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"From NPR news. I'm Ailsa Chang and I'm Mary Louise Kelly coming up the man most likely to replace California Governor Gavin Newsom. If the recall effort succeeds tomorrow, Elder has gravitated towards endorsing these positions and tapping into that voter base with this massive radio network support. First news. Live from NPR news. I'm Janine Herbst. The Pentagon says all flights of Afghan evacuees to the United States have been temporarily halted. That's at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of measles cases discovered at three different U. S. Military bases housing the refugees. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. Operation Allies welcome flights into the United States remain paused at the request of the CDC for at least seven additional days from today. Kirby says efforts are being made to do contact tracing to determine who at the basis may have been exposed. He says patients are being housed separately and are getting medical care. New York City started enforcing its vaccine mandate for indoor businesses today as NPR's Jasmine guards reports the new requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of at least partial vaccination upon entry. Had been in place for weeks, but it wasn't enforced by the city until now. New York City is deploying inspectors today to enforce the vaccine mandate for restaurants, gyms, bars and other indoor venues. Patrons, 12 or older must have at least a first dose of the Covid 19 Vaccine. Proof can be the paper card given after a dose or the Excelsior Pass a phone app that confirms vaccination. Venues that don't comply will be find anywhere between 1000 and $5000. With around 67% of New York City residents vaccinated. The goal of the mandate is to get more people immunized. Non New Yorkers visiting from out of town will also have to present proof of at least one dose. Jasmine Garza. NPR NEWS New YORK Wall Street ended the day in mixed territory. The Dow was up 261 points at 34,869. That's a three quarters of a percent. The NASDAQ Down nine points of 15,001 05, the S and P 500 up 10 at 44 68. This is NPR. After a year of political deadlock and severe economic collapse. Lebanon now has a fully empowered government but is not a Hamzi reports. The new Cabinet is facing many challenges. Lebanon's new Salvation government will be tasked with bringing the small Mediterranean country out of severe economic collapse. The country suffers from fuel, medicine and electricity shortages and has all but run down its central bank reserves. And over 70% of Lebanon's.
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"They were right here. Jasmine Garza. NPR NEWS NEW YORK This is NPR news. When New York City's municipal employees go to work on Monday, they will either have to show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly covid testing, but just days away from that deadline, more than a third of the city workforce is still holding out on getting the shot. My colleagues, Elizabeth Kim and Rebecca Ibarra took a look at those numbers on today's episode of Consider This a news podcast from NPR and W N My see here they are. What's the latest vaccination rate among the city's work force? And how does that compare? To the overall population. So the city employs roughly 370,000 people. It's a number of that fluctuates depending on the season. But as of Tuesday, 65% of that workforce had received at least one dose of the vaccine. Now that's significantly lower than the general adult population in New York City, where 78% of people have gotten at least one shot. And which agencies are behind in getting the shot. The agency that came in last at 44% was the city's sanitation Department, which has about 10,000 employees. But there were several agencies that had vaccination rates of less than 60% of the Fire Department Emergency management services. Notably the NYPD, which has around 52,000 civilian and uniform staffers had an uptake of only 53%. Now these are first responders, which have routine contact with the public, so these numbers are somewhat troubling. Yeah, So Liz W. N Y. C. Spoke with Dr Simon Lee. He's a pediatric intensive care physician at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and he says he would not feel comfortable sending his kids to a classroom with an unvaccinated teacher. Yeah, if I knew that, um, the teacher was not vaccinated and had We had no good reason for that. Then my answer would be I would not be happy with the school system. So what are the possible consequences of this vaccine hesitancy among city workers? So based on what we've seen in case studies, um we know that cases can rise in workspaces that have unvaccinated people and not only just in workspaces, but the cases can. There can be cases with the people that those unvaccinated um workers come into contact with. We also know that the delta variant is much more contagious, and city health officials have said that the latest surge is really a pandemic of the unvaccinated. What is the mayor saying about these lagging numbers? I read off a list of some of these less than stellar vax rates to the mayor during a press conference, d E p. We see a 54% vaccination rate, and I asked him why he thought these agencies were having such a difficult time. Convincing their employees to get vaccinated. We're all dealing with The fact that unfortunately in a crisis in an era where we should be all pulling together, A lot of our employees are being treated to a lot of misinformation. I know that's a big part of the problem. Um, and our job is to keep working through that meticulously. And using a variety of tools to move people. I think you're going to see the incentives and the mandates having more and more impact. Meanwhile, Governor Kathy Huckle is mandating that all state healthcare workers get a covid vaccine. No exceptions. Is the city considering a similar mandate. So that state mandate, by the way applies to all city healthcare workers as well with respect to the rest of the municipal workforce. The mayor has said that all options are on the table. You have to think that by releasing these numbers, he's preparing to make the case that the city needs to go to a full mandate, so it'll be interesting to see what happens in the coming days. WNBC reporter Elizabeth Kim and Rebecca Ibarra. It's w N Y. C. There's more all things considered it just after the break in the 20 years since the terror attacks of 9 11 movies have both been shaped by and have been shaped Perception of that day's events. We'll hear more just after the break..
