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"Going on behind the scenes while there's been a lot of talk about satellite and space technology sharing. The reality is probably more that Russia is in pretty deep need of munitions and North Korea has a few. Well, we will be looking at the UN this week, the big meeting up in New York, and Zelensky President will be here in the United States in Washington, DC, meeting with President Biden in 30 seconds or so. What's your take on that meeting? You know, I expect that there'll be a lot more discussion about what types of arms we will provide to Ukraine. And you know, I expect that it will go well. I suspect that the Ukraine is very concerned about the upcoming election and how that could potentially change support in the US. So there's probably be some discussion around that as well. Meredith, always good to talk to you. We'll see you next week. Meredith Wilson, CEO of Emergent Risk International on WTOP. Now a quick look at the top stories that we're working on at WTOP. The Texas State Senate acquitted the Attorney General Ken Paxton of impeachment and returned him to office. However, he still faces felony charges related to alleged securities fraud. A person of interest is in custody after a very busy pre -dawn shift for the Montgomery County Fire Department. At least six, six suspicious fires now were allegedly set just blocks from each other in Gaithersburg. Keep it here on WTOP. Full details on these traffic and weather on the 8th. Mary DePompa is in the WTOP Traffic Center Alrighty, thanks
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"25 % on Long Fence Decks, pavers and fences. Six months, no payment, no interest financing. Terms and conditions apply. Go to longfence .com today. Money is here on WTOP 10 and 40 past the hour, Scott Carr joins us. This is a Bloomberg Money Minute. Phase three trials are underway for the first vaccine against Lyme disease since drugmaker SmithKline Beecham, now GSK, got approval for the first such vaccine for humans back in 1998, called Limerix. Bloomberg reporter Kristin V. Brown says a subsequent wave of anti -vax sentiment eventually led it to being shelved in 2002. You had the British doctor Andrew Wakefield who posited this false theory that autism was being caused by a childhood vaccine, you had other vaccine concerns, and you also had the problem that Lyme wasn't a very big problem yet in the US. death. There was only about 16 ,000 cases that are annually. Lyme disease, she says, has since become the most common vector -borne illness ...in the country with likely close to 500 ,000 cases a year. It's not something that we think of as just a disease for rich people in the Northeast, which is how it was passed 20 years ago. Now Pfizer in partnership with French a drug maker hope to have a new vaccine available sometime in 2026. From the Bloomberg Newsroom, courtroom. I'm Scott Carr on WTOP. Coming up on WTOP, North Korea's leader is on his way home after a trip to Russia. We'll talk with the CEO of emergent risk international, Meredith Wilson, about the visit. WTOP news time now it's 9 12. We are set for a full slate of games. Week number two is upon us and now is the time to get incredible offers from FanDuel, America's number one sports book. This is George Wallace and right now new customers can bet $5 and get 200 in bonus bets guaranteed. Plus, all customers who bet $5 will get $100 off NFL Sunday ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV. So visit FanDuel .com slash GW and kick off the NFL season with offer an you won't want to miss. Must be 21 and older and present in Virginia. First online real money wager. Only $10 deposit required. Bonus issued is non -withdrawable bonus bets that expire seven days after receipt. Restrictions apply. See terms at FanDuel dot com slash sportsbook. Gambling problem? Call 1 -800 -GAMBLER. NFL Sunday ticket offer ends September 18th. No refunds, terms and embargoes apply. $100 off NFL Sunday ticket, not YouTube TV. YouTube TV base plan required to watch YouTube TV. Redemption requires a Google account and current form of payment. Commercial use excluded. Subscription renews, cancel anytime. 913. When it's time to buy new appliances, you want to pay less. And you probably think that means heading to a big box store. But for the best appliance deals,
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"Org are you the parent of a two to seven -year -old listen closely for an exciting free radio offer by now you've probably heard of abc mouse the parents choice award -winning online learning program that's actually changing the lives of early learners abc everywhere mouse is like a little one -on -one teacher it has helped her so much right now we're offering a special radio promo to try it free for a month but you have to go to abcmouse .com radio to claim your free month that's abcmouse .com slash radio sponsored by age of learning everything you need every time you listen wtop news 10 -15 I'm Ian Cromford thanks for being with tonight us this week marks 18 months since Russia invaded Ukraine there's been one constant during that time the the bottling up of many ships in Ukrainian ports making them unable to leave but that appears to be changing and may also be applying to ships heading toward those same ports this could suggest that the Russians have either lost or are loosening their grip on access to and from the Black Sea wtop's Lynette Sanderson talks about it with Meredith Wilson chief executive officer of a merchant risk international a global risk advisory firm I think it's probably too early to assess any change in capabilities to be completely honest I think what's actually happening here is that Ukraine is banking on evacuating ships that are owned by either NATO countries or countries that Russia would hesitate to attack so for example the one that went out the other day was German Chinese -owned so but there's a strong possibility to that they're under pressure from other actors actors like China and Turkey to allow the corridor to get some of these folks out because many haven't been there since February and 2022 it's a gamble for those ship owners and for the insurers they probably wouldn't be moving those ships right now if there wasn't some kind of back -channel guarantee. Okay so another one major concern about throughout the war has