sarah varney begins our report in st. louis.ory was produced in collaboration with our partner, kaiser health news. >> reporter: it's been three years since civil unrest erupted in ferguson, missouri, after a white police officer fatally shot michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. but, for one family, those turbulent days have led to much quieter nights. how are you? >> good. >> reporter: jennifer cummings moved in june into this government-subsidized apartment in the upscale st. louis suburb of chesterfield, with her daughters, simone and samara. and how's your sleeping over here at night? the tidy rental is a calm, safe haven for the working single mother, closer to her job and better schools for her kids. it's a world away from her old neighborhood near ferguson. >> they stole my children's clothes, shoes, jewelry. >> reporter: during the four years she lived here, burglars broke in four times, including last thanksgiving. and both cummings' brother and the father of her children were shot and killed nearby. >> i actually

but as special correspondent sarah varney reports, the battle is not yet over in maine. our story was produced in collaboration with our partner, kaiser health news. >> reporter: donna wall cares for her three adult autistic children at her home in lewiston, maine. it's a full-time job. her sons christopher and brandon have frequent outbursts and the stress of tending to them can be overwhelming. when her sons turned 18 a year and a half ago, maine's medicaid program dropped her health insurance. wall is considered a "childless adult" in maine and other states that didn't expand medicaid, and so she isn't eligible for coverage. she can no longer get her anti- depression and anxiety medications. she can't see her psychologist or a doctor to check up on a troubling spot on her eye. she needs to stay whole, she says, for her kids. >> i mean i'm 60 years old, things start going wrong when you get older, and i haven't had a pap smear, or breast exam in two years, you know? i'm just worried something will happen to me because who is going to take care of them? it's a big job,

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sarah huckabee sanders now, listen to this. a number, 1.7 million new jobs have been created during the trump presidency. 20 8,000 per month, that's the best since bill clinton was in office. much more "varneyter this. ♪ lightning before the thunder >> stuart: southern california wildfires, the thomas fire, reportedly grew by more than 50,000-acres, 5,000 more evacuations. overall the fires have destroyed what, 800 hopes and buildings and killed horses and forced more than 200,000 people to flee it began one week ago december 4 let me get to roy moore and look at this. the latest fox news poll shows doug jones the democrat has a 10 point lead, 50-40 over roy moore , the republican. dana lash talk radio host with radio america is with us. dana? i was really really surprised at that because other polls had put roy moore what, three, four points ahead and now the fox poll shows him 10 points down. >> dana: yeah, i know and stuart it's good to be with you good morning. it kind of goes back and forth and we've been following this and watching this ping pong back and forth over the past couple of weeks now with everything that's been hitting the news. the bottom lynn though is that stuart this co