also be there choice. host: let's go to linda, who is calling from largo, florida. . linda also has experience with payday lending. linda, good morning. caller: thank you so much to c-span or this topic today. i have experience using payday loans, and i would agree with her that it is a vicious cycle. i had to bar whitley's hundred dollars, and the fees were over $100 -- i had to borrow almost $500, and the fees were over $100. states thatis the are using payday loans, are they getting some sort of kickback, and is that why they do not want to stop these unfair practices? thank you. guest: thank you for your question and for sharing your story. i know in florida, those pernicious.e quite the average interest rate in florida is 206% apr, and payday loans drained away over $300 million in fees from floridians every year. the payday lenders -- i have been doing this for 10 years, if it is in the states or at the federal level, and a is any protections that will cut into their debt trap business model in any way, they will fight using every tool available to block those protections. is,

profits including -- it can happen anywhere, including the peaceful community of jupiter, florida. our office is joined with the fbi and the county sheriff's office to help start with a human trafficking task force. we realize there is a lot more to do. these cases are not about any one defendant or any group of defense. the larger picture we must confront is the cold reality many cases like this are the victims and lured into this country with promises of a better life only be forced to live in a sweat shop or a brothal, performing sex acts for strangers. human trafficking is built on fraud or coercion. it is evil. it is fuelled by the demand side. demands by law-abiding citizens who don't want to be aware of those being exploited. human trafficking occurred in plain sight which is why i am hopeful that these cases will encourage people to say something if they see something and for victims of this under reported crime to gain the courage to let their voices be heard. with that i would like to take any questions you may have. >> no, they are local residents. they will receive a s

passengers. >> police in florida revealing intimate details as they issue an arrest warrant for billionaire bob kraft, owner of the new england patriots. officially charged with soliciting prostitution. >> after a long train ride, north korea's kim jong-un pulls into vietnam for an official state visit that will culminate in a summit with president trump who is scheduled to land in a few hours. >> singer and producer r. kelly is finally out of jail on bond after pleading not guilty to sex abuse charges. >> and jon stewart goes in to help 9/11 first responders. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. breaking news in the northwest. stranded for 30 hours, a winter storm that snarled roadways in western oregon has also trapped over 180 passengers aboard a train. starlight 11 was traveling near oak ridge when it struck a tree causing it to stop dead in its tracks. nobody was hurt but due to worsening conditions, the train has been trapped there since sunday evening. passengers were headed to klammath falls. they were working

architect of an nfl dynasty and powerful friend of the president. we have reaction from south florida to boston. >>> also breaking, prosecutors charging singer r. kelly of sexually abusing underage girls for more than a decade. one of kelly's alleged victims in the speaks to nbc news. >>> new fallout in the jussie smollett saga. and we take a loser look at the technology please say they used to unravel the story. >>> there is late word in the mueller investigation, the looming mueller report. >>> richard engel is inside syria with the isis bride begging to return to america. >> i'm just as american as any blonde hair, blue-eyed girl and i would like to stay in my country. >> one of thousands of isis wives and children here now looking to leave. >>> the parents cutting a plea deal in the california house of horrors. 13 children found shackled in their home. one of the kids making a daring escape to save the others. >>> bystanders screaming watching a slow-motion disaster as a pair of massive cruise ships collide. >>> and inside the chaos, controversy and high drama this weekend. it cou

exiled venezuelans in florida vice president mike pence says it's time to end what he called a dictatorship you also want all options are on the table to deal with venezuela's crisis and to be clear the struggle in venezuela is between dictatorship and democracy and freedom has the moment nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and nicolas maduro must go with those looking on should know this all options are on the table. i. need to loosen the euro would do well not to test the resolve of the united states. pence was speaking in florida a closely contested swing state of course in u.s. presidential elections with a large number of venezuelan american voters and florida's republican senator marco rubio has been at the forefront of the trumpet ministrations response to the ongoing crisis as he takes a look at how the u.s. is shaping its hawkish policy on venezuela. at a rally on friday republican florida senator marco rubio was emphatic mother still has time to leave where it's up to him but that window will close that time will pass and then it will be too

