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"Tragic and difficult and savage is what any I have ever seen. The U.S. says Russia's move is having immediate and harmful impacts, grain prices rose over the weekend. Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department. For a little bit of joy these days, NPR is taking time to celebrate the things we are really into. Like, you know, the stuff that keeps us going beyond the news. Well, for NPR's Nikki Jones, it's a good scare on the screen or on the page. At age 12, my girlfriends were living by Judy Blume, but I was reading Stephen King thrillers, for the second time. The first time I got detention in high school was for reading Clive barkers the damnation game. Instead of the assigned book, I thought I was slick, too. Sliding my newest horror book into my loose leaf notebook. I was so engrossed that I gasped in the middle of class, much to the dismay of my classmates and teacher. It was sort of hilarious. He took my book and handed me detention. I learned that he was a horror fan, and we chatted about our favorite authors. He ended up reading my book during detention and thanked me for turning him on to someone new. My love of all things horror started when my mom let me read her. Spooky books, her endearing term for horror novels. I waited with bated breath for my mom to finish her latest spooky read, because I knew that I got it next. I'd insert myself into this fictional world of monsters and demons, living in terror to turn the next page. My mother read the exorcist by William Peter blatty, and it definitely spooked her. I developed a carriage to read it years later. Then saw the movie against
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"And the UN have also learned lessons from past interventions. A UN peacekeeping mission brought cholera to the island over a decade ago and the U.S. has a long record of failures in Haiti too. Thomas Greenfield says diplomats are working on something different this time. This resolution will propose a limited, healthfully scoped, non UN mission, led by a partner country with the deep, necessary experience required for such an effort to be effective. Both Russia and China which hold vetoes on the Security Council sound hesitant to back even a limited mission, China said it should be treated with caution. Russia also criticized the U.S. for a separate resolution that would impose sanctions on armed gangs and their supporters. But both measures are backed by Hades foreign minister Jean Victor Giannis, who spoke to the Security Council. Security. I have this sensitive mission, he said, of bringing to the Security Council, the distress call from the people of Haiti. He said millions of children can't go to school and gangs are plunging the country into chaos. In a nod to concerns about the legitimacy of the current government, the foreign minister said it is committed to future elections as soon as the security situation allows it. The government came to power after Haiti's president was assassinated over a year ago. The top UN diplomat in Haiti, Helen laem, says her office is ready to help. Any comprehensive resolution requires a Haitian led political solution. But a political solution continues to be elusive. And on its own is no longer sufficient to address the current crisis. She urged the Security Council to act decisively the U.S. is hoping for a vote soon on its draft resolutions. Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department. This
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"Assembly vote. Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department. This is NPR news. This is doubly NYC, a magazine has declared a neighborhood in Queens to be the fourth coolest neighborhood in the world. Shea weaver is the editor of time outs in New York edition. Ridgewood has like the diversity and local vibes of queens, but also has a lot of hip offerings that you might find in bushwick. So it's kind of like a meshing of queens and Berlin in one. Weaver says her team made the ruling based partially in a global survey of tens of thousands of people and also based on things like dining options, culture and diversity. Ridgewood was the only U.S. neighborhood to make the lists top 5. WNYC is supported by neon, presenting triangle of sadness, the latest comedy from the director of the square, when a luxury cruise helmed by Woody Harrelson as an unhinged boat captain sinks, the Uber rich passengers realize their incompetence, now playing death of a salesman, Arthur Miller's classic play is just opened
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"The secretary adds that Ukraine has, in his words, the absolute right to defend itself throughout its territory and the U.S. will continue to supply weapons to help Ukraine do just that. Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department. This is NPR. From WAB news in Atlanta, good afternoon. I'm Jim burris, her time now is four O four. State regulators are considering Georgia powers request to increase power bills starting in January. The company wants to raise electricity rates by 12% over the course of three years, and that does not include other additional costs that will also likely be added to bills in the next couple of years. In 76 year old Eugene vickerson drove to Atlanta from the South Georgia town of hawkinsville to speak during this morning's public comment session on the proposal. We should have to do here. I'm almost insulted by being here. Coming with a bank for me to not raise these rates. Georgia power says it needs the money to invest in its grid to move away from coal and to increase profits. The Georgia public service commission is continuing hearings this week and is set to vote in December, the commissioners are able to make changes before approving the rate hike. The state of Georgia is bracing for multiple scenarios as hurricane Ian approaches the U.S. Georgia emergency management and Homeland Security agency director Chris Stalin says that includes preparing for Florida evacuees, heading here. Tampa has issued
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"Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department. This is NPR news. This is WNYC later on morning edition, and what is the American Dream? Migrants ate Tijuana, Mexico, reflect on it, as they talk about why they left their homes for the U.S. that story. Up next hour. 66 in sunny out there right now, Sunni a hive 81 in the city today and then tomorrow partly sunny in 83, then on Sunday here comes some slight chances for showers and thunderstorms better chances on Monday. At 7 51. Freedom. Love. Peace. Freedom. Don't. WNYC supporters include the vital projects fund, supporting the Museum of Modern Art where Matisse, the red studio closes on September 10th with the last look for members on September 11th, tickets at MoMA dot org
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"Battle of honor to each of you, one posthumously. It has been a long journey to this day for those heroes and their families. And for more than 50 years have passed, 50 years since the jungles of Vietnam were as young men these soldiers first proved their mettle. The family of late staff sergeant Edward kaneshiro received his award posthumously. He was killed by hostile gunfire and 1967, his actions were credited with helping to head off an assault while evacuating his unit near Saigon despite despite being injured. The UN's top human rights official says civilians are bearing the brunt of the conflict in Ukraine. He warns arbitrary detention of civilians as widespread in areas controlled by the Russians. In Paris Michelle kellman has more. The high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, updated the Human Rights Council on her team's latest findings, she says there's growing evidence that Russian forces are committing serious violations of international law in areas they control in Ukraine. Despite restrictions on access, we have documented 270 cases of arbitrary detention and unforced disappearance. 8 of the victims were found dead. Russia calls this part of a disinformation campaign, a top Ukrainian official says Russia is kidnapping Ukrainians on a massive scale and called for the release of all captured Ukrainians, including the mayor of Carson. Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department. Stocks finished mixed on Wall Street, this is NPR. From WAB E. News in Atlanta, good afternoon. I'm Jim Bern as it's four 32. Georgia's coastal marshes do a lot. They help absorb floodwaters from storms and provide habitat for all sorts of critters and birds. And they also store carbon dioxide, keeping it out of the atmosphere. As WAB is Emily Jones reports, researchers are working to better understand the role marshes can play in fighting climate change. A team of researchers is waiting out into a marsh about halfway between Savannah and Brunswick. It's tough going when the thick mud gets hold of your foot. It doesn't let go easily
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"Thomas Greenfield says she used to have cordial relations with her Russian counterpart but they haven't had regular meetings since Russia invaded Ukraine Michelle Kellerman and PR news just back from southern turkey Millions of people in Pakistan depend on the Indus River for their crops the waterway has been revered and worshiped as a source of prosperity but you have made the journey down the entire river tomorrow on weekend edition Sunday with the isha we take you on a rare and sacred expedition on the Indus River You can tune in by telling your smart speaker to play NPR Or your member station by name Scarface car wash countless westerns are just some of the films that the great actor peppy cerna has appeared in over the last 50 years He now stars in his own documentary showing tonight at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and piers mondale del barco has more You may have seen Pepe cerna's mischievously rugged face in many films and TV shows over the years Now you know his name In the new documentary Pepe serna life is art showrunner Gloria Calderon kellett says he's an inspiration He's been working consistently since the 70s And that's a difficult task for any actor much less Latino actor Sarah was born in Corpus Christi Texas and says he began acting when he was just three years old.
