will blow up any saying a victim was 17 years old. in january she says she began a relationship with him at 16. if i didn t agree to have sex with him i would be locked in a room. the entertainer has long denied all allegations. his attorney offering a stern defense. he did not force anyone to have sex. he doesn t have he s a he s a rock star. he doesn t have to have nonconsensual sex. he was a quilted on child pornography charges in 2008 but a perhaps more difficult battle lies ahead. that was nbc s ron mott reporting. katie fang is back with me. katie, we obviously do not have a conviction yet.
and that this should not be a crippled by logistics an the president responded on twitter this morning. it is going to make for an interesting tuesday when he schedules his visit here and perhaps over to the virgin islands. we do expect that to come up next week on october 3rd. ron mott reporting there in san juan. i want to bring in darren soto of florida. his dad hailed from puerto rico and representative of florida s largest district there. in the ninth district of florida. it is good to have you with me. your reaction to the president tweeting toward the mayor of san juan and questioning the leadership and also the ability of workers to help themselves within the community. what do you say to that? now is the time for leadership and not getting into twitter wars an playing golf all weekend. we re seeing containers finally get out, but are the roads going to be cleared? the key has been from the very beginning that the trump administration is totally underestimated the extent of
uncertainty amid white house promises to bring manufacturing back. ron mott reporting. we ll turn to business where global markets got a huge boost following the french election. but many european indexes are already down. cnbc s villiam mark is here. reporter: we have seen the your owe tra euro trade down half a percent in terms of a dollar. it is looking like the stoxx 600 is trading pretty flat this morning. turning to u.s. business deal, there s an operational agreement reached between comcast and charter communications, which it mentioned is the parent company of cnbc. they have decided not to launch ventures without the mobile operators without first informing each other. they will only deal with their
had a liver transplant when he was 20. reporter: through the affordable care act, which is not perfect, which is not perfect, we ve been able to reach many more people. people like michelle, a recovering drug addict whose narp is covered through obamacare s medicaid expansion. there s no way i d be able to afford insurance on my own if i paid for it out of pocket. the main thing i m worried about focussing on is myself. and my sobriety. if you take away the insurance, it s like pulling out the rug from underneath of somebody. you re taking away their treatment program, their medicine, their doctor, their therapist. they re support system that they have with everybody that is in their group. ron mott reporting from west virginia. and we ll be right back, but first a quick programming note. senator john mccain joins joe and mee ka.
homicides, both stark increases from a year ago. more murders than new york and los angeles combined. police officer kep vin mccarthy reporter: in the next two years mayor recaahm emanuel, un fire for the continued violence, pledged to hire nearly 1,000 new police officers, targeting the 1,400 mostly documented gang members authorities say are responsible for much of the bloodshed. if you pick up a gun and shoot somebody, you should go to prison, period. reporter: the strategy comes too late to save 11-year-old tevon tanner from being caught in the crossfire. i heard them hitting the porch. reporter: he was shot in august while playing and endured eight surgeries since. no arrests made, his mother demanding justice. you shot my baby for no reason and still living life like it s no big deal. that was ron mott reporting. this morning the number of people shot in chicago over the weekend has risen, now it stands at 53. compare chicago s violent year to new york city. n