mary bono stepped down because of criticism over a tweet she sent out last month about colin kaepernick and nike. bono used a black marker to cover up the nike logo to show her displeasure with nike's ad campaign featuring the former quarterback. nikes sponsor, u.s.a. gymnastic. bono served 15 years in the house of representatives and the widow of the former singer sonny bono. >>> four time olympic gold medalist simone biles was the first to question the appointment of mary bono. she said don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter u.s. president or any sponsors or anything. >>> u.s.a. gymnastic struggling to recover from the larry nasser scandal where more than 200 athletes say he sexually abused on. before mary bono took the job as the interim or -- interim resident harry perry decide -- design. she hired a coach who initially defended larry nasser. >>> 4:27 a.m. and a real close call at the livermore airport and the investigation is underway after a vintage plane ran off the runway. >>> president trump said he is not rushing to judgment in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. we

. >>> just in, usa gymnastic interim chief mary bono stepping down amid a massive firestorm. was named interim president and ceo only last friday, but a controversial anti-nike tweet set off all kinds of backlash, namely from olympic champ and star simone biles. biles ripped bono for criticizing nike just days after it announced its ad campaign following kaepernick. it was a photo of her blacking out her nike on her golf shoes. so biles responded with "mouth drop, don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsor or anything." so she's stepping down. what more do you know? >> reporter: it has been so difficult because they had someone appointed before mary bono that was actually let go. now it was a very big deal because mary bono not only was a united states representative for 15 years out of california, but she was a gymnast herself. she is a practicing lawyer now with a firm. that's where it all gets a little gray and dicey. ali raisman sent one tweet yesterday saying this mary bono is with a firm that represented usag and sided with na

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. -- gymnastics, over the weekend criticizing former congresswoman mary bono, usag's latest president, for posting this photo about colin kaepernick's ad campaign. simone biles posted, "mike drop." nasser is now in prison for life but usag continues to trouble. bono, wife to the late congressman and musician sonny bono, is the organization's third president in less than a year. the last president, kerry perry, resigned after gymnasts, including aly raisman, accused her of mishandling usag's response to the nasser scandal. now her replacement is under fire. bono removed the photo online, writing, i regret the post and respect everyone's views and fundamental right to express them. this doesn't reflect how i will approach my position at usag. she's now on notice. the athletes are watching. lester, tonight former gymnast, olympic gymnast aly raisman is also expressing her objection to the selection of mary bono, citing her participation in a lawsuit against usag. she tells nbc usag was not involved. >> thank you, stephanie gosk. >>> a video of a white woman stopping a black man from ente

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days into the job mary bono said she was forced to resign because of personal attacks against her she'd been criticized by olympic champion simone bias for her opposition to a recent nike sportswear ad it featured former n.f.l. player and civil rights campaigner col and cabernets usa gymnastics has been rocked by former team doctor larry nasser being convicted of sexually abusing athletes banos previous role in a law firm involved in the nasser case also anger gymnasts are modern our top story here are you there's been a gun massacre in crimea reports of your student rampage through a college in the port of carriage and shot seventeen people dead before killing himself and earlier reports said there's also been a bomb blast but whether there was it is not clear. thank you for watching good of you news don't forget you can always get more now website did i get out calm and a filthy i will be here at the news desk at the top of the hour with an update on your headlines. the first corner. of the jurors granted moment arrives. joining a regular team on her journey back to freedom. you know

the head of usa gymnastics has quit it just four days into the job mary bono said she was forced to resign because of personal attacks against her she had been criticized by olympic champion simone biles for her opposition to a recent nike sportswear ad it featured a former n.f.l. player and civil rights campaigner collin cabernet usa gymnastics has been rocked by former team doctor larry nasser being convicted of sexually abusing athletes banos previous role in a law firm involved in the nasser case also angered. our mind are now of our top story at this hour at least eighteen people have been killed and dozens injured in a bomb blast on the russian annex crimea peninsula russia's investigative committee says the blast at a college was a test was not a terrorist attack. don't forget you can always get to give you news on the go just download or out from google play or from the app store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use a deal to send us your photos and your videos. crunch time fo

