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"All of Putin's threats have thus far appeared to be primarily for show. U.S. intelligence has yet to observe changes in the posture of Russia's strategic arsenal, but the prospect of the world's most powerful weapon being detonated can not be disregarded. Biden has sought to avoid nuclear escalation with Russia ever since the first chaotic days of the war. Around 90% of the world's nuclear warheads belong to Russia and the United States. And these arsenals loom large over U.S. strategy posture as the Biden administration seeks to keep pressure on Putin to stop his blood soaked military campaign. The administration assaults two strike a balance between supporting Ukraine with weapons and intelligence information without sparking nuclear escalation or an open war with Russia. The Biden team has been forced to adapt the strategy at nearly every turn in the conflict, and determine how far the U.S. can go without crossing Putin's red lines. In March, the Biden administration postponed a long planned military test launch of an international ballistic missile out of fears that Russia would see it as threatening. A week later, the U.S. rejected a proposal to provide the Ukrainian air force with 28 MiG 29 fighter jets for similar reasons. The president dismissed calls to establish a no fly zone in the skies above Ukraine because it would bring American pilots and direct combat with Russian pilots. And throughout the war, Biden has restrained from engaging in tit for tat nuclear threats and response to Putin's rhetoric. Instead, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan has privately relayed to Russian officials, the potential consequences for launching a nuclear strike in Ukraine. In public, the administration has refused to detail what penalties Russia would face for using a nuclear weapon. A catastrophe that hasn't occurred since the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. Expressing these messages in private, while outwardly harnessing a coalition of nations to denounce Russia's potential nuclear use, is proving to be an effective strategy thus far, says George perkovich, vice president for studies at the Carnegie endowment for international peace, a Washington nonprofit. But it's still early, he says. Unfortunately, we're not at a point where the risk of Russia using nuclear weapons is zero. Over the last several months the Russian military has suffered a series of embarrassing defeats in Ukraine, and late last week, withdrew from the region west of the dnipro river. If Putin's forces continued to be bog down fighting a smaller, less capable Ukrainian army, many experts feared the danger of a wider, more calamitous confrontation with the west, will rise. But the winter weather is expected to Paul's fighting, which may provide an opening for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. The return of nuclear brinkmanship on the global stage has reminded the world of the Cuban missile crisis, which is the last time the superpowers neared nuclear war. The showdown now, 60 years ago, did not develop into a shooting war or a nuclear exchange. Can we once again avert such a disaster and come upon a diplomatic resolution? Such an ending seems remote, amid Russia's daily bombardment of Ukrainian cities, and the mass violence there. But to survive the current conflict, the lessons of the past must be reexamined.
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"Down to the latest in the war between Ukraine and Russia, a jubilant Vladimir zelensky, visiting this group of people in the newly liberated area of kirsan. It was a daring trip actually to the region the Russian forces had held from the very beginning of the war back last winter in February. They retreated just last week. This morning, WTO national security correspondent JJ green breaks down the significance of this moment. President volodymyr zelensky's appearance in kursa was a tremendous morale boost. To actually go out there and be out there in the streets. Within the firing range of the enemy's artillery. Jury sack adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense says this development is hard to overstate. But they're trying to remain grounded. I would not like to be over optimistic at this stage because this war is far from over. Yes, the fighting does continue, but even though Russian troops are not officially in croissant, some of them have still tried to remain there. Some of them are believed to have tried to blend in with the rest of the population there. And the Russian troops did not go quietly. Mass graves of then discovered and booby traps are stashed all throughout the city. Ukrainian leaders were skeptical JJ that Russia was actually going to pull out of the region last week, but it seems they've really changed their tune on this. What was it that changed their minds? You're right, Hillary, because we talked about this on the air last week that there were questions about whether Russia was actually pricking or trying to play a trick on Ukraine's military, suggesting they were gone, then trying to essentially come back an ambush them. But talking to Ukrainian military officials, they say, they saw some signs way before they made it clear was that they had seen that suggested Russia was done. They found uniforms of Russian military troops in trash cans. They found them on the banks of the dnipro river, which meant that some of them had just abandoned their clothes and jumped into the cold water to try to swim away. They had all this intelligence suggesting that that was happening, but they wanted to be sure before they told the world that that's what was going on
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"Visiting this week of people in the newly liberated area of kirsan. It was a daring trip actually to the region that Russian forces had held from the very beginning of the war back last winter in February. They retreated just last week. This morning, WTO national security correspondent JJ green breaks down the significance of this moment. President volodymyr zelensky's appearance in croissant was a tremendous morale boost. To actually go out there and beat out there in the streets. Within the firing range of the enemy's artillery. Jury sack adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense says this development is hard to overstate. But they're trying to remain grounded. I would not like to be over optimistic at this stage because this war is far from over. Yes, the fighting does continue, but even though Russian troops are not officially in croissant, some of them have still tried to remain there. Some of them are believed to have tried to blend in with the rest of the population there And the Russian troops did not go quietly. Mass graves of then discovered and booby traps are stashed all throughout the city. Ukrainian leaders were skeptical JJ that Russia was actually going to pull out of the region last week, but it seems they've really changed their tune on this. What was it that changed their minds? You're right, Hillary, because we talked about this on the air last week that there were questions about whether Russia was actually pricking or trying to play a trick on Ukraine's military, suggesting they were gone, then trying to essentially come back an ambush them. But talking to Ukrainian military officials, they say, they saw some signs way before they made it clear to us that they had seen that suggested Russia was done. They found uniforms of Russian military troops in trash cans. They found them on the banks of the dnipro river, which meant that some of them had just abandoned their clothes and jumped into the cold water to try to swim away. They had all this intelligence suggesting that that was happening, but they wanted to be sure before they told the world that that's what was going
