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"Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. By November 16th, 2004, it's obvious something's wrong. Tom and Jackie hawks were nowhere to be found. The other part of this was the welds served the yacht was back in its right spot in Newport Beach harbor. Their Honda CR-V was nowhere to be found and they were nowhere to be found either. Something was really up. And there's a kid. What's happening? They work very close knit family. So if they couldn't be reached over a certain period of time, all kinds of alarm bells went off. Family and friends are already desperate. They start tracing and backtracking their steps to see what might have happened to them. I knew they thought they might be selling the boat. That's what they were hoping to do. They believed that they had found a buyer to the boat that they had essentially gotten the price that they wanted. They were excited. They thought we got a buyer. You know, we've got someone. We're going to sell this boat. Jackie told me that this person was going to be coming back to take a test drive on the boat the next day. Before you sell a vessel, they take a seat trial. They take the vessel out. It's like a test run in a car. The only thing we know about this trip is that it indeed happened. And that's because Jackie calls and leaves a message with a dear friend. They bid me a goodbye on the phone. Monday morning. The next thing I heard was a voicemail from Jackie said that we're still at sea. I'll be in touch with you again. Rock and roll and well deserved. She had left a voicemail. It basically said that Tom and Jackie were out at sea with the purchaser. And that she'd get back to him. So as far as friends and family knew, on November 15th, 2004, they were meeting some prospective buyers, and they were going to sell out a bit towards Catalina island, the sale would likely happen and Jackie and Tom would be home with any luck before Thanksgiving. Before they disappeared, Tom had mentioned to family members that this guy who was a child actor was going to be the buyer. For me, it was a worrisome mystery. I wanted more information. I wanted to know, who was this would be buyer? Jim hawks wants to talk to whoever brought in the well deserved. So he takes out a card, and he writes on the back of it. I am a retired police officer, and I'd like to speak to whoever bought the boat. Tom and Jackie hawks are missing. I need to chat with you. Leaves this phone number. And the person that contacted him was Jennifer daily help. Jim's like, look, did you buy the boat? Yep, we sure did, and she is super duper sweet. Jennifer has an explanation. She tells Jim that she and her husband Skyler bought the bone in cash in full. Jennifer says, we don't know where the hawks are and we still wanted to find out where they are because we still need some information about how to use this boat that we now have. We bought the boat. They drove away. You know, we haven't heard from them, and we don't know where they are either. She says, I think that they were going to go off to Mexico, local playing soccer. Oh, and there's a gringo. And that's pretty much it. She's pretty short on that phone called. Not surprisingly, Jim thought this might be a little suspicious. So he called Arizona to one of their friends. Patricia shoes, who they'd put in charge of essentially paying their bills and taking care of their finances, well they were down in Mexico because during this time way harder to deal with that from a foreign country, especially on a boat, which may or may not have Internet access. Tom and Jackie, if they would have sold that boat, they would have deposited that money into their bank account. But there was no activity on their account. So we knew that something was really wrong. Jim hawks, he told me that he was going to contact the police department and file a missing person's report Friday morning. Most missing persons investigations, the persons found in a very short amount of time. It's either lack of communication or perhaps they went somewhere else that they weren't expected to. Jim hawks, Tom hawks, brother. He had already done his homework on his own. Once our investigators start talking with him, we knew we needed to really start looking hard. This case lands on Dave byington's desk. And at this point, he'd been a cop a long time. And he's a cop's cop. The minute he sees Jim hawks and raise the details of this case, he knew this family had reason to worry. This couple, Tom and Jackie hawks had lived on their yacht Newport or the process of selling or sold the vessel to this other couple, Schuyler, Jennifer daily on. So Newport police start digging, looking at Skyler and Jennifer. And you know what? They find stuff. Troubling stuff. Schuyler happens to be a convicted felon. He's on probation. I go, jeez. So my first indication, okay, well, this doesn't sound good right now. Sergeant Dave byington. He sends out a detective to go out to the boat. And so the guy gets to the boat and he's looking around and he's seized this receipt on the floor. Then receipt on the boat, it's from target, and it has a bizarre shopping list on it. The minute detective bind and sees that receipt, he knows something's off. That's a nice one. Good job. Oh. Oh, it just got him. That's what he stabbed me. I was concerned the day before Thanksgiving. When I haven't heard from him I asked him, are you sure they just didn't throw an adventurous couple? Sure you just didn't take off for a week or two. And he, without hesitation, said, no, they would not just disappear. This is captain Tom hawks and well deserved. Tom and Jackie hawks lord the process of selling for the vessel to this other couple, Skyler and Jennifer daily on. We ran both of them to figure out because they were probably a potentially the last people to see the hawks. But when we ran Skyler, we automatically find out that he's got a record. He had done jail time for an armed burglary where he broke into a house with a weapon, and he was on probation. His original name at birth was John Julius Jacobson. When I think of him when I was rising on my still referred to him sometimes as little Johnny. He wanted to make everyone happy. He was just always right there trying to make you smile, trying to make things better. Lisa left Skyler's father, you know, he was just a little kid. Schuyler grew up in a crazy house. Why did you grow up? Tell me a little bit about the situation. I pretty much primarily grew up with my dad. And what kind of guy was he? Not the best. Not the best dad. And in fact, he was involved with drugs and was frequently in trouble with the law. Yes. He was into manufacturing speed. And pretty much anything he could make money with. His father got him into acting, but it was never about Skyler. You know, he won a scholar to act so he could make money off of him. He never really made it big in the business. He had parts in commercials and I think as big as role was probably as an extra in the mighty morphin Power Rangers. TV series, which was pretty popular in the early 1990s. That's great. Now the problem is Skylar could never remember his lines. And his dad would yell at him on the set until the producers are basically like, get that guy out of here. He's really, he's upsetting Skylar's upsetting everyone else. And Skylar hated acting. You're not good enough for this. You're not good enough that why aren't you this? Why aren't you that? There's an expectation or a level that you're always trying to rise up to, but you can never meet no matter how hard you try. Skylar is kind of a weak kid, you know, kind of a little bit of feminine maybe. Skylar's dad pretty much despised him for that. And started knocking him around. So Skylar joined the United States Marine Corps. He probably never would have joined the marines, but for he thought this would make him look like a man. And as much as he hated his dad, he was also always trying to impress his dad. We said he was Marine Corps force recon, which for those who don't know, is one of the elite military forces in the United States military. He got a Marine Corps force recon tattoo. He would explain that he had not attended all these classes and all this training and 62 confirmed kills..
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"So they took out an ad in a boating magazine. They went on one last trip to Catalina island, Jim hawks, Tom's brother brought his boat, and they all had this little party. Okay, here we are Kelly and Ireland. This is our last trip to the island because we sold the boat. And we're all having a really good time. So after this last Catalina cruise, Tom and Jackie had told Jim hawks and other people that the sale was going to take place in the next few days. So we'll see what happens. Hopefully, we'll be all right. If you don't know. What's going to happen? Next thing you know is no one can get a hold of them for them just to shut off their cell phones and drop off the face of the earth is extremely out of character. And when Ryan and his brother Matt tried calling them and they weren't answering, they knew something was really up. Ryan's in Arizona. So Ryan puts in a call to his uncle. Jim hawks, who lives in San Diego, he used to be the chief of police for Carlsbad, police department. Jim hawks jumps in his car and gets down there. Don trevin and Jim hawks are looking for Jackie and Tom. So they can go to Newport Beach there, they find the well deserved, but no cup. We were there. We look for their car. Walked around a couple of blocks. It's the kind of where they would park. Couldn't find their car. Well deserved is there, but Tom's not around. Jackie's not around. It's pretty quickly evident to everybody that something is a best. And we went over to the dinghy dock in this well deserved thing he was there. It wasn't properly tied and I just told Jim, I go, you know, this is not right. This something's going on here. My uncle knew something was wrong right away. Your dad didn't tie the dinghy, your dad didn't lift the motor down. We met with Carter Ford, and we went out to the boat. From a distance, you probably wouldn't notice too much, but as you get closer, the first thing you notice is that the boat was tied, but the lines were hanging over the side of the boat. As we came up on the boat, I noticed that the tarps were all off, all the controls were just kind of peeled back, and there was a towel hanging out one of the portholes and I got a sick feeling in my stomach, just like something wasn't right..
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"Curious to hear about mysterious organisms and cunning parasites that take up residence in unsuspecting hosts, causing catastrophic results within the human body, then listen to monsters inside me on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And well deserved. I'm so glad you could join us on our last voyage on well deserved. This is not right. Something's going on here. Next thing you know is no one can get hold of them. Oh my God. Oh my God. Tom and Jackie hawks were nowhere to be found. They tell friends and family, hey, you know, we think we've sold our boat. We met this rich kid and he really wants it. Who is this guy? Skylar de Leon was a childhood actor. And he was in the Power Rangers. So Skylar said I had a briefcase full of cash. I handed it to Tom and he was thrilled. Skyler deleon told police. I don't know what happened to the hawks. All they said was they were driving off to Mexico. Jeez. Okay, well, this doesn't sound good right now. It became more and more silver in the fact that nobody had heard from them. We're hoping we're thinking we're gonna find them. People are missing. I think people are dead. Now Hollywood screenwriter can't come up with this. I mean, there's really no other word to describe it. It's evil. If you poor beach is the dream that a lot of people think of when they think of California. Everybody surfs every day, everybody close on boats every day. And it's Southern California on steroids. It's really what it is. It's in between Los Angeles and San Diego. Along this gorgeous coastline. A lot of people with money live in Newport Beach, so a lot of people with gorgeous boats, including some pretty nice yachts, will pull up at the port there. It's one of the few places in the United States that you can buy a multi-million dollar home and have a dock ready to accommodate a 50, 6000 foot yacht. Oh, yeah. I'm here. Okay, I'm the captain of this boat doing it at ten job. Tom hawks, which is one of these all around good guys. He grew up in California. He grew up on a farm with a brother, Jim hawks. They like to go surfing. They like to go sailing. He was in the military. He saw some fighting in Vietnam. He became a probation officer, his brother became a police officer and then later a police chief, so he came from a law enforcement family. Eventually, Tom got married and had two boys, Ryan, and Matthew hawks, and he ends up raising them after he ended up getting a divorce. I met Tom's son Ryan in Newport Beach when we first started doing this story in 2009. How close were you guys? Growing up, even. Very close to my parents divorce when I was probably like 5. He pretty much raised me all the way to adulthood and made me who I am today. Jackie, hello. Hi, honey, I'm so glad to be home. Jackie was a very down to earth, really sweet woman. When he met Jackie, he called me and said, hey, I finally met somebody. And if you guys hit it off, I know I finally found the right one. And Jackie and I hit it off. And we did everything together. They had a lot of friends. A 150 people at their wedding, the boys called her mom, even though their mother was still alive. The more you learned about Tom and Jackie, the more you like them, they were. Rich in love, not so much in the pocketbook. They saved their money. They were frugal. They worked hard. Even though he never made a lot of money in his lifetime, he was a saver. And he did invest in a couple of small properties and made a little money on that. But really at the end of the day, he found himself in his 50s able to retire. If he wanted to. And Jackie was all for.
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"Is that the name of a dog dachshund. Jim hawk at one. The tickets and jimmy is a regular viewer of the show and So jim congratulations. A big rival lights allow so funny because gyms delight guy very funny very funny. She gave herself a bell and the final score. Today was ed got two bells. Self inflicted bells. Don't count as i got three bells on my own plus one year old. All right we're going to have to have an official score keeper next time that we do the bell thing. So congratulations to jim. It and he gets the two tickets to the beach theater. And he's gonna go watch patrol. I think he might choose a different one. Maybe he'll very nice wall. Today's show when twenty four minutes past the time that we said we were going to keep it within an hour. Because i i have to go back and mow the. I've got this baby lawnmower. It's like one of those things that you know you plastic ones that you buy the little kids like mickey mouse one and because expect bubbles to come out of it as you're pushing it. Somebody gave us a real lawnmower now but it was a big one and by the way I don't want to get off topic here at all. But did you know that. The gas powered leaf blowers are very loud and noxious and they ruined the quality of life. I was over in santa bell at one of their meetings when it came up us in a so the lawnmower that jason. So graciously gave us broke somehow. Won't start now for one like it starts and then it stops. This isn't getting to the part where the gas needs to get to clean out the filter. You did that last week. It's arab-led i save the baby on more because it works it starts and it takes like fourteen times down one row to cut the yard so all right everybody. She's given me the. Hi ho the hook. Thank you very much for showing up today. You are a sport and a trooper and god only known that this was an award-winning show. Our first guest really garnered huge audience. So what that means to me is. We need more regular on the show. We just need to plug people out of thin air and say in all sit down and tell us about your life to andy. Yeah thanks. To cindy and steve johnson for turning us onto annika and for the record everybody. The queen is ninety five and so is joe biden. Apparently because if you hurt his press conference this week he moldable like us ninety five. But i digress folks. We'll be back next week. I hope and thank you so much for joining us today. Have a great week and we'll see you next week bye by..
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"jim hawk" Discussed on Sway
"And make a tee that would make you feel opiate like effect. I was like let me see if i can do it. And i was writing columns for the times and harper's about gardening. So i was always looking for column ideas but it turned out to be Much more frightening experience than i expected. I start corresponding with jim. Hawks are the author of opium for the masses and getting horticultural advice. And does he have any seeds could share. And then i learned that he has been busted for possession of dried. Poppy heads he bought in a flora shop say bought legally he bought legally. But there's a funny little quirk. These drug laws were written. Which is if you know. You're growing a scheduled substance you're committing federal crime if you don't know and you think you're just growing flowers no problem but his book proved he had that state of knowledge and guess what my email was on his hard drive so suddenly. I'm in this very fearful paranoid place thinking. When are they going to bust me. You had grown flowers and therefore guilty before you're guilty. Essentially yes. I had the state of knowledge that condemn me is very much like the garden of eden. Right so i had this summer paranoia. I started doing reporting to figure out what what exactly was the. Da doing here and indeed back in ninety six. They had a campaign to stamp out domestic opium growing by gardeners. Like me. anyway. I complete this piece. It's this long piece. And i'm gradually learning how dangerous it is to commit a drug offense at this point in history. This is the clinton administration and post crimes involved. Mandatory minimum sentence and What i had done could result in a prison term of a million dollar fine and confiscation in my house under the drug laws if a piece of land is involved in the production of a drug whether the owner of that land is convicted or not that piece of land can be seized so there was a lot at stake. I finished the article. Realizing i'd already broken the law. By knowing what. I knew i went ahead and made the t- tried it. Described it in the text. And i submitted to harper's and i said look we gotta get this lawyer and initially they sent a criminal defense lawyer to read it. Yeah who tells you scrolled. Yeah who said forget it. You can't publish this. But when rick macarthur. The publisher of harper's heard that his lawyer had said not to publish it. He was outraged. So we hired first amendment lawyer. Who said you must publish. This article is exactly what the first amendment exists to protect. And i wasn't sure what to do at all there was a lot at stake and obviously it was my wife's decision to we had a four year old. We couldn't afford to lose this house or have me be in jail. So in the end the lawyer had said look there two passages..
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"Nothing happened. The piece comes out. I mean victor calculated. They wouldn't want to go after a well-funded magazine and they would look really stupid doing it. And unlike jim hawks are they left me alone. And that's because i had the protection of of you know a reputable publication. So i've always wanted to publish the piece the way it was written. And this is another wrinkle. It's hard to recreate the paranoia of nineteen ninety six ninety seven around drugs. It was a very different moment. They were busting lots of people. Were one point. One million arrests in in ninety six for for drug crimes and they were filling the prisons with people. Who had done things. Like i had done so i got the offending pages off the property. I just said to have a brother-in-law who's a who's a lawyer and i said. Could you just take these to your officer in your safe or wherever you know. I just don't want them around. And i got him off my computer. I just kinda cleansed everything of these. You know. Seven thousand words or five thousand words. I forget how much it was. I realized i now had an opportunity to publish it. The way i wanted it and so i went looking for the missing pages in my brother-in-law i think getting back to you a few years ago and i searched my house in connecticut which we still unknown and hidden away in this closet. I found this lawyers brief container with the rubber band around. It and in there was a Purple floppy drive. I don't know if you remember zip drives from the late nineties. There were hard they weren't actually floppy in on the outside listed contents and one was hoppy draft. And i said oh i've got it. It's here but i don't have anything to read of zip drive do you. I mean those are like obsolete. So i found a computer wizard in a neighboring town. He said let me see what. I've got my basement and he found zip drive and he was able to get the file off it and sent it to me but it's an early microsoft word's file that current microsoft word can't re so then i had to find a piece of software and there is something libra office which will read any microsoft file from any era as free software. And they're at west in popped up on my screen one day i was able to restore it so that was one reason to publish it to restore those pages and i was happy to be able to do that and share the recipe and the trip report with people but the other was learning later. What was going on at the same moment the same summer that the da was going around terrifying florists and nurseries purdue pharma was introducing oxycontin and the real opioid crisis was beginning and the government was looking the wrong way. I just thought that that irony was so telling that it was time to take another look so the peace now is republished in its entirety. But also there's a shell built around it about what life was like..
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"jim hawk" Discussed on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
"So i was completely indemnified but still terrify. And that's what we did and we published it and it was a cover story and Ninety seven called opium made easy and nothing happened. The piece comes out. I mean victor calculated. They wouldn't want to go after a well-funded magazine and they would look really stupid doing it. And unlike jim hawks are they left me alone. And that's because i had the protection of of you know a reputable publication. So i've always wanted to publish the piece the way it was written. And this is another wrinkle. It's hard to recreate the paranoia of nineteen ninety six ninety seven around drugs. It was a very different moment. They were busting lots of people. Were one point. One million arrests in in ninety six for for drug crimes and they were filling the prisons with people. Who had done things. Like i had done so i got the offending pages off the property. I just said to have a brother-in-law who's a who's a lawyer and i said. Could you just take these to your officer in your safe or wherever you know. I just don't want them around. And i got him off my computer. I just kinda cleansed everything of these. You know. Seven thousand words or five thousand words. I forget how much it was. I realized i now had an opportunity to publish it. The way i wanted it and so i went looking for the missing pages in my brother-in-law i think getting back to you a few years ago and i searched my house in connecticut which we still unknown and hidden away in this closet. I found this lawyers brief container with the rubber band around. It and in there was a Purple floppy drive. I don't know if you remember zip drives from the late nineties. There were hard they weren't actually floppy in on the outside listed contents and one was hoppy draft. And i said oh i've got it. It's here but i don't have anything to read of zip drive do you. I mean those are like obsolete. So i found a computer wizard in a neighboring town. He said let me see what. I've got my basement and he found zip drive and he was able to get the file off it and sent it to me but it's an early microsoft word's file that current microsoft word can't re so then i had to find a piece of software and there is something libra office which will read any microsoft file from any era as free software. And they're at west in popped up on my screen one day i was able to restore it so that was one reason to publish it to restore those pages and i was happy to be able to do that and share the recipe and the trip report with people but the other was learning later. What was going on at the same moment the same summer that the da was going around terrifying florists and nurseries purdue pharma was introducing oxycontin and the real opioid crisis was beginning and the government was looking the wrong way. I just thought that that irony was so telling that it was time to take another look so the peace now is republished in its entirety. But also there's a shell built around it about what life was like..
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"jim hawk" Discussed on The Tim Ferriss Show
"Roll it off and you have opium now you need a few thousand of those pods to get a usable amount of opium if you do it that way and it takes a lot of work. And that's one of the reasons that it's grown in places with very cheap child labor who can go through fields slitting repot but it grows just as well in your garden anyway. He was explaining all this which i didn't know and he was saying a better much better way to use. It is to make a tea from the poppy seed heads and just let them dry. Put him in a coffee mill or grinder somehow and soak them in hot water. And you'll have this tea and in fact. This tea is drunk in the arab world during funerals and as a mild painkiller. You know it's not a big experience. But it's a very mild narcotic for ten on for taking the set lifting the says as. Yeah so i thought. Well you know this. I get a column out of this. This could be kind of fun. So i order some seeds. And i start communicating with hawk. Shire i got a hold of his email and asking some questions into the seeds he could spare and we're going back and forth and then suddenly i get a call from my friend paul who. I don't know how he had this information that jim has been arrested and charged with manufacturing narcotics the only evidence the police have this happens in seattle. They bust into his apartment. They bring swat team. You know twenty guys with guns and you know ninja suits and this guy is sitting there with his wife and they bussed in and throw them up against the wall. What do they get him with. He's got a bunch of dried poppies from the florist shop. Can you you've seen these flower heads in every flora shop because they look beautiful in arrangement and his book. His book proves his intent to take those poppy seeds in make a narcotic with this is where things get super crazy. I've please continue to accelerate on this so it turns out that it's perfectly legal to grow opium poppies possessed the seeds in grow the poppies unless you have knowledge that you are growing a scheduled substance in which case the same act miraculously gets turned into a federal crime of manufacturing narcotics carries a five to twenty years since so all you're listening to the millions of people no plausible deniability. They've lost it because if they You know if there's any record that they heard this podcast and they're growing opium poppies. They are at some risk. The risk was a lot greater in the nineties. The height of the drug were. I might say so. So suddenly when i hear he's been arrested in. He is in jail and his wife is in jail. I'm like oh shit. I've got this paper trail or this digital trail between him and me 'cause we're exchanging email and they. I'm sure seized his computer. Now what do i do. Do i rip these things out. And thus began the summer of like fear and loathing As i he's going through the court process and i'm trying to determine how risky my little crop of poppies are. And so i start reporting. And i start calling dea agents and the local police. And i say you know and asking them questions about so. I wanna grow some pop of our is it. Is it okay and you know they will say well. Yeah if it's just for scenery looks as one. Put it to me. And i said well what if i slip the poppy heads and he said oh. Then we'll bus down your door. And i did learn that there was this quiet. Crackdown going on. All across america led by the. Da who probably alerted by. Jim's book wanted to make sure this didn't become fat. Because the myth had been spread that you couldn't grow opium poppies in america the had to be turkey or afghanistan and that simply wasn't true. It was a cash crop for many people in the south for many years and it turns out there was this crackdown going on that. The da agents were visiting flora shops to tell them to stop carrying dried poppy. Heads they were calling seed companies telling them to remove them even though they were perfectly legal. You know it was a tense summer for me. In the end. I wrote an article about my experience in about jim hawk shire. I submitted it to harper's magazine. Who had commissioned it. It was a long piece. I had worked on it for a year. It was like fifteen thousand words. And i said to my editor luck. We have to get this peace lawyer because you know. I'm confessing to a federal crime here because i did describe not just growing opium poppies but making poppy tea and something called loudon them. Which is how opium was used in the nineteenth century. Basically you dissolve the the poppy heads in alcohol so all you do is crush them in. Put him in Vodka and that makes them much stronger. I learned from a usda ethnobotanist that. Yeah if you really wanna get a strong opium hit. Dissolve it in alcohol. Not you not water. But jim didn't include that because he's a muslim and he doesn't drink so the lawyer so they they send it to a very prominent criminal defense lawyer in the state of connecticut. And who who is they at the time. Harper's magazine publisher. I say please. We have to get this peace lawyer before we publish it. He's got a friend. Who's you know a criminal defense lawyer and bridgeport where there's a lot of crime to be defended and this guy reads. The peace drives up to our house. In cornwall my son. Who's four at the time is often daycare and the lawyer and his young associate sits down and say well. You can't publish this piece. This is a confession on the basis of this piece and nothing more they could arrest you. On charges of manufacturing narcotics and possession of narcotics. They could also take your house away under the asset forfeiture laws which are still in effect. They've been diluted somewhat but they're still in effect if a piece of property or a car is involved in the commission of drug crime. The police may sees it and the standard of proof is not beyond a reasonable doubt. It's i forget what the one there's one standard below that but it's not a very high standard so there are many cases where even though if you had a son or daughter who's growing marijuana in your backyard. Even if you didn't know about it your backyard could be guilty of a drug crime and it could be forfeited and these laws. Stand there absolutely outrageous. And so they could take your house and basically wreck your life and my wife enter like turning white. I mean first of all that we have a criminal defense lawyer in our living room. You know because some gardening crime i committed was amazing and so i thought well. That's it a year's work down the drain. I was a freelance writer. I was counting on that paycheck. When the publisher of harper's who is a a man. I'm rick macarthur very wealthy man. Who kind of keeps the magazine afloat. He's descended from the macarthur's of macarthur foundation. He's a champion of the first amendment when he hears that this lawyer has advised against publication. He is immediate responses. We need a new lawyer. And so he hires a very prominent first amendment lawyer. New york named victor kovner who represented the nation and a bunch of magazines. You know one of the big voices in that world. And victor reads the article and says in effect. You must publish this article for the good of the republic. This is what the first amendment exists for. This is this is critical commentary on the drug war and i'm like really but what about what about the jailing and the loss of my house. Eventually he says well you could make it less antagonistic to the government by removing two pieces. Two sections one is your recipe. Where you describe how you make poverty and the other is your what we would call the trip report where you describe the effects. He said this is particularly antagonistic to the government given their interests. If you take those two sections out. I think you risk is not nil but it's negligible so i still wasn't ready to publish 'cause i still heard that other lawyer in my ear so i asked rick if he would protect me. A rick mccarthy the publisher and he had victor draw up a contract..