been the delivery of grain to Africa and other markets in need Russia just started a naval blockade of Black Sea ports a few weeks ago after it quit a United Nations deal to allow the shipment of grain will that blockade hold in your opinion in your view? I think their hold on this is probably limited I think they've got a certain amount of time before they're going to be under pressure to do something but it probably really comes down to players like Turkey. What's probably more important to note though is that Ukraine and NATO countries are working other options that will export grain regardless. So a new deal with Romania made last week for example will eventually allow Ukraine to ship about 60 percent of its grain via Romania. Okay so do you expect the change in food prices as here a result of these changes? I would expect continued volatility I think when we look at commodity pricing in 2022 when it was sky high I don't think it will go that high again. There's not quite that kind of reactivity partially down to Russia putting a lot of its own wheat exports on but the market food prices in general aren't coming down substantially anytime soon beyond just grain the issue. There are issues with rice exports and all of these other commodities right now not to mention fuel prices so the inflationary pressure is still going to be there and prices are still going to stay high. Meredith Wilson is Chief Executive Officer of Emergent Risk International, Top stories we're looking at tonight at WTOP. Tropical Storm Hillary makes landfall in northern Mexico preparing to spread a lot of rain across Southern California and the search continues on Maui for victims of wildfires that ravaged the island killing 114 so far. Keep it here for full is in the minutes ahead traffic and weather on the 8th to Monique Blyther in the traffic center. a It's fairly quiet commute around
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"Coins from your wallet Meredith Wilson is a chief executive officer of emergent risk international she joined our Liz Anderson earlier to help explain the connection between problems with the panama canals water level and possible inflation here I think the easiest explain way to it is longer shipping times generally equals higher costs 40 % of US cargo actually transits the cow but starting today larger container ships will have to reduce their cargo potentially to make the weight requirements to go through the canal because there's less water that's by as much as 40 % of their usual loads what that means is slower transit times it means more boats with with less in them and that of course means higher costs for consumers at some point okay oh wow so it's what not just we import they could also have an impact on American exports including energy so how is that so one of the major changes in energy markets in the last decade is that the US has become a major energy exporter most of these shipments go to places like Asia places like Japan the cargoes usually they deport from the US Gulf Coast so Louisiana, Texas and they go to Asia via the canal with drought the related restrictions and congestions if this gets worse that means that they have to take this longer route that goes through the Suez Canal towards Europe that is a 34 day travel time versus a 21 for a ship going through the canal so you're adding all of these big cost LNG and and all of these energy supplies coming out of the US which of course pushes up the price of energy commodities Meredith Wilson she's chief executive officer of emergent risk international a quick look at the top stories we're working on at WTO p flights resumed to DC area airports following a more than two hour FAA ground stop the aborted Wagner group uprising against Moscow leaves questions about the power of Russian President Putin and the coast guard has assembled a marine board of investigation into the Titan submersible implosion keep it for full details on the stories in the minutes ahead traffic and weather on the 8th Joe Fox in the WTO p traffic center in Virginia if you're southbound coming out of Arlington headed for Alexandria on 395 there was a very brief stoppage on i -395 to clear some very out of roadway the so if you're wondering why in the world I'm in this delay you're gonna be moving in just a second I can see the traffic at the front of the line moving again but that was just a quick traffic break so the authorities could get some debris out of the roadway and keep you all safe so you'll be moving again with all lanes open southbound 395 now northbound 395 or eastbound across the southwest freeway we still have the crash now it's two left lanes getting you by just before the third street tunnel delays are there but they're not too bad but definitely slow down and take your time going past there are folks sweeping very close to where the cones are so give them room to do their work elsewhere on the northbound baltimore washington parkway we're seeing a delay in between riverdale road the and the beltway that is a frequent spot for crashes so i would not be the least bit surprised to see a crash there just before the beltway caution and expect a little bit of a delay as you head northbound from riverdale up to greenbelt on the outer loop of the capital beltway we're going to be slow because the overnight paving work in between i -95 and new hampshire avenue taking up the two left lanes two or three to your right will get you by as you approach new hampshire avenue and those many merge lanes there as as you are headed towards silver spring on the southbound lanes of 270 after the lane divide headed towards old town road we have a work zone that's blocking the left left side of the roadway you'll get by one or again and a minor delay but don't be surprised to see brake lights in an unusual spot southbound 97 coming out of crownsville parole into it's a single right lane getting you through that work zone over the rest of virginia you're moving well 66 is in good shape in between the roosevelt bridge and front royal and no problems on 95 in and out of virginia joe fox wtop traffic to seven news first alert meteorologist mark pena mostly dry conditions as we're rounding out the rest of your weekend it was a hot day today we're slowly cooling off we have 80s now across the board
