

it peter doocy is live at the stadium where they are about to play ball despite yesterday's shooting. good evening. >> for the last four hours, the security here inside and outside nationals park has been about as tight as any event you will ever see in washington, d.c. the street in front of the park is lined with u.s. capitol police canine vehicles. d.c. metro police department in full force as well. the heavy security one reminder of what happened at yesterday's practice. all of the lsu gear we are seeing from both teams in his honor. >> i didn't think we would ever see a graduate of texas a&m wearing an lsu shirt. special times. everybody that can get an lsu shirt is wearing one for steve. >> we are rooting for him and for him to recover. this game brings a lot of intensity and passion. we are with him tonight and we wish he were here. we wish him a speedy recovery. >> the intendants has risen dramatically. more than 20,000 tickets sold to people who want to watch the democratic lawmakers played the republican lawmakers. the attendance number is so much higher than predicted, they

split with the break has been a make for a touch the ball federations there in russia a tournament to take you through that the rest. thanks. peter. it was certainly very workman like there wasn't so many of the pleasantries that you usually find at these type of diplomatic talks very straight speaking from the russian foreign minister in particular he said that russia would react to u.s. provocations towards the syrian government he also encouraged the united states not to look for a pretext in order to attack syrian government forces the message was the that words coming out of washington at the moment that a chemical attack would warrant a response from the united states well the message coming from russia is that could be playing directly into the hands of the extremists and terrorists. i look at the u.s. experts they say openly that extremists. make provocations and blame the syrian government for all of tuesday the statement came out of washington that they said they knew that in u.s. intelligence circles that an attack being planned by assad and if that was carried out then there would be repercussions in the form of an at

ball. >> dana: president trump delivering a very special message on a very special night, the game is underway despite yesterday's attempted assassination of g.o.p. lawmakers preparing for the event. peters live at nationals park in washington, d.c., with an update on the game and on congressman scalise's condition. peter. >> dana, just as the 20,000 plus people were settling into their seats but before the game started, the entire stadium fell silent and everyone watched as the democratic team and republican team all headed out to second base to take a knee and pray with the house chaplaiw on the spot where steve scalise would have been standing tonight if he hadn't been targeted by a gunman while practicing for tonight's game.ee a photo of steve scalise appeared on the jumbotron, as a member of the republican team, and democrats and republicans alike all rose in 42 seconds of a standing ovation, a few minutes later, an email update came from the hospital where doctors say scalise is going to be there fos some time but has improved in the last 24 hours. medstar hospital is about five miles from nationals park and the house majority whip had a second surgery for internal injuries and wi

peters, dona edwards, norm dw dwresman from the state of ph.d. david joly former republican congressman from the great state of florida. welcome to you all. jeremy. you get the fast ball, a little high but still over the plate. the deep thoughtful question to start off tonight what does any of this have to do with donald trump what does any of this have to do with 2018. >> obviously with this much money spent in a single congressional seat, the highest amount of money ever for a race, like this, the results are going to be somewhat distorted and people will extrapolate more than they should from it, brian. but it is a wakeup call for democrats in the sense they have still not figured out a message that works against donald trump. it is not just enough to be against trump. ask hillary clinton. that did not work for her. and that did not work as a motivating factor for ossoff voters. this was a very -- remains a very heavily republican district. that was always working in karen handel's favor. but democrats need to settle on a broader more effective strategy for 2018. they will be playing in more friendlier districts of course. but i think at this point right now this i

and at local little league ball fields across the country, a new focus on safety. could this happen at our park? >> reporter: coach peter> reporter: major league players are started to use the "c" flap. it's used to protect the batter's face from pitches. jason was wearing a helmet. the team's manager says it's required if anyone's at bat or running the bases in a tournament. but stories like jason's worry parents. >> my on the is out there three or four times a week. and something strange can happen like that. >> reporter: this was a conversation you were having. now, it's bringing it back to the table again. >> it really is. it's unfortunate that accidents happen. but we learn from those accidents. >> reporter: tragedy can be a teaching moment. >> definitely. >> reporter: jason's sister, sydney, posting an update on his condition early this morning. saying her mother will be headed into surgery later. and if all goes well, drs she says her family is now more at peace than ever, knowing they may soon see him open his eyes again. matt and hoda. >> it's such a scary story. catie, thank you very much. as the father of a v