still we have a daughter coming on the horse out there i'm sorry former republican congresswoman mary bono has resigned from usa gymnastics the move comes just four days after she was named in terms of the sport's national governing body but i was criticized for a tweet she sent out that was critical of nike's decision of making calling capra nick the face of their advertising campaign she was also criticized for working in the past for the law firm that represented usa gymnastics and its former team doctor larry nasser who was sentenced to three hundred years in prison for abusing young gymnasts. fifty years ago three young athletes decided to take a political stand at the mexico olympics the photograph of the medal podium for the two hundred meters has become one of the sport's most iconic images americans tommy smith and john carlos bowed their heads and raised a fist in what they described as a human rights salute it became an engineering symbol of the fight for racial equality the third man was australian peter norman who stood in solidarity with the pair norman died in two thousand a

know still we've got a committee on the whole saga i'm sorry but former republican congresswoman mary bono has resigned from usa gymnastics the move comes just four days after she was named in terms c.e.o. of the sport's national governing body bono was criticized for a tweet she sent out that was critical of nike's decision making calling capper nick the face of their advertising campaign she's also criticized for working in the past for the law firm that represented usa gymnastics and its former team doctor larry nasser who was sentenced to three hundred years in prison for abusing young gents. fifty years ago three young athletes decided to take a political stand at the mexico olympics the photograph of the medal podium for the two hundred meters has become one of the sport's most iconic images americans tommy smith and john carlos bowed their heads and raised a fists in what they described as a human rights salute it became an injuring symbol of the fight for racial equality the third man was australian peter norman who stood in solidarity with the pair norman died in two thousand and

. >>> california congresswoman mary bono is out as interim president of u.s.a. gymnastics after five days on the job. she set -- step down amid criticism about column chapter -- kaepernick and nike and she used up a black marker to cover up the nike swish. she is the widow of former singer sonny bono. four time olympic gold medalist simone biles was first to question bono's appointment. bows tweeted don't worry it's not like we needed a smarter u.s.a. gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything. u.s.a. gymnastics is still struggling to recover from the larry nasser scandal in which more than 200 athletes said they were sexually abused. before mary bono took the job as interim president, she resigned after nine months and she hired a coach who initially defended nasser nasser. >>> 5:26 a.m. is that time. a close call at the livermore airport. the investigation underway after a vintage plane ran off the runway. >>> president trump says he's not rushing to judgment in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. i am doug luzader in washington and we will have more o

gymnastics has mary bono steps down four months after taking the helm of the governing body. cary perry quit in the fallout from the larry nassar trial. she stepped down tuesday after a tweet surfaced of her defacing a nike logo. bono was reacting to the ad campaign that featured former quarterback and civil rights activist colin kaepernick. she deleted the tweet and said she regretted the post. >>> a tense exchange between a columbus, ohio, police officer and two boys with b.b. guns captured on body cam video. the officer said when he pulled up, one of the boys pulled the b.b. gun from his waistband and threw it to the ground. he drew his revolver. >> are you scared? >> yes, sir. >> do you know why you should be [ bleep ] scared? this is getting kids killed all over the country. do you think i want to shoot an 11-year-old? >> no, sir. >> reporter: do you think i want to shoot a 13-year-old? i could have killed you. i want you to think about that when you go to bed. you could be gone. >> potential tragedy becomes a teaching moment. the officer spoke to the families about the

. >>> former congresswoman mary bono is out as the interim president of the u.a.s after just five days on the job. photo step down because of criticism over a eeshe said last month about colin kaepernick and nike. in the tweet bono used a black marker to cover up the nike logo and showed her displeasure with nike's featuring the former 49ers quarterback. nike sponsors u.s.a. gymnastics. bono served 15 years in the house of representatives and the widow of sonny bono. >>> a four-time olympic gold medalist simone biles was the first to question the appointment of bono. simone biles tweeted don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter u.s.a. gymnastics -- gymnastic president or any sponsor or anything. >>> u.s.a. gymnastics is struggling to recover from the larry nasser schedule where more than 200 athletes said they were sexually abused by him. before mary bono took the job as an interim president carrie perry resigned after nine months on the job. among her decisions, hiring a coach to first defend an answer. >> a report out this morning lists the bay area is hav

