NWT Full Show, Jan. 25, 2012

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    Carolyn Beeler reports a Philadelphia Town Hall is meant to allay concerns that parents’ children will be placed in foster care if they are obese.  Politifax New Jersey’s Nick Acocella joins us to preview this year’s US Senate race in New Jersey.  As part of our ongoing coverage of the money woes of the Chester Upland School District, Elizabeth Fiedler reports on other Pennsylvania towns on the brink of such disaster.  Peter Crimmins talks with Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Designate Yannick Nezet-Seguin, just as the orchestra releases its program for next season.  And Lari Robling talks to moms to find out their tried and true methods of getting kids to actually like vegetables.

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