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"Well, that makes it sound more doable. Just make it listeners. Yes, Julia Kayyem is the chair of the Homeland Security Department at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Thanks for coming on. I appreciate it, Juliette. Thank you so much for having me make things less worse. That's a good phrase. For today. It is 7 23 time for a check on traffic. Now here's solid. And we're very heavy approaching the Everett Mall area on southbound I five. I'm looking to see if there might be something blocking. I can actually use some help from my Cairo listeners. My Cairo Sully's army out there. 1997 3 State Ruby tech slide If you guys can have your passenger text me see if because I'm kind of under the overpass. There are 5 to 6. But either way, it gets very heavy there, and we're losing four or five minutes through the slowing there. I'd really like to see what we've got going down there. It's between cams and again. I don't have a pretty good shot of it. Give yourself 45 minutes from effort to Seattle or effort to Bellevue. Right now, we still have a little leftover slowing on. He's found 16 approaching center streets that we got earlier problem there. As you pulled away by Cheney Stadium, but it started to get a little bit better. Overall, the maps about what you would expect The rest of spots mean heavy there through the rent and s curves by the 33 minute trip. There is about what you would expect up to 45 minutes now from effort to say sorry, Federal way to Seattle, as we've picked up more slowing right at the Kent Des Moines is road and then more at the north end from the middle of the Boeing Field area now. Actually working your way into downtown the Valley Freeway about 45 minutes as well from end to end. That ought to give you a couple extra minutes padded in to make sure you can get to your destination. The North 25 drive through the Tacoma area. We're seeing the slowing start right around the car museum working towards The Puyallup River Bridge. Nothing unusual there. Actually, Right now, it's a little bit better than it's been most of the morning. A little bit more red on the map than black. Which means we're moving just a little bit. Give yourself about 40 minutes to make the drive from Olympia into Tacoma Car radio. Real time traffic on the threes. I'm Chris Sullivan. Weather wise a pleasant day. Once we burn through this fog, and some low clouds out there just partly cloudy for today highs in a pleasant mid 70 range. Right now it is. Let me refresh. It's been 60 degrees for a while. Let's see if we bumped up a bit not still 60 outside the Carter Subaru studio. Coming up in this morning state bras.
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"This is Seattle's morning news. This is Dave Ross. There was a piece in the Atlantic, which was headlined Vaccine Riff. Users don't get to dictate terms anymore. I thought that was a rather assertive statement. So we've called up the author Julia Kayyem. Who chairs the homeland Security program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government was also in the Homeland Security apartment. The Obama administration has also written a book called Security Mom, an unclassified guide to protecting our homeland and your home, which I should also ask you about, but it sounds like you're among those who is just Out of patience with the unvaccinated so so answer their argument, which is that this should be a choice and to force us to get vaccinated is an assault on our freedom, right? And no one's forcing you. I mean, this is my answer back. There's the idea that choice only is held by one group of people is both self centered and not accurate, and we all have choices. There is a majority of Eligible Americans now close to 75% have gotten one or two shots. That is their choice. As a reflection of that choice. Many institutions are now imposing privileges and burdens based on vaccination. That's all it is. It is, you get the privilege of going on a cruise line or or playing in an NFL team. And no one's grabbing you off the corner and sticking a needle in your arm. But it is time nine months after the vaccine was available, and essentially five months since we've had an abundance of supply, so the question of access no longer really exists. That we need to rethink our vaccine distribution strategy. We have hit a wall. It's getting a little bit better now, probably because of some of the mandates and because of fears of Delta, But we need to move. We need more. I mean, essentially, that's the answer. And so that's what what the reframing of that article was, is that we talk so often about the unvaccinated and their feelings and their rights and everything. And all of a sudden I was just sitting there writing. I was like, you know the vaccinated Feelings, too. That's true. Our kids have feelings. You know, the kids that can't get vaccinated. And and, uh, the first responders and doctors have feelings and the nurses who are who are now facing an onslaught of medical needs that are essentially voluntary at this stage, and we just see the data that if you're vaccinated, you are just very much unlikely to require hospital help, right? I