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"I'm Ailsa Chang in Los Angeles and I'm Scott Detroit in Washington. The Department of Justice will challenge the New Texas abortion law in federal court. That law bans abortions six weeks after pregnancy and that's before many women realize they're pregnant. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the lawsuit in Washington this afternoon. The act is clearly unconstitutional. Under longstanding Supreme Court precedent. Joining us now is NPR Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, who was at that news conference. Hey, Carrie. He's got so tell us more about this lawsuit. The Justice Department filed this case in the Western District of Texas in Austin, and before the news conference. Everyone in the press room and a lot of people around the country kept refreshing their Internet browsers waiting to read the lawsuit. At the news conference. Justice officials said that Texas law clashes with decades of Supreme Court precedent on abortion, DOJ says this long deputize is random people in Texas to report doctors, drivers and others who may be helping women to get abortions after six weeks, and the law turns those citizens into a kind of bounty hunter because it allows them to sue and collect $10,000. One more thing. Scott. There are no exceptions in this law for either rape or incest. Here's more from Attorney General Merrick Garland because the statute makes it too risky for an abortion clinic to stay open. Abortion providers have ceased providing services. This leaves women in Texas unable to exercise their constitutional rights. And unable to obtain judicial review. At the very moment they need it. Kerry what exactly is the Justice Department asking for here? Basically, the federal government, saying the new law in Texas conflicts with federal law, and it wrongfully subjects federal workers at places like the Labor Department and the Pentagon to civil penalties for doing their jobs. They're asking the court for a judgment that the Texas law is invalid under the Constitution's supremacy clause and the equal protection language in the 14th amendment. The DOJ wants a permanent injunction barring anyone in the state of Texas from enforcing this law. The Supreme Court, of course, let this law go into effect last week, given that what sort of challenges does the Justice Department face in convincing the judiciary to block this? Some big ones? Lawmakers in Texas specifically designed this law to make it hard for anyone to challenge it. And it is hard law professors who have been following these issues say they don't know how a judge could stop everyone in the state of Texas or everyone anywhere from enforcing it. And even if the Justice Department convinces a lower court judge to stop this law in its tracks, experts aren't sure what the Supreme Court will do. Still, there's been a sense of urgency within DOJ. Several other Republican led states have talked about adopting their own versions of this law. DOJ wanted to try to stop that momentum. The attorney general set of the Texas law survives. There's a real risk. Other states could use this model to put other constitutional rights in jeopardy to a lot of Democrats have been clamoring for action from the Justice Department. The Biden administration going and said they were going to keep politics out of the Justice Department. So how did the attorney general respond to suggestions that the department had been pressured into acting? Yes. This week, all 23 Democrats from the House Judiciary Committee urged Merrick Garland to use the full force of the Justice Department to block this Texas law. President Biden condemned the law. Vice President Harris has condemned the law. And here's Attorney General Merrick Garland, what he had to say about all of that pressure. The Department of Justice does not file lawsuits based on pressure. We carefully evaluated the law and the facts. And this complaint expresses our view about the law and the facts now, Scott, Of course, the Supreme Court is likely to get the final word on that, if and when that this case makes it back up there. That's NPR. Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Kerry. It's always good to talk to you. You too. Thanks, Scott. The World Trade Center employed hundreds of immigrants. Some held high ranking well paid positions. Others earned low wages as cooks, cleaners and delivery people. Some of those workers were undocumented, often working and living in the shadows after 9 11 that secrecy made it especially hold for families and friends. To claim them as victims. NPR's Jasmine Garst has more for a brief moment. On the morning of September, 11th Theresa Garcia thought she'd seen a ghost. She was in her office watching the news of the attacks on the World Trade Center. When he walked in, he was covered with dust. All white does and we couldn't even recognize him. But he talked to my co worker and he said Esperanza and she said China Is that deal? Garcia works at association Jack, a nonprofit that assists mostly Latino immigrants. The man who walked in who went by Gino had been heading over to start his shift at a restaurant at one of the towers when the first plane hit. Then he came over to her and Anke. Embrace her, and they started crying. They were soon joined by dozens of other workers, but the absences were striking. So they started a list of the missing. It grew to around 700 people, mostly immigrant, mostly undocumented. Which early on led to a sense of apprehension about approaching the authorities. You have the police. Asking for I d That's the Guzzi B. He was a cook at Windows on the world, a restaurant on the 106th floor of the North tower. He was off that day. CB an asylum seeker, says there was so much fear of asking for help. I mean, win is the right mind will go to the police have a fake idea. Suddenly, the search was on for people who'd spent most their lives trying not to be found. The victim's compensation fund, established shortly after 9 11 was available to anyone who applied regardless of immigration status, But proving that a person was at the site of the attacks became an odyssey. They have not paid stuffs. They have no income tax. They can no lease, Garcia says. Employers themselves didn't want to admit to hiring an undocumented worker. Tepeyac went so far as to search missing people's homes to see they have a passport birth certificate or to see they send money with some names. And it was really difficult because people were not you send their real identities whittled its list of 700 or so missing people down to 67. 67 families whose main provider had disappeared in the attacks. Only about 12 of those families would come forward and be able to prove the existence of their loved one and get some aid. Some of the assistance came from churches, non profits and private donors at Greenfield Hill Congregational in Connecticut. Reverend Elite Award says she remembers waking up one morning in mid December, I walked into the church office, um And there was an envelope in my mailbox and I opened it up in a check for a quarter million dollars fell out. And there was a note with it. That just said, Please use this to reach the people who aren't being reached and and that was all it said the church ended up creating grants for families. 1106 bodies have not been identified from 9 11. The Mexican consulate alone estimates that 16 nationals died that day. But Only five are acknowledged at the National September 11th Memorial. Garcia herself has lost contact with the families of the missing except for one person. Chino, the man who showed up at her office is on the morning of 9 11 looking like an operation caked in white dust. You always call me on 9 11. Every every 90 11. She's expecting his call this Saturday and she knows what he'll say. Oh, my God, I'm so lucky to be alive. He's lucky to be alive, but he doesn't like to talk about how it happened. Or the invisible people. They both tried so hard to find. They swear they were real 20 years ago. They swear they were right here. Jasmine Garza. NPR NEWS NEW YORK This is NPR news..
