General investigated how the agency handled air pollution concerns during 27000 hurricane Harvey in Texas the storm flooded industrial facilities and forced dozens of major refineries and chemical plants to shut down causing the release of toxic air pollution the new report finds that the e.p.a. And local environmental authorities did not monitor that air pollution adequately and didn't communicate effectively with residents about what they might be exposed to residents who do not speak English were particularly cut off from information they did not find that the e.p.a. Spread inaccurate information after hurricane Harvey the inspector general calls for the e.p.a. To make a new plan for monitoring air pollution during and immediately after storms and communicating with the public about it Rebecca her sure n.p.r. 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Department of Justice survey say they were sexually abused while at the Arkansas juvenile assessment and treatment center near Alexander as similar study in 2013 revealed the $100.00 dead facility southwest of Little Rock had just over 23 percent of respondents say they were victimized sexually a spokesperson for the State Department of Human Services says the Division of Youth Services is expanding its internal affairs team to more quickly address issues. A biologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will now lead efforts in the state to eradicate the population of feral hogs the state Agriculture Department announced today that j.p. Fair head will serve as the department's feral hog eradication coordinator figureheads says his efforts could open up the possibility of allowing landowners to control hog populations with the help of aircraft I'm pretty confident in saying that we will try to get a permit process employs if that if a landowner does have a. Need to control all of the aircraft which is regulated to the federal government and for u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service that the state would have to get that targeting process in place to out that land owner to do use that to the position was created as part of a $3400000.00 grant from the u.s.d.a. Through its feral swine eradication and control pilot program for areas of Arkansas will be participating in pilot programs aimed at curbing populations of the invasive species which are responsible for roughly $19000000.00 in damage to crops and the ecosystems in the state annually. In Little Rock right now it's overcast and 39 degrees with a wind chill of 32 and a range should begin to taper off around 9 o'clock with a low of 30 overnights tomorrow sunny skies with a high of 46 and we can expect mostly clear skies highs in the lower fifty's and lows in the upper twenty's through the middle of the week ahead here in central Arkansas and you're listening to Kate way our news. 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News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish we've said it a lot these days but this week promises to be a nother momentous one on Capitol Hill for the 3rd time in history the House of Representatives will vote on articles of impeachment for the president of the United States and senators are already sparring about how an impeachment trial might be conducted in January to talk about this we're joined by N.P.R.'s to Matt welcome to the studio there how is the a House expected to address the 2 articles of impeachment advanced by its judiciary committee what is this boat going to be on well so number of steps will take place late Sunday Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler filed the panel's 658 page report outlining why that panel had advanced 2 articles of impeachment one for abuse of power and the other for obstruction of Congress on Tuesday the Rules Committee is expected to hold a meeting to set the parameters of the debate for example how many hours lawmakers will get to discuss impeachment members of the House will get to debate the topic on Wednesday and we expect that they could vote on the articles as soon as the same day although there might be some spillover into Thursday over the weekend news broke that a moderate New Jersey Democrat Congressman Jeff Van Drew was switching parties now he represents a district that President Trumbull won in 2016 there is a lot of chatter now about other moderate Democrats and where they stand on impeachment Right right well there are no votes in the house today so many Democrats used the day to make their views on impeachment known to local audiences congresswoman Elisa Slotkin of Michigan for example she announced her support for impeachment in an op ed in her hometown paper then she held a town hall to explain her position while Congressman Joe Cunningham a South Carolina on the other hand announced his support in an interview with Charles gins Post and Courier newspaper Congressman Ben Mick Adams from Utah made this public statement in his district I will vote yes. Knowing full well the Senate will likely acquit the president in a display of partisan theater that Republicans and Democrats in Washington perform disturbingly well because of that I know my vote will not remove the president from office in 11 months the people will ultimately decide president terms fate not me but politicians in Washington so with the exception of Congressman Ben Drew who Democrats say was facing a tough primary challenge if he opposed impeachment most Democrats in competitive districts that have made their position public has said they're going to vote yes on impeachment it's expected there will be only a handful of defections among Democrats as the votes are taken this week over on the Senate side they're beginning to negotiate a framework for the expected trial essentially how it would work I know the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has come out with a proposal tell us what you've learned while the proposal outlines how much time the senators will have for opening statements questioning as well as what documents and individuals to subpoena Schumer said that he wanted key witnesses who didn't testify before the House to testify at the trial including