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This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Oge ut ifill donald trump has spent this day trying to recover, after a series of statementsri that triggered a storm of criticism. He campaigned today in the face of sliding poll numbers, and more defections within republican ranks. Correspondent Lisa Desjardins has todays developments. Reporter the unconventional donald trump spent the dayay trying to expand his president ial map in an unexpected place portland, maine. We are letting people come in from terrorist nations that shouldnt be allowed because you cant vet them. Theres no way of vetting them. M you have no idea who they are. applause this could be the great trojan horse of all time. Reporter for trump, winning maine, with a history of votingn for democrats for president , would be a coup. Wo but he has other electoral map concerns a dozen states are thought to be in play, and newth polls out today show trump down significantly in three key states michigan, pennsylvania, and new hampshire. Hes also behind, but within the margin of error, in often decisive florida. Running mate mike pence todayri was in yet another november battleground north carolina. In raleigh, it was an 11year old boy, offcamera who put him on the spot. Youve been kind of softening up on his words. Reporter . Over how pence has been handling trumps recent missteps. You know, sometimes things dont always come out like you mean. And donald trump and i are absolutely determined to work i together. We have different styles. You might have noticed that. Reporter but some other republicans are attacking, not defending, of trump congressman mike coffman of colorado is launching this ad, slamming the nominee so if donald trump isssdo president , ill stand up to hims plain and simple. Mp reporter the list of g. O. P. Members of congress whove gone beyond just criticism, and publicly say they wont vote for trump, is growing. It now includes air force vet Adam Kinzinger of illinois. He joins charlie dent of pennsylvania, plus ileana rossy lehtinen and Carlos Curbelo of florida. Theres also new Yorks Richard hanna, whos going a step further saying hell vote for Hillary Clinton. And today, the Top Republican i congress, House Speaker paulke ryan, tried to walk the trump tightrope. Trump has refused to endorse him, ryan said he still supports trump but he implied that could change. Ryan also told a wisconsin radid show, hell keep pushing backep when he thinks trump is out of bounds. I dont like to do this, i dont want to do this, but iis will do this because i feel i have to in order to defendo republicans and our principles, so people dont make the mistake in thinking we think that way. Trump extended an olive branch saying he thinks ryan is a good guy but not endorsing him. On the left. I would feel terrible ifle donald trump got elected. Jill stein released her ad going after donald trump and Hillary Clinton both. As for clinton, she was in las vegas talking about jobs, as shl left one stop, she turned to respond to a question about outsourcing, and donald trump. When you run for president you need to be judged on what you have done and trump was a he imported Foreign Workers instead of hiring americans at country clubs and resort. He cheated contractors. I take that personally. Reporter the other half of the democratic ticket, tim kaine, stopped in baltimore for the National UrbanLeague Conference this morning, before a tour through the upper midwest tomorrow. For the pbs newshour, im Lisa Desjardins. Gug,he woodruff in the days other news, a bombshell hit u. S. Gymnastics on the eve of the olympics in brazil. The Indianapolis Star and Us Today Network reported widespread claims that coachesde have sexually abused young athletes. It said the sports governing body has mostly dismissed the claims. Go well explore this in full,fu right after the news summary. Ifill in israel, the head of a christian charitys operations in gaza is now accused of diverting donations to hamas, to build tunnels and buy weapons. Mohammed elhalabi was arrested in june. He appeared in court today on charges he siphoned up to 50 million from world vision over 10 years. World vision says its shockedo and has no reason to believe the charges. Woodruff a stabbing spree in the heart of london last night left one American Woman dead and five other people wounded. The attacker was a norwegian teenager of somali origin. Investigators worked the crime scene today, and said itnd appeared to be the result of mental illness, not terrorism. But, people in the area werem. Rattled. Its such a busy area, it is right by euston station. There must be thousands of people who pass through this area every day. I heard on the news this morning that the Police Response was quite quick i mean so that gives some comfort but yeah im shocked. Woodruff the suspect is in custody. One of the wounded remains hospitalized. Ifill back in this country, the National Institutes of health is moving to promote Research Using human stem cells in animal embryos. It could help find ways to treat alzheimers and other diseases, or grow organs for transplants. N. I. H. Proposed today to lift a moratorium on government funding for