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"Eight six six six twenty five sleep or visit cascades one dot com this it's lp news two fourteen i'm jenny click thanks for being with us for here's something that could push inflation up for you and it is thousands of miles away it's the panama canal turns out water levels there are shrinking thanks to a severe drought and that could translate into higher shipping to prices market which to get means goods more coins from your wallet meredith wilson is a chief executive officer of merchant risk international a risk advisory firm she joined our liz anderson earlier to help explain the connection between problems with the panama canal and possible inflation here i think the easiest way to explain it is longer shipping times generally equals higher costs 40 percent of u .s cargo actually transits the canal but starting today larger container ships will have to reduce their cargo substantially to make the weight requirements to go through the canal because there's less water that's by as much as 40 percent of their usual loads what that means is slower transit times it means more boats with less in them and that course of means higher costs for consumers at some point okay oh wow so it's not just what we import they could also have an impact on american exports including energy so how is that so one of the major changes in energy markets in the last decade is that the us has become a major energy exporter most of these shipments go to places like asia places like japan the cargos usually deport from the u .s gulf coast so texas louisiana and they go to asia via the canal with the drought related restrictions and congestions if this gets worse that means that they have to take this longer route that goes through the suez canal towards europe that is a 34 day travel time versus a 21 for a ship going through through the canal so you're adding all of these big cost lng and all of these energy supplies coming out of the u .s which of course pushes up the price of energy commodities you have almost the exact same route for agriculture so grain exports going to asia same thing this drives the price back up again what about national security can you explain how this might impact that as well yeah so the u .s sees the panama canal is a major strategic asset it is considered both a key national security priority well as as a key economic priority because of that shortened transit time makes it easier for us military assets to get to asia or to europe via the than canal it would much any quicker other way so should that point become unavailable whether it's because of a drought or for geopolitical reasons that would impact both our overall economy as well as our military readiness that is meredith wilson she is chief executive office officer that is of emergent risk international advisory firm a quick look at the top stories we're working for here on wtop how the aborted vogner group uprising against moscow could strengthen its position in the war remotely operated a robot is mapping out debris from the fatal titan submersible implosion as investigators plan to examine voice recordings and data from the mothership that directed the vessel into the ocean keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes ahead 218 traffic and weather on the aids to ralph fox in the center wtop jenny traffic let's go back out to anapolis we've been keeping you up to date we will continue to do that an earlier crash 50 between baydale and richie highway has two left lanes blocked on the westbound side eastbound the has one left lane blocked and there's still an investigation going on there here's the issue if you're coming back from the beach your delay starts at about kent narrows and if you know that drive it's way a long from kent narrows so you get to the bridge the bridge is bumper to bumper and then you've still got a fair amount of time time before you get up to where the accident was now the good news is they've opened some lanes it down was shut for about two hours and so you should start to see some relief the question is when the side roads are still jammed so if you can avoid it still the best time to do that on the eastbound side you've got some delays that are well before route Boulevard before you get to the accident scene that accident scene in area the of red hot and blue so if you know that between Ralph Boulevard in there pretty long trip taking a look around the Capitol Beltway you do see some volume delays no reports of anything in the roadway 95 on Virginia the side you've got some delays in Newington it gets pretty heavy warden across the Occoquan again Dale in City Dale you'll see some delays, dump freeze and then as you make your way down into the Fredericksburg area there's an accident there 95 southbound at Route 3 Fredericksburg had the left side blocked that due to an earlier crash in Aldi 15 both ways near Braddock Road that crash has been cleared so things are moving well there once again also earlier in McLean 309 Old Dominion Drive had traffic concerns both ways due to a downed tree between Spring Hill Road and Swinks Mill Road and that seems to be getting a bit better but not fully reopened yet if you're thinking about an electric car plug into the .com fitsmall find your electric ride today check out the
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"Our no haggle, no hassle pricing hosted on the windshield of every new Subaru, Subaru certified pre -owned and Fitzway used car. That's transparency you can trust. That's the Fitzway call 888 Get all the facts. That's the Fitzway. There's just no better way to go. This is WTOP news. It's 915 I'm Liz Anderson. for Thanks being with us. Here's something that could push up inflation for you and it's thousands of miles away. The Panama Canal. Water levels are shrinking there thanks to severe drought. That could translate into higher shipping prices to get goods to market which means more coins from your wallet. Here with more Meredith Wilson chief executive officer of emergent risk international a risk advisory firm. Good morning Meredith. you? How are I'm good. Good morning Liz. So explain the connection between problems with the Panama Canal and possible inflation here at home. So there are several but I think the easiest way to explain it is longer shipping times generally equals higher costs. 