The House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States Donald j. Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors Nat'l are said the Judiciary Committee will take up the articles later this week in a tweet President Trump said he has done nothing wrong Brian Naylor n.p.r. News Washington Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the g.o.p. Controlled chamber will take up an impeachment and a new trade deal in the New Year Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at how the Russia investigation was carried out Barr in an interview with n.b.c. News saying the investigation was based on what he called a bogus narrative that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia during the $26000.00 election bars comments come after yesterday's release of a Justice Department inspector general report that while finding problems with how the investigation was conducted found no evidence of bias in the probe far says he disagrees the f.b.i. Had sufficient information to warrant an investigation President Trump is warning Moscow against meddling in u.s. Elections N.P.R.'s Frank or donors reports on the president's meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov President Trump welcome to continue to engage with Russia on areas of mutual concern but the White House said the president also warned against any Russian attempts to interfere in u.s. Elections he urged Russia to resolve its conflict with Ukraine this is the 2nd Oval Office meeting between Trump and surrogate Lavrov the 1st meeting ended in controversy after Trump allegedly disclose classified information to the Russian minister about the Islamic state the White House issued a statement following the meeting saying Trump urge Russia to support u.s. Efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons he also asked for support ensuring the denuclearization of North Korea Franco or Donya as n.p.r. News the White House billionaire businessman a Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg says the next u.s. President should halt subsidies for fossil fuels entirely by. Emberg making his remarks at the un global climate change conference in Madrid by taking aim at fossil fuel subsidies Bloomberg is challenging both a major u.s. Industry and Republican president Donald Trump was been a supporter of oil gas and coal mining stocks edge lower today the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 27 points the Nasdaq fell 5 points today you're listening to n.p.r. . The Supreme Court appears increasingly likely to rule in favor of insurance companies in a case involving the health care law championed by President Obama expected justices will rule to allow those companies to collect $12000000000.00 from the federal government to cover their losses during the early years of the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare the Education Department took another big step today toward overhauling a grant program for public school teachers as N.P.R.'s Corey Turner explains the move comes after n.p.r. Reported big problems so-called teach grants give prospective teachers money to pay for college in return for agreeing to teach for years in a high need school but an n.p.r. Investigation last year revealed that small paperwork problems were causing thousands of teachers to have their grants converted into loans earlier this year the department apologized and returned grant money to thousands of teachers now education secretary Betsy device is taking steps to solidify new rules that include less paperwork and a clear a path for teachers to appeal if they've lost their grants unfairly the move device says insurers educators who are meeting the requirements do not have their grants converted to loans improperly or as a result of confusing bureaucratic paperwork Cory Turner n.p.r. News Washington New England Patriots are now acknowledging a video crew working for the team filmed the Cincinnati Bengals sideline during Sunday's game team same the crew was working on a feature on the Patriots scouting department unknowingly violated league rules against the practice that was a similar incident 2007 that resulted in a fine I'm Jack Speer n.p.r. 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News I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro after months of investigations House Democrats today released the draft text of articles of impeachment against President Trump at a press conference this morning Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler said Trump has violated the public's trust when he betrays that trust and puts himself before a country he endangers the Constitution he endangers our democracy and he endangers our national security n.p.r. Political reporter to Makkah joins us now from Capitol Hill Hi Tim Hey there so 2 articles of impeachment spell out exactly what is in them so House Democrats and as 2 articles The 1st is for abuse of power that is that the president used u.s. Foreign policy for personal and political gain they're accusing the president of leveraging nearly $400000000.00 in congressionally appropriated aid and a meeting with the Ukrainian president for investigations into Joe Biden and a 26000 election conspiracy theory the 2nd article of impeachment is for obstruction of Congress now this relates to allegations that the president directed the White House and other executive branch agencies to defy congressional subpoenas for documents and interviews it's obviously a really historic moment if the president is impeached he would be just one of a handful ever to face this rebuke from the House of Representatives they have been covering some discussion within the Democratic Party about whether the party should go bigger and include things in these articles of impeachment related to the mall or investigation into Russia on the 2016 election what happened to that well ultimately Democratic leadership made the decision not to go broader not to include the Moeller investigation in these articles but Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee makes the case that his work is alluded to all of the information that we've secured over a 2 year period in. Reflected in particular my references to patterns of behavior so what she's saying is that in the abuse of power article allude to the Russian vest occasion when they allege that the president's actions were consistent with his quote previous