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"I'm Ailsa Chang in Los Angeles and I'm Scott Detroit in Washington. The Department of Justice will challenge the New Texas abortion law in federal court. That law bans abortion six weeks after pregnancy and that's before many women realize they're pregnant. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the lawsuit in Washington this afternoon. The act is clearly unconstitutional. Under longstanding Supreme Court precedent. Joining us now is NPR Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, who was at that news conference. Hey, Carrie. He's got so tell us more about this lawsuit. The Justice Department filed this case in the Western District of Texas in Austin, and before the news conference. Everyone in the press room and a lot of people around the country kept refreshing their Internet browsers waiting to read the lawsuit. At the news conference. Justice officials said that Texas law clashes with decades of Supreme Court precedent on abortion, DOJ says this law deputize is random people in Texas to report doctors, drivers and others who may be helping women to get abortions after six weeks, and the law turns those citizens into a kind of bounty hunter because it allows them to sue and collect $10,000. One more thing. Scott. There are no exceptions in this law for either rape or incest. Here's more from Attorney General Merrick Garland because the statute makes it too risky for an abortion clinic to stay open. Abortion providers have ceased providing services. This leaves women in Texas unable to exercise their constitutional rights. And unable to obtain judicial review at the very moment they need it carry. What exactly is the Justice Department asking for here? Basically, the federal government, saying the new law in Texas conflicts with federal law, and it wrongfully subjects federal workers at places like the Labor Department and the Pentagon to civil penalties for doing their jobs. They're asking the court for a judgment that the Texas law is invalid under the Constitution's supremacy clause and the equal protection language in the 14th amendment. The DOJ wants a permanent injunction barring anyone in the state of Texas from enforcing this law. The Supreme Court, of course, let this law go into effect last week, given that what sort of challenges does the Justice Department face in convincing the judiciary to block this? Some big ones? Lawmakers in Texas specifically designed this law to make it hard for anyone to challenge it. And it is hard law professors who have been following these issues say they don't know how a judge could stop everyone in the state of Texas or everyone anywhere from enforcing it. And even if the Justice Department convinces a lower court judge to stop this law in its tracks, experts aren't sure what the Supreme Court will do. Still, there has been a sense of urgency within DOJ. Several other Republican led states have talked about adopting their own versions of this law. DOJ wanted to try to stop that momentum, the attorney general said. If the Texas law survives There's a real risk. Other states could use this model to put other constitutional rights in jeopardy to a lot of Democrats have been clamoring for action from the Justice Department. The Biden administration going and said they were going to keep politics out of the Justice Department. So how did the attorney general respond to suggestions that the department had been pressured into acting? Yes. This week, all 23 Democrats from the House Judiciary Committee urged Merrick Garland to use the full force of the Justice Department to block this Texas law. President Biden condemned the law. Vice President Harris has condemned the law and here's Attorney General Merritt Girl and what he had to say about all of that pressure. The Department of Justice does not file lawsuits based on pressure. We carefully evaluated law and the facts, and this complaint expresses our view about the law and the facts now, Scott, Of course, the Supreme Court is likely to get the final word on that, if and when that this case makes it back up there. That's NPR. Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Kerry. It's always good to talk to you. You too. Thanks, Scott. The World Trade Center employed hundreds of immigrants. Some held high ranking well paid positions. Others earned low wages as cooks, cleaners and delivery people. Some of those workers were undocumented, often working and living in the shadows after 9 11 that secrecy made it especially hold for families and friends. To claim them as victims. NPR's Jasmine Garst has more for a brief moment. On the morning of September, 11th Theresa Garcia thought she'd seen a ghost. She was in her office watching the news of the attacks on the World Trade Center. When he walked in, he was covered with dust. All white does and we couldn't even recognize him. But he talked to my co worker and he said, And she said China Is that deal? Garcia works at Association, a nonprofit that assists mostly Latino immigrants. The man who walked in who went by Chino had been heading over to start his shift at a restaurant at one of the towers when the first plane hit. Then he came over to her and Anke. Embrace her, and they started crying. They were soon joined by dozens of other workers, but the absences were striking. So they started a list of the missing. It grew to around 700 people, mostly immigrant, mostly undocumented, which early on led to a sense of apprehension about approaching the authorities. You have The police. Asking for I d That's the Guzzi B. He was a cook at Windows on the world, a restaurant on the 106th floor of the North tower. He was off that day. CB an asylum seeker, says there was so much fear of asking for help. I mean, win is the right mind will go to the police have a thick idea. Suddenly, the search was on for people who'd spent most their lives trying not to be found. The victim's compensation fund, established shortly after 9 11 was available to anyone who applied regardless of immigration status, But proving that a person was at the site of the attacks became an odyssey. They have not paid stuff so they have no income tax. They can no lease, Garcia says. Employers themselves didn't want to admit to hiring an undocumented worker. Jack went so far as to search missing people's homes to see they have a passport certificate or to see they send money with some names. And it was really difficult because people were not you send their real identities whittled its list of 700 or so missing people down to 67. 67 families whose main provider had disappeared in the attacks. Only about 12 of those families would come forward and be able to prove the existence of their loved one and get some aid. Some of the assistance came from churches, non profits and private donors at Greenfield Hill Congregational in Connecticut. Reverend Elite Award says she remembers waking up one morning in mid December, I walked into the church office, um And there was an envelope in my mailbox and I opened it up in a check for a quarter million dollars fell out. And there was a note with it. That just said, Please use this to reach the people who aren't being reached and and that was all it said the church ended up creating grants for families. 1106 bodies have not been identified from 9 11. The Mexican consulate alone estimates that 16 nationals died that day. But Only five are acknowledged at the National September 11th Memorial. Garcia herself has lost contact with the families of the missing except for one person. Chino, the man who showed up at her office is on the morning of 9 11 looking like an operation caked in white dust. You always call me on 9 11. Every every 9 11. She's expecting his call this Saturday and she knows what he'll say. Oh, my God, I'm so lucky to be alive. He's lucky to be alive, but he doesn't like to talk about how it happened, or the invisible people. They both tried so hard to find. They swear they were real 20 years ago. They swear they were right here. Jasmine Garza. NPR NEWS New YORK This is NPR news..
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"NPR News. I'm Leila Faulted and I'm Noel King. Good morning, New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo, has declared a state of emergency on account of gun violence. Like a lot of places. New York state is seeing a significant increase in shootings. 51 people were shot this past weekend alone in the state. NPR's Jasmine Garza is following this story from New York City. Good morning Chess. Good morning. Governor. Cuomo said yesterday that this is a public health concern. Yes, This is in keeping with how the Biden administration has characterized gun violence as a public health concern. In fact, Cuomo compared it to the Covid 19 pandemic. We went from one epidemic to another epidemic. We went from covid to the epidemic of gun violence. And so what Governor Cuomo did yesterday is lay out a seven point comprehensive plan to address this other epidemic. He wants to use science and data to identify gun violence. Hot spots. Kind of like what the government did with Covid find a hotspot get in their address it people are worried about gun violence in New York City where you are, but they are also as I understand it worried about the response to gun violence. Absolutely gun Violence has been a major topic in the city here in New York. There's this sense that people are more on edge. But on the other hand as shootings rise, one thing I keep hearing from activists and academics is a concern that there will be a knee jerk reaction of more heavy handed policing like a return to the Tough on crime era where you know, many worried that this would indiscriminately target communities of color. Governor Cuomo does seem aware of that. He pledged to put more money into things to help curb violence like Community resources, youth activities jobs for young people. It sounds like he is aware of the fact that there's a tension between law enforcement and the people that they are meant to serve. In fact, there's quite a lot of tension. Yes, Some of the communities that are suffering the most from gun violence are the ones that have the most strained relationships with the police. I've been spending a lot of time this summer in Far Rockaway, Queens, where there is a noticeable spike in shootings, and I've been hanging out with an organization called Rock Safe Streets. They address the cycle of violence. I asked one of their violence. Interrupters, whose name is Eugene Finley, He goes by floss. What the state of police community relations is. The community relationship with the police is nothing really right now. No body in the community that is going to relate to any cop. And so in his press conference yesterday, Governor Cuomo said he wants to open a dialogue between police and communities. He acknowledged it is not easy and let me ask you. Lastly, he also talked about illegal guns, and we should say that New York has strict gun laws. But the entire point of illegal guns is that they're illegal. Yes, as we've covered Previously, New York, like several other cities, is really ramping up its efforts to crack down on illegal weapons coming into the state from places with lax or gun laws. It's part of a federal local collaboration. But another part of Cuomo's plan that really stood out to me is that he signed a bill allowing the public to hold gun manufacturers liable for instances like mass shootings. Is likely to be challenged. But Governor Cuomo himself said quote New York is going to do what Congress didn't do which Noel is to say Hold gun makers accountable. That could be an interesting fight. NPR's Jasmine Garza, Thank you for your reporting, Jason. We appreciate it. Thank you. The fastest female sprinter in this country won't compete at the Summer Olympics Yesterday, USA Track and Field announced its team roster for the Tokyo Games that starts this month. And the list did not include Shakeri Richardson, There was hope she might make the team even though a positive drug test for marijuana disqualified her from her main event, the 100 M. NPR's Tom Goldman reports. After doing something wrong in the minds of anti doping officials, Shakeri Richardson seemed to do everything right. She apologized and admitted using marijuana broke the rules even though she said she used it to cope with the emotional panic brought on by her biological mother's death. She accepted a one month ban and disqualification from the Olympic 100 metres. She reportedly didn't petition to get onto the Olympic four by 100 M Relay team which still was passed. Ability in the end, USA Track and Field coach is squelched that possibility. A decision based in part unfairness our credibility, USA Track and Field said in a statement would be lost if rules were only enforced under certain circumstances, while our heartfelt understanding lies with Shakeri We must also maintain fairness for all the athletes who tried to make the teen.
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"Do we go from here? Jasmine Garza. NPR NEWS New York You're listening to all things considered from NPR news. Even if you're not a professional thief, no doubt you have an idea of what may be worth pilfering shiny, expensive things. Whether gold or diamonds. How about avocados there? The hot item in South Africa's crime Networks and Alexandria Wexler reported on this for the Wall Street Journal. She joins us now welcome. Thank you so much. So, first of all, you start your story with just how elaborate. The kind of anti theft effort is on some of these farms in South Africa. What are the kinds of Things that they're using to try and prevent these like massive thefts. Yes. So farmers are using all kinds of things to prevent thieves from coming into their farms and taking their avocados, which they're calling the green gold things from electric fences topped with barbed wire. Over seven FT High infrared cameras that detect movement armed canine security response units, um, and cameras that recognized vehicle license plates. I was reading in your article that one of the security folks he used to do, um, anti poaching right, like used to protect rhinos. And now he's working with avocado farmers. How do these steps go down? Yeah, So typically, what happens is there's a truck in South Africa. We call it a Bucky. But it's a pickup truck in the U. S. And that pickup truck will come and will drop off a group of Thieves, You know, maybe 34567 guys and they'll cut their way through the defense and they basically just go into these avocado groves and they go wild. I'm picking avocados. Um, and in a couple of hours, they can pick easily a ton of avocados, and that's about how much pickup truck can carry. Where these avocados eventually end up is in markets where consumers can buy them as well as wholesalers and one of the major issues that farmers site with this, besides, for obviously losing their avocados and losing their income from them. Is that consumers will purchases avocados and the thieves don't know which ones to pick so the thieves could have picked avocados That wouldn't be right for months. Still, and then the consumers buy them and basically the avocados. Never Ripe in, so they kind of sit there. Heart is rocks and then just go off, and so farmers are concerned that it will turn consumers off of their products and people who buy avocados at markets. That were originally stolen. Then we'll say, You know, the last time I bought avocados, they you know, never really ripe into then they went off, so I'm not going to buy avocados for a while now, and that could possibly hurt demand. How unusual is this Is South Africa, the only country dealing with this No. So this is a worldwide problem in countries that grow avocados. California actually has an avocado theft reporting hotline and in Mexico. It's something that's been It's kind of centerpiece of, uh, cartel fighting in in certain parts of Mexico, where avocados are grown. There are cartels battling to control the trade in this fruit, which is in you know multiple billions of dollars. Alexandra Wexler is a reporter for.
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"We talked about a report from the Congressional Budget Office on the program yesterday. It was on the minimum wage that report and what it would mean economically to raise it to $15 hour about a million fewer people living in poverty but also about a million and a half fewer jobs was one of the key takeaways. Now, whether an increase is gonna wind up in the next relief bill is, of course, still up in the air. But for now, the dens are pushing it. And if it happens among many other workers, waiters, bartenders and others who get tipped income would be covered. And get rid of the national tipped minimum wage. To which right now is just $2.13 an hour, not a typo there $2.13 an hour. The idea has been for years now that people would make up the difference in tips, but Where did that idea come from? In the first place. Do you suppose marketplace? Jasmine Garza has the answer. If you have ever waited tables, you might have experienced this feeling of dread. Tourists walk in from a part of the world like, say, Europe we're tipping is not the norm, which is funny because experts say tipping actually started in Europe among aristocrats and got picked up by Americans by the mid 18 hundreds. Gerald Friedman is an economist at the University of Massachusetts. Amherst. Rich Americans started going to Europe and coming back with the sense of Oh, we're gonna be aristocrats that and was a mark that you had been to Europe. That you were tipping. Oh, I'm going to tip because that's what we do in Paris. Strong labor unions in Europe eventually rejected tipping, he says, But in the U. S, the end of slavery actually cemented the practice of tipping in American culture. Saroja Rahman is the director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She says companies didn't want to reach into their own pockets to pay recently freed enslaved people. Train companies hired tens of thousands of black men had them work as porters on the trains for no wage just to live off the tips of the white customers who are traveling. The second industry was the restaurant industry that one of the rightto hire black people and now also not pay them, which she says left these workers at the mercy of people who may not have actually tipped. Some continued to work for next to nothing. At times there was pushed back to the tipping system. It was often called UN American. In 1915. Some states banned tipping, but those laws were quickly repealed. Federal minimum wage passed in the 19 thirties. Here's FDR talking about wages. Well, a friend. Forgive for the industrial workers.
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"We talked about a report from the Congressional Budget Office on the program yesterday. It was on the minimum wage that report and what it would mean economically to raise it to $15 hour about a million fewer people living in poverty but also about a million and a half fewer jobs was one of the key takeaways. Now, whether an increase is gonna wind up in the next relief bill is, of course, still up in the air. But for now, the dams are pushing it. And if it happens among many other workers, waiters, bartenders and others who get tipped income would be covered. And get rid of the national tipped minimum wage. To which right now is just $2.13 an hour, not a typo there $2.13 an hour. The idea has been for years. Now. The people would make up the difference in tips, but Where did that idea come from? In the first place. Do you suppose marketplace? Jasmine Garza has the answer. If you have ever waited tables, you might have experienced this feeling of dread. Tourists walk in from a part of the world like, say, Europe where tipping is not the norm, which is funny because experts say tipping actually started in Europe among aristocrats and got picked up by Americans by the mid 18 hundreds. Gerald Friedman is an economist at the University of Massachusetts. Amherst. Rich Americans started going to Europe and coming back with the sense of Oh, we're gonna be aristocrats that and was a mark that you had been to Europe. That you were tipping. Oh, I'm going to tip because that's what we do in Paris. Strong labor unions in Europe eventually rejected tipping, he says, But in the U. S, the end of slavery actually cemented the practice of tipping in American culture. Sorrow. Julia Rahman is the director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She says companies didn't want to reach into their own pockets to pay recently freed enslaved people. Train companies hired tens of thousands of black men had them work as porters on the trains for no wage just to live off the tips of the white customers who are traveling. The second industry was the restaurant industry that one of the rightto hire black people and now also not pay them, which she says left these workers at the mercy of people who may not have actually tipped. There's some continued to work for next to nothing. At times there was pushed back to the tipping system. It was often called UN American. In 1915. Some states banned tipping, but those laws were quickly repealed. Federal minimum wage passed in the 19 thirties. Here's FDR talking about wages. What will our friends forgive for the industrial workers.
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"Just yet. I'm Jasmine Garza for marketplace. Headline story about parents in this pandemic by which I mean mostly women is that more than a million of them have left the labor force because their kids are in school at home. And making that work is not compatible with work. But there is another layer or two to this story gallop, the bowling people, They say only 47% of parents whose kids are in school from home are working full time 71% of parents, meanwhile, who are able to work full time? Have their kids back in brick and mortar schools. Marketplaces Erica Barris takes a look at that workforce divine before the pandemic. Larry Smith worked really, really, really full time. She regularly clocked 50 and 60 hour work weeks as a litigator in San Diego. Then came March, so she went part time to help her 11 year old son with his remote schooling. It just had to happen because all of the sudden I had a kid at home. Smith's employer has been understanding, but that's not always the case, says Joan Williams. She runs the Center for Work Life Law at the University of California, Hastings. She says, switching to part time work is often harder on women. Typically, they pay through the teeth for it. First, they're earning lower wages and second, they can face judgment when they try to come back full time. But Beth Hamburg management professor at U Mass. Lowell says the pandemic may do away with that. Folks that have a 6 to 9 12 18 months break during this period on their resume. I don't think we're gonna have to do is much explaining is before. Even so some workers aren't taking the risk When the Woodford in Rye, New York, has a third grader in hybrid school and doesn't want to leave her part time job as a financial analyst. But I want to not lose that momentum I had so as she gets older, I can Looking for another job with more hours. But when caretakers try to go back to full time work, the earning power has sunk. According to boss You ready with the National Partnership for women and Families, because Number of Employers based their salaries that they offer on what you made in a prior drop, and that could mean less retirement money. Later, Larry Smith in San Diego knows this, and she's already dipped into the family nest egg. When this is done, there's going to be some time rebuilding, that's for sure. And that can only happen when.
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"Certainly, Is it fair to say that for the global economy to absolutely I think that is right now very much the case. Dr Dietz ago. But now she's the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund out today with their economic outlook, Dr Coburn out Thanks for your time. I appreciate it. Thanks, Guy. Wall Street on this Tuesday more down than up again, though not a whole lot of enthusiasm. The strange calm perhaps. Has extended to the markets will have the details when we do the numbers. You know, that old saying is California goes, so goes the Nation in virus lockdown news where California's going, he's kind of muddled. Governor Gavin Newsom has lifted a statewide stayed home order, which means restaurants are going to be able to reopen but on Lee for outdoor seating, and the rules are going to vary from county to county, virtually all of which Counties that is, are still in the critical or widespread outbreak categories. But restaurants out here is marketplaces. Jasmine Guards reports are ready to go. In California. Outdoor dining has been shut down since early December, when Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay at home order. It's gotten criticism from the restaurant industry and Shing owns partially AH French eatery in Santa Monica, who's butter Poached lobster has earned rave reviews. I definitely understand the public health needs, but at the same time it really felt like restaurants were specifically being targeted. She says she's waiting to hear the specifics of the new guidelines. I think that'll be very telling into whether or not it's actually going to work for some of us to be open to the California Restaurant Association says 30% of restaurants in the state are expected to go out of business in this pandemic. Gregg Marina is with the association he spent last night and today rushing to prepare his restaurant The Albright in Santa Monica, which claims world famous clam chowder to reopen, among other things, he had to call his stuff and find out person foremost who's available. Some people have found other jobs. Some people have moved out of state. Marina says he hopes to reopen by early February. Model restaurant owners are this excited with Southern California Still in the grip of covert 19, many wonder how long the reopening will last. Linta already lost one of her restaurants here's looking at you to the pandemic. She still has another all day baby with its beloved biscuit sandwiches. When it comes to reopening outdoors, she says, We're all exhausted and it's difficult to make these kinds of decisions when you know we don't even learn about them. Ahead of time. So for now, she's going to put a few tables outside for self service. She's not getting her hopes up just yet. I'm Jasmine Garza for marketplace. Headline story about.
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"Of March. We'll get the latest coming up right here on morning edition on KCRW. After an inauguration. Like no other President Biden signs a flurry of executive orders. We'll look at what's to come. And the cross cultural recordings of Zakir Hussain, master Indian percussionist. Release him 50 years later. Those stories and all the news Saturday on weekend edition from NPR News Saturday morning at 6 A.m. on KCRW. Hey, I'm Anthony Valadez. I'm here to tell you you've got this. There's gonna be light at the end of the tunnel, No doubt. But for now we have to double down to keep people safe whenever possible. Just stay home. Cuddled up with your pets Snuggle with your boo. Why do your plants be creative? Read a book with ever sparks joy. Just keep it close to home. Be well and be safe and stay tuned to KCRW. It's 5 51. The marketplace Morning report is next. There's some fresh pandemic relief from the White House Marketplace Morning report is supported by progressive insurance, protecting small businesses with specialized coverages for commercial vehicles. More progressive commercial dot com. And by indeed committed to delivering quality candidates so businesses can focus on interviewing people with the skills they need. Learn more at indeed dot com slash credit. I'm David Brancaccio President Joe Biden is signed some or executive actions and other measures to bolster economic relief and protections for workers. Marketplaces Jasmine Garst. Joins us now, Jasmine. This includes more food assistance for people. Yes, Biden is expected to ask the Agriculture Department to expand food assistance. What we used to call food stamps by 15%. And that's to match the cost of meals kids would be receiving if they were still going in person to school. That would be roughly an extra $100 every two months for a family of three. Order will also expand overall access to emergency increases in food assistance. What else is on the table? Biden is expected to ask agencies to improve the distribution of stimulus checks, which, as you know, has been a major issue throughout the pandemic. Yeah, and what's on the unemployment benefits from here? The president will be asking the Labor Department to clarify that workers have the right to refuse jobs with unsafe working conditions and still receive unemployment benefits. Ah, and a key issue the new administration is expected to tackle is raising the federal minimum wage, and we're expecting to see some movement on that soon. Absolutely. The president is expected to direct agencies to start planning for a $15 minimum wage for federal workers and contractors. What does any of this mean for a big relief package? New one. The administration has said it is not a substitute for comprehensive legislative relief. This is more of a lifeline, while the nearly $2 trillion aid package moves through Congress. Marketplaces. Jasmine Garza. Thank you. A down day for stock index futures So far, the S and P futures down 7 10 7% after the underlying index hit a record high yesterday, the Dow future now down 241 points. 8/10 percent. The NASDAQ future Down 6/10 percent. The Cryptocurrency Bitcoin is up slightly this morning after dropping yesterday it was down 30% from its recent all time high. Google says it could withdraw its search engine completely from Australia if that country forces it to pay media outlets for their news content. The government in camera says the planned reforms will raise money for struggling publishers to continue journalism in the public interest. From Sydney, Sharma Khalil reports Google, Facebook and other big tech firms have been resisting proposed legislation, which will force them to negotiate with Australian news outlets over payment for the content which appears on their platforms. Google's threat to remove its search engine from the country is its most severe. Yet the company's managing director in Australia, Mel Silva, told a Senate hearing that the laws were on workable if this version of the card were to become law. It would give us no real choice But to stop making Google search available in Australia, the prime minister's Scott Morrison said lawmakers would not yield to threats. The government has argued that because the tech platforms gain customers from people who read the news, they should pay newsrooms a fair amount further journalism. BBC's Sharma Khalil. Marketplace Morning report, A supported by Merrill Merrill.