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mary bono has resigned four days into the job. kate snow has more on the story.ginning to end. i feel that your heart breaks for the young women who have come out and they just want some solid good leadership and here we are. >> and for the girls now training with the olympic dream right now, and as you said, she steps down four days into the new job after intense criticism from top gymnasts who said that the organization usa gymnastics was not doing enough to change after the scandal over sexual abuse by former team doctor larry nassar. >> reporter: under the pressure to resign, mary bono issued a dramatic resignation. and she wrote i would have brought to the organization the angst and anger of my own story, a gymnast who witnessed the assault of a coach, and watches the pierce acquiesced in it move ahead while those who didn't move behind and myself, staying silent and perhaps the norm then, but troubling to me to this day and i would have brought a fire in the belly to make sure that nobody who was taken with jim ngymnastics as i at that age should have to ch

. >>> usa gymnastic ceo mary bono is out a job after criticizing nike after company released an advincuith former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick. the post was strongly criticized by simone biles who said those tweets would be a liability for the company if left undefeated. >>> a giant gator in a golf course in florida filmed the massive beast. saying they don't bother it and that's probably why. >> that's it for us. don't forget to check us outn on san jose >>> welcome to wednesday morning. taking a peek outside of the lovely start to our day. live look at downtown san jose. very nice morning, early. 4:30 right now. thanks for joining us. i'm, i i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we need to check on the weather. how is it looking for us? >> we're starting off fairly mild. not a lot of cloud cover but the areas that will develop cloud cover including areas along the santa rosa, further inland and even monear monterey county and we're expecting comfortable temperatures into the afternoon. in san francisco 55 degrees, winded

. >> and after just four days on the job, mary bono is stepping down as the u.s.a. gymnastics interim president. former republican congresswoman replaced the organization's previous ceo katie perry r how she handled the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. bofo came under fire for a tweet she made back in september. in it she posted a photo appearing to color in the nike logo following the brand's colin kaepernick campaign. she's gotten some backlash from people including from olympic gymnast simone biles. later she said she regretted the post. bono released a statement today saying, "my withdraw comes in the wake of personal attacks that left undefended, would have made my leading usag a liability for the organization." >>> tonight new details emerging about a plane that crashed in livermore. the aircraft was regier a company called valuant effort in cupertino. chopper 5 shows the world war ii plane that crashed into a the pilot was practicing touch and gos when the plane lands and takes off again without stopping. neither of the two people on we concrete numbers reveal

thank you very much by the head of the us a gymnastics has quit after just four days on the job mary bono says that she was forced to resign because of personal attacks against her and she was criticised for her opposition to a recent nike sportswear advertisement it featured former n.f.l. player and civil rights campaigner collin capering usa gymnastics has been rocked by former team doctor larry nasir being convicted of sexually abusing athletes bono's previous role in the wall for him involved in the nasir case also angered jim this. here's a reminder the top story that we're following for you top european union leaders say they need more time to hammer out a deal on britain leaving the european union and she issues remain unresolved including the status of the northern irish mordor. and you're watching t w news a live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful two years ago the philippines began a brutal war against the drug gangs in which thousands of people died human rights activists and journalists c

former congresswoman mary bono held the post for only four days.lympic stars simone biles and aly raisman were among her critics. raisman questioned bono's association with a law firm that advised the organization during the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal. >>> 5 hours and 15 minutes after it started, game four of the national league championship series ended with the dodgers celebrating a 2-1 win over the brewers. cody bellinger's single tied up the series at two games apiece. game five is this afternoon. >>> up next in "the pulse," a prediction about this halloween. >>> but first roseanne reacts. how she responded overnight to the premiere of "the conners" and the way the show killed off her character. >>> plus, the picture of james bond star daniel craig causing dads everywhere to unite. daniel craig causing dads everywhere to u fight. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way, with anoro." ♪ go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilator

now the head of usa gymnastics has quit just four days into the job mary bono says she was a forced to resign because of personal attacks against her she'd been criticized by olympic champion simone biles for her opposition to a recent nike sportswear ad now it featured former n.f.l. player and civil rights campaigner collin cabernet usa gymnastics has been rocked by a former team doctor larry nasser being convicted of sexually abusing athletes and bono's a previous role in a law firm involved in the nasser case also angered chin yes. monica is here with business now monica car sales they are collapsing in europe it's not a bad bad time for cost makers in europe certainly sumi sales folded in september that is also make a struggle to meet the demands of a new tough emissions test folks sales in europe fell almost fifty percent compared to last september feels chrysler and then also declines of closer to thirty. percent the new world wide home and i slide vehicle test became mandatory on september first forcing some comic has to put the brakes on delivery while awaiting certification. f

still we've got a comment on the whole it's not that i'm sorry but former republican congresswoman mary bono has resigned from usa gymnastics the move comes just four days after she was named in terms of the sport's national governing body but i was criticized for a tweet she sent out that was critical of nike's decision making calling capper nick the face of their advertising campaign she was also criticized for working in the past for the law firm that represented usa gymnastics and its former team doctor larry nasser who was sentenced to three hundred years in prison for abusing young gymnasts. fifty years ago three young athletes decided to take a political stand at the mexico olympics the photograph of the medal podium for the two hundred meters has become one of the sport's most iconic images americans tommy smith and john carlos bowed their heads and raised a fists in what they described as a human rights salute it became an injuring symbol of the fight for racial equality the third man was australian peter norman who stood in solidarity with the pair norman died in two thousand and s

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. >>> former congresswoman, mary bono, resigning of interim president of usa gymnastics after four dayse job. she received immediate criticism from olympic gold medalist for ties to a law firm that advised the organization during the sex abuse scandal with larry nassar, and they took issue with the nike tweet in response to the ad involving kaepernick. >> the photo and media agency says these pictures were two days ago, and it shows the chinese actress at the airport, and there will be a lot of fans excited to see her. >> that's the end of a very mysterious story, that she has surfaced. >>> recreational marijuana is now legal in canada, and it allows adults to carry and share up to 30 grams of legal marijuana in public, and they are able to harvest up to four plants in their homes, and consumers must be at least 18 years old. >>> no winners last night in the mega millions drawing, and the jackpot is the highest jackpot in history, and the losing numbers were 3, 45, 49, 61, 69, and the mega ball was 9. >> those were the ones i was going to choose. >> powerball with a estimated $345 milli

after just days on the job, the interim president mary bono resigns. came under fire for a negatine negative tweet about nike. joining me is an investigative reporter for the "indy star." marissa, what the heck is going on? >> it's been a busy week. >> fill us in. what is your sense of why they can't seem to get it together? >> reporter: i think a lot of it comes down to a difference of looking at how things will be perceived from the outside. so obviously a lot of the criticism around the interim president, who resigned after five days, was both that nike tweet and the fact that she worked for daniels, who represented usa gymnastics in 2015 when it was handling the allegations against larry nassar. so there have been a lot of questions about the tone as it relates to usa gymnastics. >> were you surprised to learn of penny's arrest? >> reporter: we knew that authorities had been looking at him for a while, so i wouldn't say i was surprised. i think it happened pretty quickly. >> all of these developments, do you have a sense of what kind of impact this

for the people involved in the mary bono hiring, because they are notve transparent, i o idea what theying. i have no idea if they are looking io and investigating why these people thought she was a good idea. if they are just picking a ceo a few weeks or months, how do they learn from it? i feel like they had herheesign from pressure from the media. i am concerned they don't understand why it was a good chce this this- your fellow athletes called you the grandma because you would look out f everybody. would you be willing to be on a search committee to find this new ceo or, and i have thought about this, i know you're young, or wou you, yourself, say you know what? maybe i should get in the driver's seat. maybe i should be on the front end? ti i am glad you med that. i know the gymnastics are competing at world championships right n and i'm so impressed with them and so proud of them and it just, i can't imagine how hard it is for them to represent an organization that just keeps making these same mistakes and does not care about athletes safety. they are giving the gymnastics communit