individuals like Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton to conduct a trial without the facts is saying we're afraid. We have something to hide to conduct a trial without relevant witnesses who haven't been heard from. To just rehash the evidence presented in the House just doesn't make any sense McConnell on the other hand has says that has said that he is coordinating closely with the White House counsel and wants a short trial suggesting that witnesses he's suggesting that he's suggesting that witnesses wouldn't be needed that you are as you are expected to sit down and discuss the trial framework this week that's N.P.R.'s 10 Mark thanks for your reporting thank you over the weekend the Us Mexico Canada agreement which would replace NAFTA hit a snag Mexico's trade negotiator haste to say at a push back on the deal he had concerns that the final legislation sent to the u.s. Congress included oversight language he had not agreed to in the initial negotiation Mexico rejected the idea of having u.s. Inspectors monitoring labor conditions in Mexican factories so when he saw language in the final legislation calling for up to 5 u.s. Labor attachés in Mexico he objected fearing they were inspectors in disguise Duncan wood has been following the u.s. Embassy a closely he's director of the Wilson Center is Mexico Institute Welcome to the program could I often say our day and u.s. Trade representative Robert light hisor have now met to say I spoke to the press light has released a statement so 1st off where do things stand right now where it's been an incredible roller coaster this whole process I have to say just what we think we've reached the finish line there's a major setback and it seems as though there is there is a major understanding between the 2 sides the Mexicans believe that the labor Attash a portion of the agreement is just some simply somebody who will be in the in the mic in the u.s. Embassy in Mexico City who would be sort of monitoring what's happening in the labor environment in Mexico whereas the language that was included in legislation here in the United States seems to suggest that they will have an inspection role and that's something that the next will be trying to avoid all along so is this fundamentally a misunderstanding or is the u.s. Trying to sneak something past. The Mexicans Well I think that the key thing is to recognize that it's not just the u.s. There is a difference between the administration u.s.t.r. U.s. Trade representative Yes that's right and between the Democrats in the house because the Democrats in the House have been pushing for much tougher limitations on what Mexico can do in the in the labor environment where as u.s.t.r. Although they've. Been pushing for stricter regulations in Mexico they've been willing to be a little bit more flexible with their Mexican counterparts so what's the upshot of this news conference I think it reflects the fact that say I am light hisor have a friendly relationship they have an understanding and like hisor has said to say I say don't worry about it I give you my word that they are just going to be labor Attash in the embassy monitoring what's happening in Mexico they will not the inspectors and stay at a is going back to Mexico feeling quite content with that in other words he's got the language that he needs to justify his decision to accept the deal that he got last week here in Washington so is it your best sense that this is back on track now I think it's back on track for now but I would raise the specter that in fact when push comes to shove those labor Attash may have a much more broader role than we think they do or rather than the nexus that they do at this point in time so I don't think that the the idea of inspections has disappeared forever you know Mexico signed on to the steel quickly before the u.s. And Canada which are both still working on it do you think there's any concern on the Mexican side that may be based on too quickly before they had all the details hammered out I think there's certainly that concern there and in particular because you know this this latest modification it was just rushed through the next consented it was approved unanimously on the understanding that the administration in Mexico had negotiated well and now there are all of these questions there and so I think that the administration in Mexico will be exposed to at least some questioning by the opposition there what kind of track record does Mexico have all made her why was the so. 2 American parties to have some kind of oversight here well 1st of all Mexico of course has has some very good for the real problems being in it forcing those laws on the labor front over the Mexico cost a major new labor reform which is a constitutional reform earlier on this year which actually modernized a lot of the late legislation and made it much more progressive for free elections for unions etc But clearly that was enough for Democrats in Congress who said we need more labor oversight if we're going to sign on to this or yes that's because there are doubts about the willingness of the Mexican ministration to actually enforce those rules and whether or not the resources is there in the government to make sure those rules are respected that's Duncan would director of the Wilson Center is Mexico Institute thanks for speaking with us today my pleasure and. 