i put larry nassar behind bars for the rest of his life. i led the fight against human trafficking, and now young, women who are forced to have sex are treated as victims, not criminals. gretchen whitmer served in the legislature for 14 years and only got three bills passed. now, i have a paycheck agenda, agenda for bigger paychecks and more jobs for michigan. one, eliminating the granholm whitmer income tax increase, cutting auto insurance rates, improving schools so children can read, rebuilding roads and bridges, and affordable and accessible healthcare. gretchen whitmer, her plan, in a word, is an extreme agenda. sharp turn to the left. tax increases, which will crush job creation, mandates which will force economic growth to stop, and government run healthcare, which will be in your taxes and bureaucrats choose your doctors, not you. and that is wrong. those are the ingredients to go backward. we have to go forward. i reject those who say michigan's future, the best days are behind us. nonsense. i'm optimistic about michigan with big h

doctor, larry nassar. nassar was accused of molesting more than 200 young female athletes under the guise of treatment. he is now serving up to 175 years in prison. former team u.s.a. member jeanette antolin was one of his victims. >> finally people are starting to fall. the people who were in power are eporlly being held accountable. >> reporter: penny resigned from usa gymnastics last year. in a statement, penny's lawyer says his client is confident he did nothing criminal. >> i most respectfully decline to answer your question. >> reporter: wednesday's camatic arrest stems from a iolker county, texas, investigation into the famed karolyi ranch, a training center where some of nasser's victims say they were abused and that bella and marta karolyi knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it, a claim the karolyis have denied. antolin is hoping penny's arrest is only the beginning. >> there was a bunch of people that are responsible for their inaction, their overlooking, and their covering up of a lot o

he was more concerned about protecting larry nassar. he covered for larry nassar and told the medical staff and anyone who asked, that he was sick. they were more concerned about protecting our abuser than protecting us. but steve penny was that guy that everyone knew. he always was nice. it just goes to show that, you know, just because somebody might be nice to somebody else, they treat other people differently. we have to be educated to pick out the abusers and the enablers. >> usa gymnastics has changed the leadership three times in the last year. what are they not getting right? >> well, i think, as i said, the most important thing is a full, independent investigation. you can have a great ceo. but if the new ceo is still working with ron gallimore and other people who created this problem -- although they have a new board, i'm feeling like this board is more -- it's more important to them to protect and fix this p.r. problem they have. they need to understand this is a child abuse problem and it is so widespread and far-reaching.

ween picked w from viola to chrissy to the sister army of womanho stood up against larry nassar. te judge who let them speak. we have parkland girls. we have a woman who started the drive for women to drive in saudi arabia. we haveama harris. honestly, these women stood for things this year and we are so delighted to be honoring them. narrowing down this year. this year seemed to be the year of the woman. it must have boun to narrow it down? >> even the magazine itself we did 11 moments of what women did this year. you guys are one of those ymoments. >> favorite, page 20 something here, 11 big momts for women in 2008. >> i haven't seen ythat. >> haven't? >> 2018. excuse me. hoda and savannah. >> we picked you because in the first 48 hours of this yearou changed the history of the show. the two of you sat together anchoring the show in the first time two women did it in 66 years. we are like, that's themeirst wo we are honoring this year. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> guys, the wen of the year issue is on newsstands in new nationwide on nd november 6th. >>> mr. ker, a che

former us gymnastics doctor larry nassar was found guilty of serial sexual abuse. biles publicly admitted she was one of his victims. but she is aiming to take off where she left the sport, at the rio olympics in 2016 she won five medals, four were gold. in the brazilian heat, she set the sporting world ablaze. everyone thinks we are overnight sensations, but we have been working our whole life for this. where do those medals live now? in a safe. laughter. ina safe? yes. i think i would have them on my bed. i know, but they are just so precious. you have to kind of hide them. after rio, the simone that we saw walk into rio and the one that left was very different. you had gone in, with this huge pressure on your shoulders, and you totally delivered. and then you came out and people knew your name suddenly. people that didn't before. what was that like to deal with that kind of pressure? it is very different and kind of scary. because every where i went somebody knew me. it is so strange because i don't know them but everybody knows me, it is like why is everybody s