for the people that were involved in the mary bono hiring, because they're not transparent, i have no they're thinking. i have no idea that we're looking into investigating why these people thought they were good idea. if they're going to pick a new ceo in a few weeks or months, how are they supposed to learn from it? i thought they had her resign because of the pressure from the media. i don't understand why it wasn't a good choice. >> you are so passionate about this. they called you -- your fellow athletes called you the grandma because you would look out for everybody. would you be willing to be on a search committee to find this new ceo? or and i thought about this -- i know you're young, would you yourself consider it? saying, maybe i should get in the driver's seat. maybe i should be on the front end. >> i am glad you mention that because i know gymnasts are competing at world championships right now. i'm so impressed with them and proud of them. i can't imagine how they are representing an organization that does not care about their safety. but they are giving gymnastics somet

mary bono resigning as interim ceo of u.s.a. gymnastics after less than a week on the job.re's this. >> you can't wait if you don't play. you have to play if you want a chance to win. >> if i want to win, i'll take a nice trip. >> a couple of national lottery games sporting big jackpots. megamillions is up to $900 million and the powerball sitting at a cool $345 million. retail sales of marijuana beginning today in canada making our neighbor to the north only the second country in the world to legalize pot nationally. bryan llenas is live in montreal in front of a government-owned marijuana store. bryan? >> hi, dana. justin trudeau said that can has the highest marijuana use in the world. so they want to control it, keep it out of the hands of gangs. that's one thought. a lot of folks trying marijuana out for the first time, this is a government-opened store. some people have been lined up since 4:00 a.m. hundreds of people trying to purchase marijuana for the first time. recreationally, legally in canada. we spoke to one of those folks. >> i think we can be a shining examp

aly is not the first gymnast to speak out against mary bono. >> reporter: that's right, robin. this new hire has what some are considering a glaring connection to that past and that is not going over well with some of the team's golden girls who are not hesitating calling them out for this decision-making. two of gymnastics' biggest stars are speaking their minds this morning, taking issue with the woman tapped to take over and clean up in the wake of the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history. olympic gold medalist aly arbono as e m d over the hiring the former republican congresswoman from california used to work for the law firm that represented usa gymnastics in its initial investigation of larry nassar. the former team doctor currently behind bars for child molestation, accused of assaulting more than 300 women and girls over two decades. >> we have our voices and we are not going anywhere. >> reporter: raisman taking to social media tweeting, why hire someone associated with the firm that helped cover up our abuse? clearly this is not a new usag. same corrupt deci

. >> reporter: under pressure to resign, mary bono issued a dramatic statement, tendering her resignation and talking about her own past as a gymnast for the first time publicly. my regret, she wrote, is that i would have brought to the organization the angst and anger of my own story, a young, aspiring gymnast who witnessed first-hand the assaulting behavior of a coach, watched peers who ack wee evidenced in it move ahead and those who didn't left behind. and myself, stayed silent. perhaps the norm then, but very troubling to me to this day. adding, i would have brought a fire in the belly to ensure that no one as taken with gymnastics as i was at that age should have to choose between abuse and ambition. olympian aly raisman had criticized bono for working for a law firm she says was aware of allegations against nassar and involved in covering it up. on tuesday, she appeared in boston, criticizing usag, before bono resigned. >> as predators strive. >> reporter: tweeting, please know my objection to your hiring was not personal. the stakes are high in our sport right now. in her statemen

colony cap nick last month remember he fronted a nike ad campaign that didn't go down well with mary bono who's just been put in charge of the u.s. gymnastics that's though is not the picture of mary barra but she was saying unfortunately i had some nike shoes in my bag luckily i had a market in my back too and she's now deleted the tweet whereby she criticized kappa nick as well as nike there's been reaction from simone boss to that post from the full time of the champion saying mouth dropped don't worry it's not like we needed a smarty usa gymnastics presidents or any sponsors around i think the organization is still dealing with the fall outs of sex abuse a sex abuse scandal involving team doctor larry nasa and also from early reisman who like bars was a victim of nasa she said survivors current gymnasts families coaches gymnastics community and founds deserve better this after is revealed in this is a real kicker one had also worked for a law firm which represented nasa during that abuse case well that is not what you think get in touch with me down they are under school sports or use