invitations of foreign interference in the United States elections now one criticism from Republicans has been the Democrats are rushing this through and party leaders today said that the House Judiciary Committee plans to vote on the Articles of Impeachment this week why is it important for them to move so quickly see your right to observed this Congress almost never moves this quickly on anything the House Judiciary Committee will begin conserving these articles to morrow with a vote in committee on Thursday and then a full House vote on the articles of impeachment next week one of the arguments Republicans have been making is that that a complete and comprehensive investigation would have included going to court to enforce subpoenas against figures like John Bolton and make Mulvaney that's a process that could take months House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said that the nature of the alleged offense requires urgency the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this. Why don't you just let him cheat in one more election until Republicans have of course been very unified in their opposition to the impeachment process at every turn what are they saying today well House minority leader Kevin McCarthy said that this all has to do with Democrats not accepting the results of 2016 back in 2016 the Democrats called those who supported Donald Trump deplorable and now they're trying to disqualify their votes Democrats still cannot get over the fact that the president won the election and they lost the president for his part said he never pressured the Ukrainian government and a White House spokesperson said he fully expects to beef exonerated in a Senate trial Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he doesn't expect that trial to start until January N.P.R.'s to mac and. Apical hell Thanks Jim thank you House Democrats are eager to show progress on something other than the impeachment inquiry just an hour after unveiling the formal charges against the president House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a deal she said Democrats had reached an agreement with the White House on an updated trade pact with Mexico and Canada this is the day we've all been working to and working for on the path to Yes that yes on a new NAFTA marks a rare moment of bipartisanship in a deeply divided capital as N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley reports for the trip administration getting Mexico and Canada to sign a new trade deal was hard enough winning support from House Democrats may have been even tougher House Speaker Pelosi says her party went along only after the new NAFTA was modified to include enforceable protections for workers and the environment there's no question of course that this tell you the image is much better than NAFTA it is infinitely better than what was initially a proposed by the end ministration Democrats also insisted on stripping out of the trade deal certain patent protections which they called a giveaway to big pharmaceutical companies House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal says there were a lot of hard fought negotiations with the White House I think we set a world record for hanging up on each other myself in the trade rep but at the same time we also knew that this was an opportunity that we couldn't get away from us Neil says the talks came to a head this past weekend the Massachusetts lawmaker was watching the New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady when he was interrupted by a phone call all of a sudden I looked at my phone and said Alosi for caller id long wisdom tells me to help Brady take the call and as final details were ironed out Neil was also in regular contact with a.f.l.-cio President Richard Trumka who checked in from a hunting trip Trumka endorsed the agreement after promise of factory inspections if necessary to verify compliance in Mexico. No his union backing is an important green light for Congressman Neil and his fellow Democrats but this is more than a triumph for organized labor it's a triumph for workers everywhere across America it's also the 1st major trade agreement for the president who spent much of the last 3 years disrupting international trade how at a signing ceremony in Mexico City this afternoon u.s. Trade representative Robert light hisor hailed the agreement as a win for all 3 countries and if something is going to base North America Richard it's going to make America richer is going to make Canada richer and it's going to make Mexico richer the new agreement which Trump calls the u.s. M.c.a. Provides important updates for things like digital commerce that barely existed when NAFTA took effect a quarter century ago it also requires car companies to use more North American parts if they want to sell cars here duty free and it includes a $16.00 an hour minimum wage for some auto production that could shift some manufacturing from Mexico to the u.s. And Canada on the whole though the u.s. M.c.a. Is more of an update to NAFTA than a wholesale replacement it's estimated to increase g.d.p. By only about one 3rd of one percent Christian g check of the Center for Automotive Research says what the deal does do is avoid the hit to the economy that would have happened had Trump made good on his threat to scrap NAFTA with nothing to take its place it means an end to uncertainty around what the future trading rules will be in North America the agreement also gives House Democrats an accomplishment they can point to other than the impeachment inquiry that's especially important to moderate lawmakers from swing states like Cindy actually of Iowa farmers in her state depend on a continued flow of North American Free Trade I'm very happy to see where we're at with this and moving this agenda forward we know how important this is for states like Iowa and the Midwest and the country in general so this is a great day congressional leaders say the updated version of the trade deal could come to a vote on the House floor as early as next week Scott Horsley n.p.r. News Washington. Economists traditionally measure global inequality by looking at the gap between the richest and poorest countries a new report from the United Nations says that misses something significant the growing frustration among people in the economic middle the report argues economic inequality within countries is far more likely to cause conflict