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"She heard some similar concerns from many of them today Take a listen The main message is we are hearing from our relatives inside of Syria They are suffering and we don't want to be forgotten And I think the message they have heard from me is that we have not forgotten Syria and that's why I'm here And by the way she was speaking there inside this sweet shop run by three Syrian brothers There was baklava and other amazing sweets piled high behind her Yes we got a taste of it And Thomas Greenfield was making a point of showing that refugees can contribute to countries like turkey That's an important message because a lot of Turkish citizens are growing weary of hosting so many refugees when the economy is in turmoil Will you mention that she met members of the white helmets This is the rescue group that operates in opposition areas and has received backing from the U.S. in the past and I'm curious what was their message to the ambassador And to the rest of the world Well they worry that Ukraine is taking the focus off of Syria We spoke to one board member Amara Al samu who says that Russian troops are doing the same things in Ukraine as they did in Syria Just take a listen It's connected I think The war in Syria and Ukraine is connected It's one war against human being against BitBoy who wants their dignity and want their freedom This is one war So now the question is whether Russia is going to allow aid to flow into Syria from turkey for another year It's going to be a big challenge for UN diplomats There's another concern Elsa and that is about a potential Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria That's just a reminder of how complicated this war is and how tenuous the situation is That as NPR's Michelle Kellerman on the turkey Syria border thank you so much Michelle Thank you Now let's turn to title 42 It's the pandemic border restriction president Trump implemented two years ago to block most migration from Mexico The Biden administration tried to lift it but a federal judge recently ordered the policy to stay in place Even so the border is not totally closed Asylum seekers are still crossing And at least one shelter for them in Arizona is seeing record numbers and piers Kirk siegler reports Ever since he was a boy in the border city of nogales Santa Cruz county sheriff David Hathaway says people have been crossing over looking for a better life only recently has this become red meat for national politicians Over past multiple years caravan staging in Mexico and their head in this way and they're going to rush across the border and it's going to be a mass invasion It's never materialized the way they describe it Today in this high desert it's quiet There you go That's Mexico right there Hathaway is a former DEA agent in nogales and in South America but he dresses more like the old west cowboy hats suspenders keychain dangling off his belt Down this dirt road he points to a section of newer border fence with its coils of razor wire dangling off the American side construction stopped when Donald Trump left office So then it kind of just went back to this vehicle barrier type fencing that anybody can just walk through You could just walk right under that And people are under title 42 most Mexicans and central Americans who are caught are sent back immediately but there are exceptions 70 miles to the north the Casa alita shelter in Tucson is seeing a record number of asylum seekers even a few days after a federal judge kept the closures at southern ports of entry in place And.
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"5 O one Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Jack spear Explosions were heard and felt in the southeastern Ukrainian city of zapor Asia this morning local officials say at least one person was killed That city is a hub for civilians fling Russian held territory about 20 to 30 miles from the front lines of the conflict NPR's Tim Mac reports on the blast that rattled evacuees Just before 7 a.m. local time two explosions shook the ground It was followed by a third shortly after Residents of the city seemed unfazed by the blasts which local media said struck a commercial area By mid morning the streets of the city were filled with Ukrainians going about their day But for Natalia Miller who had fled from the front lines in the east it was a terrifying reminder that violence was still not far away She says she and her dog Pusha hid as the blast happened in the early morning To Mac NPR news separation Just back from a trip to Ukraine Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on Capitol Hill today for a budget hearing Lincoln telling lawmakers Russia's quote war of aggression makes U.S. diplomacy more important Here's NPR's Michelle Kellerman Blinken says he's been rallying allies and partners to impose tough economic costs on Russia and the U.S.'s rushing in more weapons to help Ukraine defend itself The budget request before you predated this crisis But fully funding it is critical in my judgment to ensuring that Russia's war in Ukraine is a strategic failure for the Kremlin and serves as a powerful lesson to those who might consider following its path He says Ukrainians have won the battle for Kyiv and that he saw the once vibrant city coming back to life during his trip there on Sunday Blinken spent more than 20 hours traveling from Poland through Ukraine Michelle Kellerman NPR news the State Department The Biden administration says it is moving court making the anti viral COVID-19 treatment packs loathed more available to the general public administration at the time trying to reassure doctors as an ample supply of the drug on hand produced by Pfizer pax Logan was first approved for use last December But only investments as it plans to make it possible for millions of customers to invest some of their retirement savings in Bitcoin or if NPR's David gura Fidelity which oversees almost two and a half $1 trillion in 401k assets says it's responding to demand From estimates roughly 80 million Americans own or have owned digital currencies Fidelity plans to make the option available in a few months and companies will be able to decide whether to make the option available to their employees Bitcoin's volatility continues to be a concern Bitcoin is trading down more than 40% from its all time high last November The Labor Department responded by reiterating in a statement its previous warning to employers to exercise extreme care before adding cryptocurrencies to 401k plans David gura NPR news New York the Dow dropped 809 points today This is NPR From.