we're following the larry nassar case from the beginning. jean, let's begin with this fbi part of all of this. what are you learning? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting. to go along with the "new york times" reporting, it is strikingly similar to cnn's reporting. earlier this year, i interviewed gina nickels, as well as her husband, dr. john nickels, in record to their daughter, maddie nickels, who was virtually the whistleblower in the nassar scandal. she was the one that had told her teammates at the karolyi ranch what nassar was doing to her. what happened was that steve penny, then president of usa gymnastics, called gina nickels to say that, don't say anything to anyone, but we're going to go to law enforcement. listen to dr. john nickels. he was privy to that conversation. >> well, the way it was presented to me was, he -- penny gave the message that he's contacting the fbi and the fbi is undergoing this investigation. and that we're to be quiet so we don't interfere with this investigation. >> reporter: and for one year, they did

evidence in the larry nassar investigation. >>> anybody want to win the lottery? no winner. $1.3 billion now up for grabs. >>> and major controversial as the red sox steal one from the astros. >> oh, joe west, the umpire, trending on twitter. >> i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 4:30 eastern time. we start with the controversy of "the washington post" reporter. president trump meeting this morning with secretary of state mike pompeo. he will get a briefing on the diplomatic swing through the saudi and turkish capitals. a trip focused on the disappearance and presumed murder of jamal khashoggi. cnn has learned beneath the surface of the pompeo's upbeat photo op with the crown minutes -- crown prince with all smiles. behind closed doors, pompeo warned the crown prince his future as the king depends on how he handles this issue. he must own the situation and every fact is going to get out. >> "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting there is evidence that connects the crown prince to the kill team and several members of the team that flew from riy

jessica howard, a gymnast who says larry nassar abused her, will be in studio 57 to talk about the changes she wants to see in the organization. >> the case of the missing florida man thought to be killed by alligators takes a sharp turn nearly 20 years later. 48 hours has the evidence pointing to a human murder suspect. >> plus, ted talks, videos of ideas worth spreading, are viewed more than 3.4 billion times a year. the head of ted, chris anderson, will be in studio 57 to talk about the cultural phenomenon's new adventure. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> jamal khashoggi is dead. >> it certainly looks that way. it's very sad. >> the president warns of consequences over jamal khashoggi. >> the secretary of state mike pompeo is denying a report he listened to a recording of the alleged murder. >> a caravan of thousands of central american migrants continues their journey to the united states. >> i'm willing to send the military to defend our southern border if necessary. >> the justice department launches an investigation into ch

larry nassar and how that was allowed to happen. coordinator team was invited to attend, but the client for medical reasons. critical topics were covered in a hearing, including usa gymnastics mishandling of critical medical records, failed , and mostions important, the complete lack of cooperation demonstrated by mr. penny and his refusal to answer questions. the third hearing, we heard from current leaders from the same troubled organizations. and how they planned to implement serious reforms moving forward. we were joined by minister john engler -- mr. john engler. and the former president abuse a gymnastics, and the chairman of the olympic committee advisory council. i appreciated their updates and continue to monitor the work the organization is doing to empower amateur athletes and prevent abuse. it is my belief that hearing from a variety of national governing bodies is necessary to make policy recommendations as we move forward. joining us today is mr. fill andrews,- is mr. phil mr. 10 henchy, .nd mr. demers and steel we hav

nassar case. the walker county district attorney says steve penny ord ordered documents removed. according to the indictment, the documents were differed to penny at the -- were delivered to penny at the usag office in indianapolis. >>> about 1,500 people near an underground gas line in california urged to evacuate as a grass fire threatens the pipeline. it is at a pipeline 30 miles northeast of san francisco. chevron shut it down and dispatched a field team to investigate. anyone requiring assistance to evacuate should call 911. >>> and more than $1.3 billion in lottery jackpot money up for grabs. no winners in the $378 million powerball jackpot. numbers were 3, 57, 64, 69, 17 and 15. the estimated jackpot is $430 million. the friday's megamillions is $900 million with the lump sum option of $513 million. >> the odds of 1 and 302 million. >> the odds of winning the lottery with a ticket is just a little bit better than finding the winning ticket on the ground. >> so you are saying there's a chanc

