some at npr from an reporter in her 20s to a producer in her 50s. as severe as what ronan has been reporting on. nonetheless add up to an insidious pattern. using his position in journalism to try to get proximity to women who might be susceptible to his appeals. >> npr allowed you to cover it fully on-air? >> npr, we have a pretty firm protocol i work with a couple of editors who have nothing to do with the matter. it's a moment you have a great team for the news room. we try hard journalistically to live our values. >> david, ronan, thank you for being here. check out the reporting on npr.org. >>> a big blow to local news coverage in some of the country's largest cities. with . that's huge. that's right. t-mobile's got your netflix subscription covered... ...when you get a family plan with two or more lines. really? that's incredible. so go ahead and watch however you want. you're messing with me, right? all at no extra charge. this is awesome! another reason why t-mobile is america's best unlimited network. mic drop. so we know how to cover almos

npr. great. if you take a look at the president's budget for 2018 for the department of veteran affairs there's significant increases in the president's commitment to ending veteran homelessness. those are facts that are out there. the president's budget supports not only continuing what we're doing but accelerating, putting more resource, more dollars into the '18 budget than into '17. >> as far as housing, is there going to be enough funding to have more projects like this? >> again, as i mentioned, the real key here is the new paradigm. the old paradigm doesn't work with the government just dumping money on problems opinion the new paradigm with public-private partnerships i've seen it very effective across the nation in creating wonderful communities. i was in atlanta about a month ago in one of the worst communities. has been turned into all kinds of people wanting to be the school system performing at the lowest level is now at the highest level. those are the things that can happen when we

and joining me, senior media editor and media correspondent for npr. claire, start with you.news is dealing with potentially more accusations on this front and variety of new reports out and haven't been able to verify all of them. dealing with the story the same as every other one at every other network. claire, talk bigger pig chectur. why are media companies acting as quickly as they are? >> the volume of accusations and depth of accusations leaves media companies with no option but to go for the zero toleraere policy and fire people when they see these things going on. we see time and time again. another instance with garrison keillor, popular npr post, and they've -- parted ways with him today also. that's two today. i mean, this roller coaster moves on and on, and it's taking any number of scalps in its wake and when it stops nobody knows. >> david, it's sort of odd, i'm sure you probably had the same thought. you and i have i think been around this town about the same amount of time. been around this business. i've always thought of the mainstream media as being a litt

wamu and npr investigation found that there was high absent teeism at the school. one half of graduates missed more than three months of school unexcused and 20% absent more than present and in april of that year 57 students were on track to graduate. somehow the rest of them were able to make up all that work. so how did they pass? we were told it was a lot of last minute makeup work and extra credit quick classes called credit recovery. teachers reports they were under extreme pressure you to pass. there were requests from administrators to change f's to d's and they poor evaluations of administration if they did not cooperate. d.c. public school policy if a student misses more than 30 days of class that that student should fail that class. we can tell you school officials said they recognize many d.c. public school students have challenges in their home life that make it difficult for them to attend school on a regular basis and they want to give them every single opportunity believe that they can have a better future. live outside d.c. public school headquarter

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hoffman, well-known director brett ratner, emmy award-winning actor jeremy piven, and also the chief of npr news. nbc news senior national correspondent kate snow now on these new allegations and how each of the accused is responding. >> you're not worried about me. >> reporter: dustin hoffman was in "death of a salesman" in 1985. 17-year-old high school senior anna graham hunter was an intern. in a column in the "hollywood reporter," she says he was openly flirtatious, grabbed her behind, he talked about sex to me and in front of me. hoffman apologized saying in "the hollywood reporter," i have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything i might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. the director of "rush hour" brett ratner, also the subject of new, more serious allegations today. six women speaking to "the los angeles times." >> the allegations against ratner range from forced oral sex to really crude language. >> reporter: his upcoming film about playboy's hugh hefner put on hold today. ratner's attorney told "the l.a. times" he categorically dispute