than the gaping divides between nations N.P.R.'s Jason Beaubien explains most of the world's population 76 percent live in middle income countries these are places where per capita income is between $112000.00 a year by comparison per capita income in the United States is $63000.00 a year Hakim Steiner the administrator of the u.n. Development Program says inequality is now causing discord inside these middle income countries is to have the challenge of the extremely poor. But on the back of many successful policies in reducing extreme poverty. Seeing is opening out of a new generation of inequality and he says these inequalities are being felt most by people who view themselves as part of the expanding middle class the latest edition of The Human Development Report from you and looks at the problem of the frustrated aspirations of people in the economic middle the poor have long known that they have few opportunities to advance but now members of the emerging global middle class are also starting to recognize that the system at times is stacked against them Steiner says that spurs complaints like this I know today that my child on into my family into my neighborhood already starts life at a significant disadvantage technological advances with smartphones and the Internet are making people more aware of the disparities around them and this is happening Steiner says at a time when people are losing faith in social mobility because what people perhaps 3040 years ago when led to believe and often saw around them is that if you work hard you could escape poverty you could graduate. And yet in many countries today that story of development that escape from poverty into a next generation income bracket is simply not occurring like that anymore than I heard who teaches at the Doha Institute for graduate studies says inequality and the decimated middle class were part of what spurred the Arab Spring uprisings and she says these trends continue to fuel protests movements in the region via Skype from Qatar heard says domestic conflicts in the past review solely as sectarian problems young people now are viewing as being more about the entrenched political elites rather than religion now what we're seeing in the protests but that emerged in Iraq recently as like people recognizing and opposing this idea that actually is political it stops at anybody but themselves the u.n. 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News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish just before President Trump hosted Russia's foreign minister at the White House today Secretary of State Mike pump a.o. Issued a warning I may or expectations of Russia clear. The Trump administration will always work to protect the integrity of our elections period should rush or already for an actor take steps to undermine our democratic processes we will take action in response Russia's foreign minister used the occasion to once again deny that his country meddled in the 2016 vote N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen joins us now from the State Department and Michelle to start Was there anything new from Russians in terms of these specific allegations of interference not really I mean what we heard was a very lengthy denial by Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov Let's take a listen. So what he's saying is that joint work has been hindered by what he calls this wave of system visions about Russia he said there are no facts to back up those allegations and he called on the u.s. To release the communications that Russia had with the Obama administration at the time what did Secretary pump aoe say in response to all this well he didn't make any promises about that but he would only say this we think we shared a plenty of facts that show what happened in the 2016 election with our our Russian counterparts we don't think there's any mistake about what really transpired there and President Trump who's been skeptical of the findings of the u.s. Intelligence community had a meeting a private meeting afterwards with Sergey Lavrov the White House said that he also warned Russia in that private meeting not to interfere in u.s. Elections and the backdrop to this of course House Democrats announcing articles of impeachment against President Trump including obstruction of Congress how did pump a.o. Talk about that today if at all well he said that you know he has complied with all the legal requirements he points out that a number of State Department officials did testify under oath though his department has not complied with congressional subpoenas for. Documents and that's about all he would say on the topic it's a subject that he tends to avoid but Ukraine did come up more broadly Peo repeated that it's u.s. Policy not to recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea and to push Russia to end the war in eastern Ukraine those are also topics that came up in the White House meeting another topic of arms control is that something that came up today the relationship between u.s. And Russia on that front yet Russia is offering to extend what's called the New Start agreement it expires in 2021 an arms control experts say without that the world's 2 largest nuclear arsenals will not be in under any limits for the 1st time since 1972 so they really want to see the Trump administration accept this Russian proposal to extend the treaty Peo though wants the agreement to be more expansive he wants it to include China as well the problem is they haven't started those negotiations the Russians say that China isn't interested and the clock's ticking the time to ministration talks a lot about getting u.s. Prisoners home I know there's a high profile case in Russia now did either Lavrov or pump a address that yeah it's up all we'll and he's a former u.s. Marine laughter of said Whelan has made arrogant accusations against Russian officials at a prison where he's being held and I asked State Department officials about that and they say the u.s. Has serious concerns about allegations of mistreatment and a lack of evidence in the case N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen thanks so much thank you the Affordable Care Act was before the Supreme Court once again today a Democratic Congress passed the a c. a In 2010 the law promised to partially reimburse insurers if they lost money by covering people with preexisting medical conditions that in 2015 