This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley were going to begin tonight with a troubling story that first gained National Attention on 60 minutes, the sexual abuse of female olympic gymnasts. Today victims told congress the stories they had kept secret for years out of fear. Legislation is in the works to protect future victims. Dr. Jon lapook has been heading our investigation of the case, and he has todays capitol hill developments. I want the women who testified to know how very proud i am of you for standing up. I know how hard it is. Reporter senators called todays testimony an act of bravery. Elite gymnasts including Jessica Howard and jamie dancer described sexual abuse by Lawrence Nassar beginning when they were teens. Dancer won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics. He abused me in my hotel room in sydney at the olympic games. I was disbelieved and even criticized by some in the Gymnastics Community for bringing this disturbing issue the life. Now i know that i am no
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Dancer won a bronze medal in the 2000 olympics. He abused me in my hotel room in sydney at the olympic games. I was disbelieved and even criticized by some in the Gymnastics Community for bringing this disturbing issue the life. Now i know that i am not alone. Reporter rhythmic gymnast Jessica Howard says she was 15 when dr. Nassar first abused her. My postgymnastics life has been fraught with issues stemming from the abuse i endured as a young teenager. Reporter the sex scandal has embroiled u. S. A. Gymnastic, the National Governing body for the sport. Last summer an investigation revealed allegations against gymnastics coaches that prompted more than 100 young women, including howard and dancer, to come forward about nassar. U. S. A. Gymnastics was a noshow at todays hearing. That angered connecticut senatorrismard blumenthal. If they really cared, they would be here. Reporter senator Dianne Feinstein is cosponsor of legislation design
Big announcement by ford today, read a tweet by the president. Car companies coming back to the u. S. Jobs, jobs, jobs. It happened three weeks after mr. Trump met with Auto Industry executives, as press Secretary Sean Spicer was quick to point out. This is jobs news under the president. Reporter but the automaker says the billiondollar investment is about plant modernization. And new production jobs come to agent 130. The new investment was actually agreed to during the 2015 labor negotiations, when barack obama was president. So, is this announcement by ford big news . Theyre big investment. But theyre big dollars that we have known about by and large. Reporter she is for the automotive research. Weve seen finalizing announcements that have been previously made. Reporter after seven years of solid growth, production jobs in the u. S. Auto industry have reached a peak. News of any growth is liable to get a warm welcome. Clearly, we know theres a microscope around Auto Investments and
A after the president s announcements today, the governors of california and new york said they would continue to impose state loss limiting carbon in the atmosphere. 20 of americans live in one of those states. And John Blackstone met one of them, a climate scientist who sent mr. Trump a warning. Reporter ben santor has believed that temperatures rising and glaciers melting, Climate Change denial would melt away. Hes faced with a new president , raising old doubts. A lot of its a hoax. Imagine you spend your entire life trying to do one thing. And someone comes along and says everything youve done is a hoax what do you do with at . Reporter in the 1990s, santor became one of the first scientists to analyze all the climate data and reach what at the time was a startling conclusion. The balance suggests a discernible human influence on global climate, and like it or mott, not, i was the guy who carried the can carrying that finding. Reporter he says scientists have proven again and agai
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