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Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal today at issue in the case whether or not cities can take it or jail homeless people for sleeping in public places when there aren't enough shelter bets available N.P.R.'s Kirk Siegler has more from Boise Idaho where the case originated today the Supreme Court denied without explanation the city of Boise's petition to appeal what's seen as a sweeping ruling in the federal 9th circuit from last year that lower court ruled that Idaho's capital city was in violation of the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment when police here ticketed the homeless for sleeping in public now cities in the West from Idaho to Washington to California can't enforce such rules against the homeless until they found shelter for everyone who needs it the most it is in the region don't have enough shelter beds on any given night which means if they take it the homeless now they're in violation of federal law attorney Theon a evangelist represented Boise and its appeal and City's hands are tied now by the 9th Circuit's decision because it effectively creates a constitutional right to can. Major West Coast cities like Los Angeles are grappling with growing tent cities and the public health and safety fall outs from them many filed briefs in support of Boise's appeal evangelise says everyone agrees the solution is more low income housing and services but she says this decision makes it virtually impossible for cities to do anything in the interim and we have an outbreak of diseases and a very dangerous situation for people who are living on the streets and for everyone and the city needs to have the tools available to deal with growing encampments in a statement Boise's outgoing Mayor Dave beater's said he hopes the city's next administration continues to fight in federal court to get clarification about how to comply with the law that's seen as unlikely at least here the mayor lost in a heated election this month to a more liberal Democrat who had criticized the city for criminalizing homelessness Maria Foster Enos heads the National Center on Homelessness and Poverty which helped represent the Boise homeless who brought the case she says the court has now affirmed that ticketing or jailing homeless people isn't working the solution is addressing the root of the problem which is that people can't afford a place to left people don't have access to the services they need Vaska arenas hopes this news will force cities to stop turning to the courts and start finding long term solutions Kirk Siegler n.p.r. News Boise. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. It is 518 you're listening to All Things Considered here on your listeners party k. Way our 89 point wind coming up in Italy a grassroots movement is growing and it's united against far right populism and racism and the a lot of the right of these young people's ideas after so much hatred oppression exclusion and indifference their language is new and civilized We'll hear more on the fledgling sardines movement coming up in 20 minutes on k y a r It is overcast and 38 here in Little Rock right now with the wind chill of 30 put it down to a low of 30 overnight tonight and tomorrow sunny skies with a high of 45 degrees thanks for listening. 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Amy Chang N.P.R.'s producer here in Beijing and I are walking down the another street in Beijing you know they wouldn't be out it's have been right above freezing the smog is pretty choking today but we're on the lookout for facial recognition cameras and we've just spotted what looks like one here parking lot. I think you see it you see that white ball this thing hanging off the pole China has 200000000 cameras by its own estimate but we're looking for a very specific set of facial recognition cameras that feed into a surveillance data set on hundreds of people in Beijing discovered this spring you can just call me curator researcher condition block her organization and money was John whether into Weddington was on duty the night his firm found the dataset and as we started digging deeper in true realized people were effectively being watched we had learned to even longitude cameras we had I t. Addresses. Where I didn't the cards the data came from hundreds if not thousands of cameras across paging some of which Amy and I were now tracking down and they were doing comparisons of facial recognition data that they were taking up off of these cameras with facial recognition data that had been collected by police surveillance in the dataset Weddington found people were indexed by information. Their criminal history with facial recognition data like if they were bearded her wearing a mask and even what ethnicity they were Han the ethnic majority here in China or weaker a predominately Muslim Estrich minority China has detained by the hundreds of thousands in the region of John in the name of anti-terrorism she has seen a rapid build up in facial recognition technology using cameras all part of an effort to monitor millions of ethnic minorities there in the name of national security those methods are now becoming mainstream across China including cities like Beijing Oh I think China is absolutely unique Steven Feldstein is an associate professor at Boise State University and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment I think it's at the cutting edge of not only integrating new forms of surveillance capabilities but I don't know of a repressive police state Feldstein has created an index that measures the degree to which countries use artificial technology surveillance including facial recognition and where the technology comes from is really true of reading around the world in all regions and it also really just autocracies hybrid regimes democracy so it really is something that is spreading pretty evenly around the world but while the accuracy of facial recognition is quickly rising it's still dependent on things like weather conditions and lighting China has also shown it's of willing to surveil broad categories of people and Xing John for example where an estimated 1000000 or more weekers and other minorities have been detained at some point facial recognition has not been used to precisely pinpoint Muslims its use as a blunt instrument of intimidation going back on the streets of Beijing I ask Amy and it is Beijing or at N.P.R.'s producer do you ever have a feeling that you're being watched I think surveillance cameras are all those things that if you start noticing them you can on notice them so far the feeling of being surveilled constantly seems to be more of a deterrent than the facial recognition technology itself Emily Fang n.p.r. News Beijing. Support for All Tech Considered. From c 3 dot a 3 dot Ai software enables organizations to use artificial intelligence at enterprise scale solving previously unsolvable