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"Is sponsored by the Georgia division of aging promoting their adult protective services investigating more than 23,000 cases of alleged abuse in Georgia last year help can be found at one 8 6 6 5 5 aging NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports on the new diplomatic effort to resolve the war Secretary general Antonio Guterres has sent letters to the UN missions of Ukraine and Russia according to his spokesperson Stephane duchess In these letters the secretary general asked president Vladimir Putin to receive him in Moscow and president Vladimir zelinsky to receive him in Kyiv Dujarric says he doesn't yet have a timeline for such a visit but says the secretary general calls this a time of great peril and consequence more than 200 former UN officials wrote to Gutierrez recently urging him to get more involved in resolving the conflict they say Russia's invasion of Ukraine is undermining global order Michelle Kellerman and BR news the State Department The head of the International Monetary Fund is warning that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing a massive setback for the world economy IMF managing director kristalina georgieva says the ongoing conflict on top of the coronavirus pandemic is causing severe disruptions in global trade We are facing a crisis upon a crisis A war on top of a pandemic and it's like being hit by another storm before we have recovered from the last one George Eva also called high inflation a clear and present danger to the world Economic officials from around the world are gathered this week for their annual spring meeting Stocks traded mixed on Wall Street today the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 249 points the NASDAQ composite closed lower down one 66 the S&P 500 fell two points This is NPR news in Washington From WAB news in Atlanta good afternoon I'm Martha Dalton It's four 32 Atlanta based Coca-Cola is pushing to bolster commercial truck driving programs at Georgia's technical colleges As a male Moffat reports it comes as the country continues to deal with a shortage of truck drivers Greg Dozier commissioner of the technical college system of Georgia says there have been times in recent years when hundreds of students interested in earning a commercial driver's license or CDL have been turned away because the schools just didn't have enough resources And this $1 million is really going to allow us to hire 11 additional full-time instructors as well as two part time And almost double our capacity across the state And that increase comes at a critical time The trucking industry has been losing drivers to retirement for years The pandemic made the scarcity even worse We're experiencing this CDL driver shortage every day That's Crawford Jones with Coca-Cola united the bottler that delivers Coke products Jones says they're constantly recruiting from the state's 19 technical colleges that offer training for commercial truck drivers We found that the drivers that come from really meet our level that we demand to hire Mark Raheem and executive with Coca-Cola says the $1 million donation represents an investment in the company's home state We need to do the things that enable this economy and our system to keep growing And one of the critical areas right now for the U.S. and the state of Georgia is the availability of commercial drivers In addition to private donations like this one from Coca-Cola the state of Georgia has also boosted funding over the last two years to help the state's technical colleges put more truck drivers on the road A meal Moffat WBE news This is WAB news Support for WAB comes from truest wealth.
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"Might make Putin mad He has invaded his neighbor and he's killing innocent people and everything makes him mad I mean he's said to sanctions are an act of war He gets mad over the javelins and the stingers Poland blindsided U.S. diplomats this week by suggesting that the U.S. could help it transfer those planes to Ukraine secretary blinken said there are logistical challenges and Pentagon officials warn there are dangers because the Russians now have air defenses that cover much of Ukraine Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department This is NPR news WNYC is supported by optimum business running a business never stops optimum business secure Internet comes with built in security and available at speeds up to one gig more at optimum dot com slash business or 866-580-1480 Good morning WNYC I'm James Menendez Today on NewsHour the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine and their first face to face talks since Russia's invasion but there's little sign of progress Also the U.S. has warned Russia may use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine We'll talk to America's ambassador to the United Nations That's BBC NewsHour at 9 on 93.9 FM WNYC You just heard an update on the war in Ukraine as that country calls for the west to implement a no fly zone That's the vital.
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"That saying the U.S. goal is to end the war not expanded and sending U.S. pilots into Ukrainian airspace could risk a broader conflict He says the U.S. is also working through what he calls some complexities to get Polish MiG fighter jets to Ukraine Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department Democratic leaders say they're abandoning the idea of providing a fresh infusion of $15.6 billion to battle the COVID-19 pandemic that's clearing the way for House debate in passage of a government spending bill to include billions in aid for Ukraine and European allies President Biden has signed an executive order asking agencies in the government to study the potential risks from cryptocurrency and other digital assets Here's NPR's David gura This executive order calls for more research and coordination among different agencies including the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department but it doesn't outline any concrete plans for regulating the $3 trillion marketplace Some 40 million Americans have invested in traded or used cryptocurrencies The White House says and the assets popularity continues to skyrocket Financial regulators have already been studying the impact of these digital currencies The Federal Reserve for example issued a paper earlier this year examining the pros and cons of introducing a government issued digital dollar David gura NPR news New York On Wall Street the Dow rose 653 points the NASDAQ was up 459 points today This is NPR From E News in Atlanta good afternoon I'm Jim barris It's 5 O four A proposal to change Georgia's hands free law crashes in the Georgia Senate The bill would have allowed drivers to use their phones at stoplights red lights stop signs and the like but Republican state senator Randy Robertson a former sheriff's deputy blasted that idea But someone is messing with their phone at a traffic device they are not paying attention to the danger that is around them The bill failed by a vote of 14 to 35 Well the bill introduced in the Georgia state house would require businesses to accept cash and provide exact change This comes as many stores have moved to cashless payment systems amid concerns that cash is unhygienic and as the country faces a nationwide coin shortage Democratic state representative miesha maynor introduced the bill She says the decision to abandon cash transactions discriminates against Georgians who do not have a bank account And finally the city of Atlanta the city of Atlanta has brought 9 acres of land in the northwest riverside neighborhood once developed the acquisition will be the city's first park with access to the chattahoochee river Officials say it was made possible in.
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"68° in cloudy at 5 O 6 This is all things considered from NPR news I marry Louise Kelly And I'm Alyssa nad warney Russia accuses the U.S. of whipping up hysteria by talking about a possible invasion of Ukraine Today Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia could clear all this up by telling the world it won't Stated clearly stated plainly to the world And then demonstrated by sending your troops your tanks your planes back to their barriers can hangers and sending your diplomats to the negotiating table Secretary blinken issued that public challenge in the UN Security Council chambers today He flew to New York at the last minute before heading to Germany for a security conference where Ukraine is also likely to be a big topic NPR's Michelle Kellerman joins us now to talk about the state of play of diplomacy Hi Michelle Hi Theresa Why was the Security Council meeting so important that blinken changed his plans Well you know the Russians have the rotating presidency of the council right now and they were the ones who called this meeting to put pressure on Ukraine to resolve the conflict in the down boss in the east Ukraine signed a deal back in 2014 to give two regions now run by Russian proxies more autonomy and Russia says Ukraine is not implementing that deal And by the way there was a flare up with some shelling today Another reminder that this is an ongoing conflict U.S. officials were worried that the Russians were going to use the Security Council meeting to spread disinformation about what's happening in Donbass in order to create a pretext to launch military action Secretary blinken even listed some of the possibilities to look out for Take a listen to what he had to say The inventor discovery of a mass grave A stage drone strike against civilians Or a fake even a real attack using chemical weapons Russia may describe this event as ethnic cleansing Or a genocide Wow a real chemical weapon attack genocide did Russia respond to any of this Yeah I mean Russia's deputy foreign minister who was there called Lincoln's remarks regrettable and dangerous He said these allegations only bring more attention But you know Russian president Vladimir Putin has already used that word genocide when talking about the Donbass and remember that Russia has been handing out a Russian passport to Ukrainians living in those separatist regions So Putin could try to justify an invasion even if a limited one by saying he needs to protect Russian citizens there The U.S. seems to be trying to take away some of these possible excuses by talking about all of this very publicly So that's the public debate What kind of behind the scenes diplomacy is going on Well the U.S. and Russia have been exchanging written proposals for negotiations on security in Europe The U.S. has offered talks with Russia on things like arms control and transparency and military exercises But Russian deputy foreign ministers Sergey Vichy said that's not enough Here he was speaking today outside the Security Council chambers We got the answers.