mean, we're seeing the ICUs now. Crowded with people who chose to take that risk. And it's crowding out. Other people who might need surgery or other procedures was just as just as serious. Alright, so well. How far would you go? Should unvaccinated people were on annabelle around their neck to alert you that they're coming or You know, what do you do to people who are going to refuse? No matter what, So I think I mean, and this is where I'm also critical of the Biden administration. I think that we will look back at 2021 the failure to have a sort of system like we have driver's licenses that just simply designates. You know whether you are vaccinate or not, so I can imagine in 234 years will probably get more sophisticated. But no, it's just an issue of do you have a card? Can you prove that you've got vaccinated or not? And that's it. And if you can't then Bruce Springsteen doesn't want you in his audience, right. And if you can't then then the University of California doesn't want you as a student. I mean, we now need to shift the burden from begging, which is essentially what the vaccinated are doing now. And the medical community to pretty, please, right. We need to move from begging and pretty please to. OK, There's going to be consequences for this now, right? But when you say you've got a choice when the choice is either get vaccinated or lose your job to a lot of people, that's not a choice. That's that's a dictate, but but it's it's your choice. I mean, in other words, it's not the employers choice anymore or not the lawyers requirement to allow on The alternative is that your then forcing employers who have other employees, they have to care about letting low insurance plans, let alone you know, not being able to function that they lose too many of their employees that that burden is no longer on the employer is on the individual employees. So the people who talk about choice all the time, right? It's my trip. We are giving you that choice. Here's an idea and it's from the conservative playbook so nobody should object to this. If you we pass a law that says, if you notice somebody who is unvaccinated and in public You can file a lawsuit and you will get at least $10,000. If it turns out. They don't have a vaccination card, right? That would be that would be twist. I am hearing that now. The reason why I and others are at this stage now isn't just because we've hit a wall in terms of vaccination. But the data and the pulling do suggest that the unvaccinated there's there's the core Anti-vaxxers, which has been relatively the same about 11 or 12% throughout this entire pandemic. But that the unvaccinated or what I call sort of flimsy unvaccinated other words, they hold the belief but they don't hold it that strongly. And so a lot of them are pulling now saying yes, if I was required to, I would do it. You know, A lot of them got moved by FDA approval. But basically the polling shows that, for example, that 42% of the of the of the still unvaccinated the wait and see would get vaccinated. If you told them they could not get on airplanes. Well, okay, That's the limit as you know, there. Like, Give them what they want. You know, it's so so some of it. It's like we don't have enough time anymore. We've got to get the community spread under control. Now about your book security. Mom? Yes. Is that a thing? What? What? What your mom's do on? No, no, no, no, it was a rip off. So there was a in the 2000 and two election. It was a term that was used to describe a suburban white woman, predominantly suburban white woman. Who were so fearful of the post 2000 and one stage that they were more likely to vote more conservative and Republican based on that, so part of it was to retake it. And to basically say, you know, women can be smart about security without being paranoid, because in some ways, you know the security Mom replaced the soccer mom race. In some ways, it is sort of a sexist thing. And so the book is a is a reflection of my life in homeland security and crisis management for 20, Plus Years now, my goodness and the mother of three and how a lot of the skills are very similar. That we we we think about risk minimization. You try to have layered defenses. All those things that we try to do as parents are actually part of an overall sort of, you know, security framing, right? I mean, I think this gets back to the pandemic that you know this idea that we're going to eliminate covid like no one thinks that right so we can't We have to just think about risk minimization. Right? So you're saying that we we tend to get too paranoid? I mean, didn't that job believe kind of paranoid? No, it's the opposite. I mean, it's you know, people in this field tend not to stew. Uh, you just try to move on and fix things that are standard in homeland security and crisis. Management, as it is in pandemic planning is You just try to make things less worse. And part of what you know, Pushing fours Shifting the burden of vaccination is is we just got to make things less worse. We're not going to make them perfect things. People will still be unvaccinated or sick for, you know, I don't know how long but that is, you know, making things less worse is the job..