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"Breaks down the significance of this moment. President volodymyr zelensky's appearance in khorasan was a tremendous morale boost. To actually go out there and beat out there in the streets. Within the firing range of the enemy's artillery. Jury sack adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense says this development is hard to overstate, but they're trying to remain grounded. I would not like to be over optimistic at this stage because this war is far from over. Yes, the fighting does continue, but even though Russian troops are not officially incurs on, some of them have still tried to remain there. Some of them are believed to have tried to blend in with the rest of the population there. And the Russian troops did not go quietly. Mass graves of then discovered and booby traps are stashed all throughout the city. Ukrainian leaders were skeptical JJ that Russia was actually going to pull out of the region last week, but it seems they've really changed their tune on this. What was it that changed their minds? You're right, Hillary, because we talked about this on the air last week that there were questions about whether Russia was actually pricking or trying to play a trick on Ukraine's military, suggesting they were gone then trying to essentially come back an ambush them. But talking to Ukrainian military officials, they say, they saw some signs way before they made it clear to us that they had seen that suggested Russia was done. They found uniforms of Russian military troops in trash cans. They found them on the banks of the dnipro river, which meant that some of them had just abandoned their clothes and jumped into the cold water to try to swim away. They had all this intelligence suggesting that that was happening, but they wanted to be sure before they told the world that that's what was going on. That's a part of the reason why they seem to be so confident going into her son today With the very latest in the war between Russia and Ukraine, WTO national security correspondent JJ green
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"Luke Luger WTO penis, The White House is now commenting on the shooting press secretary karine Jean Pierre says, in a statement that the president and the First Lady are mourning with the University of Virginia community, she says administration officials are in close contact with state and locals and are grateful for those authorities swift response to the attack. In Moscow, Idaho investigators are still looking into the deaths of four university of Idaho students. Their bodies were found in a house near campus Sunday, police have called the deaths suspected homicides, they have not released additional information, including how the students died. It's three 33 a jubilant volodymyr zelensky visited with people in newly liberated her son today in Ukraine. It was a daring trip to the region that Russian forces had held from the beginning of the war back in February. Those Russian forces retreated last week, op national security correspondent JJ green joins us live to break down the significance of the moment, JJ. President volodymyr zelensky's appearance in khasan was a tremendous morale boost. To actually go out there and be out there in the streets. Within the firing range of the enemy's artillery. Yuri sack adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defense says this development is hard to overstate. But they're trying to remain grounded. I would not like to be over optimistic at this stage because this war is far from over. Yes, the fighting does continue, but even though Russian troops are not officially incurs on, some of them have still tried to remain there. Some of them are believed to have tried to blend in with the rest of the population there. And the Russian troops did not go quietly. Mass graves of then discovered and booby traps are stashed all throughout the city. Reporting live, JJ green. That will do TOP news. Ukrainian leaders were skeptical JJ that Russia was actually going to pull out of the region last week, but it seems they've really changed their tune on this. What was it to change their minds? You're right, Hillary, because we talked about this on the air last week that there were questions about whether Russia was actually tricking or trying to play a trick on Ukraine's military, suggesting they were gone, then trying to essentially come back an ambush them. But talking to Ukrainian military officials, they say, they saw some signs way before they made it clear was that they had seen that suggested Russia was done. They found uniforms of Russian military troops in trash cans. They found them on the banks of the dnipro river, which meant that some of them had just abandoned their clothes and jumped into the cold water to try to swim away. They had all this intelligence suggesting that that was happening, but they wanted to be sure before they told the world that that's what was going on. That's a part of the reason why they seem to be so confident going into her son today. JJ, thanks. You're welcome. WDT open national security correspondent JJ green up ahead on double DT op. President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. It's still having some trouble in courts. We'll tell
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"Veterans Day is known as Armistice Day, Big Ben told 11 times. President Biden made a pit stop in Egypt today on his way to Cambodia and Indonesia. Known as cop 27, the president said the U.S. is meeting the climate crisis with urgency. This summer, the United States Congress passed and I signed a law my proposal for the biggest, most important climate Bill in the history of our country. Tax incentives in the inflation reduction act aimed at speeding the green energy transition. Mister Biden told cop 27 delegates, the U.S. is now on track to meet the goal. He set of cutting the country's baseline emissions in half by the end of the decade. Stephen portnoy, CBS News. What was hurricane Nicole has moved out of Florida and now the blue ridge mountains could see a whole lot of rain as the now tropical depression moves north. WCBS meteorologist Craig Allen. There's the possibility of additional tornado watches through the morning and into the afternoon hours from portions of South Carolina right on up through the eastern half of North Carolina and into Virginia as well. Down to Ukraine now in CBS county McCormick. The Russians claim they pulled out troops and military hardware from the western bank of the dnipro river, but the Biden administration warned yesterday the area could be heavily mined and the Ukrainians are wary. If this withdrawal is confirmed, it would be a humiliating setback for Moscow. And the legendary comedian known as Gallagher has died after a short health battle he passed away at the age of 76. Douse in the red down 206 points, this is CBS News. Facet wealth is an SEC registered investment adviser, they offer customized financial planning for you, not just your assets. Learn more by calling 8 8 8 5 9 8 39 66. One O three on WTO? It's Friday