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"With his Russian counterpart tomorrow Michelle Kellerman NPR news the State Department Amplifying Atlanta this is 90.1 W ABE I'm Jim barres in the city right now We have fierce guys 55° Georgia power plans to close almost all of its remaining coal fired power plants in the coming years and add a lot more solar power Those are two big takeaways from the company's filing with regulators today on its long range energy plans We have environment editor Molly Samuel here to dig into it with us I'm Molly Hey Jim The official and official sounding concept here is Georgia power's integrated resource plan What's that Yeah it's called the IRP for short Every three years the company has to file it with the state public service commission George power is saying how much electricity demand it projects in the future and how it plans to generate electricity to address that demand So let me also add up top what this plan doesn't do It's not about progress at plant Vogel that over budget and behind schedule nuclear plant And it's also not about what customers pay for electricity That's a different regulatory process called the rate case and that's going to happen later this year Got it All right so let's get into the coal closures Did we know this was coming We knew something was coming on it Last fall the CEO of southern company which is the parent company of Georgia power said that they would be shutting down about half of their coal fleet But remember that's not just Georgia power They own utilities in other states too So now we have more details on what exactly Georgia power is planning here shutting down some coal units this year others by 2027 and 2028 And retiring its final operating coal plant in Georgia by 20 35 How big of a deal is it that Georgia power is doing this Well climate advocates and scientists say it's really important to move away from polluting sources of energy as quickly as possible to avoid the worst effects of climate change So closing coal plants is good news in that regard These plants also just aren't competing well economically They have expensive environmental requirements and other sources of power are cheaper And then there's also customer demand There are big companies that have made climate commitments that want to know they can buy renewable energy Chris womack is the CEO of Georgia power And he told me they get requests like that We've been in the midst of making that transition and putting renewable energy resources on the ground and on our grid.
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"Organization which urged people to cancel their holiday plans In many countries leaders are advising people to at least think carefully about their plans and avoid travel the Netherlands has gone even further instituting a strict lockdown until mid January Selena Simmons duffin and PR news Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he is working closely with allies in Europe to deter Russian aggression against Ukraine As NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports the U.S. is focused on deterrence and diplomacy Russian president Vladimir Putin wants guarantees that NATO will not expand further to the east and he's made other demands Secretary blinken says some of those demands are non starters though he adds the U.S. is ready to talk Russia has said and it put out some papers on this that it has grievances demands concerns Well so does the United States and all of our European partners about Russia's conduct The actions it's taken All of that will be on the table But blinken says talks will be more productive if Russia deescalates and moves troops back from the Ukrainian border Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department The federal government says it's planning to meet with Native American tribes to figure out how to implement billions of dollars in funding for tribal communities from the recently passed federal infrastructure law Lucas Brady Woods of member station KS JD reports The so called bipartisan infrastructure law includes $13 billion for tribal communities across the U.S. and the federal government announced it plans to meet with those tribes next month to figure out how to best implement the funds The funding will go towards a variety of initiatives including replacing aging infrastructure expanding access to drinking water and increasing Internet connectivity Luke it's Brady Woods reporting Jury deliberations continue today in the trial of former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter who fatally shot a young black man during a traffic stop Potter says she meant to use her taser instead of her gun when she shot Dante Wright This is NPR news in Washington It's doubled NYC in New York at 8 O four Good morning and Michael hill the first full day of winter 40 a mostly cloudy clearing and reaching into the mid 40s That's the forecast so far Some educators say New York City's process for identifying and responding to COVID infections in schools is collapsing under the recent sharp increase in cases doubling NYC's Jessica Gould reports Teachers say testing in public schools is far too limited to identify positive cases and spread Administrators say when they do learn of a positive case the school systems rapid response team is often too overwhelmed to register it As more instructors test positive principles are struggling to staff classrooms and a few schools are pivoting to remote learning while an increasing number of kids appear to be staying home either because they are sick in quarantine or.
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"I mels the Chang There's growing concern about the stalled nuclear talks with Iran Israel says Iran is dragging its feet in order to make advances to its nuclear program European diplomats are trying to step up the pressure and the U.S. is considering other options And piers Michelle Kellerman reports that this was a major topic at meetings today at the State Department Secretary of State Antony Blinken was hosting his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates and Israel today when attention quickly turned to Iran Iran is becoming a nuclear threshold country That's Israel's foreign minister yair lapid President Trump pulled the U.S. out of a 2015 deal that capped Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief the Biden administration has been trying to revive the deal but talks on ways to get both countries back into compliance have stalled and lapid is raising alarms The Iranians are clearly dragging the hills trying to cheat the world to continue to enrich uranium to develop their ballistic missile problem Secretary of State blinken and I are sons of Holocaust survivors We know there are moments when nations must use force to protect the world from evil Secretary of State blinken is far more measured hoping a revived deal will be able to cap Iran's nuclear program and prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon We believe that the diplomatic path is the most effective way to ensure that that doesn't happen But he noted Iran's new government has not yet agreed on a date to resume those talks in Vienna A top European Union official is visiting Tehran this week to try to pin that down saying it's crucial to pick up talks where they left off in June Blinken says time is short We are prepared to turn to other options If Iran doesn't change course and these consultations with our allies and partners are a part of that U.S. envoy rob Mali says he's planning to go to Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to coordinate with gulf allies He spoke to the Carnegie endowment of international peace about the state of play in diplomacy Mali also talked about his efforts to persuade Iran to release Americans that are being held there We've been engaged again indirectly with Iran from day one on talks about securing the release of the four Americans who've been unjustly cruelly and outrageously detained as plants Among those four are the father and brother of American babak namazi who told reporters last week that his father need surgery to prevent a possible stroke My father was already lost so much precious time I begging Iran to let him spend whatever small amount of time he has left with his family My brother Sam I conclude Today his brother Mark 6 years behind bars in Iran accused of collaborating with a hostile country His father is still unable to leave Iran for that urgent medical care Michelle Kellerman and PR news the State Department.