. >>> former california congresswoman mary bono out as the interim president at usa gymnastics afteruncing her resignation after being criticized for an anti-nike tweet about their ad featuring colin kaepernick. she deleted the tweet. she posted a follow-up saying she regretted the tweet. olympic gold medal winner and one of gymnastics biggest stars simone bieles tweeted in response, mouth drop, don't worry, it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything. >>> and a story of grit and on this wednesday. 18-year-old louie magee completed an iron man triathlon this past sunday, and if that's not impressive enough, magee is legally blind. the iron man race, by the way is a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run. that's a marathon, ladies and gentlemen. he was guided by milan tamaska, a ten-time iron man finisher who acted as his eyes. aftertraining a after training all year he completed in 12 hours and 58 minutes, crossing the finish line in appropriately enough louisville, kentucky. at the age of 5, louie diagnosed with a rare disea

they've also had a crisis of leadership earlier this month interim president mary bono resigned just days into her job making it for high ranking officials to leave in the last six months right now we have people that really are not in tune with what really is happening within our community and what has happened and they're refusing to make really really huge changes which no one is going to move forward until we do now as was one of nearly one hundred sixty women who accused of sexual abuse the twenty one year old has that speaking about what happened to her was empowering and she feels now that she has the responsibility to be a role model in doha however i was and the team had been told to focus strictly on competing well you know that we're here to compete internationally so all the other stuff we don't care about we don't talk about every day we focus on what the plan is from workout to workout we really take it one workout at a time we know we have a good experience and so our chances of finishing in the top three are good the u.s. women's biggest competition at these champions

former congresswoman mary bono lost her job this week as president of usa gymnastics.hat did she do wrong? she leveled a veiled criticism at colin kaepernick. that's unacceptable no. colin kaepernick makes millions denigrating our national symbols. he's a hero, nike hired him. if you complain about that coming to where the villain and you are out. defending america is suddenly a firing offense on the left. mark learned this the hard way. he wasn't simply a loyal democrat. he was the head of allegheny county democratic party, also a military veteran. you think he would be allowed to stick up for america once in a while, but no. he made the mistake of writing this in a facebook post. "i stand for the fly, i kneel at the cross. not so long ago most democrats would have nodded in agreement at that, today it's hate speech and he lost his job. tonight there loss is our gain and mark joins us now. thanks a lot for coming on the show. did i miss state that? did you have to leave your job running the county's republican -- throughout the democratic party because of those words

the arrest comes a day after the interim gymnastics ceo mary bono, stepped down. >>> to politics now.n 19 days, democrats are hoping to take back control of the house. the path runs straight through the state of new jersey. there's at least four republican likely flips. msnbc national correspondent steve kornacki with our 18 in 18, 18 races you need to know about in 2018. talk us through these districts and what you're seeing there. >> what have we been talking about for two years here? on the democratic side they hope there's a suburban energy that in the past have been republican, where democrats think they have a chance. that brings us to the seventh district of new jersey. you can see here, suburbs, wealthy areas, somerset county, very wealthy, very traditionally republican. also, by the way, this is the home of when trump goes to his golf club on the weekends and we have our tv shot -- i know you've been there before,e. you are in the seventh district of new jersey when you are there. this district, this is a republican incumbent, leonard lance, been there ten years. his family g

one more sports item for you the head of the usa gymnastics has quit just four days into the job mary bono says she was forced to resign because of personal attacks against her she's been criticized by olympic champion simone biles for her opposition to a recent nike sportswear ad it featured former n.f.l. player and civil rights campaigner collin kapur nick the usa gymnastics has been rocked by former team doctor larry nasser sexually abusing athletes panos previous role in a law firm involved in the nasser case also angered gymnast's. forty one. all right we're going to talk now about bt have also known as the bank boys they played a completely sold out concert last night in berlin to seventeen thousand delirious fans many of whom camped outside the concert venue already days in advance to get as close as possible to the stage and the concert was the first of only two dates in germany on their love yourself world tour and karen help from to give you culture is with us karen who are these guys why are they such a hit it's really quite amazing you know just a few days ago they actually mad