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"Drugs so you know the government was looking at the wrong problem and the fda had approved oxycontin and yes many people who began with legal. Opiates like most heroin users eventually transition because they can't get access to legal. Opiates and then they transitioned to a street drugs. And then bump into things like fat all and the likelihood or possibility of overdose. But i think nothing points up the absurdity the drug war than the two things that were happening in the year nineteen ninety-six that i wrote about one of which you haven't heard about. Which is jim. Hawks are and the other is the opioid crisis. So this is a very personal. I mean the the opiate. Or i mean it really isn't opioid. Discussion is very personal. One for me because my best friend from growing up on long island died of offend. Alertus so i. I have first experience with how easily these and this is obviously simplified. But super strength opioids can do damage. I know another person who had an accidental overdose. Offense and also the sort of the extent and growth of this problem is pretty staggering. I mean at some point in the book you compare the stats kind of then. And now. and it's it's really unbelievable. And i think to jump into the microcosm to explore the macrocosm. Jim hogg shire. Could you please tell me until the listeners about jim and how he came onto your radar. Yeah so this story about growing my own opium began with an editor friends. Sending me an underground press book called opium for the masses. I was reading columns about my garden. The pieces that became second nature and editor a fellow. Austin named paul tough said hey. This book is like up your alley. And he sends me opium for the masses. And i read it and like this is so cool i can grow my own opium you know and like most gardeners i just wanna see if i can do it. You know. i wasn't interested in consuming. Opium it just just for clarity because is going to sound scary to a lot of people but when you say grow opium what do you mean. Okay it does sound scary. I guess It means growing poppies papa vs samna from which is an annual poppy. You can buy the seeds at a garden center. You can order them online. You can scrape them off a poppy seed bagel. those are poppy seeds and they grow this..
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"jim hawk" Discussed on The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
"Drugs so you know the government was looking at the wrong problem and the fda had approved oxycontin and yes many people who began with legal. Opiates like most heroin users eventually transition because they can't get access to legal. Opiates and then they transitioned to a street drugs. And then bump into things like fat all and the likelihood or possibility of overdose. But i think nothing points up the absurdity the drug war than the two things that were happening in the year nineteen ninety-six that i wrote about one of which you haven't heard about. Which is jim. Hawks are and the other is the opioid crisis. So this is a very personal. I mean the the opiate. Or i mean it really isn't opioid. Discussion is very personal. One for me because my best friend from growing up on long island died of offend. Alertus so i. I have first experience with how easily these and this is obviously simplified. But super strength opioids can do damage. I know another person who had an accidental overdose. Offense and also the sort of the extent and growth of this problem is pretty staggering. I mean at some point in the book you compare the stats kind of then. And now. and it's it's really unbelievable. And i think to jump into the microcosm to explore the macrocosm. Jim hogg shire. Could you please tell me until the listeners about jim and how he came onto your radar. Yeah so this story about growing my own opium began with an editor friends. Sending me an underground press book called opium for the masses. I was reading columns about my garden. The pieces that became second nature and editor a fellow. Austin named paul tough said hey. This book is like up your alley. And he sends me opium for the masses. And i read it and like this is so cool i can grow my own opium you know and like most gardeners i just wanna see if i can do it. You know. i wasn't interested in consuming. Opium it just just for clarity because is going to sound scary to a lot of people but when you say grow opium what do you mean. Okay it does sound scary. I guess It means growing poppies papa vs samna from which is an annual poppy. You can buy the seeds at a garden center. You can order them online. You can scrape them off a poppy seed bagel. those are poppy seeds and they grow this. Plant this beautiful plant with with paper thin pedals in this beautiful seed pod after the pedals fall off in this gorgeous lettuce like leaves when the pedals drop and that's seed pod forms and it looks like a piece of sculpture. If you slit that green skin of that seed pod with your fingernail or with a blade and wait sixty seconds. You will see this white latex..
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"This is Jim Hawking ahead. Yeah. Hey, Jim Spencer, How are you? Just fine. How about you? I'm doing Well, Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking my call. The reason I'm calling is we have a lack of a better term a screen been Like Port area That's over 2000 Square feet that covers our outdoor kitchen. And, um, our swimming pool on during this last snowstorm, I guess that got too much snow on it. We had about five inches up this direction. And a collapsed. Um, so I've got I've got a couple of questions pertaining to this is, you know, one, um, would be whenever we get the settlement. Check that we have to build it back. Exactly the same are what kind of latitude do we have? To change it up down to the way that my wife and I would like it to look, you could do anything you want to do. When you get that check. You don't mean technically, You don't even have to build it back. If you don't want to. Okay. All right. Well, that's good. Let's get information. The The second thing would be, um, The swimming pool was also damaged in this process, and it's a vinyl line swimming pool that in the ground and what we're having difficulty with is locating. Um Anybody that feel deals with final cool liners for in ground pool that things like the pool industry is moving away from those and was wondering if you might have any kind of contact. That you could provide that could source of on a liner force. There is a company because I I've actually looked into a final final liner pull myself. Within the last six months. I cannot remember the name of the company, but, uh There are companies online. I mean, where you can even order this stuff for do it yourself. I don't know that there's anyone Truthfully in Texas, who are installing them, though, and that's that's probably where you're running into the issue there a little more popular and other parts of the country. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate you taking a phone call. Thank you, sir. You bet. Take care about Let's see. We're gonna head Tioga, Texas City and Lawrence. Welcome to Texas home improvement. Hello, Jam. I'm fixed to put on the roof and I've got a few bids and 11 was guardian, which is one of your sponsors and they came out and told him he had a M. Solar hide underlayment, But it says a lot more expensive doesn't work can do anything about Especially a little bit, I guess I You couldn't call her We could You call her radiant Barry? Or what? Did you just call that? Well, it It's a solar barriers. I think what they call them and basically it. It's there to help block some of the heat transfer and everything from getting down into your Attic space. And usually it's not a very expensive upgraded. It's actually minimal cost. To upgrade to it. So normally, I would say I would do it. Okay? I thought when you had to have a little hair lamb in air. There. Situation, but it's not exactly That's where you get to your solar barrier. You're going on the radiant barrier in a thermal break has to have dead airspace. They've got newer technology out Now That's where I was talking about the energy que radiant barrier, for instance. That is a radiant barrier with a thermal break in the middle. And you could stand which hit him behind materials. And that's very similar to Tolo. What they're talking to you about. Okay. Now, if you had a What's the process of if you had Put the roof on first, and then I'm doing faces, too. Did you want to do the face your first and then the roof or vice versa. Usually you're going to do your soffit and facial boards first and then the roof because your drip edge will hang over those facial boards. Okay, So when does the painting and all that come in? You can you can do it before the roof goes on or after either one. It doesn't. It doesn't matter. Okay, now I had one coming, so they're gonna spray that. But do you recommend spring spraying that You know it last longer if you could put it on with a brush and rollers than it does spraying It just goes a lot quicker and looks better because it's a smoother application when it's sprayed on Um, but it doesn't last longer. I know it doesn't last longer the the thickness from brushing and rolling actually last longer. Okay, So you want to do that You wanted to the face first and then the roof second? Yep. Okay. All right, Especially you're gonna spray it. If you are going to decide to spray it, let them paint before you put the roof on. You may end up doing a little touch up here and there, but you know, they always get a little over spray up on the roof when they spray and so get the over spray on the old roof and then put the new one on afterwards. Well, they can actually do that without taking off some of the shingles and all that that face of work. Oh, yeah, I do The do the facial work. Yeah, and you don't have to take the shingles off. They may damage the drip edge a little bit. But that's nothing that's going to cause any major problems. You'll be doing the roof. You're gonna be doing the roof pretty quick after that, anyway. Right. And in the drip edge goes on with the room, right? Yeah. Goes on whatever.
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House Democrats to pass piecemeal spending bills as next shutdown gambit
"Jim hawk shutdown talks between White House officials and congressional aides concluded Saturday without any hint of a major breakthrough acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, accusing Democrats of stalling but house speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing that House Democrats plan to start approving individual bills to reopen. Shuttered departments starting with the treasury
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Paradise Lost: Inside California's Camp Fire
"And employees who live north of Anchorage are being encouraged to take today off her work from home if possible to reduce traffic schools have been closed until December tenth which should also reduce traffic. It was a slow post thanksgiving weekend at the box office where the animated film. Ralph breaks the internet remaining on top another animated flick. The Grinch came in second and creed to came in third. I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington. Support for NPR comes from NPR stations. Other contributors include the pajamagram company, offering twenty six matching holiday pajamas for the whole family, including cats and dogs with Snoopy Star Wars and Saint Nick themes in knits, fleece, and flannel. Learn more at pajamagram dot com.
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"Thirty teams from Maine to California, participated Saturday in the North American wife carrying championship the event at us. Ski resort in Maine, featured male competitors, completing two hundred seventy eight yard obstacle course while carrying a woman Jesse Wallin Christine Arsenault won the event for the second time, earning them another trip to participate in the world championship in Finland. The Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Indians three to one Saturday to take a two games to none AL division series lead the series resumes Monday in Cleveland. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, six to two Saturday night, evens up their best to five playoff series at one game each game three, his Monday night. I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington. Support for this NPR podcast, and the following message come from the UPS store offering services from shredding to printing to mailboxes. And instead of closing this holiday, the UPS store is doing another ING altogether opening the UPS store every aimed for small business. And of course shipping.
