Hour 1 of The Dawn Stensland Show:
- Local News Headlines/News Rundown
- On Wednesday afternoon, a 17-year-old high school student was shot and killed near Bartram High School in Philadelphia, PA.
- Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a Congressional map drawn by the Pennsylvania Legislature. In a statement, Wolf suggested the map’s redistricting too heavily favored Republicans.
- Philadelphia leaders gathered on Wednesday to advocate on behalf of the Violent Incident Clearance and Technology Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act which would allocate $1 billion towards solving murder cases.
- During a Wednesday press conference, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole was asked if the decreasing number of COVID-19 infections will lead to the removal of city-wide restrictions. Dr. Bettigole explained that while it is still too early to curb restrictions, preliminary conversations about an eventual pull-back have begun.
- Scott Phillips—Executive Director of Passages of Israel—joins the show to discuss International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27th,1945. Passages Israel is an organization that provides students with an opportunity to travel to Israel, in hopes of building stronger relations with the Jewish community.
- A recent 60-Minutes report identified the person who is most likely to have notified the Nazis of Anne Frank’s hidden location in Amsterdam.
