County, virginia. Next. Dana Fox News Alert now. Former President Trump is in federal court in fort pierce, florida, where his legal team will present arguments in a bid to get his classified documents case dismissed. They claim mr. Trump is protected under provisions of the president ial records act and they are asking the judge to reject prosecution claims of espionage and obstruction. Americans trapped in haiti begging for help in the rush to get them out as vicious gangs take overturning haiti into a lawless danger zone. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom. Im dana perino. Bill good morning. Second hour begins now. Im bill hemmer, good morning. Right now a team of Elite Marines on the ground in haiti to defend the u. S. Embassy and help secure the safety of americans there. The Island Country as it descends into bloody chaos. Notorious Gang Leader Barbecue at the center of growing violence calling for a bloody revolution. It sparks fears the crisis could go spew into the u.
i m anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. it s something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? we spoke with three families who are taking on some of the biggest social media companies in an uphill legal battle in an effort to change the way the internet works. some of the topics in the next hour including eating disorders and suicide and can be disturbing to watch. good morning. are you getting on, mom? yeah, let s get on. reporter: a tour bus through washington in spring is typically full of kids. oh, my. reporter
almost a0 people are dead after a passenger train and a freight train collide head on. and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression last year after his pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumour. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the long awaited disciplinary hearing following azeem rafiq s allegations of racism in yorkshire cricket club has begun in london. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. fresh questions have been raised about the judgement of the former health secretary matt hancock during the covid pandemic after a collection of his whatsapp messages were released. the messages, dating back to april 2020, published by the daily telegraph, cover issues such as care homes, schools and testing. in one of the most serious allegations the paper claims the messages show mr hancock ignored advice from senior medical officers to test everyone going into care homes in england, something he strongly denies. here s our political ed
but what we do want to do is to push for and to advocate for these young people being looked after better. there are currently around 8,000 young people on that waiting list, some waiting years without any help at all. the health secretary, steve barclay, says he is clear that the new services providing that help must fully reflect the recommendations from the cass review and these, he says, differ significantly to the services provided at the tavistock. for the families waiting, the sooner they can access that care, the better. hannah barnes. in a statement, nhs england told us it was developing a new training framework for clinicians providing care in children s gender services and would not adopt old training materials previously used by gids. it added that all aspects of the new services would be guided by the ongoing cass review. tomorrow s front pages. the daily mail, fears of chaos of doctors and nurses strike together. the rcn told us they would consider coordinated
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten