Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Diane Rehm Show 2016-12-09)

President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his team ahead of inauguration: This week Trump nominates Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, friend of the fossil fuel industry, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, and the pick is sparking outrage from environmental advocates. A man is charged in the armed incident at Washington D.C.’s Comet Pizza, which was set off by a persistent fake news story. Overall life expectancy in the United States sees a decline for the first time since 1993. And astronaut John Glenn dies at the age of 95. Diane and a panel of journalists discuss the top domestic news stories of the week.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-12-09/friday-news-roundup-domestic