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"There now tonight, 60s right now, so really nice and mild, enjoy it while it lasts. 69° in college park 68 down in dumfries and 68 in Leesburg. Okay, thanks so much, Amelia. Four 41 now in WTO, let's go to Ukraine. Russia claims it has started its withdrawal from her son in the south of Ukraine, but few, if anyone believes the claims. Ukraine is in the meantime getting a new tranche of military assistance from the U.S.. National security correspondent JJ green joins us live to break it down and connect the dots, JJ. Sean, the U.S. has committed more than $19 billion to Ukraine another package is on the way components for air defense systems. Stinger missiles, high mobility artillery rocket systems, hundreds of grenade launchers, small arms, optics more than 20 million rounds of small arms and ammunition. There is going to be demolition equipment for obstacle clearing and cold weather protective gear. $400 million package. This is really important because part of the reason why Russia's announcing this retreat from her son is because of the new weapons Ukraine is getting from the U.S. and other Western countries. Ukraine meantime is pushing forward with the counter offensive in that region and they think that Russia's claim that it's pulling out of kerson is basically a trap to get Ukrainians to pour in and then get hit by Russian forces. All connected. Weapons empower Ukraine, Russia's Russia tries to trick Ukraine. Ukraine figures it out. Then there are concerns about Russia's booby traps. And this is where all of this detection demolition equipment that the U.S. is giving them. That's where that comes in. So it's all connected. Reporting live, JJ green, WTO P news. Hey JJ, there are new fears today about the possibility. Russia is going to destroy that big dam in hair sun when they leave. What's the thinking on that? Yeah, that's what a number of military experts have said. This dam could be the focus of Russia's ire, because what they're saying is Russia would withdraw its forces from the right bank of the dnipro river, abandoning the city of her son. Then they expect essentially the Ukrainians to flow in there. So they booby trap that damn and flood the right bank. And then that's their revenge and that's kind of how they've run this war. But there is no evidence yet that they're going to do it, but there is high concern that they would do it because they've sort of hinted at it, and they also tried to use one of these disinformation operations. Maybe a week or so ago suggesting that Ukraine was going to do something to this bridge. So that's the reason why it's getting a lot of attention today. JJ, thanks. You're welcome. Double DT open national security correspondent JJ green. Head coach Ron Rivera from the commander's reacting to today's news about the D.C. lawsuit against the team. That's a head that's four 43. Caring
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"First a look at what else is happening in the news. U.S. president Joe Biden has expressed relief after Democrats managed to fend off major Republican gains in the U.S. midterm elections. The House of Representatives looked likely to flip to the Republicans, but the future makeup of the Senate hinges on three races that are too close to call. More on that in a moment. More than 5 million residents in China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou have been placed under lockdown as authorities rushed to stamp out a widening COVID outbreak, and Russia's president Vladimir Putin will not be attending an in person summit of leaders from the group of 20 nations in Bali next week. Do stay tuned to Monica 24 throughout the date for more on those stories. Now, the Russia has ordered a pullout from the West Bank of the dnipro river in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of kirsan, while I'm joined now by doctor Jenny mathers, whose senior lecturer in international politics at aberystwyth university Jenny, many thanks for joining us once again. What has happened militarily to force this move? Right, so over the past number of weeks, really the Ukrainian forces have been targeting, particularly logistical and transport of structures which the Russian military depends upon, especially bridges over the river. So currently before this pullback, Russian forces occupied the city of Kirsten and that is mainly on the western bank of the NEPA river. However, the Russians were very much reliant upon transport across the river to supply them with basic goods as well as ammunition and so on. And by targeting the bridges of across the river, the Ukrainians were able to reduce the Russians ability to supply their forces while the Ukrainians were pushing hard on them from the north. So it's sort of being squeezed from both areas, eventually the Russians have obviously decided that this is not a defensible position, and it makes more sense militarily to withdraw across the river to have the river between themselves and the enemy rather than having the river at their back. And so how significant is this? I mean, is it a turning point in the war? And certainly could be carousel is important militarily because of its strategic location. Not only on the river, which runs right up into the middle of Ukraine. So control of the river is important, but also because it's so close to Crimea as so close to the Black Sea. So it's also been called the gateway to Crimea. And of course, Crimea is a major target for the Ukrainian forces to try and regain control of it. It's also a major prize for the Russians. You have a lot of military bases and news, the Crimea as a base on which to launch from which to launch attacks on Ukraine. So it's important militarily strategically for both countries. And so having Russia pull back like this, I think, is potentially very significant indeed. And what does it mean politically for Putin? Well, it's not good news for him because only a matter of weeks ago he announced with great fanfare that Russia was annexing four regions, including the region of Kirsten, Harrison was the only major sort of regional capital city for the Russians to have taken in this mass invasion stage of the war, and they took it quite early on after the 24th of February. They've been able to hold on to it until just recently. So yes, it's symbolically very, very important. It's also been admitted publicly by the defense minister Sergei shoyu that Russian forces were withdrawing. And this is really an unusual step because previously when the Russians have had to retreat, it's been covered up. It's been downplayed as the minimized, but this time they're being quite upfront about it. So yes, it does suggest a step change in the dynamics, really. I wonder why that is. I mean, could it be a trap? Well, it's always possible, of course, and the Ukrainians are treating this apparent withdrawal with a great deal of caution. They're pointing out that there are signs that there are still some Russian troops on the western side of the river. They may not all withdraw. It could be a Trump. And certainly they will have the Russians will have booby trapped. Properties and buildings and so on, which we've seen happen before when they withdraw in from an area open force to retreat from an area that they previously occupied when the Ukrainians come in, they find all kinds of mines and other booby traps that are laid afterwards. So that will certainly be happening, but whether it's a more sophisticated sort of ambush trap, we have yet to see. Now I think it would be a very clever strategy on the Russians part in many respects to do something like this to lure the Ukrainian forces in and then sort of seize control of them. But the question is whether Russia has that capacity to do that just at the moment because their military capacity has been degraded so very significantly over the past number of months. It may simply not be capable of carrying off such a strategy. Now they say they're going to retreat, have they, in fact, done so and where have they gone? Well, a lot of forces have retreated. It's a fairly slow process because it was a major area where they had sort of dug in. They'd also brought in some of their own people and appointed officials, and so there's been a process of trying to evacuate civilians or certainly civilians who support the Russian occupation, Uber wouldn't go along with it. And those people that they brought in to kind of run the city and the administration, as well as the military forces.