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"I'm janine herbst. The supreme court today issued an order they could force the biden administration to reinstate a controversial trump era immigrant program that forced asylum seekers to wait in mexican border cities as npr's john burnett reports. The court refused to block a ruling from texas. Judge that said president biden had unlawfully cancelled the program known as remain in mexico. The high court in a brief unsigned order told the biden white house that it cannot rescind the twenty nine thousand nine program that was harshly criticized by human rights groups. The program forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait in mexican cities like matamoros in tijuana where they lived in squalid tent camps and were preyed on by extortionists. The court cited a decision last year. That faulted the trump administration for arbitrarily and capriciously canceling daca. The program that protects migrants brought here illegally as children biden had sought an emergency. Stay from the court. With today's ruling the administration must now argue. Its case in front of a federal appeals court john burnett. Npr news president biden says the us has evacuated more than seventy thousand people from afghanistan. And he's hoping to be able to wrap up this operation by next week. This despite concerns of there are still thousands of afghans who fear for their lives under taliban rule. Npr's michelle kellerman reports biden's as the taliban have taken steps though that the us and its partners can get their people out but he calls it a tenuous situation and he hopes to finish it by next week the sooner we can finish the better each day of operations brings at restore troops state department says more than four thousand americans have been evacuated though. It's not clear how many are still trying to leave. Officials say they've been reaching out directly to americans to guide them through the airport gates. A taliban spokesman says the us must stick to it self imposed deadline. Michelle kellerman npr news. The state department. The house voted today to advance. A critical piece of president biden sweeping economic agenda. Npr's windsor johnston reports. The chamber narrowly approved a three and a half trillion dollar budget resolution. Setting the stage for new spending for childcare education and measures to curb climate. Change the vote to move ahead with. The budget resolution will allow house democrats to begin. Crafting the details of the spending plan. It also green lights the final passage of a roughly one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure. Bill that cleared the senate earlier this month in a statement house speaker. Nancy pelosi says she's committed to passing the infrastructure bill by september twenty seventh and would rally her caucus to support it and furious windsor. Johnston asian markets are trading higher at this hour the nikkei in japan up about three tenths of a percent the hang seng in hong kong up eight tenths of a percent. You're listening to npr news. The house voted tonight along party. Lines to approve new legislation aimed at strengthening landmark civil rights era voting rights this in response to a wave of restrictive new election laws from republican controlled state legislatures. The bill named for the late georgia congressman and civil rights leader. John lewis who died last year supporters. Say it would make it more difficult for states to restrict future voting access but senate republicans say it infringes on states rights. Today marks the two year anniversary of the death of elijah. Mclean colorado man. Whose story was prominently featured during last. Summer's protests against police brutality. Colorado public radio's alison sherry has. More mclane was a black massage therapist. Who was detained by police. In two thousand nineteen. He was not suspected of a crime but was put into choke holds and given a powerful sedative by paramedics. He died a few days later at a hospital. His mother shannon mclean worked to pass a sweeping police reform law the next year in the state legislature which included a ban on choke holds. It was emotional. Because i was told that they weren't able to pass that bill before elijah's murderer and i think to myself if that bill had a pass before largest murder still be here. Several local state and federal investigations into mclean's staff are continuing for npr news. I'm alison sherry in denver. All street was higher by the closing bell. us futures contracts are trading flat. I'm janine herbst npr news..
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Jill Biden helps honor women from 15 countries for courage
"First lady. Joe biden was on hand at the state department for the annual women of courage who was a bit different this year with the recipients attending virtually. Here's npr's michelle kellerman first lady. Joe biden is vowing to be bold telling the fourteen honorees this year quote. Your fight is our fight. The us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield says the department is also honoring seven afghan women who were assassinated in the past year. The violence is meant to silence and we cannot allow that to happen. We must address it head on must ensure that their voices continue to be heard. The activists from belarus maria kolesnikova couldn't attend because she's in prison. The state department hasn't been able to reach the human rights lawyer from china in the past couple of days
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Sudan says it signs pact on normalizing ties with Israel
"Sudan has formally signed what are known as the abraham accords to normalize ties with israel treasury secretary steven mnuchin was on hand for the event. Npr's michelle kellerman has details. The trump administration has been encouraging arab states to normalize ties with israel in exchange for separate deals with the us in sudan's case the us remove the african nation from the state sponsors of terrorism list in order to ease sanctions after sudan agreed to compensate victims of several terrorist attacks in africa. Mnuchin also says he signed a deal to provide a loan to sudan to help it clear about one point two billion dollars in arrears to the world bank that could provide much-needed international help four sudan which had been a pariah state during omar shears thirty year role. He was ousted in twenty. Nineteen michelle kellerman. Npr news
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Illinois reports more than 13,000 new cases and 126 new deaths statewide
"Live from npr news. I'm jack speer. With corona virus cases surging across the west new data released from the federal government shows just. How many hospitals in the country say they are facing critical staffing shortages. Npr selena simmons duffin reports nearly one in five hospitals in the us currently has a staffing issue states in the mid west and southwest are being hit hardest. North dakota has the highest percentage of hospitals reporting shortages. Texas has the highest number of hospitals when there aren't enough staff to treat the surge of patients. The concern is that you could get to the point where you have to start rationing care and then more people could die early on in the pandemic medical staff could volunteer to help in hot spots like new york city. But that's not really possible. Now with so many hospitals facing shortages and cases surging all over the country selena simmons duffin npr news eleanor. Like many other states seeing a big surge in coronavirus cases more than thirteen thousand new cases reported there with one hundred and twenty six deaths making it the third day in a row deaths their past the one hundred mark on governor. Jay pritzker reminding people his they've been state today. The numbers do not reflect what tomorrow's numbers might look like. You have to look at what the trajectory is. How fast it is that. They're likely to fill up. How fast they're coming into the emergency room and ending up in the bed. Laurie now is more than six hundred. Thirty four thousand coronavirus cases more than eleven thousand kobe. Nineteen deaths in the state. The death toll from covid nineteen pandemic has now reached more than two hundred and fifty thousand georgia's certified president elect. Joe biden has one that state's electoral votes but as a meal moffitt of member station w. a. b. e. in atlanta reports top georgia republicans are calling for changes to the state's election. Laws in one of the narrowest races in the country president elect joe biden topped president. Donald trump by about twelve thousand six hundred votes of the record. One point three million votes cast by mail and the state two thirds of them went to biden. Georgia's republican governor. Brian kemp echoed. President trump and casting doubt on the