40 % of US cargo actually transits the cow but starting today larger container ships will have to reduce their cargo substantially to make the weight requirements to go through the canal because there's less water. That's by as much as 40 % of their usual loads. What that means is slower transit times. It means more boats with less in them and that of course means higher costs for consumers at some point. Okay. Oh, Wow. So it's not just what we import. It could also have an impact on American exports energy. So how is that? So one of the major changes in energy markets in the last decade is that the US has become a major energy exporter. Most of these shipments go to places like Asia, places like Japan. The cargos usually deport from the US Gulf Coast, Louisiana, so Texas and they go to Asia via the canal with the drought related restrictions and congestions. If this gets worse, that means that they have to take this longer route that goes through the canal Suez towards Europe. That is a 34 day travel time versus a 21 for going a through the canal. So you're adding all of these big cost LNG and all of these energy supplies coming out of the US which of course pushes up the price of energy commodities. You have almost the exact same route out for agriculture. So grain exports going to Asia, same thing. This drives the price back up again. And what about national security? Can you explain how this might impact that as well? Yeah, so the US sees the Panama canal as a major strategic asset. It is considered a both key national security priority as well as a key economic priority because that of shortened transit time makes it easier for US military assets to get to Asia or to Europe via the canal much quicker than it would any other way. So should that point become unavailable, whether it's because of a drought or for geopolitical reasons, that would impact both our overall economy as well as our military readiness. Well, thank you so much. Meredith Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Emergent Risk International, a risk advisory firm. Now, a quick look at the top stories we're working on at WTOP. Russian mercenary troops start advance in on Moscow in a short -lived revolt, but turned back. Now, Russia says
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And if your love could use diamonds, call me Ronnie Mervis at 800 her love or go online to Mervisdiamond .com. This is WTOP news. It's 1 45. I'm Stephanie Gaines Bryant. Thanks for being with us as 2023 nears the halfway point. Here's some good news homicides in most of America's largest cities are falling down 12 % compared with the same period last year. It's part of a nationwide trend that appears to coincide with a variety of factors like the end of the pandemic. Meredith Wilson is the executive officer of Urgent Risk International, a strategic intelligence and advisory firm. She joined our Dan Ronen earlier to give her analysis. From 2020 to 2022 we saw huge spikes in homicides amid a few really important trends sharply increased drug and alcohol use increased social political upheaval significant spikes in mental health distress and a really big rise in retirements and designations from police departments. So all of that's now in reverse. Assaults and non -fatal shootings are down. Another change has been in policing itself so almost every city in the country is enacting some type of policing reform. In many cities, but not all, this has been successful in creating a lot better trust between police and the community and that's also helping. Here in the district we appear to be moving in the opposite direction though and one of the things that the police keep saying is that they've had a great deal of turnover in the Metropolitan Police Department. Yes this is true in fact you know that's the important thing is the US is not a monolith and you know in one place you may have crime rates going up and another going down. There's a lot of disagreement in DC about what's actually driving this. The mayor says broken criminal justice system that allows offenders back on the street too quickly. She also points out there's a kind of a confused system of governments between federal local and control but as you say the police union has said that police reform itself might be partially to blame and they've noted that they've lost 1200 police officers since 2020. While homicides are down, other crimes, robberies, carjackings, they're going up. Yep and in fact the the retail in crime issue particular the in National Retail Federation says some of this is insider theft and the other big problem is organized retail criminal theft where they go in and they steal a whole bunch of stuff and turn around and sell it on Amazon and all of that went up during the pandemic as well and they're still really struggling to control that. Meredith Wilson Emergent Risk International. Now to the top stories we're working on at WTOP. A shooting in Annapolis leaves three dead and three others injured. A local effort to support families of fallen officers and with inflation and rent on the rise homelessness is ticking upward. We'll keep or keep it here for full details on these stories in the minutes ahead. Traffic and weather on the eights to Ian Crawford in the WTOP Traffic We start in Maryland this time on the Capitol Beltway. The Interloop work zone is still there in Montgomery County after Georgia Avenue with two right lanes getting by and then after Route 1 College Park in Prince George's County Heading for the VW Parkway. Two left lanes getting by. VW Parkway itself is fine. 95. There may be cones some in the road northbound near Route 100 blocking a left lane but causing very little fuss in so doing. 270 southbound. Watch for the work southbound near Route 118 Germantown Road. It it's looks like blocking two left lanes. Just got the update from Calvert County and Route 231 Halloween Point Road near Adelina Road. That crash has been cleared. Those lanes have been reopened in Virginia. Capital Beltway is quiet. Whatever incident we had on the outer loop near Georgetown Pike, it's in the past. 95. Watch for the work near Centerport Parkway. Various lanes being blocked due to the hot hole patching. 66. The westbound work after the Fairfax County Parkway should be a left lane getting by. 28 southbound. Watch for work in the roadway near Willard Road from that point down to I -66. Left lane getting there. by Nutley Street over the top of I -66. Various lanes blocked as they do the finishing work for those new lanes they want to open up midweek. Follow the posted detours to get around. Ian Crawford, WTLP traffic. Now to 7 News First Alert meteorologist Veronica Johnson. Today is not going to be nearly as pretty as this weekend was with the improved air quality