business problems learn more at c 3 . Boeing is temporarily stopping production of its $737.00 Max airplanes starting next month the company announced the decision after a meeting of its board of directors in Chicago today all of these planes are out of service after 2 crashes that killed 346 people this new decision suggests the plane will remain grounded for a while N.P.R.'s David Schaper joins us from Chicago to discuss the impact of Boeing's decision Hi David they are aviation officials around the world ordered all $737.00 Max planes grounded 9 months ago so why is Boeing only stopping production now well because last week the f.a.a. Gave Boeing a reality check and told the airplane manufacturer to stop pushing a return or service schedule that is quote not realistic you know the f.a.a. And other regulators around the world have refused to put any sort of timeline on returning the max to service saying they're going to take all the time they need to review and analyze and test the software so fixes for the plane but Boeing has kept suggesting that approval of these fixes is imminent and kept on making planes cranking out 42 of them a month out of the factory so now is about $400.00 of them in storage the f.a.a. Is message though is that hold on we set the timetable for returning the point of service not you and won't be pressured into taking quicker action and now it's appears that Boeing is listening and responding to that going from $42.00 planes a month to 0 is an abrupt about face Did they consider slowing production rather than stop and they did but there are some advantages to completely shutting down the factory one is cost it's quite expensive to keep a factory open making dozens of airplanes a month when you cannot deliver those planes to customers and you can't take final payment so even slowing the rate would still cost the company a lot of money according to Richard Aboulafia at aviation industry analyst with the Teal Group but it. Point there's been billions of dollars per quarter on keeping production going at a pretty high quit without bringing in any revenue and financially that hurts a lot in a statement the company says they believe this decision is the least disruptive to maintaining long term production system and supply chain health but another factor the company says is the uncertainty about the timing and conditions of returning the plane to service and that's where this factory shutdown might actually hurt Boeing a little bit in sending the message that the grounding of this troubled plane may continue for a few more months at least if not longer there are so many parts that have to be built before it even reaches the factory that we're talking about so how is the supply chain going to be affected by this shutdown Yeah there are like $900.00 some companies that supply the parts to the Boeing planes the fuselage the wings the wheels all the components and the a lot of them are meld made elsewhere so the ripple effect down the supply chain could be huge here again is Richard Avalon FIA all the suppliers would feel a great deal of pain so major suppliers to even deal with higher order which is where the engine manufacturers are which is which is where the body of the plane is built its spirit air or systems they would feel great you think to David what about the ripple effect for workers getting this news right before Christmas yeah it's so there's a lot of uncertainty there but there may not be any layoffs or furloughs of Boeing employees at the plant itself in Renton Washington just outside of Seattle in the statement announcing the suspension of $737.00 Max production The company says it is planning to have affected employees quote continue $737.00 related work or be temporarily assigned to other teams in the Seattle area so there may not be any furloughs or layoffs at least not right away but a lot of people in that area are still anxious one thing that Boeing wants to do to saw one reason Boeing wants to soften this impact on workers is because they don't want to risk losing that experienced and skilled workforce when they have to get the plant up and running again and get planes that are already manufactured to live . 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We are under overcast skies right now here in Little Rock it's 38 degrees but it feels like 30 overnight tonight we will see a chance of rain and tomorrow it'll become sunny with a high of 45 thanks for listening it is $530.00. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish in Italy people who oppose racism and populism gathered for a huge public rally saying they've been silent for too long dismayed every ceased pony to show us believe that they had a majority to the country Listen they were so vocal and on to this stuff put us who are equally vocal in their news. Live from n.p.r. News in Culver City California I'm doing Lisa kowtow ahead of the House floor in Pietschmann vote the House Judiciary Committee today released its report detailing the charges against the president and Piers Condit has more on the $659.00 page report the report delves into underlying evidence for the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the report also notes the bribery occurs when the president solicit something of personal value through the power of the office taken together the panel said it found the president placed his personal and political interests above u.s. National security the full House could vote on the articles on Wednesday That's N.P.R.'s clowder go solace or porting some House Democrats who say they'll vote to impeach the president are receiving pushback from angry protests Trump supporters in Detroit. Quinn Klinefelter reports several Michigan members of Congress are facing an 1000 peaching protests that will trump barely won Michigan in 2016 in part by flipping McCollum County from blue to red freshman Democrat and 11 whose district includes part of McCollum County says he'll vote for impeachment despite threats of retaliation from some constituents impeach Levon they said in most of it they were handing stuff. Impeachment can't be about your own political skin if voting for impeachment