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gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and stepped my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. yoho: after conclusion of the last shutdown i was hopeful we would work together in good faith to find common sense approaches. the democrats are more concerned with releasing illegal aliens. my colleagues on the other side have said we reduce our beds nearly exchange for border security. this is not acceptable. as we are all aware, adult detention beds are essential. reducing the amount of beds would exacerbate our problem thus relying on a catch and release policy. om 4% of those show up. they have a 96% chance of staying in this country. our primary role of government is security. border security is our national security and our national security should not be a bargaining chip. i urge my colleagues across the sle to take this issue seriously. stop playing political games and the brave men and women of our ast guard, c.p.p. and i.c.e. agents. the spe

. prosecutors in florida take aim at a larger problem in society. >> it's about time the country has a real conveation about human trafficking, which is modern-day slavery in our midst >>> an urgsearch in texas. why did a massive 767 suddenly h fall out of sky, plunging 6, 000 feet in just 10 seconds, killing evyone on board? our team is with investigators diving for those black boxes, critical clues to those terrifying final moments. >>> president trump on his way to that second summit with kim jong-un, and lester is tre. his report on the ground from the site of the high-stakes nuclear showdown. ve> jon stewart on capitol hill slamming lawmakers potential benefit cuts for 9/11 victims. their fund running out of money. >> this has to stop. they're not pawns. they're not people to be played with. >>> new fallout tonighafter the oscars. historic wins but controversy clouds best piure. >>> the moment you didn't see on tv that has so many people cheering. a beloved actress delivering a powerful message simply by standing strong.> od evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. >>> tonight

news in florida. police say there is an arrest out for robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots. authorities say he has been charged with two counts of soliciting sex at a day spa in jupiter. the bombshell was dropped in a police press conference last hour. >> yes, sir, he is one of the individuals. that would be mr. robert kraft. >> robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots? >> yes, sir. >> what is he being charged with? >> he is being charged with the same offenses as the others, and that is soliciting another to commit prostitution. >> a spokesperson for the patriots' owner issued this statement. we categorically deny that mr. kraft engaged in any illegal activity. because it is a judicial matter, we will not be commenting further. we have reporter anthony costira from our affiliate wbtf. he was at that news conference. we have boston globe cnn writer ben bowlen and former prosecutor laura coates with us. anthony, this was part of a police sting, so there was a number of people netted in this. tell us more about it. >> reporter: really, this stems from a mo

anuncio. el gobernador de florida apoya una propuesta de ley que busca prohibir las ciudades santuario en este estado. actualmente en florida no hay lourdes del estas araciones ya estÁ repercutiendo en la comunidad inmigrante. lourdesd: desde sude la florida dejÓ clara su postura sobre inmigraciÓn. el primer ejecutivo llamaa jurisdicciones locales a sumarse al programa 287, en cooperaciÓn con las autoridades migratorias. se ha respondido en varios afirmativamente. la policÍa ha dicho que verificarÁ los casos migratorios y transferir casos a las autoridades migratorias. dicen que las consecuencias llegarÍan a ser muy serias. >> por infracciÓn menor, por ejemplo una luz rotao manejar sin licencia de conducir lo van a detener y le van a poner una orden de detenciÓn por parte de ice. probablemente esa persona podrÍa ser de portada. lourdes: se buscaba fomentar las comunidades seguras y defender el estado derecho. muchos indocumentados dicen que lo pensarÍan dos veces antes de acudir a policÍa. es el caso de esta mujer que prefiere no >> que trabajado en lugares donde hubo abuso

american writer carl hiaasen. day—in florida to meet the author, carl hiassen. his writing is fuelled by anger and corrupt politicians, crooked businessmen and environmental vandals. crooked businessmen and environmentalvandals. so, crooked businessmen and environmental vandals. so, is crooked businessmen and environmentalvandals. so, is this the place where the american dream turned sour? carl hiaasen, welcome to hardtalk. happy to have me on, thank you. here we sit in florida, the state you were born in, raised in, have worked in all your life, and you're still here. what keeps you, in this state that you confess is crazy? um... i think it's where my family is from, i think one of the things about writers as you have to care about what you write about, and as messed up as this state is, as absolutely screwed up and insane, i still care about it. my family is here. either that or i'm just too lazy to leave. i will also say there are weeks when you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida where even a diehard floridian will say, there's got to be some place better to live,