team doctor larry nassar abused more than 150 young women and girls under the guise of medical trtment. biles confirmed in a statement that she, too, had been one of his victims. earlier this year he was sentenced to 1 years in prison. >> your decision to assault was precise, manipulative, devus, despicable.: simoe judge was absolutely amazing on her part, so we were proud of her. it is kind of a relief because he got what he deserved.: report what point did you make the decision to write the statement? simone: it was very hard, but i figured that people look up to me, so it simone can be strong enough, maybe i can, too. that is th give.ge i wanted to i was kind of relieved when it came out. there was a lot of pressure off my shoulders. reporter: at the home of u.s. coaches where nassar abused gymnasts. when biles said it would be heartbreaking to return there, u.s. gymnastics ended a 17-year sociation with the ranch how did that feel? simone: i don't know, it felt empowering, even though it is an overused word. reporter: biles is moving on the best way she knows how. already the most

she wrote, steve penny has been detained for charges related to tampering with the larry nassar investigation. this is for every little girl who could have been saved from larry and for every coach that penny received warnings about and did nothing. may justice continue to be done. that's the feeling today, christine, of some of the athletes. >> that is true. and steve penny of course was the ceo for many years and the allegations are incredibly troubling. he's been arrested and the idea of evidence tampering and taking files out of the ranch where they all train before the authorities showed up. the tentacles are deep. it looks like they are getting to the people who did these terrible things and the leaders that failed our young gymnasts. that's the good news. the bad news is that it's taken so long. we're talking decades of abuse. not only in usa gymnastics, but michigan state. it's just horrible. good news is they're getting to it. the bad news is, of course, the countless young women and girls whose lives were changed forever. meanwhile, simone biles is out there competing at the world c

earlier this year larry nassar was sentenced to as many as 125 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting ten girls. >>> overnight the "washington post" reporting that border patrol agents reportedly arrested 16,658 family members along the u.s.-mexico border. this september the highest one-month total on record. groups in the dozens have been reportedly crossing the border, turning themselves in and claiming a fear of return. nbc news is also reporting that a migrant caravan from honduras en route to the border has doubled in size, growing to 4,000 people. in response this week the white house confirmed that it's considering renewing the controversial family separation policy from earlier this year that separated a large number of children from their parents. >>> there's a new warning about the risk presented by a growing number of unmanned aerial drones that get way too close to planes. and researchers found significant damage when they fired a small drone into a plane's wing to show just what could happen in a mid-air collision. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it h

larry nassar was sentenced to 125 years?injail. speaking ahead of the world championships in doha, the american gymnast says she hopes sharing her story will encourage other people to tell theirs, too. 0ur sports correspondent, natalie pirks, went to her hometown in texas to meet her. ? commentator: the final move of her 0lympic championships... in 2016, in the heat of rio, simone biles set the sporting world ablaze. how does she do it? five 0lympic medals was her reward, four of them gold. now, everyone knew her name. but what goes up must come down. when she returned here to her hometown of spring in texas, she took an 18 month break to heal her body and mind. she told me she knows her achievements in rio, though, keep the spotlight firmly on her. it's almost more pressure because you know exactly what to expect. and the pressure that will be put on you. rather than your first time, you kind ofare so excited to be there. now you have those expectations. after her break she came back with a bang at the us nationals in august, swee

former us gymnastics doctor larry nassar was found guilty of serial sexual abuse. biles publicly admitted she was one of his victims. but she is aiming to take off where she left the sport, at the rio olympics in 2016 she won five medals, four were gold. in the brazilian heat, she set the sporting world ablaze. everyone thinks we are overnight sensations, but we have been working our whole life for this. where do those medals live now? in a safe. laughter. ina safe? yes. i think i would have them on my bed. i know, but they are just so precious. you have to kind of hide them. after rio, the simone that we saw walk into rio and the one that left was very different. you had gone in, with this huge pressure on your shoulders, and you totally delivered. and then you came out and people knew your name suddenly. people that didn't before. what was that like to deal with that kind of pressure? it is very different and kind of scary. because every where i went somebody knew me. it is so strange because i don't know them but everybody knows me, it is like why is everybody s

