NewsWorks Tonight, October 13, 2017
Listen 0:00The FDA gives a Philadelphia company the go ahead to use gene therapy to treat blindness, Alan Yu reports. Frank Newport, editor-in-chief at the Gallup Poll, joins the show to discuss the American public’s opinion on their lawmakers. Following the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow girls, Avi-Wolfman Arent hears from the leader of a local troop. Dave Heller speaks with Christopher Whitaker of Code for America about the non-profit’s upcoming convention in Philadelphia.
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