. >> mary bono faced criticism if the former congresswoman was fit to lead. >> then the arrest of steve penny. the organization's former president. >> a bombshell related to the larry nassar case. steve penny accused of tampering with evidence over the nassar scandal. >>> and nik hague spoke about the ordeal after surviving the russian rocket malfunction. >> they were in a harrowing steep freefall. >> the first thing i noticed was shaken violently side to side as that safety system pulled us away from the rocket. >> 34 minutes later, touchdown in a remote field. >>> questionable behavior. two videos showing police called on african-americans for no apparent reason. first in missouri. >> i live here. >> he says hillary stopped him rom enteringis apartment marshal at the 911 after she sa parents got out of hand. including this father who yelled instructions to his son. >>> shocking moments caught on camera. a giant python falling from the ceiling in the bank in china. and a massive alligator on the golf course. and russian wakeboarder taking on icebergs in green lanland. and the puppeteer

former congresswoman mary bono was on the job just four days.and aly raisman were among those criticizing her hiring. the law firm advised usa gymnastics during the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal. bono was also criticized for an anti-nike tweet she sent out last month. we do know that bono is the widow of singer sonny bono. >>> youtube users around the world have suffered from a rare global outage. a message saying an error occurred. please try again later. the outage lasted for about an hour and a half. youtube reported things getting back to normal at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. no word from youtube about what caused that outage. >>> and we can all rest easy. the battle over the bagel emoji has been put to bed. maybe bagelgate. bagel emojigate. is it over? >> it is kind of over. apple was toasted online. you get it? after details for the design of the new image came out a few weeks ago, mainly by new yorkers. complaints included things like the crust wasn't really appetizing and there is no cream cheese. what? >> apple has responded to the onl

and then they just over the weekend hired mary bono who was part of the team that covered -- tried to up the story for nassar. i mean, it's just like i -- the complete oblivious detachment that these people seem to have. i can't support. and i think they've done it themselves. nobody else has been making them make these mistakes. >> well, thank you for speaking out about it. >> i think decertification is the only step. >> if there's any way to rebuild usa gymnastics, it's voices like yours. >> i think if they work with the victims, they work with the right experts, we have a shot at rebuilding something strong so our athletes can be safe in the future. >> thank you for your bravery. >> thank you for listening. >> jessica, thank you. >>> well, at least eight senators demand answers from the epa after our interview with the top children's health expert at the agency who says she was suddenly put on leave. ahead, why one senator believes science is now under attack inside the epa. why science is under attack inside the epa. this flu season, protect yourself and your sister-in-law's tenni

mary bono resigning earlier this week after criticism from stars ali raisman and simone biles. usag said it's committed to a safe and inclusive environment. steve penny is awaiting extradition to texas. if convicted, he faces between two and ten years in prison. in a statement this morning, penny says he's confident when all of the facts are known it will be shown that he did nothing criminal. the u.s. olympic committee meantime said they will continue to cooperate with investigators. we reached the karolyis overnight, guys. they had no comment. >> it's a really huge development in this. continue to watch it for us, kate. >>> we have a lot more to get to including new developments in the murder of the "washington post" journalist. the paper publishing the last column he wrote before disappearing. bill neely is in istanbul with the latest. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. the hunt for answers intensified here overnight with more searches at saudi buildings and pressure mounting for an early official report into what happened to that missing journalist. growin

