NewsWorks Tonight, November 9, 2017
Listen 21:09Matt Laslo brings the story of two local lawmakers in Washington are working to give special counsel Robert Mueller some job security. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Rick O’Brien joins the show to discuss an investigation into football helmet safety at area High Schools. Libraries are helping early readers by opening their doors to therapy dogs–Kyrie Greenberg reports. With Veterans Day weekend ahead, Philadelphian Michael Murphy recounts a humbling trip he took to the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial when he was younger. Peter Crimmins visits Philadelphia’s Vietnam Memorial, which is reaching 50 years old.
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