state's signature match program used to verify the identity of absentee voters voters casting their ballots. In person must show a photo. Id and we should consider applying that same standard to mail in ballots. Georgia's republican secretary of state also called for reform despite repeated assurances that he's seen no evidence of widespread fraud for npr news. I'm a meal moffitt in atlanta michigan state. Legislators met at the white house today with president trump as the president appears to be making an extraordinary effort aimed at overturning. Joe biden's overwhelming win. There were after the meeting. Officials said they have not been yet made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election by one michigan by an insurmountable one hundred fifty four thousand votes on wall street today. The dow closed lower down two hundred nineteen points. You're listening to. Npr president trump's state department and foreign policy advisors to the incoming baiju administration are both expressing concerns about recent arrests of human rights advocates in egypt. Computers michele keleman reports. The arrest came after. The activists met with european diplomats. The egyptian institute for personal rights as seen three of its members arrested this week charged with spreading false information and undermining public security. European diplomats had met with them earlier this month. The state department is expressing quote deep concern about the arrests biden's foreign policy adviser. Tony blinken says he shares that sentiment in a tweet. He writes quote. Meeting with foreign. Diplomats is not a crime nor is peacefully advocating for human rights. President trump wants called egypt's leader his favourite dictator egypt remains a major recipient of us aid michelle kellerman npr news washington asia pacific summit leaders set aside their differences today issuing their first joint communique in three years among other things a group calling for free and predictable trade to help a global economy leaders of the twenty one nation apec groups as been substantially weakened by the coronavirus pandemic the group whose members include president trump and chinese leader xi jinping also about not to resort to protectionist policies notwithstanding the ongoing us trying to trade battle apec countries fell to reach agreement in two thousand eighteen in part due to discord between the us and china crude oil futures prices ended the week on an up note oil closing up forty three cents a barrel and the session at forty two seventeen barrel in new york. I'm jack speer npr news.
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UN General Assembly: US-China tensions flare over coronavirus
"Pandemic is a test of international cooperation. One, the U. N secretary general says the world is failing is NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports that failure Was on display at the ongoing General Assembly. The secretary general is trying to use this virtual General Assembly to get countries to work together to fight the pandemic and many other global challenges. But one Security Council debate showed just how hard this will be. You know shame on each of you. I am astonish, and I'm disgusted. That's the U. S ambassador to the U. N. Kelly Craft accusing her colleagues, though not naming, which ones of playing politics with covert 19 members of the council who took this opportunity to focus on political grudges rather than the critical issue at hand. My goodness Craft defended the Trump administration's decision to pull out of the World Health Organization and said China should be held to account for quote, unleashing this plague onto the world. China's Ambassador John Joon, says the US is just trying to blame others for its own failings. The United the States has been spread in political virus on this information. And for 18 confrontation on division. Up to that point, it had been a rather dry Security Council meeting about global governance in the wake of covert 19. There was a lot of talk about multilateralism and a few veiled swipes at the Trump Administration's America first approach, Kraft said. The U. S has given you n agencies $900 million to counter the pandemic and compared that to others on the Security Council. NYU's year 4.6 million South Africa 8.4 million Indonesia five million. The US does give more to the U. N than other, says Richard Gallon of the International Crisis Group. But this is not just about money. Foreign diplomats had grown accustomed to trump attacking. Yuen arrangements like the Paris climate deal on mechanisms like the Human Rights Council. But they were genuinely shocked the Washington would walk away from the W. H O during a global pandemic. Speaking via Skype, he said diplomats are worried about what he calls a nasty fight between the US and China as Beijing tries to increase its influence in the world body on a day to day basis, Chinese diplomats in New York are often Very assertive, increasingly hard line and sometimes bullying colleagues from smaller countries. The reality is that for most members of the U. N, neither the US nor China Is offering an attractive vision of the future of multilateralism and the world needs multilateral solutions on a range of issues beyond the pandemic, says Latisha Courtois, who represents the International Committee of the Red Cross. She's raising the alarms about the forgotten conflicts from Yemen to this, the hell region of Africa has a triple threat of climate conflict and called it mansions. And for that they need to be a collective approach. The U. N Secretary General Antonio Guterres made the same appeal all week, reminding diplomats that the World Sol a previous period of fragmentation a century ago. The result was the first World War. Followed by the seconds. Over. 19 is casting a dark shadow across the world. And he called the band eh Mika warning that must spur US toe action. Michelle Kelemen. NPR news, the State Department
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Democrats say Pompeo's speech to RNC is unethical, hypocritical, and possibly illegal
"Are working on a resolution to hold secretary of State Mike pompeo in contempt. NPR's Michelle. Kellerman reports the accuse him of Obstructing House oversight and breaking his own rules by appearing at the Republican National Convention the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrat Eliot Engel has a growing list of complaints about Secretary Pompeo. It includes the secretary's refusal to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry and his quote willingness to bolster as Senate Republican, led smear against president trump's political rivals. Angle also accuses pompeo of. State Department Guidance and possibly the law by delivering this speech to the Republican National. Convention while on an official government trip abroad, the State Department describes angles press release as quote, political theatrics and an unfortunate waste of taxpayer
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Watchdog: Syrian air force responsible for chemical attacks
"An international chemical weapons watchdog has issued a report blaming Syria for a series of attacks in March of two thousand seventeen as NPR's Michelle Kellerman tells us the US calls the report damning and accuses Russia of trying to shield the Syrian government from Accountability Secretary of State. Mike Pompeo says the US shares the same conclusions as the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons his statement says the US also believes that the Syrian regime retains quote sufficient chemicals and expertise to use Sarin and chlorine munitions and to develop new chemical weapons. Syria agreed to get rid of its chemical weapon stockpiles in two thousand thirteen under pressure from the US and Russia one State Department official says Russia has since blocked every effort to hold Bouchara. Assad's regime accountable. Even as Syria continued to carry out attacks. Like the ones documented by the
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Pompeo on testifying in Trump impeachment inquiry: 'When the time is right, all good things happen'
"President. Donald Trump says he would love to to have have Mike Mike Pompeo Pompeo and and others others testifying testifying testifying testifying what what he he calls calls the the phony phony impeachment impeachment hoax hoax today. today. The The Secretary Secretary of of state state was was asked asked about about that that among among other other prominent prominent issues issues during during a news conference. We have more that from. NPR's Michelle Kellerman Secretary. POMPEO is making no promises about testifying when the time is right. All good things happen. He's defending the administration's approach to Ukraine. CRAIN's aim this when asked about President Trump's request that Ukraine investigate a conspiracy theory that Ukraine not Russia hacked. DNC emails a theory. That's that's been debunked anytime. There's information that indicates that any country has messed with American elections. We not only Have a right but a duty to make sure we chase down. A former National Security Council official who has testified says that particular theory was a false narrative promoted by
