Than age two, we believe their mothers tried to keep their babies with them, but because they are rejected by their families and are unable to find a job, they decided to abandon the child. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill authorities in both the u. S. And switzerland launched corruption probes into soccers governing body, fifa. U. S. Attorney gene
Over the city. One of the things were doing is making sure no one was trapped in those vehicles. More than a dozen are still missing. Houstons mayor says more than 4,000 businesses and homes were significantly damaged. This was just overnight, wham. Officials from fifa have been arrested as part of an International Investigation into bribes. U. S. Authorities want them back in america for further questioning. Iraqi militarys Strategic Plan to take bacarrat mehdi. A breach in security at the irs. Mackers gained access to personal information from more than 100,000 taxpayers. The state department has plan s to take more of hillarys emails. Bernie sanders has officially kicked off his white house bid. This campaign is about the need of the american people. Lapds bomb squad boarded a flight that landed at l. A. X. Because someone continues to call in phony threats. A smash and grab at a south florida jewelry store. One of the clerks pulls out a stick and starts swinging it at the robbers.
Countrys most prestigious mausoleum, the pantheon. Also coming up this hour, a new lease on life for Irelands National airline as the government approves a sale to the owner of British Airways. As the migrant crisis in europe continues, senegal offers chartered flights to try to bring people fleeing its borders back home. That and more on the way. But first, our top story. Genie lets start first with the shock revelation today in the football world. Nine highranking fifa officials have been indicted on u. S. Federal corruption charges. Several of them were arrested in a raid early this morning in switzerland, including current fifa Vice President and executive Committee Member jeffrey webb. A press conference was given by the fifa erector of communications earlier today. He said the arrests are a difficult moment for the football governing body, but that sepp blatter, the fifa president , was here to stay. Here is more on the fifa press conference. The timing may not be obviously the b
Over year after year, tournament after tournament. This department of justice is determined to end these practices, to root out corruption and to bring wrongdoers to justice. Chris meanwhile, swiss prosecutions have launched a criminal case, two world cups to be held in russia and qatar. Update from outside the fifa agency a short while ago. Reporter clearly a long day probably the worst day since blatter rose to presidency in 1998. After a day of dramatic events with the arrest this morning around 6 00 a. M. Of some of the top members. Well, the worlds governing body is in turmoil plunging to an unprecedented crisis and no employee leaving the building wants to make any comments, worried faces. But fifa wants to show that its business as usual. This morning only a few hours after the arrest, there was a press conference with the head of communications for fifa saying it was actually a good day for fifa. Good news these arrests as fifa needs all the help it can get to clean up the hous
Brent it was arguably his most anticipated speech ever, and his meaning was, dont blame me. Batter is sounded like a politician, he is up for reelection tomorrow ahead of fee far, and it comes after calls of him to go. 0 latest latent a, the head of fifa, sepp blatter. He did not try to deny the seriousness of the situation. Sepp blatter these are unprecedented and vocal times for fifa. This brings shame and humiliation onto football and it demands action and change from us all. Flags, music, and dance. It was business as usual at fifa s usual your dance. He would not accept responsibility for the scan dal. Sepp blatter i cannot accept responsibility for everyone all of the time. I would not allow the actions of a few to destroy the hard work and integrity of the vast majority of those who work so hard for football. Pressure is mounting on blatter to not seek reelection on friday. Many pleaded for him to stand down. We went to his office, and i advised himm resign. You said, we know an