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"Are certified to operate cranes or heavy equipment or wannabe and are looking for a new adventure in your professional life consider IUOE Local 77 don't just do a job do work that matters get started at IUOE Local 77 .org you're listening to WTOP news now looking at 915 I'm Dan Rohnert thanks for being with us this morning here on WTOP 2023 as nears the halfway point here's some encouraging news homicides in most of America's big cities are falling down 12 % compared to the same period a year ago it's part of a nationwide trend that coincide appears to with a variety of factors including the end of the pandemic joining to us to discuss this this is Meredith Meredith Wilson the chief executive officer of Emergent Risk International Meredith good to join us us why thank you is for this joining happening what's taking place uh good morning Dan um you know to answer that it's probably helpful to talk briefly about what changed during the pandemic from 2020 to a huge spikes in homicides amid a few really important trends sharply increased drug and alcohol use increased social and political upheaval significant spikes in mental health distress and a really big rise in retirements and resignations from police departments so all of that's now in reverse um assaults and non -fatal shootings are down um another change has been in policing itself so almost every city in the country is enacting some type of policing reform in many cities but not all this has been successful in creating a lot better trust between police and the community and that's also helping here in the district we appear to be moving in the opposite direction though and one of the things that the police keep saying is that they've had a great deal of turnover in the Metropolitan Police Department yes this is true in fact um you know that's the important thing is the US is not a monolith and you know in one place you may have crime rates going up in another going down there's a lot of disagreement in DC about what's actually driving this the mayor says broken criminal justice system that allows offenders back on the street too quickly she also points out there's a kind of a confused system of governments between federal and local control but say as you the police union has said that police reform itself might be partially to blame and they've noted that they've lost 1200 police officers since 2020. Mayor through quickly just got a couple seconds left while homicides are down other crimes robberies carjackings they're going up yep yep and and in fact the retail crime issue in particular the National Retail Federation says some of this is insider insider theft and the other big problem is organized criminal theft um retail where they go in and they steal a whole bunch of stuff and turn around and sell it on amazon and all went of up during the pandemic as well and they're still really struggling to control that. Meredith Wilson she the is chief executive officer of emergent risk international the top stories at wtop former president donald trump is due in court next tuesday this coming tuesday in south florida anti -technology anarchist ted kaczynski has died the so -called unibomber was 81 keep it here full details on these and other stories in the minutes ahead on wtop free traffic and weather on the eights mary de pompe in the wtop traffic center already thanks dan and we find what we're looking for on the beltway they've been running the way interchange at springfield for a while now but on the outer loop at the ramp that will go south interstate 95 caution along the left side the emergencies on the left with help on senior lanes are still but open you'll see some flashing lights that's it nothing slows you on the beltway 95 in virginia from fredricksburg springfield and 395 through the 14th street bridge all doing pretty well we're checking now on the maryland side of things currently nothing on 270 95 beltway to beltway rolling along just up heads we've had several stops this morning of interstate 95 in elkridge both directions between 100 route and the patapsco river or 895 merge they hold traffic they're running cabling across the roadways so be prepared right now we're moving but this is very random what to note in the district have we pennsylvania avenue and constitution avenues closed between third and seventh this is the capital pride all north south crossing streets as well the chevy chase parkway northwest has been closed between connecticut avenue and military road this for a police investigation brought to you by snow cooling and they heating performed thousands of air conditioner repairs last year that could have been avoided with a snell ac tune book up at snow easy
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"meredith wilson" Discussed on WTOP
"Affect your business will dive in with emergent risk internationals, Meredith Wilson. It's 9 11. The following is a paid commercial message. This is bishop Michael burbidge of the Catholic diocese of Arlington. This Sunday, we have the great privilege of celebrating Mother's Day. From our blessed mother, who buy her example of love and humility was the perfect role model to all mothers who raise children today, we acknowledge with thankfulness and affection, your daily commitment. There are no set hours for the important work you do. Only sleepless nights, and around the clock devotion to your sons, daughters, and families. We also honor and remember those mothers who have passed on to eternal life, and who will always live in our hearts. Studying aside a single day seems so insignificant because as Pope Francis reminds us, mothers are witnesses of tenderness, dedication, and moral strength. A mother's embrace is essential. Happy Mother's Day. At Kaiser permanente, we know that wellness means more than physical health, and as a business leader, you have an enormous amount of influence on the overall well-being of your employees. Happy and cohesive teams increase employee engagement and improve the work experience for everyone. As a result, businesses have lower employee turnover and decreased costs related to recruitment and absenteeism. Learn more about how you can support the total health of your employees at KP dot org slash lead boldly slash WTO. At 7 11, our hot coffee is fresh or it's free because drinking fresh coffee first thing in the morning is non negotiable. We do not will not negotiate on premium roasts, especially ones made with 100% arabica beans. Those premium beans do not compromise. And neither should you try 7 11 hot coffee guaranteed fresh or it's free. Offer good through 1231 23 visit participating store with coffee was purchased for details. Coming up, the D.C. defenders played in their first XFL championship game and that's mental play two today and Nance park two to Saturday's weather issues, Orioles going