so is eric degens, tv and media critic for npr. katie fang is also with us, an attorney and msnbc legal analyst as well. kate, let me start with you. what is it about our environment that has changed and it seems to have changed in a dramatic way fairly quickly that now allows women to feel empowered to come forward and tell their stories like this. >> from talking to women again and again, and i've done this for years now, most prominently with the cosby accusers and most recently with harvey weinstein and on through the past couple of months, what they will say is power in numbers. one woman coming forward against a particular powerful man leads to other women thinking, you know what, if she tells her stoeshgs i'm emboldened to tell my story as well. i do think we're in a cultural moment, no question we are in a moment of reckoning across the whole landscape, across every industry. today it's nbc under the microscope, but this is crossing all industries. and i think it's in a lot of ways a very positive thing, right? we are getti

and today a top executive at npr, michael oreskes resigned after allegations that he harassed multiple while at "the new york times." the wave of allegations against powerful men growing larger by the day. kate snow, nbc news, new york. continue tonight, an nbc news exclusive. for the first time an nba star opens up about his heartbreaking injury in the season opener. hope you can say with us. ( ♪ ) i'm 65 and healthy. i'm not at risk. even healthy adults 65 and older are at increased risk of pneumococcal pneumonia. isn't it like a bad cold or flu? pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung disease. in some cases, part of your lung may fill with mucus, making it hard to breathe. can i catch it from a pneumococcal vaccination? no. the vaccines do not contain live bacteria. talk to your doctor or pharmacist about how to help protect yourself. talk to your doctor or pharmacist tais really quite simple.est it comes in the mail, you pull out the tube and you spit in it, which is something southern girls are taught you're not supp

join me now again, sapil and tamara keith for npr.e start with you, what do you make from what we just heard from the former vice president, not really a surprise for those of us who covered him. >> right. he's certainly making all the motions of someone who could run for president, i mean, everyone who runs for president has a book and does a book tour, but he's also making emotions of someone who is, you know, setting up his academic institution at the university of delaware and doing all these other things. so it could go either way, which seems to be what he's saying. >> part of it will have to be an analysis of how he feels, whether he thinks he has the apparatus in place, when we get a little closer, because there's still a little bit of time. >> at the moment, there are, like, how many names of people who could possibly be running for president? many -- some of them younger, some of them older, some of them we know, some we don't know. it's 2017, right? >> exactly. what did you make of it? what was your big takeaway from this?

i work both on the npr a as well as the arctic refuge. historically there have been both high numbers of how much oil. there have been some new discoveries. i made the point that the slope of the oil going through the trans- alaska pipeline is going up. there are new ways of getting into existing reserves. it's good for alaska. usgs is looking at the npr a right now and there is a lot of information around that which may show quite a bit, there's not much data for the arctic refuge right now. >> so there is potential for the data. [inaudible] >> how many drill pads are there now? >> conoco phillips is working on a new project and avenue discovery in the willow area, but it could be quite large. they are trying to delineate that part one more point, we have quite a bit of discussion about balance in the last panel in the fact that the north slope is a large landscape and the points you are making about drilling, we think that really does represent balance. that's for some areas are open for development, some areas are not because they are

. >> an investigation by npr shows most of them did not have requirements to graduate. "fox5" melanie alnwick live at school headquarters northeast with the story. mel. >>> good morning, guys, d.c. skools chancellor antwan wilson will address those questions brought up to the media later today. as you mentioned, it was june across the stage at blue high school and received a diploma and college acceptance letter. 86% of senior class and that is incredible turn around considering that just the year before only 57% of the senior class graduated and year before that was 51%. while they were celebrating many people were questioning this incredible turn around that now an investigation by wamu and npr found that many of these students as you said probably should not have graduated if d.c.p.c. held strong to attendance policies. high absent see imamong the senior class. one half of students graduated having missed more than three months of school unexcused. 20% were absent more than present. and in april of last year, only 57 students were on track to graduate so how did all

the head of npr's top news department has been placed on leave as npr investigates he kissed tohat women without their consent while he was washington bureau chief of "the new york times." both women say they were meeting with him to discuss working at the paper when he kissed them and stuck his tongue in their mouths. in utah, nurse alex wubbels has won a $500,000 settlement after being violently arrested by police at the hospital for refusing an officer's demand that she draw a blood sample from a an unconscious car crash patient. police body cam video shows the police attacking wubbels, arrested her, and forced her out of the hospital and into an unmarked car on july 26. after the footage surfaced, the hospital said police would no longer be permitted in patient-care areas, such as the burn unit where wubbels was working that day. the police officer has since been fired. and new jersey's attorney general has sued purdue pharma, the maker of oxycontin, accusing the drug company of deceptive marketing that has fueled new jersey's opioid crisis. new jersey is one of 11 states that have n