: the president basking in florida sun and celebrity today, playing golf with jack nicklaus and tiger woods. as russia's vladimir putin played chess reminiscent of the cold war. we are suspending it, said putin. today putin defying a new u.s. demand that russia comply with the intermediate range nuclear missile treaty known as the inf signed back in 1987 by president reagan and michael gorbachev. friday secretary of state pompeo said the u.s. would withdraw in six months unless russia removed missiles near european borders. >> the united states stand ready to engage with russia on arms control negotiations. >> reporter: president trump said a new deal should include other countries like china and india. to fight the spotlight over the trump/putin relationship, the president did not call out russia directly when asked why the u.s. would leave the treaty. >> one side has not been adhering to it. we have but one side hasn't. so unless they're going to adhere, we shouldn't be the only one. >> reporter: the apparent collapse of the agreement opened the door to development of new weapons. f

political situation in venezuela. florida senator marco rubio will be speaking. he serves on the foreign relations committee. more than 40 countries, including the u.s., and most of latin america, have recognized the rival of venezuela's president, nicolas maduro. the opposition leader, juan guaido, being recognized by those countries as venezuela's rightful head of state, after last year's disputed elections. just waiting for things to get started here at the heritage foundation. again, hearing from florida senator marco rubio this afternoon. >>> live here at the heritage foundation, this afternoon, just waiting for florida senator marco rubio's remarks. he is the senator who serves on the foreign relations committee. he will be speaking about venezuela and the political situation there. just waiting for this to start. and while we do, a reminder, that president trump will be in el paso, texas, this evening, he will be talking about border security, and government funding, we'll have that live at 9:00 p.m. eastern, over on c-span 2. and former texas democratic congressman beto o

back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today is a very difficult day for south florida and for my community. one year ago, we lost 17 innocent lives at marjory stoneman douglas in parkland. the family and friends of those we lost does not go away. i know. i lost my father to gun violence. shortly after the tragedy at parkland, i met with the parents of the students who lost their lives. all you want to do is find a way to take away their pain, but you can't. you can listen to them, share their story, hold their hands. but you can't take away their pain. when i spoke with parents like regina, manny, patricia and other concerned floridians, i made a promise i would not stop until we changed our country's gun laws. i want to be able to look at those parents, those students and all of those who have lost a loved

effect in the u.s. state of florida is now being a politicized for the twenty twenty white house run for the presidency. explains how the crisis is poised to shape which way florida is going to vote next year. here's a quiz for you it's up to these guys with venezuelan flags to decide which of the following who the next leader in as well is going to be what's going to be done with their country's oil reserves what that as well as constitution is going to be like or how american politics are going to shape out surprise surprise d.d. may well be correct here's why. this crowd gathered in florida novenas well. they've been encouraged by the donald trump administration's full on support of the opposition and now some in the democratic camp are truly worried worried for what the crisis will do to the people wrong it's all about the vote tallies republicans are very smart about working the margins they know that a state like florida is usually decided by one percent over last so all they need are enough of the venezuelans enough of the colombians enough with the pro to reconsider indeed fl