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"meredith wilson" Discussed on WTOP
"Law. The move can make it riskier for everyone to operate in the communist country from foreign companies to journalists and academics. Here with more Meredith Wilson, she's chief executive officer of emergent risk international. Good morning Meredith. Morning Liz. So sum up what the Chinese are doing and why they're doing so. So as you say, Liz, China already had a pretty rigorous espionage law in place. But what it's done with these recent changes in a nutshell is that everyday business activity could now be interpreted as a national security threat. So specifically the law expands the definition of illegally providing state secrets to purchasing or illegally providing documents, data, materials, or items related to national security. And so the U.S. and China are the world's two biggest economies, what impact could this have on trade and investment in the overall economic climate? So the sort of new vague espionage definition gives them a lot broader authority to arrest or expel businesses for doing every day sort of due diligence investigations. Looking at employees that might be engaged in illegal or unethical behavior. And potentially even allows them to seize intellectual property. So businesses are really going to be left with this choice of operating without those guardrails of proper due diligence, investigation, or potentially subjecting themselves to FCPA charges here in the U.S. because they haven't done that due diligence. So it's going to make it just that much harder for businesses and NGOs and academics to operate there. Okay. And so the Titan counter espionage law is set against this backdrop of a deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and China. Which some analysts say are at their lowest and perhaps the most dangerous level in years. So what do you think will happen next? So I think China and the U.S. are both trying to figure out a way to deescalate, but neither one of them wants to look as if they're backing down. So at the same time, they're sort of working at odds with that. And they're passing laws in both countries here in the U.S. and in China that are going to make it harder to maintain good economic ties. Despite the fact that it's been acknowledged by both sides that we simply can't afford not to have economic ties between the two countries. But it leaves limited prospects on the horizon. In the end, economic ties are going to go on. And it's not going to cause immediate physical conflict, but there's increasing collateral damage to businesses and eventually to maintaining relations altogether. Oh, thank you so much, Meredith. We appreciate your time this morning. Thanks, Liz. Have a great day. Thanks. Same to you. That's Meredith Wilson, CEO of emergent risk international
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"meredith wilson" Discussed on The BOB & TOM Show Free Podcast
"The world. And my dad had to crawl in the crawl space and best as he could try to unfollow the pipes. Just a lot of yeah. That's right. The blowtorch, what do you think? I wonder if an earthquake prone places they don't even bother with crawl spaces. It's all done. This was in an earthquake prone place. Oh, no kidding. Anyway, I don't know who would be paying for the new floor. That's my question. Homeowner's insurance. I don't know. It seems like such an unusual situation, but let's get back to the sports page. Sorry to discuss. Not so fast, my friend. Remember we were talking about small town festivals together. Christie has one. The turtle. Turtle days and cherubs go Indiana. My Fort Wayne has a mermaid festival day. It's a whole thing. Where is it? North Webster Indiana? Because mermaid festivals. In coalinga, California, they celebrate this is from Andrew. We celebrate the horn toad turbie. Horn toad Derby. I'm so excited. I can't say. Really? It's a four day event with a parade for the toads and rides on Saturday. They have the horn toad Derby race. Those rides for frogs must be real small. Yeah. And they race horn toads, cut that out. They gather local horn toads. They gather at local horn toads from the mountains and the first one to get out of the horn toad for get out of the circle wins. What is the name of the town? Really? I thought you might find that. Down the road from full audio. There's got to be an ingot around that somewhere. Better than my joke. That's safer. I like yours much better. It's never doctor member doctor Raymond Philadelphia. That's actually your joke. I'm doctor Raymond full audio. This is from bob, the week, the topic, a small town festival, discussed. I know how Tom loves the music man, Meredith Wilson Hales from my hometown, mason city, Iowa. And every Memorial Day weekend, we have the annual band festival parade, which is the largest free matching band competition in the Midwest. He says plenty of Barry sacks and bassoons for times. All right. You should go there. Meredith Wilson has indeed been the grand marshal of this parade. In addition, the music man won the 1958 Tony Award for best musical over none other than west side story. Oh. Oh. If you had to pick your favorite between the two, which would it be, Tom? Music man or west side story. I've seen them both on Broadway. This is like picking your favorite kid. You don't chop up a baby. Well, but that's Sam. We all know it. I get it. He's nice. He's cool. He's strong. I want to find out where the mermaid is in north Webster, Indiana. It's called the mermaid festival.