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"This is WNYC FM HD and a.m. New York. Good morning, Russia's president continues his threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The United States is assessing the threat level and planning how to respond. What does a nuclear expert have to say? Putin might hope he could coerce the Ukrainians into accepting his terms that it could coerce the west and to backing off. I'm Michael hill, it's morning edition from NPR and WNYC. President Biden visited Puerto Rico yesterday, promising to fortify communities that hurricane Fiona walloped. A Republican congressional candidate in a tight race in New Jersey gives a mixed up answer on abortion at a campaign event. And a new exhibit in Brooklyn explores police violence. It's Tuesday, October 4th, the news is next. Live from NPR news in Washington encore of a Coleman, President Biden visited Puerto Rico briefly yesterday. He got an update on damage from last month's hurricane Fiona. At one point, the entire island had lost power, and Pierre's Adrian farida reports Biden says federal aid is coming to Puerto Rico, not just for hurricane Fiona, but for hurricane Maria, which hit 5 years ago. He promised to work to speed that money up. He also pointed out that his administration has lifted the complex restrictions that the Trump administration had placed on some of that aid. How much of a difference this has made though is hard to sort out because the vast majority of the Maria recovery projects that still haven't even broken ground. And beers Adrian farida reporting, more than 100,000 customers in Puerto Rico still don't have power now, weeks after the hurricane hit. Ukrainian officials say their forces are pushing back Russian troops in major counter offensives on both the eastern and southern fronts and piers Jason Bobby and reports from the southern city of Mikhail I have that over the last 24 hours Ukrainian troops have made significant gains in the hair zone and Donetsk regions. Officials in Kyiv say that in the northeast of the country, their forces have retaken multiple villages east of the key railway hub of Le Mans, Russian military officials acknowledge the gains, but say that their forces staged a strategic retreat. In the south, Ukrainian tanks on Monday surged along the West Bank of the dnipro river, reclaiming territory that's been under Russian control for months, both these operations are in areas Russia claimed to have annexed last week. Ukrainian president Vladimir zelensky and his daily video address acknowledged several newly liberated villages, but he warned fierce fighting continues in others. Jason Bobby and NPR news alive, Ukraine. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case concerning Alabama's new congressional map. From member station WBA, Richard banks reports the court's decision next year could affect voting rights for underrepresented minorities across the country. The map gives just one of the states 7 congressional districts, a real chance of electing a black representative, even though blacks are about 27% of the state's population. Evan Milligan, the executive director of Alabama forward filed the case. He argues that a second majority black district is not only essential for equal representation, but also for a healthy democracy. Having voting matter that are balanced to reflect the population that actually live in the communities represented in those maps is a critical step to bringing more people into the political process. Alabama defends its map, saying courts have ruled race should not be a major consideration in drawing voting districts. For NPR news, I'm Richard banks, in Birmingham, on Wall Street before the open Dow futures are up more than 400 points. This is NPR. On doubly NYC at 8 O four, good Tuesday morning, I'm Michael hill. 48 with light rain and then today rain in a high of just 49 in that revised forecast from the national weather service. The MTA's warning of some delays on B and D trains in both directions and two and 5 trains. The MTA plans to expand the number of buses equipped with cameras that automatically ticket vehicles driving in bus lanes, the agency will install new cameras on 300 buses in Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx and Staten Island. That means bustling enforcement will cover half of all bus lanes in the city, violators will have a 60 day grace period once workers install the cameras and then after that, fine started $50 and go up to $250 with repeat offenses. The MTA hopes to have the cameras installed by the end of the year, we shall consider ourselves warned. The Long Island railroad says commuters can expect faster transit times thanks to the completion of a new ten mile third track, the new track along the railroad's main line runs from floral park to hicksville, governor Kathy hochul touted the project completion yesterday in Nassau county. What does this mean for long islanders? Well, it's great. They all start with the letter F if your delays, faster commutes, and more frequent trips. I think that just about gives us an a for all those, not enough, that's an a. Officials say the third track will increase LIRR service by 40%. The two and a half $1 billion project began construction in late 2018. New York State task force created after a 2018 limo crash has issued a safety report, recommendations include equipping the vehicles with side impact protection devices and taking them off the roads after a certain number of miles. In October 2018, Ford excursion SUV, which had been turned into a stretch limo crashed in schoharie, New York after blowing through a T intersection the driver in 17 people inside the vehicle were killed along with two pedestrians. The cool and rainy weather is sticking around through tomorrow, along with some gusty winds, and though the scattered rainfall may cancel some out or plants meteorologist
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"To make sure you mow don't go all the way, you know, fires or anything because that is really the problem because we have to make sure that that's getting clean. In the town of buen, Terry teas, so she'll have to take out loans to rebuild the house she grew up in. I'm 69 and I'm going to have to have a mortgage for the first time in my life. The house had never flooded before. And didn't come into the house. It never got any higher than that second step. Climate change means flooding here and across the country is getting more frequent and severe. Last month, Kentucky lawmakers passed a $213 million flood relief plan. It funds school districts and infrastructure repairs, but not long-term housing. I know it's hard, but this is a several year rebuilding project. Governor Andy beshear says utility crews are working as quickly as they can to restore service to areas still without water and power. Most affected schools will resume classes in late September. Hundreds more trailers are expected to arrive soon. Still, everyone interviewed for this story says they don't plan to move away. We're family here. For dorina Dunbar and so many more in eastern Kentucky, connection to land and home goes back generations. For NPR news, I'm Katie Myers in whitesburg, Kentucky. It's morning edition from NPR news. I'm Rachel Martin. And I'm a Martinez. And it's WNYC coming up next hour, Ukraine's counter offensive against Russian troops at the dnipro river in the long game in the war, NPR's Steve inskeep conversation with general Mark milley, chair of the joint chiefs of staff. 65 in clear now sunny and 81 for