all wings considered. [ laughter ] it means when the turkey is so dry it should have its own show on npr applause ] for example, mom's turkey was so overcooked this year, i had to carve it with this american knife. [ laughter ] also, the giblet gravy was terry gross. [ laughter ] #allwingsconsidered. [ applause ] moving on. our next teen slang term is macy's thanksgiving day parade. here's the definition. your bloated gas-filled relatives who hover in the air during thanksgiving. [ laughter ] for example, don't go to the kitchen, my huge cousins are floating around the leftovers and they ate too much bean salad. #macysthanksgivingdayparade. [ applause ] next up is yam, daniel. [ laughter ] this is to express appreciation or envy of someone else's thanksgiving plate. [ light laughter ] for example, i saw my cousin walking back to the table with three pounds of turkey, a huge scoop of stuffing, an entire sweet potato, and a cubic yard of green bean casserole and i was like, yam, daniel! [ laughter and applause ] this next one has really taken off with the teens. it's pilgrim. here's the de

laughter and applause ] oh, i burned the rolls again. [ laughter ] i'm a fantastic actor. [ laughter ] npr an article this week urging people to incorporate frank discussions about end of life care with elderly family members this thanksgiving. [ laughter ] you know in case someone brings up trump and you want to change the topic to something less depressing. [ laughter and applause ] guys, come on, let's -- [ applause ] let's not talk politics, guys. grandpa, when are you going to die? [ laughter ] a retired alabama police officer recently said that police were told in the 1970s to keep roy moore away from high school cheerleaders. do you know how creepy you had to be for people to think you were too creepy in the 1970s? [ laughter ] that's the decade when people were okay with this. [ audiences ohs ] and finally the dallas cowboys added a special concession item for their thanksgiving game, featuring a texas-shaped waffle made of stuffing that is topped with turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy and cranberries. so now fans can also take a knee. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, w

. >> voting rights, civil rights, medicaid, pbs, npr, all that. >> head start. >> sure. >> it goes onnd on and on. clean water act. clean air agility. clean air act. all that stuff. and look today, things he's trying to strip away. and all things obama put in place he's trying to strip away. i think it's a very frightening time we're living in and i'm completely addicted to the news. i'm not -- i'm sort of a private person but i have very strong political beliefs, does mean i speak out about it all the time. i do think this is a frightening time. >> i hadn't thought about it but it's fascinating parallel when you see the movie "lbj" to consider how much they did get done in those difficult times in how little congress doesn't pass anything these days. >> and he would -- >> -- he came from the senate and understood how it works. >> he also understood politics. it helps to know what the job is. >> yeah, yeah, i'll leave that right where it is. the movie "lbj" with woody harrellson and jennifer jason leigh. thanks for coming on the program. >> thank you for having me. >> that's the show

fired over quote, a story that i think is more interesting, and more complicated, then the version npr heard. >>> on capitol hill house speaker paul ryan says there is in place for sexual harassment in conquer anywhere or work place. >> fact that some people end up walking these halls are subjected to a threatening or hostile work environment when they came here to serve their country, to serve their ideals , that is wrong. that is a disgrace. we cannot and we will not tolerate that kind of behavior >> his remarks came hours before house lawmakers plan to approve a measure requiring all house staffers to complete mandatory anti harassment training. >>> we have new information tonight about the murder of a woman in west philadelphia victim was found yesterday, in a lot, in the 200 block of south forty-ninth street. police now say that she met her killer on social media. police do not know why the killer stabbed her and then set her body on fire, but the suspect is in custody. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out what led to the deadly shooting on drexel's campus last night.