Republicans took over Congress and they refused to appropriate money for these payments n.p.r. Legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports today's case is about something called risk orders designed to encourage. Insurance companies to enter the market to cover previously uninsured people the premise is that competition will keep prices down think of the risk corridor as a road operating in the center is the ideal charge too much and the law requires the insurance company to pay some of that money back charge too little and the government promises to cover some of the insurance company's losses but after Republicans won unified control of Congress they refused to appropriate the money to fulfill the a.c.s. Payout promise to insurers the consequences were profound by 20173 quarters of the original providers in the insurance exchanges were out of business several others stopped participating leaving just 6 providers and skyrocketing premiums the insurers went to court contending the government had cheated them out of $12000000000.00 in promised payments one of those insurers is main community health options and nonprofit on the steps of the Supreme Court today c.e.o. Kevin Lewis said that since 2015 the government has failed to live up to its promise to cover $59000000.00 of the company's losses and the failure to pay has hurt badly we had to pull back from New Hampshire we had to do certain things that that insured the company and injured our members and we have only been able to crawl back from that inside the Supreme Court lawyer Paul Clement representing the insurers told the justices that the case involves a massive government bait and switch when the government makes a promise to pay money he said it has to keep its word Justice Alito asked caustically why there should be a special solicitude for insurance companies Chief Justice Roberts chimed in You claim that the insurance companies were basically seduced into this program but they have good lawyers why didn't they insist on an appropriations provision in the law before putting themselves on the hook for $12000000000.00 claim. Replied that when the law was enacted anyone who looked at the money mandating language would have thought that was sufficient now could it have been better belt and suspenders sure but it's good enough he said the tenor of the argument turned dramatically However when the Trump administration's deputy solicitor general Edwin Kneedler rose to defend the refusal to pay justice Brier this is day one of contracts law I say to you my hats on the flagpole if you bring it down I'll pay you $10.00 How does this differ why does the government not have to pay its contracts just like anybody else needler replied that without an appropriation by Congress the government can't pay Justice Ginsburg pointing to language in the a c. a Said Congress didn't repeal that language saying that the government shall pay there weren't sufficient votes in Congress to repeal that obligation she noted Chief Justice Roberts you don't dispute that these companies would not have participated in the risk corridor program but for the government's promise to pay Justice Breyer the government says we shall pay you Mr private citizen if you do x. He does x. But the government doesn't have to pay him just this kavanah Congress knows how to pass a law that prevents a promise to pay from being binding in the future it can promise to pay subject to future appropriations in fact it does that often Justice Kagan that language puts people on notice it says this is not a guarantee and when that language is not there the government says we are committed under this program she asked our insurance companies obligated to pay into the program if they have excess profits yes replied the government's needler So you pay End That's obligatory Kagan shot back but if the government commits to paying out it turns out it's only if we feel like it what kind of a statute is that a decision in the case is expected before summer Nina Totenberg n.p.r. News Washington. And this is n.p.r. News. A protest movement that started in the United Kingdom last year is growing fast and spreading globally the trading conversation over the last year since extension rebellion really got going and the use strikes of vertigo is quite amazing how concerned citizens from all walks of life are coming together to draw attention to the world's climate crisis tomorrow on Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. Join us tomorrow and every weekday for N.P.R.'s Morning Edition from 6 to 9 k.s.u. T. 5 minutes of national native news is next support provided by Dr Michael was since General Psychiatry delivering compassionate psychiatric care to adults now offering transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depression Dr Michael was since the General Psychiatry a proud supporter of k s u t info at Durango psychiatrist dot com 970-799-6911. This is National Native news I-Man Tonia Gonzales Montana u.s. Senator Steve Daines and the confederated say listen Cooney tribes have announced a new agreement to settle tribal water rights claims Aaron Bolton reports Dane says he will introduce legislation this week that if approved by Congress will bring more than a decade of the goshi ation over the tribes water rights in northwest Montana to an end Danes provided this recorded comment the Montana Water Rights Protection Act will permanently eliminate almost all of c.s. Katie's water claim rights across Montana the Montana legislature passed what's known as the c.s.k. Tea wander compact in 2015 sending the agreement to Congress where it stalled like the compact Dean says his bill would relinquish 97 percent of all the tribes water rights claims that will need to be settled in court if Congress doesn't approve either proposal he says the legislation would also reduce the amount of taxpayer dollars the tribe would receive for an irrigation project and allow non-tribal residents to settle launder disputes in both state and federal courts Democratic Montana Senator Jon Tester who says he proposed a similar plan in 216 applauded Dane's announcement reading from our press release c s k t spokesperson at Rob McDonald said the tribe is thankful for both senators support the Compact will fund long overdue repairs and improvements to the flat it indeed irrigation project will benefit the entire community it will also secure in stream flows for