Dana: check this out. Optimism took a nosedive. 55% of voters, all across, now say they re pessimistic about the direction of the country. Bill: covering this from all angles marc thiessen on the poll we mentioned. Mike tobin, another awful weekend in chicago and bryan llenas the news from new york. This video released by the nypd is difficult to watch. It shows the assault of a 68yearold man in brooklyn. A thief riding on a bicycle stopped to rob the man not before punching a dozen times an kicking him in the face. His body goes limp on the ground. The thief checks his pockets for any valuables and reportedly walked away with the man s cell phone and silver necklace. The 68yearold man suffered a broken wrist and nose. No arrests, in ypd is asking for the public s house. The detectives, a new york city police union tweeted this. New york city streets. What used to be the safest city, failed laws have no consequences. We need to keep new yorkers safe. The nypd releasing new pictures of
Joining us now is sports psychologist jared spencer. I m so glad you re here because we re in this mental health moment right now where i think the world is beginning to focus on something which is so important. One of the questions i think people have this morning when they look at simone biles, who is the greatest gymnast ever and for my money the greatest athlete on earth right now, and they say, well, how did she get through qualifying? how did she win all those titles? how did she get to this point to be at the olympics in tokyo only to have the weight of the mental health issue being so immense that she couldn t compete. How could that be? even she has a limit. And the truth is, john, like we all have that point where we begin to break down emotionally. And even though she s obviously got the skills and ability to manage in a pressure cooker at a very high level, even simone has a threshold. Once that threshold is crossed where you, me, anybody else out there, it s a very differe
In the tour de france. Hello and a warm welcome to bbc news. Days after the assassination of its president, haiti looks to be heading into a deeper political crisis. There are reports the country s lawmakers have nominated the head of the senate, joseph lambert, as interim president, in a move that a rival political faction including acting interim prime minister claudejoseph says is unconstitutional. It comes as haiti requests troops be deployed from the united nations and the united states to help secure key infrastructure. The us says it has no plans to provide military assistance at this time but has sent fbi agents to help investigate, as our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Some of the men the haitian authorities say assassinated the country s president, on parade for the media hours after a long gunfight with security forces. The police also displayed some of the weapons they seized. Three members of the gang were killed and eight are on the run. Gunfire. The cit
Three days after the assassination of its president, haiti s political crisis has only deepened. There are reports the country s lawmakers have nominated the head of the senate, joseph lambert, as interim president. A rival political faction, which includes the acting interim prime minister claudejoseph, says the move is unconstitutional. Haitian officals have taken the extraordinary step of requesting military help from the united states and the united nations. Courtney bembridge reports. Crowds gathered outside the us embassy in port au prince, with suitcases packed, looking for a way out. Translation: i can t close my eyes, i can t sleep at night. I had to come here to the embassy because i m scared. There are so many gunshots and you don t even know where they re coming from. I ve abandoned my home, i can t go back, i don t know about my family. The country of 11 million people is reeling from the assassination of its president, shot dead inside his home on wednesday. These are two
Final but how you do you split these two teams? it s so tough when you consider italy are former winners, they ve won it in 1968 and may two final since then. England in their first european final, how do you call this one? it s going to be very tight, isn t it? a nation waits. How are your nerves, jane hill? are your nerves, jane same tight, isn t it? a nation waits. How are your nerves, jan are your nerves, jane same as everyone are your nerves, jane same as everyone else s! now, who would you expect to bump into at the rovers return? cheering and applause the queen made a visit to the sets of coronation street and met the cast and crew of the itv soap today. Her majesty walked down weatherfield s famous cobbled streets but on a red carpet in fact, it s the second time she s visited them. Herjourney to the region will also see her visit manchester cathedral. Time for a look at the weather. 0ne one word sums up our weather at the moment and that s changeable because we still got