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"The united states from taiwan served as boston city councillor and as close to senator elizabeth warren who has professor at harvard law school. She pledged to fight against racial inequality gentrification and to make transportation and housing more accessible to lower income residents to. Us house seats were up for grabs in special elections in ohio. In the fifteenth congressional district trump endorsed republican mike carey beat democrat alison russo who is endorsed by president biden. Meanwhile democrat szanto brown. Beat republican laverne gore to take the eleventh district seat left vacant by marcia fudge when she became the secretary of housing and urban development in minneapolis mayor jacob fry his the lead after is in the lead after the first round of minneapolis ranked choice vote minneapolis. Voters rejected a measure to replace the police with the department of public safety. Meanwhile in austin texas voters have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to require the hiring of more. Police officers organise poised to become the first state to legalize the active ingredient and magic mushrooms. For medical use. In oregon ballot measure to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of some hard drugs including heroin. Al is also on track to be approved. Voters in the district of columbia have voted in favor of decriminalizing the use of so-called magic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances. We'll have more on the elections. After headlines with john nichols president biden and other world leaders have departed glasgow and the un climate summit is day three. Usher send closed door. Negotiations on how to combat the climate catastrophe on tuesday ninety countries agreed to slash methane emissions by thirty percent by twenty thirty. This is president by announcing the us commitments were proposing to rules one through our environmental protection agency. This going to reduce methane losses from new and existing oil and gas pipelines and one through the department of transportation to reduce wasteful and potentially dangerous leaks from natural gas pipelines. Climate activists slammed biden for making climate pledges while his administration continues to advance plans to sell oil and gas leases on us public lines. Meanwhile indigenous leaders questioned commitments from over one hundred countries to end deforestation by twenty thirty. This is toma tara. Pong who leads. The union of indigenous women of the brazilian amazon knows no. Was i dot ca public. We don't have yet a public policy towards the indigenous peoples in brazil. That make sure it happens for real. And they will only for certain stop deforestation. If there's the demarcation of our indigenous lands man without demarcation there's no way to stop deforestation in other news from cop twenty six the us. The european union and other wealthy nations have announced a new deal to provide eight and a half billion dollars to south africa to help at decommission. Its coal plants and invest in renewable energy south africa's one of the largest coal producers in the world. We'll go to glasgow for the latest from the climate summit later in the broadcast and speak with. Kumi naidoo who is from south africa. The centers for disease control back the pfizer cove nineteen vaccine for children age. Five to eleven opening up the to dose shot to an additional twenty. Eight million kids will receive one third of the dosage of people twelve and older. The ethiopian government has declared a six month nationwide state of emergency as it says. It's preparing to defend the capital at asaba from to grind rebel forces that threaten the city would be overrun within quote months. If not weeks. The state of emergency allows the government to impose curfews and roadblocks and for the ethiopian military to take over certain areas of the country. The government's also called on citizens to take up arms against rebel fighters. This comes as the un has condemn human rights atrocities and covered by a joint investigation into the war in the tigray region. The un said all parties involved in the conflict including forces from eric trae have committed violations of international human rights. Some of which could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity this includes sex judicial killings torture sexual and gender based violence. The un also accused ethiopia's government of attempting to limit the investigation in occupied east jerusalem. Four families from the shake charan neighborhood officially rejected deal from the israeli supreme court. That would delay their addiction but force them to cede ownership of their houses and pay rent to israeli settlers who claim the homes as there's this activists and affected shakes. Your resident occurred reject because we believe in our costs and our right to our home and country. Despite that we are not getting any guarantees to support our steadfastness as palestinians in the occupied jerusalem from any side organization following the rejection of the deal. The israeli supreme court could order. The families evicted within weeks. And may the plant expulsions helped spark the latest war in gaza galvanized international support for palestinians facing dispossession from settlers groups and the state of israel facebook announced. It's shutting down. Its facial recognition system deleting face scan templates of over a billion people by december. Facebook will not however get rid of the algorithm which powered the facial recognition technology called deep. Face it also did not rule out using such technology in the future. The move comes amidst mounting scandals for facebook which recently changed its corporate name to meta the aclu. Welcome the move calling it a good start adding quote now. It's time for enforceable rules that prohibit companies from scanning our faces without our consent looking at you congress. Aclu said democrats said they reached a deal to help rein in prescription drug costs. Part of the build back better act. The provisions would allow the government to negotiate. Prices for medicare prescriptions for the first time but drug companies would have patent exclusivity for nine to twelve years before the government could begin those negotiations. The legislation would also ban pharmaceutical companies from raising prices quicker than inflation and cap out of pocket expenses for seniors on medicare at two thousand dollars per year. The senate majority leader chuck schumer announcing the deal. Tuesday prescription drug pricing has consistently been a top issue for americans year after year including the vast majority of both democrats and republicans. Who want to see a change because they simply cannot afford their medications in a long fought victory for lgbtq plus rights. Same sex partners will have access to survivors benefits if their partners die before they were able to legally marry or they did not meet a threshold being married at least nine months on monday. The justice department and the social security administration dropped to trump administration challenges to lawsuits that granted. Same sex couples in both those categories the right to social security survivors benefits. A council lambda legal which brought the lawsuit celebrated the news saying quote. No one should continue to pay the price for past discrimination and over ten thousand john. Deere workers will remain on strike after a majority last night voted to reject the latest contract proposal negotiated by their union. Workers are fighting for better wages and pension plans. They've been on strike for nearly a month. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now democracy now dot org the warrant piece report mainly goodman and new york joined by democracy now coho swung than solids in new brunswick jersey.
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"Byron brown for mayor of buffalo new york walton. Beat brown in the democratic primary but he responded by launching a write in campaign in the general election in new york city brooklyn borough president former police captain democrat. Eric adams has become the city's second black mayor during his campaign vowed to tackle crime while focusing on racial justice. Meanwhile pittsburgh has elected. Its first black mayor. Ed gainey in massachusetts thirty democrat michaud. Woo has become the first woman first asian-american and first person of color to be elected mayor of boston. Wu's family immigrated to the united states from taiwan served as boston city councillor and as close to senator elizabeth warren who has professor at harvard law school. She pledged to fight against racial inequality gentrification and to make transportation and housing more accessible to lower income residents to. Us house seats were up for grabs in special elections in ohio. In the fifteenth congressional district trump endorsed republican mike carey beat democrat alison russo who is endorsed by president biden. Meanwhile democrat szanto brown. Beat republican laverne gore to take the eleventh district seat left vacant by marcia fudge when she became the secretary of housing and urban development in minneapolis mayor jacob fry his the lead after is in the lead after the first round of minneapolis ranked choice vote minneapolis. Voters rejected a measure to replace the police with the department of public safety. Meanwhile in austin texas voters have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to require the hiring of more. Police officers organise poised to become the first state to legalize the active ingredient and magic mushrooms. For medical use. In oregon ballot measure to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of some hard drugs including heroin. Al is also on track to be approved. Voters in the district of columbia have voted in favor of decriminalizing the use of so-called magic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances. We'll have more on the elections. After headlines with john nichols president biden and other world leaders have departed glasgow and the un climate summit is day three. Usher send closed door. Negotiations on how to combat the climate catastrophe on tuesday ninety countries agreed to slash methane emissions by thirty percent by twenty thirty. This is president by announcing the us commitments were proposing to rules one through our environmental protection agency. This going to reduce methane losses from new and existing oil and gas pipelines and one through the department of transportation to reduce wasteful and potentially dangerous leaks from natural gas pipelines. Climate activists slammed biden for making climate pledges while his administration continues to advance plans to sell oil and gas leases on us public lines. Meanwhile indigenous leaders questioned commitments from over one hundred countries to end deforestation by twenty thirty. This is toma tara. Pong who leads. The union of indigenous women of the brazilian amazon knows no. Was i dot ca public. We don't have yet a public policy towards the indigenous peoples in brazil. That make sure it happens for real. And they will only for certain stop deforestation. If there's the demarcation of our indigenous lands man without demarcation there's no way to stop deforestation in other news from cop twenty six the us. The european union and other wealthy nations have announced a new deal to provide eight and a half billion dollars to south africa to help at decommission. Its coal plants and invest in renewable energy south africa's one of the largest coal producers in the world. We'll go to glasgow for the latest from the climate summit later in the broadcast and speak with. Kumi naidoo who is from south africa. The centers for disease control back the pfizer cove nineteen vaccine for children age. Five to eleven opening up the to dose shot to an additional twenty. Eight million kids will receive one third of the dosage of people twelve and older. The ethiopian government has declared a six month nationwide state of emergency as it says. It's preparing to defend the capital at asaba from to grind rebel forces that threaten the city would be overrun within quote months. If not weeks. The state of emergency allows the government to impose curfews and roadblocks and for the ethiopian military to take over certain areas of the country. The government's also called on citizens to take up arms against rebel fighters. This comes as the un has condemn human rights atrocities and covered by a joint investigation into the war in the tigray region. The un said all parties involved in the conflict including forces from eric trae have committed violations of international human rights. Some of which could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity this includes sex judicial killings torture sexual and gender based violence. The un also accused ethiopia's government of attempting to limit the investigation in occupied east jerusalem. Four families from the shake charan neighborhood officially rejected deal from the israeli supreme court. That would delay their addiction but force them to cede ownership of their houses and pay rent to israeli settlers who claim the homes as there's this activists and affected shakes. Your resident occurred reject because we believe in our costs and our right to our home and country. Despite that we are not getting any guarantees to support our steadfastness as palestinians in the occupied jerusalem from any side organization following the rejection of the deal. The israeli supreme court could order. The families evicted within weeks. And may the plant expulsions helped spark the latest war in gaza galvanized international support for palestinians facing dispossession from settlers groups and the state of israel facebook announced. It's shutting down. Its facial recognition system deleting face scan templates of over a billion people by december. Facebook will not however get rid of the algorithm which powered the facial recognition technology called deep. Face it also did not rule out using such technology in the future. The move comes amidst mounting scandals for facebook which recently changed its corporate name to meta the aclu. Welcome the move calling it a good start adding quote now. It's time for enforceable rules that prohibit companies from scanning our faces without our consent looking at you congress. Aclu said democrats said they reached a deal to help rein in prescription drug costs. Part of the build back better act. The provisions would allow the government to negotiate. Prices for medicare prescriptions for the first time but drug companies would have patent exclusivity for nine to twelve years before the government could begin those negotiations. The legislation would also ban pharmaceutical companies from raising prices quicker than inflation and cap out of pocket expenses for seniors on medicare at two thousand dollars per year. The senate majority leader chuck schumer announcing the deal. Tuesday prescription drug pricing has consistently been a top issue for americans year after year including the vast majority of both democrats and republicans. Who want to see a change because they simply cannot.
