Hi, this is Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the Daily

5th, 2018. A woman climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty yesterday to protest

the separation of migrant families. She was taken into custody by police. Liberty Island was closed

during the standoff and around 4,000 people had to be evacuated.

On the day after America's birthday, if you're concerned about your country, you're not alone.

Bloomberg is carrying an article titled, Freaked Out Americans Desperately Seek to Escape

the News.

Here's some of their evidence.

Last fall, the American Psychological Association discovered that almost two-thirds of Americans

listed the state of the nation as their primary source of stress.

They ranked it above both money and work.

According to the Pew Research Center, almost 70% of Americans feel a sense of news fatigue.

When Enterprise Rent-A-Car surveyed more than 1,100

Americans about their summer travel plans, the top three reasons given for travel were stress,

the news, and the political climate. Discovery Incorporated owns Network's HGTV, Food Network, and

TLC. It has seen a 12% increase in time spent by viewers watching its

network since the 2016 election. The head of research for Homework Channel says,

When we asked people why they watched Homework, we used to hear things like, I want an escape.

Now it's, I want to be reminded that there's still love in the world.

America turned 242 years old yesterday.

Our democracy has been tested many times across our history.

In the decades from our founding to the Civil War, the unresolved tension at the heart of the nation

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