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"This is Dave Ross. There was a piece in the Atlantic, which was headlined Vaccine riff. Users don't get to dictate terms anymore. I thought that was a rather assertive statement. So we've called up. The author Julia Kayyem, who chairs the Homeland Security program at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, was also in the Homeland Security apartment. The Obama administration has also written a book called Security Mom and Unclassified Guide to Protecting our Homeland and your Home, which I should also ask you about, but it sounds like you're among those who is just Out of patience with the unvaccinated so so answer their argument, which is that this should be a choice and to force us to get vaccinated is an assault on our freedom, right? And no one's forcing you. I mean, this is my answer back. There's the idea that choice only is held by one group of people is both self centered and not accurate. We all have choices. There is a majority of eligible Americans now close to 75% have gotten one or two shots. That is their choice. As a reflection of that choice. Many institutions are now imposing privileges and burdens based on vaccination. That's all it is. It is you get the privilege of going on a cruise line or or playing in an NFL team, and no one's grabbing you off the corner and sticking a needle in your arm. But it is time nine months after the vaccine was available, and essentially five months since we've had an abundance of supply, said the question of act. Access no longer really exists that we need to rethink our vaccine distribution strategy. We have hit a wall. It's getting a little bit better now, probably because of some of the mandates and because of fears of Delta, But we need to move. We need more. I mean, essentially, that's the answer. And so that's what what the reframing of that article was, is that we talk so often about the unvaccinated and their feelings and their rights and everything and all of a sudden I was just sitting there. Right. And I was like, you know, the vaccinated have feelings, too, And our kids have feelings. You know, the kids that can't get vaccinated and and the first responders and doctors have feelings and the nurses who are who are now facing an onslaught of medical needs that are essentially voluntary at this stage. We just see the data that if you're vaccinated, you are just very much unlikely to require hospital help. Right? I mean, we're seeing the ice used now crowded with people who chose to take that risk, And it's crowding out. Other people who might need surgery or other procedures was just as just as serious. Alright, so well. How far would you go? Should unvaccinated people where annabelle around their neck to alert you that they're coming or You know, what do you do to people who are going to refuse? No matter what, So I think I mean, and this is where I'm also critical of the Biden administration. I think that we will look back at 2021 the failure to have a sort of system like we have driver's licenses that just simply designates. You know whether you are vaccinate or not, so I can imagine in 234 years will probably get more sophisticated. No, it's just an issue of do you have a card? Can you prove that you got vaccinated or not? And that's it. And if you can't then Bruce Springsteen doesn't want you in his audience, right? And if you can't then then the University of California doesn't want you as a student. I mean, we now need to shift the burden from begging, which is essentially what the vaccinated are doing now. And the medical community to pretty, please, right. We need to move from begging and pretty please to. OK, There's going to be consequences for this now, right? But when you say you've got a choice when the choice is either get vaccinated or lose your job to a lot of people, that's not a choice. That's that's a dictate, but but it's it's it's your choice. I mean, In other words, it's not the employers choice anymore or nothing. Lawyers requirement to allow on The alternative is that your then forcing employers who have other employees, they have to care about letting loan insurance plans, let alone you know, not being able to function if they lose too many of their employees that that burden is no longer on the employer is on the individual employees. So the people who talk about choice all the time, right? It's my trick. We are giving you that choice. Here's an idea and it's from the conservative playbook so nobody should object to this. If you we pass a law that says, if you notice somebody who is unvaccinated and in public You can file a lawsuit and you will get at least $10,000. If it turns out. They don't have a vaccination card, right? That would be that would be twist. I am hearing that now. The reason why I and others are at this stage now isn't just because we've hit a wall in terms of vaccination. But the data and the polling do suggest that the unvaccinated there's there's the core Anti-vaxxers, which has been relatively the same about 11 or 12% throughout this entire pandemic. But that the unvaccinated or what I call sort of flimsy unvaccinated other words, they hold the belief but they don't hold it that strongly. And so a lot of them are pulling now saying yes, if I was required to, I would do it. You know, A lot of them got moved by FDA approval. But basically the polling shows that that, for example, that 42% of the of the of the still unvaccinated the wait and see would get vaccinated. If you told them they could not get on airplanes. Well, okay, that's living as you know what Like, give it give them what they want. You know, it's so so Some of it is like we don't have enough time anymore. We've got to get the community spread under control. Juliette Kayyem is the chair of the Homeland Security Department at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Thanks for coming on. I appreciate it, Juliette. Thank you so much for having me it's now 5 53 time for.