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"I mean, you can't solve the housing crisis overnight. Like you were a former mayor. In addition to being a former member of Congress, I hear mayor saying that the problem is outrunning them in like hot markets like Atlanta, DC, in Oakland, prices are escalating faster than they can build. Unless, unless dense markets there's no incentive to build. So I was just wondering. Can you describe like some of the things that you've seen, And is there a way that he would like to help us think about this beyond the current negotiations over a particular bill? I would say that the mayors are right up until this point. It has It really has been out ahead of us so far that it's been hard to catch up. But I think the one thing that makes it different right now. Michelle is that We have the will to do it and we have the people in place to do it. We have not invested in in in moderate or low income housing in decades. We have not taken the time or the resources to make public housing, decent and safe and stable. Right now. The president is on board Hut is on board. We know what we can do it. I'm not saying it's going to happen overnight, but it is going to happen. That was housing and urban development Secretary Marcia Fudge. Madam Secretary. Thank you so much for talking with us Once again. I do hope we'll talk again. Thank you and any time We're turning to another big political fight now one that's specific to California but still being watched around the country. On Tuesday, California voters will head to the polls to decide if Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should be recalled from office. It's the second time in the state's history that residents will vote to remove a sitting governor. The first was in 2000 and three when then Governor Gray Davis was successfully recalled only months after he was re elected to his second term and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then, as now, critics say, the process is presented as Democratic, but it's actually the opposite too easy to start too confusing to voters and too beholden to special interests. Governor Davis is one of those critics. He says California's recall system is unfair because the ballot asks first if the governor should be recalled and second, who should take their place If the governor doesn't get more than half the votes than another candidate wins, even if that candidate wins fewer votes Overall, I do think there's a fundamental unfairness because as you inferred This is a game of Russian roulette. And while this time I believe Governor Newsom will win and win by 5 to 10 points, um at some point, a governor will get 49% of the vote. The winner on question Number two will get 38% of the vote, and the person with 38% of the vote will become governor and that is just fundamentally unfair. And so I've suggested that policymakers going forward considering doing this when there's a recall, Okay, you have an unscheduled gubernatorial election. Just let everyone run on the same ballot. The governor runs on it. Everyone else runs Whoever gets the most votes wins. If the governor doesn't get some most votes, he's automatically recalled. If he gets the most votes, he can finish out his term. Well to that end, though we should mention that recall attempts are common. Every California governor since 1960 has faced one, but this is only the second time that is actually led to an election. So what do you say to people who say Well, you know what the systems find since recall attempt attempts are common, But success is rare. So obviously something works. Okay, going forward. I think with the advent of technology, it's so much easier to get signatures, then in 1911. I don't even know if we had telephones at 1911. We certainly didn't have the Internet Internet. We didn't have social media, so it's infinitely easier. To do that, But I'm not really worried about you know how many signatures you have to get to qualify it? I'm not against toughening up those requirements a little bit. Given the ease with which technology allows you to gather the signatures today compared to 1911. It just seems that this is a moment in which people are starting to look again at the processes of Of elections and of government. Obviously, you know, one of the big national stories is the moves by mainly not exclusively but mainly Republican legislatures to tighten access to the processes of voting, requiring more idea requirements. Restricting others. You know, cutting down the number of days that people can vote etcetera. That's a big sort of national story. I doesn't wonder. Is there an appetite? You think among the public to think about this and to think about if this is really what they want, because it's just on the one hand. The mechanics of voting is kind of like, I don't know. The mechanics of anything else, like most people don't want to tinker under the hood. They just want to drive the car. So is there Do you sense an appetite? After all this is going on for people to think about. Do they really want this? The whole vetting process is truncated again. You're not even aware there's a recall until the secretary of state certifies that the necessary signatures were gathered. So that's the first time you know that there is going to be an election in the candidates have five days to file and the election is no more than 80 days after that, so there's no time for discussion. A normal election. There's a primary in June. We're gonna have a primary next next June, 2022 for governor. You know, newspapers and media labor unions, environmentalists, business groups everyone weighs in. There's questionnaires to answer is that much broader, more vibrant, robust discussion about the care that's their merits and demerits. None of that happens in any significant way. This is like a shotgun marriage. This is Sprint, not a 440 yard, race or mile racial before we let you go. I know you said. You don't complain about it. There's you know that's the breaks and that you're stoic, and I appreciate that. But I am curious. Like what does that feel like? I mean, you go through all that in a campaign and then you've got like you were reelected. You're elected. Then you're reelected. And then what? A couple weeks later then you're facing her. I just can't help but wonder like, what's that, like? Do you feel like it's not any fun? I don't think anyone got to Governor Chris, I'm sure you would not telling you. Tell you is having the time of his life. You know he's trying to do with day job, and by the way, I think of all the major states. We've been a much better job about putting vaccine and people's arms. We ranked Texas is twice as many infections over the last 14 days in Florida is three times as much and they're the 2nd and 3rd largest state after After California. So he said, a good job in the merits, But he also has to campaign so he's doing double duty and he's going to prevail in my judgment, but at some point The governor will not prevail because he or she will fall below 50% but still get more votes than the second question on the ballot, which is okay fine, who will succeed the governor? So by eliminating question one number one the recall question just having an election and saying This is a recall election of the governor doesn't get the most votes. He will be here. She will be recalled, and whoever gets the most votes will take office as governor. Just that's the only question before people there'll be less confusion. It'll be clear. People.
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"Well, I would say to the senator, as as I would to anyone else we have forced so long. Subsidized the wealthy. Corporations. It's now time for us to take care of people, everyday people the people on Main Street, But the other thing I would say two senators, is that We can pay for it. No, they never worried about paying for it before, But we have the resources. We know how it is going to be paid for. Think about it This way. Michelle. It's $3.5 trillion over 10 years. So it is less per year than what we're spending on. Covid. We can do it. And I think that people like mansion. Ultimately, once they see the pay for us and see the fact that we have a nation full of people who are struggling with their seniors and with our Children, and with so many things, I don't think that they will get it and I think you'll do it. Before I let you go. I just would love to hear more about what you've learned or what you've seen since you've been in this position. I mean, you've been in this position for a couple of months now kind of gotten your feet under the The desk. By definition housing has a long tail. I mean, you can't solve housing crisis overnight like you're a former mayor. In addition to being a former member of Congress, I hear mayors saying that the problem is outrunning them. In like hot markets like Atlanta, D C. In Oakland, prices are escalating faster than they can build. Unless, unless dense markets there's no incentive to build. So I was just wondering. Can you describe like some of the things that you've seen? And is there a way that He would like to help us. Think about this. Beyond the current negotiations over a particular bill, I would say that the mayors are right up until this point it has it really has been out ahead of us so far that it's been hard to catch up, But I think the one thing that makes it different right now, Michelle is that We have the will to do it and we have the people in place to do it. We have not invested in in in moderate to low income housing in decades. We have not taken the time or the resources to make public housing, decent and safe and stable. Right now. The president is on board Hut is on board. We know what we can do it. I'm not saying it's going to happen overnight, but it is going to happen. That was housing and urban development Secretary Marcia Fudge. Madam Secretary. Thank you so much for talking with us Once again. I do hope we'll talk again. Thank you and any time We're turning to another big political fight now one that's specific to California but still being watched around the country. On Tuesday, California voters will head to the polls to decide if Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should be recalled from office. It's the second time in the state's history that residents will vote to remove a sitting governor. The first was in 2000 and three when then Governor Gray Davis was successfully recalled only months after he was re elected to his second term and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then, as now, critics say, the process is presented as Democratic, but it's actually the opposite too easy to start. Too confusing to voters and too beholden to special interests. Governor Davis is one of those critics. He says California's recall system is unfair because the ballot asks first if the governor should be recalled and second who should take their place. If the governor doesn't get more than half the votes than another candidate wins, even if that candidate wins fewer votes. Overall, I do think there's a fundamental unfairness because as you inferred This is a game of Russian roulette. And while this time I believe Governor Newsom will win and when, by 5 to 10 points, um At some point, a governor will get 49% of the vote. The winner on question number two will get 38% of the vote, and the person with 38% of the vote will become governor and that is just fundamentally unfair. And so I suggested that policymakers going forward considering doing this when there's a recall, Okay, you have an unscheduled gubernatorial election. Just let everyone run on the same ballot. The governor runs on. Everyone else runs Whoever gets the most votes wins. If the governor doesn't get some most votes, he's automatically recalled. If he gets the most votes, he can finish out his term. Well to that end, though we should mention that recall attempts are common. Every California governor since 1960 has faced one, but this is only the second time that is actually led to an election. So what do you say to people who say Well, you know what the systems find since recall attempt attempts are common, But success is rare. So obviously something works. Okay, going forward. I think with the advent of technology, it's so much easier to get the signatures, then in 1911. I don't even know if we had telephones at 1911. We certainly didn't have the Internet Internet. We didn't have social media, so it's infinitely easier to do that. But I'm not really worried about. You know how many signatures you have to get to qualify it? I'm not against Toughening up those requirements a little bit. Given the ease with which technology allows you to gather the signatures today compared to 1911. It just seems that this is a moment in which people are starting to look again at the processes of elections and of government. Obviously, you know, one of the big national stories is the moves by Mainly not exclusively but mainly Republican legislatures to tighten access to the processes of voting, requiring more ID requirements. Restricting others. You know, cutting down the number of days that people can vote etcetera. That's a big sort of national story. I doesn't wonder. Is there an appetite? You think among the public to think about this and to think about if this is really what they want, because it's just on the one hand the mechanics of voting. Is kind of like, I don't know the mechanics of anything else, like most people don't want to tinker under the hood. They just want to drive the car. So is there Do you sense an appetite after like, all this is going on for people to think about..
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"marcia fudge" Discussed on WBUR
"Well, I would say to the senators, as as I would to anyone else we have for so long. Subsidized the wealthy. Corporations. It's now time for us to take care of people everyday people to people on Main Street. But the other thing I would say two senators, is that We can pay for it. You know, they never worried about paying for it before, But we have the resources. We know how it is going to be paid for. Think about it This way. Michelle. It's $3.5 trillion over 10 years, so it is less per year than what we're spending on. Covid. We can do it. And I think that people like mansion Ultimately, once they see the pay fors and see the fact that we have a nation full of people who are struggling with their seniors, and with our Children, and with so many things, I don't think that they will get it. And I think you'll do it before we let you go. I just would love to hear more about what you've learned or what you've seen since you've been in this position. I mean, you've been In this position for a couple of months now kind of gotten your feet under the desk. By definition housing has a long tail. I mean, you can't solve the housing crisis overnight. Like you were a former mayor. In addition to being a former member of Congress, I hear mayors saying that the problem is outrunning them in like hot markets like Atlanta, DC, in Oakland, prices are escalating faster than they can build. Unless, unless dense markets there's no incentive to build. So I was just wondering. Can you describe like some of the things that you've seen, And is there a way that he would like to help us think about this beyond the current negotiations over a particular bill? I would say that the mayors are right up until this point. It has It really has been out ahead of us so far that it's been hard to catch up. But I think the one thing that makes it different right now. Michelle is that We have the will to do it and we have the people in place to do it. We have not invested in in in moderate to low income housing in decades. We have not taken the time or the resources to make public housing, decent and safe and stable. Right now. The president is on board Hut is on board. We know what we can do it. I'm not saying it's going to happen overnight, but it is going to happen. That was Housing and urban development Secretary Marcia Fudge. Madam Secretary. Thank you so much for talking with us Once again. I do hope we'll talk again. Thank you and any time We're turning to another big political fight now one that's specific to California but still being watched around the country. On Tuesday, California voters will head to the polls to decide if Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should be recalled from office. It's the second time in the state's history that residents will vote to remove a sitting governor. The first was in 2000 and three when then Governor Gray Davis was successfully recalled only months after he was re elected to a second term. And replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Then as now, critics say, the process is presented as Democratic, but it's actually the opposite too easy to start too confusing to voters and too beholden to special interests. Governor Davis is one of those critics. He says California's recall system is unfair because the ballot asks first if the governor should be recalled and second, who should take their place If the governor doesn't get more than half the votes than another candidate wins, even if that candidate wins fewer votes Overall, I do think there's a fundamental unfairness because as you inferred This is a game of Russian roulette. And while this time I believe Governor Newsom will win and win by 5 to 10 points, um at some point, a governor will get 49% of the vote. The winner on question number two. We'll get 38% of the vote, and the person with 38% of the vote will become governor and that is just fundamentally unfair. And so I've suggested that policymakers going forward considering doing this when there's a recall, Okay, you have an unscheduled gubernatorial election. Just let everyone run on the same ballot. The governor runs on. Everyone else runs Whoever gets the most votes wins. If the governor doesn't get some most votes, he's automatically recalled. If he gets the most votes, he can finish out his term. Well to that end, though we should mention that recall attempts are common. Every California governor since 1960 has faced one, but this is only the second time that is actually led to an election. So what do you say to people who say Well, you know what the systems find since recall attempt attempts are common, But success is rare. So obviously something works. Okay, going forward. I think with the advent of technology, it's so much easier to get signatures, then in 1911. I don't even know if we had telephones at 1911. We certainly didn't have the Internet Internet. We didn't have social media, so it's infinitely easier. To do that, But I'm not really worried about you know how many signatures you have to get to qualify it? I'm not against toughening up those requirements a little bit, given the ease with which technology allows you to gather the signatures today compared to 1911. It just seems that this is a moment in which people are starting to look again at the processes of elections and the government. Obviously, you know, one of the big national stories is the moves by mainly not exclusively but mainly Republican legislatures to tighten Access to the processes of voting, requiring more idea requirements restricting others. You know, cutting down the number of days that people can vote etcetera. That's a big sort of national story. I doesn't wonder. Is there an appetite? You think among the public to think about this and to think about if this is really what they want, because it's just on the one hand. The mechanics of voting is kind of like, I don't know. The mechanics of anything else, like most people don't want to tinker under the hood. They just want to drive the car. So is there Do you sense an appetite? After all this is going on for people to think about..
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"Five days after thousands of supporters of the right wing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets on Brazil's Independence Day. His opponents are making their voices heard with elections there in just over a year's time. Mr Bolsonaro has been losing ground in the opinion polls to his biggest rival, the country's left wing former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva. Graciela Tester, is a professor of political science at the school of Public Administration and government at the Chateau Julio Vargas Foundation from the capital, Brasilia. She told me about the latest protests. So today we have a protest in 14 or 15 major cities that request Bolsonaro's to be impeached by the legislative because of what he has been saying, and because of how he managed The Covid crisis in Brazil. But this protest it has been called by former supporters of jelly bolsonaro and not by the left wing. That historic opposition of president of this protest has been called by this enter Right movement that use it to support President Bolsonaro. And now it's against him. So more conservative people who feel that also narrow has taken The country too far to the right, especially how he managed the vaccine buying and how he did not I it the whole crisis since the beginning and didn't act enough. To contain how the disease is spread fraud. Brazil are these different people, then to the ones who protested on Independence Day, the ones that protested in the dependence. They were supporters of Bolsonaro, and they were actually against the judiciary. That's the new strategy of presidential hopeful. So now it was just say that the Let's just don't let him act the way he wanted. So His supporters, his former supporters and his traditional opponents, all of them out on the street. What is happening in Brazil? We have this president always questioning the other branches and always questioning the Democratic ways of doing things. He's also supported by all the military forces, which is also dangerous, so There's lots of people worried about the future of Brazil's democracy. That's why we have all these protests and all this movement in Brazil. Nowadays, this question of what happens in next year's election is that one that many Brazilians Are concerned about Certainly those who oppose job bolsonaro are they worried that he might not step down? If he is deemed to have lost the election? Yes, there is this kind of bad perspective. Because he has even questioning how safe it is the electronic ballots that has been around Brazil for more than 20 years, and that elected him seven times for congressman and four president. He's now questioning the security of the electronic vote. And yes, that's a problem that's expected to happen if he doesn't win next elections. That was a Brazilian professor of political science. And Gretzky. Ella Esta. You're listening to the BBC World Service. And this is news hour coming to you live from London with James cameras. Army. Yeah. Two key financial support set up to help through the pandemic have expired. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge says a crisis is coming. People are not only boozing their unemployment benefits, but many of them Are going to lose their homes Secretary outlines the Biden administration's plans to help that's on the next. All things considered from NPR news. Four p.m. on news 88 7. From Austin to.
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White House Calls for State, Local Eviction Moratoriums After Supreme Court Ruling
"Advocates and court officials were gearing up today for what some fear will be a wave of addictions. Others, however, predicting it will just be a growing trickle after U. S Supreme Court action allowing the lockouts to resume. The high court's conservative majority late yesterday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The action ends protections for about 3.5 million people in the US who say they face eviction in the next two months. The court's action does not affect the temporary bans on evictions placed by a handful of states, including California, White House Press secretary Jen Psaki said. The Treasury Department and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge today sent a letter to all governors, mayors and county officials urging them. To implement their own eviction moratoriums. President Biden would, of course, support congressional action to authorize an eviction moratorium, and the Supreme Court has now clearly outlined that as the sole way a moratorium could remain in effect now, at the same time, I think it's important to remember what our objective is here. Our objective is to keep as many people around the country in their homes as possible. Federal legislation is one way to do that. Obviously, the eviction moratorium we had have had in place and we've been issuing month to month is one way to do that. But the ER a funding that came through the American rescue plan, and it's going out to states is another way to do that, and we have asked, and we have put out today. The Department of Treasury and the secretary of It has the same impact right because it is preventing people from being kicked out of their homes. And these states have the funding thanks to the American rescue plan to get that done now, the other place that's our responsibility that we continue to focus on is working to eliminate any red tape that exists.
The Takeaway
"marcia fudge" Discussed on The Takeaway
"On tuesday. Democrats voted in the primary for a special election to fill the congressional seat. In ohio's eleventh district marcia fudge vacated that seat to join president biden's cabinet as housing secretary shantelle brown the chairwoman of the cuyahoga county democratic party won the primary beating out nina turner a former state senator and co chair of senator bernie sanders presidential campaign now. Ohio eleven is a safe. Democratic district and brown is strongly favored to win the general election in november. Now this single how seat though. It's a big deal because the battle between brown and turner was billed as a surrogate showdown between the progressive and moderate forces in the national democratic party. Here to walk through the special election. Primary and ohio is julie car might and ap reporter based in ohio. Welcome julie happy to be here. And amy walter is back with us to talk politics. Amy's the editor in chief of the cook. Political report with amy walter and former host of politics with amy walter the takeaway. Welcome back amy. I am once again so very happy to be here. All right julie. I have to say. I was surprised by the results. Turner look like the front runner and had a lot more fundraising dollars. How that brown one this well. What we saw was this huge surge in the last several weeks of the campaign. And you're absolutely right. Nina turner had been campaigning. Hard here for months and She's a firebrand fiery speaker Inspires law of crowds who are favorable toward bernie sanders and all of the sudden shantelle brown became the local favourite Establishment democrats like jim clyburn and hillary clinton and others a hopped into the race and got behind her a bunch of unions And a bunch of super pacs. amy All politics are local. That's the great story. And yet this one was certainly hyper local but also very much not mobile. That's right my like now. It's all politics is local. Except when it's not and more and more. It's not and i think in many ways. It was the sort of proxy fight between the biden and bernie sanders wings of the party. But really what it. What it is is not ideological is much more about the kind of person to sit in the seat in terms of their temperament their personality. More important whether this person is going to be a team player. Which is what. Sean brown was arguing. Not only going to be a backer of joe biden. Which joe biden won this district in the primary against bernie sanders. Hilary clinton won this district overwhelmingly back in two thousand sixteen against bernie sanders. So saying i'm going to be on the team which nina turn has come out against both of those leaders when she was with the sanders campaign. I'm going to be on the team. I'm gonna be a vote with leadership. You can't count on nina turner being part of the team. She is a rogue agent and when democrats have just a narrow majority in the house. When joe biden's agenda depends on fifty. Senator sticking together in every single one of the democrats in the house sticking together. We can't afford to have a rogue individual on the democratic side Julie helped me walk through this a little bit. Because in certain ways. Nina turner is robustness is precisely why she is who she is. On a national stage it was her willingness to go against the establishment repeatedly at the state level. That is what made her so popular and also in ohio supposed to be pretty independent thinking. That's a really good point. And of course. Ironically the day ohioans made this choice was the same day that progressives in washington achieved of big goal of pressuring president biden to kind of rollback his his reticence on this eviction moratorium. So yeah they were seeing. Some huge victories and that kind of pressure was what they wanted to continue with her but I do think that is right that the idea that she might defect from a democratic majority. That's so slim. Was maybe frightening to some of these. Democrats are we at a p had had a poll that showed really the democratic party. Loyalists are very happy with their party. Right now they're happy with biden. They're happy with what's happening in terms of the agenda and they really wanted that to the extent that they poured into our state and started rallying for her and Nina turner who had had a double digit lead early on and for a long time. According to you know whatever polling was available just wasn't able to overcome. So i'm also interested amy in the kind of race gender politics of this. I mean these are the two black women running for a seat recently. Vacated by a black woman and held prior to that another. Wipe woman stephanie. Tubbs jones who passed away suddenly in quite young in two thousand eight. And i'm wondering about this idea of being an african american woman but also be a team player for the democrats. I mean that's something. We get called on all the time by the party as voters and apparently as legislators and yet the congressional black caucus has also always been kind of the conscience of the party pushing the party to be a bit more progressive than it. Otherwise would be so. Is that changing. That's a really good point and remember the cbc came out and endorsed trump l brown in this race. Jim clyburn went out and campaigned for brown. Which while we think of him as somebody who gets involved in politics obviously his endorsement of of then candidate joe biden was critical in the twenty twenty primary. And he's not the kind of person who shows up into individual house races. But i think that why you saw the cbc engaged here was the sense of. We do need a Sticking together ness right that our ability to actually get things done to shift the conversation to make sure our priorities are put on the front burner is to be united and to be united means that everybody understands that we gotta work together on this team and i think what really frustrated so many folks about turner jim clyburn said this specifically was the fact that it's not just that she wants to push the establishment or to speak her mind. It's that she publicly attacked. Kleiber publicly attacked biden was circumspect about her 2016 vote in other words that not only did was she not a supporter of hillary clinton in the primary but may not have voted for her against donald trump. And so. I do think that there was a look. We understand the important role that african american voters play in the election that play to the core of the democratic base. How important they are and at the same time. Wanna get anything done. We all have to be rowing in the same direction. All right julie. Let's talk about the general election. That is coming up now again. Ohio eleven should be a safe democratic district. But as i was just talking about around black women holding the seat turns out. The republican nominee is also an african american woman. Is that gonna make a difference in. It's very interesting isn't it. So laverne gore is her name and she's lay won. The republican primary. There wasn't really much competition but doesn't that in some ways begin to a race The ability of shantelle ground to talk about Black and women's issues in november as a way to choose her over laverne gore Gore is going to try to talk about the failure of democratic leadership in the city of cleveland..
The Ben Shapiro Show
"marcia fudge" Discussed on The Ben Shapiro Show
"You like that coming at four o'clock in the morning my goodness eh. joe manchin is at her going. Like oh you have to do is kind of do what i'm telling you to do and you'll be fine racing i. I don't understand why y'all want us to write checks that our kids won't be able to cash because it's very silly but joe biden isn't working with mansion and now working across the aisle instead he has decided to under the one time he worked across the aisle. He decided to immediately within two hours undercut his own message to the point where the white house had walk it back. Here's joe manchin. Repeating a message that if joe biden actually said might make joe biden slightly more popular. You put me anywhere you want to in the political spectrum. But i think. I'm pretty much interest in the middle. Where most people are em- pragmatic enough to figure. Okay i understand you've identified the need on this side but we've already spent many trillions of dollars attending to a lot of those needs. How much more can we afford. Do you want more debt. I looked at this morning. We're twenty eight almost point five trillion dollars of debt. How much more can we add on. Stephanie how much more can we pass on to your children. The next generation. We've always said we're writing. Checks aren't his can't cash it elizabeth. Warren says we're never going to have to cash those cheques. Because who cares and that is a battle inside the democratic party. It is not going to end anytime soon. Actually getting worse like a lot worse which is why for example representative. James clyburn is now opposing. An ally of bernie sanders in a special election in cleveland. There's a major battle that has broken out inside the democratic party. Here here i mean. It's it's astonishing on tuesday. Kleiber and took aim at one of sanders is most outspoken accolades. Nina turner a hero to laugh through surgery in her campaign in ohio to claim the congressional seat vacated by marcia fudge clyburn is now endorsing chantal brown turner's leading opponent. He said the reason is because this is the sloganeering of the parties left flank which is dangerous. Hey all that is masking. This is the presence of joe. Biden is all that is masking this at this point and because again joe biden's not there and he doesn't seem super threatening like okay. Fine says he radicals modern cares. He's barely alive. Meanwhile comma harris's waiting. The winston democrats are panicking. They're just panicking because every time. Kamala harris appears on camera. You know it's gonna get bad and so you're starting to see the apple research thompsons. It's unbelievable actually kamala harris. You would think is in a sort of impregnable position that joe biden or two plots or if he were to not run in a couple of years you would think that come. The harris would be the obvious heir-apparent. I mean he's been not only campaigning with her. He brings out randomly at events as though she is the co president as opposed to occupying the office. That is worn bucket of spit right. And so it's very weird. He's giving her these big. The sort of big portfolios like the border like these high profile portfolios climate change and. Then she's terrible at it and so what you're starting to see his rebellion against kamala harris inside the democratic party. There's an pure apple being dropped on her today. In politico there is a piece called not a healthy environment. Kamla harris office rife with descent. Now we know that kamala harris. Her office is a bleep show. There's an entire article in the new york times when she first had dropped out of the presidential race before iowa. Talking about how it was completely dysfunctional. She couldn't run an office. She a terrible candidate and then of course as soon as biden picture she became the greatest candidate in the history of the world. Why did we ever do that to comma why it will now. There's a piece in politico and the bills starting coming out turns out. Nobody likes kamla. When vice president kamala harris finally made the decision to visit the mexico border last week people inside. Her own office were blindsided by the news for days. Aids and outside allies had been calling and texting with each other about the political fallout. A potential trip would entail but when it became known that she was going to el paso and left many scrambling including officials who are responsible for making travel arrangements and others outside the. Vp's office charged with crafting the messaging across the administration. The handling of the border visit rights. Politico was the latest chaotic moment for staff quickly become mired in them. Harris's team is experiencing low morale poorest lines of communication diminish trust among aides and senior officials. Much of the frustration internally is directed at tina flournoy harris's chief of staff a veteran of democratic politics who began working for her earlier this year in interviews twenty two current and former vp aids administration officials in associates of harrison biden described a tent and at times dour atmosphere. Aides allies had flournoy in an apparent effort to protect harris has instead created an insular environment. Where ideas are ignored met with harsh dismissal. Dismissals and decisions are dragged out often. They said she refuses to take responsibility for delicate issues and blends staffers for the negative results. That causes well. Much of the ir aimed at harrison chief to administration officials said the. Vp herself also bears responsibility for the way her office run. It all starts at the tops of one of the administration officials. People are thrown under the bus from the very top. they're short fuses. It's an abusive environment. It's not a healthy environment. He will often feel mistreated. It's not a place where people feel supported. It's a place where people feel treated like bleep. Man the apple coming out on kamala harris. This early they are in serious trouble. Democrats are in trouble. They know they're in trouble and they can't. They cannot direct that car away from the cliff. They can't they are stuck between rock and a hard place in comal is waiting in the wings and they're trying preemptively to dumper and ain't gonna work if you're a republican i mean just focus on talking about the democrats that's it. They're the easiest pickings.
WCBM 680 AM
"marcia fudge" Discussed on WCBM 680 AM
"Well, look, I mean part of the problem with these multi trillion dollar additional spending bills. I call them additional spending bills because these air above and beyond the already inflated spending bills that the administration's proposed You know, there's still four more trillion dollars on the table and the president is still talking about you know the need to pass these $4 trillion in additional spending with money that is basically just printed by the printed by the U. S government. It will only make the situation worse. I think the president can't back down there and you have the border crisis. Well, yeah. I mean, you hear the latest is not a crisis. I know. I know. Because CNN told us it's not a crisis. Housing development Secretary of Marcia Fudge said yesterday that the Biden administration is going to allow taxpayer funds from HUD. To be used for public housing for illegal aliens. Taxpayers are going to foot the bill to house illegal aliens who have violated the laws of the United States. That doesn't shock you, Shawn. Don't talk to me. I mean that they are willing to do it shocks me, But this is all Cloward Piven sisters. All look, this is Americans have to realize you work hard for your money. Now everything is going to cost more. You pulled to the gas pump. It costs more. Your taxes are going up. I don't care what they say. Your taxes are going up. And inflation by one time, absolutely, and inflation if you if you don't believe go down to your local Home Depot or Lowe's, and look with the price of a two by four is if you don't think inflation is there, but you don't have to. You can drive by your gas station gas was $2 a gallon a year ago. Now $3 a gallon. This is going to get worse and worse and worse. This is the failure of big government, socialist liberalism, some 43 traffic.
KCRW
"marcia fudge" Discussed on KCRW
"The Capitol police are now facing serious scrutiny for failing to protect Congress. And one reason for that failure advocates, experts and lawmakers say is a lack of transparency. NPR investigative correspondent Tom Dreisbach has been looking into this and joins us now. Hey, Tom. Hey, Elsa. So first off, How does the Capitol police compared to They're police departments. Well, the first thing to know is that it is a really big agency. It has around 2000 sworn officers, which is bigger than the entire city of Atlanta Police Department. Its budget is close to half a billion dollars, so it's bigger than the Detroit PD and the Capitol. Police has sort of an unusual role in that handles security at the Capitol building, so it's sort of similar to the Secret Service. But it also has officers who do police work like traffic stops and even drug busts at union Station in D C, which is not on the Capitol grounds. But the other big difference between this department and others is that they disclose way less information publicly. Well. Police departments aren't generally known for being super transparent. So are you saying the Capitol police is even less so, yeah, way less so most police departments they have to release public records like arrest reports. In many cases, body cam footage, which we see so often the Capitol police don't have to do any of that because they're not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. They do not have a civilian oversight board that fields complaints. They do have an inspector general that does investigations. But those reports from the inspector general stay secret and ultimately their bosses. Congress itself and Congress is just not required that they release any of this information. So how do you think that secrecy played a role in the January 6th attack on the capital? Talked about that with Dan Shuman. He's an advocate for government. Accountability with this group called Demand progress, and he told me the Capitol Police is the worst agency he has ever dealt with in terms of transparency, and he told me that when agencies are this secretive people aren't able to poke around and say, Hey, you have a big problem here, and here's how to fix it. They didn't put the systems in place where those of us on the outside and those on the inside could hold them accountable so that when the test came, they were ready for it. Well, since the riot investigators have been looking into the fatal shooting of one of the writers and Air Force veteran named Ashley Babbitt, What can you tell us about that investigation just to remind people on January 6th? Actually, Babbitt was inside the Capitol. She had on a backpack and a pro trump flag, And at one point, she and others reached a barricaded door inside the Capitol that led to the speaker's lobby. Other writers used a pole and a helmet to smash a window at that barricaded door. Then Babbitt tried to climb through that smashed window and at that point of Capitol police officer fired his gun once and she was killed. The Justice Department determined that the officer did not break any criminal laws when you shot actually, Babbitt But they only issued a press release. It's under 800 words long and so we don't have a lot of information about how they made that determination. And one key aspect here that is unusual is that the officer has not been publicly named in our most police departments release an officer's name after a fatal shooting, right. Why hasn't this officer been named? I talked to these unnamed officers, lawyer And the lawyer told me the officer has faced credible death threats. And so this is a safety issue. He also argued that this officer worked on a protective detail. So it's more akin to what a secret service agent does, and typically, the information about a fatal shooting in that case would not be released. But the family have actually Babbitt, meanwhile, is really outraged that they haven't got more information. I talked to Aaron Babbitt, who is actually Babette's husband. He told me that he is actually never spoken to anyone with the Capitol police he actually found out that his wife died from TV news rather than the police. And he said, Well, Congress is talking about police reforms. They really need to take a look at their own agency. They sit back and they Completely refused. Released the name of their own police officer that was involved. In the shooting of an unarmed woman. It's ridiculous. It's absolutely ridiculous. Now. Erin Babbitt has gotten a lawyer. He said he does intend to sue the Capitol police in part to get more information about the shooting of his wife. That is NPR investigative correspondent Tom Dreisbach. Thank you, Tom, Thanks also As millions of people in the U. S struggle to pay rent and the CDC is eviction Moratorium faces an uncertain future in court. The federal government today authorized another $21.6 billion in emergency assistance. Money also comes with instructions on how to quickly get it to the people who need it most, which has been a problem. Earlier today, NPR's Michele Martin spoke with Marcia Fudge, the secretary of housing and Urban development, Michelle pressed the secretary on why federal funds have been slow to get into people's hands. Congress has already passed $45 billion in rental assistance, but there have been reports that states are still distributing it. I mean, CNBC reported that as of early April, some 20 states Had not even opened programs to distribute the aid. So recognizing that you just get your feet under the desk less than two months ago. What's going wrong here in your opinion? And how does your latest plan address this? Let me say a few things first. You're absolutely right. Resource is have been slow getting out. Part of the problem was that as the resource is came out so quickly, because as you talk about the covert package, the rescue plan you talk about cares all coming out fairly close together. There was a lot of money going through the pipeline, and most of our Communities, especially the smaller ones did not have the capacity to use it as quickly as we would have liked, But I do believe that now That they have the technical assistance from us as well as our people on the ground, assisting them. You're going to see the money start to move a lot quicker. Because we know that the need is so great and that people are relying on the fact that we're going to use this $40 billion To make sure that we get people caught up on their arrearages. Get them current so that when the moratorium ins we won't fall off the cliff, you know about that. I mean, the census is seven million Americans are behind on rent. Do you think these measures will be enough to persuade landlords to extend some four parents? We are assisting with negotiating with landlords. The biggest problem? Quite frankly, Michelle is that With home buyers. Many of them do not know that they can go to their lender and re negotiate the alone if they need to that we have assistance in an amount of $10 billion for them..
Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective
"marcia fudge" Discussed on Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective
"Put this improper framing here. Let me help thank you keep trotting out the word black. There's not just that you know. Th they call her an asian american. They've called her and indian-american. They've called her a east indian american. Why don't they just say the first woman vice-president thank you. Thank you exactly. You know the world can see what her skin tone is. If someone is is questioning what her ethnicity might be. Then they can ask her otherwise stop trotting out these labels. This is the media it is the media and it makes me wanna barf in so many different directions combat chat just just to help us out. She's back on people aged. She says try boot edge edge that to read his name again imprint pete boot edge edge. Hey that's the way. I'm going to refer to and from now on boot edge now beth getting heat for that. You know what we're gonna do is shoot all with that help in pronunciation. It was a big help. I you people that know me. Well know that me and names are not rents Let's see going back to the article here. But biden declared the group quote. Looks like america. Got to work on my vitamin voice. Come on man and added. That's what we promised we were going to do. And we've done it close quote. I can't take that away from does look much better. It's certainly is starkly better than the last administration now. Trump's cabinet was largely white and male. It says here. Yes that's and that was a problem. Thursday meeting came a week after the senate confirmed the final cabinet member and a day after biden released his infrastructure plan which was a major major item on the agenda. Now i have some knowledge and experience with this with this with this. Pick going on here in. The article says the white house allowed press to witness just the opening three minutes where biden announced that he had asked five cabinet secretaries quote to take special responsibility to explain the plan to the american public close quote directed transportation buddha judges energies jennifer gray home housing and urban development marcia fudge laborers marty walsh and commerce commerce and this is the lady i have miliary with gina raimondo to be especially visible to the public and lead outreach. On capitol hill gina raimondo was a former governor of rhode island and challenging to say the least for the nuggets it indian nation there that gene. Okay which i i i will. I will not in this episode better in a future episode. I plan to Present some counter arguments That have been made relevant to appointments as commerce secretary Because i was washing that with with interest because they knew that she was president. Biden's pick But i wanna be accurate with my deconstruction later. Date but yes gina raimondo. Is the united states. Commerce secretary binding also directed the entire cabinet to examine agency spending to ensure it follows his quote by american commitment. Now i would.
Mark Blazor
Marcia Fudge sworn in as secretary of housing and urban development
"Year old Marcia Fudge is going from Congress to the Cabinet. He's been confirmed as the new HUD secretary in a 66 to 34 vote, the first black woman to head that department in more than 40 years, according to the Washington Post, But just said her priorities include ending discriminatory housing practices, But of more immediate focus will be helping those avoid eviction Amid the pandemic, millions of Americans are behind on rent.
Dana Loesch
US Senate confirms two more key Biden cabinet picks
"Day on the Hill, Marcia Fudge from Ohio representative confirmed as the housing and Urban Development secretary. You have Merrick Garland confirmed as the attorney general. I mean, ah lot going on. Over there. But then you have well. The question about Joe Biden. And how he's doing. They're supposed to be a press conference tomorrow with Joe Biden. I think when Joe Biden has given time and ample time to prepare, he can handle things. You know, I did say that in the debates, Joe Biden is gonna fall apart. He didn't fall apart. He wasn't great by any stretch, but he didn't fall apart. He seemed to have all his faculties. So maybe what it takes is a lot of prep to get him to be able to do the thing to build that level of memorization or whatever it is, it's going on to get him through it. And yes, I think that in a press conference, things were gonna be very, very tightly controlled. Wouldn't think that it would be otherwise. But more and more people want to push the idea that Kamila Harris might be in charge. After all, she's taking solo phone calls regarding foreign policy. And admittedly, Barack Obama never allowed Um Joe Biden to do that. He probably knew Joe Biden better than we do. And Mike Pence only did it a handful of times a couple times a year. Was he the one engaged in those conversations. So maybe it's just a difference of philosophy. Maybe it's indication of an issue. But the idea that it's maybe can't ask me to go down that that conspiratorial
WTOP 24 Hour News
Senate confirms Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as HUD secretary
"Now the Senate has confirmed another member of President Biden's Cabinet. Ohio Congresswoman Marsha Fudge will become the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She's the first black woman to head that department of more than four decades. She was approved by a vote of 66 to
790 KABC
"marcia fudge" Discussed on 790 KABC
"Lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Is embracing the president's own ambitious goals for housing in America. At her Senate confirmation hearing, Congresswoman Marsha Fudge said. We need to make the dream of home ownership of reality and the security and wealth creation that comes with it. It needs to be a reality for all Americans that will require us to end discriminatory practices in the housing market and assure that our fair housing rules are doing what they are intended to do. Fudges remarks came just days after the president signed an executive order directing HUD to doom or to end housing discrimination. Ha Z is a write in American homeownership. Is an essential tool to wealth creation and to be passed down to generations. Today I'm directly Department of Housing and Urban Affairs and Urban Development. Redress historical racism and federal housing policies, and we'll have more on Marcia Fudge is Senate confirmation hearing just ahead. America's home prices saw some of their biggest gains on record in November, according to the latest S and P Corelogic Case Shiller Home Price index. The index shows that home prices rose 9.5% year over year in November. 20 City composite index was up 9.1%. Now a main reason that home prices are going up so fast is that there are so few homes on the market, Redfin CEO Glenn Kellman said on CNBC. I have never seen such low inventory in Austin. Are people bringing lawn chairs to open houses because the way it is so long to get in, and salt Lake City the waitlist is 90 deep. You have got people buy houses site on seeing across the country. It has been the frothy market I've ever seen. Also, there's this the F H F A's monthly home price report. Shows that in November, home prices were up 11% year over year coming up in half an hour. How moving back in with Mom and Dad is actually helping some young adults become.
KCRW
"marcia fudge" Discussed on KCRW
"In Torrance. For if I South bad before Crenshaw Boulevard earlier crash cleared from lanes traffic recovering from the 91 Freeway. Partly cloudy skies Tonight we'll have lows around 50 degrees. Partly cloudy tomorrow highs, mostly in the sixties. On a Monday. It's all things considered from NPR News. I'm Mary Louise Kelly and I'm Elsa Chang, the country of Myanmar is under military control again after a coup deposed the government of former democracy icon on Sans Souci. The military claims. Massive election fraud that sauce Ooh Cheese party went overwhelmingly in November's general election. Michael Sullivan reports. The military says it's state of emergency will only last a year, Mo two's up of the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Isn't buying. She has a long memory and recalls a similar promise made by the military after a student led uprising decades ago, I go back to 1988 from this was to convene elections and hand over power to the party that won the elections, and we all know what happened in 1990. What happened then, she says, was that on some soup cheese party won convincingly. Victory. The military then refused to recognize. But today she insists things are different than they were 30 years ago. The global political and economic climate will just be very unfavorable for military hunter seeking to justify his actions. I think that's assuming the military cares. I think that probably calculated that they've got friends in the world that will be disappointed in them. Will ultimately put their own self interests to the fore. And let them get away with it. David Matheson is a Youngun based analyst reached in Thailand. The endgame, I think is quite disturbing. I think it's them holding onto power. And definitely Mary Kelehan, a Myanmar scholar at the University of Washington, who is in the former capital, Yangon, isn't so sure. I don't even know if they have a plan. But, she says, even without a plan This crisis was inevitable, given the cohabitation that the 2008 Constitution imposed upon political and personal photos or enemies, So I'm not so shocked. To be honest. That arrangement she says, was created in part by the military drafted Constitution. That allowed it to retain control over several key ministries while guaranteeing the military a quarter of the seats in parliament effective veto power. Despite this on some suit, she went to the International Court of Justice in 2019 to refute allegations of genocide by Myanmar's military against the Muslim minority Rohingya. I think foreigners read too much into that, and that's what's being that's what we're hearing over and over. Which is that you know, she went to bat for the military, but she went about for her country. I mean, she saw this I C J case as an attack on her country and inevitable or not, Callahan says. This crisis couldn't have come at a worst time mammals facing its greatest health threat since the Spanish flu of 1918 There's new outbreaks of fighting in places where there had not been violent in a decade, and now it has a national political crisis when she says that will not turn out well for the people of Myanmar. For NPR News. I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand. In his first week in office, President Biden made a point to take action on racial discrimination in housing. He issued an executive order directing his team to review a rule put in place by the Trump administration. Role that had Internet repealed and Obama era regulation. So a lot of twists and turns here here to help us understand what can be done to improve access to housing for all Americans is Shaun Donovan. He was secretary of housing and Urban development during Obama's first term in office. Shaun Donovan, welcome Mary Louise is great to be with you again. Let's start with the news. What is your read on this move by President Biden. What does this new executive order actually do President Biden made of very forceful statement? And I think really targeted exactly where we need to go. Housing is at the root of so many issues around racial inequity in this country, because think about it when you choose a place to live. You choose where your kids go to school. You choose access to jobs. You choose access to healthcare as we've seen in this Endemic. And so when we're targeting housing and making it more fair, we're actually starting to make the American dream real again. Saying, everyone should have a chance that opportunity. And when you say this new order is forceful at be specific, what will it actually do when I lead HUD for President Obama? We focused on making the Fair Housing act of 1968 real to give it real teeth. And specifically, we did two things. The first is called disparate impact. And why disparate impact is important is because it says that you don't have to be intentionally discriminating. To be held accountable for changing. Ah, practice that's discriminatory. The second is what we call affirmatively, furthering fair housing. And what that says, is that it isn't just enough to stop active discrimination. The responsibility if you take federal money is to actually go farther than that. And reverse. Undo the legacy impacts of discrimination. I think Congresswoman Fudge in her confirmation hearing, put it very well. This is Marcia Fudge, who is Biden's nominee. Exactly? She said her confirmation hearing that just getting rid of discrimination today would be like starting a race but giving one person in that race. Ah, head start. I do want to note and let you respond to the Trump administration argued. Hey, we're in favor of fairness in housing, but the way that the Obama team went about it was the wrong way we heard President Trump complained repeatedly that if you mandate low income housing, it would it would destroy the suburbs and so on. Do you think anything in the trump legacy on this is worth preserving? I don't the attacks that we heard Donald Trump make on these rules specifically on my work. I take this personally that it was destroying the suburbs. Was very similar to what we heard Ben Carson say in the presidential campaign in 2016, he said, This is social engineering. And We have to really focus on the fact that that is completely ignoring the history of the United States and how we ended up with segregated neighborhoods in the first place. We know that segregation and racial inequity were created by the government, federal mortgages that explicitly said You are not allowed to sell your house. You a person of color. That is how we constructed racial segregation. We need to make sure that those who have started behind in the race are given a chance to catch up, and that's why we need to make sure that this is an active role. That the federal government is taking. What do you see is the biggest challenge, I guess the biggest immediate challenge for Marcia Fudge if she is confirmed as the next HUD secretary, we know that more than a third of Americans Were having trouble just meeting the rent because of widespread joblessness, loss of wages. The deep impact's of cove ID and so job one has to be Keeping folks in their homes and getting $25 billion in rental assistance that was just passed by Congress. Out into people's hands so that they can Stay in their homes and don't end up on the streets. Shaun Donovan. He was housing and urban development Secretary under President Obama is now running for mayor of New York. And we reached him today in Brooklyn Secretary Jonathan Thank You. Thank you, Mary Louise..