meant that I wasn't coming back tough luck for me approach from group also interrupted a town hall meeting with another 1st term Democrat who supports impeachment a little slot can she won by flipping a Michigan District long held by the g.o.p. For n.p.r. News I'm Quinn Klinefelter in Detroit for the 1st time in 23 years Mississippi man has been tried 6 times for the murders of 4 people is out on bail pending a possible 7th trial and a judge today set bond for Curtis flowers at $250000.00 the u.s. Supreme Court had overturned his latest conviction you're listening to n.p.r. News. In India a former lawmaker of that country's ruling party has been found guilty of rape his conviction comes on the 7th anniversary of an infamous gang rape on a bus in New Delhi Pathak reports the Delhi High Court found deep Sing-Sing are guilty of of ducting and reaping a teenage girl do we as a gold he faces a possible life sentence the gays grabbed headlines earlier this year when the victim was injured in a car crash her family alleges it was an assassination attempt by saying but it remains unproven Meanwhile for convicts in the 2012 New Delhi gang rape but on death row that case sparked widespread protests across India it led to harsher penalties and fast track trials for allegedly Best's now public anger has flared again after a highly publicized gang rape and murder in southern India for n.p.r. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro a judge has ordered Wisconsin to take about 234000 registered voters off the rolls because those people may have moved now President Trump won Wisconsin by about $23000.00 votes so taking 10 times that many people off the rolls could have a big impact and Democrats are especially worried Benwick liras chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and joins us from Madison I dare Hey thanks so much for having me on before we get to your strategy here what's your best guess as to how many of these 234000 voters are Democrats the thing we know is that these kinds of purges disproportionately affect young people and people of color and those are folks who are more likely to be Democrats so this is a purge that is motivated by partisan interests it's intended to knock more Democrats than Republicans off the rolls and it's a cause for us to organize to make sure those folks get registered and vote some of those young people or college students who move around and if they were still registered at the place where they went to college and are now living in a different place doesn't it make sense that they should be registered someplace else yeah I mean most of the people who are purged are people who have moved it's just that there are thousands of them who should not have been purged and the reason why the right wing group brought this lawsuit is that the elections commission had concerns that the data that they were using was unreliable and inaccurate those concerns really go to the heart of how to market is supposed to work people shouldn't be hit off the voting rolls for doing nothing at all wrong but the judge has ruled and now you have 11 months until Election Day So what is your strategy for getting people reenrolled between now and November so the 1st thing we do is we get a list of the folks that are purged and we start texting and calling and reaching out to them to make sure that they know that they have been deregistered this will come as a surprise or shock to a lot of them and frankly people get angry when they find that they've been kicked off the voting rolls so our plan is to make sure these folks hear from us early and often and we can see whether this works because we have an election on April 7th. For Supreme Court we want all these folks to the same day register if need be but on April 7th and then be part of our program going into the fall 2020 as you point out Wisconsin has same day registration so if somebody shows up to the polls and they find out that they were unaware they had been kicked off they can just register that day so doesn't that solve the problem and most people don't care utility bills around with them in their daily lives there's a higher burden to proving your place of residence when you seem to register than there is from simply starting up in casting your ballot so there's there's more organizing work that needs to be done it's not a cause for panic it's a cause for planning and it's I mean we can overcome but it just creates another bump in the road for people who just want to cast their ballot and exercise their franchise it's not something that should be happening the judge has said this has to begin right away there are also appeals happening what is your understanding of how this is going to go forward and are you going to act as though the case has reached a final decision even knowing that it could be overturned on appeal knowing that Republicans and Republican allied groups are trying to knock voters off the rolls just lights a fire under us to make sure we talk to anyone who is not registered now work could be at risk of being purged and make sure that they know exactly how to vote how do they register and have a plan to get to the polls we're wasting no time this is an organizing and as of that started the moment the official ruling came out from the as our county judge so people should get ready for a lot of perhaps annoying text messages from the state Democratic Party I think people love getting text messages from the Democratic Party. It's about time I got through a party operative then with Claire is chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party thank you for joining us thanks so much for having me in Italian politics a grassroots effort a grassroots effort called the sardines movement is gaining momentum it's just a month old and already it's drawing big crowds to rally against populism and racism organizers are positioning the sardines movement. As a counterweight to a far right anti immigrant wave N.P.R.'s Sylvia Poggioli went to a rally in Rome this weekend. Like a can of sardines Rome's largest St John the Lateran Square was tightly packed with people pensioners teenagers and families with