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"Foundation. Morning edition takes you across this country and around the world with stories that keep you informed and the context to understand what matters. The news comes at you quickly, but we slow it down to examine each story from different angles and give perspective. On what might happen next. A brand new day comes with new possibilities and a new edition of morning edition from NPR news. Weekday mornings at 5 on 90.1 From NPR and WBUR, I'm Scott Tong in Washington, D.C.. This is here and now. The Ukrainian army is making verifiable progress in its counter offensive in the south. That's according to independent analysts in the U.S. at the institute for the study of war. This counteroffensive focuses on the strategic southern city of kirsan. If they retake it in the surrounding towns, the conflict could turn. Kirsan sis on the western banks of the dnipro river to talk about what's at stake here, we have shashank Joshi on the line. He is defense editor at The Economist. Welcome. Hello, good afternoon. Shashank, why is Carson so important? Well, Carson is important because it was the first major administrative center. The first major city to fall to the Russians back in the very beginning of their invasion within a week of the invasion, in fact, it's also a very important industrial region. So if you look around the Carson province as a whole, this is an agricultural powerhouse. This region it produces lots of the country's most important crops. And it's also geographically very significant. It's a kind of gateway to the western ports on the Black Sea that Russia does not control yet. For example, the port of Odessa being the most important of those, and it's in some ways the gateway in and out of Crimea, the Russian occupied in Russian annexed territory to the south. So all of those reasons are important, but I think the most important thing of all is that Ukraine has done very well to withstand the Russian advance, but it still is the case that Russia occupies around a 5th of the country. And Ukraine has to show at some stage that it is capable of taking back substantial amounts of territory and croissant is the first real test of that proposition. And for Ukrainian military leaders, I gather this area in the city of kirsan is also symbolically important. 8 years to the day before this counter offensive began, Russian forces in the process of taking Crimea killed more than 300 retreating Ukrainian soldiers. I mean, that's part of the recent memory here. It is, I mean, it was called the battle of elevation. It was a very important battle in 2014 between Ukraine and Russian backed militia forces in Donbass, eastern Donbass province, and it was known as a massacre in Ukraine, because when these forces tried to retreat from the city, they were killed, as you say, about 330 or more of them. So it is historically resonant, but that's to do with the date of the counter offensive. If that's not to do with the place, Carson wasn't affected at all back in 2014. But of course, yes, as you say, the historical memory of that particular date, no doubt will have been in the minds of the Ukrainian generals who planned the beginning of this offensive. And as they try to retake cares on, what is the strategy we know Ukrainians have lesser firepower? Well, I think the strategy is not a sort of D-Day type assault with huge mechanized forces flooding across the planes. The Ukrainians haven't got the manpower for that. They haven't got the equipment for that. What we're seeing is seems to be an attack by just a few brigades, pretty small formations. They're holding quite a lot back in reserve. They're committing some of their best artillery, some of their best armored vehicles, including French German American supplied guns, but they're not throwing all of their manpower at this. And I would say that the philosophy here is let's try and avoid storming the city if we can avoid it because we know how destructive how bloody urban warfare can be. And I would say the Ukrainian doctrine here seems to be advanced a little bit, but advance in a way that you're penning the Russians in to a smaller space because don't forget Carson City is on the West Bank of the dnieper river. So you have quite a lot of Russian forces perhaps 20,000 or so. All of them crammed into the space on the West Bank of the river, Ukraine has destroyed most of the bridges, so they can't retreat very easily, and they can't supply themselves very easily. So try and hem them in and then destroy them or force them to get away in movies rather than try and engage them in one big climactic battle. So just thinking is through, if the Ukrainian troops indeed retake her song. What is the good case scenario for where this war goes from here from the Ukrainian perspective? There's a lot more fighting to be done. If they retake cassan, it would create a lot of problems for the Russians. They could lose a lot of troops. They would no longer be able to get to Odessa over land. It would be a psychological blow and it would show the west that Ukraine can take back territory. So that would encourage more arm supplies from the Europeans from the Americans and others. But at the end of the day, you would still have huge amounts of Russian forces on Ukrainian soil. You will still have Russians in the other parts of khasan province east of the nipah river, you still have them in zapor Asia province next door, you'd have them in dondas, where of course they've been advancing albeit extremely slowly in the last few weeks. So an offensive in croissant would be a successful offensive would be a symbolically enormous significance, but it would nonetheless leave a huge amount of Ukraine still to be fought over even after that point. On the other hand, shashank, if the Ukrainian troops don't succeed, they don't retake care song. What does that mean? Does it mean we have a continuation of this long and deadly slog of a war through the winter? We're going to have a long and deadly slog through the winter whether Ukraine wins this offensive or loses it or something in between. But if they fail, if they fizzle, and if they can't get closer to croissant, or if they keep getting closer, but they can't take the city even through the winter months. I think that's going to be a problem because it's going to undercut western support for Ukraine at a time when inflation is going up in the west, the cost of living is rising, energy prices are rising, and it may make it more difficult for western governments to offer military and financial support to the Ukrainian government if there's a sense that this is futile. There's a sense that they can't take territory back. And I think it would also demoralize many Ukrainians and it would be a setback for the Ukrainian armed forces. Now, I think people should not expect quick results. This is a war of attrition and even when they're advancing their advancing to put themselves in a position to increase that attrition of the Russians, not necessarily the storm through the city in a matter of weeks or a month. So I think Ukraine has to manage expectations as to what it is actually going to be able to do on the ground, even through the autumn months. There are also managing the news coverage of this. There is a blackout of sorts or an attempted blackout. So we don't know a lot of the day to today specifics. Why is that? What would be the reason for holding back specifics to the news media? Well, this is a long-standing feature of war. It's just we've become less used to it because of the nature of constant news and social media. But if you look at the Iraq War, if you look at reporters embedded with the U.S. Army, they weren't allowed to report the exact position of units or casualties taken or claims going out from a certain time. And this is a long-standing feature of any conflict. The Ukrainian army doesn't want the Russians to know precisely which roads they're moving down, which villages they're attacking, whether one unit is under strength, it might be ripe to be counter attacked. These are very tactically significant details, and I can understand why the Ukrainians