larry nassar. the wrong message. near the main railway station in cologne on monday. they have not ruled out a terrorist motive. and had mental health problems. to break the impasse in brexit negotiations. trying to find a solution to the irish border issue. that it was likely to be resolved at wednesday's summit. for a breakthrough to take place, besides goodwill, we need new facts. whether she has concrete proposals on how to break the impasse. 0nly such proposals can determine if a breakthrough is possible. what the world is watching. netflix now has more than 137 million subscribers. are returning to life. they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. diplomatic operator. the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then... .. and chile let out an almighty roar. how it happened. about the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. in th

larry nassar. steve penny talked with agent jay abbott about a top security job at the u.s. olympic committee. his lawyer said he did not think his client was on the nassar case. penny e-mailed fbi employees to see how to word statements on the investigation. penny was arrested wednesday in the nassar probe. >>> and florida governor rick scott making sure voters in eight counties can cast ballots in the midterms. signing an executive order to let supervisors to extend the early voting days and locations. overall number of deaths in the hurricane michael has risen to 35. >>> chicago police suspect possible foul play in the disappearance of the postal worker. 26-year-old kierra coles has been missing since she left her home on october 2nd. police continue to receive leads and tips. more than $28,000 in reward money offered by the postal workers union. >>> and wisconsin sheriff says he has a 100% expectation that a missing 13-year-old girl is still alive. the police searched the side of the highway looking for jayme closs. her parents were found shot to death in their home this

he his aaccused of removal of documents relating to larry nassar. earlier this year he was sentenced to decades in prison. hundreds of girls under his care accused him of molestation. more news after this break. welc before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today in the bay-- >>> welcome back. thousands of people forced from their home because of a natural gas line there, a threat. >> there's a new conference going on right now. we want to listen into the updates. >> basically the release that's happening, it's a relatively small leak. nonetheless when the fire started, it ignited natural gas from a -- what we believe is a transmitter line that created the release, and then initiated the fire within the vault. >> reporter: so the fire started the leak? and then too, are we over the potential of an explosion at this point? >> we will conduct a thorough investigation to find out how that happened. until then -- until we can get in there and see the damage actually within the vault and what has been damaged, we will not be able to dete

former usa gymnastic president no w chargedhng tamperi with evidence in the larry nassar sex abuse. aly raisman will talk about the arrest. she was one of many top gymnasts nassarere abused by >> according to our nbc affiliate in baltimore, the president, athletic director and the all coach met with board of regents last night. they discussed an independentrt ren the culture of jordan mcnari. he died two w later. >> a bit of a scare for passengers on the southeast airlines flight. >> it o turned to be paper fibers through a tissue the plane has been cleared and returns to service. >> coming up, molette green is working for you at the humane rescue alliance this morning. >> details on special four gged friends needed for adoption. >> that's right. red slider turtles up forad option. look at them go, a also, rabbits, we have happy and ivan the guine at this critical moment in america... in maryland, democrats are on the front lines. with so much at stake, ben jealous is the bold leader maryland needs. his plans will get our schools back to number one and protect our healthcare. maryla

larry nassar. while training in texas, gymnasts said that larry nassar assaulted them. hundreds of girls under his care accused him of molestation. more news after this break. >>> at 5:55, new this morning, san jose-based ebay is suing amazon claiming the retail giant tried to poach its sellers. the suit said that amazon messaged sellers to sell on their side. last year move than half of items sold on amazon were listed by third parties. >>> a former facebook security officer talking about why he left the company. >> and whether the giant is ready for the midterm elections. >> first, we need legal standards around political advertising. the companies are trying to apply 1980s and '90s laws meant for television and print ads to online advertising. the current laws don't fit how people advertise in 2018. >>> later this morning on the "today" show, jo ling kent takes us inside the war room. >>> taylor swift advocating for early voting, she said she wished she had known it was an option when she cast her first ballot at 18. earlierth this months she endorsed two candidates