kids killed officiate songs calling for civility inclusion and diversity. And they sang the anthem of Italy's and the fascist resistance. Many said they don't identify with strident confrontations on t.v. Talk shows and embrace the sardines moderate civic activism sardines reject political affiliations but welcome all who oppose populism racism and verbal violence one of the movement founders Mathias and described who they are. Really begun the modicum of people able to distinguish politics from marketing and to recognize when consensus is built on solid foundations not on social media deception by taking a stand we can create a new narrative the 1st step toward a new reality listening attentively Taniela son that he said she likes what she called commonsense proposals to point to the kitchen sink I'm already feeling unison with these people their ideals have reawakened if i political consciousness and stimulated my need to participate in the political process I feel vital again the movement was born a month ago in the northern Italian city of baloney to counter the growing popularity of much deal Salvini leader of the right wing anti immigrant League party but on years the historic capital of the media Romagna for decades a center left bastion but attitudes are shifting and polls suggest the league could win regional elections there in January posting on Facebook Suntory and 3 of his friends announced an anti Salvini rally hoping for 6000 people mourn. Then double showed up Lawrence O'Donnell Lee who days later organized a rally in Ferrera says the movement's name symbolizes civil society strength in numbers and can be a sort of being a man said to be part of a huge group or a cd to be proud of to see did defend you defend our want to be of them values and then use this energy to it to share it if that is there on the contrary or days later in Rome Stephen a gong will open the room sardines Facebook group at midnight by morning 10000 requested to join today it has 140000 members a native of Kenya Ogogo says Italians were not racist when he 1st arrived 25 years ago to attend university but his right wing politicians exploited the immigration issue he says many Italians kept quiet dismayed at racist politicians to believe that they had a majority in the country because they were so vocal under their support us who are equally vocal that people were not racist in a way it went underground and they got a from one of the 3 original founders of the sardines says the movement has given an opportunity to those who have long been silent to gather and rediscover that the beauty and the strength that feeling close to each other can bring to the political discourse league leaders Salvini has mocked the movement tweeting he likes kittens more because they eat sardines some thought He does not want the movement to become a political party but says the sardines are aware they've tapped into something potentially powerful it was that it is years that a little bit how do we channel this energy how do we reach our original goal to curb hopefully stop the populist wave and propose a political idea that's both serious and appealingly cool. Meeting after the rally the newly formed leaders agreed to focus next on. Regional elections in January staging rallies mostly in small towns and rural areas more vulnerable they believe to the siren call of right wing populism Sylvia Poggioli n.p.r. News Rome. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. American military aid to Ukraine is at the center of the impeachment inquiry the Democrats say President Trump held that back to get a political favor out of Ukraine Republicans counter that Trump was concerned about corruption N.P.R.'s Kim looked into exactly what the aid included and what its impact has been the conflict between Russia and Ukraine started 5 years ago Russia 1st seized Crimea then backed an armed insurgency in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 13000 people since the fighting broke out the u.s. Has provided $1500000000.00 in security assistance everything from Humvees and night vision goggles to patrol boats and javelin antitank missiles Ukraine is basically a fighting Russia alone so we and there is one country in the world America that ships us weapons like a violence this is huge symbolic fact that fleet crane and this is what matters to most all in a trade group had the independent defense anti corruption committee a non-governmental watchdog group in Kiev she says 90 percent of Ukraine's foreign military aid comes from America triggered acknowledges corruption has been a huge problem in Ukraine's defense sector but she says President Trump should not worry about u.s. Taxpayer dollars going to waste time can be happy because right now Ukraine for real is fighting its defense sector corruption which was an issue on did the former president but it did not concern security assistance it was about looting money from Ukrainian defense budget Ukrainian money in any case this year's $400000000.00 in military aid does not reach Ukraine in cash because some moves a Ukrainian defense analyst says the money actually stays in the us it doesn't receive money we have only goods services and other stuff which the United States sending to Ukraine. The javelin antitank missiles which the trumpet ministration shipped to Ukraine last year are probably the most dramatic example of u.s. Military hardware. But they're in storage far from the front line what's much more important for the Ukrainian armed forces is military training. A u.s. Army video shows Ukrainian soldiers running through drills in western Ukraine more than 600 miles from the fighting. The training center is the centerpiece of u.s. Military assistance with American troops rotating in and out just last month soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard deployed to Ukraine retired General Ben Hodges was in command of the u.s. Army in Europe when the joint training started he says there's more to us aid than the symbolism of the javelins where the capabilities of counter artillery radar Hodges says the u.s. Military has also benefited from its cooperation with Ukraine we saw