Referee Shortage News Today

china which was scheduled for this weekend. as lawmakers react to the incident here at home, senate majority leader chuck schumer says the entire senate will receive a classified briefing on china february 15th. charles watson is live on the south carolina coast near where debris from the spy flight rained down. also standing by, congressman ryan zinke, who represents montana where that flight was respondented lingering over a nuclear silo field. first though, lucas tomlin stomps live ...

tuesday and apparently will continue to do so for several more days or less as you know its already flown over alaska and montana and near several u.s. facilities with nuclear processes within their facilities. can you believe that? its true. and while the white house says its keeping all options on the table, so far it has decided against shooting it down after, quote, strong recommendations from defense officials. now, for its part china says its a civilian airship whats to worry. a ...

hovering over montana. there is a mystery out there. im bill hemmer. i love your red. you got to pin on. >> dana: way to represent. im dana perino. this is "americas newsroom." the communist eye in the sky. the ball on does not pose a threat moving well above air traffic commercial air traffic. officials are advising the president not to shoot it down over concerns that falling debris from this balloon could hurt people on the ground. >> bill: the balloon entered u.s. airspace a couple...

The number of sports referees is declining in Kentucky. The KHSAA said it has implemented new programs to remedy the shortage.

Happening across the country, local sports teams are experiencing a shortage of referees. Here at home, both Alabama and Georgia are feeling the effects.

Police say russell giroux called first responders while driving home and later died at the hospital. the local school district is now banning all spectators from ace tend thing middle school basketball games for the remainder of the season. its the latest example of what the national association of sports officials tells us is an epidemic of harassment and violence at youth sporting events between parents and towards officials. >> ive been seeing it for most of the four decades but never to the ...

Harassment and violence at youth sporting events between parents and towards officials. >> ive been seeing it for most of the four decades but never to the extent that were seeing it today. its never been worse. >> its gotten so bad theres now a referee shortage nationwide. >> once in a while in life youre going to get a bad call you need to pick up the pieces and move forward. i think thats what were losing right now. >> according to the naso 22 states have laws specifically protecting sports o...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Theres a bill being introduced in Olympia to keep amateur referees safe during sports games.

In this 360, KSHB 41 examines the nationwide impact of a shortage of referee's on the Kansas City area. We hear from refs, parents, coaches and official assigners.

A shortage of these could affect the high school athletic