[applause] jessica hello, i am Vice President on the board and the event chair. Welcome to everybody. We are excited and honored to have an illustrious panel of investigative journalists today. This is ethics week at the society of professional journalists, which is the National Version of the Deadline Club, which is the new york chapter. There is a lot going on in freedom of information, it is the 50th anniversary of the freedom of information act. One thing our National Society is proud of and we think is important is our Legal Defense fund just gave a 10,000 grant to a Nonprofit Organization in new orleans which has been consistently not giving over public records on public purchases. That is the kind of battle that is going on. You may know that under the obama administration, while president obama has promised incredible transparency, in fact there have been a Record Number of foia lawsuits under his administration. They have doubled this year from when he first took office. That
Robbins, legendary new york reporter, now Investigative Reporter and residents here and a finalist for Pulitzer Prize investigative reporting last week, so congratulations. And we have Jessica Hughes men, who is a reporter for the teachers project. Obviously focusing on education. And a lot of fun this last year with the City Department of education, which he will talk about later on. , whoe have Justin Elliott has done amazing work specifically on spending issues at the red cross, which he will talk about tonight as well. I want to thank the panelists for agreeing to do this, i promise it wont hurt too much. Lets jump right into it. Andy, what is the craziest response you have ever gotten . The craziest response . At, ive hadursed agencies in sit of routing my myt and retreating request and treating it and medially giving it in the hands of political operatives to be you toally expedient for decide whether to release that information was beneficial. So they are not judging whether it
Somebody was 63yearold douglas kohen. Kohen was charged in january with sexually assaulting one of the little girls who was inside the trailer he allegedly fired shots into. He posted 10 percent of his 25,000 bail on those earlier charges and was due in court wednesday. Then this happened. What was going through the defendants mind exactly . I dont know. But 3 00 in the morning hes firing a gun into an occupied residence. Hes trying to kill somebody. Reporter as the bullets flew through his home the father pulled his girls to the grounds and called 911. They have them all marked. You got the apparently thats the first shot, the low one. Thats the second. This is the third, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth one is up here. I feel terrible for him, terrible. That had to be so terrifying for them. Reporter three of the bullets ended up inside another home where a family of five was sleeping. Kohen was arrested a short time later in west sorry goshen township after he flipped his car. Po
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After so many delays, afghanistan and the u. S. Have just signed a deal that will allow u. S. Troops to stay in the country next year. Will this help repair ties between washington and kabul . And we catch up with our popup bureau in colorado, finding out why every vote matters in the upcoming midterm elections. Also coming up, aaron is here looking at apples tax arrangements with the irish government. The u. S. Tech giant has had its European Base there since 1980, but today the European Commission says apples sweetheart tax arrangement with ireland amounts to an illegal state aid. What does that mean . It could mean apple having to pay millions of dollars in back taxes. Its midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington. And 7 00 p. M. In hong kong, where the chief executive is warning tens of thousands of protesters that beijing does not intend to back down on its plan to vet candidates for the 2017 elections. Look at these remarkable pictures we have just received into the bbc. Th