of the united states. mike pence speaking there in florida which is of course a close they contested swing state in u.s. presidential elections but the large number of venezuelan american voters and florida's republican senator marco rubio has been at the forefront of the trumpet ministrations response to the ongoing crisis shihab it returns he takes a look now at how the u.s. is shaping its hawkish policy on that as well or. at a rally on friday republican florida senator marco rubio was emphatic my little still has time to leave where it's up to him but that window will close that time will pass and then it will be too late rubio has helped shape the trump administration's venezuelan policy reportedly speaking to the president at least once a month on the issue since shortly after his inauguration florida's venezuelan emigre community house forcefully lobbied for regime change the ferocity it displays with the overthrow of nicolas maduro has seemingly replaced that one shown by florida's cuban american population for u.s. intervention in its homeland younger cuban floridians are ag

rampage inside a florida high school. >> reporter: it was a scene we had hoped we'd never seen again, this time in marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. >> i took book and held it up like this. it was a defensive measure and helped may fe helped me feel a little better. he kept shooting through the rectangular window. >> reporter: in total, 17 lives cut short, three faculty members, 14 students, fred's daughter one of them. barely 24 hours after her murder, he took to the podium at a vigil. >> jamie was such a special kid. all of the kids here are. and i just went up and started letting it loose. what is unfathomable is that jamie took a bullet and is dead. i, i don't know what i do next. >> reporter: his first steps in a search for new purpose. >> but i can tell you, don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. it happened in parkland! >> i remember saying that night, this time they messed with the wrong community and the wrong dad. >> reporter: in the year that followed, fred became one of many parkland parents and students who turned their grief into a

, florida. (ken) survivors of that attack immediately became active in campaigns to end gun violence. cnn's dianne gallagher is in parkland with more. nsjaclyn corin: "this is our generation's vietnam war, except the war is in our country"in the one year since a former student shot and killed 17 of their friends, teachers and coaches...natsdoug emma: "fight for your lives before it's someone else's job." becoming a political and cultural force...alex wind: "we traded in talk for action." "we were the only people that could have made this movement possible."marching on washington, lobbying lawmakers, racking up awards, magazine covers...natsquickly gaining influence among celebrities and politicians... using old and new- methods... tyah-amoy roberts:"we definitely wouldn't have had an international movement had it not been for social media." and using it this summer on their cross nation tour of gun violence prevention rallies, where the main goal was to register and inspire people to vote.turnout in the 20-18 election surged-- especially among young voters--jammel lemy:"we've had the

jim crow era. minutes.about 20 >> reginald ellis, professor at florida a&m university, let's talk about this gentleman, the politics of james edward shepard, who was he? was an individual who was born and raised of a was a prominent african-american minister in the state of north carolina, his were individuals who actually came out of the endedution of slavery and up driving, as prominent frican-americans, in the state of north carolina. r. shepard goes on to receive an advanced education at what's now charlotte university and on to also become one of the first african-american of macists in the state north carolina. shortly thereafter, he goes on his father's ootsteps, and tries out the ministry, and travels the world with the international sunday association, which leads him to his higher calling chult becomes creating the institution, that is present day north carolina central university. >> what about his role in terms historically n of black colleges and universities? >> i think that the role that he in creating that institution in particular, when we look back there was, at

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florida? >> he did flee new jersey, originally from pittsburgh. dagen: north carolina has state income tax, florida not yet. maria: by the way, we are talking about what's going on with high-taxed states, talking about real estate, you have a huge migration going on, people leaving places like new york and connecticut to go and find places like florida. dagen: but i will say kanye west did not buy the condo for kim kardashian, walked away from the purchase, maybe leaving $600,000 from the table, he's not buying it. >> goldman sachs guy. >> i never questioned any of kanye's move but this one i would, as you said still no income tax there. it was over the last year. dagen: he is going to buy something else. >> okay. florida is the number one domestic migration state in the country for exactly the reasons that we keep talking about. we keep waiting for politicians, new jersey, connecticut, illinois to get the memo of 2017 tax changes and start reforming. dagen: but i want to point -- >> i don't think they will avoid all of the taxes, california is aggressive about it. dagen: here is the d

