It’s a story told hundreds of thousands of times every year across America: Women can get the job – just don’t get pregnant. Even though pregnancy discrimination has been illegal under federal law for more than 40 years, pregnant women are pushed out of their jobs every day, because employers still deny accommodations to pregnant workers. Jan Crawford talks to women who have faced serious choices and sometimes tragic circumstances affecting careers and family; and with two lawmakers trying to change federal law to better protect women in the workplace. [Photos from “Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace” by Working Assumptions.] Source
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Almanac: Arthur Godfrey
The long-running live TV variety show “Arthur Godfrey and His Friends” made its debut on CBS on January 12, 1949. Jane Pauley reports. Source
Gary Clark Jr.: “Music is my religion”
At 35, heralded as one the best guitarists in a generation, he’s played the White House, toured with The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and is up for four Grammy Awards for his album “This Land” Source
Gary Clark Jr. on “This Land”
At 35 Gary Clark Jr. is still clearly uncomfortable being heralded as one of the best guitarists in a generation. He’s played the White House, and toured with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. This year his blues/rock album, “This Land,” is up for four Grammy Awards. Kristine Johnson talks with the musician who describes himself as a “simple dude from Austin, Texas who picked up a guitar.” Source
Passage: Remembering Buck Henry
The comic writer and actor helped bring “Get Smart,” “The Graduate” and “Heaven Can Wait” to the screen, and was a frequent guest host of “Saturday Night Live” Source
The art of Kim Novak
The star of such classics as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” and “Picnic” turned her back on Hollywood in the 1960s, exchanging a movie studio for an artist’s studio Source
Defense chief “didn’t see” specific evidence of Iranian threat to embassies
The defense secretary told “Face the Nation” he “didn’t see” specific evidence showing four embassies were going to be attacked. Source
Carlos Ghosn calls himself a “fugitive of injustice”
It’s the caper that’s captivated the world: the escape from Japan by the former Nissan executive accused of financial wrongdoing, who reportedly hid in a box to be flown out of the country Source
Trump warns Iranian leaders not to kill demonstrators
“To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS,” the president tweeted. Source
Iran’s admission of responsibility in jet shootdown fails to calm crisis
After days of government denials, on Saturday Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani finally admitted his country had downed a Ukrainian jetliner with 176 people on board through “human error, as vigils for the victims and protests against the government continued. Holly Williams reports from Baghdad. Source