sense of fisheries to ensure the protection of wildlife and lands unlike the compact passed by the Montana legislature in 2015 deigns office says his bill would not have to be approved by state lawmakers because it's a settlement with the sale issue and cootie tribes and the federal government for National Native News I'm Erin Bolton tribes in the department of the Interior have filed new briefs as the legal status of the Indian Child Welfare. Act again goes before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2018 a Texas federal court found the act to be unconstitutional this summer a panel of 3 fist circuit judge has reversed that finding now the full panel of appellate judges will hear the case with oral arguments scheduled in January Victoria Wicks has more in the 2800 Texas opinion Federal Judge Reed O'Connor found that it is based on race violating equal protection under the Constitution but a group of tribes in the Department of Interior disagree and oral arguments before the 5th Circuit in March Department of Justice Attorney Eric Grant tells judges that it was based not on race but on politics having to do with citizenship and cause I sovereign tribes petition based on membership in the south really recognized Indian tribe must be are held so long as it quote can be tied rationally to the fulfillment of Congress is. The Indians. In taxes the federal judge also determined among other findings that Congress commandeers state government functions to put the act into practice a violation of 10th Amendment principles at oral arguments in March Texas solicitor general Kyle Hawkins defense that ruling even if the federal government's policy is a lot of ill and well intentioned the federal government must implement a policy itself without conscripting the states but tribes and interior hold echo places responsibilities primarily on state judges who are bound by the Constitution to uphold federal law for national native News I'm Victoria Wicks in Rapid City South Dakota on Monday the u.s. House passed the aster Martina's native languages programs that Reauthorization Act provides funding and expands eligibility for native language programs the Senate passed the bill in June and now heads to the president I man Tony. Gonzales. 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Comes from this station and from little passports a monthly subscription service for kids each package includes games souvenirs and activities from a new country designed to spark curiosity and cultures around the globe at little passports dot com slash radio and from Total Wine and more where in-store teams can recommend a bottle of wine spirit her beer for any occasion shoppers can explore more than 8000 wines 2500 beers and 3000 spirits more it Total Wine dot com. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Audie Cornish I'm Ari Shapiro attorney general Bill Barr is casting doubt on a key finding in the mammoth report the Justice Department inspector general released yesterday the report finds there was enough credible evidence for the f.b.i. To launch an investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign in 2016 in short no political witch hunt barge again with that finding in media appearances today speaking on n.b.c. He described the evidence that led to the f.b.i. Investigation as quote very flimsy I think when you step back here and say what was this all based on. It's not sufficient remember there was and never has been any evidence of collusion and yet this campaign and the president's administration has been dominated by this investigation into what turns out to be completely baseless the Justice Department's inspector general Michael Horowitz will defend the report before a Senate hearing tomorrow ahead of that we wanted to speak with someone who has held that job Michael Bromwich was the Justice Department's inspector general in the mid 1990 s. He's now in private practice and we should say he represents former f.b.i. Deputy director Andrew McCabe whose actions were examined in the report I asked Bromwich what he made of the attorney general's public criticism of the report I think it's a real incursion on the independence of the inspector general for the attorney general to essentially seek to undermine or raise doubts about some of the central conclusions in the i.g.f. Report the i.g. Found that this investigation was authorized under relevant regulations and rules and that there was a valid factual predicate for launching the investigation there's nothing in the i.g. Report about launching an investigation based on quote the thinnest of suspicions and so it's very troubling. That the attorney general's comments really do seem to try to undermine some of the core conclusions in the i.g. Report the inspector general is the Justice Department's internal watchdog and is supposed to be independent How common is it for somebody in that job to be caught in a political fight of this size I think the political fights for Mr Horowitz have been larger and more frequent than the political fights that I experienced from 194-1909 or that my successor Glenn Fine experienced and he held the job for something like 11 years we're living in just a much more politicized environment and Mr Webb says had to deal with the political currents in a way that I think just didn't exist for us and yet in the last day since he released his report even though people have characterized the report very differently they've really refrained from attacking him or accusing him of partisanship Yes that's right and I think that's because a reading of the report suggests that a tremendous amount of work went into it 170 interviews a 1000000 pages of documents it's an extraordinarily detailed and granular report and I think people are taking a big risk if they start to criticize someone based on the the amount of work that was done and the quality of the presentation of the report finally we're speaking to you as a former inspector general but as I mentioned you do represent the former deputy director of the f.b.i. Andrew McCabe who was fired from the bureau and this report found 17 instances of Arizona and distortions with the F.B.I.'s application to serve ala Trump campaign aide does your client take responsibility for this well I heard him say on t.v. And I knew before he said it on t.v. That he does take responsibility for it in the sense that he was a senior manager in the