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team doctor, larry nassar. two sisters filed claims. they claim dr. nassar sexually abused them for years. a bronze medalist at usa gymnastics. he put his own self-interests ahead of the well-being of hundreds of young girls. >> i am outraged that you would say gymnastics has yet to take responsibility for creating this tox ix culture allowing him to get away with abusing children for decades. >> this is the first under the retail act alleging the defendant engaged in sex oil exploitation and abuse. >>> sending their support from the other side of the country. what local synagogues are doing to honor the victims of this shooting. the bank. i'm chris chmurchmura, nbc bay responds next. proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11. proposition 11 "a common sense solution" to protect public safety. it ensures the closest ambulance remains on-call during paid breaks "so that they c

how recent a development are those procedures in relationship to the larry nassar case? are these things that have transpired since then? >> in our case, no. we've had wide background checks, and i apologize because i wasn't here at the time, since either 2010 or 2011. we did expand them to include board members, committee members, staff, and other people in 2017, but of the sports medicine and coach level, they've been mandatory since that time. >> since 2008, we've required the professionals to have a background check and just recently, we have expanded it to, as mr. andrews mentioned as well, the board, the staff, and other officials. >> this has all been a place at usa swimming. safe sport started in 2010 and then after an independent report, many of these took place starting from 2014. >> and we introduced just the annual recurring background checks as it related to the implementation of safe sport. >> how frequently does a background check result in the termination of an employee? or a member of your board? >> it has not happened to us yet. >> i don't have that inf

nassar. penny tiene que hacer frente a las acusaciones. nassar fue condenado en febrero a una pena de 125 aÑos de prisiÓn despuÉs de que unas 200 mujeres lo seÑalarÁn como el responsable de dÉcadas de haber. y la construcciÓn de un nuevo edificio para el fbi estÁ en el centro de una polÉmica. el gobierno quiere construirlo en el mismo lugar donde estÁ la actual sede pero los demÓcratas alegan que el presidente trump estarÍa actuando en favor de sus propios intereses al no querer construirlo en otros estados colindantes como en el plano original. pablo gato nos tiene mÁs sobre esta controversia. pablo: hace aÑos que el gobierno planea trasladar la sede del fbi de washington a virginia o a maryland. el motivo es que el enorme edificio estÁ viejo, el fbi necesita mÁs espacio. pero cuando trump asumiÓ la presidencia, los planes se detuvieron abruptamente. trump dijo que Él no tuvo nada que ver con eso pero los demÓcratas dicen haber encontrado documentos oficiales segÚn los cu

nassar. now she says speaking out about her ordeal has left her feeling empowered. music. it's very hard just because i think a lot of people just struggle with coming out and telling their stories. ifigured if i can tell i figured if i can tell my story thanit i figured if i can tell my story than it might encourage other people to tell theirs because a lot of people to look up to me and are like " if people to look up to me and are like "if someone could be strong enough that maybe i can to" so i wanted to get that message. i was relieved when they came out and it was a lot of pressure on my shoulders because he keep that in for so long, we usually share everything with their friends are family and our fans. so it was a lot. how could a person who i thought to be so genuine and kind and caring be in fact the opposite? i will never understand. kiel is a survivor cover for sexual abuse victims and i think it is very important to support the fellow gymnasts and happen to and to speak up gymnas

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 is going to have on gymnastics as a sport? >> reporter: i think the challenge for the past two and a half years with gymnastics is there's been so much attention now on the pervasiveness of sexual abuse and handling of sexual abuse allegations within the sport that it takes the spotlight away from the amazing athletes that are still involved with the program. >> what kind of leader do they need in this new era? do they need a complete outsider to have maybe fresh thinking what's your take? >> reporter: there have been a lot of different perspectives on that. some people feel a complete outsider would be beneficial and others feel s

several gymnasts set larry nassar assaulted him. he was sentenced to et years in prison. more news for you right after the break. >>> 4:53 for you right now. of course we'll have a look at that in just a moment. well, nbc bay area responds to a morgan hill classic car operator. >> he asked chris chmura and his teem to get him back on the road. >> this is his pride and joy, a 1963 ford falcon conversable he bought back in 2015. you might think the engine might leave a 55-year-old car parked, but no, he couldn't legally drive it because of, all things, trouble with the license plates. he had the original license plates. parent that is a big deal. he even got them refurbished, but the dmv wouldn't let him use the plates. why? the state said they were already registered to somebody else's 1963 ford falcon. john says he tried to explain that was his car, but he simply couldn't convince them. he then asked us for help we contacted dmv and the same day john said dmv got in contact with him and straightened out everything. hey, a note for all drivers california, license plates ar

