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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Minutes” culture as a boy’s club that’s rough on women. “I really felt like this was one of the most sexist places I’ve ever worked,” Sarah Johansen, who worked as an intern in the 2000s and alleged Fager groped her, told the New Yorker. “60 Minutes” is the most popular and pow- erful news broadcast on television, and Fager is only the second person to lead it during its 50 years of history. He was appointed in 2004 to succeed founding executive Don Hewitt. Associated Press Trump falsely says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump today rejected the official conclusion that nearly 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria, arguing without evi- dence that the number was wrong and calling it a plot by Democrats to make him “look as bad as possible.” As Hurricane Florence approached the Car- olinas, the president picked a fresh fight over the administration’s response to the Category 4 storm that smashed into the U.S. territory last September. Trump visited the island in early October to assess the situation amid widespread criticism over the recovery efforts. “When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000,” Trump tweeted. He added: “This was done by the Demo- crats in order to make me look as bad as possi- ble when I was successfully raising Billions of Dollars to help rebuild Puerto Rico.” Puerto Rico’s governor last month raised Maria’s official death toll from 64 to 2,975 after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the sweltering after- math had been severely undercounted. Previous reports from the Puerto Rican government said the number was closer to 1,400. Trump’s comments drew swift criti- cism from elected officials and residents of the island, where blackouts remain common, 60,000 homes still have makeshift roofs and 13 percent of municipalities lack stable phone or internet service. Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a Facebook post in Spanish, “the victims of Puerto Rico, and the people of Puerto Rico in general, do not deserve to be questioned about their pain.” ‘60 Minutes’ chief Fager fired over policy violation NEW YORK — CBS News on Wednesday fired “60 Minutes” top executive Jeff Fager, who has been under investigation following reports that he groped women at parties and tol- erated an abusive workplace. The network news president, David Rhodes, said Fager’s firing was “not directly related” to the allegations against him, but came because he violated company policy. A CBS News reporter Pope Francis accepts resignation of US bishop AP Photo/Sean Rayford Police and the National Guard direct traffic onto U.S. Highway 501 near Conway, S.C. Tropical bands from Florence begin lashing the Carolinas WILMINGTON, N.C. — The outer bands of wind and rain from a weakened but still lethal Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina today as the monster storm moved in for a prolonged and potentially catastrophic stay along the Southeast coast that could drench the homes of as many as 10 million people. Florence’s winds had dropped from a peak of 140 mph to 105 mph by midmorning, reduc- ing the hurricane from a terrifying Category 4 to a 2. But forecasters warned that the widening storm — and its likelihood of lingering around the coast day after day — will bring seawater surging onto land and torrential downpours. “It truly is really about the whole size of this storm,” National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said. “The larger and the slower the storm is, the greater the threat and the impact — and we have that.” Florence was centered about 145 miles southeast of Wilmington, its forward move- ment slowed to 10 mph. Hurricane-force winds extended 80 miles from its center, and tropi- cal-storm-force winds up to 195 miles. Forecasters said Florence’s eye could come ashore early Friday around the North Caroli- na-South Carolina line. Then it is likely to hover along the coast Saturday, pushing up to 13 feet of storm surge and unloading water on both states. The forecast calls for as much as 40 inches of rain over seven days along the coast, with the deluge continuing even as the center of the storm pushes its way over the Appalachian Mountains. working on a story about Fager revealed that he had sent her a text message urging her to “be careful.” Fager is the third major figure at CBS to lose his job in the past year over misconduct alle- gations, following news anchor Charlie Rose last November and CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves on Sunday. CBS News reporter Jericka Duncan said she received Fager’s message after she started to work on a story about him on Sunday, follow- ing the posting of a New Yorker story with fresh allegations that were denied by Fager. “There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me and if you pass on these damag- ing claims without your own reporting to back them up that will become a serious problem,” Fager wrote, according to Duncan. In two New Yorker articles, the latest posted on Saturday, some women described the “60 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop today and autho- rized an investigation into allegations he sexu- ally harassed adults, adding awkward drama to an audience with U.S. church leaders over the abuse and cover-up scandal roiling the Catho- lic Church. The resignation of West Virginia Bishop Michael Bransfield was announced just as the four-member U.S. delegation was sitting down with Francis in his private study in the Apos- tolic Palace. Among the four was Bransfield’s cousin, Monsignor Brian Bransfield, secre- tary-general of the U.S. Conference of Catho- lic Bishops. Bishop Bransfield had been investigated for an alleged groping incident in 2007 and was implicated in court testimony in 2012 in an infa- mous Philadelphia priestly sex abuse case. He strongly denied ever abusing anyone and the diocese said it had disproved the claims. He continued with his ministry until he offered to retire, as required, when he turned 75 last week. The Vatican said Francis appointed Baltimore Bishop William Lori to take over Bransfield’s Wheeling-Charleston diocese temporarily. The revelation was the latest twist in an incredible turn of events in the U.S. church that began with the June 20 announcement that one of the most prestigious U.S. cardinals, Theodore McCarrick, had been accused of groping a teen- age altar boy in the 1970s. Francis removed McCarrick as a cardinal in July after a U.S. church investigation found the allegation credible. After news broke of the investigation, several former seminarians and priests came forward to report that they, too, had been abused or