There. Iranianbacked militia being blamed. Overnight, the new evidence Navy Officials saprove iran was behind the tanker attacks. r welive with the very latest. Those stories, plus more storms. The entire eastern half of theac countryg yet another day of heavy rain and flash flooding. Als fecast straight ahead. Safety first. The historic changes coming to two Major League Parks after a string o scary incidents involving fans. And rock star. I cant believe i jid that. The 10yearold who just became the youngest person eve to scale yosemites el capitan. Shes right here to tell that story. Today, wednesday, june 19th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is tay with savannah th gurie and hoda kotb, live fromud stio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for being with us on a wednesday morning. Ry it is not e day we have rock royalty right in our studio. Its true. It is selah schneiter. She is the youngest person ever to climb el capitan, yo mites famo
Sexual assault. Marianne rafferty is live with a fight that is escalating across the country. Marianne good evening. Reporter good evening trace. In his opinion temporarily blocking rules j David F Bowman says he hopes the state and School Boards can negotiate in good faith and strike a balance between protecting transgender students and the rights of parents to bring up their kids. Three School Districts in Monmouth County were sued by the state back in june after adopting policies that require teachers and staff to inform a parent if their child wanted to use pronouns or School Facilities that did not conform to their sex at birth. That injunction is temporary while the larger case plays out in the states civil rights division. Temperature attorney representing the Marlboro Board Of Education saying that process could take years. In the meantime he writes the School District is now severely constrained in its ability to notify parents about important issues involving their minor chil
The way for so many like her inn a Police Department that hastmen strived to be progressive much b the praise has been strong, but tonight fox5 uncovers some disturbing information about that d. C. Police officer that has not been made public untilc now . Fox5s Marina Maracco isis here now with the exclusive. Reporter the d. C. Policee department has allow Sergeant Jessica Hawkins to tell her story repeatedly for the pastast two years since she came out as a transgender woman. But tonight inter chief Peter Newsham would notot allow her to speak to fox5 a. She has become the face of the ltgt. They havent found abusive andnd unbecoming conduct. Shes been called a trail blazer. She was born billy but now jessica. Sergeant event jessica hawkins. Her coming out has been outlets. S. This week,abcbc news has said she was a woman Building Trust and easing fear in the district. These documents obtained by fox5 shows a different side to the leader the mpd by sexual and transgender downit. Allega
Nations. That travel ban and refusal to enforcement led President Trump to fire and hire new acting attorney general all within a matter of hours. Had is out and in and why did it all happen. Our Melanie Alnwick is live outside of the Justice Department, good morning. Good morning, allison and wisdom. Yes, angry accusations from the white house all of this over President Trumps immigration ban executive order and message last night from the White House Press secretary to centers is basically if they cant get with the program they can get out. We have a statement from the white house overall of this. And its saying that sally yates, who is acting attorney general of the United States betrayed department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order described to protect citizens of the United States and yates said in memo monday she was not convinced trumps executive order halting u. S. Refugee program and entry from seven muslim majority nations is lawful and nor defense is consists w
Good thursday morning, everyone. Well get started with the latest war of words in the race for the white house. The frontrunners really hoping to rebound from wisconsin on their home turf now. 10,000 came out to see donald trump in new york as supporters and protesters clashed outside hurling insults at each other. But police managed to keep them apart. Inside, trump blasted ted cruz and the democrats, also exchanging fierce attacks. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest from abcs stephanie ramos. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter you got it. The president ial candidates are back on the campaign trail trying to reach out to voters ahead of another big primary vote. At a rally in pennsylvania a bolder Bernie Sanders. Let me just say in response to secretary clinton, i dont believe that she is qualified if she is reporter sanders firing back after Hillary Clinton released a flurry of attacks his way. The clinton camp tweeting this is a new low saying clinton sever sanders was not