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Trump administration imposes new Iran sanctions
"A year after pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimposing oil sanctions. The Trump administration is now targeting another sector of Iran's economy NPR's. Michelle Kellerman reports on new sanctions spelled out in an executive order. Three Mile Island was the site of the country's worst commercial nuclear power accident in nineteen seventy nine that happened at unit number two unit. Number one has continued to generate electricity. The plant was licensed to operate for fifteen more years, but the nuclear power industry is struggling to compete with less expensive electronically from natural gas and renewable energy Exelon which owns the plant argued that Three Mile Island deserves compensation for the carbon free electricity. It produces that argument has been successful before other state legislatures but not yet in
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US ramps up Venezuela sanctions as Guaido tours South America
"The Trump administration is adding six more Venezuelan officials to a sanctions list as NPR's. Michelle Kellerman tells us they're being punished for blocking humanitarian relief aid to their country. The Trump administration has been backing national assembly president one guidos efforts to force President Nicolas Maduro from power in Venezuela and call for new elections part of that effort is to support guidos attempts to get aid Venezuelans medoro has been blocking that now Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the US will target Madora loyalists who are quote prolonging the suffering of the victims of this made crisis six top security officials. The US says were involved in blocking aid have now been added to a US
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U.S. Issues New Penalties Against Venezuelan Officials, Vowing ‘Maduro Must Go’
"London. The Trump administration is keeping up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to cede power NPR's. Michelle Kellerman tells us the US is imposing more sanctions and revoking the visas of officials close to the embattled leader the latest sanctions target security officials who helped nNcholas Maduro block US assistance. U S envoy, Elliot. Abrams says the State Department is also revoking visas for dozens of Medeiros supporters and
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U.S. sanctions five top Venezuela officials close to Maduro
"The Trump administration is imposing more sanctions on Venezuela. Targeting officials close to the embattled president NPR's. Michelle Kellerman tells us the goal is to pressure nNcholas Maduro to step aside in favor of the man. Many are calling Venezuela's interim president the US is targeting several top intelligence officials and the head of Venice Walea state-owned oil company any assets, they might have in the US will be frozen. The Trump administration has already revoked the visas of a number of people close to Madero Madero who accuses the US of leading a coup tells the Associated Press that his foreign minister met recently in New York with US on voi- Elliot Abrams. The State Department doesn't deny that one official says it should come. As no surprise that. US officials quote exchange opinions with a variety of foreign interlocutors to ensure the safety of US embassy personnel in
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Pompeo Plans to Press Saudi Leaders Over Killing of Jamal Khashoggi
"Syria. Iran and Yemen will dominate secretary of state Mike Pompeo's trip to the Middle East next week NPR's. Michelle Kellerman reports that Pompeo will also visit Saudi Arabia where he hopes to get more information on the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamaica Shuki official briefing reporters on the upcoming trip says Saudi Arabia needs to have a quote credible narrative about what happened did Jamalpur show. G who was killed in the Saudi consulate in is Dan
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Jury selection begins for man charged with murder at Charlottesville rally
"Hungary's decision to reject a US extradition requests. She says we'll make the world less safe. She also says it raises questions about Hungary's commitment to law enforcement cooperation and undercuts the work that U S in Hungarian agencies have done together. Michelle Kellerman, NPR news. The State Department Mississippi is holding a runoff election today for a US Senate seat Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde. Smith is facing democrat Mike Espy, President Trump held two rallies in Mississippi for Hyde. Smith yesterday democrat SB is a former congressman and US agriculture secretary on Wall Street Dow Jones industrial average is down twelve points at twenty four thousand six hundred twenty seven the NASDAQ is up more than seventeen at seven thousand ninety nine the S and P five hundred is up four. You're listening to. NPR and from KCRW, I'm Cheri Glazer was state and local headlines. The death toll from the camp wildfire. Northern California continues to climb it. Now stands at eighty eight. After investigators determined that three separate sets of human remains contained remains for more than one person and more than two hundred people are still unaccounted for meanwhile, groups of doctors, nurses, and medical students from around the state are rolling their time to help people affected by the campfire. They're treating evacuees for everything from wounds and asthma to the norovirus, which broke out at some shelters. One of those volunteers is Shannon Watson, she's a registered nurse and a first year physician assistant student from UC Davis health and Sacramento Watson says even though the fire is now fully contained evacuees still need medical care. They aren't going to have primary care docs to go back to they're not going to have the hospital to go back to if they go to dialysis every week and a dialysis center burned. How are they going to meet that need in the next six months? So we have to start mobilizing volunteers here to help meet that need up there. Medical experts say the focus on primary care will need to be expanded to mental health care in the weeks to come as evacuees deal with issues like depression and post traumatic stress disorder. The LAPD says it's got a man in custody who's accused of trying to run over two men outside a synagogue in Hancock park. LA police chief Michael Moore says authorities are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime just
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Yemeni officials say Saudi airstrike kills 19 civilians
"Deadly airstrike near a port city in Yemen. A Saudi Arabian led coalition has been pounding the area in a fight against Iranian-backed rebels. The civilian toll is mounting UN. Aid officials have another big fear. They warned at half the country is on the brink of famine NPR's, Michelle Kellerman has that story the UN's humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock has been trying to raise the alarm about Yemen for weeks now in September. He warned that aid workers are losing the fight against famine this week, he told the Security Council. The situation is getting worse. There is now a clear and present danger of an imminent and great big famine engulfing Yemen, much bigger than anything any professional in. This field has seen during their working lives. U? N officials are particularly worried about the fighting at the port. Of who data and the collapse of Yemen's currency. They're urging Saudi Arabia to help stabilize the riyal. So that Yemenis who do have money can afford to buy food in the markets and the UN wants the Saudis and their coalition partners to avoid civilian targets as they fight for control of the port used by aid workers, given the fighting there and around the country. It's hard for aid groups to get a full picture of the needs of the country. And there are some doubts in Washington about the UN figures, but the scenes are grim says Christie, della field of mercy corps, who is in Yemen. Last month. I visited malnutrition screening clinics that mercy corps works in in both north and the south and sat with mother after mother holding her child her infant our child on her lap telling me, I don't know where I'm going to get food to feed my child the UN now estimates that fourteen million people that is half. Yemen's population are facing pre-famine conditions della field says she. Nothing like it. This is a manmade crisis. There are things that we can do to help people there. And we need to be doing the US is a major donor to the humanitarian response. It also provides logistical support to the Saudi led coalition and secretary of state Mike Pompeo recently gave the green light for that to continue despite deadly airstrikes on civilian targets. Senator Chris Murphy, a democrat on the foreign relations committee wants congress to cut off that military aid writing. In a recent op, Ed that the war has killed thousands of civilians led to a massive humanitarian crisis and has a quote