sweeney's exit comes just weeks after npr senior vice president for news michael oreskes resigned aftereral women say he kissed them without their consent and stuck his tongue in their mouths. meanwhile, lawyers for john conyers say the 88-year-old democratic congressmember will not step down amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment. the lawyers told the ap that conyers is innocent and will fight the allegations "tooth and nail." several women have accused conyers of stripping naked, making unwanted sexual overtures , and touching female staffers inappropriately. last week , buzzfeed news reported conyers settled a harassment complaint in 2015, paying out $27,000 to a woman who alleged she was fired after rejecting conyers' sexual advances. the supreme court heard oral arguments tuesday in a case that could determine whether police can access cell phone phone location data without a warrant. the case, carpenter v. united states, involves a man who was convicted on burglary charges after police obtained more than 100 days of his cell phone records, which showed his smartphone's gps

scott ditro is the npr political reporter. we have tamika mallory, president of mallory consulting and national co-chair of the women's march. we also have "new york times" columnist michelle goldberg. i'll start from this side and move my way across here. we have two stories and let's begin with the issue of al franken, since leigh ann caldwell kicked off this panel saying it's the intent, his intent he is saying basically in the statements we ear he we're the first time today that he didn't mean to do this and if those pushing forth with the allocations know that it was not his intent. >> i think the allegations are difficult for him to respond to because they were anonymous and presumably he doesn't even know who they were so he is in, i think, a tough position is because if he wants to contest it, what exactly is there to connest? so i think he's handling it about as well as anybody could by trying to be true to the idea of believe women which has been a mantra for people who care about sexual harassment while at the same

complain to npr and they placed him on leave. alison: can i come a generous gift for first responders who helped after hurricane harvey. astros fans got a free flight and take it to game six of the world series in los angeles. many of them were first responders, and the whole thing was made possibl b gave upe same guy who his furniture showrooms and used them as shelters during the hurricane, turning them into makeshift evacuation areas. jonathan: the way things are going in game seven, they could be very happy. 7 on your side with consumer news and augmented reality. amazon launching it this year, meaning that you can shop for home office products, decore, electronics, and then get to see how they would look like in your home. help you prove you the items to see if they will fit or a pure weird in your room. you can also rotate the products and adjust how you see things. alison: very cool. protest by nfl players have created controversy all season and now one pizza chain says that it's impacting its bottom line. papa john's says

the logos different media outlets, buzzfeed, nbc, npr and the words fake, i do not believe we see our company on there. >> it's interesting, i wonder which way it slants based the media outlets >> it teases the mind a little bit. >> it did not have their logos, you made the logos say fake news, because then they'd be sued >> they didn't show the back side of the robe. >> it could be on the other side. >> anything is possible. thank you, brody. redskins game, i give you the pilgrim >> 7:30 a.m. please tune in or just dvr it. >> back after this. ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ . >>> today is the 242nd birthday of the u.s. marine corp regarded as last battle photo. this is the marina's 6th division raising the flag june 21 it's 1945, the photo got lost never made the front pages but eventually found their ways to the sixth division, one of those men, samuel cement us. my papa was in this photo. knowing the guy also happened to be an american her

and host of 1a on npr and deputy ed tore page editor. nice to see you all.ort of an uncomfortable korg conversation, sarah huckabee sanders acknowledged. i want your sense of it, if i can. president trump on the receiving side of sexual assault, sexual harassment, multiple allegations, attacks al franken. doesn't attack roy moore. what do we make of this selective outrage? what do we do with that from the president of the united states? >> unfortunate. he's not just the president of united states. a big deal in terms of understanding the impact he has on kids growing up in the society, each watching. also the leader of the united states. it's a problem in politics generally with the culture in politics. the president needs to stand up and say, this is wrong. yes, it's going to put him in an uncomfortable situation but it doesn't excuse him. >> where the president is most vulnerable, joshua? i travelled with him in asia, didn't get a question. i wanted to pose the question what do you say to american men right now in this country who are trying to -- clearly,

npr white house correspondent tamara keith back with us. also returning to this studio, charlie sykes. long time conservative radio talk show host and author of how the right lost its mind. so all the folks looking around television networks tonight saying who wrote the book on it? he's sitting right here with us. charlie, you get the first question. you did write the book on this. what happened last night? >> what happened last night is apparently it turns out we kept saying nothing matters, nothing ever dents the trump support. >> i recall that. >> so we've been focusing on the fact that his base is rock solid, the base is going to be with him. but we also were reminded last night the base is a minority. and in fact, it's generated a massive backlash. and he's looking at now and the republicans now have to step back and realize what is the price tag for their embrace of trumpism, there being annihilated among young voters, women, minorities. and those folks who for some reason didn't turn out a year ago tonight in the numbers they did now

