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The former editoratlarge at canadas mclain magazine talks about the gender gap between women and the risk of drinking. This program is about an hour. Host hi ann. How are you . Guest its so nice to be here. Host i am excited to talk to about this new book called drink very intriguing and very provocative and like i said it are minded me up when i was working in treatment, about the relationship with alcohol and women and i guess one of the questions i wanted to ask you right off is why is the subject seen as a crisis thats important for you to get the message out . Guest we are seeing a global problem, a closing of the gender gap between men and women. Traditionally we have always known that men drink more than women do but whats been happening recently is men have been declining a been declining a little bit in risky drinking and women are not at all. This is global. The more developed the country the richer the country the smaller the gap between men and womens consumption. Places li ....
Affairs they said they had with the president. The federal prosecutors in that case, named the president as individual one. Asperson who directed the commission of those felonies and on whose behalf the crimes were committed. Michael cohen, the guy boi ingo prison, flat out said he committed the crimes at the direction of the president. Well, the federal department of justice has concluded that it cannot bring a felony indictment against somebody who is actively serving as president. Two things. First, he is not going to be serving aspresident forever and second, new york state prosecutors are not bound by the same rule. And new york state prosecutors are right now, seeking to execute subpoenas for the president s personal and Business Financial records. In a case that is believed to be at least in part about the president directing the commission of those crimes for which Mic ....
Sreenivasan and its friday, david brooks and ruth marcus are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. 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. Sreenivasan after months of leaks and growing criticism, president obama laid out surveillance reforms today. He said the National Security agency must no longer be the storehouse for phone metadata that it collects. And, he promised an end to spying on allied leaders. We will hear some of what the president said, and have reaction, right after the news summary. Later the president signed a spending bill that ....