the research. It was imposed last september, because of ethical concerns. Woodruff much of the southwest is bracing for new flooding as monsoon seasonal rains sweep across the region. Six states arizona, california, colorado, nevada, new mexico and utah were warned today to be ready. Flash floods hit parts of the region earlier this week, after intense storms that knocked down power lines and left drivers stranded. Ifill a major recall today from the ford motor company. It involves 830,000 vehicles in the u. S. And mexico. They could have faulty side door latches that break, allowing the doors to open while the car isdo moving. Ford says the recall covers six different models ranging from model years 2012 to 2016. Woodruff and, wall street mostly marked time, ahead ofah tomorrows jobs report for july. The Dow Jones Industrial averagi lost about three points to close at 18,352. The nasdaq rose six points, and the s p 500 added half ats point. Ifill still to come on the newshour years of unreported sexual abuse accusations against u. S. Gymnastics coaches. Stepping up the fight against isis in libya. A shrinking Jewish Community on indias coast, and much more. Woodruf on the eve of the opening olympic ceremonies in brazil, a new investigation into usa gymnastics uncovers some disturbing details. As athletes are gathering in rio, a stunning report from the Indianapolis Star and Usa Today Network dominated this day it found top executives in charge of Gymnastics National governing body for years routinely ignored allegations of sexual abuse by coaches of younb athletes, in some cases, going back to the 1990s. The report said usa gymnastics had files on more than 50 coaches around the country, claims that had long sat in drawers at its office in indianapolis. That included a former coach, mark schieflbein. The news report said gymnastics officials had a thick file of complaints about him for years before he was convicted of Sexual Battery and Sexual Exploitation of a minor. Ex former gymnast Becca Seaborn says he molested her as a young girl. Her parents learned of the extensive file usa olympics had only after he was convicted. Our daughter now is 26 years old. This happened when she was 10 and 11. H and still to be where its at and not to have changed anything, it makes me sick that this is still happening. That these children arent beine protected and thats just not fair. The olympics, these children are going to want to go join gyms. Be just like these heroes theyse see on tv, and it just starts all over again. It just makes me real sad. Woodruff in another case, the report found gymnastics officials had Sexual Misconducts files on coach james bell fivee years before he was arrested for molesting other gymnasts. Kaylin maddox brietzke said she was seven when bell inappropriately touched her, and is angry at usa gymnastics. Any corporation that puts their reputation above safety. Honestly thats something that i dont want to be a part of at all. And i was part of usa gymnastics for a very long time. Doesnt matter who you areme protecting. It doesnt matter that they are part of your organization andth you want to save face. How about saving me . Woodruff in a statement, steve penny, the president of usa gymnastics said the organization is committed to promoting a safe environment. And believes it has a duty to report to Law Enforcement whatever circumstances warrant. But he also said the group seeks firsthand knowledge wheneverno allegations arise. And noted, we feel the star left out significant facts that would have painted a more accurate picture. Woodruff for a closer look at all this, we turn to marisa kwiatkowski, Investigative Reporter for the indy star,or part of the Usa Today Network. And, nancy hogsheadmakar, a threetime olympic gold medalish in swimming. Shes the director of advocacy 20 women who are survivors of sexual abuse. For the record, we invited usa gymnastics to appear but no one was available. I and we want to thank both of yoe for joining us. Us marisa kwiatkowski, to you first, help our audience to understand the role that u. S. A. Gymnastics plays. Mn what is it to the sport of gymnastics . U. S. A. Gymnastics is the sports National Governing body so they set the rules and policies that govern the sportt of gymnastics in the United States. They also are the ones who select the olympic team, the team that will represent thent United States in the olympics. Reporter now, the report today suggested something likek 50 coaches may have been involved over a period of how many years . We know that u. S. A. Gymnastics compiled Sexual Misconduct complaint files on at least 54 coaches between 19966 and 2006. Woodruff so were talkinguf about something that allegedly went on for a long time. Well, the issue of Sexual Misconduct has been a problem in all different kind of sports and different disciplines over a long time. M woodruff so marisa kwiatkowski, as we heard, u. S. A. Gymnastics is saying we feel the star left out significant facts that would have painted a more accurate picture. What do you think theyre referring to . Im not sure. On our web site indy star. Com, we have all the questions we asked with their responses so the public can see specifically what we asked and