traveling, traveling, ♪ traveling, looking for something, what can it be >> reporter: this summer, when npr the 150 best albums by women, joni mitchell's "blue" came out on top. why is that? >> well, i'll start by saying that joni never likes being genderized, which is a word she uses. but blue, over time, has this legend about it. and there's nothing like any of it but especially the darkest songs on there, the title track, for example. >> ♪ blue songs are like tattoos >> i just think there's such an intimacy to it that when we hear that voice, we hear that it is singing directly to us. >> reporter: you call her as a singer-songwriter martyr. how is that? >> to her, the point was not to confess, the point was to reveal. with joni, it's more like disclosure. >> ♪ help me, i think i'm falling, in love again >> after her biggest hit, "court and spark," she hired a jazz band to be her band. and joni had these musicians that she liked working with, and she started to experiment. >> ♪ there's comfort in melancholy, when there's no ♪ need to explain >> but she started to lose her audience. and sh

. - and npr, "billboard," and "american songwriter" magazine are among the critics who raved about newns own kristin diable. hi, kristin. - hello. good to see you. - and finally, marc broussard. he recently released his seventh album, "easy to love."

. >> woodruff: we take a closer look at today's testimony with npr's justice correspondent carrie johnsonrrie, welcome back to the program. this was practically an all-day affair for the attorney general, wasn't it? >> more than five hours of testimony back and forth, republicans centering on issues other than russia, democrats almost exclusively asking him a version of the same question, what did you know and why did your story change? >> woodruff: and the fact is, he has had to change what he said about his knowledge of and any participation in communications with the russians in the campaign. >> this was his fourth testimony under oath on capitol hill this year, judy. jeff sessions vehemently denied any notion that he had intentionally tried to deceive members of congress or lie under oath. instead he said today he had a memory lapse. he did not remember meeting... that meeting in march 2016 where george papadopoulos had suggested a meeting between donald trump and russian leader vladimir putin, but he said, jeff sessions said recent news accounts had jogged his memory and he remembere

of npr says he is going on medical leave for a month.n cites the fact that he suffers from hypertension at a dangerous level. in a letter to staff, he apologizes, saying he could have handled the allegations against oreskes "faster and more decisively." >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now, rallies in moscow marked the centennial of the russian revolution, but some russians are ambivalent about the anniversary. we explore all of the reactions in photos on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language. >> the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and secu

npr said someone came forward last month with allegations of improper behavior. radio did not go into detail but said it's investigating similar allegations involving other staff. >>> new morning, san mateo county deputies say they've arrested a man accused of inappropriately touching children at an afterschool care program. 19-year-old hongtran was sheriff's office began investigating him in september after a six-year-old girl said he touched her during the investigation, another victim, seven-year-old girl came forward. tran was arrested yesterday in redwood city. he's been fired from the school district. >>> new developments, san jose police release details on the suspect arrested for shooting at a willow glen elementary school. this is the booking photo for 21-year-old nicholas o'connor. officers arrested him last night at his san jose home. a reporter is live at headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: matt, police tell us the suspect is a 21-year-old man who has no criminal background. they are still looking into what the motive is and why he targeted tha

according to a joint report by wamu radio and npr, dozens of those students probably shouldn't have graduated at all. that's because half of the students missed more than three months of their senior year without excuses. >> you don't necessarily know that's true. >> whatever they did last year we have to do better or whatever, and it puts a lot of pressure on us being the new senior class. >> it's just impossible to get the type of instruction you need if you miss that many days or hours. >> and we've learned that d.c. councilmembers are also planning a hearing to investigate graduation rates across the entire city. >>> some good news for dog rid of a rule banning dogs from d.c. outdoor restaurant patios is gaining more support. the new law would allow business owners to choose whether they want to allow dogs on leashes at their establishments. councilmembers passed the temporary measure last month that puts the ban on hold, but it's only scheduled to last 90 days. >>> looking for a new recipe? how about one with a little kick? the metropolitan wellness center is hosting a class on cooking w