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"Are rising and rain continues to fall in parts of North Carolina. Some residents are returning home from member station w. UNC Jeff Tiberius reports from the town of Manav flood warnings and tornado watches, remain in effect for many counties here as there are still hundreds of thousands of people without power and the town of mount olive about an hour and a half north west of Wilmington. The rain has relented Ryan fields just returned home after evacuating to a friend's house with his wife and eighteen month old son. He actually did pretty good. We did lose power her house for about twenty four hours and he did okay, even entertain themselves. But the
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"Storm. Florence is continuing to dump massive amounts of rain on the Carolinas with the storm related death toll rising to eleven NPR's Windsor Johnston reports, even though the storm has weakened flooding from the runoff is expected to worsen over the next several days. Many areas remained at risk for flash floods and dangerous storm surge as Florence continues at slow trek across the
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Kaepernick Thanks NFL Players For Taking a Knee in Protest
"The n._f._l. regular season is underway and attention is back on how the football league will handle players who protest during the national anthem n._p._r.'s merit kennedy reports all the handful of players stood for the national anthem on sunday the issue has been front and center since colin kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem in two thousand sixteen to protest the treatment of people of color since then the n._f._l. has struggled with how to handle the protests it eventually issued a policy that gave players the choice of either standing for the anthem on the field a remaining in the locker room some players said that limited their freedom of speech and the guidelines were officially put on hold in july and n._f._l. spokesperson said the league would not discipline players who don't adhere to that policy he says there's no timetable for reaching an agreement with the
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"Millions of people in the carolinas are keeping a close eye on the path of hurricane florence the third such storm to threaten the area in as many years south carolina public radio's victoria hansen says states of emergency have been declared from virginia to south carolina governor henry mcmasters asked the president for federal emergency declaration well before hurricane florence's arrival later this week her course uncertain but people along the charleston coast are certainly fed up after hurricanes matthew and irma not to mention the stork two thousand fifteen floods here's the governor the hurricane could come in down in jasper county around around savannah i'll go all the way up to up to maryland anyway in between so we don't know what's going to happen what the governor does now is heavy rain and strong winds are most likely headed our way that's
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"Has arrived in Israel as NPR's. Daniel estrin reports from Jerusalem Day is being criticized for his human rights record and the comment he made about the holocaust Detaille in Israel on a four day visit with senior government ministers, he's meeting as Rayleigh. Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu visiting to holocaust memorials and reportedly viewing and Isreaeli weapons display Israeli human rights activists are protesting his visit in two thousand sixteen compared himself to Hitler in describing his war on drugs and later apologized. Human Rights Watch says, do taste forces have killed thousands in his drug crackdown. Israel's foreign ministry declined comment on the criticism. Overdue taste, visit. Israel says the two countries have robust cooperation on security and combating terrorism. Daniel estrin NPR news Jerusalem,
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ASD may increase depression risk
"A new study finds that young adults with autism spectrum disorders are at high risk of depression and John Hamilton reports on research that appears in the journal Jaama network open. The steady looked at more than two hundred thousand young people in Sweden. It found that nearly twenty percent of those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders also had been diagnosed with depression. By the time they turned twenty-seven. In contrast, depression was diagnosed in just six percent of young people who did not have autism. Previous studies have found that depression is common among at lessons with autism. The new findings suggest that they're elevated risk continues into adulthood. Several studies have also shown that people with autism are more likely to think about suicide. The authors of the new study, say the results show that health professionals need to look for signs of depression in young people with autism spectrum disorders. John Hamilton,
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The Latest: Turkish leader says country under economic siege
"Turkey's president, says the falling Turkish currency is a plot against the country NPR's Peter Kenyon says Turkey remains defiant amid increase sanctions from Washington the. Trump administration doubled sanctions on Turkish steel and aluminum as Ankara refuses to release a USO pastor. Facing charges in a Turkish court speaking in Trabzon near the Black. Sea air to. One says the rate fluctuations in the Turkish there can't be explained by. Logic and reveal a plot against Turkey Washington wants pastor Andrew Brunson, returned to the US along with other Americans held by Turkey the government moved Brunson from, prison to house arrest in western Turkey but US, officials continued to demand his return Peter Kenyon NPR news
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Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador over criticism of arrests
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Jim hawk the second week of testimony in the Paul. Manafort trial begins today NPR's Windsor Johnston reports the former Trump campaign chairman is facing more than a dozen tax and Bank fraud charges that trial will resume today with the defense team's cross examination of manafort's former accountants, Cindy LaPorta, who was granted immunity in exchange for her cooperation. She testified last week that she went along with falsifying manafort's tax records. The court is also expected to hear from manafort's, longtime business partner, Rick gates, this week, gates pleaded guilty in February two, lying to investigators and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of his plea deal. Manafort is facing eighteen counts of Bank and tax fraud and could spend the rest of his life in prison. If convicted Windsor Johnston, NPR news, Washington, a sharp diplomatic. Squabble between. Canada and Saudi Arabia as. Dan carpenter reports the Saudis have accused Canada of interfering. In their internal affairs and have ordered the Canadian ambassador to leave the country Saudi Arabia says. It is also suspending any new trade with Canada behind the. Diplomatic quarrel is Ottawa's insistence at the Saudis release jailed civil rights activists the kingdom has already recalled its own ambassador in Ottawa and given the Canadian diplomat twenty four hours to leave Saudi Arabia Canada's department of global, affairs had, said it was gravely concerned about the arrests in. The kingdom including the detention of activist and blogger rift Badawi his wife. And children live in Quebec in a statement the, Saudi foreign ministry, said it, will not, accept any form of interfering in, the country's internal affairs and sees Ottawa's position as an attack which requires a firm. Response for NPR news I'm Dan carpenter talking Toronto the US ambassador to Bangladesh has escaped unharmed after her convoy. Came under attack in, the capital, Dhaka, NPR's Mara Kennedy Reports the US embassies has. Armed men attacked the ambassadors convoyed some of the assailants were on motorcycles all diplomatic personnel are safe the, embassy says though two of the cars were damaged this happened at the same time as. Ten student protests, in Dhaka after two young people were mowed down and killed by bus last week the demonstrators are pushing for safer roads and tighter traffic, regulations the government is trying to convince the. Students to go home and. Over the weekend police fired tear gas at the crowd. Dozens of students have been reported injured Mary Kennedy NPR news A powerful earthquake struck the. Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday killing at least eighty two people and shaking neighboring Bali one week after another quake on. Lombard killed, more than a dozen people hundreds of others were reported injured. In the magnitude seven point o. quake which struck Sunday evening Lombok island was already working to recover from the magnitude six. Point four quake on July twenty ninth, this is, NPR news In Japan the city of Hiroshima has marked the seventy third anniversary of the nineteen forty five atomic bombing the US. Attack killed one hundred forty thousand people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing killed seventy thousand three days. Later the anniversary comes amid hopes to denuclearize North Korea after its pledge to do so at the. Singapore summit in June Cincinnati high school teacher has set a, record for rowing across the North Atlantic Ocean alone in the shortest amount of time Larry Miller reports Bryce Carlson is also the first American to complete the journey. Biology teacher Bryce Carlson landed in the isles of silly. Off the southwest English coast thirty. Eight days six hours and forty nine minutes after setting off from Saint John's Newfoundland Carlson beat the previous record by around fifteen, days Carlson's, twenty foot boat was. Filled with technology that kept him on a straight course and informed about weather conditions but he. Says a capsized more. Than a dozen times Carlson also says he survived hurricane Chris feel like I had a lot of luck along the way and a lot of help a lot of help from friends my family the community From some higher power. I dunno Carlson says is focused now is to be a more mentally and emotionally attentive teacher and coach for NPR news I'm, Larry Miller, in London With a..