what they responded. We also posted their statement youre referring to in its entirety on our web site. Woodruff what is their best explanation for why these files sat there and why people parents werent notified, why this wasnt more public, why something wasnt w done sooner . Well, we dont know at this time whats in those files because they are sealed by the judge in the criminal case, and u. S. A. Gymnastics has declined to release them to us and cited the privacy of those involved. We do know those involved allegations of Sexual Misconduct against coaches. Ns we dont know whether or notno those were investigated by u. S. A. Gymnastics or reported to authorities. Woodruff and do you have d any sense of what happens next now that this report is public . Well, we have a number of articles that were continuing to work on on this topic that will be coming out through indy star and u. S. A. Today in the future. The lawsuit is ongoing so the judge will rule on our motion to intervene to get access to those documents and also to the plaintiffs case. Woodruff let me turn to nancy hogsheadmakar. What was your reaction when you first saw this story . Well, i was aware of this rule. I knew that United States swimming also has a similar rule which says that it will only review complaints that are filed by either victims or parents of victims, and that rule is not required by the sports act or by any sports law, and its sort of a random rule, but it looks to keep National Governing bodies from having to go do these investigations or file reports with the police or other authorities. Woodruff was there an awareness, staying with you nancy hogsheadmakar, wasre thew an awareness that this might have been going on over time . Well, the issue of sexual abuse in club and olympic sports is one that i have been working on for a number of years, so an employee is protected by title 7, students are protected by title 9 that requires schools investigate or sanction the abusers. When it comes to club or olympic sports, there is no civil rights protection, so these National Governing bodies will say in court that we dont owe a legal duty to the kid who is harmed, that the club should handle it, that the parent should handle it, other people but not the National Governing body should handle it. So consequently, you get the rules like the one they have which says that, you know, unless the kid makes the complaint, theyre not going tot do anything, and we know that molesters are very good at getting kids to be quiet. Thats why when we find out about molesters like the san dusky type you find dozens if not hundreds of cases. Woodruff so what is the resource for parents, for men or women who may have been involved in may have been involved in a case of molestation years ago or currently . Or what can they do . Yeah, there is not the samesa League Patrol teaks. I mean, right. So thats consequently why we dont hear about a lot of it. So its usually people who are deeply in the sport that know best about just how bad it is and where the problems are, things like what the Indianapolis Star revealed in their investigation. But if aei parent thinks they he a problem, they should definitely report to their National Governing body, you know, because we know that both parents and victims, they will do an investigation, that they will report to the appropriate authorities. Woodruff but one of theuf things thats so disturbing is how young these children were. Seven years old . Absolutely. These are small children. The easy part for governing bodies to do is the education piece. The much harder part is getting a coach out. T. You know, listen, police have a hard time dealing with sexuall abuse and getting and convicting these people and making sure that they are in prison. Any youthserving organizationa needs to have very strong protections. What we want them to have is an independent duty to do these investigations and get the molesters out of the organization. Woodruff i know for one thing, im sure everyone hopes this kind of public reporting of this could begin to make some difference. Were going to leave it there. Marisa kwiatkowski, nancy hogsheadmakar, we thank you both. Thank you very much. Woodruff and in other olympics news, this evening the International OlympicCommittee Approved the entry of 271 russian athletes for the rio games. They had faced questions as to whether or not russian athletest would be banned due to allegations of doping. Ifill the chaos in libya after the fall of moamar gadaffi, created a vacuum, filled in part by the Islamic State. Now, the u. S. Is stepping up pressure on the groups stronghold there, with new attacks launched this week. T Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Warner begins our w coverage. Warner president obama visited the pentagon today, conferring with his military leadership about the battle t against the Islamic State. Hi he had this to say about the newest u. S. Military front inli that fight, in libya. The request of libyas government of National Accord wt are conducting strikes and support of government aligned forces as they fight to restake sirte from i. S. I. L and we will continue to support the governments efforts to secure their country. Warner the meeting