npr says there are no other known allegations against keillor. >>> another woman joins a growing list of students who say they were raped at howard university. >> chris lawrence has more on the federal lawsuit. >> eun, they want to join a federal lawsuit saying howard took its time investigating her rape case. it added to the lawsuit. she would be the sixth student to say she was raped at the historically black university. the woman has been identified as jane doe 6. she says she was assaulted by a repeat offender last year. school more than a year to deal with her case. in that time, the man she had accused of attacking her attacked another student. howard university put a statement out saying the university has been and remains committed to diligently investigating any such allegations to ensure a safe and healthy community for our faculty, staff and students. the lawsuit accuses howard of retaliating against victims who report the assaults. we'll bring you any new information we find. >>> 4:32. d.c. police are trying to figure out how a man died. we're still working to learn more d

a new npr poll says americans are dreading having to talk about politics at thanksgiving dinner. that is a slight up tick from a year ago when a cnn poll said they were dreading on having to carry on conversation. can you guess the most poll rising topic, what is that, jim. >> president trump. >> that was a bad impression. >> no, my aunt. his aunt grace. >> so here's a question, does your family get into political who usually starts that discussion in. >> aunt grace. >> that's why we were talking about you, aunt grace. i think for us, it does come up, but everybody talks. >> aunt grace never voted. she's not registered and she has opinions and thanksgiving is the time to lay it all out there. we appreciate it. sue, who starts the political conversations around your table. >> no question bit, it's joe palka, my husband. not surpris ed. i usually have to talk to him beforehand and say there ill westbound no politics at dinner and then as soon as he brings it up, i change the subject. and then he brings it right back. we're going to keep that this year, that is for sure . i wanted t

now a new investigation by npr and wamu radio found only 57 students were on track to graduate in april. somehow 164 received diplomas in june. the investigation also found half of the graduates missed more than three months of school. d.c. schools would not respond to a request for comment last night. check the nbc washington app later today for an update. >>> "this is us" is still night's fall finale. no spoiler alerts. i dvr'd it. part of the episode was shot at howard university in d.c. a few weeks ago. there are clips on the national mall. you'll recognize them. you won't have to wait too long for new episodes either. "this is us" returns january 2nd here on nbc 4. i watched the kate episode, the kevin episode. >> yes. >> i need the tissue box right by my side every single time. >> you do. >> just the music gets me. >>> on last night's episode -- >> you better stop. you better stop right this second, mister. >> he can fill me in. i've never seen a single episode. >> chuck, i'm telling you, it's worth it. nbc -- oh -- >> i was waiting for a rerun of the oklahoma/west virginia game.

s national public radio station, npr, has indefinitely suspended one of its top news editors after sexual harassment allegations. these date back to when this editor worked at the new york times. two women have come forward and said they were interviewing to work at the paper, they met with this man, and he kissed them on the lips and put his tongue in the rounds. you can read more about that on the washington post. the hollywood reporter, on their homepage, they have five stories having to do with sexual misconduct. you can see this one has to do with comedian andy dick. he was just fired from a movie after allegations of sexual harassment. fromy kevin, the actor entourage, is one of the latest to be accused. there is also a second allegation against kevin spacey, as house of cards has announced it is indefinitely suspending production. in france, the papers are talking about the end of the two-year state of emergency. alison: as of midnight last night, france is no longer under its state of emergencies. we woke up for the first time in nearly two years. that was put in place following t