f.b.i. At the time that these errors and omissions took place that's as we know a very different issue from his actually having knowledge of those errors and omissions at the time so any good leader. Or takes responsibility for the year or so missions and problems that arose on his watch it's very different from saying that he knew about the peta thought Michael Bromwich former Justice Department inspector general and founder of the Bromwich Group thanks for speaking with us thank you are. Female pilots and flight attendants had front air airlines say when the time came to start their families they faced discrimination at work and a pair of lawsuits filed in federal court in Colorado today employees say the low cost airline failed to accommodate the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers they argue is part of a long history of sex discrimination in their industry N.P.R.'s Sarah McCammon reports after she had her kids Shannon get a russkie had to navigate something most airline pilots frankly don't have to worry about breastfeeding on the job to says her plan to continue nursing after she went back to work raised some eyebrows among her colleagues at Frontier Airlines and even got her called in to h.r. 1st of all they questioned why I was pumping why I felt the need to breastfeed my child implying that it's. You're a pilot and really there's no place for you if you need to pump at work there's other options such as formula only about 5 percent of u.s. Airline pilots are women so there wasn't a lot of precedent to follow generosity says she thinks the airline may have been concerned about the safety of pumping in-flight But she says it's common for pilots to take breaks to use the restroom while a copilot stays at the controls it's not as though we're going to be pumping during takeoff and landing her kids are $8.00 and $6.00 now but could Roski is part of a group of friends here pilots and flight attendants who are suing their employer accusing the Denver based airline of violating state and federal laws protecting the rights of pregnant and nursing women they say the company failed to provide time and space to pump breast milk and forced pregnant women to stop flying months before their due dates leaving many without paychecks flight attendant Melissa Hodgkins says she began dipping into her unpaid leave around 34 weeks into each of her 2 pregnancies I was going to use up a lot of that precious stash of days before you know my children were even born with the long hours and lack of space to Pomp Hodgkin says she quit breastfeeding months sooner than she wanted to a decision she calls a heartbreaking you know it sort of feels like Here's your 1st shot as a mom. Or a failure the lawsuit on behalf of the pilots and flight attendants at Frontier follow similar complaints submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a statement from tear denied the allegations saying the company offers quote a number of accommodations for pregnant and lactating pilots and flight attendants within the bounds of protecting public safety Sara Nelson is with the Association of Flight Attendants Union She says the lawsuits reflect a larger problem in the industry where pregnant employees often lack paid maternity leave and few have protections for breastfeeding Nelson says there's a long history of sexism in aviation going back to weight restrictions and other rules for flight attendants in the early years we couldn't be married or have. Children and so these have all been issues that we have and fighting and eating back to scream a nation and the issue of breastfeeding and being a mother is more work that needs to be done Nelson knows that Frontier's most recent contract now allows up to 6 months of unpaid maternity leave more than required by federal law she says she hopes to see more flexible schedules paid time off and other accommodations for moms who make their careers in the sky at Frontier and across the industry Sarah McCammon n.p.r. News. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. The new prime minister of Finland began her term today at age 34 she is now the youngest sitting prime minister in the world and that got commentator and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me panelist made Higgens thinking now I do not own a 3 year old so I haven't yet seen Frozen 2 books I've been following a different story from another I see Country Fire away where a different young woman steps into her power to try and save the world from an eternal winter that's today in Finland found that Marine was sworn in as prime minister making her the world's youngest she is just 7 years old Oh sorry you know she's 34 but still is not extraordinary and as far as I know she doesn't even have cryo kinetic powers and she doesn't have an inexplicably cheerful snowman who's going to help her ruin the land I'd say she probably does have trolls though but from my point of view living in America where we've never had a woman in the highest office and our current president is the oldest one we've ever elected Well it seems impossible that we would ever get this chance and Miss Million's position in her society it really does seem magical She's now at the helm of Finland's coalition government which is made up of 5 parties 4 of which are led by women and 3 of those women are under the age of 35 No Miss Marine herself says that age is not important and she's Rice you know I always say that too I'm pretty 8 years old and constant telling my 22 year old boyfriend age is not important and I don't look at my past force Santa Maria is not keen to talk about her age and her gender she prefers to be identified by her actions you know just by her work she's a social democrat She's a left leaning liberal a former transport minister who wants to protect Social Welfare and to prevent further global climate chaos Wow. That's what I think I just think. I also think hang on we do have young women raising their voices right here in America and stepping into their power too and people are listening and these women they're not princesses they're not cartoons they're very human I'm talking about women like 30 year old Alexandria Tez from the Bronx and 45 year old London breeds she's San Francisco's 1st black woman mare and 12 year old Mary cope and he is still actually a child but sees been fighting for clean water in Flint for almost 4 years now so I watch them work and I know that the power of young women is more than a fairy tale it's already reality and it's about time what's happening in Finland is not magic to make it real here all you have to do is believe in and that's commentator may have Higgins You can hear her as a panelist on N.P.R.'s Wait Wait Don't Tell me. You're listening to All Things Considered. Singer Jessie Wilson found her creative match in the Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney. 