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"This is balance of power on Bloomberg television radio. I'm David Weston, another update now. We actually now do have the redacted version of that affidavit supporting the search warrant for president and former president Trump's house down in Mar-a-Lago will be bringing a details on that in just a moment or two. But first, we want to turn to retired general David Petraeus, who commanded joint forces in Iraq in Afghanistan, went on to leave the CIA, general Petraeus is now a partner in KKR where he chairs the global institute general. Thank you so much for being back with us. Let's start with the war in Ukraine, which has gone on a lot longer than certainly. I think president Putin thought it would. Now we hear that they're calling up another 137,000 troops. What does that tell us about the future of that war? Well, I think it tells us that Putin recognizes that he doesn't have enough recruits to replace the losses in Ukraine and perform other missions that they still attend to around the world. But most significantly, it's about, again, having the additional forces that are needed in Ukraine where they have taken very, very heavy losses. They have for a period of time they were losing more each day. And these are actually losses, not just wounded, then we lost in an entire month in the worst year of the surge in Iraq. So he has a real challenge on his hand, but without mobilizing the country for war, which he does not want to do because of concern over domestic issues. Associated with that, he's trying to do this in a way that skirts that still calls this a special operation, but still provides the forces needed. And I think many observers that focus on this intently believe that this is much more aspirational than it is going to be realistic. He will not be able to raise the additional forces. He's actually struggling now just with the recruits to bring them in again to replace the losses that they're having on the battlefield. And of course, at this moment at this 6 month Mark, Russia has achieved nothing like what I'm sure Putin and his generals expected they would have achieved. Of course they didn't achieve their main objective, which was to take Kyiv the capital of Ukraine and topple the government replaced president zelensky with the pro Russian figure. They had to withdraw from there and two other major northern cities. They weren't able to take hard key if the number two city in Ukraine very close to the border. They have actually been those forces have been pushed back out of artillery range of the city. They did expand their holdings and the southeast and the south, but now they're really grinding to a halt in their efforts to expand on those. So Russia is in a tough position and meanwhile, you have Ukraine, which is supported not just by the arsenal of democracy, the United States, with another $3 billion worth of assistance just the other day taking this up to well over 13 billion just since January of 2021. But they're also supported by all the other NATO countries and most other Western countries around the world as well. And so that's very important because you do have on the battlefield, the war of attrition, if you will, but there's another war or competition that's ongoing and that's the force generation competition. And in this regard, Ukraine is much more impressive and effective and efficient in recruiting training, organizing, equipping, and employing new forces and capabilities than is Russia. And in fact, there have been using some of the systems that we've provided very effectively, these precise rockets and precise artillery rounds to take out the Russian ammo supply points, Russian fuel depots, Russian headquarters, Russian assembly areas, and even the Russian airfields in Crimean Peninsula. So nowhere now is really safe for the Russians on territory that once was Ukrainian. And they're having to withdraw some of their assets all the way back to Russia proper. What that means is that it's much more challenging for Russia now to logistically support their troops on the front line as Ukraine is trying to isolate those particularly those that are just west of the dnipro river in the southern part of the country around the city of air so where we expect to see at some point a counter offensive launched by the Ukrainians. General, you mentioned war of attrition and now for those of us for a very great distance. It looks like it's sort of in stasis. Nobody's moving much either way. You're a student of war. What gets it out of states? And let me ask you one specific question. Could the energy crunch come winter with natural gas, particularly going into Western Europe, Germany? Could that actually move over to the Russians advantage? Well, certainly it causes challenges in Europe and particularly significant countries that are Germany has a particular challenge with the very, very dramatic increase in electricity prices as you know. That could cause real issues. That could cause industrial challenges and all the rest of this. And so there is a concern about the solidity of the alliance in the winter. But I don't think actually that you're going to see that crack. The U.S. is going to remain very firm. We're still using the very, very substantial amount of resources that were approved by Congress and signed into law by the president several months ago. Those will carry us all the way through the end of this year, I would suspect and so you're going to see Ukraine benefiting from that and really what's very significant now, David, I think, is that the Ukrainians for the first time have actually seized the strategic initiative. In other words, for the first time you see the Russians actually responding a fair amount to what the Ukrainians are doing, particularly in the south, where as I mentioned, they're trying to isolate these forces on the west side of the dnieper river. They literally taken out all the bridges and they've taken out the logistical elements that support those forces and so forth. And at some point you're going to see them try to retake that particular area, which will be very significant. The challenge, of course, is that the offensive is much more difficult than is the defensive as the Russians have found out trying to take out very, very skillful defensive operations by the Ukrainians. Now the Ukrainians have to do that and going into urban areas can be very costly. Yeah, just as general Lee at Gettysburg as I recall, he learned something about defensive offensive. One more here if I could, general. It is the first anniversary of that awful bombing that killed the marines in Kabul. In the midst of what I thought was a somewhat chaotic withdrawal from the United States from Afghanistan. What effects continuing lingering effects if any does that have on U.S. policy and also on our allies reaction to our ability to stay the course? Well, I think one of the issues that arose from the decision to withdraw and then the way the withdrawal was conducted on the one hand and it was a logistical marvel pulling a 120,000 individuals out of an embattled capital. On the other hand, it was, as you say, quite chaotic and execution. And so that allowed some of our would be adversaries to say, see, we told you, you can't depend on the Americans, they are not a dependable ally or partner and look at this how they've executed this there are great power and decline. Now, I think actually David that we have put that at least into the rearview mirror. It's still visible. It still is out there. But because of the way the very impressive way we have supported Ukraine against this unprovoked Russian invasion, the way we have gathered our allies together with the way we've guided the implementation of the various financial economic and personal sanctions, the export controls, et cetera, and also the very impressive counter terrorism operations that took out the head of Al-Qaeda and also the head of the Islamic
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"Was heavyweight champion of the world. Victory. That's right, Vitaly Klitschko was the world heavyweight boxing champion on and off from 1999 to 2013. Now he's fighting the Russians. Klitschko has been quick to the scene when Russian air strikes slam into the capitol, like this one in March that hit an apartment building. The kill children. Womans, civilians, for what reason. The Russians reached the outskirts of the capital early in the war and had just retreated when Klitschko spoke to NPR in April. Chief is the largest city in east Europe right now. We guess helpful population already the last city has changed totally. This city have an energy so many people enjoy the spring sunshine right now. It's city almost died. Since the spring, Kyiv is largely returned to normal, while fighting rages on in the east and the south of Ukraine. Through it all, Klitschko has never stopped working from city hall, a massive stone building in the center of Kyiv surrounded by sandbags. He says he's left the city just twice since the war began. At age 51, Klitschko stands 6 foot 7 and still looks to be around his fighting weight of two 50. When he retired nearly a decade ago, he'd won 45 professional bouts 41 by knockout and lost only twice. In politics, he did lose his first bid for mayor, but won the post in 2014 and was easily reelected in 2020. He generally gets good marks from citizens, like dimitro, bell off. He's done a pretty good job, and I'm very thankful for what he's done so far. Bill off gives toy car rides to children at a park that Klitschko upgraded. The part one of several renovated by the mayor now has an elevated walkway with a commanding view overlooking the dnipro river that bisects the city. Yeah, these are beautiful parks. These are historical places and they've been modernized and they're so beautiful. Still, not everyone is a fan of the mayor. Anya hoven was pushing her small child in a