this is a great opportunity to learn because you know no Americans have been under Russian artillery fire rocket fire or that kind of lethal environment with the Russian capabilities and so we were able to learn a lot from Ukrainian soldiers and officers just as the lessons learned were so valuable the u.s. Army changed its own training model But military analysts the most is of course it's the Ukrainian army that's changed the most thanks to help from the u.s. And other NATO allies like Canada and Poland it's absolute to defend our forces what we had before before to some 14 even in the military doctrine we didn't have any enemies 14 Ukraine our forces became a real instrument to fight against aggression that's only a 1st step though someone says Ukraine still needs foreign aid to build up its defenses since the country's conflict with Russia is far from over Kim n.p.r. News Ky if. You're listening to All Things Considered. It's 548 You've been listening to All Things Considered here on k y a r 89 point one and it is overcast in 38 right now in Little Rock should begin to taper off around 930 overnights tomorrow sunny skies with a high of 46 and will expect mostly clear skies highs and lows 50 in the upper twenty's through the middle of our week ahead thanks for listening every day. Hi I'm Don Gonyea from n.p.r. 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This week on This American Life big running theme was important particularly in Brazil the epic story of a building super and he claimed that there was a cause in the constitution of Brazil that gave him immunity from any prosecution whatsoever and then fact he could as he put it go and kill the president and he would still be immune from stories of supers this week Saturday at one and Monday at 8 pm on point one k. U.a.r. . If you're And I'm Audie Cornish 34 that's how old Richard Hatch or was when he was elected mayor of Gary Indiana in 1967 there's a van one of the more significant plants. Under history of our friend. Of mine. A man from her up to her. Governor. Governor very very fond of city a very. He was the city's 1st black mayor and his win signified changes in u.s. Politics following the Civil Rights Movement Mayor Richard Hatcher is being heralded as the last of the 1st he died Friday at 86 earlier today we spoke with Ravi Perry whose books include black mayors white majorities the balancing act of racial politics I asked him what was it about the hattrick campaign that was striking to people Richard Hatch it was able to convince the whites there in 67 that while yes he was someone who was going to ensure that all people were in fact equitably represented he emphasized that that included the black folks from from the side of town of which he was raised it's a unique story in that we saw black politicians who were actually running as black people in majority white areas and so that's what makes Hatcher's deaf really so sad because it really is also to some extent the death of an era in which the 1st elected black mayors of major cities in this country realize that they could run and see quite crossover vote successfully Richard Hatch or grew up one of 13 kids his father molded railroad car wheels his mother was a factory worker he understood manufacturing life and yet he was on able to stem the end of the manufacturing era in Gary right as steel begins to leave that city and other kinds of manufacturing leaves other cities what did it mean for this wave of politicians may. Black candidates who had just come to power and then saw the economic basis of their cities suffer Yes Well what we call in political science is this term of a prize that after the cities have already been depleted of its resources after of its after it lost the wealth that it once had in terms of the tax base that was perhaps why in middle class then you see after Americans would be able to get the power of of the actual lect seats but they win the seats without the resources that their prior predecessors had and yet we're still having to fight against overly high expectations that some of their own black community expected of them although I should say rightly so because the 1st time any one becomes the 1st of your own to get elected people who represent your communities are going to feel as though they finally for the 1st time have a chance to perhaps get their interest represented because everyone who does not like them beforehand was unsuccessful in doing that in their view he had once organized the National Black Political Convention in Kerry that was in 72 he served as chairman of Jesse Jackson's Democratic presidential campaign in 84 I'm all these years later after we had the election of Barack Obama in 2008 what is Hatcher's legacy we should think of Richard Hatcher in the vein of those Vanguard black elected leaders in this country that sought to that they should use the power of their position to advocate for the least among us for the most vulnerable and for the marginalized and that ushered in a whole new wave of black elected officials from Tom Bradley in l.a. To Norm Rice in Seattle to Andrew Young and Maynard Jackson in Atlanta or whether it be the president on stage you can run as a black person in a majority white jurisdiction and not run away from your blackness and still win Perry chair of the political science department at Howard University thank you for coming in thank you. A scrunchie is just a few inches of fabric around an elastic band that can evoke a lot of emotions their excess 3 was huge in the ninety's by 2003 it was so uncool that the show Sex and the city devoted a whole plotline to it no woman who works in w magazine and lives on Perry Street would be caught dead at a hip downtown restaurant where in a skirt. Well lately scrunchies have staged a comeback even showing up on a holiday wish list N.P.R.'s Alina so your reports George Williamson's 1st scrunchy moment was the day she was born in 1989 her mom went into labor wearing a black velvet scrunchy with a bow and the daughter grew up a believer I was trying to get out they still got on my hair you know if I'm doing me I'm going to hurt eighty's moms and ninety's girls were all