team that mobilized young people on gun control parklane school students in florida holds a moment of silence to remember the seventeen victims and we're joined by hundreds of thousands across the country we will look at what has happened since also coming out border. another day on the path to britain's exit from the european union and another tough defeat in parliament for prime minister theresa may and there are just six weeks to go now i'm told greg's that. and a farewell to the super jumbo european aviation giant airbus says that it will end production of its double decker a three eighty because airlines don't want them. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program hundreds of thousands of students and adults in the u.s. have observed a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of the shooting at a high school in parkland in the state of florida americans were shocked when a nineteen year old killed seventeen people at marjorie stoneman douglas high school last year the shooting rampage has fueled the debate over gun control but what's different this time is that students at the

a good way. outlaw culturism a very deep part of american culture. >> man: in florida, we don't produce or manufacture anything but oranges and handguns. there is no indigenous industry. we sell sunshine. >> we sell you a drink. >> the only jobs we have are in hospitality or in restaurants. >> real estate. >> man: real estate. it is all to sell the dream to the next people. >> anthony: in 1981 the fbi called miami the most violent city in america. the drug industry brought in an estimated $7 to $12 billion a year and that's of 1981 money. that is a lot of trickle down. one of the most successful documentaries in the history of film is "cocaine cowboys" that tells that story. the film made by these guys, alfred spellman and billy corbin. >>anthony: so things were in decline. cocaine sort of saved the city? >>alfred: we'd say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? yes. >> billy: by 1981, you had a murder rate. 635 homicides here. 25% of those bodies had automatic weapons bullets. >> anthony: right. we talked about the uncomfortable reality of where a lot of modern miami came fro

sunshine state. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur... iaman i am an florida to meet the author carl. whose darkly comic novels, all of them sat in the sunset state have earned him awards around the world. his writing is fuelled by anger at corrupt politicians, crooked businessmen, and environmental vandals. so, is this the place where the american dream turns sour? carl hiaasen, welcome to hardtalk. happy to have me on, thank you. here we sit in florida, the state you were born in, raised in, have worked in all your life, and yet you're still here. what keeps you in a state that you confess is crazy? i think it's where my family is from. i think one of the things about writers is you have to care about what you write about. and as messed up as this state is, as absolutely screwed up and insane as this state is, i still care about it. all my family's here. either that or i'm just too lazy to leave. but i will also say that there are weeks where you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida, where even a diehard floridian says, "there's got to be some place better to live,

caught this armed robbery in south florida, but take "a closer look." you can see a customer unfazed about it all. he appears to be a magazine and rubber pulls a gun and demands money next to him. one customer runs for safety but that man in the blue polo just keeps reading. maybe he was frozen by fear, but -- >> i don't know. minding his own business. i don't know. >> it kept him safe, though. >> exactly. >>> here in new york we are learning what triggered the frightening scene in the cabin of a passenger plane minutes away from taking off. >> passengers scrambled after a fire sparked in an overhead bin. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: fire aboard a plane about to take off. an overheated battery pack igniting in the overhead bin, a flight attendant rushed over with an extinguisher. and the frightening images on a delta plane on the laguardia airport tarmac. the batteries become in everyday devised. just months ago on the ground in barcelona, a cell phone being charged with an external battery exploded on a plane sending passengers running. this is exactly why spare lithium batterie

talks. the president added he is planning a summit with chinese president xi jinping in florida to cement the trade deal, if more progress is made. let's go to our asia business hub, where rico hizon is following the story. sally! nice to see you, rico. substantial progress, what does it mean? basically, moving forward on some key divisive areas which include the likes of ip, technology transfer, agriculture services, and currency, these have been major sticking points between the two sides. negotiators have also been seeking to iron out differences on changes to china's treatment of state owned enterprises. subsidies, forced technology transfers and cyber theft. there have also been reports, and negotiators reached an agreement on currency issues. last week. it did not give details. us officials have long argued that china's yuan is undervalued, giving ita china's yuan is undervalued, giving it a trade advantage and offsetting the tariffs so be decision was a clear sign yet both countries are closing in on a deal to end a month—long trade war that has flowed global growth and di

