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Its an issue. anecdotally we can say as parents its an issue. >> im not as a parent so worried about the heading of a ball. i think a lot of the concussion, head-to-head contact, falling, hitting the ground, hitting a knee. frances rivera has more on a conversation with her group of parents. and well have advice on keeping your kids safe as they play sports. >> in a little over an hour, captain grober actually tackled a sue id bomber saving the lives of his fellow soldiers. he suffered a leg inj...

Did that hurt? >> those ones did not. >> in the past have you felt a little dazed? >> yes. >> what do you think about taking heading out of the game for children? >> i think heading is an important part of the game. i think its heading in the right direction. >> do you believe in the research that youre shown? parents are believing i dont want my kids to play american football, lets have them play soccer. so not on when theyre heading the ball but when they go up and theyre heading the ball, the...

Turning now to politics, republican candidates getting back on the stump after tuesdays presidential debate. the battle over immigration is now front and center on the trail. cnns athena jones is following developments for us from iowa. good morning, athena. good morning, alisyn, it was donald trumps hard line stance on immigration that helped rocket him to the polls. even democrats and republicans off the trail warn that his approach could have hurt the partys chances in 2016. its clear the d...

Polls -- we started off with 17. and one by one they are disappearing. >> trump in new hampshire. chief rival ben carson heading down the coast of virginia, highlighting his religious bonn fieds with evangelicals.a fides with evangelicals. >> amaids deep divide over illegal immigration. trump not backing down from his "build a wall and deport 11 million people" immigration strategy. >> i dont care what trump says. >> jeb bush continuing to attack his plan as unworkable. >> a half a million peo...

About using headgear, for example? >> right. okay. well, you know, im going to say it here. right now we dont really have research. we dont have the evaluation on all this headgear. we think on the clinical side that something it gives the child a false sense of security, that its not going to prevent the concussion. we dont know enough about it yet. >> you know, theres something publications are saying that actually banning heading in kids may not really have a long-term benefit to it. >> right...

Harry, my man, always enjoy it. immigration certainly a hot topic when presidential candidates get back to campaigning. that subject sparked heated debates on the candidates stepping up their debate. athena jones is in iowa this morning. >> reporter: good morning, michaela, it was donald trumps hard line stance on immigration that helped rocket him to the top of the polls. even as republicans and democrats on and off the campaign trail have warned that his approach could hurt the body of chanc...

You know, when you see that and you think oh, you aspire to that, but later after she got her first concussion, she was thinking of heading, and she didnt. she went up for the ball, and she held herself back because she saw other players around her, and she was concerned about injuring another player or herself. i think its also not just the parents. its up to the kids to be able to self-advocate and say enough is enough and to think to some degree before. >> kids on the sideline, theyre under e...

Today were taking a closer look at kids getting concussions on the soccer field and lowering the risks by ed hadding for some of the younger playe players. frances rivera sat down with parents to get their view. good seeing you. >> hi, jose. interesting talk with some of them coaches and out of seven of them, five had kids with pretty serious concerning head injuries. lets bring up the new guidelines to show you that when there are kids 10 or under, theres no heading allowed in practices or game...

We showed from mls with those spectacular headers getting the goals and thats a big part of the game. i played soccer since i was a kid. i played all the way up through college. it just really caught me offguard when they said heading was a problem. im like really? i played soccer a good portion of my life and didnt realize it. >> i did 9 gs in an airplane and i didnt pass out but thats for another guy for you and i to talk as friends. >> ill talk to someone about that and find out. >> coming up...

And welders, there are a lot of different types, some of whom make a whole lot of money. you might argue if you took all the welders who had college degrees they might go higher, too. but as a simple statement philosophers versus welders, you have to say that what he said is also false. >> okay. what about carly fiorina and ted cruz talking last night about the tax code. set it up. what were they saying? >> well, were all heading for that time in the spring where we have to deal with taxes. she ...