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"Double U. N. Y C. It's morning edition from NPR News. I'm Sarah McCammon and I'm Rachel Martin. Good morning. Since taking office President Joe Biden has signed a long list of executive orders to try to fulfill his core campaign promises or at least a signal their priority in his administration. Today. Healthcare is in the spotlight. President Biden is signing two executive actions. One aims to increase access to health insurance through the affordable care act and increase access to Medicaid. The other is a memorandum to expand access to reproductive health. NPR health policy reporter Selena Simmons Duffin is with us for details. Good morning, Selina. Morning, Rachel. What can you tell us that start off with the executive order on the A. C. A. So the big news there is that the fighting administration is opening up a special enrollment period on healthcare dot gov. That is the federally run health insurance exchange starting February. 15th. Americans will have three months to sign up for health plan if their state uses healthcare dot gov. As it's Obama care exchange. Most states do That will be open for three months until mid May. And that means you don't have to prove you've just lost coverage or had a qualifying life event. You could just go in choose a plan get covered, and this is the first time there's been a special enrollment period on the federal exchange during the pandemic. The Trump Administration face pressure to have one in the spring, but it never did. And this executive order addresses Medicaid as well. Yeah, that's right. Medicaid has turned out to be key and preventing millions of people who've lost jobs from the coronavirus recession from losing their health coverage as well. That's the health plan for low income people. And last night, the White House put out this fact sheet about the executive order, and it seems pretty sweeping. It's asking federal agencies to look at any rules or policies that make it harder for people to have access to health insurance. Either through a sea exchanges or Medicaid. And that includes the controversial work requirements that the Trump Administration courage states to take up in the last few years, And there are other ways that Biden has said he would like to shore up the A C. A. But this is a significant start in terms of what he could do from the executive branch. All right, so the Medicaid and the CIA that's uncommon in one executive action and then the second executive order is about reproductive health. Yeah, That's right. So, first of all, this one was since the global gag rule or Mexico City City policy that bans federal dollars from going to international organizations that provide or refer people for abortions. And this is kind of a yo yo issue. So Republican president's reinstated Democrats rescinded. Biden is getting rid of it. He's also asking for a review of a trump policy that prevented organizations that promoted provide abortions here in the U. S. I'm having access to title 10 funding, so Biden wants to get rid of that policy as well. So I mean, we've talked about this on the show President Biden. Other presidents before him use executive actions When, frankly, on a lot of these issues, they don't think they can get the support in time in Congress. So when you when you think about these executive orders when you think about President Biden and what he said about his agenda, where does health policy fall? Yeah, That's right. It's kind of hard to remember that health policy was supposed to be the issue of the 2020 election. That's not exactly what shook out. But yes, I think that Biden is going to be using executive action and some health experts that I've talked to have said that Trump gave him a playbook for how to do this. All that Trump did on the issue was through the executive branch. He didn't get a single piece of big health legislation through Congress so mild. So Biden has that model to work from to shape this issue in a totally different way, with totally different priorities and values, and also part of these what is doing is getting this on people's radar. There are 26 million uninsured people in this country. It's a pandemic. A lot of people don't know that the affordable care act is still the law. And so I'm expecting to see a big push to try to get people don't know that this Open enrollment period is coming on February 15th NPR health policy reporter Selena Simmons, Duffin. Thank you. Thank you. President Biden has nominated Ohio Congresswoman Marsha Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. She has little experience in housing policy, but lots of experience working in a divided Congress a skill that could prove useful as the nation tackles and affordable housing crisis. Today, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will ask Fudge how she plans to do the job. NPR's Pam Fessler reports Marcia Fudge made no secret that she really wanted to be agriculture secretary. Much of her work and Congress has been promoting food aid for the poor. And besides, how does traditionally seen as a second tier agency, where black and Hispanic Cabinet members often land? Biden acknowledge those reservations when he nominated Fudge, But I think the job I'm asking you do Congresswoman is critically important. Everything That the vice president, I believe is how we're gonna build back better. And indeed, housing is quickly becoming a top tier issue. With both a pandemic and its economic fall out. Millions of Americans now face eviction. Homelessness is on the rise. Affordable housing is in short supply. Racial inequities, air getting wider. Fudge says If confirmed, her priority is making sure all Americans have a decent place to live when I think about the enormity of the task ahead of us I am reminded of the book of Matthew where it is written. Fox, his have homes. Birds have this for the son of man has no place to lay his head and as former mayor of Cleveland suburb Lawrenceville Heights, she knows some of the challenges. Joncour lettuce,.
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"For dealing with climate change. Trees sequester climate warming, carbon wetlands provide protections from stronger storms. There's also a growing scientific understanding that vast parts of the world are going to need to be preserved to slow down extinction and biodiversity loss. About administration's promised to protect 30% of the country's land and water by the year. 2030 aims to get the U. S pointed in that direction and could be accomplished in part by expanding already protected areas. More than 50. Other countries, including some of the world's largest economies have made pledges to do the same. Nathan Rott NPR news Department of Homeland Security says right wing groups post a new threat after the deadly attack on the U. S. Capitol this month, the agency issued a national terrorism bulletin warning of the potential for more violence by people angry over the election of President Biden, while not citing a specific threat. Agency says it thinks the possibility of violence will continue for weeks. In New York restaurants around the state will soon be allowed to offer indoor seating out of reduced capacity. Governor Andrew Cuomo says the decision on restaurants in the city is coming soon. By the end of the week. We'll have a plan on New York City restaurants I fully understand How difficult it is. That they're closed not just for the restaurants, but all the people who are employed there. On the flip side is how fast this virus can take off. Woman was removing the handful of remaining quote orange zones in the state, where tougher pandemic restrictions had been in place because of the fast spread of the virus. Federal Reserve says the winter wave of covert 19 cases is slowing down the nation's economic rebound. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the central bank is promising to use all of its tools to support the economy until the job market has fully recovered. Fed Jimmy Jerome Powell says some parts the economy have bounced back strongly, including home construction and business investment. With millions of people out of work and hard hit industries like restaurants and hotels, palaces. The U. S is still a long way from a full recovery if you think about the places where the economy is weak I mentioned bars and restaurants. That's 400,000 jobs we lost last month, and that's all because of the spread of the pandemic, Hal says. There's nothing more important to the economy now than getting people vaccinated. Although he says face masks and social distancing could also help in the meantime. Scott Horsley NPR NEWS Washington All financial markets. Asian markets were lower by the close following Wall Street's performance yesterday. The Nikkei in Japan Down 1.5% You're listening to NPR news. Facebook says it is taking steps to rein in political content on its platform. NPR's Shannon Bond reports. The new stance comes amid growing outrage over how a pro trump mob used Facebook and other social networks. Who organized the insurrection at the U. S. Capitol. Facebook will not suggest to users anywhere in the world that they joined political or civic groups on the social network. It's also considering dialing down the number of political posts people see in their news feeds. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that's what users tell the company they want. People don't want politics and fighting to take over their experience on our services. The announcement about groups makes permanent a policy Facebook temporarily put in place ahead of the 2020 U. S election. Scrutiny of the company's handling of political speech and groups and their role in fueling misinformation and harm has only grown since then. Shannon Bond NPR news San Francisco School board has voted to strip the names of a third of the city's schools of people who honored slavery, oppression or racism. That means the names of Abraham Lincoln because of his treatment of Native Americans and George Washington and Thomas Jefferson because they owned slaves will be removed. School board's vote Wednesday comes from three years after the idea was first floated. San Francisco's mayor London breathe, though, who is black, called the move poorly timed because of the pandemic. Was. Futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. The Dow futures contract down about 1/10 of a percent. NASDAQ futures are down just over 1% on Janine Herbst NPR news Support for NPR comes from NPR stations. Other contributors include the Pew Charitable Trusts, working with states to expand the use of data and evidence in policy decision making. More information is available at Pew trusts, Data Work and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Well. Good morning, thanks for tuning in to KCRW for morning edition. House Democrat Marcia Fudge is known for her ability to work across the aisle. She really strives to build those personal relationships so that you can sort of disagree without being disagreeable. That skill will come in handy of Fudge wins confirmation as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. That story. Just ahead as morning edition gets underway here on KCRW. You're listening to kcrw. And this is Josh Barrow on left, Right and center. We talk about being civilized..
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"I mean, a lot of good names up there, but I really like him is a fighter. Well, Jim is a fighter, but I don't think he's gonna run. No, no, no, no. I would love to see him wrong. I mean, it's a fighter, but I don't think he's gonna run hand up. He does, but I don't think he's gonna run And the reason is because a lot of people don't like him. A lot of people like you and me like him, but we'll see. Well, say anybody else. You got a number two. You don't know You're obliged. You have to vote for trestle. If he were if he runs Yes, I know the rules. All right, just so long as you know the rules. Ohio People know the rule. There's really not a choice of trestle runs Trussell wins, so Yeah, Yeah, Okay. Let let me talk to Lucy. She's back. May I mean Linda's back? Hey, Linda. Yes, Linda Back with you. What? What happened in the last time you drive into the lake? What was the problem? No, he thought I was Marcia. Okay, so you wouldn't answer to Marcia. Ah, lot of people say you answer that Marcia in the right place at the right time to go ahead. You know well and really sad to see apartment go for one thing. It's just really sad when I heard that yesterday, and, um I would go urban Herman's got urban went to Jackson. Billy Kid dumped. He can't dump Jacksonville. He waited. He jumped too soon, but he's gone now and trust. Will you vote for trestle right if he runs Okay, okay. But also I'm living Marcia Fudge is, um district I'm so glad that she's gone, and I'm hoping that we did a good Republican. And, well, the redistricting map of Ohio is gonna be good fun. I think both Marcia and Tim Ryan are living on life support right now. And Tim's.