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News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish resident trumps new national security adviser warns that China is coming for your personal information Robert O'Brien says if you think Facebook and Google know lot about you it could be worse that's the reason he says he's trying to convince key allies to stay away from the Chinese telecom company while way here to talk about this warning is N.P.R.'s White House correspondent Franco dharnas Welcome back thank you O'Bryant painting a dark picture here can you be specific about the danger he's talking about you know why is this Chinese tech company that has close ties to the Chinese communist government they make cell phones but they also build these highly specialized equipment for 5 g. Networks they are marketing their goods to the world but Robert O'Brian is questioning why some allies would even consider allowing Wall weigh in at all I spoke to O'Brien on the sidelines of the Reagan National Defense forum in California he warns that it will open a back door for the Chinese government to access their most sensitive data so every medical record every social media post every e-mail every financial transaction of every citizen of a country with cloud computing and artificial intelligence can be sucked up out of wall way into massive servers in China given the stakes here is this avoidable Well the trumpet ministration has taken steps to block wall way and other companies with ties to the Chinese government from u.s. Systems the concern is about countries that accept wall way as a partner O'Brien says that the United States is going to be very wary of sharing intelligence with countries that use wall way and yet it's been difficult to persuade allies to do the same how come well frankly because it's so cheap Western companies like Nokia and Ericsson and Qualcomm they simply can't offer the same prices and still turn a profit now I should say that Australia New Zealand Japan they have agreed to block wall way but other countries other allies like painted in Britain said they're. Into allowing the company to build some of their networks in kind of less sensitive areas again O'Brien says they're taking a great risk these are very serious questions that aren't being asked it's great to get a discount it's great to get something for free but at the end of the day there really isn't it really isn't free there's no free lunch he says allies need to think about the long term consequences how is President Trump talking about this with those allies trying to talk to leaders last week when he was in London for the NATO summit he talked about this but he also downplayed the chances that he would be able to convince everybody that I'm not working very hard on that but I do think it's a security risk it's a security day here and I spoke to Italy and they look like they're not going to go forward with that or spoke to other countries that are going to go for everybody I've spoken to is not going forward. But how many judges did I speak to a bigger goal of his being to the world you know he says it's a security risk but he's also as we heard he's saying he can't spend so much of his own time on the matter the backdrop to all this is this trade war between the u.s. And China so how does it fit into that larger relationship that's right it really just shows how sticky this relationship is not only is there the trade war but the u.s. Has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials believed to be involved in human rights abuses and the u.s. Has proposed a $2000000000.00 weapons sale to Taipei which Beijing objects to claiming Taiwan is part of China O'Brien only a few months ago started on the job for that matter so as defense secretary Mark esper He also talked about this issue at the Reagan forum China's economic rise as a lot of to triple its annual military spending since 2002 with estimates reaching close to 250000000000 dollars last year like O'Brien Asper has also been crisscrossing the globe warning of the Chinese threat he wants to relocate military forces from the Middle East to combat China's military buildup in Asia and he's talking about. Moving troops from Afghanistan that's pretty significant that's Franco at the White House thanks for your reporting thank you and now to New Zealand where dozens of people are injured and at least 6 are dead after a volcano erupted there on Monday tourists from around the world were on White Island in the Bay of Plenty when plumes of ash and smoke exploded from the volcano there Lonnie Hopkins had just left the island with her father when the explosion began she is now back home in Hamilton New Zealand and joins us now thank you for speaking with us. That's so good I know that some of what you saw included people with serious injuries so I just want to warn listeners the parts of our discussion might contain some graphic details which you just begin by telling us where you were when the volcano exploded What could you see so I just left the island and I just got back on top but I'm just moved around the corner a silent to see the crater so we were about 200 meters away from I don't want to interrupt it. Was there a sound did you just see a plume of smoke it was completely silent nothing it was no noise about the engine of the boat it was just a plume of smoke and ash rise in a couple 100 meters into the sky and then it started to come rolling over a cliff towards the boat and when did you realize that there were people in danger on the island when it started rolling towards us on the boat we got rushed inside and within seconds the whole island was covered in ash we couldn't see the island at all so we headed back to where the boat was to then start rescuing people so you mediately went to start rescuing people I know that you and your father had medical training tell me what you were able to do. So originally we were all told to be seated and stay inside as the