former republican congresswoman mary bono stepped down as the organization's interim president and chief executive yesterday. after just five days on the jog. her resignation follow outcry over her opposition to nike's support for colin kaepernick and it comes after criticism from olympic gymnasts, including aly raisman's connection to a law firm. her claim is that the law firm helped cover up sexual abuse allegations against dr. larry nasser. bono blamed her exit on personal attacks left undefended. usa gymnastics board says bono's departure is the best thing for the organization. >>> marijuana is legal and for sale across canada this morning. customers lined up as new pot shops opened doors overnight. canada is just the second country to legalize recreational marijuana. uruguay did it in 2013. canadians can carry up to 30 grams or about an ounce. users must be at least 19 in most provinces. the "associated press" reports canada will pardon anyone previously convicted of marijuana possession if the amount falls under the legal limit. >>> how the secret service blocked a cbs news corresp

former congresswoman mary bono. wife of late musician and congressman sonny bono. accusing her law firm which worked with usa gymnastics when allegations first surfaced of knowing about nassanassar's abud doing nothing. tweeting, why hire someone associated with the firm that helped cover up our abuse? it was written faegre baker daniels is a large, global firm that has a number of divisions and mary was not involved in the work with usa gymnastics. while the firm tells nbc news one of its lawyers participated in reporting larry nassar to the fbi in the summer of 2015. a fact that refutes any claim of a coverup. raisman's tweets followed earlier criticism from the sport's biggest star simone biles. over the weekend biles criticized bono for posting this photo back in september. a protest of nike's addition to feature controversial football player colin kaepernick in an ad campaign. she retweeted the photo saying, mouth drop. don't worry it's not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything. bono removed the photo online saying i reg

. >>> and usa gymnastics president mary bono is stepping down just four days into her job as interimfter simone biles criticized her for a tweet taking on nike after that colin kaepernick ad. gold medalist aly raisman also critical of bono for being associated with a law firm that advised larry nassar during the sexual abuse scandal. >>> and canada has now become the second and largest country to legalize recreational marijuana. more than 100 stores are open nationwide. >>> and take a look at this. remember chubs, the giant gator that went viral. the giant gator known was chubs making an appearance at the golf course in florida. 15 feet long. >> that's a big one. >> went viral in 2016. decided to go for another little stroll on the course. >> as long as he's moving slowly. >> exactly. >>> we'll begin now with the return of "the conners," the roseanne spin-off premiered revealing her character died of an overdose from opioids. reaction coming in including from roseanne herself. adrienne bankert here with that. >> reporter: it was an emotional ride on television in spite of the controv

they've also had a crisis of leadership earlier this month interim president mary bono resigned just days into the job making for high ranking officials to leave in the last six months right now we have people that really are not in tune with what really is happening within our community and what has happened and they're refusing to make really really huge changes which no one is going to move forward until we do now by as was one of nearly one hundred sixty women who accused of sexual abuse the twenty one year old has that speaking about what happened to her was empowering and she feels now that she has the responsibility to be a role model in doha however i was and the team had been told to focus strictly on competing well you know that we're here to compete so all the other stuff we don't care about we don't talk about every day we focus on what the plan is from workout to workout we really take it one workout at a time we know we have good experience and sort of chances of finishing in the top three are good the u.s. women's biggest competition at these championships is likely to

mary has resigned from u.s.a. gymnastics just four days after being name interim c.e.o. it's the latest blow to the body af sexual abuse scandal. several leading gymnasts criticized bono partly over her past worfor a law firm hired by u.s.a. gymnastics during the president trump today mocked the physical appearance of stormy daniels, after a federal judge dismissed her defamation lawsuig nst him. in a tweet, mr. trump called daniels "horseface" and said:sh "knows nothing about me." daniels has claimed an affairn with mr. trump06, which he denies. in a separate suit, she is seeking release from an agreement that paid her $130,000 not to tell her story. and, on wall street, stocks fought back to recoup some of last week's losses, on upbeat earnings reports. rae dow jones industrial a jumped nearly 548 points to close 25,798. the nasdaq rose 214 points, and the s&p 500 added 59. still to come on the newshour: questions remain over saudi arabia's involvement in the alled murder of a journalist how potential voter suppression could afct the outcome of the midterm elections. today secretary of state mike posaeo traveled to riyadhi arabia, amidst a major crisis that threaten