what did she know about the larry nassar abuse scandal and her post about nike and colin kaepernick getting backlash this morning. >>> and baby bliss. duchess meghan debuting her tiny baby bump on the royal trip down under with prince harry by her side. the two playing with koalas and the precious gift from a young fan. >> for your baby. >> oh. >> what prince harry told the crowd about having a boy or a girl >>> something tells me we'll hear this song a lot in the coming months. good morning, america. great to have you with us on this tuesday morning. >> and the royals, they are having a lot of fun in australia hanging out with the kids as you can see right there. cute little kids. and the special way meghan paid tribute to princess diana. we have that coming up as well. >>> but first, the breaking news in the case of the "washington post" columnist who vanished two weeks ago after entering the saudi consulate in turkey. the suspected murder has sparked an international crisis. secretary of state mike pompeo now in saudi arabia meeting with the king amid new reports the saudis may admit tha

usa gymnastics is still struggling to recover from the larry nassar scandal and dishman or than 200 athletes say that they were sexually abuse but before she took the job, kerry perry resigned after nine months on the job and among her decisions was hiring a coach that initially defended larry nassar. >>> coming up on mornings, canada's largest country to legalize marijuana nationwide. up next, the effort underway to change the opinion of marijuana and why officials hope that it will decrease crime. >>> canada is the largest country to allow recreational marijuana. adults can buy it, put dishman possess it and grow it. make all the years of activism paid off. it is legal in canada. tread my neighbors in the north are lighting up legally. sales kicked off at midnight in canada. it is the largest country to legalize pot nationwide. officials have high hopes that it will keep pot out of the hands of underage users and reduce crime. >> we are taking an evolutionary process that will evolve over the next couple of years. >> reporter: for advocates, this is a culmination of a battle. there was a p

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. when the officer 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 danger of kids carrying b.b. guns. he said they needed to hear it. >>> the los angeles

how recent a development is those procedures in relationship to the larry nassar case? are these thing that was transpyred since then? >> in our case no. we have had wide background checks and i apologize, i'm not exact on the time, 2010 or 2011. we did expand them to include board members and other people in 2017. but the sport medicine and coach level they've been mandatory since that time. >> since 2008 we required the professionals to have a background check and just recently we have expanded it to, as mr. andrews mentioned, the board, the staff, and other official. >> this has all been in place at u.s.a. swimming, safesport started in 2010, then after the victor report many more in 2014. >> we introduced just the annual recurring background checks as it related to the implementation of safesport. >> how frequently does a background check result in the termination of an employee? or member of your board? >> it has not happened to us yet. >> i don't have the information but i cab get it for you, senator. >> i don't believe we've had any terminated but i'll get become

how recent a development are those procedures in relationship the larry the larry nassar cas. are these things that have transpired since then? >> in our case, no. we've had wide background checks . we've expended them to include ford members, committee members, since and other people 2017, but at these coach level and medical level, they have been required since 2011. we have recently expanded hours to the board, the staff, and other officials. >> this has all been a place that usa swimming started in 2012. many of these took place starting in 2014. >> we introduced just the annual recurring background senator: how frequently does a background check result in the armination of an employee or member of your board? >> it has not happened to us yet. >> i don't have the information but i can get it for you, senator. >> i don't believe we've had any terminated, but i'll get become to you. >> we had one who failed a background check prior to employment who is no longer , employed. senator let me ask, i think this : may be my final question. i'll see if there's suggestions from staf

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since that scandal over larry nassar broke, there have been big changes at usa gymnastics. the sports governing body is on the second board of directors and its third ceo and president. olympic champion aly raisman, one of larry nassar's most prominent accusers, has now become one of the loudest critics of usa gymnastics. taking aim at the latest pick for the interim president. 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. o