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"That's right, Vitaly Klitschko was the world heavyweight boxing champion on and off from 1999 to 2013. Now he's fighting the Russians. Klitschko has been quick to the scene when Russian air strikes slam into the capitol, like this one in March that hit an apartment building. The kill children. Womans, civilians, for what reason. The Russians reached the outskirts of the capital early in the war and had just retreated when Klitschko spoke to NPR in April. Keith was the largest city in east Europe right now. We guess helpful population already the last city has changed totally. This city have an energy so many people enjoy the spring sunshine and right now it's city almost died. Since the spring, Kyiv is largely returned to normal, while fighting rages on in the east and the south of Ukraine. Through it all, Klitschko has never stopped working from city hall, a massive stone building in the center of Kyiv surrounded by sandbags. He says he's left the city just twice since the war began. At age 51, Klitschko stands 6 foot 7 and still looks to be around his fighting weight of two 50. When he retired nearly a decade ago, he'd won 45 professional bouts 41 by knockout and lost only twice. In politics, he did lose his first bid for mayor, but won the post in 2014 and was easily reelected in 2020. He generally gets good marks from citizens, like dimitro, bell off. He's done a pretty good job, and I'm very thankful for what he's done so far. Belle off gives toy car rides to children at a park that Klitschko upgraded. The part one of several renovated by the mayor now has an elevated walkway with a commanding view overlooking the dnipro river that bisects the city. Yeah, these are beautiful parks. These are historical places and they've been modernized and they're so beautiful. Still, not everyone is a fan of the mayor. Anya hoven was pushing her small child in a stroller through the park I think he's essentially a sportsman and he should stick to sports. He's definitely not someone who's adept at governing. I'm not very serious, very good
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"Of sleek aircraft that can cut transatlantic travel times by half. Recapping stocks are trading mixed with the S&P up 14 up by three tenths that Al hires well by 8 tenths NASDAQ down by less than one tenth of 1%. I'm Charlie palette that David Weston is a Bloomberg business flash. Thank you so much, Charlie pellet. Will it may not lead the news the way it did for so long, but the war in Ukraine continues with death every day of people on both sides of the lines and communities being destroyed every day. Bring us up to speed on where we are right now. We welcome down Melinda herring. She's deputy director of the Atlantic council's Eurasia center. So Melinda, thank you so much for joining us. It does strike me that sort of out of sight out of mind. We followed a little bit, not as much as we did, but there's still a pretty vicious war going on. Where do things stand? Hey David, thanks for having me back. Well, there's a couple of cities that keep making the headlines and your readers are going to keep hearing about them. The first one is her son and it's a city down in southern Ukraine. It fell to the Russians very early on and the Ukrainians are trying to retake it now in a counter offensive and a lot of us are calling this the third phase of the war, so all eyes are on the city of her son. And it's really important for Ukraine to have a victory to take control of the narrative and to show some progress. So it's a city that's split by the dnipro river, which makes it harder to hold and Ukrainians have been shelling bridges there, but they don't have enough ammunition or troops to really make a full fledged counter offensive happen. And there's a city nearby that people are also really worried about. And this is a city of zebra region. Europe's largest nuclear power plant is there. And the Russians took it over in March, the power plant is still operating. The Ukrainians are operating at gunpoint and president zelensky says that Russians are storing ammunition and equipment at this power plant and using it that they're holding it hostage. And there's really a lot of worries about a nuclear disaster. If someone were to make a mistake. So not to put too fine a point. Does either side have the upper hand at this point, or is it a stalemate? It's a stalemate. If you have to boil it down to one word, yeah, that's right. So it's become a war of attrition. The supply lines on the Russian side are long and hard to defend on the Ukrainian side. There's been some progress, I think your readers know or your listeners know that the Ukrainians hit Crimea, the Crimea Peninsula twice in the last week, which is a big deal. That's a Peninsula that Russia has held since 2014. And it's really put people sort of, people are surprised by the response that a bunch of Russians are leaving Crimea going to Russia proper. But if you have to boil it down, it's at a stalemate. And it's a question of which side can hold up the longest. As I understand it, we don't really know at least I certainly don't know exactly the causes of it. There are actually been two explosions now. I think a week apart in Crimea. And it's not clear whether that was those high Mars that highly mobile artillery rocket systems or whether it was actually sabotage. But to what extent are we should say we, with the Ukraine, because we're supporting Ukraine's goodness knows, are we having success in interrupting the Russian supply lines? So the Ukrainians have been saying we have to be smart. We don't have as many men. We don't have the number of aircraft and we can't just grind through people the way that the Russians do. So the Ukrainians have done a brilliant job of targeting targeting weaknesses. So they're looking for bridges. They're looking for supply lines. They're looking for ammo depots and those high Mars systems, the long range artillery systems that the U.S. has sent have been a godsend. That's what the Ukrainians tell us. They've hit several dozen of these ammo depots and really surprised the Russians. The Ukrainians said though in Crimea that what was used, what hypothetically was used, they're not taking credit for it, was Ukrainian made. So they're afraid of being accused. They're afraid that the west is going to say, oh my God, we gave them high Mars. And now they're attacking the Russians. Exactly. So at this point, what is the request from the Ukrainians of the west? I mean, the United States, but also I know the UK has been shipping weapons, others have been as well. What do they need if anything? They need long rage ammo. So these high Mars systems that we've been talking about shoot different kinds of missiles. And The White House has been reluctant to send the long-range weapons. They fear escalation. And they've only sent the shorter range ones in order for Ukraine to be able to change the narrative on the ground, the facts on the ground and actually be able to do things like this counter offensive in her song that I was describing. They need those longer range weapons. They also need ammo. The Ukrainians said this week that they're very short on ammo. I mean, there's a whole list, but I think longer range artillery for the high Mars systems and ammo or the highest priorities right now. I guess one of my basic questions is, how much staying power do we have? The Ukrainians certainly have shown they have a lot. And goodness knows through history. We've seen the Russians have amazing same power. They slog it out no matter what they can absorb an awful lot of pain. How much does the west have? How long does our tolerance last? I'm not trying to weasel out of your question, David, because that is the most important question right now. And I think it's going to change. So I'm worried about the grain