. >>> the chief editor of npr is on leave. michael arescus is accused of abruptly kissing two women of getting jobs back in 1990. the times is now investigating. no response yet from arescus. >>> well, good morning. it is cool as you step outside. as the kids head to the bus stop, maybe a jacket. we have a lot more clouds around this morning. we'll see a lot more clouds moving in throughout the day y. by 3:00 p.m. we have a chance of a few sprinkles. temperatures in the low 60s. you will see cloudy skies but a m mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. john adams: wrong for women's health. wrong for virginia. sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. i'm pretty psych

an investigation by npr and radio discovered only 57 students at bellew high school were expected to graduate last spring but 164 students received diplomas in june. half of the graduates had missed more than three months of school. some teachers say school administrators pressured them to pass students with failing grades. >> they're not getting an education, the right education, and just being passed on. you know, passed by. not fair for our kids. at all. >> after this news broke d.c. mayor muriel bowser ordered her staff to conduct an extensive review of compliance with graduation requirements. but some community leaders want an outside firm to do an audit. so far nobody has been fired or placed on leave. >>> a number of women are suing the prince george's hospital center after learning that their ob-gyn used fake credentials. charles akota pleaded guilty last year and served jail time. he a documents including social security numbers, passports, immigration documents, and medical diplomas. the hospital vowed to defend the lawsuit, but it acknowledged that he had what it calls a c

every one of them graduated and every one of them got into college, but tonight, wamu and npr reporting dozens of those students graduated despite huge numbers of unexcused absences. they got a look at hundreds of documents from the school. half the students in that class missed more than three months of their senior school year without excuses. >>> now, to a pair of stories that are pretty tough to talk about but important that w contact with children are facing serious charges of breaching their trust. cathy already faces 34 sexual assault charges in orange county, virginia. tonight, we can add 12 more to that. all of them come from students that she allegedly touched or forced into sexual situations during her time as a volunteer softball coach in both counties. and in prince georges county, another volunteer coach facing similar charges. he is carl joseph from baltimore. volunteered at gwen park high, and police say he sent a naked photo to a student there, a second student who was aware of it told the teacher. >> it's that part of the story that we're going to focus on next, childr

keillor retired from the show last year but worked with npr on other projects. over at warner brothers andrew krisberg lost his job. he is also a writer and producer for arrow and has not commented since being fired. >>> meantime in washington the host approving a bipartisan measure requiring lawmakers and staff to take annual anti- harassment training. the senate has already approved a similar measure. casing a home. >>> right now sheriff's deputies have a neighborhood in millbrae surrounded looking for three burglary suspects who were casing a home. they were caught on a woman's home security camera. now it's happening in a neighborhood along hill increase drive about a mile west -- hillcrest drive about a mile west of the millbrae b.a.r.t. station. deputies are going door to door looking for the trio. >>> no verdict for the man accused of shooting and killing kate steinle. the jurors have deliberated for five days as they decided fate of the suspect, jose ines garcia-zarate who faces murder or manslaughter charges for shooting and killing steinle on pier 14 i

. >>> and the chief editor at national public radio, npr, is on leave tonight. michael areskas is accused of abruptly kissing two women who were trying to get jobs at "the new york times" back when he was the washington bureau chief for that newspaper back in the 1990s. the times is investigating. there's no response yet from areska. >> the new iphone 10 is going to be released in just a matter of days. scott macfarlane and the news4 i-team reveals criminals who talk on your phone are getting more brazen around the dmv. >> reporter: people running through metro stations, but not to catch trains. they're running to catch the people who below ground and above. in a string of recent cases brazen criminals snatched phones in a flash right out of people's hands. it happened this summer at a donut shop on new york avenue and months earlier it was ginette oliver's phone. >> i instinctively grabbed for my phone, it wasn't there. >> reporter: stolen from a spot she thought was safe. >> it was taken in church of all places. >> reporter: she said a visitor grabbed it from

npr over there. >> let's talk about from npr to scott disick.n helping father thee children. he knows pretty much everything that is to know about the famous family. which could possibly be used to his advantage. because in touch magazine says even though scott is now dating 19-year-old model so foe ya ritchie he apparently wants revenge. wants revenge on the family for capitalizing on his addiction issues and personal demons for ratings on keeping up with the kardashians. >> nobody heard of scouted sick before he w o >> exactly. you would be nothing without the kardashians. >> not the kardashians entire universe a tell all book. >> exactly. revenge never gets you anything. scott disick. >> this is why i say you keep your business to yourself. >> on personal note he was mean to erin. not big scott disick's fan. >> right. exactly. >> well, scott is reportedly tired of looking like the bad guy on the family's reality show and he wants to expose courtney' previous boy toys including her rumored fling with justin be beiber. the kardashians have repo