about the scrunchie big hair and sky high ponytails Lurgan many family albums from the era as scrunchies fell out of fashion Williamson learned to laugh it off one friends kept giving her of noxious scrunchies as a joke but jokes and abusing them but lately she noticed something odd in her spin class other women sporting scrunchies I am not a trendy person do people think I'm trying to be trendy Oh No Am I not cool enough to be wearing a scrunchie now to answer this I turned to the unofficial score and she historians there are great and right now we're seeing a lot of the 1990 s. And early 2000 is culture coming back Raiden recently wrote about scrunchies for Teen Vogue story goes they did back to a lounge singer in the late eighty's who wanted something to pull back her big poofy hair without damaging it while she played piano but Ok it's now more than 30 years later who decided that scrunchies are cool again people who always know what's cool teenage girls specifically the Internet subculture called this go go. Well named after a photo editing hap young girls are kind of celebrating themselves and they wear like a certain outfit typically like oversized t. Sure they carry Hider flask water bottles and they were shell necklaces and then they always have a scratch on their wrist or in their hair it's ninety's nostalgia reimagined by new generation the aesthetic spread all over to Doc and Instagram one of the oldest screen 2 brands goodie says in the past year scrunchies sold 8 times faster than hair and styling products overall rate and says some designers like scrunchies because they're a good way to recycle fabric for fashionistas scrunchies represent functionality and comfort and still this grungy has showed up on runways celebrities and influencers singer Lizza. More in the Jewel $100.00 grand she with $5000.00 rhinestones at M.T.V.'s Video Music Awards even long haired dude got in on the trend Aquaman actor Jason Momoa wore it being Squinty to the Oscars inspired by another screen she got from a stylist and showed off in the You Tube video that's for jokes as word of my scrunchies story spread I also kept getting one simple message about why the bulky scrunchy is superior it's gentler on hair can restart product manager here at n.p.r. Told me the silkscreen she has been great for her natural hair those of us with curly hair course their hair have to think about the textures and materials that interact with our hair because it's more prone to breaking and I haul it out so I don't feel like a hair coming along with that which has happened if you use like a smaller or a center. Renate Cliveden is 26 so she's also on her 2nd cycle of scrunchies being cool she's learned where what you want of the fashion will come back around Alina so you can n.p.r. News. You are listening to All Things Considered. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from little passports their new science junior subscription for kids aims to inspire curiosity designed to bring projects to life while utilizing new science concepts more at little passport stop come from Jones Day and integrated partnership collaboratively providing legal services for more than a century 43 offices 5 continents serving clients as one firm worldwide learn more at Jones Day dot com. And from Total Wine and more where in-store teams can recommend a bottle of wine spirit or beer for any occasion shoppers can explore more than 8000 wines 2500 beers and 3000 spirits more it Total Wine dot com. Getting to the root of pain I'm Bob Hershon in this is science update. Today's pain medications aren't safe and effective enough for long term management of chronic pain and the journal Science Translational Medicine scientists report that pain receptors on the surface of nerve cells may migrate inside the cell into chambers called n disarms where pain meds can't reach them Columbia researcher Nigel Bunn and his colleagues report testing a modified drug that penetrates into nerve cells these drugs arrest the function of the reception and its arms for prolonged periods and thereby promote long lasting pain relief he says pain receptors are part of a large family of cell receptors implicated in many conditions so this discovery could lead not only to new pain meds but other drugs that work inside cells rather than just on their surface Hersh on for AAA s. The science of society support for programming is provided by. 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News in Washington I'm Jack Speer this week promises to be a momentous one on Capitol Hill the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump if the articles are passed Trump would become just the 3rd president to be impeached setting up a trial in the Senate N.P.R.'s to Macas more the House Judiciary Committee released a $658.00 page report late Sunday describing why it had advanced the 2 articles of impeachment on Tuesday the House Rules Committee will hold a hearing at outline the parameters of the debate on the House floor the following day lawmakers will debate whether the president committed abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the 2 allegations against him there have already been some significant political shifts Democratic congressman Jeff Andrew has signaled he will vote against impeachment and become a member of the Republican Party and many Democrats in tight swing districts spent Monday explaining their view on impeachment to their constituents to mak n.p.r. News Washington Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says President Trump this week will announce a drawdown of u.s. Troops in Afghanistan Graham says he expects the beginning next year the president will lower troop numbers to 8600 from the current 12000 Graham has been a vocal opponent of a full withdrawal of u.s. Forces speaking in Kabul today he said America's withdrawal from Afghanistan must be condition based He also said the Taliban must keep promises made during recently resume talks which are again on pause after an attack last week outside Baghran Air Base north of Kabul a bipartisan government spending bill is on track to provide money for the 1st time in 2 decades or for.