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"It's 5 22. It's morning edition from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep, and I'm Rachel Martin. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a little known agency within the Department of Homeland Security and what that agency did or didn't do in the lead up to the January 6th attack on the U. S Capitol could have big consequences. Today. A Senate panel will examine that very question, and NPR has obtained a report by a former New York Police Department intelligence chief about why DHS did not anticipate the violence that day. Him back and Dina Temple Raston of NPR's investigations team report. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis, or Diana is the intelligence arm of the Department of Homeland Security. And a key part of its job is to provide an advance written analysis of possible domestic threats. These threat assessments on just done for events that might have the potential for violence. Julia Kayyem, former assistant secretary at DHS says that I am a assessments are routine, even for gatherings like the Kentucky Derby or the New Orleans Jazz fest. Its job is to create these threat assessments so that its consumers have a better sense of how to deploy resource is how to think about what a threat maybe, and ahead of January 6th the consumers of an irony assessment. Would have been the Capitol police or the D. C. Metropolitan Police Department. The threat assessment that would have put everyone on notice never came. Mitch Silber is the former head of the New York Police Department's intelligence unit. He's the author of an upcoming Atlantic Council report, which looked at what went wrong ahead of the riots. He says the FBI, the New York Police Department, and DHS all had the information they needed to see that there would likely be violence. What failed, he says was the analysis because when we think about an intelligence agency, they have three functions collecting intelligence. Analyzed the intelligence that you know, when you connect the dots. What does it look like? And when you have that picture, then you warn the appropriate authorities so they can take some actions to mitigate what you think is coming. Former DHS officials and intelligence analysts interviewed by NPR. Make plain that any review of the failures ahead of January. 6th should start with the I n A. It turns out that despite its critical role and identifying threats here at home The division is not seen as a plum assignment. If you're a 23 year old and you want to get into the intelligence business, the fun stuff you're not picking DHS i n A and that has been a struggle for the department from the beginning that sky am again and remember, she used to be the assistant secretary of DHS within the intelligence agencies. DHS. Ayanami was Not an equal partner. It might not even have been viewed as a zit cousin. It was a distant friend that you tolerated who showed up to the party. What makes teaches I in a different from other intelligence agencies is that its priorities have traditionally been set by the White House. The Obama administration focused on Isis and its effects on young people here in the United States. For the Trump administration. It was the border with Mexico and threats from extremists on the left. Todd Rosenbluth, a deputy undersecretary of intelligence is DHS up until 2015 still has contacts in the department. And he believes that the Trump administration was pressuring DHS analysts. They were insisting on a narrative that wasn't true, which made it far harder for I n a You had the president screaming and T fi antifa is behind all this And do you just leadership was very much aligned and accommodating the president. And though there were warnings, raw intelligence from the NYPD warnings from the FBI and threats on social media that the entire world could see I named, never put it all together. In one assessment, DHS has said it provided the general report about threats during the election season. Rosenbloom sees a failure of imagination as part of the problem. The dots were all there. Absolutely. Um, but I mean, I'm among the many who could not conceive of an insurrection against the capital being led by the president of the United States. For Mitch Silber. The way to learn from the right is to see it as a turning point for intelligence officials just is 9 11 was certainly for the last 20 years. We've sort of been externally facing and now obviously, we have to take a look within within within our borders for people who would do the country harm. And that is a different type of challenge. The Biden administration announced last week that it was creating a new branch with an eye in a it will focus under mess tick terrorism, and the House of Representatives has plans to form a bipartisan commission to examine the events of January 6th. Investigators are expected to focus on what happened at I n a until Mac and I'm Dina Temple Raston. NPR NEWS Washington OK, Boomer for those who don't know that's a term of derision said with an eye roll to someone who offers outdated thinking. But 57 year old Gary Ryder says it helped to save his life. Two months ago, Gerry's doctors told him he needed a liver transplant. He's taken medication for another illness, which damaged his liver. But a transplant was going to cost $40,000 in the prospect of raising that much was overwhelming. The first week was the hardest. I really didn't know whether I was coming or going. Jerry's daughter started a go fund me page for the first two months. It raised less than $200 more than $39,000 short. With just months to live very desperately started selling things I've sold my guns sold my hunting equipment, fishing equipment. You know anything that I was able to sell anything included an old air compressor. The ad for that compressor caught the attention of a Facebook group called This is the name of the group Ah car group where everyone talks like boomers. Terry Easterling is a member of The Cole group for a bunch of us get on there and comment, Godless and crank your hog on people trying to sell like lawnmowers and stupid stuff. We're just a bunch of heathens. Basically, the group started by mocking the air compressor ad. But when they learned Gary writer's story, they said, Okay, Boomer will help. Group flooded Gerry's go fund me with donations. He got about $50,000 enough to pay for his transplant and care. Afterwards, I went from the depths of desperation. And thinking, Hey, I got a shot. After all. He also went from being broke to having more than enough money. He stopped accepting donations after reaching his goal and says he wants to pay the extra forward. As for that air compressor I still have it. I never planned to get rid of it left the money to scare confessor in the world. Okay, Boomer for millennial..