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"So make sure you check that out. I am so excited to welcome our next guest. Our favorite crossover king. It's Howie Carr. Thank you for joining us, Howie Hey, thanks for having me Grace. So how he had of all the stories that you've been reading today, Which one sticks out to you the most you go, and then I'll go. Well. I put it in my column that I just finished writing the sound cut from Hillary Clinton that you played earlier in the day and my my whole point was, you know, we already had operation works speed. We need a new medical mobilization here and they call this one operation warped. To do something about Trump Derangement syndrome. Shouldn't it be dying down? And instead, it's flaring up as bad as it's ever been. I know I know that's a great point. I don't think it helps that she's with the Queen of TDs. Nancy Pelosi, but I agree. I thought, if anything, they could rein it back and celebrate. This new presidency and be so excited about the unity in the decency that's being ushered in. But you're right. It's like they're crazier than ever before. And and, you know, again, it's it's projection all once again. We've been talking about it for four years. She's the one whose husband got the 500,000 to speak to the Russian banks. She's the one who's Clinton Foundation got millions of dollars from all these Russian affiliated groups after she gave him the uranium from the Wyoming minds, and she's accusing Trump of being a Russian asset. If she crazy. So what's your number? One story Mine was going to be Joe Biden's recently tapped Pick Who? Rachel Levine. From Pennsylvania. I mean, this. The headlines are all about how Joe Biden's picking a transgender person, but the real headline should be this woman. Took her own mother out of the nursing homes. Because she knew how poorly they were being run and that people were being sent back in who had Cove. It. Yeah, I know. Yeah. Richard, formerly known as Richard Levin, now known as Rachel. Levin and and how it just started to make me think about all of the people that Biden's chosen So far I started going over a list. It was like, Oh, who's Who of Hacker Gramma, John Kerry, Marcia Fudge. Everyone yelling. Judy was just made seven million bucks in the last two years, making speeches We were gonna have on Cassie Smith deal. She's the new executive director of America Rising, She's going to go over all of these hacks. I mean, Anthony Blinken is another one. But how does the secretary of state nominee a complete deep swamp creature? Janet Yellen. She made a lot of money giving speeches, right? Yes. Who? Who said that famous line at a certain point Having you made enough money? Yeah, He said that about a half a billion dollars ago. But how he just to get back to the Hillary Clinton comment cause I do think you're right about that. It's from her podcast. Who listens to that podcast. That's a real mystery to me, but I think what you're seeing, and I'm gonna make a comparison here because I've had this show now for about three weeks. I think everyone for joining us. But it is hard sometimes when you can't revert back to something, and I think that's for them is Donald Trump. He's been their security blanket for the last four years. Any time that they're in a jam, they can say they can shift to Donald Trump. And for the last couple years how if I do my new segment, I can always shift to you. I know that you're gonna be able to carry the segment if I don't know what I'm talking about. So when they don't have something to say, or if they if they don't believe in their ideas their go to is back to trump. And that's what just texted me. Something is still to grace that's from the daily caller Headlining Governor Cuomo threatens lawsuit against Biden Administration of Covert 19 Relief fund, So I guess we know what the pivot Is going to me. Oh, no. Yeah, it is. Isn't it terrible when they turn on one another such honorable patriotic men Speaking of Ah, Cuomo, Howie, I'm guessing you heard some of the cuts we played of Chris Cuomo. He's now preaching for Nonviolence. And he thinks we all need to rise above their hate. How about the Washington Post Today they talked, they said there's a great apprehension in the country about the future of the iconic monuments Buildings in D. C. They were practically cheering on the mob in Lafayette Square when they were trying that when they were throwing a noose around the Andrew Jackson's head. Remember that the statue they they didn't care when they tried to burn down the ST John's Church. Well, the president's went now now that now now that Biden is gonna be the president, these air, iconic monuments and buildings, these buildings can go from racist, too sacred really fast, depending on who's in charge. Yeah, It's kind of like ice cream. You know, Donald Trump was a war criminal for taking two scoops ice cream. Now, now, Joe Biden melts our hearts with his ice cream. It's so true and the hypocrisy of the left right now, Howie. I said this earlier, but every day I wake up and I think who's gonna win the competition today? For the least amount of self awareness. Is it gonna be Politicians. Or is it going to be the media and I have to say the media usually takes the cake nine out of 10 times, whether it's Don lemon or Chris Cuomo or Wolf Blitzer or Jake Tapper talking about the big lie. Yeah. They have a virus of this information These air all lines I put into my column, Grace. I looked them up this morning as I as I came out fervently for the for the new operation Warped..
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"Joe biden's incoming administration is taking shape. Former deputy secretary of state anthony blinken will be nominated for secretary of state x fed chair. Janet yellen is up to run treasury retired. General lloyd austin has been tapped to run the defense department. Some of these names have been more controversial than others. there've been some progressive objections to biden's likely pick a former iowa governor. Tom bill sack to reprise his role running. The agriculture department and a lot of republicans in the senate are cool to the choice of near attended a close hillary clinton confidante to run the office of management and budget. Some other choices like yellow. Have gotten pretty warm receptions across the political spectrum to talk about this administration that's what is likely to mean in terms of what a president joe biden might actually do. Let's bring in our left right and center panel on the right law. Chen is the david. Diane steffi fellow at the hoover institution and he's the director of domestic policy studies and lecturer in the public policy program at stanford lot. He has worked on several presidential campaigns for republicans including george w bush's reelection campaign marco. Rubio's two thousand sixteen run and he was the policy director for mitt romney in the two thousand twelve presidential campaign. Hello lonnie thanks for having me and on the left sabil. Rama joins us. Bill is president of demos a progressive organization that studies and advocates for voting rights economic and racial justice and equity sabil is also an associate professor at brooklyn law school. Bill so bill when you look at these names What does this tell you about. The sort of administration that joe biden is preparing to run. So i think the roster that's being built out is really interesting to me what it shows. Is there too big tensions that i think the new administration is trying to balance. A one is a balanced between old hands and some new faces and the other is a balanced between a pragmatic course and also progressive ones. So when you think about someone like janet yellen or cecilia rouse on the economic team These are folks who have deep experience in economic policy but also represent. I think a little bit more of a kind of a progressive wing of the larger policy debate. Not these are certainly not Bernie sanders elizabeth warren folks but they very much represent a part of the economic profession that is increasingly focused on issues of inequality Racial equity and issues of how we get around are sort of current problem of austerity politics. Lot he what do you make of this list of names. Well i think first of all there are a number of very highly qualified people on the list people who have great experience in government who i think even republicans who may have policy or ideological concerns would have to say are well qualified to play the roles. They've been a nominated by the president. Play and so. I think that that's a very hopeful. Sign on the other hand. You've got some real head. Scratchers here josh. There are people who the president is nominated for roles in various situations that i think people kinda wonder what was he. Thinking there Heavier sarah for example to be secretary of health and human services a man with no health policy no public health background who's really so claim to fame in healthcare is arguing to defend the affordable care act which by the way may have been enough for biden but it really seems to be one of those picks where he had put the sarah somewhere so he put him at. Hhs which under ordinary circumstances might be okay but in the middle of a pandemic hhs is going to play a critical role in disturbing the vaccine and hopefully overseeing and the the end of this covid nineteen pandemic here in the us. choice of. Sarah is puzzling one. The other one that i would point to which doesn't require senate confirmation and so Will be what it is. Is susan rice as director the domestic policy council which has traditionally been the policy making apparatus at the white house that coordinates the creation of domestic policy overseeing areas like education and health care immigration. Picking someone with with the deep foreign policy experience for that job seems to me to be a little bit odd. I think she was picked for that job. In part because it doesn't require senate confirmation and biden. His team knew there was no way republicans. Were going to confirm someone is controversial. Susan rice so for every sort of great. Pick for every janet. Yellen for every brian You know you have a few that sort of make you think. Gosh what is the biden team doing here. So it's a little bit of a mixed bag so far. Yeah bill when. I look at the list of names. I do sometimes see what he is describing their almost a sense that biden had list of people that he liked and wanted to give jobs to and a list of jobs he needed to fill and in some places. The matching of the to feels a little bit random. I'd also point to to marcia fudge who's an african american congresswoman from cleveland. She'd openly campaigned to be agriculture secretary. She's a senior member of the agriculture committee. There'd been a lot of progressive concerns about how the agriculture committee has dealt with black farmers and about beneficiaries of nutrition programs people primarily eat food rather than making it And biden has passed over. Her is expected to bill sack in that position and then fudge specifically said that she didn't want one of these traditionally black cabinet jobs like labor or housing and urban development. She's going to be put up to run housing and urban development. So some of these choices they do have that feeling to me of what we want this person job. Well here. this one's available. Let's give them out. One is that is that. Is that too harsh. Look looking at this selection process and saying that you know i. I do think there's a little bit of that. In terms of the example with congressman fudge gave. I think is a is a good one of your. She has deep expertise actually on areas connected to usda. I'm at the same time. I think she'll bring a novel. Interesting and important voice went on the issues of hud but there is a little bit of that. I think the thing i would offer is you know. There's so much going. On with this transition. Given the pandemic given the extraordinary delays that the trump administration put in place at one things that we're really looking at is what's what does that next layer down. Look like so when you think about the whole team Not just cabinet but cap a deputy secretaries and so on can does it look like a team that then has the balance of deep expertise and Mission alignment right at someone. Folks who are laser focused on the combined crises of of the economy and covid and climate and original justice moment. That's the next layer. That i would look at right. Are folks getting complimentary. Picks to offset some of where they might need additional insight or expertise
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Biden introduces his pick to lead Defense Department
"President-elect biden announced general. Lloyd austin as his pick for defense secretary which would make him the first black man to lead. The pentagon biden is also expected to nominate ohio congresswoman marcia fudge to run housing and urban development and former agriculture secretary. Tom vilsek to reprise his role of running. That department one takeaway here is that there is clearly a pattern form with biden's picks either a commitment to diversity with fudge and austin or experienced hand. Who can step in and do the job right away like with vilsek but there was another constant in violence picks a personal connection with the newly minted nominees biden serve with ville sack in the obama administration and has discussed how he met general austin while on trips afghanistan as vice president and continue to work with them today. It's my great honor. Really is an honor to add to my national security team leader of extraordinary courage character experience an accomplishment in a man who i've seen some of the or interesting parts of the world with vice president someone with whom i have worked closely for many years and i've seen perform the highest standards under intense pressure. Now that's not to say austin won't phase hurdles as we discussed yesterday. Some democratic senators like elizabeth. Warren are already signaling that they oppose granting austin the needed waiver for him to serve as defense secretary but just as important to biden is the fact. That austin had a relationship with his late son bo. He was both commanding officer in iraq and attended mass with the president's son. A relationship with bo was also a factor in biden's comma harris for vice president. All of these factors including the consideration of a personal relationship are at play in biden's last major cabinet. Pick to make attorney general. Cnn is reporting that senator. Doug jones judge merrick garland and sally. Yates are the top contenders with jones. Being the front runner
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"President elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as his secretary of agriculture. Vilsack lead this department for eight years during the Obama administration. Biden is expected to nominate Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge to lead the Housing and Urban Development Department. ABC is Karen Travers is in Washington with the details on the historic defense secretary pick at an event today in Wilmington, Delaware. President Electro Biden will formally announce retired four star General Lloyd Austin as his nominee to be secretary of defense in an op ed in the Atlantic. Biting describes Austin is quote the person we need in this moment, citing his intimate knowledge of the Defense Department and the federal government. Austin only retired from military service four years ago. So who require a congressional waiver to serve in Biden's Cabinet? Federal law states? There has to be a seven year gap between being active duty and serving as the civilian leader at the Pentagon. If confirmed, Austin would be the first black defense secretary.