problem and rising food prices and Russia has choked off all of Ukraine's ports and Ukraine is one of the biggest and most important grain exporters in the world. We see rising food prices in the Middle East and then I'm also worried about the fall in terms of energy. And mayors in multiple cities in Ukraine are already warning that it's going to be a very cold winter. It's going to be a very cold winter in Europe. And I don't know how long I'm looking at Germany in particular. I don't know how long some of these Western European countries are going to be willing to put up with a cold winter. Particularly if the tips, for example, Germany over into recession, which some economists fear. Go back to the grain for a second, how much grain is getting out of Ukraine at this point through the Black Sea. Sure, so Russia throttled all of Ukraine's ports. And last month, a deal was put together with the UN turkey, Russia and Ukraine. And there's 22 million tons of grains that are waiting to be exported. That's a huge amount of grain. And there's also, you know, the farmers have planted and there's not enough storage for what's in the ground now. Since that deal was cut 7 or 18, it depends on who you look at for sourcing, ships have set sail, only one appears to have docked and it's kind of a weird story. It looks like it's docked in Syria, which is an ally of Russia. The first ship with wheat is now headed to Ethiopia and that's a good thing, but it's a slow process. People are complaining. There's not enough ships, insurance companies don't want to touch this problem. There's a cumbersome inspection process and also that there's lots of allegations that Russia is stealing Ukraine's grain. One last from Melinda, to some extent, this war is being fought in a sense around the world and who's going to support whom we like to think we're all supporting the Ukraine. We're not. Most of the world is not including prominent countries like India and China. Is there any progress being made in that? I think the Ukrainians are aware of
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"The eastern south the summer of 2022 is proving a bitter one for the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv A scenic picture of locals bathing in a part of the dnipro river known as Venice Beach may give the illusion that all is back to normal in the Ukrainian capital for 19 year old cybersecurity student valeria the thought of war constantly looms in the back of her head The siren It's really scary In the center of town violinist marquin lukin nuk plays his violin to pass us by he says things seem to have gone back to normal People kind of disregard the sirens and all this kind of stuff but they because they got used to it I guess and that's the worst part of it Magazine editor Andrei bastogne recently passed his military medical check meaning he could soon be sent into combat too Relaxing over wine with friends he says for now at least the capital feels safe and people are going about their daily lives It feels pretty safe Maybe you listen to the people they are always speaking with involved there relationships all the sex and they're both for you I'm Karen Chammas $5 gas is here Triple-A says the nationwide average for a gallon of regular hit a new high Saturday This BP station in Brooklyn is charging 5 15 for a gallon of regular 5 75 for ultimate And that's what Katya Thompson needed for her SUV Her ten year old son miles breaks it down $79 for 13 gallons Do you think that's the law Yeah Yeah but I'm not paying for it That's right $79 for 13 gallons She says she's trying to cut back but there's not a lot she can do I'm.
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"Connects to policy I want to see then it doesn't have to play by the same rules But we can counter these false arguments through critical thinking and education If we want a public who are resilient against misinformation we need to build up their ability to spot these types of bounces Breaking down climate misinformation up next on climate one Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Windsor Johnston Air raid sirens are sounding in the Ukrainian capital today after reports of an explosion in the outskirts of the city The mayor of Kyiv is urging residents to remain vigilant as rescue teams assess the situation and PR's frankl ordonez reports officials have yet to release information on possible victims Mayor of a thali Klitschko posted on Facebook that there were explosions on the left bank of the dnipro river and the darnit ski district The strikes hit a military hardware factory according to the AFP Klitschko said rescuers and medics are currently working on the site He pleaded with residents to quote not neglect air alarm signals and to take shelter when they hear them He also urged key residents who are considering returning to the city after relocating to remain in those safer areas Klitschko a former Ukrainian boxer has been telling key residents that the war is not over He says he expects Russian military forces will return to try and take the capital city NPR news Kyiv Ukraine Texas governor Greg Abbott has signed an agreement that he says will help ease traffic on the bridges connecting Texas and Mexico The governor on Friday lifted an order that required extra inspections of trucks coming in from Mexico Sergio Martinez Beltran of the Texas newsroom reports the policy had led to major backups at the southern border Governor Abbott's secondary search has put pressure on Mexico and the U.S. economy rate perryman is the president of the perryman group and economic research firm based in Waco with the volume of reduction we've seen Your costume to U.S. economy in terms of total economic impact almost a $1 billion a day About $470 million of that is just in Texas Agreements are now in place between Texas and Mexican states but trade groups and economists say that effects of their recent slowdowns will still be apparent this weekend in the form of empty shelves in the fruit and vegetable sections for NPR news I'm set here Martinez Beltran in Austin Lawmakers and Kentucky this week passed a sweeping law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy Tamara weider the Kentucky state director of Planned Parenthood says the two remaining clinics in the state that perform the procedure can operate because the law mandates a regulatory process that hasn't been set up yet The state doesn't even have any forms for us to comply with and no timeline on when any of these new certification processes and portals will be made available Abortion providers including Planned Parenthood are suing to block the law arguing that an amounts to an unconstitutional ban on abortions Kentucky is one of several states that have passed laws limiting access to abortion You're listening to NPR news in Washington An investigation is underway after a black man was killed by police during a traffic stop this week in Grand Rapids Michigan 26 year old Patrick Loyola a Congolese immigrant was fatally shot during a struggle with the officer protest broke out in the city after a video of the incident was released The Michigan police officer involved has been placed on paid leave The NBA playoffs get underway today last night Atlanta and New Orleans won playing games and qualified for the postseason NPR's Tom Goldman reports on today's matchup between two young up and coming teams The Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves begin their best of 7 series with a lot more attention than usual on two small market teams That's because they have some of the NBA's most exciting players At the guard position the grizzlies John morant dazzles with his quickness and leaping ability as does Minnesota's Anthony Edwards Memphis had a breakout season finishing second in the Western Conference but both teams come swaggering into what's expected to be an entertaining series Also today the Golden State Warriors begin their quest to return to the top of the league after missing the playoffs the last two seasons They played Denver warriors star guard Steph Curry's playing status is probable as he recovers from an injured foot Tom Goldman NPR news The Biden administration says it's planning to resume oil and gas lease sales on public land next week The move is intended to comply with the federal court injunction that was sought by the oil and gas industry.