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"I'm Steve Inskeep, and I'm Rachel Martin. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a little known agency within the Department of Homeland Security and what that agency did or didn't do in the lead up to the January 6th attack on the U. S Capitol could have big consequences. Today. A Senate panel will examine that very question, and NPR has obtained a report by a former New York Police Department intelligence chief about why DHS did not anticipate the violence that day. IMac and Dina Temple Raston of NPR's investigations team report. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis, or Diana is the intelligence arm of the Department of Homeland Security, and a key part of its job is to provide an advance written analysis of possible domestic threats. These threat assessments aren't just done for events that might have the potential for violence. Julia Kayyem, former assistant secretary at DHS says that I am a assessments are routine, even for gatherings like the Kentucky Derby or the New Orleans Jazz fest. Its job is to create these threat assessments so that its consumers have a better sense of how to deploy resource is how to think about what a threat maybe, and ahead of January 6th. The consumers of an iron. A assessment would have been the Capitol police or the D. C. Metropolitan Police Department. But the threat assessment that would have put everyone on notice never came. Mitch Silber is the former head of the New York Police Department's intelligence unit. He's the author of an upcoming Atlantic Council report, which looked at what went wrong ahead of the riots. He says the FBI, the New York Police Department, and DHS all had the information they needed to see that there would likely be violence. What failed, he says was the analysis because when we think about an intelligence agency, they have three functions collecting intelligence. Analyzed the intelligence that you know, when you connect the dots. What does it look like? And when you have that picture, then you warn the appropriate authorities so they could take some actions to mitigate what you think is coming. Former DHS officials and intelligence analysts interviewed by NPR. Make plain that any review of the failures ahead of January. 6th should start with the I n A. It turns out that despite its critical role and identifying threats here at home The division is not seen as a plum assignment. If you're a 23 year old and you want to get into the intelligence business, the fun stuff you're not picking DHS I n a and and that has been a struggle for the department from the beginning that sky am again and remember, she used to be the assistant secretary of DHS. Within the intelligence agencies. DHS. Ayanami was not an equal partner. It might not even have been viewed as a zit cousin. It was a distant friend that you tolerated who showed up to the party. What makes teaches I in a different from other intelligence agencies is that its priorities have traditionally been set by the White House. The Obama administration focused on Isis and its effects on young people here in the United States. For the Trump administration. It was the border with Mexico and threats from extremists on the left. Todd Rosenbloom, a deputy undersecretary of intelligence, a DHS up until 2015 Still has contacts in the department. And he believes that the Trump administration was pressuring DHS analysts. They were insisting on a narrative that wasn't true, which made it far harder for I n a You had the president screaming and T fi antifa is behind all this. And do you just leadership was very much aligned and accommodating the president and that there were warnings. Raw intelligence from the NYPD warnings from the FBI and threats on social media that the entire world could see. Nate never put it all together. In one assessment, DHS has said it provided to general report about threats during the election season. Rosenbloom sees a failure of imagination as part of the problem. The dots were all there. Absolutely. Um, but I mean, I'm among the many who could not conceive of an insurrection against the capital being led by the president of the United States. For Mitch Silber. The way to learn from the right is to see it as a turning point for intelligence officials just is 9 11 was certainly for the last 20 years. We've sort of been externally facing and now obviously, we have to take a look within within within our borders for people who would do the country harm. And that is a different type of challenge. The Biden administration announced last week that it was creating a new branch with an eye in a it will focus under mess tick terrorism, and the House of Representatives has plans to form a bipartisan commission to examine the events of January 6th. Investigators are expected to focus on what happened at I n a until Mac and I'm Dina Temple Raston. NPR NEWS Washington OK, Boomer for.