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Temperature records that stood for four decades are falling in Europe
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Jim hawk the government in Venezuela says that President, Nicolas Maduro has survived. An assassination attempt carried out by drones, armed with explosives reporter. John Otis has more my doodle was addressing national guard troops at an outdoor event in Caracas when the attack occurred. In short video of Madonna's speech in explosion can be heard. Then hundreds of troops can be seen running for cover a government spokesman called it. An assassination attempt carried out by armed drones and that seven soldiers were injured my doodo who was unharmed blamed the attack on far-right factions in Venezuela as well as on the us and Colombian governments. But amid hyper inflation and food shortages, whether to socialist government is deeply unpopular and his put down several recent co attempts by the Venezuelan military for NPR news. I'm John Otis, Europe continues to experience scorching temperatures in decades. Old records are falling from Brussels. Teri Schultz reports the heat wave is threatening life and land, Europe's record high temperature of one hundred eighteen point. Four degrees Fahrenheit was reached in Greece in nineteen seventy seven so far this summer Portugal has seen one hundred and fifteen degrees and may not have peak. Thiet tourists are being warned to stay out of the sun and emergency services are on alert. Dutch authorities have had to close some parts of highways where the asphalt has melted Sweden has experienced a record. Hot July is highest mountain which is topped by glacier dropped thirteen feet last month, and may soon become just the second tallest peak in Finland, where August temperatures average in the mid sixties. People are sweltering in eighty six degrees, most homes don't have air-conditioning. So a grocery store there has made room for one hundred customers to stay the night for NPR news. I'm Teri Schultz in Brussels, tens of thousands of Israelis rallied until Aviv to protest. The new Israeli law they say, discriminates against religious minorities. The protest was led by the Druze Arab minority is NPR's. Daniel estrin reports. Protesters from the Druze community chanted equality, equality in Tel Aviv's main square. There were just a few tens of thousands of jerus- era of citizens in Israel. They profess loyalty to Israel and are drafted to the army. The community's spiritual leader said at the rally, we see ourselves as part of the country. Our country doesn't see us as equals Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is defending the new law that prioritises investments in Jewish communities and towns. He says, minority rights are honored. He's offered new laws to give benefits to drew citizens. But Drew's representatives say they want the controversial law changed to enshrine equality for the country's minorities, including Muslims and Christians, which are about a fifth of Israel's population. Daniel estrin NPR news Tel Aviv. This is NPR. Chinese authorities are demolishing the studio of China's most famous dissident artists. I way way as NPR Shannon von San reports. The Beijing studio has been his primary workspace in China, Chinese authorities, often target artists neighborhoods in Beijing for demolition because they are hubs for political dissent. And because the land is valuable. I has criticized the Chinese government on a range of issues from human rights to corruption and twenty eleven. He was detained for tax evasion charges. He says, were politically motivated after that the Chinese government took away his passport, preventing him from travel outside the country. When thirties returns his passport in two thousand fifteen, I moved to Germany. And since then he has shifted the focus of his art to refugees, Shannon, Vincent NPR news, Asia's top diplomats, press North Korea on Saturday to follow through on a pledge to completely dismantle its nuclear arsenal. Amid concerns that it's proceeding with missile building and. Other programs, but North Korea's, foreign minister told the Asian security forum in Singapore that the US isn't helping by maintaining sanctions against the north. First lady Melania Trump stepped away from her husband's criticism of NBA star, LeBron James to compliment as work on behalf of children and even offered to visit his school for at risk children. MRs Trump spokeswoman said in a statement, Saturday, that quote, LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation statements tone was in stark contrast to a tweet by President Trump sent late Friday night. I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington support for this NPR podcast, and the following message come from Comcast business from their fast, reliable internet
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Explosions at Venezuelan president's speech were attempted attack, government says
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Jim hawk the government in Venezuela says that President, Nicolas Maduro has survived. An assassination attempt carried out by drones, armed with explosives reporter. John Otis has more my doodle was addressing national guard troops at an outdoor event in Caracas when the attack occurred. In short video of Madonna's speech in explosion can be heard. Then hundreds of troops can be seen running for cover a government spokesman called it. An assassination attempt carried out by armed drones and that seven soldiers were injured my doodo who was unharmed blamed the attack on far-right factions in Venezuela as well as on the us and Colombian governments. But amid hyper inflation and food shortages, whether to socialist government is deeply unpopular and his put down several recent co attempts by the Venezuelan military for NPR news. I'm John Otis, Europe continues to experience scorching temperatures in decades. Old records are falling from Brussels. Teri Schultz reports the heat wave is threatening life and land, Europe's record high temperature of one hundred eighteen point. Four degrees Fahrenheit was reached in Greece in nineteen seventy seven so far this summer Portugal has seen one hundred and fifteen degrees and may not have peak. Thiet tourists are being warned to stay out of the sun and emergency services are on alert. Dutch authorities have had to close some parts of highways where the asphalt has melted Sweden has experienced a record. Hot July is highest mountain which is topped by glacier dropped thirteen feet last month, and may soon become just the second tallest peak in Finland, where August temperatures average in the mid sixties. People are sweltering in eighty six degrees, most homes don't have air-conditioning. So a grocery store there has made room for one hundred customers to stay the night for NPR news. I'm Teri Schultz in Brussels, tens of thousands of Israelis rallied until Aviv to protest. The new Israeli law they say, discriminates against religious minorities. The protest was led by the Druze Arab minority is NPR's. Daniel estrin reports. Protesters from the Druze community chanted equality, equality in Tel Aviv's main square. There were just a few tens of thousands of jerus- era of citizens in Israel. They profess loyalty to Israel and are drafted to the army. The community's spiritual leader said at the rally, we see ourselves as part of the country. Our country doesn't see us as equals Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is defending the new law that prioritises investments in Jewish communities and towns. He says, minority rights are honored. He's offered new laws to give benefits to drew citizens. But Drew's representatives say they want the controversial law changed to enshrine equality for the country's minorities, including Muslims and Christians, which are about a fifth of Israel's population. Daniel estrin NPR news Tel Aviv. This is NPR. Chinese authorities are demolishing the studio of China's most famous dissident artists. I way way as NPR Shannon von San reports. The Beijing studio has been his primary workspace in China, Chinese authorities, often target artists neighborhoods in Beijing for demolition because they are hubs for political dissent. And because the land is valuable. I has criticized the Chinese government on a range of issues from human rights to corruption and twenty eleven. He was detained for tax evasion charges. He says, were politically motivated after that the Chinese government took away his passport, preventing him from travel outside the country. When thirties returns his passport in two thousand fifteen, I moved to Germany. And since then he has shifted the focus of his art to refugees, Shannon, Vincent NPR news, Asia's top diplomats, press North Korea on Saturday to follow through on a pledge to completely dismantle its nuclear arsenal. Amid concerns that it's proceeding with missile building and. Other programs, but North Korea's, foreign minister told the Asian security forum in Singapore that the US isn't helping by maintaining sanctions against the north. First lady Melania Trump stepped away from her husband's criticism of NBA star, LeBron James to compliment as work on behalf of children and even offered to visit his school for at risk children. MRs Trump spokeswoman said in a statement, Saturday, that quote, LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation statements tone was in stark contrast to a tweet by President Trump sent late Friday night. I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington support for this NPR podcast, and the following message come from Comcast business from their fast, reliable internet
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Famed Chinese artist posts video of authorities destroying his studio
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Jim hawk the government in Venezuela says that President, Nicolas Maduro has survived. An assassination attempt carried out by drones, armed with explosives reporter. John Otis has more my doodle was addressing national guard troops at an outdoor event in Caracas when the attack occurred. In short video of Madonna's speech in explosion can be heard. Then hundreds of troops can be seen running for cover a government spokesman called it. An assassination attempt carried out by armed drones and that seven soldiers were injured my doodo who was unharmed blamed the attack on far-right factions in Venezuela as well as on the us and Colombian governments. But amid hyper inflation and food shortages, whether to socialist government is deeply unpopular and his put down several recent co attempts by the Venezuelan military for NPR news. I'm John Otis, Europe continues to experience scorching temperatures in decades. Old records are falling from Brussels. Teri Schultz reports the heat wave is threatening life and land, Europe's record high temperature of one hundred eighteen point. Four degrees Fahrenheit was reached in Greece in nineteen seventy seven so far this summer Portugal has seen one hundred and fifteen degrees and may not have peak. Thiet tourists are being warned to stay out of the sun and emergency services are on alert. Dutch authorities have had to close some parts of highways where the asphalt has melted Sweden has experienced a record. Hot July is highest mountain which is topped by glacier dropped thirteen feet last month, and may soon become just the second tallest peak in Finland, where August temperatures average in the mid sixties. People are sweltering in eighty six degrees, most homes don't have air-conditioning. So a grocery store there has made room for one hundred customers to stay the night for NPR news. I'm Teri Schultz in Brussels, tens of thousands of Israelis rallied until Aviv to protest. The new Israeli law they say, discriminates against religious minorities. The protest was led by the Druze Arab minority is NPR's. Daniel estrin reports. Protesters from the Druze community chanted equality, equality in Tel Aviv's main square. There were just a few tens of thousands of jerus- era of citizens in Israel. They profess loyalty to Israel and are drafted to the army. The community's spiritual leader said at the rally, we see ourselves as part of the country. Our country doesn't see us as equals Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is defending the new law that prioritises investments in Jewish communities and towns. He says, minority rights are honored. He's