NewsWorks Tonight, January 24, 2017
Listen 22:24New Jersey’s new Attorney General joins a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s plan to end the DACA program. We look at the struggle of refugees in New Jersey. As Pennsylvania state senator Stewart Greenleaf plans to retire, his son announces his candidacy. Delaware County U.S. Representative Pat Meehan talks about the sexual harassment complaint raised against him. A plays being staged in Philadelphia tackles campus sexual assault and harassment. Members of the region’s Congressional delegation oppose offshore drilling, but a few from East Coast favor it.
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