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"Is Thursday. Today, the 14th of January. Good is always to have you along everybody a big day. This was for the two people who will arguably be running this economy for the next number of years. I speak here, of course, number one of Fed Chairman Jay Powell, who did an online thing at Princeton today, in which he said, among many other things, now is not the time to exit. Allow me to translate. If I might that is fed speak for we're going to keep on propping up this economy with low interest rates for as long as we have to And two that the other guy, the one who's going to be in charge of this economy in six days, said I see your interest rates J and I will raise you. $1.9 trillion president like Biden is rolling out his economic relief plan tonight. Another $1400 in check. Two individuals, Maura unemployment assistance, billions for vaccines and testing in tracing all the stuff we all kind of thought would be in there. And however much of it does pass the new Congress. It is not going to come a moment too soon because this being Thursday we got new numbers for initial unemployment claims this morning, a big spike back up to almost a million people who lost their jobs last week. That comes as some new research from the Federal Reserve shows the unemployment rate for this economy's highest paid workers has fallen down underneath 5% while for the lowest paid workers. We have It's as high as 20% marketplaces. Jasmine Garza gets us going. The numbers paint what economists have called a case shaped recovery. Things are improving for the better off and getting worse for the rest. Whole. Iverson, an analyst at the University of Iowa's Labor Center, says there are long term ramifications to this people that were already in a precarious position that we're one paycheck away from disaster. Now find themselves without that paycheck and so disasters. The result. Industries like hospitality, which tend to be low wage and employ more black and Latina ex workers have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. Daniel Mina Janko is an economist at the University of Michigan. Issue off very, very different levels of unemployment in the different sectors of the economy is not going to go away until we allow our restaurants and hotels to operate it near full capacity. And yesterday speech, Federal Reserve Governor Brainard emphasized the need for urgent economic policy to help millions of unemployed Americans travel. Logan and economists at Ohio State University agrees. We do need to support the income. Of these workers, particularly those who are in these high contact service industry towards seeing reductions and hours and now facing increasing and prolonged unemployment. But he also says economic recovery hinges on the success of the vaccine. Rollout on Jasmine Guard for marketplace. One of the big worries from all of this sustained unemployment is that it could bring a big increase in homelessness. Report from the Economic Roundtable says that without real government intervention, this pandemic is going to lead to twice as much homelessness as the great recession did marketplaces. Smithfield has that one. If nothing changes over the next three years about 600,000 people could end up in shelters on the streets or crashing with family or friends. Anthony Orlando is one of the researchers and a real estate professor at Cal Poly Pomona. He says. We probably won't see most of that for another year or even to homelessness is one of the last things that we detect when an economy tips into a recession because, he says, people tap into whatever they can to try to pay their rent for as long as they can, whether it's their savings or their family support or whatever they can tap into stimulus payments. And we don't start to see who can't pay their rent anymore until after the recession is over. After the great recession, researchers found about 10% of people who lost jobs in Los Angeles, for example, and did up becoming homeless, and they predict that number will likely be higher this time because the people who have been losing jobs or those who are already The most vulnerable Joe Kadoorie researches, housing policy and homelessness at ABT Associates, People who are already living in poverty, very low wage workers. People who are are in communities of color households with little wealth and little savings or financial support from family to fall back on. Housing advocates say one of the most effective ways to help people avoid homelessness would be to give more of them vouchers under the housing program. Section eight. I'm Samantha Fields for marketplace. Mostly down in equities today, not a whole lot, though. We'll have the details when we do the numbers. The attack on the U. S Capitol last week and the still lingering aftermath and the long build up to actually have once again put the spotlight on a reality of this digital age. Online speech has offline effects, and as a result, there's a whole lot of attention being paid to 26 little words in a law passed in 1996. Called the Communications Decency Act. The words in question are, of course, section 2 30 of that act, and they go like this. No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. Jeff Casa has written a lot of words about those 26 words in his book called the 26 Words that created the Internet. He is also an assistant professor of cybersecurity Law, the U. S Naval Academy. Jeff. Thanks for coming on. Thanks so much for having me now that people have heard the 26 words Tell us in layman's terms. What they mean would you? So what they're basically means is that if you do something online that harms me that defames me, I consume you you but I can't sue the platform that you posted that defamatory material on Okay. Now we have to do the flip side because there's so much misinformation in this misinformation environment. There's a lot of it about what section 2 30 is not explain that part for me. So there are a lot of things sexually for 30 years now, but the most important thing Is that section 2 30 in the First Amendment are different. And there are many things that the First Amendment protects, and has always protected, and suddenly it is being blamed on section 2 30, most importantly, the ability of a private party to decide whose speech they want to distribute. That is something that is protected. By the First Amendment, regardless of whether we have section 2 30. We have to say it's protected against government intrusion, right? It's the point is the twitters, not the government, powerful though it may be Exactly, And that gets to sort of my next big Pettis about the current debate in that I don't you don't Nobody has a first Amendment right to force Twitter or Facebook or any platform to carry their speech. Yes. So So let me get into slightly more squishy territory here, which is Does Twitter and Facebook and all the rest of them. Now that we're seeing do they have too much power given the current state of our national discourse? I think absolutely. I think it's completely valid to worry about a few very large companies having such control over people's ability to speak. Whether that's section 2 30 issue is a different story. The goal of section 2 30 is actually to have more venues for speech, and we do we have a lot of different platforms, but I attribute this Morgan Economics Pinto law. There have been a few very large platforms that people have gravitated toward. Well, yes. So let's play the economics out here for a second and then knowing I want to get to the reform part of this, but But you have said, And you talked about this and make me smart with me and Molly had talked about it on Tech with Molly. It is the foundation of so much business that happens on the on the Internet right now. Absolutely..
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"Its content problems. New movie Every single week. Some originals some acquisitions, but either way, that's a lot of premieres, and with basic subscriptions starting in nine bucks a month, maybe it's a streaming stretched too far. MARKETPLACE. Jasmine Garza has the details. Streaming competition heated up intensely in the last month. When this happened, you always had everything for people like me have had nothing. Wonder woman. 1984 debuted online, paving the way for every other Warner Brothers film to premiere on HBO Max this year. Marketing professor, A ruined Sharma at the University of Miami says the competition has become very intense, predominantly through what HBO Max is doing and the success of certain series such as the Man DeLorean on Disney, so Netflix is starting the year with a weapon of its own, or rather 52. It promises to premiere a new movie every week. Big name actors and directors drama action comedy. Jason Squire, editor of the movie Business Book, says he thinks it's a brilliant move. Netflix is already a movie studio, Their budgets are often hire for theatrical than studios. They have the cash. They have the ability. They are a studio. But where's all that? Cash coming from? Netflix has a ton of debt right now. Some industry insiders like media analyst him, Hamlin wonder if Netflix is strategy is sustainable. Platform is rumored to be spending $19 billion on content this year. The question is, can they keep spending at that rate? For now? The stock market and Wall Street doesn't seem to be too concerned about at least in the near term. We'll see in the long term. Netflix did not respond to marketplaces request for interview. But with people around the world still stuck at home and other platforms getting blockbuster deals, it seems Netflix can't afford not to up.