offered new laws to give benefits to drew citizens. But Drew's representatives say they want the controversial law changed to enshrine equality for the country's minorities, including Muslims and Christians, which are about a fifth of Israel's population. Daniel estrin NPR news Tel Aviv. This is NPR. Chinese authorities are demolishing the studio of China's most famous dissident artists. I way way as NPR Shannon von San reports. The Beijing studio has been his primary workspace in China, Chinese authorities, often target artists neighborhoods in Beijing for demolition because they are hubs for political dissent. And because the land is valuable. I has criticized the Chinese government on a range of issues from human rights to corruption and twenty eleven. He was detained for tax evasion charges. He says, were politically motivated after that the Chinese government took away his passport, preventing him from travel outside the country. When thirties returns his passport in two thousand fifteen, I moved to Germany. And since then he has shifted the focus of his art to refugees, Shannon, Vincent NPR news, Asia's top diplomats, press North Korea on Saturday to follow through on a pledge to completely dismantle its nuclear arsenal. Amid concerns that it's proceeding with missile building and. Other programs, but North Korea's, foreign minister told the Asian security forum in Singapore that the US isn't helping by maintaining sanctions against the north. First lady Melania Trump stepped away from her husband's criticism of NBA star, LeBron James to compliment as work on behalf of children and even offered to visit his school for at risk children. MRs Trump spokeswoman said in a statement, Saturday, that quote, LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation statements tone was in stark contrast to a tweet by President Trump sent late Friday night. I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington support for this NPR podcast, and the following message come from Comcast business from their fast, reliable internet
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Hamas and Israel ceasefire talks
"Not also the dipping unemployment rate has made it harder for some manufacturers to fill open jobs. There are very few employees available to hire right now and those that don't have jobs either don't want them or are not hire those stories after this news. Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Jim hawk in south western. Virginia residents of one hundred fifty homes remain evacuated as thority check out a rain-swollen damn to Mitchell Lindbergh's director. Of water resources says the dam is currently stable but he's asking, people who were evacuated to stay out of their. Homes until there's dry weather we want to get past this weather, system is coming up before we allow people to return to their homes but once we get past. That, and determine the dam is safe we will prevail out of an abundance of caution we will be providing a twenty four hour seven day a week continuous monitoring of the dam just. To. Be sure that it's safe out of an abundance of potion again the college lake dam began overflowing Thursday when heavy rain swept through the region. In Gaza the Islamic group HAMAs says it's holding high level talks about a possible cease fire with Israel NPR's Daniel estrin says it's aimed at ending months of Violence HAMAs says it's holding a major meeting of its. Political leadership in Gaza including some leaders who are based in other parts of the region indicating the seriousness of. The talks a HAMAs website says Egypt has brokered efforts to reach, a ceasefire with Israel it's also attempting a reconciliation. Between HAMAs and the rival Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank, and trying to ease Gaza's humanitarian crisis which includes water and electricity shortages Israeli officials said Prime Minister. Benjamin, Netanyahu cancelled a trip abroad he's reportedly discussing the talks with his cabinet Sunday meanwhile there were renewed Palestinian protests at, the fence separating Gaza and Israel Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops. Killed. At least one Palestinian Daniel estrin NPR news Jerusalem A federal judge in New York. City has dismissed to lawsuits against Fox. News channel over its botched coverage of the death of a young, Democratic Party staffer named Seth, rich as NPR's David. Folkenflik reports, the judge said the plaintiffs failed the state of valid. Legal claim FOX's story alleged that, an FBI, source and a private investigator working on the case had found evidence Richard been linked to the leaking of Democratic Party emails during the two thousand sixteen presidential campaign and suggested his death might. Be related to the, leaks the private investigator is rod Wheeler he'd been hired. By Dallas investment manager intent on rebutting official findings that Russia had the emails hacked to help candidate Donald Trump Wheeler sued saying FOX, put words in his mouth FOX. Withdrew the story, after an, outcry the, judge said Wheeler could. Not avoid his own role in quote perpetuating a. Politically, motivated story not having any basis in fact the judge dismissed the second lawsuit by, Seth, rich parents they intend to appeal David Folkenflik NPR news New, York On Wall Street Friday stocks closed, up after a solid jobs, report the s&p five. Hundred index, gained thirteen points the Dow climbed one hundred thirty six. The NASDAQ composite up nine points, this is, NPR news Houston's police chief says. A man accused of killing one of former President George h.w Bush doctors killed himself when confronted by police, authorities say sixty two year old Joseph James Pappas died from a single self inflicted shot. Friday morning he'd been the subject of an intense manhunt since July twentieth the pro football. Hall of fame in canton Ohio will. Enshrine eight new members on Saturday from member station w. k. SU Kabeer body I reports it's a class that's. Generated interest both on and off the field wide receiver Terrell Owens will not, be in canton for, this year ceremony citing a perceived lack of respect for having to wait till his third year of eligibility Ray Lewis Welby there. Honored for an impressive seventeen seasons with the Baltimore Ravens but during his career he also pleaded guilty to obstruction of Justice in connection with the. Stabbing deaths of two men during a Super Bowl after party the senior committee this year selected. Jerry Kramer who played for the Green. Bay Packers team that won the. First two Super Bowls Robert doctor doom Brazil rounding out this year's class are linebacker Brian. Urlacher receiver Randy moss defensive back Brian. Dawkins and executive Bobby Beth for NPR news I'm Kabeer Bhatia in canton Ohio eight places in Portugal broke local. Temperature records Friday as a wave of heat from North Africa swept across the, Iberian peninsula forecasters are, predicting the scorching temperatures could get even worse over the weekend temperatures built to one hundred thirteen degrees Friday and many inland areas. Of Portugal and we're expected the top one hundred sixteen degrees in some places on Saturday I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington Support for. NPR comes from the Lemelson foundation committed to improving lives through invention in the US and in developing countries and working to inspire and enable the next, generation of inventors more information is available at Lemelson dot org and the Robert. Wood Johnson foundation at RWJF dot org.
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Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico topped 1100, a new study says
"I Randall white from capital public radio in Sacramento. I, the news live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Jim hawk as Republicans rushed to confirm judge Brett Cavin onto the supreme court by early October NPR's, Nina totenberg reports. Democrats say they're skirting provisions of the presidential records act and national archives has notified the Senate Judiciary committee that it will be October before it's able to finish even part of its review of Kavanagh's records while he served in the George W Bush White House. While Republican leaders said they still plan to go ahead with September. Hearings on the cavenaugh nomination Democrats accused the GOP of a scheme to get around the presidential. Records law a law. That requires career archivists to screen documents for privileged or classified, material instead. Under the current plan private lawyers representing President Bush will do the screening and some of those lawyers also represent top current and former. Trump administration officials in the. Russia investigation Nina totenberg NPR news Washington it now. Looks, likely that Paul manafort's former business partner will. Testify and as Bank and tax fraud trial as NPR's miles parks reports Rick gates is cooperating with investigators, about a previous. Statement made by prosecutors put his testimony in doubt it was a small statement but when prosecutors said gates may testify or he may not it's sent reporters dashing from the courtroom it turns out that may have been an overreaction prosecutors now say they have every. Intention and calling gates to testify and clarified they're just constantly just Getting their witness list as the trial continues gates has been considered the. Government's key witness he was manafort's right hand man during the time prosecutors say, the former Trump campaign chairman evaded taxes and lied to banks to get loans. Manafort's defense lawyers however say, was actually gates who committed the crimes and they. Say he's line investigation covers tracks it's unclear when gates would take the stand for prosecutors said they hoped to rest their, case, by the end of next week miles parks NPR news the Trump administration has unveiled its plan to relax fuel-efficiency rules and strip states. Of the ability to enact tougher standards California attorney general heavier Bezerra vows, to continue a legal challenge. We want cars to be, more efficient itchy insane to think that it is good for, families to make cars less efficient officials. In the Trump administration claim their actions would make autos. More, affordable and that would make roads safer because more people would be. Driving newer cars with Latest safety features apple is the world's first publicly traded. Company to have, a market value of one trillion dollars or. In another hard to fathom number one, thousand billion dollars the achievement seemed unimaginable in nineteen Ninety-seven when apple teetered on the edge of bankruptcy with its stock, trading for less than one dollar and, its market value dropping below two billion dollars you're listening to NPR news in Washington A study of death certificates in, Puerto Rico. Is suggesting that more than a thousand, people were killed last year in the wake of hurricane Maria NPR's Richard Harris reports. It's the latest estimate of told that's varied widely the massive hurricane that swept across the United. States, territory nearly a year ago did a huge amount of damage caused many injuries but it's been hard to pin down a death toll the government of Puerto Rico still pegs the, official death, toll at, sixty four though. They acknowledged that's an underestimate in may scientists reported the results of a survey they concluded anywhere from, eight hundred to. Eight thousand people died as a result of the hurricane now researchers who have studied death records to the island counted about eleven. Hundred more deaths than normally. Occur in the months following the store that figure is reported in the journal JAMA Richard Harris NPR news secretary of state Mike Pompeo is in Malaysia on his way to Singapore for. Talks expected to focus on North Korea Bombayo was meeting Friday with Malaysia's prime minister before heading to Singapore for a regional security forum in which, North Korea's, foreign minister, is also set. To participate the meeting comes amid signs that North Korea is continuing to produce long range ballistic missiles A man from New York state has been arrested for leaving. Threatening messages with two house GOP leaders including Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise seriously wounded in two thousand seventeen when a gunman attacked a Republican baseball practice the suspect sixty three year old Carlos Bayan faces. A federal charge of making..