crew were rescuing people from the or turn the show as soon as like well people on board and they saw the extent of the injuries that was a cool for any doctors any room where the 1st day is difficult and anyone with any medical background they needed help there were 2 doctors on board as well as me and my dad who had cuts. We rushed out to help people with extensive burns extensive burns so what kind of 1st aid were you administering so we were doing a lot of people were in and out of consciousness so checking post checking hot right we were putting cold water and coke pieces of clothing that burns something you had head injuries so we were stopping the bleeding and just stopping people from going into shock covering room blankets preventing them from being in sunlight to get back. And I'm sure it was going through your head that that could so easily have been you that you were just on that island Yeah 5 minutes and me and my dad would have been on the island it was hoss Now earlier me and my dad would have been set on the edge of the Quite a I'm very glad that you are Ok can you tell us about the circumstances for your visit Why did you decide to go there so I'm studying at the University of White House so I'm settings Ok I was a rocks and my dad went to island 24 years ago so it was something that I bought for his 50th birthday as a day out for the bike rustic I was there any part of you that thought this is a terrible human tragedy and at the same time somebody who's interested in studying these things it is a natural phenomenon that people really get to witness firsthand so when it faster up to it I was so excited I was amazed I was at all but it was the moment I realized that people's lives are in danger of course and now that your home how are you doing. I'm doing bad as struggling to slate but today I'm getting back to going back to uni and resuming with no life which has been hot but yeah. So grateful that I'm not in Judge Lonnie Hopkins thank you for speaking with us I'm glad that you're doing all right. You're listening to All Things Considered. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from the pajama gram company creators of matching holiday pajamas for the whole family including dogs and cats with Charlie Brown's Star Wars and Grinch themes in its fleece and flannel available at pajama gram dot com from Subaru with their Subaru share the love event now through January 2nd details on the not for profit organizations that it supports are at Subaru dot com slash share love it's what makes Subaru Subaru and from Capital One offering a variety of credit card options with features for a range of customers from foodies to travelers Capital One what's in your wallet credit approval required capital one bank USA and a. 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McMaster national security adviser General John Kelly the director of homeland security who became White House chief of staff there now gone from the administration we'll talk with Peter Bergen c.n.n. National security analyst and author of a new book about how those generals tried to control Trump's impulsiveness how their relationship with from soured and why they left the administration Bergen says they were a very competent work cabinet willing to disagree with Trump but with their departure Trump is now running his cabinet like he run his real estate company which is it's a bunch of yes man. What does that mean for our national security that's coming up on fresh air. First news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Jack Speer House Democrats are signaling their support for an updated trade agreement between the Us Mexico and China or Canada N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley reports the deal would represent a rare bipartisan accomplishment at a time of deep division in the nation's capital eager to show progress in something other than the impeachment inquiry Democrats are announcing their backing of a modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement that it was originally negotiated by the trumpet ministration Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal says Democrats signed on after winning added protections for labor and the environment as well as the backing of the a.f.l.-cio this is more than a triumph for organized labor it's a triumph for workers everywhere across America Democrats also stripped out of the trade deal a provision that would have locked in lengthy patent protections for certain pharmaceuticals ratification vote on the House floor could come as early as next week Scott Horsley n.p.r. News Washington shortly after Democrats on bailed 2 articles of impeachment this morning the White House and Republican allies are dismissing them as a partisan sham N.P.R.'s Amy Held reports the president is facing charges of using the power of his office obstructing Congress White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said President Trump expects to be fully exonerated of the false impeachment charges in a Senate trial question and House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy said House Democrats are just trying to overturn the votes of the Americans who elected Trump but in announcing the impeachment charges Democrat Adam Schiff said Congress could not wait to act because doing so would allow Trump to quote cheat in the next election N.P.R.'s Amy Held former Afghan president Hamid Karzai is arguing Washington helped to fuel corruption in his country by spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the past 2 decades without accountability in an interview cars are responding to findings from a recently released trove of documents Karzai says the documents obtained by The Washington Post confirm what he says were long running complaints. This part about us spending air and water in the Arctic continues to warm faster than the rest of the world that's according to the latest Arctic report card N.P.R.'s Rebecca Herschel reports it was a 2nd year the Bering Sea was nearly ice free since the 1980 s. The Arctic has been warming about twice the global average that people who live and work in the Arctic facts of climate change and fast forward this year's report dozens of scientific papers that found. Around Alaska have risen dramatically in the last few years. Belching carbon into the atmosphere and causing to rise this is the 1st year that a chapter by. A report focused on how.