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Pompeo meets king as Saudis expected to say journalist killed accidentally
"Is in Saudi Arabia meeting with the Saudi King and crown prince hanging over all the handshakes, and smiles is the disappearance of a Saudi journalist Jamal kashogi who has not been seen since he walked into the Saudi consulate in stumbled Turkey two weeks ago. Turkey says the Saudis killed him NPR's. Michelle Kellerman is traveling with the secretary of state, which means she too is in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. Hi, michelle. Hi there. Mary louise. So I'm going to get to the substance of these talks today in a minute but start with the optics. They are tricky. I I mentioned friendly handshakes. And smiles, meanwhile, the agenda is to discuss an alleged murder plot by the Saudis. Yeah. It was kind of striking because you know, on the face of it looked like this, very typical. Visit by secretary of state going to see the king at his palace. A brief stop at the foreign. Ministry and a lot of time with the crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, who's this young very powerful figure here. We're told that the conversations have been direct and candid, diplo speak for quite tough. But you wouldn't know it by watching these men, greedy niche other in front of the cameras and talking about how important this relationship is talk about the substance. What did they say to each other in these direct and candid talks? Well, they've the US officials have said very little about that. I mean, they say that Trump sent Pompeii oh here to convey, the message that it's really important for the Saudis to conduct a thorough transparent investigation into the disappearance of this Washington Post columnist US officials haven't weighed in about all of these reports in the news at the Saudis are now portraying this as like interrogation gone horribly wrong. We don't know exactly how the Saudis have been spending this with bump AO in private or. Or if he believes them, but we do know that President Trump seems to at least according to his Twitter feed. Trump says he spoke by phone to the ground prints who was with Pompeii or at the time. And he says that the crown prince, and this is a quote on Twitter, totally denied any knowledge of what took place in the consulate. It does seem as the pump AO has been sent to walk this really fine line. President Trump has threatened severe punishment has words to whoever's responsible for Jamal kashogi disappearance, maybe murder, but but there's also a lot more at stake here in the in the wider US Saudi relationship in this country. Mary Louise is is really key to the Mideast strategy of the Trump administration. There are big US arms deals at stake, the US policy on Iran is is vital here. The sanctions are going back into force and the the US needs the Saudis to keep the oil market stable. And then on the other hand the administration is facing a lot of pressure from congress members of congress are outraged over this apparent murder in the consulate in Istanbul and over the Saudi conduct in the war in Yemen. So I think you're totally right there. The administration is trying to walk. This very fine line secretary Pompeo is headed next which means you are headed next to the capital of Turkey. To anchor of what's the agenda there? Well, he's going to be meeting with the foreign minister there, obviously Turkey is also really important ally in a country that wants to get to the bottom of this to valise in Turkey today were searching the Saudi consulate and say they found evidence that the Saudi journalists was killed there. So it's going to be to follow up on those investigations. MPR's Michelle Kellerman. Reporting from Saudi Arabia is not just governments figuring out how to deal with Saudi Arabia's role and the suspected death of Jamal kashogi. Major corporations are sensing themselves from the kingdom top executives have pulled out of an investment conference scheduled to take place in Riyadh next week. They include leaders of J P Morgan and Ford Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times also planned to attend and moderate panels. Not only did he pull out. He is also now reporting on how CEO's made the decision to withdraw from the Saudi conference and he joins us. Now. Welcome. Thank you for. Having me you say this incident is forcing business executives to become reluctant statesman. Why reluctant well, I think that over the past year or two really under the Trump administration CEO's have been forced into these uncomfortable positions of having to speak out on moral issues. This conference in Riyadh known as Davos in. The desert has become a crucible of sorts for so many CEO's over the past week. And all of the being done without really direction from Washington. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is still going CEO's have been
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Canada sticks to plan to stay at NAFTA talks despite Trump attack
"The office of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is disputing President Trump's comment that Trump said no to a one on one meeting with Trudeau to discuss trade amid efforts to finalise a reworked North American Free trade agreement NPR's Michelle Kellerman says Trump talked about it yesterday in his our plus news conference following meetings at the UN Trump has met with various world leaders at the UN this week. But he says he turned down talks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau because tariffs are too high. And he doesn't seem to want to move. And I've told them forget about it. And frankly with thinking about just taxing cars coming in from Canada. That's the mother lode. That's the big one at Trudeau spokesperson says no meeting was requested. Adding, quote, we don't have any comment beyond that Trump. However went on a long time complaining that he's not getting along with Canadian negotiators. He's trying to replace NAFTA. With what he says, no call you as MC US, Mexico, Canada or just US. SM if candidate doesn't
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Ebola spreads to DRC city surrounded by rebels
"An eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the last several days or weeks. And now there's a troubling development World Health officials have confirmed case of the disease and the town that's surrounded by armed insurgents details from NPR read Eisenman World Health officials, say, this is the scenario. They have been dreading the region where this outbreak is percolating. His highly insecure at least twenty insurgent groups are active. There frequently killing civilians and kidnapping humanitarian workers until this week. All seventy plus confirmed cases of Ebola in this outbreak had been limited to towns and villages that health workers. Could get to relatively safely, but this new patient and two other possible cases are linked to a town called way CIA. That is surrounded by a violent rebel group. The World Health Organization says it was able to briefly send in a team of health workers to isolate and vaccinate people who had contact with the infected patient, but they required an armed escort of UN peacekeepers an read Eisenman
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Michael Cohen trial: Trump accused of directing hush money
"Vex that his former personal, attorney Michael Cohen has cut a deal with prosecutors. President Donald Trump, says flipping ought to be outlawed in all fairness to. Him most people are going to do, that and I've seen it many times I've had many friends involved in this. Stuff it's called, flipping and it almost ought to be a legal on Tuesday, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight, counts including campaign finance. Violations he alleges that Trump directed him to make hush payments to fend off embarrassing revelations that could threaten his White House bid President Trump who spoke to Fox, News channel's FOX and. Friends trashed his former confidant for agreeing to a plea. Deal but he had nothing but praise for his former campaign, chairman Paul Manafort who has been found guilty in. Virginia federal financial crimes Trump, says he has great respect for