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larry nassar. nassar is charged with sexually assaulting minors. at a texas ranch used by usa gymnastics for training. he has already been sentenced to decades behind bars in michigan. >>> white house mcgahn has left the trump administration. mcgahn served as the president's general counsel during the campaign. he was the main contact inside the white house for the russia investigation and played a key role in appointing young conservative judges to the federal judiciary. the president said mcgahn would leave after brett kavanaugh was confirmed to the supreme court. >>> a plane carrying first lady melania trump was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff when smoke was detected in the cabin. chip reid has details. >> reporter: first lady melania trump boarded a 757 for a quick trip to philadelphia. about ten minutes after takeoff the traveling press watched as secret service agents suddenly headed toward the front of the plane then saw a haze of smoke and smelled something burning. the plane quickly returned to air force base andrews. she spoke

he's accused of tampering with evidence in the investigation of disgraced olympic doctor larry nassar. >> i've been instructed by my attorney to invoek the fifth amendment. >> reporter: penny refused to answer questions before congress and resigned in the wake of the scandal saying it was heartbreaking to learn about the abuse. dering "the removay penny documents" from the karolyi hebela and marta karolyi ple th. say they knew nothing of the abuse. former olympic gymnast tasha schwikert is now speaking out for the first time, saying she too was abused by nassar at the ranch and that penny pressed her to publicly support usa gymnastics at the height of the scandal. >> steve, you know, had always manipulated all of us, really, but i felt indebted to him, you know, he made -- he made -- him and usa jim magymnastics made m like if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't be the person or athlete who i was. >> reporter: when more than 150 accusers spoke at nassar's sentencing, gymnast lindsey lemke took direct aim at penny. >> steve penny, you are a coward, resigning from ur position to give respons

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injanuary larry nassar the us gymnastics doctor was sentenced to 170 years in prison for sexually abusing girls and young women. biles spoke to us in texas earlier this week. it is very hard just because i think a lot of people struggle with coming out and telling their stories. ifigured if i could i figured if i could tell my story, it might encourage other people to tell those. because a lot of people do look up to me. if simone can be strong enough, hopefully i can be, too, which is the message wanted to give but i was relieved when it came out. there was a lot of pressure off my shoulders because to keep something in like that for so long whenever we usually share everything with our friends and family and our fa ns with our friends and family and our fans was a lot. how could a person that i thought to be so genuine and kind and caring beacom in fact, the opposite? i will never understand. that is a survival colourful sexual abuse victims and it was very important to support the fellow gymnasts it had happened to and to just speak up for what you believe in and! just speak up for wha

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 what many suspected uber and lyft are making san francisco traffic worse. a new report from the transportation planners found ride sharing companies are responsible for

larry nassar. she said leading gymnastics would be a liability. >>> a maryland police officer is due in court today after being arrested and charged with raping a woman in her car during a traffic stop. they say ryan macklin was on duty in uniform and in a marked police car when he pulled the woman over last week. he's been suspended without pay. >> he was relieved of his police powers, his weapon and his badge and his dree dent cals and vehicle were taken away from him. and he will remain suspended as this investigation and subsequent prosecution proceeds. >> they say macklin left when a person the victim called earlier arrived on the scene. police say there could be more victims. >>> nevada pump pimp legislature and candidate dennis hof was found dead in las vegas. he was found dead by long time friend porn star jeremy. it came hours after he celebrated his 72nd birthday. they say he went to sleep and didn't wake up. they say there's no preliminary indication of foul play. >>> it is now legal to

two former gymnasts have issued civil lawsuits against former team doctor larry nassar, the us olympic committee and the us gymnastics. tasha schwikert and her sister jordan have taken the action against all three for failing to prevent the sexual assault against young women in their care. the sisters were both victims of nassar after they were referred to him for medical treatment by usa gymnastics. nasser was sentenced to 125 years injail earlier this year after abusing some 200 women. researchers in britain and the gambia say they have the first evidence that dogs can sniff out malaria — a skill that they say could lead to much quicker diagnosis of the disease. malaria kills some 445,000 people worldwide each year. rescue teams in indonesia have begun recovering bodies from the crash site where a new passenger plane plunged into the sea less than 15 minutes after take—off. 189 people were on board and the authorities say it's unlikely there are any survivors. the lion air boeing 737 was travelling from the capital jakarta to bangka island. the airline says the plane, which came