harassed by McCarrick as adults. The McCarrick affair — coupled with rev- elations in the Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing decades of abuse and cover-up in six dioceses — has fueled outrage among the rank- and-file faithful who had trusted church lead- ers to reform themselves after the abuse scandal first erupted in Boston in 2002. Ban: ‘We’re a very small city, but everybody has an impact’ Continued from Page 1A At a work session Wednes- day, the Astoria City Council was united in addressing the use of plastic bags in the city some- how, but was divided about how to best approach the issue. Coun- cilors agreed the Astoria Down- town Historic District Associa- tion and the Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce should work with Public Works Director Jeff Harrington and Mayor Arline LaMear to talk to businesses and gather more information about what a ban might entail before considering any policy changes. “I’ve just become increas- ingly upset by plastic grocery bags,” said LaMear, who asked the City Council to discuss a potential ban. “Plastic grocery bags that are stuck in every chain-link fence, every bush, every tree.” But City Councilor Tom Brownson argued a county- wide ban would be more effec- tive since the major genera- tors of plastic bags — big box stores like Walmart, Dollar Tree, Home Depot and others — are located in Warrenton and would not be affected by a ban in Asto- ria. Kroger, the nation’s largest chain of grocery stores, owns Fred Meyer and announced in August it would phase out sin- gle-use plastic bags by 2025. In Astoria, Safeway would be the largest store impacted by a ban. Brownson worried that a ban that didn’t include Safe- way’s competitors in Warrenton would be “an unfair imposition.” City Councilor Bruce Jones asked if an outright ban was the most effective way to deal with plastic bags or if something like a fee would be better. David Reid, the chamber’s executive director, echoed Jones and said he would like to see a collabo- rative approach with businesses. While she was in favor of Astoria leading the charge on a plastic bag ban, City Coun- cilor Cindy Price wondered if city staff had the capacity to take on another project given the amount of other large proj- ects the council has asked them to prioritize. “The capacity to take on new projects is slim,” replied City Manager Brett Estes. “I’ll tell you my capacity to take on new T HURSDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM donates the money the business would have spent on bags to charity if customers bring their own reusable bags. Carl Peters, general man- ager for Recology Western Ore- gon, which handles garbage col- lection in Astoria, commended city councilors for looking at the issue. Recology employ- ees encounter plastic, and plas- tic bags, in every beach and river cleanup they participate in, he said. In addition to posing a danger to the environment, sin- gle-use plastic grocery bags con- taminate recycling and clog up machines at recycling centers. In researching a possi- ble ban, Harrington and other city staff looked at cities in the Pacific Northwest where plastic bags are already banned. LISTINGS THE DAILY ASTORIAN A projects is nil.” City staff will still be involved in meetings and dis- cussions, along with the busi- ness organizations, but the chamber and downtown asso- ciation’s involvement lightens the city’s workload, Estes said afterwards. City Councilor Zetty Nem- lowill agreed with Brownson that a countywide ban would be best. She also agreed with Price that city staff has a lot of projects to juggle. But, she countered, “Astoria should be a leader in doing everything that we can for the environment.” Nemlowill is the marketing director for the Astoria Co-op, a natural and organic food store downtown. The store provides paper bags for customers, but Bahamas Reef Environment Edu- cation Foundation A plastic bag floats in a school of fish. Harrington said they know plastic bags harm wildlife. “Especially in the ocean where these bags seem to end up,” he said. Given Astoria’s proximity to both the Colum- bia River and the Pacific Ocean, “a bag you see in the street is probably going to end up in the ocean.” “We’re a very small city,” he added, “but everybody has an impact.” Evening listings THURSDAY S EPTEMBER 13 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! 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The Joker's Wild Conan Friends Friends Mom Modern Family Mom Modern Family Q13 News at 9 (N) Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Two and a Half Two and a Half (4:30) NCAA Football Boston College at Wake Forest (L) SportsCenter The day's news in the world of sports. (N) SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt (N) SportsCenter (N) SportsCenter (N) (5:00) Boxing Golden Boy (L) Drone Racing League (N) Drone Racing League (N) Nación ESPN (N) First Take The hottest topics in sports are debated. The Loud House The Loud House The Loud House The Loud House Double Dare Double Dare To Be Announced Friends (:35) Friends Bunk'd Bunk'd Bunk'd Bunk'd Raven's Home Raven's Home Stuck in Middle Stuck in Middle Bunk'd Bunk'd Raven's Home Raven's Home ++ National Treasure (2004, Adventure) Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Nicolas Cage. (5:00) ++ The Bodyguard (‘92, Susp) Kevin Costner, Gary Kemp, Whitney Houston. The 700 Club (5:00) Sisters (2015, Comedy) Tina Fey. (:20) Sisters (2015, Comedy) Amy Poehler, Ike Barinholtz, Tina Fey. (:40) FXM Presents Think Like a Man Too (‘14) Terrence Jenkins, Regina Hall. (:55) FXM Presents ++ Enough (2002, Thriller) Bill Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Jennifer Lopez. Grey's Anatomy "Judgment Day" Grey's Anatomy "Seal Our Fate" (:35) YOU "Pilot" (:35) Killer Kids Mariners Access MarinersPre-game MLB Baseball Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels Site: Angel Stadium -- Anaheim, Calif. (L) Post-game Press Pass (N) H.S. Football (5:00) UFC UFC 220 MLB Whiparound (L) CFB: Inside Slant Skip and Shannon: Undisputed Opinions on the biggest sports topics of the day. Speak for Yourself ++ Wrath of the Titans (2011, Action) Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike, Sam Worthington. 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(5:00) Anna Lucasta (‘59) Eartha Kitt. ++ National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007, Adventure) Jon Voight, Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage. (5:00) Annabelle (‘14) Annabelle Wallis. ++ Anaconda (1997, Thriller) Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight. Movie SF Machinery Small Town Rural America 'Live' "Syngenta" Steve Lantvit Rural Eve. News Grown GA Farm Monitor SF Machinery Small Town Time Life Library