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"President elect biden is ready to announce to more cabinet nominations. This morning one name is familiar. Biden wants tom. Vilsek who served as secretary of agriculture in the obama administration to return to that same job and he's nominating congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. This is interesting. A lot of people had been urging biden depict fudge for the agriculture job instead. Joining me now is. Npr's dan charles who covers food and agriculture. For i dan. Good morning david well. Let's talk about representative. Marcia fudge what why were so many people pushing for her to get the job. So there's an interesting thing about the department of agriculture. It was set up to help farmers back when farmers were half of the country. And it's still does a lot of that but the country has changed and the biggest part of the usda's budget now is nutrition aid. You know the supplemental nutrition assistance program snyder's school lunches and marcia fudge has been one of the fiercest defenders of those nutrition programs on capitol hill. She represents a district that includes much of cleveland also akron ohio. She's been on the house. Agriculture committee she and her supporters felt. It was high time for the top. Usda job to go to somebody who saw those nutrition programs as the department's big priority and not just sort of a change in emphasis but this would have been a historic break with the past In that job she's a black woman is she would have been the first black woman in that job. Only the second woman Period also. There's another thing you know. Most agriculture secretaries have been connected somehow to farming or farming areas. She's from city. Well you know in the end it did not happen. David will now be nominated. Apparently to be secretary of housing and urban development instead and for agriculture biden went for somebody much more traditional. Tom vilsek may be part. Two former governor of iowa who becoming back into the same job at that he served on president obama right. He was secretary of agriculture. For all eight years of the obama administration but apparently that was not enough for him. He's okay middle of the road described as even-handed certainly knows the issues but some of those anti-hunger groups and environmental advocates who supported fudge. Really are not happy about deville sack choice. It's partly because they want that change at. Usda more focus on nutrition also the environment. But there's another thing. Tom vilsek after he left. The obama administration took a job as ceo of the us dairy export council which is an industry group and his critic. Say this is kind of a sign of their problem with them. They say he's too cozy with the big companies that represent the status quo in agriculture. Why you cover so much of this I in very deep ways. I mean talk. About what policies may or may not change under a biden administration with vilsek at the homeless department vilsek represents continuity in a way but there are things that people do expect change There's been an extraordinary development in the last couple of years. During the trump administration the secretary that the department of agriculture passed out record breaking amounts of financial aid to farmers this year alone. Forty six billion dollars in direct government payments. I think that is not going to continue. There's another thing the. Usda may turn into a bit of an environmental agency play a big role. Perhaps in climate change it has some money. For this rural development programs could help pay for clean energy in rural areas their plans to pay farmers for practices on the farm that reduce greenhouse emissions could also promote reforestation. The us forest service sexy part of the us department of agriculture and those forests are in the way as the climate heats up npr's. Dan charles covers food and agriculture. Dan thanks so much thank
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Biden picks Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge for HUD secretary, Tom Vilsack to lead Agriculture
"Has chosen Ohio Democratic Congresswoman Marsha Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development Politico reports. The Offered to lead the $50 billion agency comes weeks after Fudge launched a bid to become the first black female agriculture secretary. But Axios and other outlets report Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack for agriculture. Fudge lamented Just last month in an interview with Politico that black policymakers have treated traditionally been relegated to just a handful of Cabinet positions, including HUD secretary or details
Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio
Nearly 700,000 Americans could lose food stamps under Trump plan
"The trump administration today spelled out details of how it will tighten the rules of the snap program subsidized food for low income. People Food Stamps speaking on CNBC this morning. The Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said the first of several real planned phases of new rules is aimed at adults with no children or disabled dependents. What we WANNA do is increase employment? We need these people in the workforce site people who've been on the welfare Ben on food stamps. We're trying to get them in. Sometimes it is difficult when you bet out of a job for longtime. We're trying to help. These people get get back into a personal dignity of work and becoming part of the productive economy of the United States. Estimated seven hundred fifty thousand people could lose eligibility ability to the food stamps system by the middle of this coming year. I spoke just now with Marcia. Fudge Democrat from Ohio share of the House Subcommittee on agriculture. She says despite despite requests the administration did not gather the data to get the profiles of people who lose benefits fair saying today that they want to restrict access to snap for able bodied Americans. They don't even know who they are talking about. They have no data to determine whether these people are veterans sleeping on the streets. They're homeless people people with PTSD or having most perhaps they have no idea whether these people even have the capacity to work but more importantly is there even any jobs for the last fiscal year. The snap program cost sixty eight billion dollars a private sector tally of US payrolls today shows hiring slowing sharply last month according to ADP sixty seven thousand more jobs created in November much lower than back
America Tonight with Kate Delaney
Thanksgiving: Prepare for the busiest travel time of the year
"Was traveling today were you traveling Allen. No, actually, I tried to rent a car, and there was no way to rent a car, and they wanted to charge me five hundred dollars. So I cancelled it. Oh, good for you. So where are you spending thanksgiving week weekend? Well, I'm sending it up in New York state where my family and actually I've been New York City right now. Where there's a lot going on. What can I say? By the way. No, I've not begin. I do eat fish. But I had a pet Turkey named Pablo which is Turkey in Spanish, and he broke my nose when he tried to a way after I was talking and kissing. Only you Ellen. I love it that after he Africa back. I had my nose fix, obviously. And then he died a natural death. And then I had impact determined and he lives at the bottom of my stairs in lily, Dale, New York, which of course, dead people are too should come into your radio show from Idaho. I know I really wanna do it there because I've read stories about it, you know, about it. And I am we're going to make that happen. I want to come and do that. I wanna do that for the listeners would love. And of course, then you can meet Pablo. I I like it. We're gonna make it happen. I promise you that's going to be my twenty nineteen. So we're going to do that. So in Washington, the big story, but really reverberating outside of Washington is President Trump and the criticism of you know, the rare criticism of supreme court chief Justice John Roberts. And believe that Robert Kennedy. Well, what he basically said Robert Justice what Trump tweeted out back. In fact, there was a Obama judge and the ninth circuit that permit. Compare very very tough on migration cetera. So then John Roberts says we don't have. And he's the chief Justice was Republican was appointed by Republican. And he basically said, hey, we have Clinton charges. We don't have Bush judges. We don't have Obama judges. And we don't have Trump judges. We have just judges. And then President Trump tweeted out again. Yes, we do have judges that are one of those four. And I mean, this is just a war. You do not make war with the chief Justice seem state. Yeah. That was really surprising. I think we've seen the last of that. I mean, even you know Chuck Grassley tried to defend the president's saying, you know, why did Roberts rebuke Obama's remark. Why didn't he do that? He was trying to say he didn't do that before with Obama, and he made a comment, but I think that's much different. It is much different. And it's going to. I mean, this is to go down in the history books. Thanksgiving. But because nobody can believe that Roberts issued that statement. I mean, it was just unbelievable. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I agree. And then how about this story? Then this other story that's getting a lot of attention is the president praising the Saudis for the low world oil prices. Oh my gosh. So as you know, he has just let the Saudis off the hook in terms thicker, show key Kelly. And. Basically, he said, listen, if we don't sell the Saudis things they're going to buy it from Russia and China that might be true. But as you remember, we have had former presidents like Carter who actually put human rights. I was roundly criticized for that. But President Trump is being criticized for not putting human rights at all in context. Yeah. Wow. I don't think we've heard the last of this whole Saudi thing either. This is just kind of a tipping point. There may be much more. That happens down the line only that and I'll tell you I was against of the Saudi Arabian government after nine eleven along with them up a talk show host, and they took us to a party on the Red Sea. I've never seen so much alcohol in my entire life. Drink it. Yeah. I've heard similar things. So that's not shocking to me. Let's put it that way. In the meantime, here's the big thing. Because there you are in in. New York City and so much conversation about the weather. What is the temperature like in the east coast is like what one degrading very very cold, very cold. Yeah. Not a great for parades. A not a and it's supposed to be very windy or the Macy's day parade. Very windy, and you know, we have seen balloons get blown about. But the wind is supposed to be staggering which would be just in a few hours. Wow. Crazy, and you and I talked about Nancy Pelosi. And now there's the story that Marcia fudge is not running to oppose Pelosi because that was. Title, Marcia fudge is a congresswoman from the great state of Ohio, which is where I'm from. And basically she met with Nancy Pelosi. She was going to run against her and then Pelosi has revived a committee on voting and she's putting Marcia fudge in charge. And Marcia fudge, Dan is not going to run against Nancy Pelosi. Now, Nancy Pelosi needs to hundred eighteen votes to be the speaker. She would just make it may be. But if she doesn't they're probably going to change it wolf. Wow. Crazy. Have a great thanksgiving holiday, and thanks so much Ellen. Thank you. All right, lily, Dale. It is in my future lily, Dale for those of you who don't know there's been documentaries on it on this this town, and it's an interesting place. It's the world's largest center for the religion of spiritualism. Basically, there's fifty mediums there. There's education and workshops on healing and personal growth and all kinds of things, and it was a place that was incorporated back in the late
Joe Walsh
Nancy Pelosi earns Marcia Fudge endorsement in House speaker race
"Ause congresswoman, Marcia fudge has dropped plans to challenge Nancy Pelosi for house speaker the Washington Post reports that fudge has dropped her plan challenge and now has endorsed Pelosi. Fudge was the name most often mentioned as a potential challenger the endorsement calms as fudge faces serious questions about a letter she wrote two years ago defending a man who'd been accused of beating his then wife, so severely. She required reconstructive surgery. That woman was found fatally stabbed over the weekend. And the man who fudged defended has been arrested and is
Michael Berry
Pelosi strikes sweet deal to quash speaker challenge from Marcia Fudge
"Ohio democrat congresswoman, Marcia fudge has dropped plans to challenge Nancy Pelosi for house speaker the Washington Post reports that fudge has dropped her plan challenge. And now has ended. Sourced pelosi. Fudge was the name most often mentioned as a potential challenger the endorsement calms has fudge faces serious questions about a letter. She wrote two years ago defending a man who accused of beating his then wife, so severely. She required reconstructive surgery. That woman was found fatally stabbed over the weekend. And the man who fudge defended has been arrested at is expected to be charged
World News This Week
Trump sits with top Republicans before Democrats take control of the House
"This week, President Trump sat down with top Republican senators to discuss a game plan for the rest of the year before Democrats take over the house in January ABC's. Karen Travers at the White House. Top priority for the president and Senate Republicans include funding for the department of homeland security bef- arm Bill disaster relief funding judicial nominations and prison reform. President Trump's also pushing for funding for the wall he wants to build on the US Mexico border and this seven week window may be his last best chance to get it. Meantime, a hotly contested US Senate races forced a hand recount of votes in Florida. The results do Sunday as we hear from ABC's. Mark Remillard after this week's recount left, the margin between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Bill Nelson little changed, the two are separated by just twelve thousand six hundred votes, a manual recount of all the ballots could not be tabulated by machines is now underway overseas in military votes are still come. In as well. So the margins between them could shift Scott's campaign has called on Nelson to concede, but Nelson has instead been pursuing lawsuits in an effort to get every Belet counted, Mark Remillard, ABC news. My house side democratic leader Nancy Pelosi looks poised to be reelected speaker in the new congress more on that from ABC's alley Rogan on Capitol Hill, fourteen current and incoming House Democrats who have said they will oppose Pelosi retaking the speaker's gavel when the entire house votes next session. One of them is Marcia fudge of Ohio. I think that if in fact, we relented on change, then we should change. But Pelosi said she's confident she has the votes to be reelected. The quote never Nancy group plans to warn Pelosi. They have the votes to block her. But so far they haven't chosen alternative the president. And first lady were in Paris last weekend marking the one hundred inverse Serie of Armistice Day the end of World War One with remarks by French president Emmanuel Macron believed by many to be an attack on his American counterpart ABC's Terry Moran now. In paris. Bells of Paris told and more than sixty world leaders