the breaking news out of florida where any minute now, prosecutors will speak out on nfl owner, robert kraft, who has been linked to a prostitution and sex trafficking ring targeting multiple day spas and massage parlors in central florida. the 77-year-old billionaire has now retained a defense toeattor and faces two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution and police say there is video showing kraft receiving what they refer to as paid acts at the orchid day spa as well as video showing him being driven to this facility. the spokesman for the state's attorney says the charge, which are second degree misdemeanor, usually carry no more than 60-day county jail sentence. in a statement, a spokesperson for bob kraft denied he ever engaged in any illegal activity. let's go to the news conference. so run through, we are still waiting for him to be charged, correct? >> that's right. and we expect this press conference to be very revealing. not only because we expect to learn of the formal charges that will be filed against kraft and 24 other men who allegedly engaged in the

strong and t. material speech as a gathering of venezuelan exiles in florida champ returns he takes a look at how u.s. domestic politics are shaping washington's increasingly hawkish venezuela policy. at a rally on friday republican florida senator marco rubio was emphatic a little still has time to leave where it's up to him but that window will close. that time will pass and then it will be too late rubio has helped shape the trump administration's venezuelan policy reportedly speaking to the president at least once a month on the issue since shortly after his inauguration florida's venezuelan emigre community has forcefully lobbied for regime change the ferocity it displays with the overthrow of nicolas maduro has seemingly replaced that once shown by florida's cuban american population for u.s. intervention in its homeland younger cuban floridians are against confrontation with her via the venezuelan community is key to the republican party's hopes of retaining power in florida and in the white house as changing demographics soften its grip on the state one cuban by rubio has rece

is spending this presidents' day holiday in south florida at his mar-a-lago resort and going to miami today to deliver a speech to the venezuelan american community. mr. trump is expected to reaffirm his support for venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido. >> the president was busy on twitter last night, retweeting his own tweets criticizing former acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, shortly after mccabe was interviewed on "60 minutes." >> that interview reveals the depth of concern mccabe says he had about the president after the firing of fbi director, james comey. abc's tara palmeiri reports. >> reporter: a stunning admission from the former fbi director, andrew mccabe claiming he and deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, had discussions about whether president trump was fit to serve and should be removed from office. >> discussion of the 25th amendment, was simply rod raised the issue and discussed it with me, in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. >> rosenstein was actively openly talking about whether there was a maj

from berlin. a year after t the u.s. mass shooting, parkland students in florida hold a vigil to remember the 17 victims and were joined by hundreds of thousands across the country. we will look at what has happened since. also coming up -- >> order! order! >> another day on britain's path to exit from european union. another tough defeat for prime minister theresa may and there just six weeks to go until brexit. european giant airbus says it will end production of its double-decker a-380 because airlines do not want them. i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. hundreds of thousands of students and adults in thehe u.. have o observed a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of a shooting at a high school in parklanand in t e statate o of florida. americans were shocked when a 19-year-old killed 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school last year. the shooting rampage has fueled the debate over gun control. what is different this time is that students at the high school have turned into political activists, launching a movement called march for our lives with th

early elections for the national assembly which is led by guaido. here and around florida hundreds of venezuelans say they are energized by the trump administration's hard line against maduro. among them this fily. they fled the crisis back home in 2007. >>er a 20 years going through this nightmare, we're finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: and the pressure is mounting. today an air force general defect from the maduro government. the situation growing more dire by the day. just this week more than 800 people were arrested. >> this moment we have people in ther treets fighting r liberty right now. >> reporter: it's a fight they're rallying for in the u.s., waiting for the day when they can finvely return to zuela. >> we are dreaming just to show ouountry to our kids. >> reporter: hoping for the dto it's safe eturn home. mariana atencio, nbc news, door ral, florida. here in new york, protests today over conditions at a federal jail where inmates andr s say they've had to endure freezing conditions this week. blaming ament is power outage that it says will