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"julia kayyem" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"I'm Steve Inskeep, and I'm Rachel Martin. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a little known agency within the Department of Homeland Security and what that agency did or didn't do in the lead up to the January 6th attack on the U. S Capitol could have big consequences. Today. A Senate panel will examine that very question, and NPR has obtained a report by a former New York Police Department intelligence chief about why DHS did not anticipate the violence that day. Him back and Dina Temple Raston of NPR's investigations team report. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis, or Diana is the intelligence arm of the Department of Homeland Security, and a key part of its job is to provide an advance written analysis of possible domestic threats. These threat assessments aren't just done for events that might have the potential for violence. Julia Kayyem, former assistant secretary at DHS, says that I any assessments are routine. Even for gatherings like the Kentucky Derby or the New Orleans Jazz fest. Its job is to create these threat assessments so that its consumers have a better sense of how to deploy resource is how to think about what a threat maybe. And ahead of January 6th. The consumers of an irony assessment would have been the Capitol Police or the D. C. Metropolitan Police Department. But the threat assessment that would have put everyone on notice never came. Mitch Silber is the former head of the New York Police Department's intelligence unit. He's the author of an upcoming Atlantic Council report, which looked at what went wrong ahead of the riots. He says the FBI, the New York Police Department, and DHS all had the information they needed to see that there would likely be violence. What failed, he says was the analysis because when we think about an intelligence agency, they have three functions collecting intelligence. Analyzed the intelligence that you know, when you connect the dots. What does it look like? And when you have that picture, then you warn the appropriate, authorities said they could take some actions to mitigate what you think is coming. Former DHS officials and intelligence analysts interviewed by NPR. Make plain that any review of the failures ahead of January. 6th should start with the I n A. It turns out that despite its critical role and identifying threats here at home The division is not seen as a plum assignment. If you're 23 year old and you want to get into the intelligence business, the fun stuff you're not picking DHS I n a and and that has been a struggle for the department from the beginning that sky am again and remember, she's to be the assistant secretary of DHS. Within the intelligence agencies. DHS. Ayanami was not an equal partner. It might not even have been viewed as a zit cousin. It was a distant friend that you tolerated who showed up to the party. What makes tea chest I in a different from other intelligence agencies, is that its priorities have traditionally been set by the White House. The Obama administration focused on Isis and its effects on young people here in the United States. The Trump Administration. It was the border with Mexico and threats from extremists on the left. Todd Rosenbloom, a deputy undersecretary of intelligence, a DHS up until 2015 Still has contacts in the department. And he believes that the Trump administration was pressuring DHS analysts. They were insisting on a narrative that wasn't true, which made it far harder for I in a You had the president screaming. Auntie Fei Antifa is behind all this And do you just leadership was very much aligned and accommodating the president. And, uh, there were warnings raw intelligence from the NYPD warnings from the FBI and threats on social media that the entire world could see. I ain't never put it all together. In one assessment, DHS has said it provided to general report about threats during the election season. Rosenbloom sees a failure of imagination as part of the problem. The dots were all there. Absolutely. Um, but I mean, I'm among the many who could not conceive of an insurrection against the capital being led by the president of the United States. For Mitch Silber. The way to learn from the right is to see it as a turning point for intelligence officials. Justus 9 11 was certainly for the last 20 years. We've sort of been externally facing and now obviously, we have to take a look within within within our borders for people who would do the country harm. And that is a different type of challenge. The Biden administration announced last week that it was creating a new branch with an eye in a it will focus under mess tick terrorism, and the House of Representatives has plans to form a bipartisan commission to examine the events of January 6th. Investigators are expected to focus on what happened at I n A. I'm Tim Mac and I'm Dina Temple Raston. NPR NEWS Washington OK, Boomer for those who don't know that's a term of derision said with an eye roll to someone who offers outdated thinking. But 57 year old Gary Ryder says it helped to save his life. Two months ago, Gerry's doctors told him he needed a liver transplant. He's taken medication for other for another illness, which damaged his liver. But a transplant was going to cost $40,000 in the prospect of raising that much was overwhelming. The first week was the hardest. I really didn't know whether I was coming or going. Jerry's daughter started a go fund me page for the first two months. It raised less than $200 more than $39,000 short. With just months to live. Gary desperately started selling things I've sold my guns sold my hunting equipment, fishing equipment. You know anything that I was able to sell anything included an old air compressor. The ad for that compressor caught the attention of a Facebook group called This is the name of the group Ah car group.