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"The national mall, clay forecast brought to you by longfin, save 20% on long fence decks, pavers, and fences go to long fence dot com today and schedule your free and home estimate. It is 9 11. Well, federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the side of a fiery train derailment in Ohio. And that's after officials have heard concerns from residents and people from other states. No one was hurt in the derailment itself, but there were fears of a potential explosion, so folks were evacuated from their homes. Now, if this trained derailment wasn't enough, there's another type of damage, a flood of false narratives and misinformation and disinformation that have spread widely over social media, making it harder for citizens to get real and accurate information. And this sort of thing is pretty common now in the wake of any incident, whether it's a mass shooting, a storm, so forth, and so on. To talk more about it, we're joined by Meredith Wilson of emergent risk international. Good morning, Meredith. How are you? Good. Good morning, Liz. So Meredith, what are some of the false narratives that have been spreading about this train derailment in east palestin, Ohio? Well, like you said, Liz, this is kind of par for the course any time there's a disaster now. In this case, some of the claims are these very extreme social media posts claiming a false flag type thing where it was intentional. There are other ones that are a little more nuanced and a little bit more misinformation driven. There was one suggesting that the real company was literally only offering $5 to each resident as some kind of payout. In reality, there's the company is going to end up spending a substantial amount of money to remediate all of this. But that initial claim appeared to come from an early payout of $25,000 that the company had given to the government there, which somebody then went and said, okay, well, divided by the number of residents, that's $5 per person. So sometimes it's things like that where they get misinterpreted. Oh, okay. Okay, so why has it been difficult to get accurate information out to get the facts out? I think we're in a very fractured media landscape and of course the issue too has been heavily politicized and it's been seized on by people on the right and the left for their own kind of political gain. Ohio, of course, being a battleground state for any upcoming election. It's also been a headline issue for a lot of our major sort of media pundits who do these sort of information opinion pieces on TV at night. Not always with the correct information and oftentimes with sound bites that are not fully accurate. And of course, the biggest thing is social media and the imagery and the video has been very dramatic. If you saw the controlled explosion that they did, it looked a bit like a nuclear mushroom cloud. And so when people grab onto that kind of imagery and then attach their own opinions and oftentimes disinformation and that goes viral, that's where a lot of people are picking up this stuff. So this will be the final question. How do you think all of this affects the average American? I think the long and short of it is that this is another reminder of what we are going to be facing with the 2024 elections coming up and this very heavily politicized environment that we're living in. And it's a good reminder that when we are looking at situations like this, we really need to focus on those primary sources of information. The government agencies, the press releases that go out, the actual statements as they were made, not as their clipped up by the media. And really understand what's available to you out there when it comes to good primary source information and not relying on these kind of social media and that type of thing for your information. Thank you so much. Much appreciated that's Meredith Wilson of emergent risk international. And coming up on must be getting close to spring is baseball and soccer return to action. Well, we'll just have to see if the weather cooperates day Brooks is on the way with sports. You know how it feels to find an extra French fry in the bottom of the bag? Imagine finding, I don't know, $5 million? Well, during the Maryland lottery's 50th anniversary cash bash promotion, the lottery games you normally play. Can also be entered into a second chance contest to win up to $5 million
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"To me at the end of the show. Yes. So getting back to Mali McGee. So, uh, Marian Jordan, she could not face the audience she used to set up when they did the show live in front of a studio audience. She would have her back to the audience. Everyone else was facing the audience and her back was species in the wrong business. I don't know how to perform and she did a great job. She was. She was really good on the show. But she she was terrified, absolutely terrified of facing the audience. Um, so anyway, that's how she's so Did she ever face her fear and turn around? No. From what I understand, She was always that way. All right. Well, we're listening to this November 9th 1948 episode Here's the conclusion now of Fibber McGee and Molly. Hi. How There We are, Molly. All done. I must say you did a good job of soul into kiddo. You that material fits that that important like the skin on a weenie. The admiration is mutual duty. How you ever got those springs tied down with fish line in Scotch tape. I'll never know it. You think they'll ball? Oh, why Snooki? Them springs are tighter than a $40 girdle after a spaghetti dinner. Sit down on him once bounce up and down. Hi. I'm out. No, thanks. You try it then Why? Certainly? I got faith in my own handiwork. Even if you haven't watch. Oh, Oh, I'm staff goodness that spring punched a hole clear through the cushion. Yeah, that just shows what a good job I done tying them down. They had them in types, the type they couldn't have sprung up so hard. Oh! Oh, my back. Am I bleeding? No, no, dear. You just ripped the back of your best. A little. However, if you have been sitting back a little farther, come in. Oh, my G. It's Dr Gamble. Come in, Doctor. Thank you, my dear. Hello, Poop. Squawk hoop Squad. That's an elderly pip squeak. Tell me why you're rubbing your back. Dislocated vertebra trying to fasten your 30 cents Suspenders. He sat down on the Davenport in the spring stabbed him, Doctor. Athletes spend several hours retiring and upholstering it too. I don't know how that spring ever busted loose to either. I tied him down with my best tapered fish line and some Scotch tape right Freshman Cramer's drugstore. I admit I never opened up at that important before. But you know me. I'll try anything once anything. Have you ever thought of harakiri? My boy? Is he enough? Both skip it personally, I thought we ought to have the dad report done by an upholstered doctor. But you know himself here when he gets his mind made up. Well, a flop house bed gets made up often. Er and better than his cluttered little mine. Oh, yeah, we'll just for your information revenue cutter. It ain't often I go wrong. Going to a little job around the house who wasn't installed all our new electrical outlets? Yes. And who was it that immediately plugged in the waffle iron and got Hildegard Hildegard singing and there I stood with my pick along, uh, there I stood with my piccolo is not a song. It's a book by MEREDITH Wilson. Are you amusing? Since when is MEREDITH Willson been singing for Hildegard? She does her own thing. And six. Probably for you, Doctor..
