Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump has added two more names to his white house staff. The announcement came today from palm beach, florida, where mr. Trump is spending the holiday. Kathleen k. T. Mcfarland was appointed Deputy National security adviser. Shes worked in several republican administrations, and as a fox news analyst; and Donald Mcgahn will be white House Counsel. He served as the trump campaigns attorney. Neither appointment is subject to senate confirmation. In a separate development, Green P
Reporter one girl stepped forward after her mother saw a questionable text. She reported it to the School District in october, 2014 he was allowed to continue teaching. The legal team says the two victims could have been spared if the victim had taken action th then. But for the failure of the School District, these children would not have to suffer the way theyre suffering today. Reporter the lawsuit is seeking damages for Emotional Distress and negligence. The last thing a parent expects would be for a School District to ignore a warning. That a teacher posed a danger to children. Reporter they claim the teacher gave failing trades to coerce them into after school tutoring. We have three lawsuits so far this, is not the end. A grass fire burned two acres in a cattlefield today. A viewer showed a large plume of smoke billowing from the dry brush in the field that started at 12 30 taking an hour to get under control. Firefighters are here to keep an eye out. The cattle were not hurt. A
Will go unsolved. We continue to follow the story and have the latest information on the situation in washington on our abc 7 news app. You can download it any time and enable push alerts for updates on your phone or device. In sacramento today, a group of moms and gun violence rallied outside the area to close a loophole in the background check law. Californians are currently able to borrow guns from anyone they know personally without undergoing background checks. To think i can loan a gun to anybody i want without having a background check, without knowing anything about them, this is crazy. Its mindboggling that Something Like this could happen. As part of the new law working through the legislature, loaning a gun to a friend or acquaintance would require a background check on the person accepting the loan. The Santa Clara County district toesh is going to push for a bill in sacramento making it tougher for, in his words, the next brock turner. Hes referring to the exstanford swimm
Republicans are standing firm. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. No one can remember anything like this happening before. No, republicans are call it a political stunt. The democrats promise to stay Till Congress takes action. All cameras and microphones were shutoff leaving cspan to pick up periscope live streams from the chamber. Heres more everywhere abc News Reporter megan hughes. Be in order. Reporter a turn of events in the house of representatives wednesday night. Members will record their vote by electronic device. Republicans pushing forward with a previously scheduled vote unrelated to gun reform. Ignoring a sitin by democrats that shut down the house since the morning hours. Well call on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. Give us a vote. Let us vote. Reporter the sensational protest democrats interrupt republicans. Declaring theyll sit in on the house floor till paul ryan allows a vote on gun cont
Failure to protect us. A scandal using online trickery known as cat phishing. The response is now the subject of two new lawsuits by gloria allred. Police say the male teacher posed as a girl and tricked High School Boys into sending him naked pictures. Were live with the developments. David . Reporter the two new lawsuits are details that classes taught at Gilroy High School may have been subjected to sexual explicit videos and verbal harassment and the School District may have been in a position to prevent it from happen. The complaints by two under aged males students of the teacher at Gilroy High School. It alleges he showed videos with sexual content and used language so graphic, Attorney Gloria Allred and colleagues would not say them outloud. Such graphic language, its frankly, i dont want to say it. Shes not going to say it. Reporter one girl stepped forward after her mother saw a questionable text. She reported it to the School District in october, 2014 he was allowed to conti