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"Smaller convenience stores called bodegas. They're on almost every corner. They sell groceries and toilet paper batteries, and these days also face masks. There are about 15,000 of them, and they have been designated essential businesses for the duration of this thing, But even so, A lot of them are struggling MARKETPLACE. Jasmine Garza paid a visit to a bodega owner up in the Bronx, whom she first met by phone back in April. They said that they were doing When Francisco murder was a teenager, a friend of his family offered him a job at a bodega in the Bronx, saying You can have it. If you can survive it. You're living here in available. I said to him on the spot. Sure. Give it to me. It's hard to imagine Marty as a tough guy. He's now in his fifties with a sweet, mischievous smile. But back then he got robbed, beaten and has even been shocked. He made it and what Martha says he learned in the process is that the bodega is about more than getting a cheap coffee, A box of cereal. The bodega is and always has been about survival and community said Come alone, lost or you know they were the listeners. A lot of people come with their problems to talk to the boat. Take a guy on this weekday morning, Marta is behind the counter holding court with customers whose jackets are so puffy they can barely get through the narrow store aisles. Which have been hard to keep stocked. Wouldn't let anybody believe there was a time when I couldn't even get toilet paper or nakase. Now, they only give each bodega five packs at a time. As of a few months ago, parts of the Bronx experienced unemployment higher than 20%. Sales at the bodega have just plummeted. Soon a young Dominican man named Leo Mahir stops by and say he's good. He's a distributor, among other things of Coco Rico, Puerto Rican soda man. He looks gone toe under the fluorescent lights, and he tells me it's his first day back on the job after having covert.
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"Left the labor force, potentially setting back their careers beyond the current crisis. I'm making McCarty Carino from marketplace. One more thing on the actual jobs data adhering to the policy of this program that if we stop talking about this stuff, we're gonna stop talking about it. White unemployment 6% last month black unemployment 9.9%. Virus. As I believe I've said a time or two on this show and his, Neela said about three minutes ago is in charge of this economy right now. So who gets the vaccine for it? And when is gonna have a lot to do with how this economy goes among the slices of this economy that lost the most jobs last month? Restaurants and travel and leisure. So it's of note that in Washington, D. C next month, restaurant workers move up in the vaccine line marketplaces Jasmine Garza has that one. Listen, Layne bartenders at several different places in Washington, D C, she says. Even with the pandemic, raging patrons waiting for food and drink, recited that it was okay to take off your mask. If you're sitting down at this table, it's like OK, so the virus stops if you're sitting down, which puts servers like her at risk many times a day, she says. Vaccinating restaurant workers. It definitely is an acknowledgment that restaurant workers are important and we are often exposed to disease without any health insurance and vaccines won't just protect the health of workers. They could be key to rebuilding the health of the restaurant industry. More than 100,000 restaurants have closed temporarily or for good since the pandemic began. Hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers have lost their jobs and millions of people have stopped eating out. William Wheaton is an economist at M. I T. He says. Good at the restaurant industry. It is really hard for city destroyed. That's that's you know, Half the reason people live in cities, Saeko CV heads up Restaurant Opportunities centers, United and advocacy group, he says. The health of people handling our food is critical to combat in the pandemic. We have always considered Restaurant workers. You know, health care as a public health issue, so the DC audience is something that is a very exciting news for us. CB says he hopes other cities and states will follow DC's lead. I'm Jasmine Garza for marketplace. Coming up. It's turned from one need to another need. And so I don't see. I don't think bartering will ever go out. Get by in this pandemic economy, but first Just do the numbers down. Industrials Up 56 today 1/10 Percent 31,000 and 97, the NASDAQ added. 134 points 1% 13,002 01 It should be. 500 found. 20 points about a half percent 38 24 for the five days going by. Remember, we talked about disconnects on this program yesterday, The Dow up 1.6%, the NASDAQ ascended 2.4%, the S and P. 500 Rose 1.8% Visor says it's Coben vaccine appears to be effective. Against new variants of the virus, not peer. Reviewed, though Fizer up 2/10 percent German partner beyond Tech or by on tech, The CEO says you can say it either way back down more than 7%. You're listening. The marketplace marketplace is supported by G E P. Helping build resilience supply chains with strategy, Manage services and AI based Cloud native software.
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"Left the labor force, potentially setting back their careers beyond the current crisis. I'm making McCarty Carino from marketplace. One more thing on the actual jobs data adhering to the policy of this program that if we stop talking about this stuff, we're gonna stop talking about it. White unemployment 6% last month black unemployment 9.9%. The virus. As I believe I've said a time or two on this show and his, Neela said about three minutes ago is in charge of this economy right now. So who gets the vaccine for it? And when He's gonna have a lot to do with how this economy goes among the slices of this economy that lost the most jobs last month. Restaurants and travel and leisure. So it's of note that in Washington, D. C next month, restaurant workers move up in the vaccine line marketplaces Jasmine Garza has that one. Listen, Layne bartenders at several different places in Washington, D C. She says. Even with the pandemic raging patrons waiting for food and drink decided that it was okay to take off your mask. If you're sitting down on the table It's like OK, so the virus stops If you're sitting down, which puts servers like her at risk many times a day, she says. Vaccinating restaurant workers. It definitely is an acknowledgment that restaurant workers are important and we are often exposed to disease without any health insurance. Vaccines won't.
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"Labor force, potentially setting back their careers beyond the current crisis. I'm making McCarty Carino from marketplace. One more thing on the actual jobs data adhering to the policy of this program that if we stop talking about this stuff, we're gonna stop talking about it. White unemployment 6% last month black unemployment 9.9%. Virus. As I believe I've said a time or two on this show and his, Neela said about three minutes ago is in charge of this economy right now. So who gets the vaccine for it? And when is gonna have a lot to do with how this economy goes among the slices of this economy that lost the most jobs last month? Restaurants and travel and leisure. So it's of note that in Washington, D. C next month, restaurant workers move up in the vaccine line marketplaces Jasmine Garza has that one. Listen, Layne bartenders at several different places in Washington, D C, she says. Even with the pandemic, raging patrons waiting for food and drink decided that it was okay to take off your mask. If you're sitting down at this table, it's like OK, so the virus stops if you're sitting down, which puts servers like her at risk many times a day, she says. Vaccinating restaurant workers. It definitely is an acknowledgment that restaurant workers are important and we are often exposed to disease without any health insurance and vaccines won't just.