prostitution after a human trafficking investigation there in florida. andrea mitchell is standing by. "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> and good afternoon, i'm andrea mitchell in washington with this breaking news from jupiter, florida at this hour. new england patriots owner robert kraft has just been charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution at a massage parlor in florida. right now florida authorities are processing a warrant for mr. kraft, who is on the part of the a resident of the state. joining me now, nbc legal contributor danny cevallos from new york. danny, as you heard just now from kerry sanders, there have been multiple people spotted going in and out of this facility. this involves human trafficking. can you give us any details? >> right now what we've seen is that kraft is apparently charged along with other folks who had been soliciting, allegedly, prostitution at this location. but solicitation of prostitution in florida is a misdemeanor with a 60-day potential jail time as punishment. and of course fines. so it is in the grand scheme at this t

news stories. the owner of the new england patriots, bob kraft swept up in a florida sex sting. and jussie smollett still insisting he's innocent, resisting claims he staged a despicable hate crime to advance his career. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." court of public opinion turning swiftly against jussie smollett. now the show has written him out of the season's final episodes. matt flynn is live in chicago for us. matt? >> reporter: dana, the executive producers of "empire" say they consider jussie smollett a family member but the past couple of weeks have been extremely emotional and they are removing his character for the final two episodes of the season, writing in part, quote, while these allegations are disturbing, we are placing our trust in the legal system. we are all aware the effects of this process on the cast and crew members who work on our staff and to avoid further disruption on set, we have decided to remove the role of jamal for the final two episodes of the season. now, 20th century fox confirmed that after jussie smollett was

, in the florida panhandle, is 84 acres of some of the most dangerous land in the state. this is the santa rosa correctional institution, a maximum security prison with more than 2,800 inmates. >> roll out. >> i have over 200 inmates that are serving life sentences, and i have over 200 inmates that are serving 25-year mandatory sentences. our population here at santa rosa consists of inmates that are violation of probation to drug charges to burglary to rape or murder. just coming to work, the correctional officers in an institution put themselves in danger every day. >> back out, kneel down. kneel down till i tell you to, you understand? >> i worry about them 24 hours a day. the worst thing you can have happen as a warden is one of your staff members hurt or loss of one of your staff members. >> i am going to put it in these terms just for it to be honest, understanding that this is a war. so, you don't know what to expect from day to day and minute to minute. you can't beat the people that made the system and made the rules and have all the power. >> j.c., your locker is open! >> t

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today seventeen victims of the rampage at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida were remembered they shall not be forgotten. from the darkness of tragedy triumph. must emerge. and triumph shall emerge. i'm sara kelly and this is the day hundreds of thousands of students and adults in the united states have been observing a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of the school shooting at the high school in parkland in the state of florida americans were shocked when a nineteen year old killed seventeen people at marjorie stillman douglass high school last year the shooting rampage has fueled the debate over gun control but what's different this time around is that students at the high school have turned into political activists they launched a movement called march for our lives but the aim of tightening america's gun laws . today he's a guest of the u.s. capital washington but his life could have easily ended a year ago with the high school shooting in parkland cameron caskey is now eighteen and with the help of a democrat congressman he's pushing for ti

, welcome to hardtalk. happy to have me on, thank you. here we sit in florida, the state you were born in, you're still here. what keeps you in a state that you confess is crazy? um... i think it's where my family is from, i think one of the things about writers is you have to care about what you write about, and as messed up as this state is, as absolutely screwed up and insane as this state is, i still care about it. all my family's here. either that or i'm just too lazy to leave. but i will also say that there are weeks where you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida, where even a diehard floridian will say, there's got to be some place better to live, and less crazy. i have those weeks where ijust go, what am i doing here? take me back to your childhood, because you have portrayed it as a state that was very different. and we're going back to the 1950s and early 1960s, when you were a kid growing up. it seems like you felt about it in a very different way. i did, but when i was a kid, we grew up in — west of fort lauderdale, and really, on the geographic edge of the f