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Travel to Iowa
"I'd like to welcome to the show Sarah brewers from travel with Sara, dot com, and also mid west travel network, DOT COM and oddly enough we're going to talk about the mid West and specifically serious here to talk to us about Iowa Sarah Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here excellent well and I put out the. Word among my travel blogger brethren and written and I don't think that this thing put a couple of weeks ago and said, I've got three missing states I missing Iowa Nebraska and Hampshire, and at least one person I think it was more than one said if you want Iowa have to talk to Sarah and why is that? Sarah. What's the connection to Iowa? Well I live in Iowa. I have lived here all my life and I live on I will farm I'm married the neighbor boy in two thousand eight I started a blog and it was in two thousand thirteen that I really dove into the travel side of things. But the one thing that I realize is a lot of people didn't know a whole lot about the mid West or my home state of Iowa in. Most people don't realize that I will has beautiful cornfields and soybean fields we have that, but we have a lot of other amazing things and that's why you need to come to Iowa to visit and we're GONNA get into all of those today and I can't wait to share I. Clinical Slices a paradise will normally ask why someone should go I. Think you jumped into that one ahead of time anything else you would add to that I will surprise you I think the art, the culture, the scenic byways will blow you away. You could spend probably one home month exploring Iowa's scenic byways and I think that's pretty darn. Cool excellent will and where are you going to take us to what you're gonNA recommend where we starting. Well, let's start and do and. North, central. Iowa. Route, which is near where I live. I live near Mason. City. Mason. City Clear Lake and we're GONNA go to Charles City those three towns there, and then he can go up to forest city where you can see we're winnebago motorhomes are made. So you start in Mason city, Mason cities, a great base camp, and I would recommend that you stay in the park in hotel. The parking hotel is the last known hotel in the world designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Can stay there. Okay. People come from all over the world to Mason City Iowa population twenty six thousand something. So I have to Mason City, but I stayed in the holiday and see this is my mistake. You need to come back and see if the. I'll give you the grand old tour I. Didn't know he had designed any hotels. That's true. The first thing people say to me is Oh I don't think I could afford to stay there. and. I'm telling you that rooms at the Parken Hotel in Mason city. Iowa. Are Very affordable. I'm talking one twenty, nine to one, fifty, nine at night in a historic hotel. Designed by Frank Lloyd. Wright. I mean that is amazing. So when you're in Mason City, you want to do the river city's sculptures on parade, which is a sculpture walk, and it's always fun because I travel a lot and you know these artists that create these sculptures are all across America and maybe some of you've seen the Humpty dumpty sculpture that's around. I. Know I'M Thinking, the last place I saw one was in Mesa Arizona Okay I just have to take a Selfie with it because I'm like here's how you know Humpty kind of manages to be wherever I am but the sculptures are really a nice walk because they also take you through the Rock Glen area in Mason City, which is where there are other Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes. So is not only the hotel. There's other homes there as well and McKnight or art museum is a fantastic museum in town. They have the bayard puppets, Baird Marionettes, wizard of Oz the marionnettes that we're using the wizard of Oz are in the museum in Mason City and you can go across the street to Music Man Square we what puppets were in wizard of Oz are we talking about flying monkeys or what? Yes. Monkey is there okay it's a really Nice Museum but then you go across the street and you go to Meredith Wilson's boyhood. Home The music man. So, Meredith Wilson was born in Mason city. Iowa. And the Music Man Square has museum in there that is home to. Meredith Willson. So in the streetscape is in there and it looks just like in the movie, but you would envision it. So that's pretty cool. Meredith Willson he's also buried in Mason City and you know what? There's a lot of people that look for famous people were buried. You know who knew a lot of people cemetery tourism is kind of a big deal but then you go, let's go estimates saying you've already Charles City and get to Whitewater rafting most people don't think of Iowa and Whitewater rafting. And you can do that in Charles City Iowa. In Charles City I'm not sure eight, ten thousand people maybe. And you can stay in a luxury cabin there at red? Cedar. Lodge cabins that are overlooking the river great place for extended families to stay. But you've got the river