JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: Five
women have now accused the comedian and TV
star Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
They told The New York Times -- and my apology
for using the term here -- that he exposed
himself and masturbated, in person or over
the phone with them, in the late 1990s and
early 2000s.
Louis C.K. didn't respond to the allegations,
but his distribution company canceled the
New York City premiere of his latest film.
Another leading Republican is stepping down.
U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte of Virginia
announced today that he will not seek a 14th
term.
Under congressional rules, he'd have to give
up being chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
after next year.
So far, 16 House and Senate Republicans have
said that they are resigning or not running
again.
A neighbor of Senator Rand Paul pleaded not
guilty today to assaulting the Kentucky Republican
last week.
Rene Boucher said little during the brief
arraignment in Bowling Green.
He could face up to a year in jail if he's
convicted.
Boucher allegedly tackled Paul while he was
mowing his lawn, leaving him with six broken
ribs.
It's still not clear what triggered the incident.
In Yemen, warnings today that a naval blockade
could cause the world's worst famine in decades.
Aid ships are waiting at sea after a Saudi
Arabian coalition closed Yemen's ports to
stop the flow of arms to Shiite rebels.
U.N. officials say that more than seven million
Yemenis face starvation.
JENS LAERKE, U.N. Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs: The situation is
catastrophic in Yemen.
If the supplies pipeline comes to a halt,
food insecurity will deepen and we will be
confronted with an even greater humanitarian
crisis.
Food, fuel and medicine imports must continue
to enter the country.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The U.N.'s World Health Organization
says that it's also critical to get medical
aid into Yemen to combat a cholera epidemic.
Officials in Saudi Arabia announced today
that more than 200 people are now detained
in a crackdown on alleged corruption.
That's far higher than earlier figures in
the roundup that began Saturday night.
Eleven Saudi princes are among those being
held.
Meanwhile, the Saudi government has ordered
its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country,
in the face of rising tensions.
Lebanon's prime minister, Saad Hariri, resigned
this week in a televised address from Saudi
Arabia.
Today, his political party called for his
return to Lebanon, amid speculation that he's
being held against his will.
FOUAD SINIORA, ®MD-BO¯Former Lebanese Prime
Minister (through translator): The return
of the prime minister is necessary to recover
respect for Lebanon's internal and external
balance.
It is necessary to restore full respect for
Lebanese legitimacy and constitution.
The party stands by him under any circumstance.
JUDY WOODRUFF: In his resignation message,
Hariri said Lebanon is being held hostage
by Hezbollah.
The Shiite militia is closely allied with
Iran, the Saudis' chief rival.
In Syria, the army reports that it recaptured
the Islamic State group's last stronghold
in the country today.
Officials say that ISIS fighters abandoned
the strategic town near the Iraqi border,
after days of fighting.
The militants now control only scattered villages
and small towns in Syria and Iraq.
Back in this country, a long-term federal
study has found no significant link between
cancer and the widely used weed killer glyphosate.
It's the prime ingredient in Monsanto herbicide
Roundup.
"The Journal of the National Cancer Institute"
published findings today from the agricultural
health study.
It tracked tens of thousands of farmers, farmworkers
and their families.
And on Wall Street, stocks tumbled on worries
about tech shares and corporate tax cuts.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 101
points to close below 23462.
The Nasdaq fell 39, and the S&P 500 slipped
nine.