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Unlikely allies? Italian PM Giuseppe Conte meets Donald Trump
"Authorities say a second firefighter has been, killed while battling the huge Ferguson wildfire near Yosemite national park and. The death toll and the massive car wildfire near reading has now risen to six. Those are just two of the major fires burning across the state they're seventeen major fires. Going currently in. California with over two hundred thousand acres currently burning which is left the state resources really taxed and fire incident commander, Rick young says more than twelve thousand. Firefighters from around the country are helping battle, the blazes Italy's new prime minister. Meets President Trump at the White House today as NPR Sylvia. Pohjola reports the visit is seen. As a sign of growing friendship between Trump and the leader of Europe's I fully populist government making his debut on the global. Stage at the recent g seven summit. In Canada prime minister, Giuseppe Coon too impressed president trump who called him a really great guy at home content is overshadowed by his two deputies the leaders of the hard-right league and the anti-establishment five star movement their government is challenging italy's e you partners with harsh anti-migrant measures and pro-russia policies as well as raising doubts whether italy will remain in the euro-zone positions likely to be embraced by trump sylvia pohjola reporting from rome it's now been one year since the credit reporting agency equifax uncovered one of the worst data breaches in history exposing the personal information of millions of consumers n._p._r.'s amy held reports the company has largely returned to business as usual one hundred and forty seven million consumers had their personal information compromised after hackers accessed names birthdates and social security numbers and despite dozens of investigations and hundreds of lawsuits no penalties have been imposed on the company which operates in some two dozen country Stories Ed Moore's Wenski with consumer advocacy group. US perk recommends people. Continue to freeze their credit until they are sure. They are safe equifax, was so big it's very probable that some of the identity theft, occurring right now is because. Of the equifax hack last month equifax entered into, an agreement with financial regulators from eight states to boost security Amy held NPR news President Trump is again playing. The government shutdown card vowing not to, sign a budget Bill unless he gets full funding for an expanded border wall but appearing. On ABC's this week. Republican congressman Steve stivers of Ohio was playing down the chance of a shutdown as the November election nears I. Think we're gonna make sure we keep the government open but we're gonna get. Better policies on immigration Congress has given the president some wall. Funding but fire from the twenty five billion dollars he has, requested you're listening to NPR news in Washington The Oklahoma priest who was killed in one. Thousand nine hundred eighty one by Guatemala's. Military during the long civil war is closer to being sainted by the Catholic church as Maria Martin reports the. American was remembered over the weekend Stanley broker is now known in the Catholic church is blessed Stanley, Roper since he was declared beatified last September that's one step towards sainthood masses and other celebrations are taking place in his home state of. Oklahoma and also in the indigenous village of Santiago at plan in what. The mullahs where the church he pastored has become a place of pilgrimage so has the adjoining living quarters where the priests was shot to death it's now. A chapel full of flowers and burning candles and photos of. The martyred priest who decided to stay in San Diego even after receiving death threats he said a shepherd, doesn't abandoned his flock for NPR news I'm. Marie Martin in. Antigua Guatemala fire officials in Greece Ray As the death toll from a wildfire that raged. Through a coastal area east of Athens to Ninety-one they also reported that twenty five people were missing, Sunday six days after Europe's deadliest forest fire and more than a century the death toll from Australia earthquake that struck Indonesia's popular tourist island. Of Lombok has risen to fourteen with more than one hundred sixty others. Injured the quake damaged more than a thousand homes and was felt in nearby Bali where no damage or casualties were reported US Geological Survey says the magnitude. Six point four quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of. Four point four miles I'm Jim hawk NPR news in Washington Support for NPR comes from NPR stations other contributors include the National Endowment for the arts the federal agency that's. Imports the arts and creativity in communities across, the nation more information is available at arts dot gov and, the listeners. Who support this in the our station.
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U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says he sees at least 3 percent growth for next 4-5 years
"Powerful man brought down by accusations of sexual harassment and assault. The description of what he did to them was exactly what he did to me. We take a closer look. At one of these stories and ask a simple question why now first this news Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Jim hawk the deadly northern California wildfire. That is forced tens of. Thousands of people, to flee their homes slowed down Sunday after days of explosive growth but Cal fire deputy chief Brett Gavia says the fire is fire from contained. The fire does continue to grow on us in some remote inaccessible areas were making our way into those areas. The positive thing about that is that we are out away from many of the residents structures and. Critical infrastructure the, so-called car fire has now consumed one hundred thirty nine, square miles. Of land in northern California meanwhile officials said a. Second firefighter died fighting a huge boys near Yosemite national park there are currently seventeen major. Fires, burning, in California Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he believes the US economy will continue. To see, strong growth, for the next several years NPR's merit Kennedy reports second quarter growth came in at four point one percent the latest growth rate is the highest one in nearly. Four years and on Fox News Sunday Treasury. Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said to expect more of the same we can only project a couple of years in the future but I think we're well on this. Path for several years he. Predicted four or, five years of sustained three percent growth many economists are sceptical that current rates will continue though Federal Reserve officials told congress this month that they. Project GDP growth rates of under three percent next year and lower in twenty twenty and the ongoing trade fight. Also has the potential to limit growth Mary Kennedy NPR news Washington Israeli authorities have freed a Palestinian. Teen activist who, served eight months in prison for hitting as rarely soldiers, outside her. Home in the West Bank as NPR's Daniel estrin Reports the case has. Drawn widespread attention seventeen-year-old ahead TIMMY me spoke to reporters and activists. In her, village of, Nabi solid power to the people she said the people can decide their way of resistance with her long frizzy blond hair I had to me became an internationally. Recognized symbol She was, recorded kicking and slapping two Israeli. Soldiers outside her home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after. The video went viral angering many Israelis she was. Arrested she and her mother who posted the video online served eight. Months in prison for assault and encouraging violence asked. If she'd do it again hits soldiers the way she, did she said she couldn't say much for fear of rearrest many Israelis see to me as a violent provocateur. Many Palestinians say she represents a defiant young generation of Palestinian youth one of. Many who have been jailed. By Israel Daniel estrin NPR news. Nebi Saleh. In the West Bank the average price of regular grade gasoline in, the US fell three cents. A gallon over the past two weeks the average price still fifty nine cents, higher than. It was a year, ago this is NPR news Fifteen. People have been taken to hospitals after an ammonia leak bird's-eye food, plant in southeastern Wisconsin a total. Of one hundred forty people were working. The overnight. Shift at the factory when alarms and sensors started going off besides the fifteen people taken to. Five area hospitals around Darien Wisconsin another seventy. Five workers were. Checked at the scene and released as NASA celebrates sixty years since its creation by congress its new leader is putting a focus on returning, to the Mon for member station. W. m. f. e. Brendan Byrne reports the agency continues. To explore space eleven years after the founding of. NASA a Saturn five rocket launched Apollo astronauts on a mission to. Walk on the moon now NASA wants to go. Back the space agency is developing its next big rocket, the space launch system to send humans back to the moon a test launch of that rocket is scheduled in. About two years followed by a fully crewed mission shortly after NASA is also. Exploring Mars Rovers curiosity And spirit, are active on the red planet and another Rover is set to join the pair watching twenty twenty the agency is also. Helping scientists discover Exo planets planets outside our solar system by developing space, based telescopes, to search for other worlds for NPR news I'm Brendan Byrne at the. Weekend, box office mission impossible fallout easily took the number one spot on the, domestic charts second place went to mama Mia here we go again. Which fell fifty seven percents in its second weekend in theaters the, equalizer to slid the third and. Hotel Transylvania three summer vacation took fourth. I'm Jim NPR news. In Washington Support for NPR. Comes from NPR stations other contributors include the Walton, family foundation, we're opportunity takes root more information, is available at Walton, family foundation dot org and the John D and Catherine t. MacArthur foundation, at macfound dot org.